Community Action Network in the UK - a mutual learning and support network for social entrepreneurs whose group members run integrated activities that combine or cut across project areas or that link individuals or organisations working in different sectors, such as health and fitness, environment, education and training, job creation, community care, art and crafts. Craigmillar Community Information Service , in Scotland - a community based team project, situated on the east side of Edinburgh providing information network services to the local community, including help lines and a searchable data source for local organisations, and a full range of Internet services at very reasonable rates. Designed to meet the needs of northern peoples as they face the challenges of a rapidly globalizing world, the University is a partnership of academic institutions, indigenous peoples organizations and the Arctic states. A well-developed system for distributed online learning is seen to be fundamental to meeting these goals, so a committee of the university is being set up to conduct an evaluation of online education needs and interests and to propose appropriate information technology solutions. Practical classroom advice and how-to information.
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This will get you onto the regular mailing list to receive notices about forthcoming publications and other events. The next issue of ultiBASE, due out in February 2000, will be devoted to pedagogical issues surrounding the development, assessment and evaluation of online learning and teaching. Top Global Learn Day III Arun Tripathi has drawn attention to the annual Global Learn Day Webcast for 1999, which will be held on October 9. This 24-hour annual Webcast brings together global leaders in distance education from more than 70 countries to discuss affordable and accessible education for all. The purpose of Global Learn Day III is to demonstrate that education and training can now be affordably delivered to every corner of the globe through the use of the Internet.