Below is a description of the July issue of The Technology Source (TS),
which now resides on the UNC School of Education's Horizon Web site. The
purpose of TS is to illuminate the advantages, problems, and issues
associated with integrating information technology tools in educational
organizations.
Enjoy this month's globetrotting edition of The Technology Source. With
articles from as far away as Estonia and Australia, we have expanded the
reach of the publication to include two more continents, a development that
speaks not only to the global impact that technology has had on education,
but also to the universality of many of the issues under discussion.
Jim
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James L. Morrison
morrison@unc.edu
Professor of Educational Leadership CB 3500 Peabody Hall
Microsoft Scholar The University of North
Editor, On the Horizon Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://horizon.unc.edu/horizon Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3500
Editor, The Technology Source Phone: 919 962-2517
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THE TECHNOLOGY SOURCE
http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/
July 1998
IN THIS ISSUE:
VISION
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New Media and Borderless Education: A Review of the Convergence Between
Global Media Networks and Higher Education Providers
by Lawrence Stedman
Our Vision article comes to us from Lawrence Stedman, who discusses the
findings of a survey undertaken by the Australian government that analyzes
the growing relationships between major media corporations and universities.
Stedman summarizes the data gathered by this survey, provides some analysis
of these results, and speculates about future developments in light of this
information.
COMMENTARY
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"If I Were a...": Internet2 and its Possibilities
by Mihkel Pilv
Internet2 promises to deliver a virtual space in which scientific research
can once again freely take place, without requiring business to give up its
entrenched position on the original Internet, thereby offering the
possibility of a renewed electronic co-existence of academic inquiry and
market-driven production. Pilv takes a close look at how
Internet2 could impact researchers, students, and people in business.
CASE STUDIES
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The Flashlight Project: Tools for Monitoring the Progress of our Hopes and
Fears about Technology in Education
by Stephen C. Ehrmann
Flashlight is a recently-launched operation that seeks to develop better
tools for measuring the effects of technology on educational improvement.
Stephen Ehrmann, director of this ambitious undertaking, provides a full
description of the philosophy behind Flashlight, as well as an outline of
the structural features already in place.
FACULTY AND STAFF DEVELOPMENT
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Professors are Human: Breaking Down the Barriers Between Instructor and
Student
by Steven Kreis
Steven Kreis describes a Web site that he has developed called The History
Guide. Kreis discusses the features and benefits of this site in his own
instruction, as well as the general utility of such sites, both for
individual educators and for whole departments, and argues that faculty
development programs should encourage faculty members to personalize their
instruction by incorporating personal details on their instructional Web
sites.
SITE OF THE MONTH
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EdWeb: Exploring Technology and School Reform
EdWeb, a self-styled "hyperbook," presents visitors with an introduction to
educational and technological concepts with which they may not be familiar,
and for more experienced users, contains a large store of interesting,
useful, and well-documented data concerning technology in schools.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Outcomes Measurement is Not Enough
by Stephen Ehrmann
Flashlight Illuminates Assessments
by Gary Brown
The Ten Year Mindset
by Glenn Ralston
We encourage all our readers to participate by mailing us with your comments
and suggestions. This month we debut with letters from Stephen Ehrmann, Gary
Brown, and Glenn Ralston who write in response to Ed Neal's article in the
June issue about the results of Gerald Schutte's study of online learning.
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We constantly need insightful, descriptive articles for each section in TS.
If you are interested in contributing to this enterprise, please see our
call for manuscripts at http://horizon.unc.edu/TS/call.asp.