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Well, the century has turned, for some of us, at least ... or else we can say (with the purists) we are on our way to the end of the year which will mark the official beginning of the second millenium. Whatever. For myself, I've given up trying to work out the mathematics (or is it the pedantics?). Anyway, the main thing (FANFARE) is that the World Association for Online Education Electronic Bulletin - phew!, WEB for short - is now entering its second calendar year of operation, and therefore we're starting a new volume. Following feedback on the question whether WEB should move officially to a monthly basis of publication - with members' silences, as always, taken for consent! - the second volume of WEB will consist of 11 issues during 2000, one appearing at the end of each month except December. We look forward to receiving lots of contributions from all our members to any and every of the different sections which make up WEB. Pleeeaaase!!! BTW, we've made a couple of changes to WEB for this volume. As foreshadowed in the last issue for 1999, the new Members Write section is coming into its own, and has replaced both the Your Say and Feedback sections. And the New Links section (which I think is of particular interest to members) will be highlighted on the Web page. David Wyatt, WAOE Membership Officer and WEB Editor |
A short item, "WAOE works to improve online education" appeared in a December edition of the journal EdNet Briefs, which is run by member Steve Simpson. Take a look at http://www.edbriefs.com/usa99-00/12.06.99usa.html.
President Steve McCarty also reports that his paper "Networking for Global Online Education" will be published in Volume 3 Issue 1 of the Virtual University Journal on February 1st, 2000. Steve says this article will not only be focused on WAOE, but will be a little more extensive in coverage than previous pieces, such as the item "Introducing the World Association for Online Education (WAOE)" which appeared in the October 12 1999 issue of Mark Warschauer's Papyrus News, archived at http://members.tripod.com/vstevens/papyrus/13oct99a.htm.
We encourage members to keep a record of such articles which describe WAOE's purposes and activities. Along with our Website address, they provide a ready resource of information for actively promoting the Association or for responding to enquiries.