INTERNET GROWTH

A study by the U.S. Commerce Department ( http://ecommerce.gov/ ) says that
traffic on the Internet is doubling every hundred days and predicts that
electronic commerce will grow to $300 billion a year by 2002. (USA Today 16
Apr 96)

__________Need to Know____________________
DOJ RACES THE CLOCK -- SUB-$500 PCS UP NEXT --
MICRON PUSHES BATTERY LIFE -- MS DROPS PALM PC NAME --

http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/adt0407nk/www.anchordesk.com/story/story_1957.html

NEW ANTITRUST CHARGES could stall Windows 98. Sources
say government also probing NT.

SUB-$500 PCs? National Semi's new single-chip technology
promises super-cheap systems in 1999.

FREEDOM FOR ROAD WARRIORS: New Micron notebook delivers
11 hours of battery life.

QUICK TAKES:
Microsoft backs down on Palm PC name.
W3C to reveal steps to a more intelligent Web.
Steve Jobs hypes QuickTime to broadcasters.

FINDING A NEEDLE (OR 7,079 PAGES ON NEEDLES) ON THE WEB
A study by the NEC Research Institute says the Internet has exploded to more
than 320 million Web pages, an estimate that does not include millions of
pages that are protected by passwords or "search walls" that block access to
browsers or search engines. The study indicates that the HotBot search
engine has the most comprehensive index of the Web, but even so, covers only
about 34 percent of the indexable pages. Coverage of some of the other
search engines includes: AltaVista (28%); Northern Light (20%); Excite
(14%); Lycos (3%). One of the report's coauthors says that the Web's data
explosion may be better controlled by the "meta-search engines," such as
Meta-Crawler and Ahoy!, which have developed thinking techniques that sense
what readers are looking for and seek out pages not found on most indexes.
(AP 3 Apr 98)
Edupage is written by John Gehl (gehl@educom.edu) and Suzanne Douglas
(douglas@educom.edu). Telephone: 770-590-1017

CULTURE, NOT CURRENCY, MAKES A HAVE-NOT COUNTRY
Digital guru Don Tapscott says whether a nation remains a technology
"have-not" depends on its mindset, not its bank balance: "It's not the poor
countries that are blocking progress. It's countries that have a culture
that impedes innovation, that cannot find the national will to go forward
with technology. What is it about a national culture that enhances
curiosity? You need countries to have an environment where companies have
the potential to create wealth." (Upside Apr 98) EDUPAGE 3/31/98
Editorial comment from GH: what about institutional culture and its effect on the institution being a have or have not?

DISTANCE LEARNING BY NEARBY STUDENTS
College and university administrators are finding that their distance
learning programs are immensely popular with on-campus students, who see
them as a convenient way to earn credits. In the State University of New
York's online program, 80% of the participants are full- or part-time
students living on a SUNY campus, and at Arizona State University, only 3%
of the distance education students live in another state. The trend
presents problems for administrators, who face decisions about how to pay
for both online and on-campus education at the same time, and how to balance
teaching loads for professors who teach both. "What happens to traditional
teaching? As universities put so many resources into online education, are
we going to take away from our efforts in the traditional classroom? That's
troubling," says one administrator. (Chronicle of Higher Education 27 Mar 98)EDUPAGE 3/31/98
(Editorial comment from GH: many of the students taking DE courses cannot take on-campus courses and would get their distance courses elsewhere if the local college didn't offer them. The college is still expanding its student body by providing distance options.)

APPLE DEMOS 400Mhz MAC
Apple Computer interim CEO Steve Jobs last week demonstrated a Macintosh
running on a 400Mhz copper-based chip, based on technology developed by IBM
last fall. The new microprocessor, which will be produced under joint
arrangement by IBM and Motorola, will be available for Macs in early 1999,
says Jobs. (St. Petersburg Times 23 Mar 98) Meanwhile, analysts are
predicting a new inexpensive, high-powered Apple laptop by the end of May.
The G3/233 will sell for less than $2,000 and will feature Apple's new
PowerPC 750 233Mhz processor. (Tampa Tribune 23 Mar 98) (EDUPAGE 3/26/98)

