--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ####### ######## ######## ########### ### ### ## ### ## # ### # Interpersonal Computing and ### ### ## ### ## ### Technology: ### ### ## ### ### An Electronic Journal for ### ######## ### ### the 21st Century ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ## ### ISSN: 1064-4326 ### ### ### ## ### October, 1993 ####### ### ######## ### Volume 1, Number 4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published by the Center for Teaching and Technology, Academic Computer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057 Additional support provided by the Center for Academic Computing, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 This article is archived as CONTENTS IPCTV1N4 on LISTSERV@GUVM (LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Letter from the Publisher 2. Retrieval Instructions for Articles 3. Table of Contents and Abstracts 4. Editorial Board 5. Copyright Statement --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Letter from the Publisher Dear IPCT Journal Readers, We are pleased to welcome the several hundred new subscribers who have joined us since the IPCT Journal was last published. We also notice that many of the new subscribers are librarians and hope that, through them, the Journal will be made available to their patrons. This issue of IPCT Journal is the last in Volume 1. We are accepting submissions for 1994, and extend to each of you a request to consider IPCT Journal as you determine the appropriate place for peer review of your next article. In general, IPCT Journal seeks full length articles (10-20 pages with notes and bibliography) written in APA style on the following topics: use of electronic networks in the classroom, electronic publishing, use of electronic networks and information exchange, library applications of electronic communication, professional relationships carried on via electronic communication, use of electronic communication in higher education, business, industry and government, and related topics. Submissions or further information concerning guidelines to authors can be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief, Gerald Phillips (GMP3 at PSUVN). Recently I was invited to speak at the Mid-Atlantic and Pittsburgh Chapters of the Medical Library Association on the topic of challenges faced by electronic publishers. It was an exceptional opportunity to speak to the issues of how epublishing can help the effectiveness and efficiency of the scholarly process. Of course, epublishing is in its infancy, and there are limitations that are present today--some of which will be here tomorrow, and some that will not. I believe it is important for authors, librarians, publishers, and other stakeholders in scholarship, to talk about the benefits and limitations of various publishing channels and formats. We hope you find this issue of IPCT Journal useful to your work. If you have any suggests for improvement, please do not hesitate to contact me. Regards, Zane Berge, Publisher IPCT Journal Academic Computer Center, Georgetown University BERGE@GUVAX.ACC.GEORGETOWN.EDU --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Retrieval Instructions for Articles Articles are stored as files at LISTSERV@GUVM.BITnet. To retrieve a file interactively, send the GET command given after the article abstract to LISTSERV@GUVM. 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If you experience difficulties with these instructions, please consult your local site administrator for specific instructions that may apply to your system. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Contents INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC JOINT VENTURES: LEVERAGING EXTERNAL RESOURCES THROUGH TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TRAVEL Stephen R. Acker, Ohio State University and Paul Slaa and Harry Bouwman, University of Amsterdam To retrive this article GET ACKER IPCTV1N4 ABSTRACT Over the course of twelve months, students and faculty from Ohio State University and the University of Amsterdam have offered a merged graduate course on telecommunications policy in the European Community and the United States. They have done so by reciprocating three week study tours and using Internet, audioconferences, and a videoconference between visits. This collaboration is offered as an example of an "institutional exoskeleton," external resource structures that may be required to support higher education in the future. Issues in developing and implementing international joint ventures are discussed, and the design of an integrated travel and telecommunications academic infrastructure is considered. Lines: 676 To retrieve this article GET ACKER IPCTV1N4 ********** ACCESS TO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET C. Diane Bradley, Auburn University To retrieve this article GET BRADLEY IPCTV1N4 ABSTRACT The right to government information is an inherent, if not Constitutional, right of the American public. Current government policy is providing more access to government information than ever before. Millions of computer users now have access to dozens, if not hundreds of government databases, free of charge (accept to the institution or to commercial bulletin board users) over the Internet. This article describes several of the databases and how to access them. Additional information is provided to aid in accessing other databases. Lines: 491 To retrieve this article GET BRADLEY IPCTV1N4 ********** TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: A NEED MORE THAN EVER BEFORE John R. Cannon, University of Nevada-Reno Reno, Nevada To retrieve this article GET CANNON IPCTV1N4 ABSTRACT Telecommunication technology is appearing in more school classrooms across the nation. Unfortunately, as with many public school innovations, the appropriate pre- and inservice teacher training programs, which should accompany these changes, rarely exist or are inadequate. The innovation remains, but often is not applied. This absence of application is commonly traceable to a lack of understanding about the capability upon and relevance to the public school classroom. One goal of preservice teacher education programs should be to address the lack of knowledge, capability, and practice for applying telecommunications in the elementary and secondary classroom. Teacher educators must address the preparedness of future elementary and secondary teachers in using telecommunications. The process also should appeal to the beliefs and attitudes future educators hold about technology. This paper calls for increased action by teacher preparation institutions and public schools to motivate future teachers in the promotion and application of telecommunication technology. Without action, private schools and organizations may offer such experiences for children and increase efforts to attract public school students and accompanying public monies. If public schools fail to meet this challenge, an unfair competition will exist between public and private schools. The goal of ever realizing an