Author: Michael Power
Publisher: AU Pre
Keywords: instructional, design, studies, case, log, designer’s
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 1969-12-31
ISBN-10: 1897425619
ISBN-13: 9781897425619
Books and articles on instructional design in online learning abound but rarely do we get such a comprehensive picture of what instructional designers do, how they do it, and the problems they solve as their university changes. Michael Power documents the emergence of an adapted instructional design model for transforming courses from single-mode to dual-mode instruction, making this designer’s log a unique contribution to the field of distance education.About the Author Michael Power is Programs Director and Assistant Professor in Educational Technology at the Faculty of Education, Lav
Authors:Brian A. Jackson, David R. Frelinger, Michael J.
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: vehicles, cruise, missiles, aerial, unmanned, novel, threats, homeland, evaluating
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 083304169X
ISBN-13: 9780833041692
Changes in technology and adversary behavior will invariably produce new threats that must be assessed by defense and homeland security planners, and a decision must be made about whether they merit changes in current defenses or the development of new defensive approaches. An example of such a novel threat is the use of cruise missiles or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by terrorist groups or other asymmetric actors to attack homeland targets. Individual threats cannot be assessed in isolation, however, since adversaries always have many options for staging attacks. To examine the threat of U
Authors:Donna O. Farley, Cheryl L. Damberg, M. Susan Ridg
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: report, final, evaluation, initiative, safety, ahrq, patient, assessment
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 083304480X
ISBN-13: 9780833044808
In September 2002, AHRQ entered into a four-year contract with the RAND Corporation to serve as the patient safety evaluation center for its patient safety initiative. The evaluation center is responsible for performing a longitudinal evaluation of the full scope of AHRQ’s patient safety activities and for providing regular feedback to support the continuing improvement of this initiative over the four-year project period. This is the fourth and final evaluation report prepared by RAND. It presents new results for the period from October 2005 through September 2006, synthesizes the full
Authors:Charles Wolf, Jr., Brian G. Chow, Gregory S. Jone
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: initiative, training, manual, security, proliferation, commands, participation, combat
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833046969
ISBN-13: 9780833046963
The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) is a cooperative effort to prevent or at least inhibit the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), their delivery systems, and related materials to or from states or non-state actors whose possession of such items would be a serious threat to global or regional security. Currently, 93 countries have endorsed PSI’s purpose and principles and participate in its activities. This manual
Authors:Somi Seong, Obaid Younossi, Benjamin W. Goldsmith
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: technology, initiatives, trends, price, industrial, base, titanium
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 083304575X
ISBN-13: 9780833045751
Titanium accounts for a significant portion of the structural weight of many aircraft. Its high strength-to-weight ratio, high strength at high temperatures, corrosion resistance, and thermal stability make it ideal for airframe structures. However, in recent years a combination of multiple factors has caused a major spike in titanium prices that is expected to significantly influence the acquisition costs of future aircraft. This monograph examines the titanium industrial base, titanium production technology, and the factors underlying price fluctuations in the titanium market to assess their
Author: Elisa Eiseman
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: cancer, changes, development, biospecimen, database, research, genetic, study, variables, preanalytical, quality, biospecimens, used, effects
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833047418
ISBN-13: 9780833047410
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research (OBBR) asked the RAND Corporation to identify and analyze existing data on the effects of preanalytical variables on biospecimens used to study genetic and proteomic changes in cancer. The project was broken down into three phases. This documented briefing, which focuses on work conducted during the first year of this project, describes the process used to identify and analyze data on the effects of preanalytical variables on biospecimens used to study genetic and proteomic changes in cancer. It provides det
Authors:Brian A. Jackson, Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Darcy N
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: domestic, intelligence, counterterrorism, agency, creation, society, free, challenge, multidisciplinary
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833046160
ISBN-13: 9780833046161
Whether U.S. terrorism-prevention efforts match the threat continues to be central in policy debate. Part of this debate is whether the United States needs a dedicated domestic counterterrorism intelligence agency. To inform future policy decisionmaking, this book examines, from a variety of perspectives, the policy proposal that such an agency be created. These include its possible capabilities, comparing its potential effectiveness with that of current efforts, and its acceptability to the public, as well as various balances and trade-offs involved in creating such an agency. Reflecting the
