Perspective on AusWeb96
Educator
We'd like to bring to your attention key elements of AusWeb96 from your
perspective.
We have what we (modestly ;-) ) consider to be the best selection of keynote
addresses at any Web or Internet conference in Australia. We'd see the following
keynotes as being particularly relevant to educators:
Evan Arthur, Department of Employment, Education Training and Youth
Affairs, Canberra will be talking on The Education
Network Australia Initiative - Progress to date The paper will describe
progress to date in developing the Education Network Australia (EdNA). initiative.
EdNA is based on cooperation between all education sectors in all Australian
States and Territories to ensure the cost effective and appropriate use
of electronic networks in education. Key areas of cooperation are in purchasing
computer network services, purchasing computer equipment such as personal
computers and developing a comprehensive set of on-line educational products
and services, and directory structures for accessing educational products
and services. The paper will provide background on the objectives of EdNA
initiative, detail the steps taken to progress the initiative and provide
an overview of the services which have been developed.
Bill Arms, Corporation for
National Research Initiatives, Washington, DC Information provision,
digital libraries and the World Wide Web The development of the World
Wide Web and the release of Mosaic in 1993 unleashed spectacular growth
in on-line information. The past few years have seen so many initiatives
to expand the Web that trends are hard to identify. This talk will look
at one area, the creation of comprehensive digital libraries.
Digital libraries make heavy demands on the Web technology, in areas such
as naming systems, network performance, security, billing, and universal
access. Digital libraries research is interested in all of these areas.
Longer-term issues currently being worked on include new categories of information
object, searching and retrieval, and interoperability among heterogeneous
repositories at both syntactic and semantic levels. These developments are
taking place within a flimsy economic framework. The Web has demonstrated
the academic benefits of open access with minimal restrictions, but information
is expensive to manage. The challenge is to stimulate the emergence of supportive
economic, legal and social frameworks.
Nick Arnett, Verity, Inc., Mountain
View, California Massively Parallel
Wetware Elizabeth Eisenstein argues that easier access to diverse new
points of view was the primary means by which printing and paper transformed
early modern Europe. The exchange of viewpoints by diverse groups spurred
world-changing ideas. The most powerful institution, the Catholic Church,
saw its power dramatically diluted through the rapid distribution of the
writings of Luther and others who questioned its motives and alliances.
Rapid changes in power structures took place despite the fact that few could
read or afford books.
Today, the church's role as the dominant information supplier is played
by advertising-based mass media. Most people in the modern world -- and
much of the third world -- receive most of their information about society
from a small group of media companies whose true customers are their advertisers.
Like the old church, today's advertisers rely heavily on explicit and implicit
audiovisual promises of salvation and damnation.
Personal computer and digital networks, like printing presses and paper,
are enabling many more people to share their viewpoints -- massively parallel
"wetware," to borrow terms from computer science and science fiction.
Even though relatively few today are computer literate or can afford computers,
those who are on-line are already diluting the advertising-based media's
influence.
Danny Shader is Director of International Marketing at Netscape
Corporation in Mountain View, California. Danny leads Netscape's
international product, electronic, and corporate marketing efforts. He joined
the company following Netscape's acquisition of collaborative computing
vendor Collabra Software, Inc., where, as Vice President of OEM Sales and
Business Development, he initiated the company's partnerships with Novell,
Banyan Systems, and others. Mr. Shader joined Collabra from pen-computing
pioneer GO Corporation, where he established the company's Japanese presence
and led its international licensing efforts as Director of Business Development.
Danny will speak on The Future of the Internet and Intranet - A Netscape
Perspective. Given Netscape's importance to the industry, this will
be a very important address. Danny will also be participating in our developers
programme.
There are many, many papers and posters on Education
and Learning at AusWeb96. Here is a just a random sample:
Technological Convergence in Higher Education:
Are the Educators Ready?
Stewart Adam, David Wilson stewarta@rmit.edu.au
There is a brief overview of the paper
and the author.
