Optical Storage and Education (3/88)
OPTICAL STORAGE AND EDUCATION--AN IMPORTANT NATIONAL CONFERENCE by Norman Kurland "Connecting with the Future: Interactive Technologies in Education" is the title of an important conference that will be held April 21-23, 1988, in Albany, New York. Every teacher, scholar, librarian and publisher interested in the new interactive optical storage technologies and how they can help educators in schools and universities should plan to attend. A key CONFERENCE GOAL is to provide practical demonstrations of how interactive optical technologies are actually being used in the various branches of education (teaching, research, school administration, libraries, and publishing.) Case studies of a...

Education by Telecourse (3/88)
EDUCATION BY TELECOURSE By Gail S. Thomas For a Saturday afternoon in mid-February, the campus of Los Angeles Harbor College seemed unexpectedly busy. Around 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 20, 1988, I drove onto the campus of the two-year community college, located at 1111 Figueroa Avenue, Wilmington, CA 90744. My car formed part of a stream of vehicles halting in the parking lot near the Liberal Arts Building at the corner of Figueroa and "L" Street. During weekdays, the parking lot was reserved for faculty and staff use. However, none of the cars driven into the lot and parked that...

Connected Education, Inc (2/88)
CONNECTED EDUCATION, INC. By Gail S. Thomas There's a university inside my microcomputer. In February 1986 I started attending graduate school through my personal computer and modem. My reasons were straightforward enough, to complete California Community College Instructor life credentials in the subject areas of communications, computer technology, and computer science. Earning the credentials involved completing a degree program at the Master's or higher level. Unable to find an appropriate degree program locally, I turned to my computer. Through my modem, I dialed up Connected Education, Inc., and started exploring the new country of the "virtual campus." In May...

Expanding Educational PossibilitiesExpanding Educational Possibilities (2/88)
Expanding Educational Possibilities =================================== by Lynne Schrum How will technology affect education? The 7th Annual Telecon Conference, held in Los Angeles last November, featured two topics which have the potential to make a significant impact on education: distance learning and teleconferencing. The conference was jointly sponsored by The International Teleconferencing Association, the National University Teleconference Network and the Public Service Satellite Consortium, in conjunction with the California State University System. It was attended by hundreds of participants many of whom seemed to be involved in business; however, many people commented that there were more educators this year than ever before....

The Electronic Seminar (8/87)
The Electronic Seminar: Distance Education by Computer Conferencing by Lowell Roberts Imagine teaching in an environment where students whisper to each other while class is in session, then meet privately to continue the discussion. This may sound familiar, only the whispers carry across many miles, and the conversations focus on the assigments, class discussions, or a student's research. Sometimes the students even include the instructor. In this environment everything said is recorded, and a challenge to something said a month ago is not uncommon. Students always come to class prepared, and they all contribute to the seminar. I teach...

A New Research Tool for Scholars (8/86)
A NEW RESEARCH TOOL FOR SCHOLARS An Interview With Dr. Richard W. Slatta, Director of ScholarNet by Ron Beloin Last fall, advanced computer-based telecommunications, in the form of PoliNet, was introduced to scholars in political science, public administration, and criminal justice. This marked the first phase of ScholarNet, a network devoted to the humanities and social sciences. The project is supported by North Carolina State University, Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., and Wadsworth Publishing Co. This summer, HumaNet makes its debut to facilitate collaboration among professionals in history, religion, philosophy, and English. ScholarNet offers a range of services including E-mail, topically-oriented...

Online Educational Techniques (1/86)
ONLINE EDUCATIONAL TECHNIQUES by Stuart Umpleby Below are some ideas about how to teach university level courses via a computer conferencing system. My experience with teaching via CC is as follows: I taught a course on "The Fundamentals of Cybernetics" on EIES during the fall of 1983. At the same time I audited or observed the course "Human Communication via Computers" taught by Murray Turoff and Roxanne Hiltz. During the spring of 1985 I operated a computer conferencing system called Conexus on my IBM XT. It was used as a supplement to two graduate courses in information technology at...

Have Micro, Get Teleducation (8/85)
HAVE MICRO, GET TELEDUCATION by George Por