Spring 1999
Vol 7 Issue 2
IN THIS ISSUE...
Multiplied or Divided by Technology
LEE: A Valuable Addition to Language Learning
Bag of URLs
Changing Face of Distance Learning Students
SEE ALSO...
The Forum
Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction
Bag of URLs
Alan Levine, MCLI
MCLI collects relevant web sites to share with you in our "Bag of URLs":
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/eye/bag/
This site offers you features to search among more than 2000 items already submitted, a place for you to "drop" more URLs in the "bag," and an e-mail list to sign up so you can receive notices when the most recent bag has been updated.
Below are a few sites that address the futuristic theme of this issue. We encourage you to share more related sites.
Maricopa Web Sites
Diversity at Maricopa Community Colleges: Through its Governing Board, Maricopa has established Diversity as an institutional value. This site provides links to related sites within Maricopa and some general information and links to external sites.
http://www.maricopa.edu/diversity/
Diversity Training Project: Maricopa's Employee & Organizational Learning Team (EOLT) provides diversity orientations to new employees as well as training to all existing employees.
http://www.dist.maricopa.edu/learn/programs/diversity/
Maricopa Student Profiles: this site shows a portion of the Maricopa Information Update that gives a statistical picture of a Maricopa student.
http://www.maricopa.edu/information/student.html
One Connected Day in Maricopa: The coffee table book "One Connected Day" included images collected in a 24-hour time period that documented the role that computer microchips affected people from around the world. Following this idea, this site documents one such day at Maricopa, describing the ways students in our system use technology.
http://www.maricopa.edu/connect/
Other Web Sites
DiversityWeb: "links Colleges and Universities that are working to engage the diversity of United States society in educational mission, campus climate, curriculum focus and connections with the larger society."
http://www.inform.umd.edu/diversityweb
Diversity Digest: is a quarterly newsletter that provides practitioners with readily available information about successful diversity initiatives around the country.
http://www.inform.umd.edu/diversityweb/Digest/
Diversity Resources: Teachers looking for ways to incorporate more diversity into their curricula can browse through this extensive list of resources.
http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/diversit.html
Diversity at Fisher College of Business:this site at Ohio State University presents a wealth of information and a comprehensive bibliography on diversity.
http://www.cob.ohio-state.edu/~diversity/
Multicultural Pavilion: a comprehensive site from the University of Virginia that addresses the issues of transforming education to be truly multicultural: "It is a movement which calls for new attitudes, new approaches, and a new dedication to laying the foundation for the transformation of society."
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/multicultural/home.html
Y? National Forum on PeopleÕs Differences: a forum established to address and discuss the sensitive issues that divide people.
http://www.yforum.com/
Association of American Colleges and Universities: has as one of its priorities establishing diversity as an educational and civic priority.
http://www.aacu-edu.org/Initiatives/priority4.html
Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST): "expands opportunities for individuals with disabilities through the development of and innovative uses of technology....through research, product development, and work in schools and educational settings that further universal design for learning." This is the home of Bobby, the web tool that analyzes web pages for their accessibility to people with disabilities.
http://www.cast.org/
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI): a branch of the W3C Consortium (the international body that ratifies the HTML standards) that is promoting a high degree of usability for people with disabilities.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI): a resource for information and guidance in the area of access-to-information technologies by individuals with disabilities.
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/