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- Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked by a Library of Cultureby a Library of Culture by a Library of Culture by a Library of Cultureby a Library of Culture by a Library of Culture by a Library of Culture by a Library of Cultureby a Library of Cultureby a Library of Cultureby a Library of Culture Introduction Governments and businesses today are spending vast amounts of money on distance learning across countries and cultures (Flannery, & Shattuck, 2006). In the U.S. between 2007 and 2008, graduate school applications jumped 5%, and for the first time ever U.S. college enrollments beat out their international counterparts in student enrollments (Clay, 2010). If you walk down any main street and ask people to define education the answers received can be very different from each other. For example, “Education is a means to an end for me so I’ll get recognized and get ahead when I get out of college” (W. Stern, personal communication, February 3, 2010). “Education is certified potential that will allow me to pursue my interests and separate me from those who chose not invest in themselves in the same way” (T. Blake, personal communication, February 3, 2010). “Education is something that I am doing because my parents expect me too” (E. Walsh, personal communication, February 3, 2010). For this paper education will be defined as any act or experience that creates a reference point and has an influential affect on the mind, body, spirit, or physical ability of an individual. While everyone can agree that education is important without a shared definition of what education represents to individuals and the institutions that people will come to embody, it is almost impossible to recognize if the education received is effective or appropriate for individuals to be competitive locally, across the nation, or around the globe until it is too late (Banach, 1995). When referring to education on a large scale it can be linked to globalization itself. Information can be conceptualized no different than commodities that are bought, sold, traded, and even hoarded away Running head: Distance Education Linked by Culture 3 3 around the globe every minute of the day. Yet even as lifelong learners we cannot be students in school forever and the pace of innovation does not slow when we get our diplomas. Community learning networks (CLNs) are under utilized by universities, governments, and business to work with communities and allow them to become a democratic voice for services and their products. CLNs can be used to more strongly support individuals before, during, and after their learning experiences while filling the gaps between academic and professional engagements (Skrzeszewski, 1999). (1)
- Distance Education and Community Learning Networks linked by a Library of Culture 2011 (1)
- Distance education could begin to provide learning profiles with student transcripts that would demonstrate an individual’s strengths and weaknesses that would be organized through Gardner’s MI theory (linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, naturalistic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and existential) to display their accomplishments and establish common and advanced skill sets. In using Gardner’s MI theory for global distance learning students can recognize themselves as potentially intelligent in a number of ways instead of either being smart or dumb (Moran, Kornhaber, & Gardner, 2006). Community learning networks (CLNs) could be utilized and supported by universities, governments, and business to work with communities and allow them to become a democratic voice for themselves, quality of life, and their education. CLNs could be used to support individuals before, during, and after their learning experiences while filling the gaps between academic and professional engagements (Skrzeszewski, 1999). In establishing a global library of culture that is part of distance education we would be opening the door to have our everyday world be a resource and a learning Running head: Distance Education Linked by Culture 17 17 experience. Every person having something of value to contribute and every situation there would be an opportunity to better ourselves. If distance education can utilize CLNS effectively they will empower people to speak up about conditions and standards in their communities. This is important because it encourages individuals to have a voice and communicate not only what their experience is in relating to education, industry, or daily needs, but it starts a motivated culture that will bring more people into CLNs to learn and share. If distance education is to thrive in a global scale it has the best chance of being embraced by creating a library of human, social, cultural, behavior, and experience to draw upon for curriculum development so the voices of all people will be assured that they have a valued position in the global environment (Rooney, 2005). In this way individuals from every community will have a stake in others and will be able to share and mentor each other before, during, and after they get a diploma or degree. I believe that if distance education can do this effectively it will quickly grow and transform the world we live in. (1)
