Addresses several dilemmas stemming from the appropriate role of information technology in higher education, such as the relationship among costs, quality, and productivity, and the ease of plagiarism using the Web. (EV)

Asserting that students' need to understand and communicate in new electronic media parallels the necessity to know how to write, describes how Grinnell College implemented a long-range project to enable students to accomplish this new literacy. The description of the steps taken over several years provides a blueprint of a collaborative effort…

Discusses the fundamental learning principles that student affairs professionals should use to guide their applications of information technology. Looks at components of student-learning-centered information technology programs that use the World Wide Web; examines the use of information technology in student advising, instruction, and community…

Winona State University's (Minnesota) Web Camp is an eight-day event that focuses on providing teaching faculty with opportunities to explore curricular enhancements through World Wide Web site creation, organization and display of information, consideration of new teaching strategies, and various means of electronic communication. Two purposes of…

This issue of "Service-Learning Network" explores some useful applications of technology to service learning. In the classroom, technology, computers, and the Internet can stimulate activity and cooperative learning while they forge links between curriculum and community. Articles in this issue are: "Service Learning on the…

Discusses issues addressed at the Museums and the Web '99 conference (New Orleans, Louisiana, March 11-14, 1999). Highlights include how interaction with the virtual conditions views of the world; shared experiences of being online; virtual objects; new metaphors for seeking, finding and using information; evaluating creations; reconstructing; and…

This report focuses on teaching with the World Wide Web. An introduction describes the Illinois State Board of Education's (ISBE's) efforts in urging local schools to integrate information technology into all aspects of their curriculum and in emphasizing the need for technology-focused staff development for Illinois teachers. ISBE supports…

This document contains the following papers on simulations and case studies from the SITE (Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education) 2002 conference: "3-D Virtual Classroom Technology" (Kimberly Arseneau Miller, Angela Glod); "Simulated Lesson Design Studios" (Willis Copeland); "Lights, Camera, Integration: Presentation Programs and…

Examines how information technology can be used in student services to acquire information, understand assessment and evaluation information, communicate the results of assessment and evaluation, and move others to action. Provides an example of an evaluation project. Highlights World Wide Web technology, longitudinal tracking, data visualization,…

Examines three main topics related to graduate preparation programs and technology: (1) technology's role in enhancing teaching, advising, and research activities; (2) the knowledge, skills, and competencies related to information technology that graduate students should acquire; and (3) the implications of introducing a systematic integration of…

Presents seven guidelines for launching a company intranet: (1) don't promise what can't be delivered; (2) be clear about who owns what; (3) be demand-led; (4) invest time in practical demonstrations; (5) avoid jargon; (6) have adequate resources to support colleagues; and (7) make intranet benefits relevant to colleagues. (AEF)

This document contains the following full and short papers from ICCE/ICCAI 2000 (International Conference on Computers in Education/International Conference on Computer-Assisted Instruction): (1) "A Code Restructuring Tool To Help Scaffold Novice Programmers" (Stuart Garner); (2) "An Assessment Framework for Information Technology Integrated…

This document contains the papers on graduate and inservice education from the SITE (Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education) 2002 conference. Topics covered include: Geographic Information Systems in teacher education; re-certification and accreditation; construction of a Web site by graduate teacher education students; Web-based…

Discussion of the need for new teaching practices and teacher training to support the integration of information and communication technology focuses on national programs in Portugal. Discusses the production of educational software, production of information for the World Wide Web, and technology-skills stages for teacher training. (LRW)

This proceedings of the seventh annual Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference on Teaching, Learning, and Technology contains the following papers: "A Tale of Two Classes: Face-to-Face versus Online" (Carol Wilson); "Best Practices in Organization Highlighting 360 Degree Feedback" (Bonita Barger); "Collaborating Online To Teach Information…