effective technological-based public schooling in the United States would be in jeopardy. Lines: 383 To retrieve this article GET CANNON IPCTV1N4 ********** 'PROJECT ECOLOGY': AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF STUDENT ART Robert Alexander Fromme To retrieve this article GET FROMME IPCTV1N4 ABSTRACT The article includes a brief account of the development of 'Project Ecology'. The original concept was the work of the Japanese social studies teacher, Tadao Kawasaki. California English teacher, Sheldon Smith publicized the event and provided the central organization for collecting and distributing e-mail as the event unfolded. Students from Russia, Canada, Australia, Japan and the U.S. took part by researching global ecological problems and by creating art works about their ideas on the subject. Although e-mail was used to organize and distribute information about the event as it developed, the art work was divided and sent to each of the participating school using the traditional land and sea postal systems. The author gives an account of the wonderful motivational potential which this, and projects like it, can hold for the contemporary classroom. Ideas for improving future events are included along with a graph showing the schools, individual teachers and numbers of participating students. Lines: 263 To retrieve this article GET FROMME IPCTV1N4 *********** Publisher's Forum SPEECH 2001: A PROJECTION OF THE FUTURE Gerald M. Phillips, Editor-in-Chief, IPCT-J To retrieve this article GET PHILLIPS IPCTV1N4 ABSTRACT Traditionally, training in speaking has been associated with democratic societies. Maintaining a democracy requires a well informed and articulate electorate. With new forms of technological communication growing rapidly, the responsibility for training in performance technique becomes even more important. Learning about a process has no relationship to skill in participation in the process. Therefore, skills training in communication modalities of all sorts is mandated, so that citizens can cope with the demands of a changing world. Lines: 505 To retrieve this article GET PHILLIPS IPCTV1N4 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Editorial Board Publisher: Center for Teaching and Technology, Academic Computing Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Editor: Gerald M. Phillips, Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus of Speech Communication, Pennsylvania State University) Editorial Board: Zane L. Berge, Ph.D. (Director, Center for Teaching and Technology. Academic Computer Center, Georgetown University) Gerald M. Santoro, Ph.D. (Center for Academic Computing, Pennsylvania State University) Managing Editor: Mauri Collins, M.A (AEBC Utilization Assistant, WPSX Television, Pennsylvania State University) Associate Editors: Manuel E. Bermudez, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Computer and Information Sciences, University of Florida) Morton Cotlar, Ph.D. (Professor of Management, University of Hawaii) James A. Danowski, Ph.D. (Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago) Paulo A. Dasilva, Ph.D. (Chairman, Systems and Computation Graduate Program, Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Gordon Dixon, M.Sc., F.B.C.S. (Editor-in-Chief, Literary and Linguistic Computing, The Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) William F. Eadie, Ph.D. (Professor of Speech Communication, California State University, Northridge) Jill Ellsworth, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, OECD Division, Department of Technology, Southwest Texas State University) Bradley Erlwein, Ph.D. (Research and Development, Zenith Data Systems) Mark Evangelista, B.S. (Telecommunication System Programmer, Georgetown University) Allan G. Farman, Ph.D.(Professor, Radiology and Imaging Science Division, University of Louisville) Mark G. Gillingham, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Education, Washington State University, Vancouver) Dennis S. Gouran, Ph.D. (Professor of Speech Communication, the Pennsyl- vania State University) David Alan Grier, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Systems and Director of Honors Education, George Washington University) Thomas S. E. Hilton, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Business Information Systems and Education, Utah State University) Ken Hirsch, Ph.D. (Professor of Communication Studies, California State University - Sacramento) Theodore S. Hopf, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Edward R. Murrow School of Communication, Washington State University) Alice Horning, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Linguistics, Oakland University) Lawrence Johnston, B.A. (Manager, Operations, Office of Telecommuni- cations, Computer, and Information Systems, Pennsylvania State University) Vladimir Klonowski, Ph.D., D.Sc. (Profesor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Cracow Institute of Tehcnology) Donald H. Kraft, Ph.D. (Professor, Computer Science, Louisiana State University) Gary L. Kreps, Ph.D. (Professor of Communication Studies, Northern Illinois University) Robert McKenzie, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Radio, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA) Cecelia G. Manrique, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Wisconsin -- LaCrosse) Maurice C. Mitchell, Jr., Ph.D. (Assistant Director, Academic Computing, University and Community College System of Nevada, Las Vegas) Kristine Morrissey, Ph.D. (Curator, Michigan State University Museum) Ann Okerson, MLS (Director, Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing, Association of Research Libraries) David Raitt, Ph.D. (System Engineer, System Design Section, European Space Agency - ESTEC) David E. Sims, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Veterinary Medicine, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island) David L. Schroeder. Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of MIS, Valparaiso University) Gary Lee Stonum, Ph.D. (Professor of English, Case Western Research University) Rosalie Wells, Ph.D. (Distance Education Speicalist, Athabasca University) John W. Wooten, Ph.D. (Educational Technology Coordinator, Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Nancy J. Wyatt, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Speech Communication, Pennsylvania State University - Delware County Campus) ------------------------------------------------------ 5. Copyright Statement --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interpersonal Computing and Technology: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century Copyright 1993 Georgetown University. Copyright of individual articles in this publication is retained by the individual authors. Copyright of the compilation as a whole is held by Georgetown University. It is asked that any republication of this article state that the article was first published in IPCT-J. Contributions to IPCT-J can be submitted by electronic mail in APA style to: Gerald Phillips, Editor IPCT-J GMP3@PSUVM.PSU.EDU