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Year 2000 Quarter 1:  January 1-March 31 Additions to Bob Jensen's Bookmarks
Bob Jensen at Trinity University

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March 22, 2000        March 15, 2000        March 7, 2000   

February 29, 2000    February 22, 2000    February 15, 2000    February 8, 2000       February 2, 2000 

January 24, 2000      January 17, 2000       January 11, 2000       January 4, 2000    

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March 22, 2000

Quotes of the Week:  
The following is taken from my essay at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/newfaculty.htm.

What is the most frustrating aspect of modern technology? 

My Answer:  The pace of change in scholarship that we should be teaching.  In the past, scholarly publications came out at discrete points in time such as every three months.  If we put learning materials on library reserve at the beginning of the semester, the materials probably were relevant for the entire semester.  Now thousands upon thousands of scholarly publications are put on the web every day.  There are search engines to help us and electronic media to signal what appears where, but each morning we awaken to a whirling blizzard of new happenings in our discipline.  All academic documents should be subject to change at any time.  What was posted yesterday to the web may be changed if and when you assign it for your students to read.  Unless we accept being stamped "blissfully out of date," we will perpetually live at a pace that ruins our fingernails, harms our families, impairs our diets with fast foods, reduces friendships to email messages, creates encounters as fleeting as passing trains, and bewilders our students because what we taught last week is out of date this week.

 

The other point of view on life!
I am afraid that the following advice has never been heeded very well by Bob Jensen.  The  quotations below are contained in a commencement address at Villanova University by Anna Quindlen (Pulitzer Prize Winner).  You can read more of her advice if you scroll down to near the bottom of this week's edition of New Bookmarks.  

My work is human nature. Real life is all I know. Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first. Don't ever forget the words my father sent me on a postcard last year: "If you win the rat race, you're still a rat." Or what John Lennon wrote before he was gunned down in the driveway of the Dakota: "Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans."

. . .

So here is what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house. Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast?

One of Bob Jensen's limericks that I'd forgotten writing until I stumbled upon it under "Promotions, Tenure, & Risk-Taking by Daring Educators" at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ideasmes.htm 

The binary scorer comes to write against your name, 
He writes only ones or zeros, 
To him the unread articles are all the same

From Anjetta McQueen, AP Education Writer  http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564988477-231 

In just a year, the number of colleges offering online degrees doubled, said the report from Market Data Retrieval, a Dun & Bradstreet educational research company. But the study showed colleges also spent more money on technology and added computers to dorms and classrooms.

Researchers, who surveyed 4,000 institutions, found that seven in 10 colleges now offer some form of distance learning, including courses, lecture notes, and online study groups. For 1999-2000, 34 percent of two- and four-year colleges offered degrees via computer, compared to 15 percent a year ago.

What this says is that education no longer solely belongs in the university, and we've seen that coming for some time,'' said Joani Finney, vice president of the National Center for Public Policy in Higher Education, a San Jose, Calif.,-based group that advises institutions on governing and finance. "Technology has made access to the best thinkers in the world available without college."

There will not be another edition of my New Bookmarks until early in April.

Please do not send me messages between March 22 and April 2.  I will be making a couple presentations along with "getting a life" at the European Accounting Association annual meetings on the campus of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich http://www.bham.ac.uk/EAA/eaa2000/.  If any of you attending the conference want to contact us, Erika and I will be staying a hotel near the campus called Platzl Ringhotel Munchen, Sparkassernstr 10,D-80331 Munchen --- Phone 089 23 70 30

For those of you interested in teaching materials and an overview of FAS 133 on Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities, I will conducting a morning workshop at the IMA/Kent meetings on the Kent State University campus on April 27.  See http://www.ohioima.org/workshop.html 

Norman Meonske and I will be playing very small roles in the IMA/Kent April 27 afternoon workshop on technology.  However, we are turning over most of our time to Chuck Hickman (see the University Access section below) and Glen Gray.  Glen will be discussing the paradigm shift in business reporting on the Internet.  He will also discuss the extremely important role of the AICPA's XFRML.  Karen Pincus asked if Glen would be discussing XFRML.  Glenn replied as follows:

Since I'm a member of the XFRML steering committee and I just returned from a steering committee meeting in Tampa that stressed the importance of getting the word out about XFRML, I would be shot if I did not include it.

The IMA/Kent Conference itself begins on April 28.  The program can be downloaded from http://www.ohioima.org/mainpage.htm 

I was invited to write an essay for new faculty. Because of the timing of this request, I placed a copy of a letter that I sent to The Wall Street Journal at the end of my essay. That letter is not very optimistic about the use to which Michael Saylor's $100 million gift to bring a free education to the world.  That large gift could go a long way to starting a serious knowledge base.  However, I am afraid the money will be wasted in shooting video frozen in time.  Knowledge should never be frozen in time.  The essay can be found at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/000aaa/newfaculty.htm 

If you have any comments that will help improve my essay, I would certainly appreciate the help. My email address is rjensen@trinity.edu 

After reading my essay, Tom Omer added the following advice for new faculty.

Hi Bob,
For those with some tech skills learn how to politely say "No" or "I don't know" when asked by older non-tech faculty or non-tech faculty in general the following question(s).   Insert the following words as needed:

Dial-up Networking
FTP
Word
Excel
FrontPage
WebPage
Laptop
Desktop
Audio
Video
Courseware
Classpage

Will you help me with__________

My ________ won't________(failure supplied by questioner), do you know why?

For new faculty with low tech skills (probably few relative to older faculty).

Learn to ask

Insert words listed above as needed

What University office provides instruction and support for___________.

While this may sound rather harsh and anti-older faculty (maybe nontech faculty), new faculty need to devote their time to things that will have the best chance of getting them tenure. Being polite keeps you from making people mad, learning to say no keeps you from being the support person at the expense of your own career and learning where the University support office is keeps you from spending time learning something inefficiently by the seat of your pants along with your colleagues. Not something I would put in your essay but a hard learned lesson that that might make a difference to a few.

Tom

Professor Thomas Omer [tcomer@uic.edu]  
Accounting Department 
College of Business Administration University of Illinois at Chicago 
Voice 312-996-4438 FAX 312-996-4520

To my knowledge, Mark Garrison is the only Trinity University faculty member teaching a distance education course where remote  students receive college credits.  I asked Dr. Garrison for an informal update on his reactions to date.  (This course was a funded project from the Associated Colleges of the South).

Dear Bob,
Hi, and apologies for not getting back in touch with you after our conversation. There are two home pages for the ACS Archaeology Project: http://www.colleges.org/~turkey/.  This is teaching end of the project, really the home page for the on-line course. It has the original proposal to Mellon and all information about the course (with links to our WebBoard, where we post lectures and discussions). http://www.choma.org/.

This is the research end of the project, where we are developing web-based tools for publication of our data. The most interesting aspect is the query forms for the various databases. Still very much under development.

Bob Jensen's questions to Dr. Garrison:
How the materials were developed, nature of the students?
Good news and bad news about the course to date?

 We do not have anything on either of the sites about the specific issues mentioned by you. I can tell you that we do much experimentation as regards materials, software and hardware. This semester we have a stable live audio streaming technology; we plan to have live video streaming by the end of the semester. We use a RealAudio streaming server, production is done with RealProducer, and students access the stream with RealPlayer. For the last two we use the free versions available at the RealAudio web site.

Students run the gamut of majors and levels. They obviously are highly motivated, since they are committing a large chunk of their summer to the field school.

