UPFRONT - Technology Accessibility for Instructors

FOCUS -Involving the Deaf Community in Distance Teaching and Learning" by Simone Conceição-Runlee and Rosemary Lehman

UW NEWS -The WI Distance Learning Conference Call for Proposals, Ninth Annual GWETC Call for Presentations, The Alliance of Four, Chris Olgren Cited in Training Issue, TTT

LINES -January News Highlights

ED -New Law Instructs Schools to Install Internet Filtering Services, US Web-Based Education Commission Releases Its Report, eMail a Virtual Class Ring, Colleges Disagree About Computer Costs and Benefits

BIZ/GOV/ED -Library Group Fights Mandatory Filtering Law, Top Analysts Forecast a Slow Year for Online Schools But a Surge for Corporate E-Learning, Cisco to Train in India

TECH/TOOLS -Deep Filter Bots, MindLeaders' Specialized Software, Adaptive Technology

FUNDS -US Dept of Ed Technology Budget Grows to $2.8 Billion

READS/RESOURCES -Distance Education Startup Guides for Practitioners, New Latin American Resources, Accessibility Resources, FunBrain's Quiz Lab

ISSUES/CHALLENGES -Youth and Ergonomics

ETC -HTML Gives Way to XML, Six Common Web Site Mistakes

NEW ON THE LIST -Welcome to New Subscribers

POSITIONS -UW-Green Bay, Purdue University, University of Ottowa

FYI -Institutes, Conferences, Events

ENDNOTE - THE SMALLER IT GETS, THE FASTER IT GETS...

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