ERIC ED409883: ITED Newsletter, 1991-1997.

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ITED Newsletter, 1991-1997.
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ABSTRACT
This document consists of 6 years of newsletters (eight
issues) of the Industrial Training and Education Division (ITED) of the
Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). The ITED
Newsletter maintains communication about professional matters within the
Industrial Training and Education Division. This document contains
newsletters for the following dates: Spring 1991, February 1992, March 1992,
January 1993, March 1993, February 1994, January 1995, and January 1997.
Topics covered include: awards to ITED interns; minutes of ITED board
meetings; conference schedules; AECT issues; and articles on current topics
relating to instructional design, distance education, information technology,
focus groups, energy efficient computing, an addition to the AECT Code of
Ethics, and the effect of computer use on eye health and vision.
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ITED NEWSLETTER
Spring 1991
Industrial Training and Education Division, Association for Educational Communications and Technology
Training Awards
NSPI President Challenges
Return In October
Instructional Design Profs
By Chip Ingram
The ITED Training Awards are back!
By Robin Taylor
Marc Rosenberg, president of the National Society for Performance and Instruction
The ITED Training Awards Program
(NSPI), gave the keynote speech at the annual DID Luncheon in Orlando. An
honors outstanding industrial training
attentive group of over 50 instructional design professionals, including professors in
In the past, we have given
programs.
graduate ID programs, heard the appeal for radical changes in the preparation of
awards to exemplary technical and
instructional designers.
professional training programs in the
computer, and
military, finance,
The commentary also reflects on ID roles in business and an edited version appears
education fields.
here in the TIED Newsletter with the
permission of Marc Rosenburg.
An Awards Committee evaluates the
Job Aid for ITED
entries according to
criteria
like
Newsletter Writers
Building Bridges to Business:
of
objectives,
fulfillment
stated
Opportunities and Challenges
sufficiency of primary and support
The purpose of the TIED
Newsletter
is
materials, language style and clarity,
for Academia
to maintain communication about pro-
instructional design, production quality,
fessional matters within the Industrial
We will announce the
and others.
As NSPI President, I have traveled
Training and Education Division.
winners at the annual ITED Business
across the country and spoken to many
Meeting at the Washington, DC AECT
student interns, practitioners and
Send articles and announcements to
Conference next winter, as well as in the
training managers. Because I consider
the editor: Dr. Andrew R. J. Yeaman,
ITED Newsletter.
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the field, I am alarmed by the lack of
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I am beginning to see the trivialization
of instructional design, when strategic
Fall issue deadline: September 23.
Dr. Albert L Ingram
expansion is called for. I am concerned
Instructional and Training Technology
that instructional designers are not
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In this issue
Deadline for the submission of training
materials for the Training Awards
Program
October
15,
1991.
is
Intern receives $1,000 ITED award
2
Submission fee is $35 for ITED members
Florida makes AECT '91 a grand conference
and $50 for nonmembers. All materials
will be returned after the committee has
Paraguayan bank uses distance training
2
made its decisions.
Consultant describes success
Entries may be in the form of a media
Board acts after the Orlando Kaffee Klatsch
production or an effective curriculum or
3
course. Plaques will be presented to the
Election results and new plans announced
winners of 1992 ITED Training Awards
at the February Business Meeting.
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Paraguayan Bank
1) training materials designed for self
The most important lesson learned was
that AECT is a body of professionals
instruction
Chooses Distance
dedicated to the expansion of their
2) use of bank mail delivery
base by
Education For Staff
on
relying
3) use of branch managers as training
knowledge
themselves, as resources, to share their
supervisors.
expertise with others.
By Mary C. Muller
The training materials included audio
of networking
cassettes and print materials.
takes
opportunities
That
Consultancy
for
kind
commitment on the part of the presenters
instructional technologists often arise in
feasibility phase the
During the
and officers and allows other members
Third World technical assistance projects
participants in the development of the
the opportunity to gain first-hand
but usually the consultant has to convince
training system learned that
self
knowledge about new developments in
the client that innovation and change are
instruction demands a strict discipline
our field.
necessary.
and that
instructional technology
demands rigorous work.
Attending the convention in Orlando
This was not the case with the National
has prompted me to consider several
Development Bank of Paraguay where
The distance training was evaluated by
future alternatives.
the bank president specifically stated
the bank directors and managers as viable
that his organization needed distance
and worthwhile.
First, it has given me incentive to apply
training. As the consultant called upon
for a scholarship to attend the AECT
for this assignment I was particularly
Leadership Conference this summer in
pleased to discover this insight.
Scottsdale, Arizona, where I will have
Wisconsin-Stout Stu-
sharpen my
opportunity
the
to
Training programs designed for large
organizational skills.
scale organizations are fast becoming
dent Thanks
ITED
the latest professional challenge of
For Her $1,000 Intern-
instructional technologists not only in
Second, if (or when) I return to Montana,
I may pursue the formation of a local
industry here but also internationally.
ship "My Mid Winter
AECT chapter to afford professionals
Week's
Dream"
The National Development Bank of
there the same opportunities to share
the more densely
information as
Paraguay initiated a full scale training
program for all professional employees
populated states.
