+ Page 1 + --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ####### ######## ######## ########### ### ### ## ### ## # ### # Interpersonal Computing and ### ### ## ### ## ### Technology: ### ### ## ### ### An Electronic Journal for ### ######## ### ### the 21st Century ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ## ### ISSN: 1064-4326 ### ### ### ## ### January, 1995 ####### ### ######## ### Volume 3, Number 1, pp.1-8 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 IPCTV3N1 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- + Page 2 + 1. Letter from the Publisher IPCT Journal Readers, This issue marks the beginning of our third year of publishing _Interpersonal Computing and Technology: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century_. Often people ask me, "How many readers does your journal have?" It is impossible to answer this with any accuracy. The distribution list that is dedicated to the Journal currently has about 1925 subscribers from 49 countries. However, many of those subscribers are actually re-distribution sites. When this is combined with the cross-postings to IPCT-L and other lists on the internet, it becomes apparent that the number is greater than the number of subscribers on the Journal's subscription list. I am also asked about the obstacles for IPCT Journal and electronic journals generally. While there are several, as with any scholarly effort, the clearest threat to the viability of IPCT Journal is the lack of good quality submissions. Without quality papers, there will be no readers. Without readers, there will be no journal. + Page 2 + I have written elsewhere on the reasons for this. I am not sure why IPCT Journal does not recieve more submissions. I wonder if it is because IPCT Journal is a new journal, facing all the startup obstacles any new journal faces, or if it is an electronic journal. I suspect it is the combination of those and other factors. I know we have a world-class group of editors, lead by Gerald Phillips. My thanks to him and all the editors for their continuing work. It is the peer review process that is the most significant factor in quality control. We encourage each of you to submit articles for review. If you know of colleagues of yours who write on topics within the scope of this journal, please pass along a copy of this Table of Contents to them. Requests for author guidelines and submissions can be sent to Gerald Phillips, Editor, at GMP3@PSUVM.PSU.EDU. Regards, Zane L. Berge, Publisher BERGE@GUVAX.ACC.GEORGETOWN.EDU --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Retrieval Instructions for Articles GOPHER IPCT Journal, including all back issues, is available via gopher from GUVM.CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU (or 141.161.71.1). Point your gopher to this location (port 70) and select from the top menu, "LISTSERV maintained Files and Notelogs/." Alternatively, coming in via Gopher menus, from "Other Gopher Sites" or "International Gopher Networks," follow the menus down: North America/USA/Washington D.C./Georgetown University/ Information Systems/Listserv maintained Files and Notelogs. (Note: The IPCT-L Discussion List Notelogs can be found here, too.) LISTSERV Articles are stored as files at LISTSERV@GUVM.BITnet. To retrieve a file interactively, send the GET command appearing both before and after the article abstract to LISTSERV@GUVM. To retrieve the article as a e-mail message add F=MAIL to your interactive message, or send an e-mail note in the following format: To:listserv@guvm.georgetown.edu ---------------------- GET IPCTV3N1 The GET command GET IPCTV3N1 PACKAGE will retrieve the entire issue. [WARNING: This will send all 4 files with a total of over 3200 lines.] The listserv's Internet address is LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU + Page 3 + Back issues of the journal are stored at LISTSERV@GUVM. To obtain a list of all available files, send the following message to LISTSERV@GUVM: INDEX IPCT-J. The name of each issue's table of contents file begins with the word "CONTENTS". FTP IPCT-J articles can be retrieved by FTP (File Transfer Protocol. FTP to GUVM.CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU or 141.161.71.1, logon IPCT-J, password is GUEST. All IPCT-J files are currently archived in ASCII format only. If you experience difficulties with these instructions, please consult your local site administrator for specific instructions that may apply to your system. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Contents ACCESSING THE DATA TO CREATE THE KNOWLEDGE: A CASE STUDY FROM FORESTRY C.L. Brack and A.C.F. Trevitt, Department of Forestry, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Australian National University Canberra, A.C.T. 0200, Australia. To retrieve this article GET BRACK IPCTV3N1 ABSTRACT Data is just an accumulation of observations and numbers. It is only when it is accessible and can be ordered and summarised that patterns can be found and used in the creation of knowledge. Unfortunately, the quantity of data relevant to researchers and managers keeps expanding while the ability to keep abreast is decreasing. Relevant data include the publication of new methods of practice, guidelines for management, public perceptions of activities and newspaper articles as well as scientifically refereed journal papers. Recent undergraduate curriculum changes in the Department of Forestry, Australian National University, introduced several computer based materials that promote improved access, summary and understanding of data. These changes have proven to be an effective way of updating and integrating diverse pieces of literature, documented experience and other sources of information (weather maps, case studies, guidelines, operational manuals) and have served as the basis for a new problem based learning approach in the Fire Science and Management unit. The newly restructured Forest Mensuration unit is also taking advantage of computer based + Page 4 + storage and presentation facilities to integrate and present data using a variety of multi-media techniques that improve the chances of students understanding the complex mathematical and geometrical concepts involved in mensuration. The Forestry Department is currently studying the potential for developing these approaches further as an ongoing Professional development program which will be readily available to students, modellers and managers and which can quickly respond to new data and deliver it as knowledge. To retrieve this article GET BRACK IPCTV3N1 Page numbers: 9 - 16 Number of lines: 434 ------------------------- USING WWW/MOSAIC TO SUPPORT