Interpersonal Computing and Technology Table of Contents v1n03 (July 1993) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ipct/ipct-v1n03-contents --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ####### ######## ######## ########### ### ### ## ### ## # ### # Interpersonal Computing and ### ### ## ### ## ### Technology: ### ### ## ### ### An Electronic Journal for ### ######## ### ### the 21st Century ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ## ### ISSN: 1064-4326 ### ### ### ## ### July, 1993 ####### ### ######## ### Volume 1, Number 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published by the Center for Teaching and Technology, Academic Computer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057 Additional support provided by the Center for Academic Computing, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 This article is archived as CONTENTS IPCTV1N3 on LISTSERV@GUVM (LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Letter from the Publisher 2. Retrieval Instructions for Articles 3. Table of Contents and Abstracts 4. Editorial Board 5. Copyright Statement --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Letter from the Publisher IPCT Journal readers, Last week the publisher and editors of "IPCT: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century" announced the opening of a list exclusively for the distribution of the IPCT Journal. The IPCT Journal has been distributed through the Interpersonal Computing and Technology Discussion List (IPCT-L) that is moderated and maintained at Georgetown University. IPCT Journal is published at Georgetown University and shares editorial responsibilities with The Pennsylvania State University. The subscriptions to the IPCT-J have been heavy, with subscribers totalling (approximately) 800 from 37 countries in the first week. Realizing that there are individuals and organizations (e.g., libraries) who wish to receive announcements for each new issue of the journal but without the accompanying discussion, we invited their subscription to IPCT-J. There will be neither discussion nor public postings to this list. The only postings that are anticipated are the Table of Content and Abstracts for each quarterly issue of the Journal, (which will also include retrieval instructions). The IPCT-L discussion list will continue to receive the announcement of each issue of the journal. For those persons that are subscribers to the discussion list, there is no need to change anything--you will see no difference whatsoever in your subscription or the content of the list. Articles in IPCT Journal are full length (10-20 pages with notes and bibliography) done in APA format. Published articles have been rigorously peer-reviewed and include, but are not limited to, the following topics: use of electronic networks in the classroom, electronic publishing, use of electronic networks and information exchange, library applications of electronic communication, professional relationships carried on via electronic communication, use of electronic communication in higher education, business, industry and government and related topics. Articles may have a humanistic or social science cast. Technological articles are considered to the extent that they are intelligible to the bulk of the readers and are not specific to any particular hardware configuration. Articles can be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief, Gerald Phillips, GMP3@PSUVM.BITNET or gmp3@psuvm.psu.edu (internet).) TO SUBSCRIBE TO IPCT-J PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW: Send a message in following form to LISTSERV@GUVM or LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU To: LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU ----------------- SUBSCRIBE IPCT-J YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME Regards, Zane Berge, Publisher Interpersonal Computing and Technology: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century BERGE@GUVAX.ACC.GEORGETOWN.EDU --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Retrieval Instructions for Articles Articles are stored as files at LISTSERV@GUVM.BITnet. To retrieve a file interactively, send the GET command given after the article abstract to LISTSERV@GUVM. To retrieve the article as a e-mail message add F=MAIL to your interactive message, or send an e-mail note in the following format: To:listserv@guvm.georgetown.edu ---------------------- GET IPCTV1N3 The GET command GET IPCTV1N3 PACKAGE will retrieve the entire issue. [WARNING: This will send all five files with a total of over 2600 lines.] The listserv's Internet address is LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU Back issues of the journal are stored at LISTSERV@GUVM. To obtain a list of all available files, send the following message to LISTSERV@GUVM: INDEX IPCT-J. The name of each issue's table of contents file begins with the word "CONTENTS". FTP of IPCT-J articles is available. FTP to GUVM.CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU or 141.161.71.1, logon IPCT-J, password is GUEST. All IPCT-J files are currently ASCII format only. If you experience difficulties with these instructions, please consult your local site administrator for specific instructions that may apply to your system. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Contents A REPORT OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY'S COMPUTER-FACILITATED LEARNING PROGRAM IN ADULT EDUCATION Daniel V. Eastmond, SUNY Empire State College and Rae W. Rohfeld, Syracuse University To retrieve this article GET EASTMOND IPCTV1N3 ABSTRACT In 1992 the Adult Education Program at Syracuse University initiated a project to offer several of its graduate courses at a distance through computer-mediated communications. Program staff chose computer conferencing to deliver these courses because of the enhanced instructional environment it provides and the flexibility of access it offers students. Project objectives sought to meet student needs by providing quality learning experiences at a reasonable cost to geographically dispersed students while exposing them to new learning technologies. Staff planned various tasks, roles, and budgets to match the project phases of technical and materials development, instructional design and faculty training, course delivery and evaluation, and course enhancement and continuation. The initiative created a positive impact because students successfully completed courses, reported favorably on their learning experience, and other university programs tried using the technology in their offerings. The article concludes by describing how staff overcame various problems during the project, such as: developing technical and instructional expertise, advancing student connectedness, improving courses through student feedback, and diffusing the innovation while addressing technological obsolescence. Lines: 571 To retrieve this file GET EASTMOND IPCTV1N3 ********** USING COMPUTERS TO TEACH JOURNALISM: WHAT SOME STUDENTS THINK R. Thomas Berner, School of Communications, the Pennsylvania State University. To retrieve this article GET BERNER IPCTV1N3 ABSTRACT An