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The Year Two Thousand [2000]

So this is Christmas?

Millennium fever ......What have we got? For all of the hype and promise, much of what we find with the development of online learning technologies is limited by the overwhelming resistance to change in the learning environment. Will learning replace schooling in the 21st century? I hope so

Cultural institutions will and are facing the glare of public scrutiny as they must begin to honour the promise of widespread, deep and ubiquitous access to state and national heritage and scientific collections and address the somewhat growing criticism of lack of relevance and elitism.

Bill Coppinger

January 2000

Archiving the Digital Public Record (2000.01)
"The taxpayers who support the administrative and research infrastructure deserve assurance that the best of this will survive well into the future along with their tax returns, social security records, building permits, and many other practical records. We cannot today confidently assure them that it will be so." Henry M. Gladney gladney@almaden.ibm.com . more >>

The Web is a "Bow tie"(2000.02)
Scientists from IBM Research and other corporate research labs collaborated to conduct the most intensive research study of the Web. The result is the development of the "Bow Tie" Theory.. more >>

Peacock Internet Map (2000.03)
Simply beautiful. A wonderful contribution to the visualization of the eternally abstract. more >>

MUSEUMS & MILLENNIUM (2000.04)
To underscore the inevitable passage into the third millennium, museum institutions from all over the world joined hands to create a virtual exhibition, a unique site: Museums & Millennium. more >>

LC21 A Digital Strategy for the Library of congress (2000.05)
A challenging and in-depth review of the digital challenges facing the LoC . more >>

N(1-(1-L)n) The user testing myth (2000.06)
Nielsens research speaks truly, confirmed by my own experiences. more >>

Models of teacher professional development for the integration of information and communication technology (ICT) into classroom practice (2000.07)

File this one under "watch this space".

"The project "Models of teacher professional development for the integration of information and communication technology (ICT) into classroom practice" has been initiated following approval of funding by the Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Dr David Kemp. more >>

Gragert E. Expanding International Education through the Internet: No Longer Limited to the Global Studies and Foreign Language Curriculum (2000.08)
The timing of the renewed focus on international education is fortuitous. The educational technology stage has been set and many teachers are eager to utilize the InternetÕs potential to bring the world into their classrooms. more >>

SchoolsNet Australia. Australian teachers world leaders in Internet access and usage (2000.09)
More than 61% of Australian teachers have Internet access at home and more than 65% accessed the Internet at least once a week from school, according to a research report released by myinternet.com.au Pty Ltd. . more >>

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