UPFRONT - Background on This Month's FOCUS Article

FOCUS - Exploring the Experiences of Distance Education: The Common Experiences of Teachers, Students and Technology Specialists

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

UW-NEWS - Distance Learning 2000, GWETC 2000, Online Group and Scholarships, UW Bachelors in Nursing Through Nursing Central, TTT

LINES - June News Highlights

ED - New Study Provides Benchmarks for Quality DE, Faculty Ownership of Courses, The Library as the Latest Web Venture, NEA Report

BIZ/ED - Motorola University Learns Some Hard Lessons About Teaching Online, Higher Education and the Private Sector, Training

FUNDS - Federal Grant Funds to be Distributed

NEW TECH - Handheld Devices Steal Spotlight at PC Expo, 'Optochips' Swing Open New Door for Improving Optical Products, Goggles Offer Wide Screen TV

READS - ALN Journal, The Other Infrastructure

RESOURCES - The Sloan Foundation Unveils a Catalog of Online Education Programs, Online Worksheet Figures the Costs of Distance Education Programs, Web site Provides Advice on Teaching in Cyberspace, WAOE

POSITIONS - Northern Arizona University, University of Wisconsin-Extenson, Florida Gulf Coast University, Portland State University

NEW ON THE LIST - Welcome to New Subscribers

FYI - News, Institutes, Conferences, Events

ENDNOTE - An Alan Kay Quote

Technology should "make simple things easy and difficult things possible." (Alan Kay, pioneer educational technologist)

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