doctor of education distance learning

separability, and full utility.

Dorr, Jessica and Richard Akeroyd (2001, October).  New Mexico Tribal Libraries: 
Bridging the Digital Divide, Computers in Libraries, 21(9).

Focusing on a visit to Native American libraries in New Mexico, the authors 
discuss their experience meeting with tribal librarians, leaders, and community 
members.  Barriers to technology and Internet access are described, in addition to 
efforts to preserve tribal culture and language.  Also, details of the Native 
American Access to Technology Program (NAATP) are explained.


Educause (2000, November).  Avoiding the Digital Divide for Smaller Institutions of
Higher Education:  Recommendations to the Presidents Information Technology
Advisory Committee.  Educause.

At the request of the Presidents Technology Advisory Committee, the National 
Science Foundation and Educause convened a meeting on June 5-6, 2000 to 
explore the potential digital divide for advanced networks in smaller 4-year 
institutionsdefined as those that do not fall within the Research or Doctoral 
Carnegie Classification.  These smaller institutions, which educate the great




20


majority of college students in the United States, face severe challenges in 
meeting the ever-increasing advanced networking requirements necessary to 
educate a 21st century workforce.  Also, smaller institutions must provide equal 
research requirements for their faculty.  Obstacles to advanced networking for 
smaller institutions include lack of campus infrastructure, a difficult economic 
environment for information technology and networking, and lack of high level 
support from campus decision-makers.  Several recommendations are offered. 
The report also recognizes that many minority serving colleges and universities 
in the United States are smaller institutions.


Fattah, Hassan (2000, September).  Politics or a Real Problem?  MC: Technology
Marketing Intelligence, 20(9).

This article examines how the issue of the digital divide has been framed.  The 
author notes that in the beginning, many saw this as a race issue, but it is 
becoming

	

	

		

			

				

					

						





						

							
								
26 of 49 pages.
							
						
					
					

						

							

								Go to page: 
								
								
								
							
						
					
				
			
		
	

more articles about distance education

back to the learning directory's main page about distance colleges