F-LIGHT - The new issue of F-LIGHT, an assessment newsletter about the benefits
and costs of educational uses of technology can be viewed at:
http://www.tltgroup.org/resources/F-LIGHT/2003/Jan.html The feature abstract in this
issue is from SE Missouri State, an institution that gathered data which indicated that
its way of helping faculty use of technology was helping the university serve students
more distant from the campus. In this issues research idea column of the newsletter
you will find a study of the costs and benefits of different strategies for helping faculty
use technology in their teaching. (F-LIGHT Jan 03)

EUROPE'S FIRST YEARLY REPORT 2001/2002 - The IST annual report is
distributed by the European Distance Education Network (EDEN). The report
"Change in European Education and Training Systems related to Information
Society Technologies (IST)", was published by Middlesex University Press in
October 2002, and provides an overview of the current situation and future
evolutions and challenges for the development of quality eLearning in Europe.
Market strategies, policy impact, innovative practices, and research developments
relevant to the issue of innovation in education and training are the main themes
addressed by the report, which is the main result of the first year of activity of the
European Union. The DG Information Society funded the project. For more details
and to order, visit: http://www.eden.bme.hu/contents/publications/100.html

UNESCO REPORT - This past December the United Nations Educational, Scientific,
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Division of Higher Education published a
report: "Open And Distance Learning: Trends, Policy, And Strategy Consideration."
The paper's objective is "to review open and distance learning in the context of
present challenges and opportunities, examine relevant concepts and contributions,
outline current global and regional trends, suggest policy and strategy considerations,
and identify UNESCO's initiatives in open and distance learning, including its role in
capacity-building and international co-operation." The complete report is available at:
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001284/128463e.pdf (Requires Adobe Reader)

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READINGS FROM CIT INFOBITS:

* WEB PORTALS AND HIGHER EDUCATION - A book that focuses on a
variety of technology issues related to portals and their implications for colleges and
universities. Go to: http://www.educause.edu/asp/doclib/abstract.asp?id=pub5006

* 2002 POCKET GUIDE TO U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION - This guide is a useful
introduction to higher education today, with current statistical data and listings of
key associations and resources. See:
http://www.educause.edu/asp/doclib/abstract.asp?ID=PUB2201

(CIT INFOBITS, No. 54, ISSN 1521-9275, Dec 02. CIT INFOBITS is at:
http://www.unc.edu/cit/infobits/text/index.html )