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HHMI Bulletin February 2012 Cori Vanchieri.	Susan Singer: A Magical Moment The time to entice students to be STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) teachers is during the first years of college, says Susan Singer, a professor of natural sciences at Carleton College.
National Defense August 2010 Cynthia D. Miller	Classroom Perspective: Teachers Speak Out About STEM Three science, technology, mathematics and engineering teachers in different education systems talk about their efforts to attract students to these fields.
T.H.E. Journal August 2008 Olivia LaBarre	Weighing in on STEM A British study proposes a quick fix to boost the dwindling number of students opting to study science and math.
Chemistry World July 24, 2012 Laura Howes	Calls to match skills to industry A report, published today by the House of Lords science and technology committee has called for more science students at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level, to drive the UK's economic growth.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Dan Ferber	Calling All Teachers This article focuses on preservice training -- training college students and graduates to be STEM teachers.
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Paul Muhlrad	Irving Epstein: Better Living Through Chemistry (Class) It will require a change in mindset for chemistry faculty if we are going to get students into chemistry because they want to be, rather than because they have to be.
T.H.E. Journal October 1, 2009	Technology's Impact on Effective Teaching Strategies Much is significantly different when online tools are used in instruction simply because the contexts of learning and tools used, as well as modes of delivery, differ so greatly.
HBS Working Knowledge May 21, 2014 Michael Blanding	CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals Harvard Business School's new online primer on the fundamentals of business aims to translate some of the School's unique classroom teaching methods to the Web.
T.H.E. Journal September 2004 Peg Pankowski	Faculty Training for Online Teaching Experts agree that faculty need training to teach online, yet a survey of faculty who teach undergraduate mathematics courses online indicates that most faculty at two-year colleges are still not receiving adequate training.
T.H.E. Journal April 2001 Joshua D. Baron & Mercedes M. McKay	Designing and Delivering an Online Course for K-12 Educators The design and delivery of a distance education course are complex undertakings. This is partly because the development process involves many interrelated elements that must work in unison to form a single system for learning...
T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Mary Ann Wolf	High Schools : An Equation That Works As secondary students continue to show little interest in the four STEM subjects, combining technology use with engaging instructional practices may be the only way to reach them.
T.H.E. Journal May 2001 Gregory Farrington & Stephen Bronack	Sink or Swim? Higher education online: how do we know what works --- and what doesn't?
IEEE Spectrum May 2012 Tekla S. Perry	John L. Hennessy: Risk Taker Stanford University's president predicts the death of the lecture hall as university education moves online
Geotimes January 2007 Margaret Anne Baker	Diversity in the Geosciences -- We Can Do Better As minorities become the majority of the population, the inability to tap these communities is a severe handicap to actually tapping the bulk of the best and brightest students and including them in the geoscience community.
T.H.E. Journal April 2002 Judy A. Serwatka	Improving Student Performance in Distance Learning Courses This article concentrates on the problems encountered and the solutions developed while teaching two college networking courses in the distance learning format...
T.H.E. Journal December 2000 L. E. Levine, V. Mazmanian, P. Miller, & R. Pinkham	Calculus, Technology and Coordination Approximately 300 incoming first-year students at Stevens take calculus. This is a natural course for the use of laptops and technology as teaching and learning tools...
T.H.E. Journal October 2002 Brawner et al.	Partnerships Increase Access to Engineering Education: North Carolina's Two+Two Experience There are a number of benefits to this distance education model as it currently exists. Foremost, people from around the state are provided with increased access to engineering education.
T.H.E. Journal December 18, 2009 David Nagel	NASA Funds Target 13 K-12 STEM Education Programs Thirteen K-12 STEM education initiatives will receive an infusion of more than $12 million through NASA's Nspires program. The programs to be funded incorporate a range of technologies, from online social networking to virtual learning to digital media.
T.H.E. Journal October 25, 2007 Ferdig & Boyer	Can Game Development Impact Academic Achievement? Having students develop games has shown tremendous promise for motivating students, building conceptual knowledge, and improving content knowledge acquisition.
National Defense July 2009 Edward M. Swallow	'Project Lead the Way' Key to Future Defense Industry Workforce Maintaining a highly skilled U.S. aerospace, defense and homeland security work force is critical to the nation's security and economic strength, so the National Defense Industrial Association is taking action.
T.H.E. Journal January 2005 Hawkins Gonzales & Miller Nelson	Learner-Centered Instruction Promotes Student Success Northface University prepares its computer science students for the workplace with real-world projects.
Chemistry World July 21, 2008	Chemical Education in Need of Reform China's university chemistry departments are struggling to attract students despite the rapid expansion of the country's higher education system.
T.H.E. Journal May 2002 Colleen Brandao	Teaching online: Harnessing Technology's Power at Florida Virtual School With modest beginnings in 1996, FLVS has evolved from an instructional experiment based on distance learning to a successful mainstream educational alternative serving the students of Florida and beyond...
T.H.E. Journal October 2007 Neal Starkman	Problem Solvers US students continue to lag behind the rest of the world in the four core STEM subjects. The answer, many believe, is a practical approach to instruction: project-based.
