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Keep the community spirit.(Brief article)
Byline: Mark Chillingworth
The revelation that online collaboration through chatrooms benefits students and the tutors, as well as keeping down plagiarism astonished me. But in reality it shouldn't, collaboration is human nature and chatrooms are an extension of communities, whether it's a community on the street or in the lecture theatre. The adoption of chatrooms shows, excitingly, that the online information world has matured to become an accepted sphere of community, education and development.
Universities across the planet, including the University of Liverpool, are no longer as centralised on the campus as they were 10 years ago. But, as a new study shows (see news, page 5), by using the latest technology, institutions can still deliver the one-to-one and small group teaching that students expect.
For the information industry this is exceptionally exciting. Liverpool now has tentacles that reach beyond the campus, beyond even the shores of the UK. For information professionals this will, of course, ...
- Community Spirit commended.(Brief Article)
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- EU/UNITED STATES: BELGIUM UNEASY ABOUT COMMUNITY SPIRIT OVER ECONOMIC...
- Newspaper article from: European Report March 2, 2002 700+ words
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- But how do the Martians feel?(Leading edge: what's hot in the design...
- Magazine article from: EDN Adler, Mark March 18, 2004 700+ words
"We're sending a complicated system into an unknown environment at very high speed. I feel calm. I feel ready. I can only conclude it's because I don't have a full grasp of the situation." Mark Adler, deputy mission manager for NASA's Spirit Mars-rover landing, Scientific American, March 2004
- Hal Schultz embodies community spirit. (News & Trends).(Public Service...
- Magazine article from: California CPA Ueltzen, Michael July 1, 2002 700+ words
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- ALL IN THE FAMILY; TIMBERLAND CEO JEFFREY SWARTZ TALKS ABOUT HEADING AN...
- Magazine article from: Footwear News December 31, 2001 700+ words
...generation Timberland exec -- attributes much of the firm's success to its corporate culture, which promotes a sense of community spirit "in everything we do," he noted. Recently, Swartz sat down with FN News Editor Dana Lenetz to discuss the challenges...
