Page 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ####### ######## ######## ########### ### ### ## ### ## # ### # Interpersonal Computing and ### ### ## ### ## ### Technology: ### ### ## ### ### An Electronic Journal for ### ######## ### ### the 21st Century ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ## ### ISSN: 1064-4326 ### ### ### ## ### January, 1994 ####### ### ######## ### Volume 2, Number 1, pp.1-10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 IPCTV2N1 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 Dear IPCT Journal Readers, This issue of Interpersonal Computing and Technology: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century, marks the beginning of our second year of publication. It is with a renewed sense of our moving scholarship forward that the Editors and Publisher of IPCT Journal enter this new year. I would like to say just a little about our perceptions of the challenges of publishing an electronic journal at this time in history. First and foremost, scholarly journals need top-quality submissions. Without that, no amount of marketing or persuasion is going to cajole busy people into reading the articles. Regardless of the longevity of a journal, or the medium in which it is published, people involved with publication are constantly aware of at least three characteristics that measure their long-term viability and success: credibility, access, and permanence. The most significant aspect of credibility comes from the integrity of the peer review process. In this regard, the Page 2 professional merits that distinguish the Editors and reviewers of a journal are perhaps the single biggest factor. IPCT Journal has a world-class and international group of editors and associate editors who have diligently reviewed submissions to the highest standards. It is my belief that the publishers of electronic journals (ejournals), need to do everything possible in the areas of ensuring access and permanence. With libraries, computer and technology facilities, and various consortia all working together with ejournal publishers, the problems involving lack of access and permanence will be solved sometime in the future. Until then, ejournal publishers do what they can to increase access to their journals, and to lessen fears authors have regarding the non-permanence of ejournals. At one level, it is the ever-changing technological environment that ejournals exist in that has an impact upon access and permanence. For example, earlier this month we announced the availability of IPCT Journal via gopher, (see instructions under Retrieval below). This certainly increases network users' access to the Journal. Yet it does nothing for increasing the awareness of IPCT Journal in the largest group of persons who may find the articles useful--those persons not on the Internet. There are a couple of problems that are unique to ejournals and that hinder the establishment of their credibility. For example, ejournals are rarely abstracted and indexed on mainstream services. In seeking high quality submissions, the biggest obstacle currently is that most promotion and tenure committees don't recognize articles published in ejournals equally (or at all!) as those in a print journal. The solution to this problem may have to wait until the group of administrators and people on T&P committees changes to persons more familiar with technology and having increased understanding of ejournals. Several traditional measures of a journal's value are not available to electronic publishers on the Internet. For instance, people ask me "how many subscribers does your journal have?" The response to even a simple question like that is confounded. Yes, I can say that there are 1514 electronic addresses on the IPCT-J@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU subscription list. But a significant number of those subscribers are local NetNews servers. There is no way to tell how many times the IPCT Journal is exploded on these local servers, nor how often the Table of Contents of an issue is cross-posted to lists other than IPCT-J and IPCT-L, nor how many times an issue or individual articles are accessed via gopher or from the LISTSERV at GUVM. Page 3 It is with sincere appreciation I thank all the Editors for a job well done this past year. We will continue to bring the best articles we can find to our readers in future issues. We again solicit your submissions. Please let me know what you find useful, what you would like to see more or less of, and how the Journal can be improved. Starting with this issue we will be including page numbers. This should help when articles in the Journal are quoted and cited. Because we have no way of knowing how the pages will be formatted on screen (or when printed) on your particular system, we have arbitrarily set the page length at 50 lines. Each journal will be numbered from Page 1, starting from the beginning of the Table of Contents. Page numbers for all articles will appear on the Table of Contents and again in the heading of each article. Turning to this issue of IPCT Journal, a new and noteworthy feature is a Book Review by John Laurence Miller of Seymour Papert's book, _Turning the Computer into the Children's Machine_. I think you will find it interesting and the beginning of many useful book reviews to come in the Journal. Regards, Zane L. Berge, Publisher