FCN News 8 Jan 96

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Upcoming Events

Happy new year!

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Events on campus of particular interest to FCN members (see also Winter Workshops below):

Educational Technology Committee meeting, Jan 30, 10:30-12:00 [new date]. Contact Greg Bothun, <mailto:nuts@moo2> for location.
The Skin Cancer Epidemic: Melanoma. Neil Swanson, M.D., Jan 18, 7:25-8:45pm, IMC Studio A. Oregon Health Science University's 1995-96 Marquam Hill Lecture #1. These EdNet lectures are designed to communicate in lay terms the latest research taking place at OHSU in a wide variety of diseases and conditions, and should be interesting to FCN members both in terms of content and presentation. Free; seating is limited; call 346-3091 to reserve a place. For more information, <mailto:bonamici@oregon>.
Marshall Kremers, tutorial on Computer Conferencing, Jan 22, 3:00pm-8:30pm, Knight Electronic Classroom. Dr. Kremers directs the On-line Campus at the New York Institute of Technology, an innovative networked-based distance learning program that relies upon the creative use of computer conferencing. For details on the presentation, see <http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jqj/fcn/misc/kremers.html> . To register, contact Georgeanne Cooper, <mailto:gcooper@oregon>.
Marshall Kremers, tutorial on Computer Conferencing, Jan 23, 8:30am-1:30pm. For details on the presentation, see <http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jqj/fcn/misc/kremers.html>. To register, contact Georgeanne Cooper, <mailto:gcooper@oregon>. Note: due to demand, this presentation will be a repeat of the Jan 22 presentation.
Web Planning Committee meeting, Jan 24, 10:00-11:00am, Knight Librarian's Conference Room. Lucy Lynch will lead a discussion of web software licensing. See <http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jqj/webcommittee/>.
Prematurity: Are we making progress? Gerda Benda, M.D., Feb 15, 7:25-8:45pm, IMC Studio A (via EdNet). OHSU 1995-96 Marquam Hill Lecture #2. <mailto:bonamici@oregon>.
From Bench to Bedside: The Importance of Basic Research M. Susan Smith, Ph.D., Mar 21, 7:25-8:45pm, IMC Studio A (via EdNet). OHSU1995-96 Marquam Hill Lecture #3. <mailto:bonamici@oregon>.
AIDS in Oral Health: Clinical and Ethical Challenges Gary T. Chiodo, D.M.D., Apr 18, 7:25-8:45pm, IMC Studio A (via EdNet). OHSU 1995-96 Marquam Hill Lecture #4 <mailto:bonamici@oregon>.

The UO Library and Computing Center Microcomputer Support Center each offer a series of workshops of interest to novice and advanced computer users. The following list those workshops offered during January.

UO Library Internet Curriculum

Unless otherwise noted, classes will be in the Knight Library's Electronic Classroom (Room 144), and will last approximately 90 minutes. No advance registration is required, but seating is limited. Requests for accommodation related to disability need to be made to 346-1960 one week in advance of the workshop. See <http://libweb.uoregon.edu/uo/libhome/instruct/internet.htm> or call 346-1935 for addiitional information and a complete winter schedule.

WORLD WIDE WEB/NETSCAPE This workshop is for those who have heard about the Web but haven't had a chance to search it. It will cover fundamental concepts of the Web, demonstrate the Netscape browser, and show how to do subject searching on the Web.

 Thur    Jan 11          3:00-4:30 pm            Robare, T Smith
 Fri     Jan 12          9:00-10:30 am           Crumb, Stave 
 Wed     Jan 17          3:30-5:00 pm            Crumb, Stave
 Tues    Jan 23          2:00-3:30 pm            Brinkerhoff, Stark
 Wed     Jan 24          4:00-5:30 pm            Paynter, Stave
 Mon     Jan 29          1:00-2:30 pm            Crumb, Frantz
 Tues    Jan 30          3:00-4:30 pm            Paynter, T Smith
 Wed     Jan 31          3:00-4:30 pm            Hawk, Jones

WWW/NETSCAPE FOR THE COMPUTER NOVICE This class is intended for those who have little or no computer experience. It will cover fundamental concepts of the Web, demonstrate the Netscape browser, and show how to do subject searching on the Web.

 Fri     Jan 19          1:00-2:30 pm            Bennett, Brinkerhoff, Jones
 Thur    Jan 25          3:00-4:30 pm            Bennett, Brinkerhoff, Frantz

USENET DISCUSSION GROUPS From Angst to Zappa, and ten thousand subjects in between! An introduction to reading and participating in Usenet's ten thousand plus subject-oriented discussion groups. Demonstration and hands-on time with several newsreaders (Netscape, and trn for Darkwing and Gladstone).

