In the world of "Score/Score" by Phyllis Gotlieb, there is an overabundance of robots and machines in the world, with the human population being very low. ... There is shown that there are robots for teaching, and also ones who pretend to be students to keep the teaching machines sharp with the current lack of actual human students. ... Several details from the story that help create this mood of curiousity and silliness is the mentioning of many different types of robots that there is, with there different functions. ... Experiences that I have had with online delivered courses with little to...

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We were both expressing ourselves with an engaging and shared sensed of humor in a way that seemed to me inoffensive. ... Is there a disability subculture? ... I cannot speak very much to my own early past views as a younger man, say up to the age of 24, on people who are disabled or many other subcultures because my own thinking then on the subject was undefined and nebulous. During my own primary education through high school there were no autistic children, no self-identified gay youth and none with obvious physical disabilities such as blindness or cerebral palsy in the classrooms (if yo...

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Assessing the extent to which there is evidence that the approach does indeed foster learning.... According to Pashler there is an underlying appeal to discovering out what kind of person one is, therefore the study of what learning style you are is one that would be deeply appealing and eternally satisfying. ... " (Stewart, 1990, 372) A students learning style may be difficult to diagnose but once that is done then organizing effective techniques to best take advantage of the student style is not to far away. ... Guidance counsellors can especially help with the diagnoses part of learnin...

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Well, if the 1980's were a time for media tycoons, the 1990's will be for the self-styled visionaries. ... These alliances represent a model of corporate structure which many see as mere marriages of convenience, in which none wants to miss out on any futuristic markets. ... However, there is some thought in the direction we are headed. ... As instruction progresses and intelligent systems are used, the system learns about the student's strengths and weaknesses and then uses this knowledge to make the learning experience fit the need of that particular student. ... As sch...

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Then, they gave us a description of what higher education is like in today's age. ... There is sustaining innovation and disruptive innovation. ... At its infancy, televisions were very large and bulky. The images were pixelated and very unclear. ... There were several disruptive innovations that was part of Hinckley's plan. ...

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The museum movement and the success of training and development work during the two world wars were major factors in the development of the field. ... These programs, usually at the master's level but sometimes at the doctoral level, were generally known as "educational computing" programs. ... However, as the field developed and the technology available became more diverse and complex, it became obvious that there was a need for specialization. ... Then in 1995, OTA commissioned a series of studies dealing specifically with technology and teacher education. ... Empirical research then ...

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In Where Nests the Water Hen, the government does exactly this when Luzina receives a letter from the government saying, "It had decreed compulsory schooling before there were enough schools for all the children or roads for them to reach what schools were there."... This is seen when the children who are students under Miss O"Rorke do not want to go to school, "Every morning there were protestations and tears. ... As he looked at it, the teacher should dominate the pupils, speak to them from high, as it were. ... If education was not free, then only the people who could afford an education ...

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Within America there is a large population of peoples who have been, and continue to be, oppressed in this land of the free. ... Students thought to be less capable were explained tasks in a direct manner. When they answered incorrectly, they were criticized and given the answer. ... When mistakes occurred, they were encouraged to try again (Farley, 2000). ... It is quite likely that a student, once placed in a lower track, will remain there indefinitely unless otherwise challenged. ...

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