david wiles (rprtcard@aug.com)
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 07:14:19 -0500
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 07:14:19 -0500 From: david wiles <rprtcard@aug.com> Subject: [ifets] Re: Message on IFETS Discussion
At the suggestion, I am forwarding the following exchange concerning
cohorts that persist past the time of distance learning as an official
post-masters experience. The Albany group I refer to is discussed in
greater depth at
http://www.albany.edu/~dkw42/studcontrib.html
while you should ask Ms. Lamansky about the San Jose cohort of the Southern
California experience.
David Wiles
>From: "Kinshuk" <kinshuk@ieee.org>
>To: "david wiles" <rprtcard@aug.com>
>Subject: Re: Message on IFETS Discussion
>Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 11:31:38 +0100
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>Dear Professor Wiles
>
>Thanks for copying the mail to me. I am not sure if you would prefer,
>but in my opinion, forum members would benefit with this email exchange.
>I suggest you forward this mail to ifets@gmd.de (giving URL to EAPS760
>course).
>
>Regards.
>
>Kinshuk.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: david wiles <rprtcard@aug.com>
>To: Connie Lamansky @ PCB x5612 <connie_lamansky@mentorg.com>
>Sent: 16 November 1998 14:38
>Subject: Re: Message on IFETS Discussion
>
>
>>Connie-
>>thanks for the nice note. It was forwarded to the five 760 students who
>>have stayed in net since fall l996. I believe your cohort was quite
>>exceptional in terms of persisting through graduate school and on
>>into/through the world of work. If any of you kept a journal of that
>>transition and what connecting meant as an on-going phenomenon it would
>>make quite a contribution to the literature.
>>Thank you again for the note.
>>David
>>
>>
>>At 09:28 AM 11/10/98 PST, you wrote:
>>>I have just read the summaries of your Eaps 760 distance experience and
>>>am thus encouraged to share a doctoral cohort email experience.
>>>>From 1993 to 1995 I was a member of a University of Southern California
>>>cohort that met at San Jose State University in the field of
>>>Educational Psychology and Technology. Most of us had MAs from
>>>San Jose State University in Instructional Technology. We were all working
>>>full-time, either in a high tech industry or a technology capacity
>>>in the public schools. We completed a residency the summer of 1995.
>>>I spent three weeks on campus, and then flew for an additional six
>>>weeks for Friday evening and Saturday classes. Others spent the
>>>entire nine weeks on campus.
>>>
>>>The point of my tale is that we, as a cohort, used email to
>>>collaborate for the entire experience. Most of us were very
>>>familiar with the benefits of email, so there wasn't much of
>>>a learning curve. One member of the group works at Sun Microsystems
>>>and created an alias. He has not changed jobs, so I can still
>>>send mail to the entire group. Email was of particular
>>>importance as we moved from coursework to passing the quals and
>>>defending our proposal and dissertion. We had 23 students
>>>begin the program, 17 completed the coursework, and to date
>>>13 have completed the doctorate. I was number 13 and successfully
>>>defended the summer of 1997. Now that most of us have
>>>completed our studies, we use email to share items of
>>>professional interest (including job opportunities).
>>>
>>>Our sense of group came from the classroom experience. However,
>>>I believe our sense of intimacy came from email exchange. Email
>>>was certainly an important factor in jumping through the hoops
>>>required to get paperwork through the system of a university 500 miles
>>>away that assumes all students are on campus.
>>>
>>>Connie Lamansky
>>>
>>
>
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