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Lesson Description: This lesson is the first of three in the Introduction to Agriculture unit of a precision agriculture education series provided by Northeast Community College. These lessons are intended to teach "... broad scale concepts of precision agriculture, the components that make it...

Lesson Description: This lesson is the last of three in the Introduction to Agriculture unit of a precision agriculture education series provided by Northeast Community College. These lessons are intended to teach "... broad scale concepts of precision agriculture, the components that make it...

The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. This episode of ATETV examines three technical fields which require "precision and attention to detail," including biomanufacturing, agriculture, and information security. The video can be viewed whole...

The North Carolina Community College System BioNetwork offers a number of interactive eLearning tools (IETs), online learning modules designed to enhance (not replace) hands-on training. This particular IET, entitled Preparing for the Professional Interview, provides guidance for job interview...

This paper, from Larry Flick at Oregon State University and Randy Bell from the University of Virginia, covers technology use in science classrooms. The following guidelines for using technology in science teacher preparation are introduced and discussed: 1) Technology should be introduced in the...

"How can I get my students to think?" is a question asked by many faculty, regardless of their disciplines. Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional method that challenges students to "learn to learn," working cooperatively in groups to seek solutions to real world problems. These problems...

This paper from Jim Flowers, Assistant Professor in the Department of Industry and Technology at Ball State University, covers problem solving in technology education, and how it can be improved by using a Taoist philosophical approach. Flowers presents a background of both problem solving in...

This paper, by Mattie Lattu, Jari M. Lavonen, and Veijo P. Meisalo, staff members in the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Helsinki, Finland, presents a case study in technology education that looks at creative problem solving with an icon oriented programming tool. The study and...

This is a webpage with many learning objects concerning Process Control with lessons in Temperature, Level, Pressure, Flow, Analytical, Symbols, Tuning & Calibration, Proportional-Integral-Derivative Controls and other basic concepts.

This video segment, adapted from ATETV, looks at the Process Technology program at the College of the Mainland and what students will learn in order to succeed in industry. The video explains how the community college accommodates the busy lives of adult non-traditional students while still giving...