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Hunter, William J., Ed.; Austin, Roger, Ed. – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2020
By showcasing international, European, and community-based projects, this volume explores how online technologies and collaborative and blended learning can be used to bolster social cohesion and increase students' understanding of what it means to be a global citizen. With the pace of technology rapidly increasing, "Blended and Online…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Electronic Learning, Cooperative Learning, Citizenship Education
Smith, David J., Ed. – United States Institute of Peace, 2013
Offering lifelong and developmental learning to over 13 million students at nearly 1,200 schools, community colleges in the United States attract a student body with remarkable economic, ethnic, and cultural diversity. They provide students with skills and foundational knowledge upon which successful professional careers and rewarding personal…
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Teaching Guides, Conflict Resolution
Baksh, Rawwida, Ed.; Munro, Tanyss, Ed. – Commonwealth of Learning, 2009
This book includes a range of community peacebuilding experiences from across the Commonwealth that have been applying open and distance learning (ODL) approaches. The case studies offer insights into the challenges as well as the kinds of interventions that have worked and how they can be built upon. They show that ODL can be an effective and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Distance Education, Conflict Resolution, Childrens Rights
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1984
This bulletin contains assessments of visits by three comparative monitoring groups to European experiments in adult education, including programs in Portugal and Italy; Sweden, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany and France; and Turkey and Norway. The bulletin also examines a parallel program involving the co-production of multimedia…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Development, Cooperative Programs
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Mahony, Elizabeth M., Ed.; And Others – 1992
This five-part anthology presents descriptions of 22 classroom projects undertaken by a consortium of Missouri community colleges and elementary and secondary schools, directed by St. Louis Community College. The collection comprises the following articles: "Views of an Elementary Teacher" (Susan Biffignani); "Writing To Learn and…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, College School Cooperation, Community Colleges
Zeiss, Tony, Ed. – 1991
Brief descriptions are provided of 16 model literacy initiatives undertaken by community colleges in conjunction with local businesses or community groups. Following introductory comments by Barbara Bush, Tony Zeiss, H. James Owen, and Roy Romer, "Literacy: America's Great Deficit," by Earnestine Thomas-Wilson-Robertson and Tony Zeiss, reviews…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, College Role
Schlack, Marilyn; And Others – 1993
The papers in this collection describe partnership programs and projects involving Kalamazoo Valley Community College (KVCC) in Michigan. The first paper, "The Arcadia Commons Partnership: The Community College and Economic Redevelopment," by Marilyn Schlack, describes the Arcadia Commons, a business-education park in downtown Kalamazoo,…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Community Development, Consortia
Galaway, Burt, Ed.; Hudson, Joe, Ed. – 1994
This book contains 27 papers that were originally developed for a research and policy symposium at which Canadian community economic development (CED) was examined in terms of research and policy requirements. The book contains the following papers: "Community Economic Development Practice in Canada" (Brodhead); "Community Economic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Agents, Community Development