NEW DATA STORAGE FOR SMALL COMPUTERS
Ioptics Inc., developer of the technology behind compact disks, has come up
with a new data storage system for portable computers. The company, which
has financial backing from Microsoft, is marketing a palm-sized optical
reader that can transfer up to 128 megabytes of data from a storage card
smaller than a credit card. Ioptics hopes the device will become an
integral part of the next generation of small, portable computers, but faces
stiff competition from Zip drive-maker Iomega and from Sony Corp.
(Wall Street Journal 23 Mar 98) (EDUPAGE 3/26/98)

TAPSCOTT BOOK CLIMBS TO TOP POSITION
Don Tapscott's new book "Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation"
has become the No. 1 best-selling hardcover nonfiction book, according to
amazon.com. Tapscott has appeared several times in Educom Review and has
been a keynote speaker at the Educom conference. (EDUPAGE 3/23/98)

ISPs SAY INTERNET DEMAND EXCEEDS TECHNOLOGY
Internet service providers and equipment vendors are warning that Internet
bandwidth demands are growing much faster than the capacity of Internet
backbones. For instance UUNet Technologies reports that Internet traffic
used to double every year, but now its doubling every three to six months:
"We have to radically alter our backbone very, very regularly," says a UUNet
VP. "We and everybody else are going to have a difficult time keeping up
with bandwidth demand." ISPs complain that new video applications are
straining current technology, and that it's difficult to build up the
backbone without knowing in advance which Internet applications are going to
prove most popular: "We're being asked to build bandwidth for the future
without really knowing what the traffic will be," says the chairman of
Netcom On-Line Communications Services. And while all agree that eventually
usage-based pricing will prevail, some are suggesting that the industry may
also move to a distance-sensitive pricing scheme, similar to that used by
long-distance telephone providers. (Information Week 16 Mar 98) from EDUPAGE

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(3/5/98 AAHESGIT #33. Approx. 60 lines from Mark D. Milliron
of The League for Innovation in the Comm Coll
<milliron@johnco.cc.ks.us>

Milliron wisely observes: "...people are more likely to modify
behavior if they have something to work toward as opposed to
focusing on something to avoid..."; and, consequently, he offers
a variation on my extension of Gandhi's list of "Seven Blunders
of the World that Lead to Violence." I hope many of you are
moved to create your own versions.

At the very end of this message you'll also find some URLs for
information about various activities and materials available
from the League for Innovation in the Community College. I've
been very favorably impressed with the quality of thinking and
work that characterizes the League's projects and services.)
Steve Gilbert ===============================================

At the risk of being a bit too "selfhelpish" or academic
(from my communication science background), I'd like to offer
another way to look at the powerful learning of Gandhi you
mentioned in your recent posting. In many circles, it is
contended that people are more likely to modify behavior if
they have something to work toward as opposed to focusing on
something to avoid---hence the failure of the "just say no"
campaign of the 80s. I too have used Gandhi's "blunders" in
presentations about technology, but have paraphrased them and
turned them into more of a positive vision. In fact, the
list is sitting as the wallpaper on my computer as I'm
writing this note. Using this technique to approach your new
list, the "vision worth working toward" (as you termed it in
Phoenix last year) would read something like this:

A Vision Worth Working Toward: Things that will Save the World

Wealth with work
Pleasure with conscience
Knowledge with character
Commerce with morality
Science with humanity
Worship with sacrifice
Politics with principle
Rights with responsibilities
Technology with direction
Connection with community
Teaching with joy
Learning with hope

Just food for thought.

It's great to have you back!

Take care,

Mark

====================
Mark D. Milliron
Vice President and COO
The League for Innovation in the Community College
http://www.league.org
26522 La Alameda, St. 370
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
(714) 367-2884, ext. 105
<milliron@league.org>

*For more information about the League's upcoming Innovations
conference visit:
<http://www.leaguetlc.org/conference/confinfo/innov.htm>
*For more information about the League's Conference on
Information Technology visit:
<http://www.league.org/cit.html>
*For more information about League publications visit:
<http://www.league.org/leagpubs.html>
*For more information about becoming a member of the Alliance
for Community College Innovation visit:
<http://www.league.org/alliance.html>
*For more information about becoming a League Corporate
Partner visit:
<http://www.league.org/leagpart.html>
*To visit the League's Technology and Learning Community
(TLC) visit:
<http://www.leaguetlc.org>

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(3/10/98 AAHESGIT #40. Approx. 40 lines from Claudia Rebaza
of U of So. Miss. <crebaza@ocean.st.usm.edu>

Rebaza raises several questions about motivating and
supporting faculty efforts to use information technology to
improve teaching, learning, and research. I welcome reports
from institutions that have succeeded, even in a limited way,
in providing formal recognition and rewards for faculty who
make such efforts. I often find in my campus visits that the
more urgent issue is that of reducing the punishments for
faculty who become actively involved with educational uses of
technology. Many faculty members discover that the demands
on their own time associated with learning how to use
technology for academic purposes are excessive and that "P&T
Committees (promotion and tenure committees) tend to
undervalue such work in practice -- even when institutional
policy encourages it. Has anyone found PRACTICAL ways for
P&T committees to evaluate and reward faculty uses of
information technology?