 Thur    Jan 25          1:00-2:30 pm            Klassen

ELEMENTS OF THE INTERNET This class is intended for people who have had limited or no experience using the Internet and want to broaden their understanding of several Internet services, (e.g. World Wide Web (WWW), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Newsgroups). The goal of the workshop are to provide a general overview of the Internet and its functions. For most students, there will be an opportunity for some hands-on experience with parts of the Internet.

 Thur    Jan 11          noon-1:30 pm            Heinzkill, Lenn
 Fri     Jan 12          12:30-2:00 pm           Heinzkill, Lenn
 Thur    Jan 18          1:00-2:30 pm            Heinzkill, Lenn
 Tues    Jan 30          1:00-2:30 pm            Robare, Slight-Gibney

INTRODUCTION TO WEB PUBLISHING A brief introduction to writing and publishing on the World Wide Web. Topics include the architecture of the World Wide Web, introduction to the hypertext language (HTML) used in most Web documents, and a consideration of what materials one might publish. Participants should be familiar with a graphical web browser and have an account on Oregon, Darkwing, or Gladstone. No previous web publishing experience is necessary. This class will last approximately 2 hours.

KNIGHT LIBRARY ROOM 144 (for PC users)

 Thur    Jan 18          10:00-noon              Johnson
 Fri     Jan 26          2:00-4:00 pm            Smith, Lincicum

ITC CLASSROOM (for MAC users)

 Tue     Jan 16          4:00-6:00 pm            Klassen
 Fri     Jan 26          1:00-3:00 pm            Holman, Johnson

INTERMEDIATE WEB PUBLISHING: USING AND DEBUGGING HTML Discusses HTML style, web page debugging tools, and various HTML features such as tables. Assumes some previous experience with HTML authoring.

KNIGHT LIBRARY ROOM 144 (for PC users)

 Wed     Jan 24          12:45-1:45 pm           Johnson

ITC CLASSROOM (for MAC users)

  Wed    Jan 24          11:00-noon              Johnson

INTERMEDIATE WEB PUBLISHING: HTML EDITORS AND CONVERTERS Demonstrates a selection of tools for producing HTML documents, and for converting from other document formats, e.g. Microsoft Word. Assumes some previous experience with HTML authoring.

KNIGHT LIBRARY ROOM 144 (for PC users)

 Wed     Jan 31          1:00-2:00 pm            Johnson, Brownmiller

ITC CLASSROOM (for MAC users)

 Wed     Jan 31          11:00-noon              Johnson

SUBJECT RESOURCES ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB

BUSINESS SOURCES An introduction to the WWW focusing specifically on Web Sites useful to Business, including Edgar, FinanceNet, and SmallbizNet.

 Tues    Jan 16          4:00-5:30 pm            Brinkerhoff

INTERNET RESEARCH STRATEGIES IN THE SCIENCES Introduction to searching on the Web with examples from the sciences. Bring a disk to save things you find. Includes brief discussion of citing electronic sources. Required: previous use of computer and some knowledge of the Internet and Netscape.

ITC CLASSROOM (for MAC users)

 Tues    Jan 30          6:00-7:30 pm            Klassen, Holman

MUSIC RESOURCES This workshop explores the many interesting sources (Classical, Jazz, World Music) music scholars can find on the World Wide Web, as well as some of the Internet resources closer to home.

ITC CLASSROOM (for MAC users)

 Tues    Jan 30          4:00-5:30 pm            Bennett

Microcomputer Workshops Winter 1996

Call 346-4412 for more information and to register for those classes that you want to attend.

WORD 6.0 ADVANCED FORMATTING FOR PAPERS (Windows or Macintosh)
Thurs, Jan 11, 10am-noon. IMC Studio A.

Emphasizes many of the advanced features of Word 6.0 particularly useful for writing papers or dissertations. Topics include footnotes/endnotes, headers/footers, styles, generating table of contents/index, customizing Word, importing charts or graphics. Not for beginners.

REMOTE ACCESS USING A MODEM (Dial-in)
Macintosh Session: Thurs, Jan 11, 2-4 pm. IMC Studio A.
PC/Windows Session: Friday, Jan 12, 2-4 pm. IMC Studio A.

Discusses hardware and software needed to access and use network resources from home. Demonstrates various methods for connecting to the UO Network, along with a quick overview of the use of network software packages.

GETTING MORE OUT OF WORD 6.0 (Windows or Macintosh)
Thurs, Jan 18, 10am-noon. IMC Studio A.

Focuses on many of the advanced features of Word 6.0. Topics include merging form letters, mailing labels, envelopes, sorting & selecting records, tables, headers/footers, styles, generating table of contents/index, customizing Word, automating with macros, fill-in forms, importing charts or graphics. Not for beginners.

EXCEL 5.0 FUNDAMENTALS (Windows or Macintosh)
Thurs, Jan 25, 10am-noon. IMC Studio A

Covers the fundamental concepts and techniques used to create, edit and format a worksheet using Excel 5.0. Topics include entering data, formatting, selecting ranges, creating and editing formulas, functions, naming ranges, absolute and relative cell addressing, copying formulas, graphs and charts.