BERGE@GUVAX.ACC.GEORGETOWN.EDU --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Retrieval Instructions for Articles GOPHER IPCT Journal, including all back issues, is available via gopher from GUVM.CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU (or 141.161.71.1). Point your gopher to this location (port 70) and select from the top menu, "LISTSERV maintained Files and Notelogs/." Alternatively, coming in via Gopher menus, from "Other Gopher Sites" or "International Gopher Networks," follow the menus down: North America/USA/Washington D.C./Georgetown University/Information Systems/Listserv maintained Files and Notelogs. (Note: The IPCT-L Discussion List Notelogs can be found here, too.) LISTSERV Articles are stored as files at LISTSERV@GUVM.BITnet. To retrieve a file interactively, send the GET command appearing both before and 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 IPCTV2N1 The GET command GET IPCTV2N1 PACKAGE will retrieve the entire issue. Page 4 [WARNING: This will send all 7 files with a total of over 3100 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 IPCT-J articles can be retreived by FTP (File Transfer Protocol. FTP to GUVM.CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU or 141.161.71.1, logon IPCT-J, password is GUEST. All IPCT-J files are currently archived in 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 THE NEW BRUNSWICK NET: THE 21ST CENTURY NOW Rory McGreal, TeleEducation New Brunswick, Canada To retrieve this article GET MCGREAL IPCTV2N1 ABSTRACT The New Brunswick Net: The 21st Century Now The province of New Brunswick, Canada is implementing one big distributed electronic highway for the use of the public and private sectors in every part of the province. The strategic drivers for this action are the desire to attract high technology companies; to provide local companies with a competitive advantage; to improve government services and increase revenues while cutting costs; and to extend education, healthcare, justice and other government services. Stakeholders identified are: the provincial and federal governments, private sector companies including the telco and cable companies and local communities. New Brunswick has an advanced fully digital fiber optic infrastructure that gives it a competitive advantage over other states and provinces, allowing it to implement 21st century technology province-wide now. Lines: 573 Page numbers: 11-21 Page 5 To retrieve this article GET MCGREAL IPCTV2N1 __________ AN EVALUATION OF THE ELECTRONIC CLASSROOM: THE AT&T TEACHING THEATRE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND Kent L. Norman and Leslie E. Carter, The University of Maryland To retrieve this article GET NORMAN IPCTV2N1 ABSTRACT This report summarizes reactions to the AT&T Teaching Theater at the University of Maryland. The AT&T Teaching Theater is an electronic classroom outfitted with a high performance workstation at each student desk and the instructorUs podium. Networking and video switching allow for interactive communication, file sharing, distributed control, and collaborative learning experiences. In addition, large screen audio/visual displays are integrated with the system to allow for smooth transitions from one presentation to another. During the Fall Semester of 1991 six different courses were taught in the classroom. Instructors were asked to relate their best and worst experiences in the room in order determine what works, what doesnUt, and what needed to be changed. In addition to the use of the room for computing and audio/visual events, the best uses of the room included sharing of student work on the large screen monitors, collaborative note building, student polling, and collaborative problem solving. The major drawbacks had to do with the need for a more seamless flow of events, the need for pedagogical examples of how best to integrate technology and instruction, ackward and complex connectivity to out of class computer facilities, problems with computer software and hardware, and problems with room architecture. Lines: 876 Page numbers: 22-39 To retrieve this article GET NORMAN IPCTV2N1 __________ TEACHING LANGUAGES WITH NETNEWS Terri Cononelos, Even Start Literacy Program, Salt Lake City, UT and Maurizio Oliva, University of Utah Page 6 To retrieve this article GET CONONELO IPCTV2N1 ABSTRACT This paper describes an attempt at integrating computer network resources into language teaching. The case of Italian 401-1 taught in Spring 1992 at the University of Utah by Maurizio Oliva is discussed. In this course students improved their language skills by interacting with native speakers. The communication took place especially through postings on the Usenet newsgroup Soc.Culture.Italian, and by Email. Lines: 499 Page numbers: 40-49 To retrieve this article GET CONONELO IPCTV2N1 ---------- TELEMATIC JOURNALS AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROL: INTEGRITY, AUTHORITY, AND SELF-REGULATION David S. Stodolsky, University of Copenhagen To retrieve this article GET STODOLSK IPCTV2N1 ABSTRACT The peer-review journal is typically accepted as the most reliable format for information exchange in modern societies. Office automation now makes possible a reduction in delays associated with peer review. Advances in computer technology have also made possible the routine use of cryptographic procedures, including secure pseudonymous communication