By Peggy Cordell
in 1981. Since then they have divided
Graduate Student, Media Technology
their staff development needs into three
University of WisconsinStout
Third, my options remain open in respect
the entry level, the middle
to choice of careers when I finish my
levels:
winding down from my
management level and the advanced
master's degree in August of this year.
After
level.
professional "high" and returning to the
There are so many different and varied
doldrums of graduate life, I have given
The growth of the bank and the
opportunities to pursue within this
considerable thought to the experience
proliferation of information technology
to follow a preselected
diverse field;
extended to me through ITED.
made it urgent for the planners in the
career path seems self limiting.
bank to look for innovative training.
Attending the AECT conference in
With 50 branch offices throughout a
As far as IIEL) is concerned, the division,
Orlando is a memory I will cherish.
country
with
underdeveloped
although small in number, is big in terms
was becoming
transportation
of quality. The officers and members
it
I sincerely hope to be at future AECT
are well organized and well informed
increasingly difficult and expensive to
annual conferences in the years to come.
meet training needs.
tightly woven group; yet welcoming of
new faces and new ideas.
The internship gave me opportunities
In 1988 the bank president decided to
that wereindeed learning experiences.
My thanks go out to the members of
These opportunities seemed very
use an instructional design which could
address the needs of cost containment
ITED, with special thanks to Joanne,
appropriate for an internship. They
and continuous updating of staff with a
Robin and Len.
included chairing sessions, attending
distance training system. The bank chose
division and council meetings, hosting
to experiment with a three component
the ITED booth, and attending social
You made possible my midwinter week's
system:
dream and for that I am eternally grateful.
events.
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3
Of The
Minutes
AECT has 37 resolutions of which 17
A review of the bylaws on September 4,
are related to convention issues.
1989 by the members of the ITED Board
ITED Board Meeting
generated these suggested revisions:
Joanne reported that she would be going
In Orlando, Florida
The President is responsible for the
to Washington this year for the planning
meeting. The theme is Capture the
budget.
Vision. Proposals have to be filled in
By Helena DeLeeuw
All executives are elected for a two year
completely before April 12, 1991. Three
copies will have to be submitted.
period. The Board of Directors serves a
The Industrial Training and Educational
Workshop proposals will have to be
one year term.
Division Annual Meeting was held at
approved.
the Orlando Marriot Hotel on Sunday,
A procedure for the removal of
February 12, 1991 at 10:00 am.
New President Len Arychuk reported
nonperforming officers was carried last
President Robin Taylor called the
September 1989.
the 1991 election results and named the
new Board:
meeting to order and introduced the ITED
A proposal was given by the President to
executives.
Past PresidentRobin Taylor
put together a revisal of these bylaws
PresidentLen Arychuk
and explanations. Unanimous.
Incoming PresidentLen Arychuk
President ElectJoanne Willard
President ElectJoanne Willard
SecretaryGerry Stoloff
Kurt had done some of these revisions
Members at LargeChip Ingram and
and they were presented to the President.
The state of the Division was disclosed:
Jim Stonge
It was noted that there is a lack of
Appointment:
Based on April 1, 1990, there are 286
guidance for people representing the
Newsletter EditorAndrew Yeaman
members.
division in AECT assembly/convention
planning/divisions/bylaws/other
activity for 1991 will be
A special
As of January 31, 1991 this fiscal year,
activities. Robin announced that she is
creating a new image for the ITED booth.
there are 133 credited members.
working on a management handbook to
The $1,000 convention internship will
$2,286 is left in the budget.
assist in communicating procedures and
These
expectations to current executives,
continue in 1992 . The exemplary training
monies will be used for program planning
directors
future
awards will be organized by Chip
officers.
and
in Washington, DC this year, along with
Outstanding acceptance. This handbook
Ingram.
other general operational expenses
will be transferred from year to year to
each set of officers.
Meeting adjourned.
Joanne reported that ITED sponsored
three workshops, 13 sessions and one
The assembly delegates for next year
year's AECT
internship
this
at
will be Robin, Joanne and Len. The
Conference.
Quote Of The Month
alternates will be Chip Ingram and Kurt.
1990 intern, was
Peggy Cordell,
'Trust in what you love, continue
Concerns for future AECT conventions:
introduced. She is studying in Media
to do it, and it will take you where
the University of
Technology at
you need to go. And don't worry
A decision has been made by the national
Wisconsin.
too much about security. You will
office to pull out of Infocomm and do
eventually have a deep security
our conventions alone or join with
Peggy chaired three sessions and
when you begin to do what you
another group or groups.
attended assembly and business meetings
want. How many of us with our
and general interest sessions. Her duties
big salaries are actually secure
It is in our best interest to consider input,
included observing AECT operations.
approval and funding for convention
anyway?"
Originally she had taken out a loan to
attendance.
come to this convention and was very
Natalie Goldberg (1986, p. 2)
pleased to be chosen as our intern to
The AECT Conference must have more
enhance the study of leadership skills.
