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Acuta Enews December 1999, Vol.28, No. 12
Acuta Enews December 1999, Vol.28, No. 12
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
ACUTA to Recognize Member's Web Sites
ACUTA EVENTS
ACUTA Announces Online Legislative & Regulatory Affairs Newsletter
DC Update
Overheard on the Listserve............. Directory Assistance Direct Connect
Board Report
Welcome New Members
Positions Available
Acuta Enews November 1999, Vol.28, No. 11
Acuta Enews November 1999, Vol.28, No. 11
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
Who Are the Leader? WE ARE!
ACUTA EVENTS
DC Update
Convergence In the Real World: Voice, Video, Data over ATM and ISND-based Video Conferencing at Millersville University
Board Report
Welcome New Members
Positions Available
Learning Communities: A Selective Overview Of Academic Library Involvement, Jean-Paul Orgeron
Learning Communities: A Selective Overview Of Academic Library Involvement, Jean-Paul Orgeron
E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)
In 1932, Alexander Meiklejohn published a book that addressed the implementation of learning communities at the University of Wisconsin in 1927. The book, The Experimental College, serves as proof of the existence of such communities well over sixty years ago. It is clear that in the mid to late 1990s learning communities have piqued the curiosities of students and teaching faculty alike. Though they go by different names at various colleges and universities, and have somewhat different components, the common idea of learning communities is to have from two to four courses linked so that the courses have the same …
Acuta Enews October 1999, Vol.28, No. 10
Acuta Enews October 1999, Vol.28, No. 10
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
ACUTA Strategizes for the Future
ACUTA EVENTS
Three Win Achievements Awards
DC Update
Integrating H.323 Video Conferencing into an Existing H.320 System
Winter Seminars: Surf and Substance!
Welcome New Members
Positions Available
Acuta Enews September 1999, Vol.28, No. 9
Acuta Enews September 1999, Vol.28, No. 9
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
What's Hot on Your Campus?
Developing Collaborative Relationship
ACUTA EVENTS
DC Update
Pipeline Comes to Appalachia
Board Report
ACUTA Fall Seminars
Patricia Todus Named Director-at-Large
Welcome New Members
Positions Available
Acuta Enews August 1999, Vol. 28, No. 8
Acuta Enews August 1999, Vol. 28, No. 8
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
Annual Conference Highlights
ACUTA EVENTS
ACUTA Upgrades Web Site
DC Update
Indiana University Hosts Local Events
Board Report
Overheard on the Listserve
Welcome New Members
Positions Available
Acuta Enews July 1999, Vol.28, No. 7
Acuta Enews July 1999, Vol.28, No. 7
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
New Board for 1999-2000
ACUTA EVENTS
Fall Seminars Focus on Customer Service & New Technologies
DC Update
Legislative & Regulatory Alert
They Answered Our Call
Board Report
Welcome New Members
Positions Available
A Checklist Of Considerations For Writing A Book Proposal: Meeting Tenure Criteria, Paul G. Haschak
A Checklist Of Considerations For Writing A Book Proposal: Meeting Tenure Criteria, Paul G. Haschak
E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)
With an apparently increasing emphasis on research, writing and publication in tenure criteria for academic librarians who hold faculty status, illustrated in the study by Park and Riggs (1991), tenure-track academic librarians should not overlook book publication as a possible alternative to the publication of journal articles, as an outlet for their research.
Similarly, they should not overlook or minimize the importance of putting together an effective proposal package to sell their book ideas to publishers. While Buchman (1987) and others have acknowledged that there is not one way to put a proposal package together--and therefore no magic formula exists--there …
Acuta Enews June 1999, Vol.28, No. 6
Acuta Enews June 1999, Vol.28, No. 6
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
Winners Announced in Student Papers Contest
Conference Offers Many Choices
Dues Notices Mailed
Does It Make Sense?
Board Report
Share Your Expertise
DC at a Glance
Positions Available
Welcome New Members
Acuta Enews May 1999, Vol. 28, No. 5
Acuta Enews May 1999, Vol. 28, No. 5
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
Board Approves Slate of Nominees
Moderators & Monitors Needed in Nashville!
