Subject:      Technology seminar 1/20/99

Faculty:

Agriculture Communication invites you to attend a campus-wide
Information Technology seminar, to be presented on January 20 by Dr.
Kevin Gamble, Director of Extension Technology Services at North
Carolina State University.

Wednesday, January 20, 1999
8:30 to 10:00 a.m.
Century Theater, Memorial Union

"How Information Technologies Are Changing the Way We Work"

Dr. Kevin Gamble will highlight national collaborative projects and
their innovative use of information technologies. He will explore the
critical need to establish working relationships across disciplinary,
organizational, and geographical boundaries to make such projects
succeed.

About the speaker:

Dr. Kevin Gamble has a wealth of experience in information
technology. He serves as the director of Extension Technology
Services at North Carolina State University. This department is one of
the undisputed leaders in information technology in the land grant
system. In addition to the programs they provide for NCSU, they host
web sites for 4-H, A*DEC, CYFERNet, the Sustainable Ag Network (SARE)
and others. Kevin is a team member of CYFERNet, the Children, Youth,
and Family Education and Research Network, and serves on the A*DEC
Program Panel. He is currently leading a collaborative project with
technology educators from Iowa State University, NCSU, North Dakota
State University,  Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University,
and West Virginia University. The project "Teaching Teachers to Teach
via the World Wide Web" will help university educators develop,
design, and deliver interactive World Wide Web-based instruction for
non-formal courses.

This seminar is open to all NDSU faculty and staff. Please share this
announcement with others who may not be subscribed to this mailing
list.
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Rhonda Conlon <rconlon@ndsuext.nodak.edu>
Microcomputer Specialist
NDSU Agriculture Communication
Phone (701) 231-1009
FAX (701) 231-6319