DRZ@SJUVM.BITNET (Bob Zenhausern) (02/06/91)
Index Number: 13519
EduTel: A Forum for Considering CMC Applications
in Educational Contexts
As the international academic community becomes increasingly
familiar with computer networking, there has been widespread interest in
understanding how this new communication medium can be best used in
educational contexts. Since the networks themselves may be the best
medium for discussing educational applications, a cross-disciplinary,
cross-institutional group of scholars has joined forces to create and
guide an electronic conference whose purpose is to consider how
computer-mediated communication can be used to achieve educational
goals.
Initially, the conference staff will encourage discussion related to
three broad educational themes. One theme will focus on how
computer-mediated communication can enhance students' educational
experiences within and outside the classroom contexts. A second theme
will address how CMC can improve the education and life style of the
physically and educationally handicapped. A third theme will be
international development: specifically, how developing nations are
using CMC to foster education and research within and between
themselves. These themes will constitute three separate but
simultaneous lines of discussion available to conference participants.
Each of these lines of discussion will be moderated and guided by one or
two conference staff members. It will also be possible to pose
questions or introduce issues that are not related to the themes defined
above. As the conference continues, we expect new themes to emerge and,
given sufficient interest, be incorporated into ongoing discussion.
EduTel is scheduled to begin on Monday, February 11, 1991 and
continue into May, 1991. Those interested in participating can
subscribe by either:
(a) sending an interactive message to COMSERVE@RPIECS with the
following command:
Subscribe EduTel First_Name Last_Name
(Example:) Subscribe EduTel Mary Smith
(b) sending this same command (with no other punctuation or words) in
the message portion of an electronic mail message addressed to either:
Comserve@Rpiecs (Bitnet)
or
Comserve@Vm.Ecs.Rpi.Edu (Internet)
Further information about the EduTel conference will be sent to
subscribers when the conference begins.
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Conference Staff
Coordinating Moderator: Norman Coombs
Rochester Institute of Technology
CMC and the Classroom: Boyd Davis
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte
Don Ploch
University of Tennessee -- Knoxville
CMC and Disability Bob Zenhausern
St. Johns University
CMC and International Development: Sam Lanfranco
York University
CMC and Other Educational Questions: Karen O'Quin
Buffalo State College
Technical Moderator: Teresa Harrison