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2001-162.

Using the 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:99), 
instructional staff from higher education institutions were surveyed regarding 
their involvement in distance education.  The results serve as a baseline for 
studies of trends in faculty participation in distance learning using future data 
collections.  Some key findings are that about 6 percent of instructional faculty 
and staff with some for-credit instructional duties indicated that they taught at 
least one distance education class in fall 1998.  Moreover, few demographic 
characteristics, conditions of employment, or aspects of education and 
experience were associated with participation in distance education.  Only 
institutional type was associated.  For example, faculty at public 2-year 
institutions were more likely than their counterparts at private doctoral 
institutions to teach at least one distance education class (12 versus 6 percent).

Bruckman, Amy S. (1993, August).  Gender Swapping on the Internet.  Paper presented 
at INET 93 in San Francisco, CA.: The Internet Society.  Retrieved October 8, 2001 
from the World Wide Web:  http://ftp.game.org/pub/mud/text/research/gender-
swapping.txt.

In text-based virtual reality environments on the Internet called MUDS, it is 
possible to pretend to be the opposite gender.  In these virtual worlds, the way 
gender structures basic human interaction is often noticed and reflected upon. 
This paper introduces MUDS, and then presents a community discussion about 
gender issues that MUDS inspired.  Gender swapping is one example of ways in 
which network technology can impact not just work practice but also culture and 
values.  A major conclusion is that the Internet is in the process of changing not 
just how we work, but how we think of ourselvesand ultimately, who we are.


Carvin, Andy (2000, January-February).  Mind the Gap:  The Digital Divide as the Civil
Rights Issue of the New Millennium, MultiMedia Schools, 7(1).




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This discussion revolves around the growing gap between people and 
communities who have access to information technology and those who do not


	

	
		
			
				
					
						




						
							
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