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Module Description: The Fire Ecology and Management Series is provided by the Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources and includes six modules. The series "is designed to address both the general role of fire in ecosystems as well as specific wildfire management issues in forest ecosystems." The...

Formerly Conservation Ecology, this electronic, open access, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal provides research findings on the management, stewardship and sustainable use of ecological systems, resources and biological diversity at all levels, the role natural systems play in social and...

This document, from the Educating Biotechnicians for Future Industry Needs conference, held in April, 2008, addresses how "to strengthen technician education to meet the needs of the biotechnology industry," specifically in the next five years in the fields of health, medical, agriculture,...

This toolkit for educators of all levels and communities about sustainable development was developed by Rosalyn McKeown. This is the second version of the resource, completed in 2002, and is based on "the idea that communities and educational systems within communities need to dovetail their...

This page, from the The Center for Innovative Research in Cyberlearning (CIRCL), offers information on the related concepts of educational data mining and learning analytics, both of which focus on capturing and analyzing information about educational systems and the teaching and learning process,...

This video created by Alice Hartzog includes a description of some educational technology careers. The video explores the outlook for the field and includes a power point-like presentation with information on careers in the field. Running time: 4:09.

This is a series of laboratory modules and exercises designed to teach an introduction to digital logic course. It was created by Clint Cole (owner of Digilent www.digilentinc.com). He has given permission to use it for educational purposes.

This lesson plan provides an introduction to the hardness of materials. Specifically, the exercise allows students the opportunity to "observe the changes in hardness of brass resulting from different percentages of rolling, along with the accompanying changes in microstructure." Students will also...

This 2-page document, adapted from the Minnesota State Executive Development Program, explores mentoring best practices for educators. The document defines successful mentoring, explores the benefits of mentoring for mentors, highlights mentoring experience recommendations, describes possible...

This paper, commissioned by the 2011 summit on Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape, describes the outreach, recruitment, and mentoring strategies that can mitigate barriers and improve retention in transfer programs between two-year and four-year institutions in STEM...