Scott McLeod says the great sin in the way professional development is provided in this country is one of omission. On his blog, McLeod, an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Iowa State University and the coordinator of the department's Educational Administration Program, writes, "Most of our…

Discusses the need for colleges to develop strategies for integrating information technology and allocating appropriate funds, and describes a study at Temple University that investigated student and faculty computer literacy and experience in the College of Allied Health Professions. Results of questionnaires were also used to identify faculty…

Discussion of faculty and teacher use of technology in the classroom focuses on obstacles to technology integration at Hollins University (Roanoke, VA), a small liberal arts university for women. Highlights include lack of a clear vision; lack of leadership; lack of critical mass of technology; lack of incentive; and lack of faculty participation.…

Discusses the need for preservice teachers to be competent in teaching with advanced technologies and describes a program developed at Kentucky State University that provided an opportunity for preservice teachers to use interactive compressed video with reading classes at an elementary school. Teacher roles and student/teacher interaction are…

Examines one university's efforts to develop a reliable and cost-effective multimedia classroom. Discusses why and how the process was undertaken, as well as the cost implications for the department. Reviews advantages and disadvantages of the actual system implemented. (AEF)

Examines Internet use by preservice teachers and reports on a survey of 25 undergraduate education students concerning their experiences with technology, opinions about technology integration within their education curriculum, and expectations for future technology integration as teachers. Discusses barriers to, and benefits of, faculty use of…

Internet Protocol (IP) Telephony, or voice-over IP (VoIP), has proved to be a wise decision for many organizations. This technology crosses the boundaries of public and private networks, enterprise and residential markets, voice and data technologies, as well as local and long-distance services. The convergence of voice and data into a single,…

Emerging technologies are quickly becoming part of daily learning and teaching endeavors in academia. Due to the access to certain high-tech tools educators must learn how to integrate these tools in educational settings. However, many also encounter problems and weaknesses in the same high-tech environment that uses and delivers information…

Wireless Local Area Networks are the most widely adopted networking technology to hit the market in the last three years. They have the potential to make network applications and the Internet available anywhere on a campus so that students and faculty are no longer tethered to their offices or shared computer laboratories in order to connect to a…

Describes Pepperdine University's (California) two-year doctoral program in educational technology designed to meet the needs of mid-career professionals. It combines face-to-face sessions and online communications via e-mail; America Online chat rooms; Multi-user Object Oriented environments (MOOs); and Co-Motion, an interactive Web site designed…

Discussion of the need for interaction in distance learning focuses on the use of response systems, an interactive network that uses phone lines and modems to facilitate communication. Experiences using a One Touch system at Grambling State University are described. (LRW)

Describes a program developed at Western Michigan University to train faculty in the use of instructional technology. Acquaints faculty with the support staff and computer facilities available on campus and helps them begin their own projects, usually creating their own Web pages. (LRW)

Discusses distributed-learning technology and distance learning in higher education and describes initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania to collaborate with businesses and choose outsourcing for some functions. Reasons for outsourcing include a decentralized institutional structure, high initial costs, uncertainty about which techniques…

Describes the Center for Advanced Technologies in the Altoona (Pennsylvania) Area School District, which was created as a partnership between the school district, a vocational technical school, higher education institutions, and local and national businesses. The design of multimedia training packages for area businesses is also discussed. (LRW)

Describes the development of a three-week instructional unit for education students at Winthrop University (South Carolina) whose aim was for students to construct meaning around an education-related, literacy-based dilemma and to use technology as a tool for recording and sharing their responses. A constructivist perspective for developing these…