James L Morrison (morrison@unc.edu)
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:45:28 -0500
From: "James L Morrison" <morrison@unc.edu> Subject: [ifets] January Issue of The Technology Source Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:45:28 -0500
Below is a description of the January issue of The Technology Source, a
free refereed webzine at http://horizon.unc.edu/TS.
As always, we seek illuminating articles that will assist educators as they
face the challenge of integrating information technology tools in teaching
and in managing educational organizations. Please review our call for
manuscripts at http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/call.asp
Jim
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James L. Morrison morrison@unc.edu
Professor of Educational Leadership CB 3500 Peabody Hall
Editor, On the Horizon The University of North
http://horizon.unc.edu/horizon Carolina at Chapel Hill
Editor, The Technology Source Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3500
http://horizon.unc.edu/TS Phone: 919 962-2517
Fax: 919 962-1693
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William Klemm considers the possibilities and limits of distance education
for universities in this month's Vision article. With the growing popularity
of distance education among faculty and students, what are the financial
implications for the university? What are the implications for the quality
of teaching?
In this month's Commentary, Howard Major and Nancy Levenburg advance a
"shared responsibility model" for learner success in distance education
environments and offer suggestions for creative learner-focused distance
education.
Dennis Govoni and astronaut Sally Ride explain the new EarthKAM system,
which allows earth-bound students to access, via the Internet, a camera
mounted on a space shuttle window, in this month's Case Study.
In our Faculty and Staff Development section for January, Mark Northover
considers the importance of assessing technological capabilities among
university faculty and staff. Are our human resources being upgraded at the
same pace at which we upgrade our technological resources?
The Site of the Month for January is "The Web of Asynchronous Learning
Networks (ALN)", an interactive site devoted to education on the Internet.
The site offers two online journals, workshops, and discussion forums.
In this month's Letters to the Editor, Paul Shrivastava puzzles over the
discrepancy between the boom in interest in online learning among educators
and its lukewarm reception among learners. What must we do to reconcile this
difference?
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