Information technologies promise a revolution in education, but because of responses to the ongoing production of ever newer tools, the promise never materializes. Identifies six barriers to this revolution and notes seven strategies for advancing educational benefits gained from experience to assist campuses in technological effectiveness. (SM)

Includes two articles that highlight changes in Eastern Europe's distance education in higher education institutions since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Examines the high demand for distance education in the Czech Republic and the need for training in distance education technology; and reports on the fourth Romanian Internet Learning Workshop.…

Reviews the history of "Information Science Abstracts" (ISA)--the oldest abstracting and indexing publication covering the field of information science-as well as the history of attempts to define "information science." Derives a new working definition of the term for ISA and a subject mapping of the field from both this review…

Describes a case study conducted in New Zealand that investigated how knowledge workers used home-based teleworking, using information and Internet technology. Discusses findings that indicate a preference for doing most work at the office, and considers implications for human resources management, practice, and research. (Contains 26 references.)…

The best chance for solving the problems of environmental degradation and resource depletion comes through harnessing communications and education. Distance education vectored by new information technologies are powerful supplements to traditional methods of education and will propagate the synthesis of leadership and liberal education for…

Describes efforts at the University of South Florida at Tampa and the University of Maryland--the Educational Outreach and eDorm projects, respectively--to use distance learning and videoconferencing to reach new markets, meet financial needs, reach new student groups, and support staff projects. (EV)

Examines a sample of four English/literacy education texts dealing with technology published or distributed in Australia in 2001. Concludes that the authors and editors of these texts have created new spaces in which English/literacy teachers can play by helping them to look at different versions and combinations of teaching, learning, and…

Explores why the idea of outsourcing campus information technology (IT) services rouses opinions and passions best handled by informed dialogue. Discusses how to conduct this dialog, including common myths about outsourcing and useful lessons. (EV)

Describes the experience of Allegheny College in writing an information technology (IT) grant that also influenced faculty development options. Offers suggestions for planning ahead to write such "ripple effect" IT grants. (EV)

Discusses the problems, methods, and domains that help define social informatics and considers how it relates to information science. Topics include the relationship between uses of information and communication technologies (ICT) and organizational effects; the role of the social context; methodological pluralism; and trends in social informatics…

Information and communications technologies have the potential to address community development issues, but initiatives to connect communities do not automatically ensure benefits. Social inclusion, identity, and power issues must be considered in design and implementation of initiatives. (SK)

Traditional themes of information science must be expanded to accommodate systematic understandings of ways to design effective documentary systems and anticipate their social consequences. The field of social informatics offers important concepts, theories, and methods that give this kind of inquiry a sound scientific basis. Social informatics…

Presents some negative aspects of society's dependence on digital transformation of words by referring to works by Walter Ong and Martin Heidegger. Discusses orality, literacy and digital literacy and describes three aspects of the digital transformation of words. Compares/contrasts art with technology and discusses implications for education.…

Presents an evaluative review of selected German literature on (1) the history of information and documentation and (2) on the history of the media (instruments) of scholarly information and communication. Shows that, although the quantity of publication is not large, serious research is being published on a wide range of topics within this area.…

Educators may not want to avoid technology altogether, but it must be approached with circumspection and investigation in order for it to be applied properly. (SK)