Asynchronous learning and the Net’s impact on education
A panel at Prairie State College showcased asynchronous learning enabled by the Internet. Dr. Burks Oakley II of the University of Illinois demonstrated online textbooks 3D visuals and self grading quizzes, prompting questions about credentialing, campus culture, and how curricula might shift toward Information Age schooling.
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Burks Oakley II
University of Illinois
Prairie State College
Oakley
Louis Carroll
Dr. Oakley
Loyola
Governors State University
Tuskegee
Vanderbilt
Bill Gates
Catcher In the Rye
Holden Caufield
Community praise and local letters from Chicago Heights
A compilation of letters thanks CHPD DARE officers for a fall food drive at Glenwood Roller Rink and notes from readers on community support, local hospital care, school board decisions, and urban development under Mayor Ciambrone amid resident concerns about politics and debt.
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Chicago Heights
Cub Foods
Country Squire Foods
Glenwood Roller Rink
Jones Memorial Center
Chicago Heights Rec Center
CHPD
Willie
Progress in the Heights Tae on the Bate in Chicago Heights
A resident rebuts former Mayor Douglas Troiani’s campaign piece claiming Chicago Heights is in decline. The writer credits current Mayor Ciambrone with significant progress since Troiani left office and urges appreciation of the city’s economic development challenges.
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Ciambrone
Dominick's Fresh
Walgreens
Burger King
Health Tech International
Kline's Department
Med Partners
Suburban Heights Medical Center
CeeBee's
Rhone-Poulenc
Cfcternational
Grain Baker's Bakery
3Ulkmatic
ABC Rail
Bloom Plaza
Star Building
East Side
Troiani
Mike Crescenzo
Chicago Heights
Douglas Troiani
Gaus thanks supporters after Homewood Flossmoor board win
Gaus expresses gratitude to voters for reelecting him to the Homewood Flossmoor School District board. He thanks campaign volunteers Barb Weitzel Wendy Trainor Jay Carey Karen Ash and seven HL F students organized by his son Andrew. He also thanks Star Publications editors and his wife Alice for support.
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Homewood-Flossmoor
Barb Weitzel
Wendy Trainor
Jay Carey
Karen Ash
Andrew
HLF
The
Star Publications
Alice
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Charles J. Shields
Levin
St. James Hospital
St. James Ccu
Ingalls Ccu
Brookwood School District
Race
Star
Flossmoor
Gaus
Franklin R. Shuftan
Fshuftan
Interaccess
Margaret Seltzner
Acre
Racol
Ticate
Otwear Agen
Parad
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