EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Volume 29, Number 4, 2006

Volume 29 Number 4 2006

VIEWPOINTS

Disconnects Between Library Culture and Millennial Generation Values

Libraries must consider changes in both policy and technology to remain relevant to the next generation of students

By Robert H. McDonald and Chuck Thomas

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Minorities and Online Higher Education

Online education offers a color-blind environment to engage students from all backgrounds in mentored learning

By K. Brock Enger

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Making a Difference?

Instructional technologists must challenge assumptions about their own goals and roles to promote a broader context for instructional improvement

By Robert G. Henshaw

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FEATURE ARTICLES

Get Connected: An Approach to ResNet Services

Indiana University explains what to do when 13,000 unknown computers connect to your network in three days

By Sue Workman, Melody Childs, Jim Causey, Brent Moberly, and Christine Fitzpatrick

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The Future of Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: The Survey Says...

A survey substantiates some ideas about online learning and refutes others

By Kyong-Jee Kim and Curtis J. Bonk

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Effective Live Online Faculty Development Workshops: One Model

Online Workshops accommodate distant participants and also encourage local experimentation

By Russell D. Blyth, Michael K. May, and Julianne G. Rainbolt

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E-Conferencing for Instruction: What Works?

A study of e-conferencing tools found relationships between specific tools and certain pedagogical principles

By Shufang Shi and Blaine Victor Morrow

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Mentoring: A Learning Collaboration

A review of current thinking on mentoring reveals a shift in responsibility to mentees to determine their developmental needs

By Marilu Goodyear

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GOOD IDEAS

Learning the Hard Way

The realities of 9/11 prompted strategic improvements in Mason's emergency response

By Joy R. Hughes and Keith R. Bushey

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IT and Educational Technology: What's Pedagogy Got to Do with It?

How IT staff can have an increasing role in teaching faculty about the pedagogy of technology

By Shelly McCauley Jugovich and Bruce Reeves

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The Embedded Librarian Program

Faculty and librarians partner to embed personalized library assistance into online courses

By Victoria Matthew and Ann Schroeder

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Online Distance Learning: An Idea for the Times

A consortium approach extends the benefits of online programs to schools that might otherwise be left out

By Tom Kennedy

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DEPARTMENTS

EDUCAUSE News

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