UPFRONT - One of DE's Major Questions

FOCUS - Designing for Retention in Online Learning by Martha Mealy

READER QUESTION - Designing Distance Ed for a Multicultural Audience

UW-NEWS - Distance Learning 2000, Wedemeyer Award Nominees Requested, GWETC 2000, TTT

LINES - May News Highlights

ED - Dotcoms Invade the Dormitory, Four-Part Prediction Series (conclusion)

BIZ/ED - Lotus Announces New business Division, Building e-Partnerships, Stanford to Launch For-profit Venture for Web Searches, Update: Masie Tour

FUNDS - Distance Education Clearinghouse Funding Site

NEW TECH - e-Novel Approach Promises New Chapter For Book Lovers

ISSUES - British Education Secretary Accuses Universities of Failing the Poor, Parents Raise Concerns About School's Laptop-Only Elective, Kerry Bill Seeks High Speed Net Access for Poor Areas

READS - Distance Education Policy Primer, The Social Life of Information

RESOURCES - The Alexander N. Charters Library of Resources for Educators of Adults

POSITIONS - Western New England Colleges, Northwest Arkansas Community Colleges, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, A Training Place, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Barry University, Oklahoma State University, University of Wisconsin ADL Co-Lab

NEW ON THE LIST - Welcome to New Subscribers

FYI - News, Institutes, Conferences, Events

ENDNOTE - The Dominant Language?

Ask most people which is the dominant language on planet Earth and they will reply that it's either English or Chinese. A good guess, but they would be wrong. Binary s now dominant, with computers and machines having more conversations every working day than a sum total of mankind going back to the birth of Eve. (Peter Cochrane, Tips for Time Travelers)

 

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