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Mike Cole (mcole who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu)
Fri, 6 Oct 1995 08:03:03 -0700 (PDT)
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>Call for Papers
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>Special Symposium: Theoretical Perspectives on Information Technologies and
>Education
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>Guest Editors: Barbara Duncan and Pamela Salela
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>Papers on this topic are now being solicited for an upcoming issue of
>EDUCATIONAL THEORY. In order to be considered for this symposium,
>submissions should be sent in by March 1, 1996.
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>New information technologies are having widespread effects on our social
>and cultural practices and institutions, including schools. Yet it can be
>fairly asked whether these effects are beneficial or deleterious from an
>educational standpoint, or whether these changes affect different groups in
>unequal ways - some beneficially, others not. EDUCATIONAL THEORY will
>sponsor a symposium that reflects the distinct perspectives of different
>theoretical approaches (feminism, critical theory, liberalism,
>poststructuralism, eco-theory, etc.) in trying to understand and evaluate
>these changes.
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>Papers will be considered for this symposium if they deal centrally with
>questions relating to the significance of new technologies for changing
>educational aims and practices. For example, essays might explore the
>educational significance of:
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> - the formation of a global electroniccommunity;
> - new forms of communication in cyberspace;
> - the panopticon of global networking and information storage and retrieval;
> - the need to formulate new electronic communication policies (such as
>those dealing with privacy, intellectual property rights, harassment on the
>Internet, etc.);
> - issues of access and equity in using new technologies;
> - implications of "virtual reality" for definitions of self, community,
>and language;
> - exploring the shifting boundaries between public and private spheres
>brought about by the electronic information revolution.
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>In all of these areas, and others, different theoretical orientations have
>distinct contributions to offer in helping us to make sense of the changing
>educational environment brought about by new technologies. The symposium
>will provide an opportunity to expand this conversation.
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>Nicholas C. Burbules
>Department of Educational Policy Studies
>University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
>1310 South Sixth Street
>Champaign, IL 61820
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>Phone: 217-244-0919
>E-mail: burbules who-is-at uiuc.edu
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Susan Leigh Star
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois 123 LIS Building
501 East Daniel St.
Champaign, IL 61820 Phone: (217) 244-3280
FAX: (217) 244-3302 email: slstar who-is-at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
"The web of ten thousand dimensions in heaven and net on earth." -- Chinese
translation of "World Wide Web", Int'l Herald Tribune, 6/95