Good news:
This course works great and I think that we are doing something no one else is doing. This is not a "distance course" in the traditional sense of the word. We are expanding the curricular offerings at all schools that are involved (not simply providing a more "efficient" means to distribute a course that already exists at various institutions). In addition, we are creating a unique teaching and research vehicle for students and faculty in the consortium. The project also allows students to work with faculty at the level of a true research partner; to my knowledge, it is one of the few examples of collaborative undergraduate student-faculty research in the humanities.

Bad news:
It takes a lot of time and energy on my part, and I have to teach the course as an overload to my normal teaching load.

Hope this is of some use.
Best,

Mark B. Garrison 
Associate Professor Department of Classical Studies 
Trinity University San Antonio, Texas 78212 
210-999-7648 210-999-7305 (fax) mgarriso@trinity.edu 

I might add that during a campus walk with Dr. Garrison he elaborated that he thought that, relative to traditional courses on campus, students in the "distance education" course tended to be more enthused and performed at a higher level.  He admitted, however, that some of this is due to Hawthorne effects coupled with their desire to make this thing work.  

I added Dr. Garrison's message to my Daring Professor document at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/ideasmes.htm 

Congratulations to Dr. Boyd for receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Institute for the International Education of Students (IES)

Dear Dr. Jensen,

I believe that you asked me for additional information on the award that George received this fall. I have tried to include as much information as possible in this message. If you have other questions, please contact me.

The IES award that George received was the Lifetime Achievement Award. The criteria for selection were:

* a minimum of 15 years in the study abroad and/or international education field 
* someone who is currently working in the field 
* someone who has served as a leader on their home campus to promote study abroad 
* someone who has consistently volunteered to participate in and serve IES through various activities 
* someone who has served as a mentor to others in the field 
* someone who has been courageous about speaking out on important issues in the field via offering constructive criticism and solutions 
* someone who has supported IES programs consistently and successfully on his/her home campus
* someone who has made substantive contributions to the field at the regional and/or national level as evidenced by published books or articles, presentations at regional state and/or national conferences, special training sessions and special honors earned.

The nominations were brief and made directly to IES. I do not have a copy. However, George was also honored by the Institute for Study Abroad at Butler University for his years of dedicated service. I was asked to present the award and did so using the following:

I think that this last document is the one that was quoted by Dr. White, although he referred to the IES award.

Both IES: Institute for the International Education of Students and the Institute for Study Abroad at Butler University are major study abroad programs with whom Trinity has had an affiliation for many years. Both are nationally respected and their membership includes many of the best colleges and universities in the US.

Additional information on IES is available at: www.iesabroad.org  Butler's website is: www.butler.edu/www/isa 

I hope this is what you wanted.

Sincerely, Nancy Ericksen, 
Counselor Study Abroad and Off Campus Study Trinity University (210)999-7313 phone (210)999-7305 fax nerickse@trinity.edu 

AccountantsWorld.com wins Forbes coveted Best Site on the Web Award 
http://www.forbesbest.com/asp/tearsheet.asp?section=Personal+Finance&reviewNO=724&category=Taxes&ToUse=Personal+Finance  

If your vision of an accountant's world is a place filled with endless details and a lot of small type, than the AccountantsWorld site won't disappoint. It's hard to find more exhaustive lists of links to tax, accounting and even financial planning sites. But you'd be well advised to approach AccountantsWorld's endless lists with lots of time and--if need be--your bifocals. One nice feature is that visitors to the site--presumably accountants--have actually rated some of the sites.

You can read the following at http://www.tiac.net/users/nhannon/news.html 

The AccountantsWorld.com site features a unique, keyword search capability that allows time-pressed accountants to instantly search over 1.3 million specially indexed, accounting-related web pages. If necessary, accountants can supplement the AccountantsWorld.com search capability by accessing other Internet search engines such as AltaVista, Excite, HotBot, Infoseek, Lycos, and Yahoo directly from the AccountantsWorld.com home page.

The AccountantsWorld.com website is at http://accountantsworld.com/ 

The AICPA Special Report: The top 10 technological issues in 2000, Journal of Accountancy, March 2000, pp. 20-21 --- http://www.aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/mar2000/news_sr.htm 

• E-business. The group put this all-encompassing subject at the top of its list because e-business can optimize return on investment and speed growth. But what aspects of it are most important to CPAs?

• Information security and controls. Exposure to online security threats grows as CPAs and their clients depend more on technology to perform daily business tasks, Gioseffi observed. “Larger practices have staff to address it,” he said. “But in a small firm, there’s not always someone assigned to security and control.”

• Training and technology competency. There’s never enough time for training, Gioseffi said, and many state societies don’t grant CPE credits for courses in technology.

• Disaster recovery. According to Roman H. Kepczyk, a technology consultant who works with CPA firms, disaster recovery is an issue that everyone talks about, but few act upon.

• High availability and resiliency of systems. According to Zollars, this is disaster recovery’s little brother. Systems must be available when a firm, its clients or customers need them, he said. Twenty years ago, not being able to do something for an hour may have been an inconvenience; today it can be a major business problem.

• Technology management and budgeting. As Wayne E. Harding, who specializes in business process outsourcing (BPO) software, sees it, CPAs have no time to waste in this area. “I’ve been talking to a lot of non-CPAs who provide BPO services on the financial accounting side,” he said, “and this market is going to explode.”

• Electronic financial reporting. “People look to the accounting profession for reliable financial information,” Gioseffi said. He noted that the AICPA’s XFRML project addresses this issue by improving the tools and processes used to create online financial reports.

• Internet issues. According to IDC Corp., in 2000, 137 million people—half the U.S. population—will use the Internet. “That’s a wake-up call for firms to develop the expertise they need to participate in this market,” Gioseffi said.

• The virtual office. For Gioseffi, a workplace that can exist anywhere poses special challenges to those who occupy it. “You’ve got to have a superior work ethic if you’re going to succeed in a nontraditional workspace,” he said.

• Privacy. Kepczyk quoted a rumored remark of Sun Microsystems’ Chairman Scott McNealy: “There is no privacy; get over it.” But Kepczyk himself feels privacy standards must be developed.

Taming your Television --- http://www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/stories/main/0,5594,914945,00.html 

21ST CENTURY TELEVISION! --- http://cgi.zdnet.com/slink?26123:2700840 

Who are the prestige professors from prestige universities who are now lending their services to both their home universities and online learning corporations?  What do they teach and how do they teach it.  

This week I will feature a few of the University Access instructors from http://www.universityaccess.com/.  Also see the FAQs at http://www.universityaccess.com/courses/faq/general.htm.

Readers may read more about the trends in prestige university online partnerings at
http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/245prest.htm 

The former AACSB executive who is now the Academic Vice-President of University Access, Chuck Hickman, will be presenting a workshop in the afternoon of April 27 --- http://www.ohioima.org/workshop.html 

A sampling of the courses at University Access were developed by the following prestige-university professors.  Some still have full time appointments at prestigious universities.  Others were former full-time faculty.  Chuck Hickman (mentioned above) helped line up many of these professors and courses.

To begin with, I will feature Mark Albion!

Mark Albion's Making a Life, Making a Living online seminar consists of five to six hours of self-paced lessons organized into four modules:

Who Are You? What Do You Want? What Can You Do? Where Are You Going? The seminar is rich with video clips featuring Dr. Albion and interactive exercises and activities that challenge you to think about what you really want out of life. Anchored by an online journal in which participants answer provocative questions, as well as a facilitator-led discussion board, the online seminar offers you a community of peers with whom you can discuss your thoughts.

Making a Life, Making a Living culminates in a long-term personal strategy to help you achieve balance in your life --- http://www.universityaccess.com/resources/cdc/albion/ 

 

Credit courses and instructors at University Access include the following:

Business Traveler Online ---  http://www.btonline.com/ 

 The Scout Report stated the following (with emphasis added):  Whether you agree or not, it is an interesting economic and social theory topic of debate as to whether income and work can be "uncoupled" in a dynamic society worth living in over the long haul (i.e., in general equilibrium). 

