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From: patth@dasys1.UUCP (Patt Haring)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Online Journal of Distance Education
Message-ID: <3193@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 29 Feb 88 16:00:14 GMT
Organization: The Big Electric Cat
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Keywords: Distance Education



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       *         *  THE ON-LINE JOURNAL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
       *         *
       *         *  BY JASON B. OHLER AND PAUL J. COFFIN
       *         *
       *         *  JADIST@LASKA
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       THE  ON-LINE JOURNAL  OF DISTANCE  EDUCATION AND  COMMUNICATION
       SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP HAS TWO PRIMARAY CONCERNS:

       FIRST,    IT  IS  CONCERNED  WITH  DISTANCE  EDUCATION  AS  THE
       ORGANIZED METHOD   OF REACHING    GEOGRAPHICALLY  DISADVANTAGED
       LEARNERS,    WHETHER     K-12,     POST   SECONDARY,    GENERAL
       ENRICHMENT  STUDENTS,   OR  PEOPLE IN  BUSINESS.     AREAS   OF
       INTEREST   INCLUDE  DELIVERY  TECHNOLOGIES,   PEDAGOGY,   CROSS
       CULTURAL  CONCERNS  OF WIDE AREA  EDUCATION DELIVERY,   AND ANY
       OTHER MATTERS  REGARDING THE  THEORY AND  PRACTICE OF  DISTANCE
       EDUCATION.

       WE  RECOGNIZE  THAT  EDUCATION  ENCOMPASSES  A  BROAD  AREA  OF
       EXPERIENCE  AND  THAT  DISTANCE   EDUCATION  INCLUDES  DISTANCE
       COMMUNICATIONS  THAT   FALL  OUTSIDE   THE  DOMAIN   OF  FORMAL
       LEARNING.    THE JOURNAL WELCOMES CONTRIBUTIONS THAT  DEAL WITH
       SERVING PEOPLE AT A DISTANCE  WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY ASSOCIATED
       WITH  A LEARNING  INSTITUTION.    WE WELCOME INFORMATION ABOUT,
       FOR  EXAMPLE,   PUBLIC RADIO  AND TELEVISION EFFORTS TO PROMOTE
       CULTURAL   AWARENESS,    GOVERNMENTAL EFFORTS   TO   INFORM   A
       DISTANT PUBLIC ABOUT  POLICY  ISSUES,   OR  THE   MANY TRAINING
       PROGRAMS RUN BY PRIVATE BUSINESS TO UPGRADE EMPLOYEE SKILLS.

       ONCE  THE   DISTANCE  EDUCATION  INFRASTRUCTURE IS  SOLIDLY  IN
       PLACE,   LOCAL LEARNERS WILL WANT TO TAP INTO IT,  BECAUSE THEY
       SIMPLY PREFER LEARNING IN A DECENTRALIZED  SETTING  OR  BECAUSE
       THEY  WANT   TO   EXPAND  THEIR   LEARNING  OPPORTUNITIES   AND
       RESOURCES BEYOND THOSE IMMEDIATELY  AVAILABLE  TO  THEM.   THIS
       PHENOMENON,  WHICH WE CALL 'BRINGING DISTANCE EDUCATION  HOME,'
       WILL GROW  IN  THE COMING YEARS AND WE LOOK  FORWARD TO HEARING
       FROM PEOPLE  ABOUT IT.

       SECOND,  THE JOURNAL  IS INTERESTED IN PROJECTS  CONCERNED WITH
       OVERCOMING   CULTURAL   BARRIERS   THOROUGH    THE    USE    OF
       ELECTRONIC   COMMUNICATION,    PARTICULARLY  ELECTRONIC   MAIL.
       THE  JOURNAL  PARTICULARLY  LOOKS   FORWARD  TO   CONTRIBUTIONS
       CONCERNING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE  ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
       THE USSR AND THE US.

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Patt Haring                 {sun!hoptoad,cmcl2!phri}!dasys1!patth
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