and secret sharing methods, that can safeguard personal integrity and improve adherence to procedural norms. These developments increase the applicability and importance of the journal as an authority structure, thereby making intra-organizational journals increasingly attractive. Such journals can also play a crucial role in combating threats to the organization exacerbated by the new information technologies. In the well functioning organization, information distribution tends to dominate decision making, therefore telematic enhancements of this function can play an important role in organizational control. Lines: 627 Page 7 Page numbers: 50-63 To retrieve this article GET STODOLSK IPCTV2N1 ---------- CLINTON'S ETHOS: EXCHANGING IDEAS ON THE INTERNET Frank Walters, Auburn University To retrieve this article GET WALTERS IPCTV2N1 ABSTRACT Exchanging notes on the Internet is a "great equalizer." People of all types, with all sorts of qualifications, can come together in discussions on a common ground. Presumably, this would mean we could concentrate on the message without "considering" the source. But people still keep requesting credentials and asking for qualifications, and the issue of anonymity in contributions often becomes a real issue in the arguments. This concern about credentials and qualifications echoes loudly in current political affairs. Recent responses to President Clinton's programs have featured ad hominem attacks by various television commentators and comedians. Bemoaning this state of affairs, Frank Walters, a network contributor to the LISTSERV discussion list, Clinton@Marist, expressed his thoughts on the elements of rhetorical credibility, equally applicable to face to face or virtual encounters. Lines: 206 Page numbers: 64-68 To retrieve this article GET WALTERS IPCTV2N1 ---------- BOOK REVIEW TURNING THE COMPUTER INTO THE CHILDREN'S MACHINE John Laurence Miller, York University, Toronto, Canada To retrieve this article GET MILLER IPCTV2N1 Page 8 ABSTRACT Over the last two decades, Seymour Papert has become known, not only for his pioneering work with the programming language, Logo, but also as one of the most important, and most innovative, thinkers in the entire field of education. His new book The Children's Machine represents in essence a refinement and an elaboration of ideas presented in earlier works, rather than a significant departure. The most important new idea, the concept of constructionism, offers an attempt to explain the role of concrete action, in connection with reflective thought, in the emergence of new forms of thought and new cognitive structures. Illustrative examples are taken from a wide range of contexts and domains of knowledge, from cooking and horticulture to cybernetics and elementary mathematics. Lines: 322 Page numbers: 69-75 To retrieve this article GET MILLER IPCTV2N1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 AEBC Utilization Assistant, WPSX Television, Pennsylvania State University ASSOCIATE EDITORS: R. Thomas Berner, M.A. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Morton Cotlar, Ph.D. University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HA Page 9 Paulo A. Dasilva, Professor 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 Filip J.R.C. Dochy, Ph.D. University of Heerlen, The Netherlands William F. Eadie, Ph.D. Speech Communication Association, Annandale, Virginia Jill Ellsworth, Ph.D. Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX Bradley Erlwein, Ph.D. System Six, Golden, CO Mark Evangelista, B.S. Georgetown University, Washington, DC Mark G. Gillingham, Ph.D. Washington State University, Vancouver, WA Dennis S. Gouran, Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Ken Hirsch, Ph.D. California State University, Sacramento, CA Lawrence Johnston, B.A. American Embassy, Nouakchott, Mauretania Vladimir Klonowski, Ph.D., D.Sc. Dalhousie University, Newfoundland, Canada Donald H. Kraft, Ph.D. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Gary L. Kreps, Ph.D. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Scott Kuehn, Ph.D. Clarion University, Clarion, PA Edward A. Mabry, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Cecelia G. Manrique, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, WI Robert McKenzie, Ph.D. East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA Ann Okerson, MLS Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC David Raitt, Ph.D. European Space Agency, the Netherlands Katy Silberger, MLS Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY David E. Sims, Ph.D. Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada Page 10 David L. Schroeder. Ph.D. Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN Silvio Stoppoloni, Ph.D. Csorzion per l'Universita a Distanza, Rome, Italy Janet Valade, Ph.D. California State University, Los Angeles, CA Rosalie Wells, Ph.D. Athabasca University. Athabasca, Alberta, Canada John W. Wooten, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN Nancy J. Wyatt, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University - Delware County Campus, Media, PA ------------------------------------------------------ 5. Copyright Statement --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interpersonal Computing and Technology: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century Copyright 1994 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