Citizen's Income Online http://www.citizensincome.org/index.shtml 

Citizen's Income (CI) is "an unconditional, non-withdrawable income payable to each individual as a right of citizenship." According to this site, "Three strands of thought come together in CI. They are: the right of every individual to a minimum standard of existence; the uncoupling of income and work; and the concern for an individual's freedom." Citizen's Income Online is the Website for the London-based organization Citizen's Income Study Center (CISC), which examines issues relating to poverty and unemployment. The front page of the site showcases breaking news and information, as well as linking to some of CISC's ongoing projects. The site also includes research articles from CISC and other organizations; FAQs about citizen's income, with each short answer linking to a more involved explanation; the CISC's quarterly newsletter; and related links.

Marxists Internet Archive --- http://www.marxists.org/ 

New Economy Index http://www.neweconomyindex.org/ 

But for those of us that think we will still have to grub for grub, life may get more mobile.  The Scout Report also tells us about the following:

You Can Work From Anywhere http://www.youcanworkfromanywhere.com/ 

You Can Work From Anywhere is an online resource dedicated to extolling the joys of telecommuting. Aimed at the professional community, You Can Work From Anywhere strives to educate businesses on "how to better manage your mobile work force and realize the benefits and flexibility of remote collaboration for team projects." The section entitled About Telecommuting offers solid, basic information about this business practice including the helpful "Top 7 Myths" and FAQs. Resource Centers provides articles from popular business magazines, an index of free and subscription-based online and print publications, and related links. This section also includes telecommuting case studies and statistics, organizations, job listings, and training resources. Interested users may subscribe to _Road Work_, You Can Work From Anywhere's free online newsletter.

Every once in a while I dig up a gem while mining the web.  This gem from a philosophy professor weighs about two karats.
Online Guide to Ethics and Moral Philosophy Version 0.9 Robert Cavalier, Carnegie Mellon University --- http://www.lcl.cmu.edu/CAAE/80130/Syllabus.html   
This is a sample of a hypertext course in philosophy.

Part I History of Ethics

Preface: The Life of Socrates

Section 1: Greek Moral Philosophy

Section 2: Hellenistic and Roman Ethics

Section 3: Early Christian Ethics

Section 4: Modern Moral Philosophy

Section 5: Recent Moral Philosophy

Part II Concepts and Problems of Ethics

Section 6: Ethical Relativism

Section 7: Ethical Egoism

Section 8: Utilitarian Theories

Section 9: Deontological Theories

Section 10: Contractarian Theories

Section 11: Contemporary Discussions

Part III Applied Ethics

Section 12: Theory, Practice, and Casuistry

Section 13: The Topic of Euthanasia

Multimedia Module: A Right to Die?

Section 14: The Topic of Abortion

Multimedia Module: The Issue of Abortion in America

GENERAL PHILOSOPHY RESOURCES: Relevant online materials from the Internet can be accessed through Episteme Links and the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Of special importance for the area of Moral Philosophy is Larry Hinman's Ethics Updates site.

The U.S. Marines are laying the groundwork for learning management systems that deliver education any time, anywhere --- http://www.pcweek.com/a/pcwt0003151/2458370/ 

The Corps and its technology partners have made a series of strategic and tactical decisions that should help the Corps storm the LMS beach when the time is right.

First, the Corps is building an infrastructure to deliver interactive learning capabilities anywhere, any time. Second, the Corps and its partners have developed a sophisticated testing methodology to quickly assess a product's suitability and a vendor's reliability. Third, they have committed to using standards-based products to maximize their ability to share resources.

PC Week Labs visited the Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, Calif.—the Marine Corps is a branch of the Department of the Navy—to assess the progress of the Marine Corps Distance Learning Branch's evaluation of leading commercial LMSes. The Distance Learning Branch is working closely with Mitre Corp. and the Naval Postgraduate School's Institute for Defense Education and Analysis (see related story).

Despite the shifting vendor landscape, the Corps understands that Corps-wide distributed learning will lessen the cost of training and benefit every Marine. "Our goal is to reduce average resident training time for Marines by 30 percent," said Lt. Col. George Whitbeck, deputy director of the Marine Corps' Distance Learning Branch, or DLB.

. . . 

The Marine Corps' distributed learning initiative must mesh with solutions used by other branches of the U.S. military. The Marines have taken standards seriously and have incorporated into their evaluation criteria not only industry standards such as those from Educause's Instructional Management Systems and the Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee, but especially the new Version 1.0 of the Department of Defense's Shareable Courseware Object Reference Model specification.

"Currently, we offer several CD-ROM-based courses, such as ... Terrorism Awareness for Marines, that could take up to six weeks for a Marine to order and receive," said Maj. Jeff Forte, CIO of the Marine Corps Institute, in Washington. "Those same courses are available over the Web almost instantaneously."

 

Perhaps my old friend Joe San Miguel at the Naval Postgraduate School will tell us more about this someday.  Are you listening Joe?

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy --- http://plato.stanford.edu/ 

I have added the above link to my similar links at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/245gloss.htm 

Copyright Resources Online http://www.library.yale.edu/%7Eokerson/copyproj.html 

Bob,
 I enjoyed scanning your long document at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/245soft1.htm. Great comprehensive job.

I noticed that you have included the Oncourse system that I developed at Indiana University. FYI, I have developed the next version, Angel (A New Global Environment for Learning) as the third generation of course management environment. You may review the Angel site at http://angel.iupui.edu/angel/,   However, you may not see all the Angel's features and conceptual discussion on this site. Indiana University is in the final stage of patent protection for the Angel that should not be published before the final submission of the patent claims. I thought you might be interested to know about the Angle.

Ali Jafari, Ph.D. 
Director of CyberLab
Associate Professor of Computer Technology
School of Engineering and Technology
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, IUPUI 
Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA 
Homepage: http://www.iupui.edu/~jafari/  
OfficeCam: http://134.68.80.36/jafaricam/ 
CyberLab: http://CyberLab.iupui.edu  
Email: jafari@iupui.edu   Phone: 317-274-4565   Fax: 317-278-0241 

digitaldivide.gov - bridging the gap between the technological haves and have-nots --- http://www.digitaldivide.gov/ 

Secretary Daley's Harlem visit coincided with an announcement by President Clinton of further Administration efforts to close the digital divide. They included proposals to ensure that all new teachers can teach 21st Century skills and the creation of new technology centers to serve children, youth and adults in low-income communities. The President also announced tax incentives for private sector donations of computer equipment training and issued a call for investments in high speed networks for under served communities and greater innovative uses of the Internet.

What is Bill Graves up to these days?  Many of us have heard Dr. Graves speak on technology in education at some time or another.  He is one of the world's most popular speakers on that topic (along with his Yogi Berraisms).  He was the founder and long-time head of the Institute for Academic Technology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a long-time veteran at promoting newer learning technologies. The IAT shut down its server after IBM stopped funding the IAT.

I stumbled upon EDUPRISE that Bill Graves founded.  He is still active in that venture at http://www.eduprise.com/.  It appears that this corporation has been relatively successful in fund raising.  One of its main goals is to help faculty, college programs, and other persons and organizations adapt to new learning technologies.  

Eduprise.com is a leading applications service provider in the e-Learning market. Our e-Learning Solutions are built on:

• an infrastructure and technical support component (Core Services) to provide reliable and technologically advanced learning tools for end users, and 
  
• a strategic professional services component (Life-Cycle Services) to provide the client organization with experienced professional assistance in developing a roadmap for entering the e-learning market and driving the implementation of an enterprise-scale e-learning solution within 60-90 days - one that integrates with the organization's backoffice systems.

