Below is a description of the December 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
BTW, we are having a particularly difficult time obtaining quality
manuscripts on how educational leaders are using information technology
tools to more effectively manage their organizations. We welcome your
contribution.
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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There is a broad range of perspectives on what is meant by "learning," and a
correspondingly large number of frameworks that are held up as the model by
which learning should occur. Dirk Rodenburg discusses several of these
points of view and their implications for Shifting Perspectives in
Educational Technology in this month's Vision article.
Effective Web-based instruction often requires a different design than
well-designed face-to-face classroom teaching. Many aspects of the Internet
can be used to maximize the benefits of distance learning by creating a
responsive and friendly learning environment. In this month's Commentary,
Maggie McVay details the various ways in which Internet technology can
facilitate learning, and the ways in which this technology can be used to
the best advantage.
The concept and design of research methods can be complicated when high-tech
tools are used in the research itself, but this can be balanced when these
technologies are used in the training process. In this month's Case Study,
Russell K. Schutt, Floyd J. Fowler, and Ray Melcher discuss a multimedia
CD-ROM Training Program they developed specifically to assist students in
developing survey questions for their research projects.
In our Faculty and Staff Development section for December, Chris O'Hagan
tackles the problems faced by many educational technology services, and how
they can better integrate themselves into an academic environment, becoming
more than just the "icing on the cake of learning."
The Site of the Month for December is WWW 4 Teachers, a valuable resource
for the K-12 educator looking to add Web technology to their instruction.
Beginners especially will find this site easy to navigate and extremely
useful.
In this month's Letters to the Editor, Tom Hazlett replies to Glenn
Ralston's discussion of the resistance of educators to technology, offering
a possible reason for their reticence.