THE STATE EXCHANGE

State Chapters and individuals are encouraged to share information about current activities, proposed legislation, successes and caveats experienced by members of USDLA State Chapters. This will be published in a section of the USDLA web page called THE STATE EXCHANGE. Readers who are not members of State or National USDLA are also encouraged to contribute.

TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION EXCHANGE

This section will highlight existing and proposed new partnerships and models for active collaboration between communications industries and education, local, state, or national, K-graduate school. It will reference new technologies that hold exceptional promise in meeting the needs of school and training environments. If you are working with technologies that you would like us to review for inclusion in TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION EXCHANGE, either as a manufacturer or user, please send information and press releases to the address above.

CALL FOR PAPERS

These official publications of the United States Distance Learning Association are interested in research, studies, policy frameworks and analysis in the areas of electronically-mediated distance learning and teaching, curriculum design, distance learning technology, administration of distance education, and related policy and institutional change. ED Journal is a refereed journal published online monthly. Ed Magazine is directed towards exchange of information, new technologies and a more general approach to Distance and Open learning. An interdisciplinary panel specializing in distance education will review all submissions.

Submission
Article submissions are usually from 2,000 to 5,000 words in length. However, 12,000 word articles based on extensive research, in-depth studies or literature surveys are often published. The material submitted should conform to APA standards.
If possible, include camera-ready art or high quality laser prints of all charts and graphs. It may be possible to recreate the charts if necessary from data submitted. Photos may be used if it is possible to incorporate them within the online publication. It is possible to fax in graphs to be re-created by our graphic artist. If you wish to include pictures/photos, please submit a print via EMAIL using .BMP or TIF.

An article may be submitted in electronic form, either by online file transfer (email or attachment) or by disk in ASCII Text, Rich Text Format, or as a Word file. Please send one printed copy with the disk.

Please include a brief biography of the author or authors, mailing addresses, and email/phone contact numbers.
   
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Contact Info:
Drs. Donald & Elizabeth Perrin
Managing Editors
Ed Journal and Ed at a Distance Magazine
USDLA Official Publications
3345 Pachappa Hill Riverside, CA 92506
Voice: (909) 369-4059
FAX: 909 779-0803
Cellular: (909) 236-2658
EMAIL: eperrin@pacbell.net or dperrin@pacbell.net
Please direct inquiries concerning articles for submission to Drs. Elizabeth and Donald Perrin