Mother Jones February 2001 Eyal Press & Jennifer Washburn	Digital Diplomas Welcome to the brave new world of higher education, where profesors are 'content experts,' classes are 'courseware,' and students are customers. But just what is a dot-com degree worth?
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Katharine Gammon	Room to Grow -- and Learn For undergraduates who have the opportunity to do high-level research, the experience can be unforgettable.
T.H.E. Journal November 2000	Practical Tips for Using Web-based Assessment Systems Computer-based homework systems are both praised and derided because they allow faculty members to be less involved with the student homework process...
HHMI Bulletin May 2011 Cathy Shufro	Richard Losick: Extolling the Teacher-Scientist Universities should encourage creative teaching, says Losick, just as they reward outstanding research.
PC Magazine May 2, 2007 Cyrus Farivar	Podcast U Now you can take Ivy League classes without paying exorbitant tuition or wearing a crest-emblazoned blue blazer.
HHMI Bulletin May 2012 Erin Peterson	Making Bigger Better University of Texas at Austin Freshman Research Initiative student Holli Duhon describes her research.
T.H.E. Journal April 2001 Margaret Gagne & Morgan Shepherd	A Comparison Between a Distance and a Traditional Graduate Accounting Class The increasing popularity of online courses naturally leads to a consideration of the effectiveness of these courses - particularly in comparison with on-campus courses. The purpose of this paper is to provide such a comparison for an introductory accounting MBA course...
HBS Working Knowledge September 15, 2003 David A. Garvin	HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act Professor David A. Garvin offers a rare inside glimpse at how the case method is used by both faculty and students in classrooms at Harvard Business School.
National Defense March 2011 Cynthia D. Miller	National Science Foundation Supports STEM Education Of equal importance to the foundation is the support of science and engineering education, from pre-kindergarten through graduate school and beyond, with a variety of fellowships and programs specifically for teachers and students.
Industrial Physicist Sina Kniseley	Societies The American Association of Physics Teachers' mission is to enhance the appreciation and understanding of physics through teaching, and its members want to help others understand physics and the benefits that a physics background offers.
Chemistry World November 6, 2015 Matthew Gunther	Chemistry departments running in the red in the UK UK university chemistry departments' finances are well into the red, according to a recent report on university balance sheets.
T.H.E. Journal September 2005 Podoll & Randle	Building a Virtual High School...click by click South Dakota's Rapid City Academy finds out just what it takes to provide a diverse population of students the flexibility offered by online learning.
T.H.E. Journal September 2004 William Wade	Why I Teach Online While distance learning is not for everyone, the flexible education alternative provides teachers and students with many advantages.
T.H.E. Journal April 2001 Glenn Gordon Smith, David Ferguson, Mieke Caris	Teaching College Courses Online vs Face-to-Face What can faculty members expect from the experience of teaching college courses on the Web?
T.H.E. Journal August 2000 Richard Peregoy	Developing Strategies for Networked Education The raging growth of distance learning extends the reach of traditional educational approaches. Assessing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, one institution has developed a progressively expanding, networked distance education program....
National Defense May 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Industry, Academia, Government Grapple With Dwindling STEM Workforce The problems associated with a weak STEM applicant pool can threaten national security, some experts have said. In response, industry, academia and the government have funneled millions of dollars into STEM-education initiatives. But the numbers aren't budging.
CAUSE/EFFECT Vol 22 Num 2 1999 Dorothy A. Frayer	Creating a Campus Culture to Support a Teaching and Learning Revolution How can a college or university best support the faculty in the process of rethinking courses and curricula to unleash the truly revolutionary potential for technology to enhance learning?...
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Chemistry World December 2006 Mark Peplow	Editorial: A Shot in the Arm for Science Education University science education has received a significant boost with the announcement that the Higher Education Funding Council for England will provide an extra 75 million pounds for courses in chemistry, physics, and engineering.
T.H.E. Journal December 2000 Robyn Quick & Thom Lieb	The Heartfield Project Using Computer Technology to Facilitate Interdisciplinary Collaborations in Higher Education...
Information Today October 1, 2013 Nancy K. Herther	Google Gives MOOC Development a Major Push Google and edX announced a partnership to "jointly develop the edX open source learning platform, Open edX, and expand the availability of the Massive Open Online Course platform and its learning tools to individuals and institutions around the world."
T.H.E. Journal October 29, 2009 David Nagel	Q&A: iNACOL's Susan Patrick on Trends in eLearning At last count, there were more than 1 million enrollments in K-12 online schools in the United States.
Chemistry World November 3, 2009 Nina Notman	Cash lures top achievers away from US science The highest academic achievers are leaving science and technology faster than those who obtain lower grades, says a new report published in the US.
T.H.E. Journal May 14, 2009 Ruth Reynard	Technology's Impact on Learning Outcomes: Can It Be Measured? The ongoing debate on the effectiveness of technology use for student learning outcomes still seems to have no clear answers.
T.H.E. Journal September 2, 2009 Ruth Reynard	5 Ways We're Diminishing Learning by Assuming Face-to-Face Instruction Is Best Face-to-face instruction is often assumed to be the proven method, while other methods have yet to prove themselves. This assumption is not only misleading, but it might also be helping to diminish potential opportunities of better learning for our students.