[Bridging_the_digital_divide] Dec04/Jan05 Innovate Magazine

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The December 2004/January 2005 issue of Innovate will be available at 
http://innovateonline.info one minute after midnight ET on December 1. 
I am distributing this announcement now because one minute after 
midnight on December 1 ET I will be on a heavier-than-air craft winging 
my way to participate in the Online Educa Berlin conference that begins 
later that day. :-)

Innovate is a peer-reviewed, bimonthly e-journal published as a public 
service by the Fischler School of Education and Human Services at Nova 
Southeastern University. It features creative practices and 
cutting-edge research on the use of information technology to enhance 
education.

The issue begins with my interview of Bill Graves, a pioneer in 
information management. Graves offers insights on service, program, and 
course redesign strategies and explains how they can improve 
educational delivery while lowering institutional costs.

The authors of our second article use research on adult learning to 
identify pedagogical strategies and practical techniques for writing 
instructional articles in adult online education. Verne Moreland and 
Herbert Bivens put their recommendations into concrete form with an 
alternate version of their Innovate article in prime educational 
format.

Bruce Howerton and Nicholas Moss follow with individual articles on 
multimedia teaching resources at a prominent dental school. Howerton 
reviews the technical potential of three software programs to enliven 
traditional dental lectures. Moss describes his classroom use of these 
programs, complete with results and student reactions. Both authors 
provide sample multimedia materials for readers to explore.

The next two articles focus on online instruction. John Sener discusses 
the scrutiny that online learning constantly undergoes, pointing out 
the problematic nature of comparing it to traditional education and 
arguing for a separate frame of evaluation. Mark Mabrito leads us into 
the heart of the online learning experience with a review of the tools, 
techniques, and policies he uses to enhance interaction on three 
fronts.

The issue concludes with another interview, a conversation between 
board member Scott Windham and Dee Dickinson, the chief learning 
officer of New Horizons for Learning. Dickinson reflects on her 
organization's past,amazing array of resources.

Logging on is simple--but we invite you to do more than simply read. 
Use the journal's one-button features to comment on articles, share 
material with colleagues and friends, and participate in Innovate-Live 
webcasts and discussion forums. Join us in exploring the best uses of 
technology to improve the ways we think, learn, and live.

Please forward this announcement to appropriate mailing lists and to 
colleagues who want to use IT tools to advance their work.

Many thanks.

Jim

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James L. Morrison
Editor-in-Chief, Innovate
http://www.innovateonline.info
Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership
UNC-Chapel Hill
http://horizon.unc.edu

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