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November-December Issue of The Technology Source

  • 1.  November-December Issue of The Technology Source

    Posted 11-02-2002 02:36
    Below is a description of the November/December 2002 issue of The Technology Source, a free, refereed, e-journal published as a public service by the Michigan Virtual University at http://ts.mivu.org

    Please forward this announcement to colleagues who are interested in using information technology tools more effectively in their work. Also, please encourage your organizational librarians to add The Technology Source to their e-journal collections.

    As always, we seek illuminating articles that will assist educators as they face the challenge of using information technology tools in teaching and in managing educational organizations. Please review our call for manuscripts at http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=call and send me a note if you would like to contribute such an article.

    Many thanks.

    Jim
    --
    James L. Morrison
    Editor-in-Chief
    The Technology Source
    http://ts.mivu.org
    Home Page: http://horizon.unc.edu


    INSIDE THE TECHNOLOGY SOURCE

    James Shimabukuro, projecting readers to the year 2010, imagines a world in which teaching and learning have undergone radical change through rapid innovations in software and hardware, the widespread decentralization of software codes and applications, and the eclipse of the traditional university by a virtual, global network of institutions. See http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1005

    As technology has provided new opportunities to enhance education, it has also become a catalyst for reform within state school systems. In an interview with James Morrison, Michael Warren, Secretary of the Michigan Board of Education, outlines a systemic vision of reform for Michigan schools to unleash the full potential of the information age for educators throughout the state. See http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1049

    When creating a new online program, institutions face an often-daunting range of issues. Karen Kaminski and William D. Milheim discuss how they and their colleagues at the Colorado State University addressed these issues in launching an online undergraduate social science degree program. See http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=929

    Rebecca Bernstein, James T. Gorman, and Robert Wright give an overview of the planning, design, and implementation of MyUB, an online service portal for the University of Buffalo. For institutions seeking either to develop or expand their campus networks, their article offers an account of best practices. See http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=987

    Kenneth C. Green, founding director of the Campus Computing Project, discusses the results of the recent 2002 Campus Computing Survey in a Commentary interview, highlighting current trends???the broad expansion of technology-enhanced instruction, the increased use of course management systems, and the development of campus portals???and assessing how far we have come over the past decade. See http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1055

    Samuel Sudhakar describes a community outreach program through which his college provides technology workshops to local K-12 teachers, allows school districts to share its server space, and offers distance education courses to qualified high school students. See http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=942

    Tuiren A. Bratina, Darrin Hayes, and Steven L. Blumsack point out how teachers can use learning objects in their instruction. See http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=961

    Jamus Lin assesses the MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative whereby MIT offers free, online access to its varied course materials, and addresses some of the critical issues that have been raised in response to the initiative--the role of intellectual property rights, the question of faculty incentives for course development, and the inherent limitations of OCW as independent vehicle of online learning. See http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=883

    In his spotlight site column, Stephen Downes offers readers a guided tour of MIT???s Web site, with particular focus on the OpenCourseWare components that MIT has released for public use. See http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1050