Mission to Mars (Science) - http://movies.go.com/m2m/ 

Corporation for Research and Educational Networking (CREN) Techtalk Transcripts --- http://www.cren.net/know/techtalk/transcripts.html 

The Health Care Management Program at Towson State University has a good website for managing students on internships.  The website is at http://www.towson.edu/hcmn/.  Most of the information is password protected.  However, you can learn more about this program in Syllabus, March 2000, pp. 28-29.  The online version of the March edition of Syllabus is not yet available online, but will soon be posted to http://www.syllabus.com/.

What might happen if you let your students take over your course?  This is what James Anderson tried in a basic communications course at the University of Utah.  You can read more about his experiment in Syllabus, March 2000, pp. 32-33.  The online version of the March edition of Syllabus is not yet available online, but will soon be posted to http://www.syllabus.com/.  Professor Andersen's contact information is at http://www.hum.utah.edu/communication/general/faculty/anderson.html 

Traditional versus Technological:  Comparing motivation and learning performance
Technology may be more important for weak students than top students.  Southern Maine Technical College faced a stream of under prepared students and reports having great results with NovaNet according to a piece in Syllabus, March 2000, pp. 30-31.  The online version of the March edition of Syllabus is not yet available online, but will soon be posted to http://www.syllabus.com/.  

Menges says most of the students taking NovaNET courses really love them, but more importantly, show signs of succeeding where they failed before. . .  Out of 492 students who passed through CLS, 72 percent have succeeded in finishing the course, compared with 60 percent in a traditional classroom.

I previously illustrated and documented learning via non-traditional fiction (mystery novels, screen plays, poems, etc.).  Next comes the audio and the LiveMotion:

The Ears Have It Audible.com deals exclusively in spoken digital downloads, from John Grisham's latest novel to a half-hour of original comedy from Robin Williams. It has great potential, but several obstacles make Audible a little hard to hear.

Awesome Product of the Week: Adobe LiveMotion Watch out, Flash--there's a stronger player on the vector graphics playground. LiveMotion allows designers to create complete pages that incorporate motion, sound, and interactivity, all in an object-oriented, vector-based authoring environment.

From NewMedia Insider's Report on March 15, 2000
Find these stories and more at: http://www.newmedia.com 

From AccountingEducation.com
I added a section entitled Accounting in the Knowledge-Based Accountant from the Singapore Accountant --- See http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/cpaaway.htm 

Marketing on the Internet http://iws.ohiolink.edu/moti/ 

Dear Robert Jensen,

Adobe(R) Systems Incorporated has announced InDesign(TM) 1.5, which delivers the future of professional publishing today. And in a FREE special event, we would like you to be one of the first people to see the new and enhanced features of this publishing application that offers unprecendented creative freedom, productivity, and precision. Register your place now at http://www.adobe.com/indesignsat 

Adobe InDesign 1.5 demonstrates the flexibility of its new state-of-the-art software architecture, with this rapid delivery of customers' top feature and enhancement requests - over 60 in all! The powerful tools in InDesign 1.5 can help turn your creative ideas into high-impact page designs with ease and control.

We would like to invite you to see these exciting capabilities of InDesign 1.5 at a FREE one-off presentation - linked LIVE by digital satellite technology to 10 cities across North America.

WHEN: Wednesday March 29, 2000 WHERE: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Montreal, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver TIME: Times vary. Check web site for more information.

To pre-register: Go to http://www.adobe.com/indesignsat  where you will also find location and time information. Arrive early! The first 200 people to arrive in each city will receive a FREE, limited edition, Adobe t-shirt!

VeriSign eyes e-commerce crown --- http://www.pcweek.com/a/pcwt0003131/2459217/ 

With security fears up and faith in online privacy down, VeriSign is hoping e-businesses will buy into its promise that it can bring trust to the Net.

From Internet World News March 15, 2000

U.S.-European Pact Blocks Gathering of Data Without Consent By Kathleen Murphy

In a move that will boost transatlantic e-commerce, the United States and the European Commission reached an agreement on data privacy Tuesday, according to the Department of Commerce. The accord means that U.S. e-commerce companies gathering information from European users must join a "safe harbor" program in which businesses would agree not to use or gather personal information without the users' consent. The European Commission is scheduled to vote on the agreement March 31, and the agreement is likely to take effect by July. Another agreement still being hammered out will cover the handling of data by financial institutions.

U.S. self-regulatory groups such as BBBOnLine will help enforce the agreement. The Federal Trade Commission also can take action against companies that fail to live by their privacy promises.

The two sides, led by U.S. undersecretary for commerce for international trade David Aaron and European negotiator EC director general John Mogg, have been trying to come to an agreement since October 1998 about how American companies would comply with an EU directive that called for banning the flow of personal data to countries without "adequate" privacy protections.

Commerce Secretary William Daley said in a statement that "the arrangement demonstrates that both the EU and the US recognize that a carefully constructed and well-implemented system of self-regulation, as advocated by the President and the Vice President, can protect privacy rights. I believe it also has important implications for developing self-regulatory models that could be useful in other areas."

History of American Business --- http://www.businesshistory.net/ 

Google and Netscape form directory:
The new Google Directory combines Google's popular search engine with Netscape Communications' Open Directory Project. http://www.pcweek.com/a/pcwt0003153/2468484/  

Marketplace for emerging artists and their work.--- http://www.itheo.com/ 

From Yahoo

Orinoco Online --- http://www.orinoco.org/ 

Proyecto Orinoco is "dedicated to preserving the legacy of the indigenous societies of the Venezuelan Amazon." Put together by Fundacion Cisneros, a philanthropic organization focused on Latin America, the site includes a collection of over 350 ethnographic objects from the diverse region. View highlights by culture (Hiwi, Hoti, Tsase, and others) or by object (blowpipes, masks, musical instruments, and more). It's a fascinating trip through a land precariously balanced between ancient, natural wilderness and modern development. Don't miss it.

From Yahoo

Journal E: Real Stories from Planet Earth --- http://www.journale.com/ 

Here's a magazine that taps the Web's multimedia potential to tell stories with artistry and originality. We stepped into "When Flowers Fall," a sad piece about aging in Japan, presented as a dynamic series of screens using haiku, kanji, images, and text. We visited an extraordinary gallery of photo portraits by Steve McCurry -- haunting images of hungry children, pre-pubescent warriors, painted bridegrooms, and pregnant waifs. Then we read about coffee, and listened to the Montana Logging & Ballet Co.'s madcap a capella song about the last millennium. It's culture and it's entertaining -- an online Arabian Nights.

Hi Dhia,

Accreditation is a tough issue that I have not researched fully. It is generally important to use one of the Federally-approved agencies. You can see a listing at http://ifap.ed.gov/85256508006391d1/005fd53d0d39dd4285256508006391ed/852565a7005d473f85256675004fbec9?OpenDocument

For general background, you can enter the search term "Accreditation" at http://ifap.ed.gov/dev_csb/new/srchsite.nsf/Web+Search+Simple?OpenForm

Accreditation processes have greatly delayed and frustrated some online programs. This is one of the major delay factors for Western Governors University --- http://www.wgu.edu/wgu/index.html

With respect to verification as to who is online, it is interesting to note that centuries ago in England, persons taking admissions tests to universities or qualifying examinations of various sorts had to have the examinations proctored by the village's vicar. I guess the vicar was deemed the most likely person in the village to be honest.

