NEW UW FUNDING - PK-16 Initiative, Instructional Technology Grant Program
NEW POSITION - UW Green Bay-Distance Learning Technology Position
NEW READS - Peterson's Guide to Distance Learning Program, The Tech Source, NETFUTURE: Technology and Human Responsibility, ERIC's New Subscription Service, Who's Governing the Web?
FYI - Conferences, Forums, Publications, Seminars

NEW UW FUNDING

* ANNOUNCING the University of Wisconsin System PK-16 Initiative: Professional Development in Instructional Technologies for Teachers. Up to $842,000 is available in FY 99/00 from UW System Administration to fund collaborative projects among UW institutions and PK-12 teachers. Projects must focus on the development of practicing teachers and the integration of technology into the curriculum.

Application requirements and guidelines are available at the Learning and Technology and Distance Education Grants/Resources page: http://www.wisc/edu/learntech/ Deadline is January 15, 1999. Contact Ashley Towne, 265-8638, for additional information

* ANNOUNCING the UW-Madison Division of Information Technology 1999 Instructional Technology Grant program to help departments and schools improve undergraduate instruction. The grants are sponsored by the Chancellor's Office and funded by the Hilldale Foundation. A total of $150,000 will be awarded this year. Proposals may be submitted by a UW-Madison department or administrative unit involved in developing or supporting undergraduate instruction and must have faculty or instructional staff as principle investigators. Interdepartmental submissions are encouraged.

Selection criteria are: instructional need, innovative application of instructional technology and cost effectiveness. Projects selected for this round of funding must be incorporated into the instructional program by the Fall semester 2000. Because of the accelerated timeline, successful projects are likely to use currently available instructional technologies. Grant Deadline: March 5, 1999

To obtain a copy of the guidelines and application, visit: http://www.wisc.edu/learntech/grants/itgrnts.html or email: Lisa Caire, DoIT, lmcaire@doit.wisc.edu

NEW POSITION

THE EXTENDED DEGREE PROGRAM at the University of Wisconsin- Green Bay has received a $240,000 grant to develop courses at the undergraduate level for asynchronous delivery. This is a new a new venture for EDO and requires thoughtful and innovative approaches to teaching and learning with technology.

A new position of Assistant Director and Coordinator of the Distance Learning Technology-Extended Degree Program will include: coordinating distance learning courses delivered through technology in the Extended Degree Program,developing and coordinating training and serving as a resource person for distance learning and on-line technologies, orienting new faculty and staff to curriculum requirements, overseeing advising and advising students in the General Studies program requirements and teaching one course per year in area of expertise.

Qualifications include: Master's Degree, communication skills, software and internet expertise, experience with asynchronous learning networks and web technology. Experience with course development software and web authoring systems, teaching and/or advising adult students and working with ethnically diverse populations preferred.

This Academic Staff appointment is a full-time 12 month fixed term position and will begin February 1, 1999. Salary is competitive.

Contact: Dr. Richard Logan, Chair, Search and Screen Committee
C/O Extended Degree Office, Room ES 109
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 54311-7001
Phone: 920-456-2423 or email: gbextdeg@uwgb.edu

NEW READS

PETERSON'S GUIDE TO DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS - has just been published in cooperation with the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA). The Guide is the only comprehensive catalog of the thousands of degree and certificate distance learning opportunities now offered by more than 850 colleges and universities in the US and Canada. It is designed to help potential students select the program that best suits their needs. Methods of delivery, quality assessment, academic advisement, study tips and financing options are all explored, as are admission requirements, tuition and fees and application contact. Associate, baccalaureate, master's and doctoral programs, as well as undergraduate and graduate certificate programs are detailed. Call Peterson's at 1-800-EDU-DATA. Visit the Web site: www.petersons.com (UCEA Newsletter, November 98)

THE TECHNOLOGY SOURCE - In this month's Vision Article of THE Technology Source, Dirk Rodenburg discusses several perspectives on "learning" and their implications for Shifting Perspectives in Educational Technology. In Commentary, Maggie McVay details the various ways in which Internet technology can facilitate learning, and the ways in which this technology can be used to the best advantage. In Case Study, Russell K. Schutt, Floyd J. Fowler, and Ray Melcher discuss a multimedia CD-ROM Training Program they developed specifically to assist students in developing survey questions for their research projects.

In the Faculty and Staff Development section for December, Chris O'Hagan tackles the problems of educational technology services, and how they can better integrate themselves into an academic environment. December Site of the Month for December is WWW 4 Teachers, a valuable resource for the K-12 educator looking to add Web technology to their instruction. In Letters to the Editor, Tom Hazlett replies to Glenn Ralston's discussion of the resistance of educators to technology, offering a possible reason for their reticence. (From James L. Morrison, Prof. of Educational Leadership University of North Carolina, Editor, The Technology Source: http://horizon.unc.edu/TS)

NETFUTURE: TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY - edited by Steve Talbott,is an electronic newsletter that "looks beyond the generally recognized 'risks' of computer use such as privacy violations, unequal access, censorship and dangerous computer glitches. It seeks especially to address those deep levels at which we half-consciously shape technology and are shaped by it." In the latest issue, Talbot ponders the long-term survival of the university if technology should result in the reconception of education as the "transfer of information from one database or brain to another." NETFUTURE is published by The Nature Institute, 169 Route 21C, Ghent NY 12075 USA. Visit the site at: www.oreilly.com/people/staff/stevet/netfuture/index.html

Talbott is author of THE FUTURE DOES NOT COMPUTE: TRANSCENDING THE MACHINES IN OUR MIDST [Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., 1995; ISBN: 1565920856] For more information on the book see: www.oreilly.com/people/staff/stevet/fdnc/index.html

ERIC'S NEW SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE - The U.S. Department of Education's Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) provides a variety of services and products on a broad range of education-related issues, including the ERIC database, the world's largest source of education information. The database contains more than 950,000 abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. In the November 1998 issue of ERICNews, the center announced its new electronic document subscription service, E*Subscribe, which will begin in January 1999.

