Introduction
It is not uncommon for people who meet in the text-based environments of cyberspace–asynchronous news groups and bulletin boards and synchronous chat rooms and virtual communities–to be mistaken, and sometimes wildly so, when they imagine one another’s offline appearances. For example, in an article about online dating (A. Hamilton 1999), one man complains “It’s draining when you realize how different people are from what they project online,” and another story (J. Hamilton 1999) about the mainstreaming of online romances describes a pathway to disappointment: “The correspondents finally meet, but the chemistry crashes like a warped hard drive. Her extra five pounds is actually 50. His definition of a full head of hair proves to be a bit thin.” The discrepancy between image and reality is also captured in cartoons. One depicts a sophisticated, thirty-something woman, sitting at a table for two in an upscale restaurant, saying “I loved your E-mail, but I thought you’d be older.” Her dinner companion is a little boy (Weber 1998).
Textpad
TextPad – Technical Support Forum
I like TextPad. I am using it right now to write this. I also like the look of this discussion software – Phorum. It is Open Source and clean and fast.
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Not, perhaps, since the printing press’s invention has European culture experienced so much upheaval. The very underpinnings of the notion of culture and of its modes of production, socialisation and appropriation are under attack. I am speaking, of course, of culture’s integration in the creation of economic value. This integration process has accelerated since the beginning of the 1980s through, on one hand, the globalisation and increasing pervasion of finance in the economy, and on the other, the onslaught of so-called “new technologies”.
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Depending on your needs, we will:
- Help you determine how (and whether!) conferencing can benefit you
- Recommend software that best fits your environment and suits your particular needs
- Install and configure conferencing software at your site
- Design and build a fully customized conferencing space for you
- Facilitate online discussions or train facilitators
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Barry’s new logo – a dramatic image of One Tree Hill.
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19. Simplify
If we could abolish knowledge and wisdom
Then people would profit a hundredfold;
If we could abolish duty and justice
Then harmonious relationships would form;
If we could abolish artifice and profit
Then waste and theft would disappear.Yet such remedies treat only symptoms
And so they are inadequate.People need personal remedies:
Reveal your naked heart and embrace your original nature;
Bind your self-interest and control your ambition;
Forget your habits and simplify your affairs.
Educational Media
Educational Media by Tony Bates
However, the most difficult part of the system to put in place will be an appropriate educational infrastructure to support the kind of learning needed in the 21st century. The provision of appropriate education and training services to run on the information highway is critical; there is no automatic guarantee that people will use the information highway to an extent that justifies the cost of investment, if services are not provided that meet people’s needs. Unfortunately, existing educational institutions were created to meet the needs of a society that are fast disappearing. We need new educational organizations that can exploit the information highway to meet the needs of the 21st century. Economic development will depend as much on the success of creating and supporting such organizations, as on establishing the technological infrastructure. It is critical to get this right because those countries that harness the power of multi-media communications for education and training purposes will be the economic powerhouses of the 21st century
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A small profit will start to be made by UBC at the end of the third year. A more substantial profit will be made over the life of the entire program of five courses as start-up costs (which are substantially higher than ongoing/maintenance costs) will have been absorbed in the first course, EDST 565f. This course served as a template for the other four courses, therefore less time (and money) was required to develop the remaining four courses. The profit serves as a contingency in case unexpected costs arise or projected student numbers are not reached.
This is just one excerpt from one of may papers on Tony Bate’s home page.
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Collection of sites with vendors of collaboration tools. We gratefully welcome all contributions and suggestions. DenhamGrey 04/22/99
More useful links from Denham on a beautiful wiki site.
Distance Learning Tools
Exploring the exciting and emergent world of distance learning tools. Started by DenhamGrey on 04/22/2000.