I have no easy solution for student identity verification until finger printing and eye scanning hardware become more prevalent. Even then, it might still be possible for a "friend" sit alongside and help a test taker to cheat.

My solution to reducing the odds of cheating is to assign two students (randomly) to partnerships each week. Each student must sign an attestation form that verifies that she/he proctored a partner during an online examination or quiz. The form also certifies that no unauthorized materials were used during the examination or the quiz. I still make my students take my main examinations in classes that I proctor. However, I do have weekly online quizzes that are taken weekly with partnership proctoring. Each week I re-assign the partnerships. I think this has helped reduce the odds of cheating a great deal.

If you have other questions, I love to help educators.

Bob (Robert E.) Jensen
Jesse H. Jones Distinguished Professor of Business
Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212 Voice: (210) 999-7347 Fax: (210) 999-8134
Email: rjensen@trinity.edu    http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen

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-----Original Message-----
From: Dhia D. AlHashim [mailto:dhia.alhashim@csun.edu]
 Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 8:42 AM
To: rjensen@trinity.edu 
Subject: Thank You!

Hi Bob:

I would like to thank you for keeping us posted on development related to "distance learning," through your web site. I do have two questions for you:

1. Is there anything new on "accreditation" related to distance learning programs?

2. How would an instructor access and secure that the person registered in a distance learning program is actually the one taking the tests?

Thank you again, and congratulations for a job well done.

Dr. Dhia D. AlHashim Tel: (818) 677-2427
* Professor of Accounting & MIS and Director FAX: (818) 677-4903
* Center for International Business E-mail: dhia.alhashim@csun.edu 
* California State University, Northridge * Northridge, California 91330-8245 ***************************************************************************

UNICEF: Puppets With a Purpose - bridging cultural gaps through puppetry --- http://www.unicef.org/puppets/ 

Free educational software:
WebWorks for mathematics and science educators was developed by the University of Rochester's "Outstanding Math Professor" Michael Gage and his colleague Arnold Pizer --- http://www.math.rochester.edu:8080/u/gage/.  WebWorks is free to educational institutions and can be used in most any course where homework is solved "in an algorithmic manner."  At Rochester, WebWorks is very popular in calculus and physics.  It received the Excellence and Innovation in the Use of Technology in Collegiate Mathematics Award from the International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics.  Michael Gage also won the Mathematical Association of America's Regional Outstanding Teaching Award.  Professor Gage claims the following about WebWorks:

It increases the effectiveness of traditional homework as a learning tool by:

• Providing students with immediate feedback on the validity of their answers and giving students the opportunity to correct mistakes while they are still thinking about the problem. As one student said, “I can fix my mistakes while [the] problem is fresh in my mind. ”
• Providing students with individualized versions of problems which means that instructors can encourage students to work together; yet each student must develop an answer to his or her own version of the problem.

 It increases the efficiency of traditional homework by:

• Providing automatic grading of assignments.

Gendercide Watch --- http://www.gendercide.org/ 

Fleet Kids teaches how to buy low and sell high http://www.fleetkids.com/ 

Sleuthing women --- http://www.femaledetective.com/ 

Hundreds of reviews and mini-biographies ... complete book lists ... editor's choice of best novels ... and a whole lot more.

Ken Merwin sent the following information that a journal is seeking submissions for a special edition on the topic of teaching and learning among culturally diverse people.  You are encouraged to submit a paper for this special edition in May 2001.  You can read more of his message at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/cultures/email.htm 

Volume 22, Issue 1, the May 2001 edition of Distance Education: An International Journal is to be devoted to an exploration of this topic as it pertains to online courses. Papers with the following focus are particularly welcome:

• Designing course content to minimize cultural misunderstandings;
• Assessment strategies for a culturally diverse student body;
• Encouraging online participation from non-native speakers of English;
• Advantages and disadvantages of a cross-cultural learning environment;
• Support structures for students from culturally diverse backgrounds;
• Organizational issues in managing global courses;
• Facilitating online discussions with culturally diverse groups of participants.

The Guest Editors for this Special Issue are:  
Dr. Robin Mason of the UK Open University, Institute of Educational Technology, 
The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK. Email: r.d.mason@open.ac.uk 

Dr. Lani Gunawardena of the University of New Mexico.
Associate Professor, Organizational Learning, Instructional Technology Program, COE
The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, U.S.A. Email: lani@unm.edu 

 

Election.com - hold your own straw poll --- http://www.election.com/ 

Perry Ellis - clothes make the man.--- http://www.perryellis.com/ (Like the Arthur Andersen web site, Perry Ellis makes us wait at the start while the opening animations unfold.  I find these irritating in repeat visits to a website.)

As a rule, I oppose censorship, but this is a no-brainer!
Date-Rape website taken down (a good thing too) --- http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34941,00.html 
Why would persons put up such a website?  This is not a laughing matter --- most especially it is sickening that it gave advice on drug use.

The site claimed to help men "get laid" by teaching them how to drug and rape women.

"DateRape.org vows to bring you the latest and greatest in date raping techniques," read the text on its home page.

The site also offered "DateRape in a Box" kits for $49.99, which include: "How-to Date Rape Properly Manual"; "Shut-the-Hell-Up-Bitch Duct Tape"; "Medical Prescription Guide" to check the side effects of certain drugs, and the DateRape.org "Quick and Easy Cookbook

Cyber Threats and the US Economy (security) ---  http://www.odci.gov/cia/public_affairs/speeches/cyberthreats_022300.html 

Furor over Virginia's new e-Business law --- http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,34947,00.html  

"This increase in electronic transactions will perpetuate the Internet revolution, promote e-commerce, and foster the growth of Virginia's technology and manufacturing economies," Gilmore said when he signed the bill at a Global Internet Summit held at George Mason University.

Opposition to UCITA is fragmented and disjointed, but it appears to be gaining momentum.

Liberal activists like Ralph Nader's Consumer Project on Technology have condemned UCITA for allegedly giving more rights to businesses at the expense of consumers.

One major source of criticism has come from the Linux community, which fears UCITA will increase the legal liability of open-source software developers.

A popular speaker, Dr. Dede, speaks about technological immersion and learning in an audio clip --- http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/techgap/media/cdede.html 

Chris has a home page at http://www.gse.gmu.edu/profiles/new/cdede.htm 

Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation --- http://www.pcrf-kids.com/ 

Grist for the Dilbert Mill
Stupid management 101 for e-mail policies
If you can't allow business resources to be used for a reasonable amount of personal use, you've gone beyond hypocrisy into stupidity, says David Thompson.--- http://www.pcweek.com/a/pcwt0003156/2456743/ 

They overlooked Bob Jensen (eahhh --- just sour grapes)
Forbes Celebrity 100 --- http://www.forbes.com/tool/toolbox/celeb100/ 

iHireAccounting.com is free for job seekers and will post job openings for a fee --- http://www.ihireaccounting.com/ 
iHireLegal.com is free for job seekers and will post job openings for a fee --- http://www.ihirelegal.com/ 

I hope the foundation, walls, floors, and roof are better than the windows --- http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,34999,00.html 

Mortgages by Microsoft Wired News Report 9:00 a.m. 16.Mar.2000 PST 
Microsoft Corp. isn't just doing Windows anymore. Now it wants to help sell you a whole house.

The software giant, best known for its ubiquitous Windows operating system, said Thursday it is launching a joint venture to cash in on the $1 trillion-a-year mortgage industry by simplifying the mind-numbing process of buying a home.

The venture, HomeAdvisor Technologies Inc., will not be just another real estate information site, Microsoft (MSFT) said. Majority-owned by the Redmond, Washington-based software company, HomeAdvisor is also backed by housing heavyweight Freddie Mac, an organization chartered by Congress that is one of the nation's biggest providers of mortgage loans.

