Discussion of the telecommunications industry focuses on WDM (wavelength division multiplexing) as a solution for dealing with capacity constraints. Highlights include fiber optic technology; cross-connecting and switching wavelengths; SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) and wavelength networking; and optical TDM (Time Division Multiplexing). (LRW)

Although freelancers who offer services to the media almost all work from home, they are not isolated in "electronic cottages." They heavily use electronic communications. Varied, broken, and changing career histories are the norm. (SK)

Presents selected issues related to the development of universal service to networked information resources and services in a global networked environment. Defines universal service as a set of telecommunications services to which users should have access, including appropriate funding and interconnected public telecommunications infrastructure…

Discusses universal service policy in telecommunications in Australia in an historical context. Maintains that given the dynamic growth in information technologies, universal service should be reconceptualized within a knowledge-based discourse critically linked to considerations for deepening participatory democracy and that funding should be…

Provides an overview of school networking options and explores what speedier broadband technologies mean for education. Topics include Ethernet; wireless options for connection to the Internet; local area networks; wide area networks; phone lines; satellite access; cable modems; digital subscriber line (DSL); and funding networks through the…

Introduces the major concepts in telecommunications technologies that are used in distance education. (PA)

Members of the Information Industry Association (n=108) identified important content areas for information systems curricula: telecommunications, operating systems, systems analysis, local area/wide area networks, and business communications. (SK)

Describes the Pan-Pacific Education and Communication Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT), a public service telecommunication program developed to facilitate the use of telecommunications and information technologies. Highlights include the historical development; digital capabilities; cooperation and collaboration with users, government, and…

Suggests that teachers can use computer software and Internet connections to enhance curriculum and capitalize student's natural interest in sports and sports figures. Provides a list of activities that students can do in relation to the Olympic games and gives information on how technology can assist in such activities. Appropriate Internet…

Outlines a planned panel discussion on ways the Internet facilitates collaborative work in researching, interviewing, and writing; using computer mediated communication systems in a virtual conference; and experiences in building a virtual community of practitioners and researchers in information and communications technology in Latin America and…

E-learning has potential benefits but it requires a "smart" environment: support staff and resources, diagnostic systems to measure electronic functionality, and a systemwide approach that goes beyond mere delivery of content. (SK)

Reports the results of research and development on a programmatic effort to change prospective teachers' preconceptions of teaching, learning, and pupils by participation in a learning system designed to promote learning interactions predicated by cultural-historical activity theory and mediated through computer technology and telecommunications.…

Mobile technologies offer the opportunity to embed learning in a natural environment. This paper describes the design of the MobileGame prototype, exploring the opportunities to support learning through an orientation game in a university setting. The paper first introduces the scenario and then describes the general architecture of the prototype.…

Using mobile digital devices--iPods, personal digital assistants (PDAs), Tablet PCs or advanced cell phones--is becoming a big campus trend. Their advantages include convenience and the ability to hear lectures or course-related music just about anywhere. PDA's such as Palm Pilots and BlackBerrys, iPods such as Apple's and Tablet PCs, including…

August in the U.S. capital is typically quiet. Congress is in recess, and most bureaucrats choose this hot steamy month for their vacation. In a normal year, serious legislation is put off until September; in a close election year such as this one, it is put off until "after the elections." This year, with the exception of agency…