Rebaza also mentions a problem acknowledged too rarely at
most institutions: wide discrepancies between the quality
and quantity of technology and related support services
available to faculty (and students) in different departments
within the same college or university.)
Steve Gilbert ===============================================

I would agree with the idea that "accountability" is a factor
in the adoption and full utilization of available technology.

On our campus our technology environment is very fragmented,
with haves and have-nots which makes any overall training or
utilization problematic. However, the other problem is the
lack of credit that faculty members generally get for
investing time and effort in learning about technology,
thinking about how it can be used, and integrating it into
their current teaching AND research efforts. (As a
librarian, I see technology as a big factor in research these
days, not just teaching.)

We have had a technology conference (Technogras) here on
campus for three years now, and have been steadily drawing
more staff and _fewer_ faculty each year. It is not because
we are teaching already familiar concepts either. Even being
able to recruit presenters from among our faculty can
involve a lot of personal pleading. We're beginning an
online proceedings this year to give them a way to publish
presentations (and therefore get an entry on their annual
evaluation form) but it doesn't seem to have made
a difference. There is just no incentive there, and
evaluation variances among departments or colleges makes any
kind of "reward" structure a matter of roulette.

Interestingly, there seems to be a fair amount of interest
from K-12 educators for this conference. It's our OWN faculty
we can't seem to reach.

I'd be interested to hear if anyone knows of solutions for
this situation.

Claudia Rebaza
Information Services Librarian
Cook Library, University of Southern Mississippi
<crebaza@ocean.st.usm.edu>
<http://ocean.st.usm.edu/~crebaza>

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__________Berst Alert____________________
COMPAQ WOES: THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY
(AND WHY WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW COULD *HELP* YOU)

http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/adt0310ba/www.anchordesk.com/story/story_1851.html

When the world's largest PC manufacturer warns about
flat earnings, the entire industry listens. But doesn't
always get the whole story. Come to the site and
I'll tell you what you *aren't* hearing about Compaq's
woes. And how *you* may prosper from the price cuts
Compaq will finally be forced to make.

__________Need to Know____________________
BUILD-TO-ORDER IN THREE DAYS -- NCN SHUTS DOWN --
COREL DROPS PRICES

http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/adt0310nk/www.anchordesk.com/story/story_1852.html

Ingram Micro opens build-to-order super site. Pledges
three-day turnaround on PCs from its massive new
plant.

New Century Networks shuts its doors. Orchestrating
online news services for 140 affiliates proves too
challenging.

Troubled Corel lowers prices. WordPerfect Suite upgrades
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THE TOP 100 WEB SITES
Our list keeps evolving, with new sites that deliver on the
Web's promise to be a truly useful part of our daily lives.

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PREPARE FOR THE MILLENIUM WITH SAVVY USER 2000
From high-tech hotels to well-wired watches, soon there
won't be a thing left that isn't connected to the Net.
Beam yourself into the 21st century with this special
coverage of futuristic Net technologies and trends.

http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/zdnu980309001/www.zdnet.com/products/iu/savvy/

THE RICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOU AND ME
New York's Trump Towers, a luxurious Fifth Avenue complex owned by Donald
Trump, has sent the following letter to its residents: "You will be given a
set-top box at no cost and a list of approximately 600 movies and programs
available ... The set-top box plugs into any single telephone line so there
is no need for any additional cabling or other interruptions. There is no
interference or interruption to your telephone services, and there are no
charges whatever to your telephone bill. Also available at a nominal cost
($29.95 per month) is a high-speed access to the Internet. This access will
be approximately 100 times faster than the fastest modem now available, and,
in fact, no modem whatsoever will be required in the residence." (New York
Times 7 Mar 98)Edupage