Other backers include Bank of America, Chase.com (an online unit of bank holding company Chase Manhattan Corp.), General Motors' financial subsidiary GMAC-Residential Funding Corp., and Norwest Mortgage, the home lending division of Wells Fargo.

AICPA Smart Stops on the Web, Journal of Accountancy, March 2000, pg. 19
 http://www.aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/mar2000/news_web.htm 

Online Articles Add Value --- www.businessvalue.com
Banister Financial, Inc.’s site offers articles from Fair Value, the company’s business valuation newsletter. Click on the article library banner for such topics as family limited partnership valuations, employee stock ownership plans and key business valuation trends.

A Source for Resources --- www.instbusapp.org
The Institute of Business Appraisers’ site has many resources even nonmembers will find useful. Included is a news section with feature articles on current topics as well as a list of links to business valuation sites.

Appraisers Abound --- www.appraisers.org
If you’re looking for an appraiser, this site has contact information for every chapter of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA). It also provides an open forum for questions and answers concerning appraisal. Grant applications for the ASA Educational Foundation are available here too.

Information on Publications --- www.valuationresources.com
This site was created in association with Amazon.com, so you’ll find primarily books for business appraisers. You can link to search engines, free economic data and other sites with related information—appraisal associations, for example. Transaction data links are also available.

A Lot of Links! --- www.megafinancial.com
MegaFinancial.com’s sole function is to provide links to briefly described sites for financial and travel services. Such topics as commercial and offshore banks, mutual funds and investing, online stock trading, and financial planning and loans are offered under financial services. The site’s travel center includes air, land and sea information as well as links to travel agents and car rentals.

For Reference Purposes --- lcweb.loc.gov/rr/business/brs.html
The U.S. Library of Congress’s site has a section called Business Reference Services, which is a great starting point for researching topics in business, technology and economics. Indexes, bibliographies and links to other Internet resources such as the LC Business Research Project Directory of Small Business Information Providers, are available as well as a search engine for the library’s online catalogs.

E-Commerce Discussed --- www.ecommerce.gov
This site is devoted to U.S. government electronic commerce policy. Various presidential and vice-presidential reports, congressional testimony on Internet issues, meetings and discussions regarding e-commerce are listed as well as accompanying documentation, such as transcripts, press releases and government reports. Links to other government and related sites are available.

BBB Online --- www.bbbonline.org/businesses/code/index.htm
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) Online has posted the full text of an exposure draft, Code of Online Business Practices, which will be the BBB’s “newest self-regulation tool to provide Internet businesses with a well-respected means to foster consumer trust and confidence on the Web.” BBB Online invites comments on the draft via e-mail to BBBCode@cbbb.bbb.org.

Stats at a Glance --- stats.bls.gov/blshome.htm
At this Bureau of Labor Statistics site, a section called Economy at a Glance gives a statistical breakdown of the labor market in hours, earnings and productivity. Also included on the site are current national employment statistics and links to related programs.

More Stats at a Glance --- www.bog.frb.fed.us/releases
The Federal Reserve Board posts daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual statistical releases here, along with accompanying historical data. Typical of the weekly releases provided is H.8, Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks in the United States.

Site for Thought --- www.geocities.com/WallStreet/Bureau/9136
This site advocates creativity and innovation in firm practices. Topics include hiring tools, culture transformation and current marketplace innovations.

Links to Search Engines --- www.netstrider.com/search
This site not only offers links to various search engines but also evaluates them and lists the main features of each. Another useful feature is the site’s collection of links to Web-based directories, databases, indexes and libraries.

From InformationWeek Online on March 16, 2000

ERP vendors are adapting to the new IT environment in which businesses are betting on online exchanges, not enterprise resource planning solutions. Both SAP and J.D. Edwards & Co. made significant moves this week to host and develop online marketplace technology.

SAP on Wednesday revealed the formation of SAPMarkets, a subsidiary that, starting in May, will develop, market, and operate marketplaces using SAP technology. Hasso Plattner, co-chairman and CEO of SAP, will act as interim CEO until a permanent one is found.

The vendor's mySAP.com Marketplace efforts will be consolidated into the new company. One goal is to clear up the confusion the mySAP.com moniker created by encompassing the vendor's Internet strategy, software applications, and hosted applications under one name. "I applaud that SAP is finally resolving the confusion 'mySAP.com' brings to customers," says Byron Miller, VP at Giga Information Group. "But before they compete head-on with other companies in a new market, they need to resolve some functionality problems."

J.D. Edwards on Tuesday created a unit to focus on business- to-business solutions and expand development of its online- exchange technology. Michael Schmidt, former VP of worldwide sales and marketing, will head up the unit.

The above segment has been added to http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/245glosap.htm and to my Technology Glossary (look under SAP) at http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/245gloss.htm.

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- Ernst & Young Division Will Focus On B-To-C Market

Global professional services firm Ernst & Young stepped further into the field of E-services on Wednesday with the launch of DareStep, a division that will focus on strategy, technology, and integration within the business-to-consumer E-business market.

DareStep will promote ease of site navigation, design, and structure, and it will eventually translate its processes to the business-to-business and business-to-employee markets, according to Mark Rankin, DareStep's managing director.

DareStep opens for business with 150 employees, 100 of whom come directly from Ernst & Young. Rankin predicts the number of consultants within DareStep will reach 300 by the end of the year.

I have added the above message to http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen/cpaaway.htm 

Hi Bob
Jossey-Bass Publishers has reached an agreement to sell On the Horizon to Camford Publishing, effective April 20, 2000. Tom Abeles will edit OTH beginning with the 8-3 (May-June) issue. As befitting my founder status, I will move to an editor emeritus slot. OTH Online will be available on the Horizon site until April 20, 2000; it will then become available on the Camford Publishing site (http://www.camfordpublishing.com) when the sale is completed.

Tom, in his forthcoming editorial for 8-3, states that On the Horizon will have the following:

1) Global Coverage--In a wired world, campus and political boundaries are permeable. Institutions are forming relationships that function almost independent from time and space. We seek to identify those issues which impact higher education, internationally.

2) Broaden Institutional Definition--Content, certification, physical and virtual facilities, faculty, and economic models are rapidly evolving. Distinctions between profit models and educational models along with dual credits, non-credit programs and K-to-Gray are dissolving and reforming. OTH seeks to widen the scan of the horizon because of the rapidly changing world.

In addition, Tom notes that Camford will enable OTH authors to expand their thinking to lengths found in more traditional academic publications by publishing complements to their articles on the Camford Web site.

If you are interested in writing an article for OTH, please communicate directly with Tom via email at tabeles@tmn.com.

I know that you join me in wishing Camford Publishing and Tom success.

Jim

James L. Morrison morrison@unc.edu  
Professor of Educational Leadership CB 3500 
Peabody Hall Editor, On the Horizon UNC-Chapel Hill http://horizon.unc.edu  Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3500 Editor, The Technology Source Phone: 919 962-2517 http://horizon.unc.edu/ts  Fax: 919 962-1693

Forwarded by one of my best friends in life --- Dr. Wolff

The following is the Villanova Commencement Address given by Anna Quindlen (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

It's a great honor for me to be the third member of my family to receive an honorary doctorate from this great university. It's an honor to follow my great-uncle Jim, who was a gifted physician, and my Uncle Jack, who is a remarkable businessman. Both of them could have told you something important about their professions, about medicine or commerce. I have no specialized field of interest or expertise, which puts me at a disadvantage, talking to you today. I'm a novelist.

