The staff consists of teachers from the school district and volunteers, many of whom are retired teachers. In this way, family literacy skills are enhanced.ĭuring the year workshops are provided in such areas as women’s health, nutrition, financial literacy, immigration issues and home and personal safety. In addition, a children’s library enhances the learning of English since mothers can borrow books to bring home to read to their children after they practice reading the books in class. Through grants and the generosity of benefactors, the Learning Connection is well equipped with computers and SmartBoards for class instruction. Additional classes are provided in basic literacy and for those seeking to earn the High School Equivalency diploma. In affiliation with the Brentwood Public School District, English as a New Language is the focus of the curriculum, as these newcomers learn how to speak English and adjust to society in the United States. Joseph, has been serving the educational needs of immigrant women in the Brentwood, Long Island, NY area. Since 1994 The CSJ Learning Connection for Adult Education, Inc., a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of St. Retrieved 8 October 2010.THE LEARNING CONNECTION FOR ADULT EDUCATION GEnie Lamp A2Pro ~ A T/TalkNET OnLine Publication ~ Vol.1, Issue 02. "Catalog of paperless books available from Softserv". "LIFE STYLE:As Computer Bulletin Boards Grow, If It's Out There, It's Posted Here". "A sheepskin from Online U." Business Week. The Virtual Classroom: Learning Without Limits Via Computer Networks. ^ a b Vicky Phillips (September 1996)."Technology in Education and the Next Twenty-Five Years - THE Journal". ^ Linda Marie Harasim Starr Roxanne Hiltz Lucio Teles Murray Turoff (1995).Neil Schulman, Rusty Schweickart, Donald B. Heim, Nicholas Johnson, Lionel Kearns, Paul Levinson, Brock N. Banks, Gregory Benford, William Benzon, Harlan Cleveland, Ari Davidow, Sylvia Engdahl, Keith Ferrell, David Gaines (who taught the first online graduate music course), David Gerrold, Tom Hargadon, David G. Faculty and special lecturers included Michael A. Students were enrolled in online classes from 40 states in the United States and 20 countries around the world. Courses included "Computer Conferencing for Business and Education," "Artificial Intelligence and Real Life," "Ethics in the Technological Age," "Science Fiction and Space-Age Mythology," "Popular Culture and the Media", "Book Publishing for the 21st Century," "Technological Forecasting," "Philosophy and Technology," and "Technology and the Disabled". Features of the electronic campus included the "Connect Ed Cafe," for casual conversation an online book ordering service the "Connect Ed Library" and an e-text publishing arm, "Connected Editions". In an age before easy dissemination of images and sounds on the Web, Connect Ed classes were conducted entirely in text. Technical services were provided by the New Jersey Institute of Technology on their "Electronic Information Exchange System" (known as "EIES") administered by Murray Turoff and Starr Roxanne Hiltz, and by the Unison Participate system. Connect Ed also worked with Polytechnic University in Brooklyn and Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, California. degrees in Media Studies (through The New School in New York City) and Creative Writing (through the Bath College of Higher Education in England). Operating from 1985 to 1997, Connect Ed offered the M.A. Connected Education - also known as Connect Ed - was a pioneering online education organization founded and administered by Paul Levinson and Tina Vozick.
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