Note: a hypertext version of this newsletter is available at
<http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jqj/fcn/newsletters/fcn-news-950526.html>.
- Survey -- Is this newsletter useful to you?
- Upcoming Events
- Classroom Equipment
- Speakers Wanted
- Upcoming Conference Opportunities
- On the Lighter Side
- Administrativa
This newsletter currently is sent to about 90 UO people by e-mail. Others read
it on the World Wide Web, and the web version offers a number of features not
found in the email version. We are considering elimination of the e-mail
version (instead just sending an announcement of a new web-based edition). If
you find the e-mail version useful, please send e-mail to
<mailto:jqj@darkwing>.
- Educational Technology Committee. June 1, 1:30-3:00, Johnson Hall
Conference Room. This will be the last meeting of the committee this academic
year. For further information, <mailto:art@cs>.
- OGI Center for Human-Computer Communication Open House, Thursday, June
1, 3:30-5pm, at the Oregon Graduate Center (Beaverton) CSE-South building
(room CSE 116). The Center for Human-Computer Communication is a new research
center "emphasizing the use of natural modes of human-computercommunication
(e.g., pen and voice), multimodal systems, intelligent agenttechnology, and
collaboration technology". For more information, see
<http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jqj/fcn/misc/ogi-chcc.html>.
We have ordered a Macintosh Powerbook (520c) and LCD display panel (Proxima
820) for use by FCN members in training their colleagues and for other
presentations. Watch this newsletter for details of its availability.
You may have seen the hardcopy survey sent to all faculty from Herb Chereck and
JQ Johnson on use of computers for classroom presentation. Please fill out
that survey and return!
We're looking for volunteers willing to present workshops or lead discussions
on their use of educational technology for other members of the FCN this summer
and next fall. If you have a particular angle on instructional technology
you'd like to share with your colleagues, we'd like to hear you! Contact JQ
Johnson, <mailto:jqj@darkwing>.
This is an abbreviated list of upcoming conferences relevant to ed tech. For a
more extensive list, see the Educom calendar,
<http://educom.edu/conf.semi/events.calendar>.
- Electronic Publishing and the Information Superhighway, sponsored by
Dartmouth Institute for Advanced Graduate Studies. May 30 - June 2, in Boston,
MA. For information, see
<http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~samr/dags95.html>.
- Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction "Convergene '95". June
8-9, in Chicago (Kent Law School). For information, see
<http://cali.kentlaw.edu/>.
- Digital Libraries '95, June 11-13 in Austin Texas. For the second year,
this conference will bring together a multidisciplinary group, including
computer scientists, librarians, and social scientists, to discuss technical
and social developments and research results in digital libraries. For
information, <http://bush.cs.tamu.edu/dl95/README.html>.
- Technology in Learning and Teaching, June 12-15 (also June 19-22),
Northwestern U., Chicago IL. An intensive three-and-a-half days hands-on
workshop for librarians, faculty, and supporters of Instructional Technology in
Higher Education, on the incorporation of Interactive Multimedia and Internet
resources into academic and public libraries. For more information,
<http://www.nwu.edu/itg/tilt/>.
- National Educational Computing Conference (NECC '95), June 17-19,
Baltimore MD. Contact <mailto:necc95@ccmail.uoregon.edu> for information.
- AAHE Summer Institute, July 14-19 in Phoenix AZ. The UO will be sending a
team; contact JQ Johnson, <mailto:jqj@darkwing>, if you are interested in
participating.
- Syllabus '95, July 22-26 at Sonoma State, Sonoma CA. See
<http://www.syllabus.com/scon951.html>, for information.
- Educom '95, Oct 31-Nov 3, Portland OR. "Leading the way: technology and
beyond." See <http://educom.edu/conf.semi/educom95/.index.html>.
- Innovations in Education (conference theme "Technology in Education").
Nov 9-11, Minot North Dakota. See
<http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jqj/fcn/misc/innov-ed-conf.txt> for
details.
We are planning a conference on the use of educational technology
in higher ed to be held here at UO in February, 1995. If you are interested in
assisting in conference planning and organization or in giving a presentation
for the conference, please contact JQ Johnson, <mailto:jqj@darkwing>.
Seen on Mirsky's Worst of the Web (23 May):
<http://www.well.com/user/jer/NNHI.html>. This web page just might be the
best introduction to hypertext ever published!
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