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Schools 17th Annual Conference, Cedar City, Utah.

This paper described issues related to teaching a foreign language through 
distance learning.  They include:  designing meaningful interactive instruction, 
engaging students in dialogue with fellow students who are located in remote 
sites, and evaluating the effectiveness of the instruction.
















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Access to Technology-based Learning


Angulo, Martha and Sandra Feldman (2001, March).  Leveraging Learning for
Generation 1 and the Haves and Have-Nots of the Digital Divide,  School Administrator,
58(3).

Noting that the Internets effects are spreading, this article discusses how schools 
are purchasing computer programs, assisted by state, federal, and corporate 
grants.  K-12 schools spent nearly $7 billion on instructional technology in 2000. 
The authors conclude that the digital divide is narrowing; the current generation 
of kids have greater computer access at home and at school.


Bishop, Ann P., Tonyia J. Tidline, Susan Shoemaker, and Pamela Salela (1999).  Public
Libraries and Networked Information Services in Low-Income Communities, Library &
Information Science Research, 21(3).

Findings are presented from an empirical study of community information 
exchange, computer access and use among low-income, predominantly African 
American residents in one locale.  Results indicate that, while computer use is 
minimal, many low-income community members are poised to participate in the 
local development of networked information services.  Roles for public libraries 
in community-wide efforts to bridge the digital divide are emphasized.


Blum, Kimberly Dawn (1999).  Gender Differences in Asynchronous Learning in
Higher Education:  Learning Styles, Participation Barriers, and Communication Patterns, 
Journal of Asynchronous Environments, 3(1).  Retrieved October 4, 2001 from the 
World Wide Web: http://www.aln.org/alnweb/journal/Vol3_issue1/blum.htm.

This study was an interpretative qualitative case study of higher education 
students learning through asynchronous computer-mediated communication


	

	
		
			
				
					
						




						
							
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