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White Papers and Articles from the First Conferences in 1999 and 2000
As we begin to develop our virtual collaboration with all its tremendous potential, we must ask ourselves the question: Do we put old wine into new wineskins...or new wine? What would this mean for Adventist education?
As we come together to create this new collaboration, each of us has a different idea of what this could and should be. Let's start sharing some of our visions here. White papers are posted in PDF format and can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader

White Papers by Participants


The Adventist Education Network: A Proposal to Integrate Distance Learning Technology into Adventist Higher Education
Hughes, W.William , School of Allied Health Professions, LLU
(PDF file)


Global Leadership Potential
James Tucker, School of Education, AU
(HTML file)

Background on AVLN and Distributed Education



Assessing the New Competitive Landscape
This article is copyrighted by Jossey-Bass Publishers, Inc. and reprinted with permission from a book recently published by Jossey-Bass in cooperation with EDUCAUSE and PricewaterhouseCoopers--Dancing with the Devil: Information Technology and the New Competition in Higher Education, by Richard N. Katz and Associates.
Article by Harvey Blustain, Philip Goldstein, and Gregory Lozier
"A complex array of forces--new delivery technologies, changing demographics, the emergence of corporate universities, and a global economy--is creating a new competitive landscape, and institutions must think methodically about how they want to respond. This article presents a framework for beginning to do just that."
Contributed by Kent Cabreira, ATIE



Restructuring the University for Technological Change
Dr. A.W.Bates, Director, Distance Education and Technology, Continuing Studies, the University of British Columbia
Abstract: "This paper forms the basis of a multimedia presentation (see http://bates.cstudies.ubc.ca). The paper argues that if the new information technologies are to play a central role in university teaching, each institution needs to develop a set of strategies for change which will amount to no less than restructuring the university.
"Twelve strategies for change are outlined....."
Contributed by Jim Jeffrey, Canadian University College


Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation of Higher Education
David F. Noble
"In recent years changes in universities, especially in North America, show that we have entered a new era in higher education, one which is rapidly drawing the halls of academe into the age of automation. Automation - the distribution of digitized course material online, without the participation of professors who develop such material - is often justified as an inevitable part of the new "knowledge-based" society. It is assumed to improve learning and increase wider access. In practice, however, such automation is often coercive in nature - being forced upon professors as well as students - with commercial interests in mind. This paper argues that the trend towards automation of higher education as implemented in North American universities today is a battle between students and professors on one side, and university administrations and companies with "educational products" to sell on the other. It is not a progressive trend towards a new era at all, but a regressive trend, towards the rather old era of mass-production, standardization and purely commercial interests."


Institution for Distance Education
Mission: "The Institute of Distance Education (IDE) shall be a resource to the University System of Maryland community to foster the highest possible quality in design, development, delivery, and evaluation of distance education programs to meet the needs of learners throughout the state. The Institute shall facilitate the sharing of distance education resources and expertise across the USM institutions and with other agencies at the state, regional, and national level. The Institute has an advisory role to the Chancellor in the development and implementation of interinstitutional distance education policies."


Untangling the Web: Applications of the Internet and Other Information Technologies to Higher Education
David McArthur, Matthew Lewis
October 31, 1997 - A RAND research study
"In just a couple of years, the Internet and World Wide Web have transformed communication, scholarship, and business. But what potential do they hold for changing higher education -- the place where this technology, once called the ARPANET, originated over twenty years ago? Will they help universities reduce costs in the face of often-dramatic budget reductions? Will distance learning (dissemination of educational material and information through electronic and hardcopy media, rather than face to face), digital libraries, and new 'virtual universities' make education available to students cheaply, and at any place or time? Or might the Web threaten higher education more than save it? Will nimble for-profit providers, who now increasingly use the Internet to deliver corporate training, soon turn to the education market and compete with traditional colleges and universities? If so, how might higher-education institutions respond to this challenge? How will they acquire the hardware and software needed to offer high-quality educational services at prices they can afford? And how can faculty quickly adapt to styles of teaching and learning that, for example, emphasize, interactive mentoring instead of traditional lectures?"

Special Presenters


Distributed Learning Faculty Workshops
University of Central Florida
UCF has developed a tremendous distributed program in just a few years. This is a course that all online teachers must take before they can teach online courses. Makes sense, doesn't it?


Course Development and Web Services
University of Central Florida
This is the UCF support site for faculty.


