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Thursday, August 25, 2011

EBSCOHost Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) Database


Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI), produced by Behavioral Measurement Database Services, is a comprehensive bibliographic database providing information about behavioral measurement instruments. Information in the database is abstracted from hundreds of leading journals covering health sciences and psychosocial sciences.
Additionally, instruments from Industrial/Organizational Behavior and Education are included. Records contained in HaPI provide information on questionnaires, interview schedules, vignettes/scenarios, coding schemes, rating and other scales, checklists, indexes, tests, projective techniques, and more.

HaPI provides information on the following:

Checklists
Coding schemes
Indexes
Interview schedules
Projective techniques
Questionnaires
Rating and other scales
Tests
Vignettes/Scenarios
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CHEA Initiative White Paper: Quality Assurance in Higher Education in the Twenty-First Century and the Role of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation


A national advocate and institutional voice for self-regulation of academic quality through accreditation, CHEA is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities and recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations. For more information, visit CHEA's Website at http://www.chea.org/ 

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Southern University (Baton Rouge) News: SU professor receives international distinguished service award



August 19, 2011


Dr. Moustapha Diack, professor of Southern University’s doctoral program in Science/Mathematics Education (SMED) was recently awarded the Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching 2011 Distinguished Service Award.


The award, presented to Diack during the recent MERLOT’s Emergency Technologies Conference, is MERLOT’s highest honor.


According to MERLOT, “Individuals who receive this award have made many personal contributions to MERLOT and have demonstrated their dedication to MERLOT through serving as visionaries and leaders.


Diack is credited for his creation of the MERLOT Africa Network, MAN. The network is an online partnership between the faculty of African and United States higher educational institutions and global e-learning providers that will result in joint education, research and development programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. The goal of MAN is to develop e-learning courses that support the development of education in Africa.


Currently, MAN is in partnership with higher education institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, major educational organizations such as the Africa Virtual University, UNESCO Training Platform, the eLearning Africa organization and the Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa.


MERLOT is a user-centered, searchable collection of online learning materials, catalogued by registered members and a set of faculty development support services. Its vision is to be a premiere online community where faculty, staff and students from around the world share their learning materials and teaching practices.


For more information about MAN or MERLOT, visit http://www.man.merlot.org/


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“15 Corporate America Myths Every New Grad Should Know”







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Campus Technology: Google Inspires Excitement, Hesitation in Instructors

Google+ has become the fastest growing social network in history, in part because of its unique circles interface and video chat feature. Some instructors in higher ed see it as a great new collaboration tool, while others are still worried about privacy on the network.

By John K. Waters
08/24/11

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NOLA.com: Ellis Marsalis Center for Music opens in Musicians' Village August 25, 2011




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CHEA Council for Higher Education Accreditation 2012 International Conference Program


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Inside Higher Ed: A Call to End Pledging


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Dillard University Placement Exams Fall 2011


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Thousands of Free Online Course Materials Are Available and Easy to Find

Thousands of Free Online Course Materials Are Available and Easy to Find

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