BC student seriously hurt in leap from balcony

BC student seriously hurt in leap from balcony
A 23-year-old Boston College student was seriously injured yesterday morning when he plunged 20 feet from a second-floor balcony in Brighton after trying to jump onto a nearby tree, said police spokesman Eddie Chrispin.

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Guide to Online Course Design

Guide to Online Course Design
This chapter is called "Design with Learning in Mind" from Robin Smith's Guide to Online Course Design. The author successfully summarizes the key components in designing an online course and brings out the crucial differences between an online course and a classroom course. ____JH (Via Tomorrow's Professor.)
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--"The posting below looks at how to develop learner-centered environments for online courses. It is from Chapter 1, Design with Learning in Mind, in the book, Conquering The Content: A Step-by-Step Guide to Online Course Design, by Robin M. Smith Published by Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint, 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1741 [www.josseybass.com] Copyright © 2008 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc."

Palin pregnancy revives national debate on sex education (Daily Record)

WASHINGTON -- Some 30 years after sex education became a staple of high school curricula, schools still struggle over what students should know and whether it works. Continue reading ...