My work is human nature. Real life is all I know. Don't ever confuse the two, your life and your work. The second is only part of the first. Don't ever forget the words my father sent me on a postcard last year: "If you win the rat race, you're still a rat." Or what John Lennon wrote before he was gunned down in the driveway of the Dakota: "Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans."

You walk out of here this afternoon with only one thing that no one else has. There will be hundreds of people out there with your same degree; there will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you will be the only person alive who has sole custody of your life. Your particular life. Your entire life. Not just your life at a desk, or your life on a bus, or in a car, or at the computer. Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank account, but your soul.

People don't talk about the soul very much anymore. It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit. But a resume is cold comfort on a winter night, or when you're sad, or broke, or lonely, or when you've gotten back the test results and they're not so good.

Here is my resume. I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent. I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen, I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today, because I would be a cardboard cutout. But I call them on the phone, and I meet them for lunch. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh.

So here is what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house. Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast?

Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze over Seaside Heights, a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over the water gap or the way a baby scowls with concentration when she tries to pick up a cheerio with her thumb and first finger.

Get a life. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. Kiss your Mom. Hug your Dad. Get a life in which you are generous. Look around at the azaleas in the suburban neighborhood where you grew up; look at a full moon hanging silver in a black, black sky on a cold night. And realize that life is the best thing ever, and that you have no business taking it for granted.

I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my druthers, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all. I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that it is not a dress rehearsal, and that today is the only guarantee you get. I learned to look at all the good in the world and to try to give some of it back because I believed in it completely and utterly. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned. By telling them this: Consider the lilies of the field. Look at the fuzz on a baby's ear. Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a terminal illness because if you do you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived. Just keep your eyes and ears open the classroom is everywhere. The exam comes at the very end. No man ever said on his deathbed, "I wish I had spent more time at the office."

I found one of my best teachers on the boardwalk at Coney Island maybe 15 years ago. It was December, and I was doing a story about how the homeless survive in the winter months. He and I sat on the edge of the wooden supports, dangling our feet over the side, and he told me about his schedule, panhandling the boulevard when the summer crowds were gone, sleeping in a church when the temperature went below freezing, hiding from the police amidst the Tilt a Whirl and the Cyclone and some of the other seasonal rides. But he told me that most of the time he stayed on the boardwalk, facing the water, just the way we were sitting now even when it got cold and he had to wear his newspapers after he read them. And I asked him why. Why didn't he go to one of the shelters? Why didn't he check himself into the hospital for detox? And he just stared out at the ocean and said, "Look at the view, young lady. Look at the view."

And every day, in some little way, I try to do what he said. I try to look at the view. And that's the last thing I have to tell you today, words of wisdom from a man with not a dime in his pocket, no place to go, nowhere to be. Look at the view. You'll never be disappointed!

AccountingStudents Newsletter: March 14, 2000 http://www.accountingstudents.com 

1. Advanced Education: Preparing the CPA of Tomorrow 
2. Three Out of Four College Students Want to Dress Down 
3. Will You Be Working With the World Wide Web? 
4. Survey Results: Do you read Web sites' privacy policies? 
5. Site of the Week: Grassroots.com 
6. Tip of the Week: Taking the CPA Exam? Be Prepared for Federal Taxation

The Grassroots.com web site noted above is located at http://www.grassroots.com/ 
This is a good website for political news and an interactive channel for voters.

Political community, states Grassroots.com, is "a two-way interactive communication channel between voters, candidates, elected officials and interest groups." To ensure such interaction, the site provides great features, such as Take Action! This section of the site allows you to contact your representatives, join a chat or discussion group, make a proposal (still in development, due to launch in March), join a group (from defense to media), form a group, and donate to the groups you support.

March 18th edition of the Internet Essentials 2000 http://www.tiac.net/users/nhannon/news.html

1. SportsPages.com: One Stop Source for Sports Junkies 
2. Noncredited.net Gains a Place on Talk City 
3. Computer Always On? .....What are the Risks? 
4. 485,000 Credit Card Numbers Stolen 
5. CD Universe E-mail (security)and My Response 
6. AccountantsWorld.com earns Forbes' 'Best of the Web' Award 
7. What Users Do To Entertain Themselves Online 
8. The Top e-Merchant Sites From Business 2.0 (Iconocast) 
9. CFO Magazine's Mid-Range Accounting Software Review; The Year of the Internet

Pro2Net Accounting (formerly AccountingNet) Update http://accounting.pro2net.com  For the Week of March 20, 2000 

1. This Week's Accounting-Specific Headlines 
2. Sharpen Your Recruiting Skills 3
. Feature Articles for Public Accountants 
4. Swamped During Tax Season? 
5. This Week's Forum Spotlight 
6. Are You an Accountant AND a Writer? 
7. Survey Results: Which search engine do you prefer? 8. Our Tip of the Week

*Counterfeiters \kown-ter-fit-ers\: Workers who put together kitchen cabinets.

*Subdued \sub-dood'\: like a guy that works on one of those, like, submarines, man.

Debbie's Corner

From IWon.com's web page:
March 14, 2000
The mediocre teacher tells.
The good teacher explains.
The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires.
           - William Arthur Ward

This was something that I wanted to share with you. It was one of those "forwarded" along 
type of stories, but this one touches the heart...Debbie

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know 
someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my 
shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that 
lit up her entire being. She said, "Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm eighty seven years old. 
Can I give you a hug?" I laughed and enthusiastically responded, "Of course you may!" and she 
gave me a giant squeeze. "Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?" I asked. 
She jokingly replied, "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of children, 
and then retire and travel." "No seriously," I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to 
be taking on this challenge at her age. "I always dreamed of having a college education and now 
I'm getting one!" she told me. After class we walked to the student union building and shared a 
chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Everyday for the next three months we would 
leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this "time machine" 
as she shared her wisdom and experience with me. Over the course of the year, Rose became a 
campus icon and easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled 
in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up. At the end of the 
semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet and I'll never forget what she taught us. 
She was introduced and stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, 
she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned 
into the microphone and simply said, "I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this 
whiskey is killing me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know." 
As we laughed she cleared her throat and began: "We do not stop playing because we are old; 
we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, 
and achieving success: #1...."You have to laugh and find humor every day. #2...."You've got to have 
a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are 
dead and don't even know it!" #3...."There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. 
If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will 
turn twenty years old. If I am eighty seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything 
I will turn eighty eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to 
grow up by always finding the opportunity in change." #4...."Have no regrets. The elderly usually don't 
have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are 
those with regrets." She concluded her speech by courageously singing "The Rose." She challenged each 
of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives. At the year's end Rose finished the college degree 
she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. Over two 
thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example 
that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be.
Robert Harris
C.F.O. & V.P. Finance

Andrews University 

ACCOUNTING, ECONOMICS, AND FINANCE
The Department of Accounting, Economics, and Finance offers majors that are intellectually 
stimulating, professionally challenging, and rewarding. We endeavor to provide the best preparation 
possible for careers in business, government, academia, and the church. The faculty seeks to provide 
students with training and education which will qualify them for employment in a multicultural and 
global environment. A Christian education encourages an awareness of moral and ethical responsibilities 
in one's personal and professional life. It is in this context that the department holds up Jesus Christ as the 
best model for personal responsibility and development and seeks to encourage its students to follow His example.

Accounting

Accounting is the key to financial success and unlocks the door to today's business world. An accountant is the
 cornerstone of any enterprise, small or large. The Andrews University accounting major is designed to equip
 young business minds with the savvy to categorize and evaluate financial data and act as an information channel
 to management.
ACCT476: Accounting Information Systems
The planning and operation of electronic data processing systems in accounting and the use of the information
 generated for financial reporting and control.
Credits: 4
Prerequisite: ACCT113 and junior class standing.

