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GUEST EDITORIAL
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CONTINUING CHALLENGE FOR LIBRARIANS: MEETING THE NEEDS OF DISTANCE
EDUCATION
STUDENTS by Carol Goodson
Students enrolled in a university course
are entitled to library services at that institution. What about students
participating in a distance learning
course that are geographically located quite far from the host institution?
In
our first Guest Editorial, Carol Goodson
outlines how the library at the State University of West Georgia
supports their distance learning program.
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DISTANCE EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE
by Dr. Lucy C. Morse and Barbara Truman
In February 1995, the Central Florida
Consortium of Higher Education had a proposal for a Distance Learning
Demonstration Project (DLDP) recommended
for funding from the State University System of Florida. The
DLDP focuses on creating an infrastructure
system to support distance learning and instructional enhancement,
not on hardware or courses to be used.
The three basic components include: instructional resources for
educational technology delivery that
is designed as a paradigm change agent, faculty training, and plans for
a
learner support system.
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WORLD
WIDE WEB LIBRARY SUPPORT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING AT THE STATE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO by Nancy Schiller
This article describes how several institutions
in the SUNY (State University of New York) system are
collaborating to provide World Wide
Web access for distance learning courses. The project allows those
students to electronically access a
variety of distributed information resources and library services.
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UNIVERSITY
OF WISCONSIN DISTANCE EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM: A COLLABORATIVE
APPROACH
by Dr. Rosemary M. Lehman and Dr. Patricia A. Takemoto
Developed by the Universityof Wisconsin
System and the University of Wisconsin-Extension, a faculty and staff
symposium on distance learning was held
in August of 1994. This paper describes the Distance Education
Symposium project in detail: the planning
and development process, agenda building process, resource
materials, program implementation, participant
reactions and next steps. For those considering the use of
teleconferencing in distance education,
it may provide a useful model, prevent potential pitfalls and suggest
creative ideas for their own training
programs.
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LIBRARIAN
AND FACULTY PARTNERSHIPS FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION
by Holly Heller-Ross
The importance of faculty and librarians
working together to support distance education is detailed in this article
describing the Telenursing Distance
Education program at SUNY Plattsburgh. The library's role is characterized
by its support through curriculum enrichment,
research instruction, and direct student services.
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WHERE
INTERACTION INTERSECTS TIME
by Zane Berge
Emerging technology make interaction
possible in distance learning environments. These technologies can be
classified along two continuous dimensions.
The sychronicity of the communication and the kind of interaction
(interpersonal and/or with content)
that they allow. After reviewing interaction media in formal learning
environments and the characteristics
of instructional media, the author positions the various delivery technologies
in one of four quadrants: synchronous
interaction with content, synchronous interpersonal interaction,
asynchronous with content, and asynchronous
interpersonal communication. Only computer conferencing
appears in more than one quadrant, indicating
the flexibility of this medium. This scheme can also be used
prescriptively to aid in media selection,
based on the kinds of interaction desired to meet time constraints and
educational objectives.
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THE
CREATION AND DELIVERY OF A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR
GEOGRAPHICALLY
DISPERSED STUDENTS by Debbie Orr, Trish Andrews, and Margaret Appleton
This paper examines the creation and
delivery of a residential school program simultaneously to a group of
on-campus and off-campus students. It
examines issues such as the development of the program, including the
selection of hardware and software,
and the effectiveness of the program. Concerning the delivery of the
program, the paper analyses the selection
of teaching strategies, affects on socialisation, simultaneous on and
off-campus teaching, and the creation
of a new teaching and learning environment. In conclusion it analyses the
future of the unit and describes the
program and software which will be used in 1996.
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INTER-MEDIA COLUMN
INTERNET
RESOURCES: DISTANCE EDUCATION, MEDIA CENTERS AND THE INTERNET
by Michael J. Albright
Michael Albright of Iowa State University,
provides a succinct yet thorough overview of using the Web for
Internet based instruction. Included
is a list of Web Resources Related to Distance Education and the Internet.
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TECHNOLOGY WATCH COLUMN
UNDERSTANDING
THE TRUE COST OF DISTANCE LEARNING
by Terrence McCormack
In his third column for MC Journal,
Terrence McCormack gives an overview of the costs of changing
technology on distance learning.
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MEDIA WORKS COLUMN
DISTANCE
LEARNING CLASSROOM IN ACTION
by Peter Jorgensen
The hardware set up for a grant funded
distance learning classroom at the State University of New York at
Buffalo is described.
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EDITOR: Lori J. Widzinski, Health Sciences
Library, State University of New York at Buffalo
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Terrence E. McCormack,
Law Library, State University of New York at Buffalo
ISSN 1069-6792
Revised: 07/23/98
URL: http://wings.buffalo.edu/publications/mcjrnlv4n1
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