Searching the World Wide Web

With the rapid growth of the web, search engines are becoming essential for finding information you want. And the set of search engines is evolving rapidly. Some of the old (six months ago!) favorites are still popular and recommended: Lycos (with over 5 million pages indexed still the best and the largest index available), Yahoo, and Web Crawler all offer powerful search capabilities and large databases. Among the general purpose newcomers are Alta Vista (from DEC, claimed to be the largest web index with 18 million pages), Excite, InfoSeek (full text search, Magellan (includes reviews of sites), and the Open Text Index. In addition are a growing number of specialized databases that overlap with the general web databases, including telephone yellow pages listings (e.g. the Nynex Yellow Pages or the World Yellow Pages Network), USEnet news (e.g. DejaNews), and more.

For a survey of some of the more interesting current web search engines, take a look at the Web Developers Reference Library, <http://webreference.com/search.html>.

On-line Journals

The Scout Report (highlighted in the last issue of the newsletter) is only one of many online magazines focused on the Internet itself. There is even a meta-meta journal, the Internet Press (published irregularly at <http://www.northcoast.com/savetz/ipress.html>) that reviews the (now fairly long) list of e-zines about e-zines and the Internet.

Internet Press recommends one online magazine, Netsurfer Digest; it "crisply reviews a wide range of net topics and resources. For example, one issue discussed some interesting disagreements among the net.gods, pointed to a furious thread on anti-feminsim that had broken out on alt.mens-rights, and offered pointers to a few cool publications." Netsurfer Digest is available by email or as <http://www.netsurf.com/nsd/index.html>.

Designing for People with Disabilities

One critical aspect of educational technology that many faculty miss is the opportunities and challenges it creates for people with disabilities. Used correctly it can dramatically increase access; used carelessly it can be yet one more barrier.

The new "webABLE" web site, <http://www.webable.com/websites.html>, includes an excellent set of resources dealing with issues of online accessibility for people with disabilities. Check it out!

Upcoming Conference Opportunities

This is a selected and somewhat idiosyncratic list of upcoming conferences relevant to ed tech, with an emphasis on conferences in the NorthWest. The Educom calendar, <http://educom.edu/../events.calendar>, contains a more extensive list of mainstream conferences.

Online NorthWest, Feb 9, 1996, Eugene, OR. Computerized Information Retrieval. See <http://www.sosc.osshe.edu/library/onlinenw/online96.htm>.
Distance Education Conference, March 3-6, 1996, Portland, OR. "Sharing the Experience III:Beyond the Rhetoric". For additional information contact Lisa Farquharson, ORST, <mailto:Distance@ccmail.orst.edu>.
Digital Libraries '96, Bethesda MD, Mar 20-23,1996. An international conference devoted to advancing the state-of-the-art in digital libraries, sponsored by ACM. The meeting will be co-located with, and will immediately follow, Hypertext '96. For further information see <http://fox.cs.vt.edu/DL96/>.
AAHE National Conference on Higher Education, March 16-20, 1996. Includes numerous "Teaching Learning and Technology" events. For information, <mailto:aaheffrr@capcon.net>.
Mid-South Instructional Technology Conference, Mar 31-Apr 2, 1996. Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tenn. See <http://www.mtsu.edu/~itconf/>.
etaCOM-96, May 7-10, 1996, Portland OR. First Annual Conference on Emerging Technologies and Applications in Communications, sponsored by IEEE. <mailto:tomcan@sequent.com> for information.
Connections '96, May 9-11, 1996, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, B.C. "Linking Teaching, Learning & Technology." Contact Amanda Harby, <mailto:harby@camosun.bc.ca> for details.
IASSIST 1996, May 15-18, 1996, Minneapolis, MN. "Weaving the Web of Social Science Research, Data and Support." See <http://www.ssc.upenn.edu/iassist96/>.
NECC '96, June 11-13, 1996. National Education Computing Conference, "Call of the North". For information, <mailto:necc96@ties.K12.mn.us>.
INET '96, June 25-28, 1996, Montreal CA. "The Internet: Transforming our society now." For information, <http://www.isoc.org/conferences/inet96/>.
Syllabus '96, July 20-24, 1996, Sonoma CA. See <http://www.syllabus.com/> for more information and for the call for papers and presentations.
World Conference of the Web Society, Oct 16-19, 1996, San Francisco, CA. Sponsored by The Web Society and Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. For information, <http://AACE.virginia.edu/AACE/conf>.

Administrativa

The UO Faculty Consultants Network Newsletter is published (approximately) twice a month. If you have materials for inclusion in the newsletter you can send them to <mailto:jqj@darkwing>. This newsletter (as well as other FCN-related material) is available on line in <http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jqj/fcn/>.

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