The University of Connecticut and Natchaug School established an integrated voice, video, and data link. By using the network for collaboration over distance, participants learned that: (1) students were adept users; (2) technology can demand new levels of courtesy and respect for privacy; (3) networking is an ongoing process; and (4) success can…

This guide to the Internet for educators and parents of gifted children covers e-mail, talk, listservs, news groups, bulletin boards, Telnet, Gopher, World Wide Web, Mosaic, Netscape, file transfer protocol, and WAIS (Wide Area Information Service). Examples of sites for educators are included throughout the article. (DB)

Discusses telecommunications and access to the Internet in schools as part of the Information Age and defines the infosphere as the growing unity, interdependence, and accessibility of information. Highlights include what the infosphere offers classrooms, online cooperation and telecollaboration, classroom implementation, and a new learning…

Provides an overview of the First Amendment status of college print media, and then discusses the degree to which student-controlled electronic media outlets warrant comparable expressive rights. (SR)

Discusses worker training and education programs negotiated by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) with three major communications industry corporations. Describes features of the Alliance for Employee Growth and Development, providing training and assistance to AT&T employees; Pathways, offering courses to employees of US West…

Athabasca University has moved from mixed media course production and telephone/mail tutoring to a variety of electronic information and communication technologies for distance education. The parallel conversion of student services has been equally important to the effectiveness of these processes. The primary mandate of the process has been to…

Reviews of the theoretical contributions to distance education found the early primary focus was on organizational and structural constraints on delivery. The focus is shifting to teaching-learning, the diversity of communication technologies, the difference between asynchronous and real-time verbal communication, and the needs of new audiences.…

In providing information services for distance learners, the University of Surrey library found Internet-based services difficult and time consuming. Issues concerning access and copyright put librarians into the position of "fact controllers," deciding what resources could be offered to distance learners to support their studies. (SK)

In Canada, some distance education providers are starting to behave more like conventional educational institutions in terms of forming study groups and student cohorts. Conversely, new telecommunications technologies are causing conventional universities to establish administrative structures similar to those used by distance education providers.…

Discusses distance education and the need for an accepted theory. Highlights include theories of independent study; theory of industrialization of teaching; theory of interaction and communication; and equivalency theory that is based on local control, personalized instruction, and telecommunications. (LRW)

Presents conceptual models and proven practices that are emerging at the convergence of economics, entertainment, and virtual community-building and applies them to the design of online courses. Discusses the experience economy; digital storytelling; social presence; personal space and computer interaction; and online technologies and types of…

Presents a humanities and social science researcher's perspective on changes in scholarly communication as a result of new information and communication technologies. Discusses communication and community, interdisciplinarity, scholarly information, and competition versus cooperation, and argues that researchers and intermediaries need to find a…

Notes that cellular is the inevitable future architecture for the personal communication service system. Discusses the current cellular support based on Mobile Internet Protocol version 6 (Ipv6) and points out the shortfalls of using Mobile IP. Highlights protocols especially for mobile management schemes which can optimize a high-speed mobile…

This paper discusses the reciprocal relationships among globalization, information and communication technologies (ICT), and the prospect of a "global village". The current metaphor of a "global village" (regardless of physical access to ICT) is problematic, and can be interpreted as a form of electronic colonization. However, through such…

Efforts to improve the educational process must focus on those most responsible for implementing it: the teachers. It is with them in mind that we propose a face-to-face computer-supported collaborative learning system that uses wirelessly networked hand-held computers to create an environment for helping students assimilate and transfer…