Features of the new service will include unlimited access to the ERIC database and electronic document images; search manager capabilities (save, reactivate, and modify frequently searched topics); electronic delivery in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format; and ordering capability for documents not available electronically. When the service opens in January 1999, subscribers will initially have access to one full year of ERIC documents; access will expand to include document images from 1996 to the present. For more information on E*Subscribe, visit the EDRS Web site at: https://orders.edrs.com/members/survey.cfm

ERICNews is available by email and is published bimonthly by ACCESS ERIC, with support from the National Library of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education. To subscribe, send the following message to listproc@aspensys.com: subscribe ERICNews firstname lastname (Substitute your own first and last names in the message.) For more information on ERIC and its other publications and services see: http://ericir.syr.edu/

WHO'S GOVERNING THE WEB? - A UNC-Chapel Hill Carolina Seminar on Internet and Society recently featured a talk by Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig on "Internet Governance." Lessig, a major thinker on Internet policy, taught the Supreme Court about the Internet and he was the Special Master to Judge Penfield Jackson in the Microsoft monopoly trial. Advocating a strong place for government in Internet governance, Lessig argued that removing government involvement will create a vacuum waiting to be filled by other parties who may not be committed to serving the public's interests, especially in the areas of privacy and access.

Lessig teaches and writes on the law of cyberspace; he is presently completing a book, CODE, AND OTHER LAWS OF CYBERSPACE. For more information about Lessig and texts of his talks on the Internet, see http://cyber.harvard.edu/lessig.html and http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/msdoj/

FYI

* The Academy for Educational Development announces a new round of engaging discussion topics on its two-year moderated forum, the Millennium Project. Guest experts include: Margaret Honey of the Center for Children and Technology in New York, Kathleen Fulton from the University of Maryland, Jacqueline Hess at the National Demonstration Laboratory and Thomas Reeves, from the University of Georgia. Experts will participate in discussion boards and request input from participants. See: www.aed.org

* A Special issue of the Electronic Journal of Communications/La Revue Electronique de Communication (EJC/REC) on "Computer-Mediated Communication as a Teaching Method and as an Academic Subject" has been issued. Descriptions of online projects, courses, and programs in communication, literature reviews, critical essays, position papers, and empirical reports (qualitative and/or qualitative) are welcome on topics that include:

1. What is the impact of CMC on teaching in general?
2. What is the scope of CMC as an instructional method?
3. What is the impact of CMC on "communication theory."
4. What is the impact of CMC on "communication research."

This special issue is scheduled for electronic publication in September of 1999. Completed manuscripts must be submitted by January 11, 1999, for blind review. Review the EJC/REC at: http://www.cios.org/www/ejcmain.htm. (From Dudley "Lee" Cahn, SUNY at New Paltz)

* Strategies for a MarketPlace Without Borders will be held February 11-13, 1999 in San Antonio, TX. This University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) seminar will look at: competition and the marketplace, building a market-driven organization, meeting challenges and opportunities, managing change, developing strategies and gaining the competitive advantage, developing expertise on seamless customer service Web interactivity and discovering new markets. See: www.nucea.edu.postmaster@nucea.edu or fax: 202-785-0374.

* Capitalizing on Your Computer Investment will focus on Maximizing Instructional Talents, Tools and Techniques. This conference will be held February 17-19, 1999 at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel in Washington, DC. The event is a continuation of University of Wisconsin-Stout's Building an Educational Experience Through Applications of Computer- based Technology conference series. Michael Dolence and Brandon Hall will provide hard-hitting keynote addresses and more than 40 specialists from around the world will share their solutions to a variety of issues. Register by fax: 715-232-3385.

* The UCEA 1999 84th Annual Conference, Blurring the Boundaries of the Academy, will be held April 9-13 at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC. The conference is organized around four sub-themes: New Forms of Teaching & Learning, Emerging Roles for Continuing Education, Integrating Learning & Work and Replacing Old Boundaries with New Opportunities. For more information contact: UCEA Annual Conference, One Dupont Circle, Suite 615, Washington, DC, 20036 or visit: www.nucea.edu

* Intellectual Property Issues in Distance Learning is scheduled for May 2-5, 1999 at the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza in Kansas City Missouri. Attendees should include: university and college faculty, administrators, legal counsel, continuing and distance education professionals, library and information specialists. The conference is sponsored by: University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Missouri System, MU Extension, MU Extension Teaching, MU Libraries, UMKC Interactive Video Network and A*DEC. For additional information contact: BroukS@missouri.edu

* RUFIS '99: Role of Universities in the Future Information Society (RUFIS) "The Virtual University" is scheduled for October 21-24, 1999, Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona is issuing a call for proposals to include:

1. Prophesizing the Future
2. Building Effective Learning Communities
3. Good Practice
4. Assessment and Evaluation

Proposal Deadline is February 5, 1999. Detailed information can be found at: http://www.nau.edu/rufis99 (From Jennifer Hartin, Northern Arizona University)

* The Association for Continuing Higher Education, Inc. will host its 61st Annual Meeting, November 6-9, 1999 in Cincinnati, OH. Proposals are invited for this year's theme "Centering on Students" and focuses on Adult and Continuing Education at the Core of the University, Leading the Way in Increasing Access and Success and on Reflection and Assessment. Proposal deadline is: January 15, 1999. For more information see: www.uc.edu/cece/ACHE99.htm