Understanding Internet Policies and Complexities
by Melissa Layne
Melissa Layne, Ed.D., is the Director of Research Methodology and Editor-in-Chief for Internet Learning at American Public University System.
Layne’s research agenda includes topics on student retention, adaptive
and personalized learning, multi-user virtual environments, self-paced instructional design and implementation, text analytics, informal learning, and
quality assurance in online learning at the institutional, program and course
levels.
Political Action Follows Political Philosophy:
More Dispatches from the History of the Future
by Dr. Robert Owens
What we think about today we act upon tomorrow. The Dispatches from
the History of the Future contained in this book convey the basic political
philosophy which I believe will one day re-inspire our nation to stride upon the
stage of History with another round of liberating political action.
Horatio Alger Series
Edited and Introduced by Dr. Wallace Boston
Careers in the Face of Challenge:
Horatio Alger’s Telegraph Boy
The young Horatio Alger heroes often sold newspapers or delivered
telegrams, a reminder of how technology has moved on. The reader will
find this prototypical Alger story both a good read and food for thought
in an era when the technology has indeed moved on but the challenges
have remained.
Opportunity and Horatio Alger
Horatio Alger’s Mark Mason’s Triumph
Horatio Alger created youthful heroes whose persistence and pluck
triumphed over enormous odds, often having to educate themselves
by a flickering candle and late at night. Mark Mason is one of the most
appealing of the Alger success stories, a classic of Americana.
Paddle Your Own Canoe:
Horatio Alger’s Strong and Steady
In this celebrated Alger novel, the young hero is comfortably ensconced
at the Essex Classical Institute until misfortune makes his expensive
education impossible.
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