UPFRONT - Networking is Connecting People

FOCUS - WiscNet: A Networked Community by Andrea Deau

UW AND WI - Effective Practices Book Now Available, DE Certificate Program
Scholarships-Online Group Now Forming, TTT, WIDS Wins Praise for Course
Design

LINES - October News Highlights

ED - Teleconferencing Will Save Money and Improve Access, Study Charts Growth
of Fully Online Distance Learning, Organizers Plan Online Medical School, Initial
MIT Coursework Goes Online, Doctoral Programs Added at U of Phoenix Online

BIZ/GOV/ED - INCITS Forms New Technical Committee, TechLearn Presents
Award to Home Depot, New MIT Center to Bridge Academia and Business

COPYRIGHT - The TEACH Act Passes as Amendment to HR 5512

ACCESSIBILITY - Kurzweil Program to Integrate Classroom Readers, Speech-to-
Language Application Unveiled, Judge Says Web Sites Not Subject to ADA

DIGITAL DIVIDE - Technology Centers Left to Support Themselves, Affordable
Language Learning Opportunities

TECH/TOOLS - Breakthrough to Boost Data Network Speed, Physicians Group
Launches PDA Info Clearinghouse

READS/RESOURCES - Converge, Distance Learning at the Tipping Point,
Content at Your Fingertips: Better Ways to Classify and Tag

NEW ON THE LIST - Welcome to New Subscribers

FYI - News, Events, Conferences

ENDNOTE - Networking and Connecting: A Memorable Activity

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NOVEMBER DESIEN FOCUS ARTICLE - Synchronizing the Sun: An Attempt at
Building a Global Knowledge Network with Synchronized e-Learning by Stewart
Kowalski, the Centre for Information and Communication Research Stockholm
School of Economics.