WebTutor: The developoment, approach and assessment of an interactive
World Wide Web Tutorial
Devin Bent bentdc@jmu.edu
WWW as an Educational Support Medium: An Australian Case Study
Gregg Boalch boalch@ba1.curtin.edu.au
Linking the data to develop knowledge: A neglected part of developing
WEB-based university resources
Cris L Brack Cris.Brack@anu.edu.au
An Experiment in Class Management Using the World-Wide Web
Curtis Dyreson curtis@cs.jcu.edu.au
There is a brief overview of the paper
and the author.
Interactive features for HTML-based tutorials in distance learning programs
Mark Eaton eatonm@scis.nova.edu
Teaching and learning on the web at Queensland University of Technology
Cheryl Gilbert cl.gilbert@qut.edu.au
World Wide Web and Secondary Students - A Link to their Future
Teresa Lynch, Mary Cranston t.lynch@cqu.edu.au
Using the Web for Presentations
Jan Newmarch jan@ise.canberra.edu.au
Interactive Multimedia on the World Wide Web: Implementation and Implications
for the Tertiary Education Sector
Ann Nguyen, William Tan, Lynne Kerzunovic A.Nguyen@eas.gu.edu.au
The place of the WWW in an undergraduate multimedia degree program
Arshad Omari a.omari@cowan.edu.au
Student-Created Web Documents as Design Learning Environment
David Radcliffe d.radcliffe@mailbox.uq.oz.au
There is a brief overview of the paper
and the author.
Multiple Networks Within a Learning Organization
Brenda Stewart fiala003@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Bringing the Web to the K12 Community
Colin Webb cwebb@kilo.uws.edu.au
Developing educational content for the Web: Issues and ideas
Martyn Wild m.wild@cowan.edu.au
World Wide Web Walkabout: a subject-oriented program for teaching and
learning the Internet
Katie Wilson kwilson@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au
There is a brief overview of the
paper and the author.
Have a look at the Education and Learning
page for the most recent links to the more than 50 papers and posters.
As a post-conference event, the TiLT
unit at Southern Cross University will be offering a one-day Higher
Education Staff Development Seminar for university teachers. The
seminar will focus specifically on the impact of the Web on teaching and
learning in higher education. It is particularly designed for staff who
are relatively new to this technology and wish to learn how the Web can
be integrated into their courses. Contact Gordon MacLeod, Director of the
TiLT for further information at gmacleod@scu.edu.au.
Full day, Wednesday 10 July. You're going to need to know how to use the
Internet and the Web, right? Advanced
Netscape Browsing with 2.0 will teach you how! This is a half day,
hands on workshop by Peter Stewart, Senior Teaching Fellow at Bond University.
Half day, Saturday morning, 6 July and
Half day, Saturday afternoon, 6 July Hands on.
Or perhaps you already know how to use Netscape proficiently. Then to assist
in your market research you need Searching
the Net. Knowing where to look is half the battle, making effective
use of search tools is the other. You can then use bookmarks to easily locate
your favorite sites again and again. In this workshop, presented by Linda
Rouse of Housely Communications, you will get to know the main search tools;
learn to design search strategies, discover what indexes are available and
become a proficient searcher.
Half Day, Sunday Morning, 7 July. Hands on.
If you have any questions about AusWeb96 please don't hesitate to email
the team at ausweb96@scu.edu.au
or call Julie Burton or Joanne McMurtry, Norsearch Conference Services at
Southern Cross University in Lismore. Phone (066) 20 3000 (From outside
Australia +61 66 20 3000).
AusWeb96 - The Second
Australian World Wide Web Conference, 7th to 9th of July 1996, at the Conrad
Jupiters Hotel, Gold Coast, Australia. Contact: Ms Julie Burton, Norsearch
Conference Services at Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW
2480, Australia. Phone (066) 20 3000 (From outside Australia +61 66 20 3000)
Fax: (066) 22 1954 (From outside Australia +61 66 22 1954). Email:
ausweb96@scu.edu.au.
Updated on
3 June 1996 by ausweb96@scu.edu.au