AREA ATTRACTIONS:
Southwestern Michigan Tourist Council 

Antioch University Santa Barbara
Here's a fun course...Debbie
Integrative Yoga
MASTER OF ARTS IN PSYCHOLOGY - INTEGRATIVE YOGA
Teachers and practitioners of yoga have long understood the relationship between the mind and the body. 
Western researchers are now corroborating and expanding many of those ancient psychological insights.
 The result is a deeper understanding of the relationship between western psychology and yoga psychology for
 the development and maintenance of health and wellness. The integration of yoga and psychology provides a
 methodology for supporting wellness and strength in the physical body, balancing the mind and the emotions,
 and awakening the spirit.

Appalachian State University
Undergraduate course
ACC 3570. Accounting Systems and Internal Control (3). F;S.
An in-depth treatment of internal control and related accounting procedures; authorization and documentation; flowcharting, data flow diagrams, and scheduling. Design of information systems that process financial transactions for financial and management accounting, and to meet legal requirements for adequacy of accounting records and internal controls. Development of skills and expertise required for the study of contemporary accounting systems and internal auditing. Knowledge of a computer programming language is desirable but not essential.
Prerequisite: ACC 3100 with a minimum grade of C-. (COMPUTER)
Graduate Program:
The MBA degree is a professional degree program which prepares graduates for management 
positions in a technologically oriented, diverse, dynamic and global environment. High-quality 
instruction, the core mission of the College, seeks to develop a command of common skills 
and competencies of all graduates; analytical, communication, interpersonal, decision-making, 
knowledge about business practice, professional presence and ethical responsibilities. The MBA 
program also prepares students for doctoral study leading to careers in teaching and research.

Nice links....

Boone Community

Performing Arts

Arizona State University 

Ph.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in Computer Information Systems
OBJECTIVE
The objective of the Ph.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in Computer Information 
Systems is to prepare scholars for careers at leading educational institutions. This program allows 
students to develop the capability to review, analyze, conduct, and publish research through a series 
of research seminars and additional supporting course work. Ph.D. students are encouraged to work 
on on-going research projects with faculty members in the Computer Information Systems area.

E-Commerce courses offered at Arizona State: E-Commerce Central
Professor: Anol Bhattacherjee

Class Schedule:
Module 1: The Strategy of E-Commerce
Week 01: Introduction to E-Commerce
Week 02: The New Business Economy
Week 03: Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce
Week 04: Business-to-Business E-Commerce
Week 05: E-Commerce and Competitive Strategy

Module 2: The Technology of E-Commerce
Week 06: Network Infrastructure for E-Commerce
Week 07: Software tools for E-Commerce
Week 08: Security in E-Commerce
Week 09: Electronic Payment Systems

Module 3: Policy Issues in E-Commerce
Week 10: Economic, Legal, and Regulatory Issues
Week 11: Group Case Presentations

EC Resources:
CWorld emmerce
Business Week e.biz
Internet.com
Internet Week (CMP)
EC Technologies
NPR Report on E-Commerce

E-business Curriculum
The ASU MBA Day program incorporates e-business across the curriculum and in diverse formats to 
meet your needs and ultimately the needs of the 21st Century Marketplace. You will find an emphasis 
on e-business from the perspective of the managerial decision-maker as well as "hands-on" training and 
exposure to software. Many of our faculty have training in SAP and JD Edwards Enterprise Resource 
Planning (ERP) Systems and, depending on the specialization you choose, you can expect applications of 
these packages in your ASU MBA courses.

If you know any accounting educators with helpful materials on the web, please ask them to link their materials  in the American Accounting Association's Accounting Coursepage Exchange (ACE) web site at
http://www.rutgers.edu/Accounting/raw/aaa/ace/index.htm
Please send these professors email messages today and urge them to share as much as they can with the academy by easily registering their course pages with ACE.

ACE professors selected this week by Debbie Bowling

(This was a good example of having plenty of links to use for this course...Debbie)
Instructor First Name: J. Efrim Boritz
Institution: University of Waterloo
Course Title: Information System Control and Audit
Textbook: Computer Control and Audit Guide
Author(s): J. E. Boritz 

http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/ACCT/courses/acc651

Accounting 502/651
Information System Control and Audit
Course Description
This is an advanced course which presumes that students have adequate prior preparation in computing, 
system analysis and auditing. The course consists of five major parts: PART I deals with risks and related
control issues in organizations with computer-based systems as well as societal risks arising from poorly controlled
information systems. PART II deals with the management and control of computer-based systems. PART III deals 
with the study and evaluation of internal control in computer-based systems. PART IV covers a variety of 
computer-assisted audit techniques. PART V covers a variety of assurance services related to IT. Online Resources
Course Slides

(This site was also in Spanish...Debbie)

Instructor First Name: Enrique Bonson
Institution: University of Huelva (Spain)
Course Title: Management Accounting
Textbook: Management Accounting
Author(s): Atkinson, Banker, Kaplan, Young

http://giaca.uhu.es/giaca/cges.htm

AI in Accounting and Management

 Artificial Intelligence / Emerging Technologies Section. AAA.

 AAAI Special Interest Group on AI in Business IEEE Expert
 International Journal of Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management
 Intelligent Data Analysis - An International Journal
 Journal of Intelligent Systems

And that's the way it was on March 22, 2000 with a little help from my friends.  If you are an accounting practitioner or educator, please do not forget to scan http://www.accountingeducation.com/.

In March 2000 Forbes named AccountantsWorld.com as the Best Website on the Web --- http://accountantsworld.com/.

Professor Robert E. Jensen (Bob) http://www.trinity.edu/rjensen
Jesse H. Jones Distinguished Professor of Business Administration
Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212-7200
Voice: 210-999-7347 Fax: 210-999-8134  Email:  rjensen@trinity.edu  

March 15, 2000

 Click here to search Bob Jensen's web site if you have key words to enter --- Search Site.
This search engine may get you some hits from other professors at Trinity University included with Bob Jensen's documents, but this may be to your benefit.

Quotes of the Week:  

One of the real problems is that what students want versus what they need differ dramatically. Students want us to make complex material fun, easy, and crystal clear. They want us to teach as if we can pour knowledge into their brains like a stop at a full-service gas pump! But for their own good, they are better off struggling on their own with lots of sweat, stress, ambiguity, competition, and even fear. It's a pity that our brains tend to work better when things learned were not learned easy! Thus we have a conflict between what students want and what they really need. There are no easy shortcuts with or without technology.  One problem with technology is the urge to make learning unambiguous and crystal clear in hypertext and hypermedia routings.  But preparing students for ambiguities of life should entail learning to cope with ambiguities that do not have routing lights.  Students think learning should be on a lighted path when in fact the best learning entails groping in the dark.  Unfortunately students do not usually appreciate this until they graduate and discover that most roads in life are not lighted.
Bob Jensen in a message to George Lan (see below)

"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."
This was a quotation at the bottom of an email message (that was a tribute to Professor Ijiri) from Patrick Charles that was sent to the CPAS-L list this week.  The source of the quotation was not disclosed.
Patrick Charles [charlesp@MAIL.CWDOM.DM] 

Who's more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?"
From the movie Star Wars 

"The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."
William James

"The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it."
W.M. Lewis

An ounce of pretension is worth a pound of manure.
From the 1989 movie Steel Magnolias

"On the other hand, the early worm gets eaten."
Anon

"No man is ever old enough to know better."
Holbrook Jackson, Ladies' Home Journal, January 1950

"It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses. Hit it." 
Blues Brothers

 

From: George Lan, University of Windsor