- Distance learning as it is today is unprepared to go into a global environment and fully engage students who come from minority traditions and diverse cultural conditions. Students need educational experiences that will allow them to engage all of their intelligences, and explore information in multiple ways so that a curriculum is meaningful, personalized (culturally appropriate), and relevant to the desires and needs of the students (Özdemir, Güneysu, & Tekkaya, 2006). In every society there will be different individuals and communities that require different environments for education, and as education has increasingly become a prized social concept that demonstrates increased earning potential and a higher standard of living for individuals, more people want it (McIver, & Rachell, 2002). It is not uncommon for individuals who are suffering from inequality to feel they have a lack of community support and no voice to advocate for them. The potential for culture clashes and discrimination can cause disruptions and setbacks when culture or a particular population itself is negatively targeted (Erickson, Mattaini, & McGuire, 2004). The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) lists statistics on education from every country as a percent of their GDP. The United States surprisingly spends less on its citizens per GDP then Mexico, South Africa, Malaysia, Kenya, Cuba, and Yemen, just to name a few (CIA, 2010). This is clearly demonstrated through the majority of youth in the United States that have shown a lack of cultural literacy and ethnocentrism on numerous surveys. For example, in spite of extensive media coverage on the war on terror and military battles against the Taliban in Afghanistan after 9/11 nearly 90% of young Americans ages 18–24 are unable to locate Afghanistan on a map. And 63% of those individuals were unable to find Iraq (Carano, 2009). Many people don’t realize that they’ve acquired an ingrained sense of ethnocentrism when it comes to their own culture. Ethnocentric views look often positively towards the culture an individual grows up with as normal and views other cultures negatively or inferior. This Running head: Distance Education Linked by Culture 6 6 prejudiced view can give a harmful and inaccurate view of the world while effectively cutting them off from any individual that they perceive different (Johnson, 2008). (1)
- ESTABLISHING A GIFTED & TALENTED CENTER WITHIN THE HONORS PROGRAM (1)
- Education’s personal cost is often perceived as an investment of time and money. That commitment is a high price for many people and so education has been transformed it into a prized social concept that demonstrates increased earning potential and a higher standard of living for individuals (McIver, & Rachell, 2002). What people recognize when they speak about education is the social capital that education represents to them as an investment in their future (Blaug, n.d). Since the 1980’s in America education costs have steadily increased and with higher prices comes a greater scrutiny for maximization of educational resources from Federal and local governments (Du, & Hu, 2008). According to Selingo (2005) between 2001 and 2004 the average cost of a private college Running head: Distance Education Linked by Culture 11 11 education nationwide increased 17%, and public college tuition rose 26%. These tuition hikes happened at the same time that workers holding a bachelor's degree had their wages cut nationwide for four years. In a report delivered to the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives One Hundred Ninth Congress (2006) in the years between 2001 to 2004 bachelor’s educated workers earnings declined and reduced the earnings gap between high school and college graduates. Yet In 1997 Bill Clinton stated that his number one priority for the next four years was to make sure that all Americans had the best education in the world (CLINTON, 1997). Governments and businesses today are spending vast amounts of money on e-learning across countries and cultures (Flannery, & Shattuck, 2006). The projected educational spending by the United States government for 2010 alone is over one trillion dollars (Chantrill, 2010). When governments, corporations, communities, and individuals spend the majority of their funds on remedial steps the pace of innovation, profit, and opportunities for the individual as well as the society itself is diminished (Winthrop, 2006). There are so many challenges that can rob individuals of education that distance learning itself must be supported as a vehicle to share and preserve cultural diversity so that information can reach the largest possible audience. Information itself must be looked at as if it were contextual contact zones because this is where culture and knowledge intersect to direct students onto further questions and greater distinctions that may affect a student’s culture, life, or identity (Singh, & Doherty, 2004). At first glance individuals may perceive the lessons they are teaching or learning as indifferent to culture, but cultural information offering many perspectives is often not highlighted or offered in curriculums (Winschiers, & Fendler, 2007). Scarino, Crichton, and Woods (2007) demonstrated that students picked Running head: Distance Education Linked by Culture 12 12 up the sociocultural perspectives along with their lessons and this added dimension allowed them to relate and compare their own social behavior to those under scrutiny. Since Information is another commodity that is bought, sold, traded, and hoarded away by people every day, individuals who are concerned about globalization might begin to look at reaching more people with their values and culture. As more people begin to recognize themselves as being part of a multicultural society it’s essential to reach out to those individuals who may feel threatened about diluting their cultural values and perspective. Instead they could be encouraged to share and teach those things that are seen to be important to a particular population or culture. While simple translation of cultural elements in stories maybe ignored, omitted, or even lost, the stories themselves allow us unique glimpses into another’s life and perspective. When topics deals with information deriving from other cultures this can hinder the individual’s ability for successful meaning making (Traps, 2009). (1)
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Where’S My Journal: Open Access And Digital Repositories, Andrée J. Rathemacher
Where’S My Journal: Open Access And Digital Repositories, Andrée J. Rathemacher
Technical Services Faculty Presentations
Presentation slides for the breakout session "Where’s My Journal: Open Access and Digital Repositories" at the 2020 Vision: The Future of URI Library Services Forum, University of Rhode Island Memorial Union, Kingston, RI. November 4, 2011.