THE HARDWARE HORROR STORY

http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/adt0302ba/www.anchordesk.com/story/story_1817.html

What a mess. The current PC hardware design is terribly
flawed -- so much so that it puts new buyers at risk.
And the proposed future design is a morass of broken
promises and incomplete standards. If you plan to
buy a PC anytime in the next year, be sure you know
about the IRQ scandal and how to avoid getting hosed.
And be sure you know about the forthcoming PC98 machines
and whether they are worth the wait.
ZDNet http://www.anchordesk.com

WORKING TO SOLVE THE INFORMATION GAP
An increasing number of publications have been pointing out the growing
disparity between the information-rich and information-poor. A good example
is the new book by Fred T. Hofstetter ("Internet Literacy"), a guide to
using the Internet; Hofstetter says: "Because the Net cannot see racial
differences, age, sex, or physical handicaps, it doesn't discriminate.
Except, perhaps, against the unconnected, because in an information society,
to be cut off from the Internet is to be disenfranchised." ("Internet
Literacy," Irwin McGraw-Hill)
EDUPAGE 3/2/98

FEDERAL GOV'T TO SPEND $50-MILLION ON DIGITAL LIBRARIES
The U.S. government plans to spend $50 million over four or five years as
part of its new Digital Library 2 project. The original Digital Library
project started in 1994 with about half that amount of funding. The leader
of the University of Illinois' digital library project notes that online
technology is developing so rapidly, that proposals will have to "sound very
grand and flaky" in order not to become obsolete before the five years is
up. Federal agencies involved in the Digital Library 2 project include the
National Science Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,
the Library of Congress, NASA, the National Endowment for the Humanities,
and the National Library of Medicine. (Chronicle of Higher Education 27 Feb 98)
EDUPAGE 3/2/98

APPLE CUSTOMERS REMAIN INCREDIBLY LOYAL

http://www.zdnet.com/chkpt/adt0227bm/www.anchordesk.com/story/story_1814.html

Company's repurchase rate passes 50% mark. Mac ace
Liz Enbysk has more on that, plus the painful truth
about PowerBook G3 -- and a trio of hot Mac-only
downloads.

INTERNET GROWTH SQUEEZING ISPs
With demand for bandwidth increasing exponentially, and stiff competition
holding down prices, Internet service providers are trying to figure out how
to foot the bill for new equipment and more leased bandwidth to satisfy
customers' requirements. UUnet CEO John Sidgemore says no technology in
history has grown as fast as the Internet: "Internet bandwidth demand is
expanding by 10 times each year. This is presenting a scaling challenge
that we've never found before." In response, ISPs are considering using
data storage devices to cache copies of large, frequently accessed files
within their own networks. Another option is increased "peering," which
would allow traffic from one ISP to pass directly to customers of another
provider without going through the main Internet gateways, where most of the
congestion occurs. (TechWeb 25 Feb 98)

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(2/26/98 AAHESGIT #20. Approx. 50 lines from Candyce
Williams Glaser of Peabody College
<williach@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu>

Glaser offers a summary of impressions about faculty and
student attitudes toward educational uses of technology
based on her doctoral dissertation research. She has
found no "lazy" students or faculty: "All faculty members
have indicated a desire to provide the best instruction
possible whether they use technology or not." However, Glaser is
convinced that both students and faculty "... do not
have the time or the desire to use any technology unless
it results in a greater understanding of the course content...")
Steve Gilbert ===============================================

I am a doctoral candidate at Peabody College at Vanderbilt
University. My dissertation research has focused on the
effects of a technology initiative on Peabody professors' use
of technology to enhance undergraduate education. After
more than 20 months of data collection, I can honestly say
that there have been very, very few complaints about students
and faculty being lazy. Rather, my research indicates just
the opposite. Faculty members who are willing to reanalyze
their pedagogy and to consider ways in which technology can
enhance their instructional practices end up putting many
more hours into their course preparation time.

These instructors enjoy varying degrees of success depending on a
variety of factors, however, for most of them the decision to
continue to teach with technology is based on their analysis
of the effects that it has on student learning and the
amount of time and effort that must be used to maintain the
technological intervention that they selected. Although this
obviously oversimplifies the issues, I have not had a single
case in which a faculty member has refused to use technology
due to laziness. Nor have I had a single case in which a
faculty member is uninterested in improving his/her teaching.
All faculty members have indicated a desire to provide the
best instruction possible whether they use technology or not.