Board Report
Who Pays for Cellular Calls?
DC at a Glance
Positions Available
Welcome New Members
Nefdc Exchange, Volume 9, Number 2, Spring 1999, New England Faculty Development Consortium
Nefdc Exchange, Volume 9, Number 2, Spring 1999, New England Faculty Development Consortium
NEFDC Exchange
Contents
Developing New and Junior Faculty Careers - Mary Deane Sorcinelli. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
From the President - Susan J. Pasquale, Harvard Medical School
2nd Annual NEFDC Faculty Development Roundup May 26, 1999 Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire
Review: Two very different books of teaching cases - Jeffrey Halprin, Nichols College
Board of Directors
Acuta Enews March 1999, Vol.28, No. 3
Acuta Enews March 1999, Vol.28, No. 3
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
Austin Peay Survives Tornado
Nominate Now for Board of Directors
Tips to Make Your Presentation Better
President's Message
ACUTA Spring Seminars
Preparing Competitive Proposals
Board Report
DC at a Glance
Positions Available
Welcome New Members
Acuta Enews April 1999, Vol.28, No. 4
Acuta Enews April 1999, Vol.28, No. 4
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
Calling-Party-Pays Cellular to Get Legislative Push from Cellular Industry
Midwest Local Events
Achievements Award Nominations
Van Houweling to Speak on Internet2
Michael Zastrocky Described Enterprise 2004
Board Report
Near-TV-Quality Over Net
DC at a Glance
Positions Available
Welcome New Members
Acuta Enews February 1999, Vol.28, No. 2
Acuta Enews February 1999, Vol.28, No. 2
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
Call for Nominations: ACUTA Board of Directors 1999-2000
Levine, McDonalds to Speak at Seminars
Network Challenges for the 21st Century
Overheard on the Listserve
Board Report
Distance Ed Institutes
DC at a Glance
Welcome New Members
Positions Available
A Leader Is a Big Thinker- The Magnet That Attracts Others
Acuta Enews January 1999, Vol.28, No. 1
Acuta Enews January 1999, Vol.28, No. 1
ACUTA Newsletters
In This Issue
High Priorities for '99
Board Report
Making Choices: ATM vs. Gigabit Ethernet
Overheard on the Listserve: Is VoIP for Me?
DC at a Glance
Positions Available
Welcome New Members
Universal Translations Service
Use Telephone Wires To Create a Household Network
Information, Please
High Speed Networking
ACUTA Member Needs Assessment: Members are Highly Satisfied with ACUTA Services
Protecting Communication Departments: Reflections On The Nebraska Experience, Ronald Lee, William J. Seiler
Protecting Communication Departments: Reflections On The Nebraska Experience, Ronald Lee, William J. Seiler
Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications
Eight years ago, in the first week of the 1991 fall semester, the Acting Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs announced a series of vertical budget cuts that included the elimination of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s department of Speech Communication (now Communication Studies). Over the next seven months the department fought against the proposed action. In March 1992, the Budget Reduction Review Committee voted against the Vice Chancellor’s recommendation. Later in the month, the Academic Planning Committee also voted to rescind the budget cutting measure.
These actions ended the battle and assured the continuation of the department. In an earlier …
Critical Thinking Requires Critical Questioning, Karen J. Thoms
Critical Thinking Requires Critical Questioning, Karen J. Thoms
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Just what is a critical thinker? According to Richard Paul (1990), a critical thinker is someone who is able to think well and fair mindedly about his or her own beliefs and viewpoints as well as those which are diametrically opposed. The critical thinker does not just think about these beliefs and viewpoints, but explores and appreciates their adequacy, cohesion, and reasonableness. Attitudes and passions are included. To become a critical thinker is not to be the same person you are now, but only with better abilities; it is to become a different person (page iii).