Establishing A Gifted & Talented Center Within The Uri Honors Program, Joseph A. Santiago
Establishing A Gifted & Talented Center Within The Uri Honors Program, Joseph A. Santiago
Student Affairs Digital Community Development
Objective: To establish a Gifted and Talented Program that is linked with the Honors Department at URI to attract, support, and challenge individuals on the Kingston Campus. This program would work as Living Learning Community with students who elect to be live on campus together and give an opportunity for students living off campus to work collaboratively in a creative and supportive environment beyond the classroom. The targeted population for this program would be those individuals coming in from high schools and/or from other University programs.
Re-Imagining The Digitalcommons Collections At The University Of Rhode Island: Innovative Approaches Using Technology To Advance The Student Experience, Joseph A. Santiago
Re-Imagining The Digitalcommons Collections At The University Of Rhode Island: Innovative Approaches Using Technology To Advance The Student Experience, Joseph A. Santiago
Student Affairs Digital Community Development
Proposal Application for 2012 Innovative Approaches Using Technology to Advance the Student Experience. This proposal outlines a plan to utilize the DigitalCommons Collection as a unifying platform that can be the vehicle for community scholarship, creativity, and outreach. This article communicates a strategy to connect the URI community through multiple points of access and create a blended environment in which all people may share and learn from each other.
A rough draft of the proposal has been included demonstrating a slightly different interface and the beginnings of the writing process.
The Importance Of Course Offerings On The Topic Of Environmental Sustainability At The University Of Rhode Island, Sarah Kane
Senior Honors Projects
For my project, I created a survey for University of Rhode Island students’ exploring their experiences and interest in course offerings on sustainability. I am distributing it to students through different mediums such as email, Facebook and in person. Through my analysis of the results, I am seeking some evidence about whether or not students at this institute feel that our school offers enough courses on this topic and whether or not students are interested in taking courses on this topic.
As a business major, I have taken several courses where we learned about surveying and analysis of the results. …
Students Teaching Students: Changing The Uri Honors Program Pedagogy, Bridget C. Griffith
Students Teaching Students: Changing The Uri Honors Program Pedagogy, Bridget C. Griffith
Senior Honors Projects
The myriad lecture courses I have completed as a microbiology major have convinced me that lecturing does not create an optimal learning environment. Therefore, my Senior Honors Project is the initiation of a Students Teaching Students (STS) program in the URI Honors Program. The excitement of a student-run course option at URI became apparent to me early in my academic career. The STS model has been used at other universities for over 55 years, including at Tufts University, Oberlin College, and The Rubenstein College of the Environment at the University of Vermont. The program being put into place at URI …
An Exhibition In Student Leadership: The Academic Alternative Spring Break Experience, Elise M. Glidden Ms., Ryan Kilpatrick
An Exhibition In Student Leadership: The Academic Alternative Spring Break Experience, Elise M. Glidden Ms., Ryan Kilpatrick
Senior Honors Projects
An Exhibition in Student Leadership: The Academic Alternative Spring Break Experience
Ryan Kilpatrick and Elise Glidden
Faculty Sponsor: Gail Faris, Women’s Center
The Academic Alternative Spring Break program was founded at URI by Gail Faris six years ago in an effort to introduce students to the ideas of service learning, social justice, and what it means to be a concerned citizen. We were first introduced to this idea in the spring of 2009, when we took the course, Classroom without Borders: Academic Alternative Spring Break. It was about a year later that we both decided that our senior project would …
A Case Study On Perspectives, Whitney Tallarico
A Case Study On Perspectives, Whitney Tallarico
Senior Honors Projects
The Rhode Island Training School becomes a home to juvenile offenders of the law. Home, in so far as it is a place that they sleep, eat, and spend a lot of time in, as well as the atmosphere in which learning and growth occur during the adolescent phase of their lives. There is a very high rate of released inmates who return to the facility for things like running away from group homes, not checking in with their parole officers, or other misdemeanors. It is my belief that this is, at least in part, due to the fact that …
Transitional Curricula In Leading Research And Land Grant Universities, James T. Crowley
Transitional Curricula In Leading Research And Land Grant Universities, James T. Crowley
Senior Honors Projects
In the years to come changes in the earth’s climate, human demographics and resource availability will necessitate revolutions in what we eat, where we live, how we travel, and how we produce the energy needed to power our society. While these transitions may be inevitable, we have some measure of control over when and how we adapt. Such efforts will require long-term thinking of a type seldom provided by those focused on the next election or quarterly report. Much of the responsibility to inform and promote action on these issues will fall on academia.
