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UW-EXTENSION - ICS - Course information for the winter/spring 1999 Catalog of Distance Learning can now be submitted. UW System institutions offering courses via any distance education technology are encouraged to submit information for the catalog. The Catalog of Distance Learning is published both on the Web and in print by Instructional Communications Systems, UW-Extension. The home page of the Web version of the catalog has received more than 6,000 hits per month every month since January. In July, the home page received 7,195 hits - the largest number to date.

There is a form on the Web to submit courses for inclusion in the catalog at: www.uwex.edu/disted/forms

We are also developing a separate page within the catalog with a listing of degree programs offered via distance education. If your campus is offering any degree programs please contact Milly Jones at ICS 608-262-3772 or jones@ics.uwex.edu, and we will be happy to provide a link to the Web site for the program and a brief description of the program. We will also list individual courses within the program in the course listing section.

The deadline for courses to be included in the printed version of the catalog is Friday, October 2. The Web catalog will be available after October 9. The print catalog will be available by mid-December. ICS distributes over 25,000 copies of the catalog to locations throughout Wisconsin and the U.S., including UW-Extension offices, public libraries and to past program participants.

UW-MADISON - The Department of Learning Technology and Distance Education (LTDE) at DoIT is announcing a mini-grant program as a part of a pilot test of WebCT - an integrated web-based learning system. The pilot test has been underway since Summer. Fourteen classes are in various stages of development with WebCT. Currently eight UW Madison courses are using WebCT with students. For the next phase of the pilot test, LTDE is offering a mini-grant of $250 to cover student help, software and other computer services. Training on WebCT will also be provided. LTDE has funds for approximately 20 projects.

For more information about WebCT see the WebCT homepage: http://homebrew.cs.ubc.ca/webct/webct.h tml. To preview WebCT go to http://courses.doit. wisc.edu:8900/public/AboutLearning/index.html and create a guest account to see what part of a course could look like and to use WebCT tools, or contact Carol Schramm at: at: cschramm@doit.wisc.edu, 265-9111. WebGrant III Announcements are scheduled to be mailed this week to Department Chairs, with a copy to the Department Secretary and Dean. Grants will be in the amount of $750. Applications will go to the Department Chair who will select up to two to forward to LTDE for funding consideration. Proposal deadline is October 15.

For further information, call the LTDE department at 262-5667 or send email to: ltde@doit.wisc.edu. Also visit the Web Grants Web page for a copy of the announcement, resources, training dates etc: http://www.wisc.edu/learntech/grants/webgrnts.htm

UW-SYSTEM - Curricular Redesign Grants are still available for 1998-99. Proposals are requested for projects to be supported by UW-System Curricular Redesign Funds. The purpose of this fund is to support curriculum redesign and related faculty and staff development in the effective use of technology in teaching and learning within the UW System. For more information about the grants, please visit the Learning Technology Development Council (LTDC) web page at http:/www.uwsa.edu/olit/ltdc/index.htm and click onto "RFP" under "What's New?"