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Endnotes for Section Three
- C. N. Parkinson, Parkinson's Law and Other
Studies in Administration, Ballantine Books, 1957, p. 48
- H.Menzies, Whose Brave New World: The
Information Highway and the New Economy, Between the Lines, 1996, p. 8
- R. Bernier, "Distance Education: Beyond
Correspondence Courses", Canadian Social Trends, Spring, 1996, p. 22
- This issue was debated at the 1992
conference of the Canadian Association of University Continuing Education and
prompted intense responses on both sides. A summary of this debate is in
Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, Vol. XVIII, No.2, Fall,
1992, in a theme issue entitled, University Continuing Educators: Social
Activists or Entrepreneurs?
- For example, Eric Newell, president of
Syncrude, "Business and Education working together to create the system we
need"; presentation to the Conference Board of Canada's 5th National Conference
on Business and Educational Collaboration, 1994
- Menzies, op cit, p. 8.
- British Columbia's Electronic Highway,
Ministry of Government Services, 1995, p. 1
- Distance Education and Open Learning: A
Report, Council of Ministers of Education Occasional Paper # 1,1995. p.8
- ibid, p. 2, quoted from a Stentor press
release, April 5,1994.
- CANARIE information kit, Jan. 1994.
- In contrast, most computer-mediated
discussions have a time lapse between when messages are sent and when they are
received: this is called "asynchronous" transmission.
- CMEC, op cit, cites Maritime Tel and Tel's
estimates. p. 38.
- Those interested in more details about the
cost of various technologies for learning should refer to A. W. Bates,
Technology, Open Learning and Distance Education, Routledge,
1995).
- The Information Highway and Canadian
Education: Discussion of Issues and Policy Recommendations, prepared on behalf
of the Canadian Educational Network Coalition, the SchoolNet Advisory Board,
and the Stentor Alliance, March. 1995.
- CRTC Decision 96-9. Sept. 27, 1996.
- A W. Bates, Technology, Open Learning and
Distance Education, Routledge, 1995, p. 39.
- Those interested in more details about the
cost of various technologies for learning should refer to Bates, op.cit.
- "Responding to the Information Highway",
presented to the Working Group on Learning and Training, Information Highway
Advisory Council, by the Association of Canadian Community Colleges, Jan. 1995,
p. 6
- Bates, op.cit, p. 179
- William F. Birdsall, The Internet and the
Ideology of Information Technology, paper presented at INET, 1996
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