The main objective of this project …
Evaluation Of Ri Middle School Science Kits In Regards To The Ri Grade Span Expectations, Melissa L. Wetzel
Evaluation Of Ri Middle School Science Kits In Regards To The Ri Grade Span Expectations, Melissa L. Wetzel
Senior Honors Projects
Evaluation of Rhode Island Middle School Science Kits in Regards to Rhode Island Grade Span Expectations
Melissa Wetzel
Faculty Sponsor: Jay Fogleman, Education
The Rhode Island Department of Education provides a set of Grade Span Expectations (GSEs) that outline major ideas in science, including physical, life, and earth and space science. Students in Rhode Island schools are expected to be able to demonstrate understanding of each GSE in order to graduate high school with proficiency in science. Educators do not always have the time to “unpack” the GSEs that line up with the grade level they teach. Unpacking a GSE …
Distance Education And Community Learning Networks Linked By A Library Of Culture, Joseph A. Santiago
Distance Education And Community Learning Networks Linked By A Library Of Culture, Joseph A. Santiago
Student Affairs Digital Community Development
Humans are relational beings with their modeled behavior as practical examples of cultural routines that they hear, see, read, and assemble on their own from communal pieces of information to answer the needs of their everyday lives (Bandura, & Jeffrey, 1973). Yet few researchers have looked at the differing synthesis of culture and generally assume that others share similar ideas/values that lead to particular events and worldviews (Lillard, p.5 1998). Informational and cultural contact zones can be created to support CLNs, universities, and individuals in a variety of roles to encourage their interactions so they might design, and challenge the …
2011-02 Edc 426 Curriculum Iii: Integrated Language Arts And Social Studies
2011-02 Edc 426 Curriculum Iii: Integrated Language Arts And Social Studies
Library Impact Statements
Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new (revised) course proposal for EDC 426 Curriculum III: Integrated Language Arts and Social Studies. Revised course was supported with no need for additional resources.
2011-02 Hdf 303 Curriculum Ii: Math And Science
2011-02 Hdf 303 Curriculum Ii: Math And Science
Library Impact Statements
Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new (revised) course proposal for HDF 303 Curriculum II: Math and Science. Revised course was supported with no need for additional resources.
Emcc: Multicultural Center Ejournal (Winter 2011), Angelina Arias, Stefan Correira, Denise Dujon, Amita Joshi, Joseph Santiago, Holly Tran, Kim Washor
Emcc: Multicultural Center Ejournal (Winter 2011), Angelina Arias, Stefan Correira, Denise Dujon, Amita Joshi, Joseph Santiago, Holly Tran, Kim Washor
Multicultural Center
The eMCC is a bi-annual electronic publication from the University of Rhode Island’s Multicultural Center. It features original creative works from undergraduate/graduate students, staff/faculty members, and guest contributors. eMCC is a growing branch off of an idea that a wealth of diversity exists in our daily lives. Often, we continue on our ways without noticing the smallest details or the most simple gestures. eMCC strives to give light to the beauty we sometimes forget to see. In our first ground-breaking issue, we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a theme that questions, “How has community service …