exploratory study of journalism students at the Pennsylvania State University suggests that not all students are comfortable with the new technology and welcome its various applications and that accessibility is still a problem for some. Even students who like their work evaluated electronically noted the potential for the loss of personalized comments. Faculty should remember that mid-semester student evaluations can help faculty get a feel for what techniques are working and help students overcome problems they may be having with technology. Lines: 353 To retrieve this article GET BERNER IPCTV1N3 ********** ADVANTAGES OF GROUP DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS Milam W. Aiken, Department of Management and Marketing, School of Business Administration, University of Mississippi To retrieve this article GET AIKEN IPCTV1N3 ABSTRACT This paper presents a short report on the advantages and disadvantages of Group Decision Support Systems, a relatively new technology for the automated support of meetings. Systems in use at IBM and the Univeristy of Mississippi are used as examples. Lines: 331 ********** AUGMENTING A GROUP DISCUSSION COURSE WITH COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION IN A SMALL COLLEGE SETTING. Mary McComb, Assistant Professor of Communication Arts Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York To retrieve this article GET MCCOMB IPCTV1N3 This case study is a report on how students and faculty used computer-mediated communication (CMC) in a group discussion course at a small college. The article first describes the course and its objectives, including details on how CMC augmented the classroom and office-hour communication among the professor and student groups. Next it reviews the advantages of using CMC to augment instructional communication, drawing on pertinent literature as well as the writer's own experience as both teacher and former student in CMC-augmented courses. The article continues with a report on students' responses to a survey about their attitudes about CMC in the group discussion course. The conclusion includes recommendations for instructors who wish to use CMC in their courses. Lines: 1030 To retrieve this article GET MCCOMB IPCTV1N3 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Editorial Board Publisher: Center for Teaching and Technology, Academic Computing Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Editor: Gerald M. Phillips, Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus of Speech Communication, Pennsylvania State University) Editorial Board: Zane L. Berge, Ph.D. (Director, Center for Teaching and Technology. Academic Computer Center, Georgetown University) Gerald M. Santoro, Ph.D. (Center for Academic Computing, Pennsylvania State University) Managing Editor: Mauri Collins, M.A (WPSX Television, Pennsylvania State University) Associate Editors: Manuel E. Bermudez, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Computer and Information Sciences, University of Florida) Morton Cotlar, Ph.D. (Professor of Management, University of Hawaii) James A. Danowski, Ph.D. (Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago) Paulo A. Dasilva, Ph.D. (Chairman, Systems and Computation Graduate Program, Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Gordon Dixon, M.Sc., F.B.C.S. (Editor-in-Chief, Literary and Linguistic Computing, The Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) William F. Eadie, Ph.D. (Professor of Speech Communication, California State University, Northridge) Jill Ellsworth, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, OECD Division, Department of Technology, Southwest Texas State University) Bradley Erlwein, Ph.D. (Research and Development, Zenith Data Systems) Mark Evangelista, B.S. (Telecommunication System Programmer, Georgetown University) Allan G. Farman, Ph.D.(Professor, Radiology and Imaging Science Division, University of Louisville) Mark G. Gillingham, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Education, Washington State University, Vancouver) Dennis S. Gouran, Ph.D. (Professor of Speech Communication, the Pennsyl- vania State University) David Alan Grier, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Systems and Director of Honors Education, George Washington University) Thomas S. E. Hilton, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Business Information Systems and Education, Utah State University) Ken Hirsch, Ph.D. (Professor of Communication Studies, California State University - Sacramento) Theodore S. Hopf, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Edward R. Murrow School of Communication, Washington State University) Alice Horning, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Linguistics, Oakland University) Lawrence Johnston, B.A. (Manager, Operations, Office of Telecommuni- cations, Computer, and Information Systems, Pennsylvania State University) Vladimir Klonowski, Ph.D., D.Sc. (Profesor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Cracow Institute of Tehcnology) Donald H. Kraft, Ph.D. (Professor, Computer Science, Louisiana State University) Gary L. Kreps, Ph.D. (Professor of Communication Studies, Northern Illinois University) Robert McKenzie, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Radio, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA) Cecelia G. Manrique, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Wisconsin -- LaCrosse) Maurice C. Mitchell, Jr., Ph.D. (Assistant Director, Academic Computing, University and Community College System of Nevada, Las Vegas) Kristine Morrissey, Ph.D. (Curator, Michigan State University Museum) Ann Okerson, MLS (Director, Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing, Association of Research Libraries) David Raitt, Ph.D. (System Engineer, System Design Section, European Space Agency - ESTEC) David E. Sims, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Veterinary Medicine, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island) David L. Schroeder. Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of MIS, Valparaiso University) Gary Lee Stonum, Ph.D. (Professor of English, Case Western Research University) Rosalie Wells, Ph.D. (Distance Education Speicalist, Athabasca University) John W. Wooten, Ph.D. (Educational Technology Coordinator, Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Nancy J. Wyatt, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Speech Communication, Pennsylvania State University - Delware County Campus) ------------------------------------------------------ 5. Copyright Statement --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interpersonal Computing and Technology: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century Copyright 1993 Georgetown University. Copyright of individual articles in this publication is retained by the individual authors. Copyright of the compilation as a whole is held by Georgetown University. It is asked that any republication of this article state that the article was first published in IPCT-J. Contributions to IPCT-J can be submitted by electronic mail in APA style to: Gerald Phillips, Editor IPCT-J GMP3@PSUVM.PSU.EDU