http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/ North American ecotourism training and e Mon, 23 Jul 2001 00:41:11 GMT ron@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/42 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/42 Planeta.com Develops Online North American Eco Travel/Ecotourism Forums Planeta.com (http://www.planeta.com) hosts several online forums about Thu, 18 May 2000 06:57:29 GMT Dricot-Fellenius http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/41 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/41 ... You're right, and I probably should not have used the length of training as a criteria for effectiveness by itself. ... Your comments on what the course is Wed, 17 May 2000 23:13:43 GMT Scott Walker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/40 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/40 ... For those with web access you can open a copy of my thesis with Acrobat from http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2310/thesis.pdf For the sake of Wed, 17 May 2000 23:08:09 GMT Ron Mader http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/39 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/39 ... Neil - All of these groups have great intentions *and* good people working for them. That said, I would ask if they could provide timely evaluations of Wed, 17 May 2000 17:50:35 GMT Neil George Chura http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/38 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/38 Thanks Scott, Your model sounds interesting. Does anything come to mind on how these categories would be developed in terms of section headings? Also, I'm Wed, 17 May 2000 13:49:46 GMT Scott Walker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/37 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/37 First, kudos to Neil for a well articulated message. Note the lay out with all caps for subject areas, concise categories, etc. Seldom do we find folks Tue, 16 May 2000 22:47:31 GMT Neil George Chura http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/36 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/36 More interesting questions ... ... I'm not sure where it falls in the hierarchy of business rules, but certainly, an old adage in marketing is, "Know your Tue, 16 May 2000 20:52:05 GMT Neil George Chura http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/35 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/35 Hello Wendy: Thanks for your very insightful submission. A couple of points stand out for me and I am wondering if you (Wendy) or anyone else have further Tue, 16 May 2000 19:45:09 GMT Scott Walker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/34 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/34 ... Deja vu. Elizabeth Malek-Zadeh, she's around this conference somewhere, and I had this conversation a couple of years ago. She studied ecotourism within a Tue, 16 May 2000 19:28:51 GMT Wendy Oden http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/33 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/33 Dear Marguerite, Hi, thank you for your comment. I am also posting my reply to the Education Forum because I think you bring up a very key issue that is worthy Tue, 16 May 2000 15:03:26 GMT Wendy Oden http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/32 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/32 Hello Friends, This is my first visit to the Educational Forum--I apologize in advance for the long message, however, I would like to offer a critique of the Mon, 15 May 2000 17:14:39 GMT Neil George Chura http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/31 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/31 Interesting Ron, that you should raise the idea of analyzing "over the long term programs that CI, RARE and WWF." Is there anything in particular that brings Sun, 14 May 2000 15:44:29 GMT Fernando Garcia http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/30 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/30 Yes and no. Yes when RARE teach, has a set oof tools to understand the progress into learning process. we have a set of standars and indicators for english, Sun, 14 May 2000 12:53:49 GMT Ron Mader http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/29 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/29 The biggest problem is not necessarily the length of training, but the lack of pre-planning and follow-up. Too often educational programs are developed with Sun, 14 May 2000 07:15:40 GMT Neil George Chura http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/28 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/na_ecotourism_education/message/28 Hi Karl: In response to your question below, I wonder what is that has brought you to question the length of training? Is the appropriate duration of the