Similarly, student responses to the use of technology in
undergraduate courses have been overwhelmingly positive. The
students do have areas in which they report higher levels of
satisfaction and they do report more negative responses to
technologies that are used to promote "artificial"
discussions or activities. My research does not indicate that
Peabody students are lazy, quite the contrary. They like the
technology, they like what it does to enhance teaching and
learning in their courses. Their responses on surveys and
interviews indicate that they would like to see more
technology in their classes--they just want it to be used in
meaningful ways. Both sets of participants (faculty and
students) indicate that they do not have the time or the
desire to use any technology unless it results in a
greater understanding of the course content.

Technology is simply a tool that can be used to accomplish a particular
goal. If the instructor has thoughtfully matched the
instructional goals to the technology use, then all parties
report high levels of success and satisfaction.

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ONLINE COURSES NEED TO LOOK GOOD TO BE GOOD
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have concluded that to be
effective, the appearance of an online course is as important as the
content. "We paid attention to the feeling and tone of the course, not just
the content and teaching processes," says one of the researchers. "It's
like going into the supermarket -- the food might look all right, but the
music drives you crazy, so you leave." The study, "Best- and Worst-Dressed
Web Courses: Strutting into the 21st Century in Comfort and Style,"
includes a "Madonna Award for Best-Dressed Course," which was granted to an
American history course at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The
researchers evaluated 127 courses using 43 criteria.
http://www.usq.edu.au/dec/decjourn/demain.htm (Chronicle of Higher
Education 27 Feb 98)

AID SOUGHT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING STUDENTS
Acknowledging that "currently, we treat distance learners sort of as
stepstudents," Department of Education assistant secretary David Longanecker
says a proposal in President Clinton's recommendations for the
reauthorization of the Higher Education Act would change that. The proposal
would give financial aid eligibility to students who attend degree-granting
institutions that educate students primarily through distance learning;
broaden the financial aid package given to students who take distance
learning courses at a traditional institution of higher education; and
establish a $30-million pilot program to help institutions develop and use
innovative technology. (USA Today 24 Feb 98)

LAPTOPS REQUIRED OF INCOMING FRESHMEN
Freshmen entering the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000
will be required to have laptop computers. Students can either bring their
own laptop (if it meets proper specifications) or buy the machines
themselves through Student Stores on campus. The university will offer
low-interest, four-year loans for students who wish to finance the purchase,
and will increase its financial aid budget to provide needy students with
additional grant assistance to help cover the cost of the laptops. Some of
the other institutions that require or will soon require students to have
laptop computers are Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, Carnegie-Mellon, Virginia
Tech, and Western Carolina University.
http://www.unc.edu/news/newsserv/univ/elaptop.html
EDUPAGE

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(2/17/98 AAHESGIT #6. Approx. 75 lines from Carol Holder of
Cal Poly Pomona <crholder@csupomona.edu>

I don't routinely post job announcements or job descriptions
to AAHESGIT. However, I encourage postings such as the one
below, if they provide some new insight or suggestions about
how to organize part of an educational institution to more
effectively improve teaching and learning with technology.
Holder introduces the job description below [for a new
Director of Faculty Development position] by explaining the
Cal Poly approach to faculty development. I am impressed
with the extent to which this institution (and its president)
supports collaborative efforts among the offices of Faculty
Development, Instructional Technology and Academic Computing,
and the University Library.)
Steve Gilbert ===============================================

Dear AAHESGIT colleagues:

Cal Poly Pomona is conducting a search for a new Director of
Faculty Development, a full-time, 12-month position -- and,
IMHO, the best job on campus! At the end of this note you'll
see the short version of the position announcement. Because
many of you on this list either direct faculty development or
work closely with someone who does on your campus, you may be
interested (or know someone who may be interested) in this
opportunity. The position is open until filled; review of
applications will begin Friday, February 20.

