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President's
Message
October
2002
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Greetings!
It's my pleasure to welcome you to ISTE's SIGTel Bulletin. We've
moved from
our former paper journal to this medium for a number of reasons. These
include:
- changes in cost production that should reduce production and
shipping costs
- easier access to the publication by some international members
- the ability to apply new publishing techniques (our editors have
requested
that they be able to include video streaming) and flexibility and
fluidity
in publication
Our two new editors, Tuiren Bratina and Zella Boulware from the
University
of North Florida, have posted information about themselves along with
a call
for articles, reviewers, advertising to our colleagues and suggestions
for improving
the Bulletin. You can read this information on our About
page. Please help us make the Bulletin a model online professional
publication
that is a "must have" for all folks interested in telelearning. Please
help
us make it easy for Tuiren and Zella to succeed as editors by
providing the
help they are seeking. For example, you might want to serve as a
reviewer or
even submit an article for possible publication. Their enthusiasm and
diligence
to the Bulletin is excellent and will only flourish with our support!
In relation to the Bulletin, I want to thank Past President Betsy Frederick
for her diligence in moving SIGTel's publishing efforts forward and online.
The editor of SIGTel's Journal of Online Learning in 2000 was Dr. Terresa
Gibney, who became ill and was unable to continue in the role. Dr. James Bartlett,
a faculty member at the University of Illinois at the time, ably served as interim
editor until a new job required him to relinquish the role last year. As president,
Betsy invested time and energy finding a more permanent editor. Last fall, she
worked with ISTE staff to review information provided about each candidate and
recommended Tuiren and Zella to our board and ISTE staff for approval. We appreciate
Betsy's efforts on our behalf in relation to the Bulletin. The twists and curves
were certainly not by design. She endured and moved SIGTel forward. We have
the potential with our outstanding new editors to achieve great success once
again—this time online!
Thanks again to all our past editors, associate editors, and Betsy
for their
efforts to make the Bulletin a valuable part of SIGTel membership
benefits!
Tuiren and Zella, lead on!
Sally Bair
SIGTel President
sbair@epix.net
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