Critical thinking is expected …
Are We Going To Cyberspace, Or Is This Just Another Trip To Abilene?, William K. Jackson
Are We Going To Cyberspace, Or Is This Just Another Trip To Abilene?, William K. Jackson
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
The costs of technology are high, and the options for its use are varied. In order to avoid arriving at a technological Abilene, we must continually ask and answer the question "what ought we do with technology?" and not "what can we do with technology?" Purpose must lead deployment. Otherwise, we risk expending great efforts and scarce resources to produce the educational equivalent of "Thank you for calling, press 1 if you. . ."
Interdisciplinary Teaching And Learning, Deborah Dezure
Interdisciplinary Teaching And Learning, Deborah Dezure
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Interdisciplinary initiatives are proliferating throughout higher education at an unprecedented rate (Edwards, 1996; Gaff and Ratcliff, 1997; Klein, 1996). They can be found in general education, replacing and augmenting distribution requirements; in emerging disciplines, such as cultural and gender studies, environmental studies, and neuroscience; in new curricular designs, such as learning communities, capstone courses, and service learning; and in the new pedagogies, such as collaborative learning, discovery and problembased learning, and the use of technology, particularly the Internet for instruction.
If we want our students to engage in complex intellectual tasks to integrate the insights of different disciplines, then lets …
Learning Outside The Box: Making Connections Between Co-Curricular Activities And The Curriculum, Myra S. Wilhite, Elizabeth A. Banset
Learning Outside The Box: Making Connections Between Co-Curricular Activities And The Curriculum, Myra S. Wilhite, Elizabeth A. Banset
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Students have much to gain from the integration of co-curricular activities into the curriculum. In out-of-class experiences, students tend to take greater responsibility for their own learning; they learn from one another as well as their instructors. In addition, cocurricular activities promote personal growth, physical and mental health, academic achievement, social and cultural awareness, and help students formulate short- and long-range goals.
Successful co-curricular programs encourage the development of friendships, a sense of belonging, enhanced intellectual awareness, improved academic performance, an appreciation of different perspectives, and close interaction with faculty and staff members who really care about students.
Listening In The Classroom: A Two-Way Street, Elisa Carbone
Listening In The Classroom: A Two-Way Street, Elisa Carbone
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Listening to our students creates a supportive environment in which students feel respected. If students feel respected and valued, they will be less afraid to ask questions, express opinions, and share insights; and they will be more likely to listen to each other during discussions. This is an environment conducive to the enhancement of learning.
It is well worth taking the time to teach students how to improve their listening habits. Let them know about the differential between thought speed and speech speed. Encourage them to do mental summaries of your lecture while you re speaking. Have them act out …
The Nature Of Expertise: Implication For Teachers And Teaching, Ronald A. Smith, Richard G. Tiberius
The Nature Of Expertise: Implication For Teachers And Teaching, Ronald A. Smith, Richard G. Tiberius
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
How do teachers become experts at teaching-at helping their students become experts? In a culture dependent on high performance, teachers need to understand the nature of the expertise that their students want to acquire as well as the nature of their own expertise. How we view expertise determines the goals we set for our students, as well as the standards we use to inform and measure our own development as experts in teaching.
The Uses Of Uncertainty In The College Classroom, Virginia S. Lee
The Uses Of Uncertainty In The College Classroom, Virginia S. Lee
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Psychological research has corroborated the importance of uncertainty to learning at the psychophysiological level. Recent studies in brain dynamics have demonstrated that the brain manifests an inherent variability that increases with the presentation of new stimuli. This psychophysiological uncertainty plays a significant catalytic role in learning, It opens up the organism to experience, causing it to investigate the environment with enhanced receptivity, preparing it for different behavioral actions, and facilitating the central processing and encoding of information received from such renewed exploration. Searching, exploring, and trial-and-error behaviors indicate psychophysiological uncertainty and accompany the appearance of reorganization, stability, and progressive development …
Class In The Classroom, Lee Warren
Class In The Classroom, Lee Warren
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Class is an often invisible form of difference. Yet it is there all the time, affecting how and what students learn at every turn. It pervades the values and the purposes of colleges and universities. It contributes to determining the courses offered and the books read and discussed. Still, it is a diversity issue rarely acknowledged.