The Florida High School
"The project's mission is to place a complete high school online by the year 2001 and will include those student services that will enable students to successfully transition to postsecondary educational institutions and to the workplace. To maintain high quality, course content will meet the requirements of the Florida Sunshine State Standards as well as important criteria such as the SCANS competencies that are supported by both the education and business communities."

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Last updated March 27, 2002

	Assessing the New Competitive Landscape This article is copyrighted by Jossey-Bass Publishers, Inc. and reprinted with permission from a book recently published by Jossey-Bass in cooperation with EDUCAUSE and PricewaterhouseCoopers--Dancing with the Devil: Information Technology and the New Competition in Higher Education, by Richard N. Katz and Associates. Article by Harvey Blustain, Philip Goldstein, and Gregory Lozier "A complex array of forces--new delivery technologies, changing demographics, the emergence of corporate universities, and a global economy--is creating a new competitive landscape, and institutions must think methodically about how they want to respond. This article presents a framework for beginning to do just that." Contributed by Kent Cabreira, ATIE
	Restructuring the University for Technological Change Dr. A.W.Bates, Director, Distance Education and Technology, Continuing Studies, the University of British Columbia Abstract: "This paper forms the basis of a multimedia presentation (see http://bates.cstudies.ubc.ca). The paper argues that if the new information technologies are to play a central role in university teaching, each institution needs to develop a set of strategies for change which will amount to no less than restructuring the university. "Twelve strategies for change are outlined....." Contributed by Jim Jeffrey, Canadian University College
	Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation of Higher Education David F. Noble "In recent years changes in universities, especially in North America, show that we have entered a new era in higher education, one which is rapidly drawing the halls of academe into the age of automation. Automation - the distribution of digitized course material online, without the participation of professors who develop such material - is often justified as an inevitable part of the new "knowledge-based" society. It is assumed to improve learning and increase wider access. In practice, however, such automation is often coercive in nature - being forced upon professors as well as students - with commercial interests in mind. This paper argues that the trend towards automation of higher education as implemented in North American universities today is a battle between students and professors on one side, and university administrations and companies with "educational products" to sell on the other. It is not a progressive trend towards a new era at all, but a regressive trend, towards the rather old era of mass-production, standardization and purely commercial interests."
	Institution for Distance Education Mission: "The Institute of Distance Education (IDE) shall be a resource to the University System of Maryland community to foster the highest possible quality in design, development, delivery, and evaluation of distance education programs to meet the needs of learners throughout the state. The Institute shall facilitate the sharing of distance education resources and expertise across the USM institutions and with other agencies at the state, regional, and national level. The Institute has an advisory role to the Chancellor in the development and implementation of interinstitutional distance education policies."
	Untangling the Web: Applications of the Internet and Other Information Technologies to Higher Education David McArthur, Matthew Lewis October 31, 1997 - A RAND research study "In just a couple of years, the Internet and World Wide Web have transformed communication, scholarship, and business. But what potential do they hold for changing higher education -- the place where this technology, once called the ARPANET, originated over twenty years ago? Will they help universities reduce costs in the face of often-dramatic budget reductions? Will distance learning (dissemination of educational material and information through electronic and hardcopy media, rather than face to face), digital libraries, and new 'virtual universities' make education available to students cheaply, and at any place or time? Or might the Web threaten higher education more than save it? Will nimble for-profit providers, who now increasingly use the Internet to deliver corporate training, soon turn to the education market and compete with traditional colleges and universities? If so, how might higher-education institutions respond to this challenge? How will they acquire the hardware and software needed to offer high-quality educational services at prices they can afford? And how can faculty quickly adapt to styles of teaching and learning that, for example, emphasize, interactive mentoring instead of traditional lectures?"

	Distributed Learning Faculty Workshops University of Central Florida UCF has developed a tremendous distributed program in just a few years. This is a course that all online teachers must take before they can teach online courses. Makes sense, doesn't it?
	Course Development and Web Services University of Central Florida This is the UCF support site for faculty.
	The Florida High School "The project's mission is to place a complete high school online by the year 2001 and will include those student services that will enable students to successfully transition to postsecondary educational institutions and to the workplace. To maintain high quality, course content will meet the requirements of the Florida Sunshine State Standards as well as important criteria such as the SCANS competencies that are supported by both the education and business communities."
About \| Conference \| Courses \| Standards \| Resources \| Board \| Listserv \| Contact Last updated March 27, 2002

	The Adventist Education Network: A Proposal to Integrate Distance Learning Technology into Adventist Higher Education Hughes, W.William , School of Allied Health Professions, LLU (PDF file)
	Global Leadership Potential James Tucker, School of Education, AU (HTML file)