Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95.960914013217.2072C-100000@eclipse.ns.utk.edu> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 01:49:40 -0400 From: Chris Hodge <mailto:hodge@ECLIPSE.NS.UTK.EDU> Subject: New Online Distributed Learning Magazine To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
I am the webmaster for a SunSITE whose main focus is on distributed learning communities, and we are trying to get an online zine going. We want our focus to expand the idea of distributed learning to include not only distance learning but also collaborative learning; not only teaching but also research; and not only the traditional educational settings (K-12, etc.) but nontraditional settings as well (because, at least IMHO, the Internet is going to break down a lot of barriers in these areas). Anyway, the prospectus/boilerplate follows. If you know anyone who would be interested in this project, and help make it an exciting and unpredictable enterprise, let me know.Thanks.
CDH
mailto:SunSITE@UTK is centered around the idea that emerging Internet technologies, and in particular Internet-based communication tools, will enable us to build new types of fertile and active learning communities involving people who are widely dispersed geographically. The creation and development of such distributed learning communities is a guiding theme of mailto:SunSITE@UTK, and we are in the process of building a concentrated hub of information and software that contributes to their growth. As part of that process, we are initiating an online magazine tentatively entitled DLC Journal.
Our initial plan is to have each issue include:
Editorials and papers aimed at giving readers a holistic view of the field;
Groups of papers around a central theme (educational MOOs, wireless connectivity, access issues, e.g.)
Technical review and updates
Case studies and first-person accounts
New and Noteworthy
Feedback
The Journal will be "published" quarterly, with feedback, letters to the editor, annotations, links, updates and corrections added more frequently. The contents will be available in html, ascii (e-mail) and print. Back issues will be available for public reference at mailto:SunSITE@UTK. While we wish to make the Journal as accessible as possible, we will also explore ways in which emerging technologies (online chatrooms, annotation applications, etc.) can be used to make the Journal more interactive. Our hope is that eventually the Journal will evolve into a refereed publication.
The audience we envision is a broad one: laypersons and professionals alike working in the field, those of all ages participating in distributed learning communities, academics, technicians and programmers, as well as those who sit back and ask themselves, "What does it all mean?"
We are now in the process of assembling an Advisory Board for DLC Journal, and we are looking for volunteers. The primary responsibility of the Advisory Board is to further refine our vision as outlined above and to ensure that the Journal is meeting the goals it has set out for itself. Board members will also help review submissions and will be encouraged to write for or solicit articles. (Although the Board will be responsible for allocating the work necessary for this undertaking, mailto:SunSITE@UTK is committed to providing whatever support staff is necessary for its success.)
If you are interested in participating in this Project, or if you would like to recommend someone who might be, please contact
Chris Hodge Network Services University of Tennessee, Knoxville