Examines the results of a survey of undergraduates to determine whether their perceptions, knowledge, and attitudes about information technology changed as a result of completing an introductory course in computer concepts and literacy. Results of pre- and post-tests as well as the computer attitude survey are appended. (Author/LRW)

Highlights potential changes in information production, use and exchange that will occur as the 21st century approaches. Focuses on knowledge management and knowledge-based organizations. Contends that we are moving from an Age of Information into the Age of the Mind, which will be characterized by new ways of interacting with information and…

This article is an excerpt from the chapter titled "Information Technology and Systems" in the sixth edition of "College and University Business Administration." Issues addressed include competition for skilled IT staff, life-cycling budgeting and replacement, measuring and valuing the IT investment, funding mechanisms, and standards and technical…

Describes school-business partnerships where technology companies are teaming up with high schools to train and certify skilled information technology specialists. Discusses Web-based courses; certification; and the occupational outlook for information technology jobs. (LRW)

Describes the development of a strategic plan for information technology at Indiana University that involved, faculty, staff, and students. Discusses advanced networking and convergence; telecommunications infrastructure; advanced networking architecture for high-performance applications; and wireless networks. (LRW)

Describes Instructional Technology Foundations, a graduate Instructional Systems Technology (IST) course at Indiana University (IU). Students learn to compare/contrast conceptual definitions of instructional (IT) and models of instructional design (ID). Students are required to generate their own working definition of IT from a personal…

Summarizes two speeches. William W. Stead offers three scenarios illustrating typical future interactions of consumers with a medical system based on informatics and information technology and then considers implications for academic medicine. Valerie Florance discusses a program that is exploring ways medical schools and teaching hospitals can…

Examines the sociotechnological impact of introducing collaborative technologies into the Spurlock Museum at the University of Illinois. Discusses online information technology to support asynchronous collaboration between curators and exhibit designers planning a new museum facility, and building a virtual museum by linking museum databases to…

Examines ethical and policy issues confronting higher education as a result of increasing use of new information and communication technologies for online teaching and the increasing globalization of higher education institutions and constituencies. The article questions the forced options of boosterism or rejectionism, along with other…

The International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) President (1999-2000) reports on the State of the Profession. Part I compares the profession of human performance technology (HPT) to other professions. Part II discusses the nature of HPT and examines critical classes of variables affecting the mission of HPT. Part III illustrates…

Without a careful critique of commodification, globalization turns out to be nothing more than the new colonialism. A series of ordinary classroom events explores how treating the classroom as a gift economy alters the globalizing effect of the Internet from delivery of commodities to something that addresses children and opens up worlds for them.…

Uses a simple model of an information retrieval (IR) technology to examine performance measures for IR systems. Shows that, if a user is employing a system optimally, then reasonable performance measures will tend to be relatively robust, or insensitive, to small variations in assumptions about the user's behavior. (AEF)

Discusses the development of various technologies up through the Internet, and notes that the means have been confused with the ends. Argues that educators and users should first focus on the learning material's content and on performance design that delivers useful results, before selecting the means of delivery (the Internet). (AEF)

Describes the technologies driving the Information Revolution and the creation of the Information Society. Discusses possible social and economic implications of these technologies and some of the strategies being developed in the United Kingdom by the public sector at the local level to meet the challenges of the Information Age. (Author/AEF)

Reviews four key areas of funding development that can be enhanced through Internet use: communication, in particular E-mail; networking through listservs and mailing lists; research, using search engines such as Alta Vista; and promotion, through the creation of Web sites. (JDI)