CLASSROOM-BASED EDUCATION: AN EXPERIENCE REPORT. Brian S. Butler Graduate School of Industrial Administration (GSIA) Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, PA 15213 To retrieve this article GET BUTLER IPCTV3N1 ABSTRACT During the summer of 1994 I taught an undergraduate Management Information Systems (MIS) course. The only paper documents for the course were two exams, the textbook, and the formal course evaluations. All other course materials, including assignments, lecture notes, exam study hints, and supplementary readings were provided using a World-Wide-Web (WWW) server and Mosaic. This report is a detailed summary of my experiences with this "experiment." In general, the feedback from the students, both formal and informal, was positive. The costs and benefits for the instructor and the students, suggest that the development of basic on-line materials for use in conjunction with lectures or classroom discussion is feasible. The primary purpose of this report is to encourage critical examination of the development and use of on-line course materials for classroom-based education. Also included are some guidelines for instructors considering creating on-line hypertext course materials and a short discussion of relevant further work, related to identifying and measuring the specific costs and benefits of supplementing classroom-based education with on-line course materials. To retrieve this article GET BUTLER IPCTV3N1 Page numbers: 17 - 52 Number of lines: 1746 + Page 5 + ------------------------- ONLINE FROM ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Frank James To retrieve this file GET JAMES IPCTV3N1 ABSTRACT Where I am in South Australia we do lots of communicating using computers, much like you, and SA'll remain a good place for families as seen by what people in Adelaide do, or what the whales in Gulf Saint Vincent do. I wrote this essay as a 'good read' about what we do where I am, and in the hope of learning in this interactive medium more about what you do where you are. To retrieve this file GET JAMES IPCTV3N1 Page numbers: 53 - 66 Number of lines: 727 ------------------------- ISSUES SURROUNDING THE INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY INTO THE K-12 CLASSROOM: NOTES FROM THE FIELD Marian Rice, Director of Teacher Education, The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry To retrieve this file GET RICE IPCTV3N1 ABSTRACT This article addresses the question: What are the needs of teachers to support them in learning to use information technology in the classroom? The use of information technology must be integrated into classroom practice to effectively prepare students for the global economy of the 21st. century. Inservice support of teachers in the area of information technology must address gender equity. Both the literature and the fieldwork conducted for this article reveal-deeply seeded obstacles to involving girls with computer technology, the need to raise teacher's conciousness as to the issues, and appropriate strategies for the alleviation of these barriers is discussed. To retrieve this file GET RICE IPCTV3N1 Page numbers: 67 - 81 Number of lines: 804 ------------------------- BOOK REVIEW GLOBAL NETWORKS, edited by Linda Harasim REVIEWED by Leslie J. Shade + Page 6 + To retrieve this article GET SHADE IPCTV3N1 ABSTRACT Linda Harasim's edited volume, Global Networks, neatly draws together previously-published and original essays written by several key commentators and activists in computer networking. The issues raised encompass a wide range of domestic and international concerns, from networking applications in the social, work, and educational spheres, to commentary on the changing legal and policy landscape. To retrieve this article GET SHADE IPCTV3N1 Page numbers: 82 - 87 Number of lines: 286 -------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Editorial Board PUBLISHER: Center for Teaching and Technology, Academic Computing Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. EDITOR: Gerald M. Phillips, Professor Emeritus of Speech Communication, Pennsylvania State University EDITORIAL BOARD: Zane L. Berge, . Director, Center for Teaching and Technology. Academic Computer Center, Georgetown University Gerald M. Santoro, Center for Academic Computing, Pennsylvania State University MANAGING EDITOR: Mauri P. Collins, The American Center for the Study of Distance Education, Pennsylvania State University ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Susan Barnes, Manhattan Marymount College. Communication Manuel Bermudez, University of Florida Computer & Information Sciences + Page 7 + Thomas Berner, The Pennsylvania State University. Journalism & American Studies Morton Cotlar, University of Hawaii Management Paulo DaSilva, Military Institute of Computer Science Engineering, Sao Paulo, BR. Gordon Dixon, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Institute of Advanced Studies William Eadie, Speech Communication Association Associate Director Jill Ellsworth, Oak Ridge Research, San Marcos, TX. Senior Partner Theodore S. Hopf, Washington State University Communication Alice Horning, Oakland University English and Rhetoric Vladimir Klonowski, World Open University & Canadian Consulting and Tutoring Services, Halifax, NS, Canada Donald Kraft, Louisiana State University Computer Science Scott Kuehn, Clarion University of Pennsylvania Communication Edward Mabry, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Communication Cecelia Manrique, University of Wisconsin, Lacross, WI Political Science Mary McGraw, Information Services, Shands Hospital at Customer Support Analyst the University of Florida Rory McGreal, TeleEducation New Brunswick, Canada Executive Director Rob McKenzie, East Stroudsburg State University of Pennsylvania, Broadcasting Anne Okerson, Association of Research Libraries. Scientific & Academic Publishing David Schroeder, Valparaiso University Business Administration + Page 8 + Katy Silberger, Marist College Library David Sims, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada Veterinary Medicine Wendy Snetsinger, The Pennsylvania State University. Instructional Systems Janet Valade, California State University, Los Angeles Academic Technology John Wooten Oak Ridge National Laboratory Educational Technology Amy Zelmer Central Queensland University, Australia Health Science -------------------------------------------- 5. Copyright Statement ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Interpersonal Computing and Technology: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century Copyright 1995 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