One of the challenges for our "full-service" Faculty Center
(and this will come as no surprise to any of you) continues
to be providing assistance to faculty related to using new
technologies in their teaching and other professional
activities. Over the years, we've tried a range of programs
and services, the most successful in terms of impact on
teaching and learning probably being our intensive two-week
summer faculty institutes ("SWIM" -- Summer Web Institutes
and Mentoring). You can follow developments on SWIM and
other programs on our faculty computing lab web site:
www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~faculty_center/lab

In the tech areas of faculty development, the director of
faculty development works with a full-time faculty associate
(a "lab coordinator") and the dean of Instructional
Technology and Academic Computing to offer a range of support
services and programs to faculty -- workshops, one-on-one
assistance, one- or two-week summer institutes, grants for
special projects, symposia, etc. By pooling resources and
collaborating with ITAC, the Faculty Center has been able to
offer more support and I think better-designed services.
This year and last, we have had a full-time faculty
associate, students providing one-on-one assistance, plus a
number of faculty brought in as "special consultants" to lead
workshops for their colleagues.

BTW, the Director of Faculty Development and ITAC Dean, with
the Director of the University Library, are the co-conveners
of our campus TLTR. (Because we want to keep our TLTR
"round," we have three co-conveners instead of a chair.)

Please forward this announcement to colleagues who may be
interested. I'd be happy to respond to inquiries about our
program and the position.

Carol Holder Professor of English and Director of Faculty
Development Cal Poly Pomona 909.869.4642
crholder@csupomona.edu

CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA

DIRECTOR OF FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

Applications & nominations for the position of Director of
Faculty Development are invited. Duties & responsibilities:
Director reports to VP for Academic Affairs & works with
elected Faculty Dev Adv Comm., faculty associates, & admin
staff to plan for, implement, & evaluate a full range of
programs & services that support instructional innovation and
improvement, research and scholarly activities, and other
professional activities of the faculty. Req. qualifications:
earned doctorate; a record of teaching & scholarship to
support a sr. faculty appt; experience with innovations in
instruction, including learner based approaches, new
technologies, and teaching diverse learners; understanding of
the instructional & professional dev. issues that confront
faculty. Date of Appt: 7/1/98. Willing to negotiate a
later date. Salary: Commensurate with qualifications &
experience; attractive benefits pkg included. Committee
consideration of completed applications will begin 2/20/98.

For Application/Job Description call (909) 869-3337;
FAX (909) 869-3282 or E-MAIL to:
BKINDER@CSUPomona.EDU.
AA/EOE

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Information below last updated: 2/8/98

Steven W. Gilbert, President
THE TLT GROUP -- a Non-Profit Organization
The Teaching, Learning, and Technology Affiliate of AAHE

202/293-6440 X 54 FAX: 202/467-6593
GILBERT@TLTGROUP.ORG
http://www.aahe.org
[includes TLT Group Web info via a click on "technology"]

One Dupont Circle, Suite 360
Washington, DC 20036 USA

MEDIA COMPANIES EYE TECHNICAL TRAINING BUSINESS
A new study out from Queensland University of Technology in Australia says
that major media companies don't really want to replace colleges and
universities as educators of students, but are more interested in supplying
the technology needed for distance learning programs. The one area where
corporations such as Microsoft, McGraw-Hill and News Corp. might want to
compete is in technical training, where many of them have already
established programs for employees. Meanwhile, technical training is also
attractive to academics, because it tends to be more profitable than
undergraduate teaching. The study is available at
http://www.deetya.gov.au/divisions/hed/ (Chronicle of Higher Education 13
Feb 98) (EDUPAGE)

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CALIFORNIA VIRTUAL U. OFFERS SAMPLE COURSES
The California Virtual University is making sample courses available over
its Web site, http://www.california.edu/tour.html . Prospective students
can check out an online introductory computer class offered by Cerro Coso
Community College or take a guided tour of online offerings by Santa Rosa
Junior College. (Chronicle of Higher Education 30 Jan 98)

INFORMATION REVOLUTION
Canada will live and die by the information revolution, says a gloomy
federal report that came to public light yesterday. The authors of "Growth,
Human Development, Social Cohesion" say that Canada will solve long-standing
economic and social problems if it manages a clean transition to the
knowledge-based economy, but will come out divided if the transition
falters. Their main fear is that a rise in societal inequality, stemming
from the rise of computer, electronic, aerospace and other knowledge-based
industries at the expense of technological illiterates, will prevent Canada
from facing up to other challenges. The study paints a dark picture of
Canada's present, and offers dim hope for the future. It predicts that
knowledge-based industries will have a great impact on Canada's economic and
social development, adding they could help reverse the trends that brought
unemployment, debt, stagnating wages and a growing inability to afford a
welfare system since the early 1970s. The authors of the report warn that
the transition from a resource-based economy to a service economy will be
painful. (Ottawa Citizen 29 Jan 98)

