USDLA | Press Release - January 2002

UNITED STATES DISTANCE LEARNING ASSOCIATION
140 Gould Street, Needham, MA 02494 800-275-5162

Ready2Net - Award Winning Series begins its second year starting January 15, 2002.

Register today for the FREE Live via Satellite with simultaneous web casts Ready2Net programs. Available on Ku-band Analog Satellite & Streaming Media. Visit http://csumb.edu/ready2net and Satellite Coordinates & Web Cast information will be sent automatically to you.

Ready2Net is a series of national and international interactive programs focused on the challenges and opportunities that the Internet presents to higher education. Leaders from the higher education community and high tech industry participate in a structured discussion about an array of technology issues affecting higher education. Ready2Net is intended as a forum for exchange, learning, and reflection among the technology and higher education communities.

VIEW OUR MARCH 21st PROGRAM TRAILER--ON THE READY2NET SITE!
Sabine Atwell Joins Distinguished Panelists!

Program 2: March 21, 2002
LANGUAGE & CULTURE IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Produced in partnership with the Digital Stream Conference & CSU Monterey Bay

Date: Thursday, March 21, 2002
Program Length: 90 minutes
2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. ET
1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. CT
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. MT
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PT
9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. HST
Satellite Test Signal 30 minutes Prior to Air

How can language and cultural studies be enhanced by technology initiatives? What does it mean to be untethered? Can language classrooms be virtual? What are the cutting edge applications? Learn from experienced practitioners involved in educating future leaders in government, the military, the diplomatic corps, education & industry about 'High-Tech / High-Touch' language & cultural studies.

Produced in cooperation with the Digital Stream Conference & CSU Monterey Bay. Target Audience: K-12 & higher education, language teaching faculty, political science faculty, government agencies & nonprofit organizations.

HOST—CASEY GREEN—Founder & Director, Campus Computing Project
• Sabine Atwell, Dean of the Proficiency Standards Division, Defense Language Institute
• Frank Borchardt, Duke University--photo on Digital STream home page
• Professor Bernd Rüschoff, Essen University--photo on DS home page
• Richard Brecht, Director of the National Foreign Language Center

We will send updated program information with registration and immediate feedback on the satellite coordinates

Program 1: January 15, 2002
LOOKING BACK TO THE FUTURE---COLLABORATION & CONVERGENCE IN INTERNATIONAL DISTANCE EDUCATION
From the use of the first communications satellites in the Asia-Pacific region in the 1970's for educational radio broadcasts to today's converging media on the ‘Net, distance learning has expanded globally - with some countries more advanced than others. U.S. practitioners have been accused of myopia-ignoring the initiatives, effective practices and technological advances elsewhere in the world. What can we learn from the current and future efforts of campus and corporate providers outside of the US/North America? Which projects are successfully overcoming the real demise of boundaries? The demand for relevant content, real-time processes, and certification courseware is exploding. Where are we heading in the globalization of E-Learning and what really works for the Global Learner?

HOST CASEY GREEN--Founder & Director, Campus Computing Project
• Evan Dobelle--President, University of Hawaii
• David Lassner--Director, Information Technology, University of Hawaii
• Diana Oblinger--Senior Fellow for the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research
• Joyce Tsunoda--University of Hawaii Chancellor for Community College and
Lead for International Education
• Hae Okimoto--Director Distributed Learning & User Services, University of Hawaii

Program Length: 90 minutes
ET 3:30-5:00 PM
CT 2:30-4:00 PM
PT 12:30-2:00 PM
HST 10:30-12:00 PM
Test Signal 30 minutes Prior to Air
http://csumb.edu/ready2net

Produced in partnership with California State University - Monterey Bay, University of Hawaii, Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) and PBS KHET

Casey Green, Founder & Director, Campus Computing Project
Lev Gonick, VP & CIO, Case Western Reserve University
Arlene Krebs, Director of Technology Development, CSUMB
John Ittelson, Professor & Director, The IDEA Lab, CSUMB

Program 3: May 2, 2002
NO STRINGS ATTACHED—Wireless & PDAs
Produced in cooperation with Case Western Reserve University and WVIZ PBS/Cleveland

USDLA is a proud Ready2Net sponsor. Please join us for each of these exciting distance learning events.