IT WORKER DEFICIT WORSENS
The Information Technology Association of America says the gap between the
number of vacant positions for computer programmers, systems analysts and
computer scientists and engineers and the number of qualified workers has
widened to a 10% shortfall -- 346,000 jobs are currently unfilled. "The
problem has been getting much, much worse over the last year," says the CIO
at CompUSA in Dallas. "It's harder to find people, and when you get them,
they stay for much shorter periods." ITAA's president says companies must
consider hiring graduates with other academic qualifications or certified
skills in specific technologies. "The industry can't step back and say,
'we depend on our universities to solve the problem.' That's not working
now, and it's not going to work in the future." (Information Week 19 Jan
98)

WILL ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM FUND ONLINE EDUCATION?
The Commerce Department is expected to decide early this year whether to
provide funding to learning technology ventures through the Department's
Advanced Technology Program, which has funded such things as better
refrigeration technologies and improved health information systems. Program
manager Richard W. Morris says: "If we migrate to the Web, all of a sudden
the economies of scale change dramatically. If we do the technology right,
we can re-use and update and integrate the pieces of instruction in almost
an infinite number of ways so all the advantages of the Internet make for a
new economy of learning." (New York Times Cybertimes 4 Jan 98) EDUPAGE 1/4/98

STATE EDUCATION'S OUT
Lewis J. Perelman (author of "School's Out"), the maverick thinker on
education and technology, sees no hope for state-supported education: "The
longer our government keeps the U.S.'s $600-billion academic sector and its
denizens insulated from the market economy, the more economically crippled
they will become, and the deeper will be the difficulty of ultimately
adapting to market forces. Anyone who wants to argue that should first visit
Belarus, or even just chat with the veterans in a telephone, cable TV, or
electric utility company who are struggling to make it in a competitive
marketplace after decades of regulatory protectionism. The sooner and more
thoroughly we do to state education what most of the world has accepted as
necessary in other state industries -- manufacturing, mining, housing,
telecommunications, transportation, electricity, and other would-be
utilities -- the better off everyone involved is going to be." (Technos
Quarterly Fall 97)

YORK U. PROFESSORS JUST SAY NO TO TECHNOLOGY
In what may be a first, Toronto's York University professors have negotiated
a new contract that ensures that they will not be forced to use technology
in the classroom if they don't want to. The contract stipulates that
decisions to use technology "shall be consistent with the pedagogic and
academic judgments and principles of the faculty member employee as to the
appropriateness of the use of technology in the circumstances... Normally,
a faculty member will not be required to convert a course without his or her
agreement." The faculty union that spearheaded the negotiation says that
the issue revolves around protecting the autonomy of professors: "When you
put your course on a Web site, you are essentially giving up control of the
course," says a professor who points out that redesigning a course to fit
the constraints of a Web site constructed to someone else's specifications
can interfere with a professor's plan for the course. (Chronicle of Higher
Education, 3 Oct 97)

TAPSCOTT CALLS N-GEN "UNPRECEDENTED FORCE FOR CHANGE"
In his new book "Growing Up Digital: the Rise of the Net Generation,"
best-selling technology guru Don Tapscott says: "The Net-Generation is here.
The baby boom has an echo and it's even louder than the original. Eighty
million strong in the U.S. alone, they are combining their demographic
muscle with digital mastery to transform every institution in society. They
are the first generation to come of age in the digital age. They are an
unprecedented force for change and they will dominate most of the 21st
century." Tapscott argues that "There is no issue more important to
parents, teachers, policy makers, marketers, business leaders, and social
activists than understanding this new generation, their culture, psychology,
values and what they intend to do with their digital expertise." Tapscott
worked with 300 "N-Gen-ers" on the Net over a one-year period and combines
survey research to show how the Ne(x)t Generation is changing learning,
marketing, the family, the nature of the corporation and society. ("Growing
Up Digital," McGraw-Hill 1997)

INTEL, EXPONENTIAL BUSINESS DEVT. INVEST IN ILINC
Intel Corp. and Exponential Business Development recently joined GeoCapital
Partners in financing ILINC, a creator of instructor-led online learning
software. ILINC, founded in 1994, has developed software for Office Depot,
FlightSafety, Lucent Technologies, Kent State University and Chrysler
Financial Services. (AlleyCat News Dec 97) EDUPAGE 1/4/98

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