Writing Down The Bones:
than K-12 content to adequately
Freeing The Miter Within.
represent the field of educational
Joanne noted that Peggy was selected
Boston: Shambhala.
communications and technology.
from four applicants.
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Marc Rosenberg Speaks AtAECT Orlando Convention
The opportunity lies in the interdepen-
working under constraints. They do not
Continued from page 1
dence of training and performance im-
know what to skip and what not to skip.
provement on results, competitiveness,
Thus, the ID process takes too long and
Successes
frustrates management.
and productivity. This has implications
Instructional design has come a long
for the context in which ID is taught,
way in the past two decades. ID is being
specifically in getting students to con-
embraced in organizations throughout
"Training is important
sider the interrelationship between train-
the world. The "technology" of ID has
ing and other performance improvement
become universally accepted, and there
only as it contributes
and business interventions, and to inte-
is less argument around the basic con-
grate these interventions within ID.
cepts of the field. The field is maturing.
to business results."
Through internships, most students who
The Movement from Learning to Per-
get jobs in business have some practical
formance and Business Results
The opportunity here is to teach a more
background. The employability of your
The measurement of success of ID
flexible approach to ID, including rapid
graduates is high. However, the current
projects based on learning gain is insuf-
prototyping and concurrent design. Fur-
recession may slow the growth some-
ficient. The opportunity is to re-center
ther, we as a profession must do more to
what; there is already a decline in the
our results orientation squarely on
educate management about the benefits
number of internships being offered.
Kirkpatrick's level three and four evalu-
of our technology and get them involved
ations. Senior executives want perfor-
as our partners in preparing future pro-
Corporate training managers are getting
mance and care far less than we'd like to
fessionals.
more involved in the profession. For
think about learning. When you teach
example, the NSPI Advocates program
students evaluation strategy based solely
The Need for Strategic Involvement
provides opportunities for essential part-
on measurement of learning, you may
ID is a "tactical" process, designed to
nerships between the two groups.
be instilling a results orientation that is
develop effective and efficient learning
Opportunities and Challenges
inconsistent with the needs of business.
programs for which others often must
devise the strategic implications. This
We are characterized, for the most part,
The Need for a Long Term Look at
as a tactical, overhead, and service-ori-
means fitting ID and its products into the
Career s
life of the business, and understanding
ented function within business organi-
Careers in ID are, because of their tacti-
zations. The opportunity is for current
its impact and contribution to organiza-
cal nature, entry level. Some very good
tional effectiveness, competitiveness,
alumni and future graduates to become a
ID practitioners may become supervi-
productivity, earnings, etc.
more strategic, business investment-ori-
sors of their peers and an extraordinary
ented force within the organization. The
individual may become a training man-
challenge for us is how to get there.
CEOs care little, if at all, about ID. They
ager. But business decisions dictate what
care greatly about performance. In glo-
And the time is now. Human capital,
training does, and rarely does a training
bal business strategy, training is impor-
tant only as it contributes to business
performance, productivity and competi-
person rise to a business decision level.
tiveness are at the top of the business
results.
Continues on page 5
agenda. More attention than ever is
being given to people: employees, ex-
ecutives, and customers.
IT stands for Information Technology
This is the key: To prepare your gradu-
ates to contribute in this environment,
the academic community must be pre-
Much training should be eliminated.
pared to consider some important chal-
lenges.
Much training is really information dissemination.
Training is expensive and ought to be a last resort.
The Demand for Flexibility and Re-
sponsiveness
Information technology is appropriate.
Graduates tend to stick to "the" ID model
they were taught. They lack flexibility,
especially in improving efficiency and
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Marc Rosenburg Speaks
tion technology and be comfortable in
they prove their worth? Are they getting
a long-term view of their careers?
teaching it.
Continued from page 4
Production versus Design
"Business needs you,
The result is that IDers leave the field in
Since I have been at AT&T, I have never
order to rise in the company, or leave the
but they need you in
done media production. Yet my media
company to become consultants (usu-
training has helped me communicate
their world."
ally, tactical consultants). Before this
with production people and evaluate their
decision is made though, the morale of
outputs. That training took almost one-
IDers can become very low.
half of my courses and we cannot afford
Can they work in information technol-
all that time any more. Can you com-
ogy? Do they have the right balance of
The opportunity is here to help students
press it?
production and design training? Are you,
understand typical career paths for them-
the ID faculty, making a serious effort to
selves by looking ten or more years into
"Do faculty them-
communicate to the people who employ
the future. Teaching a business and stra-
the large majority of your graduates?
selves need intern-
tegic orientation, perhaps through part-
nerships with business schools, can be
These are the challenges I believe you
ships?"
really helpful.
face in building bridges to business. I
can tell you that there are great opportu-
The Rise of Information Technology
nities there. Business needs you, but
In more and more companies, especially
Perhaps by limiting production experi-
they need you in their world. Success
outside the training department, IT does
ences to computers and video, you can
here may be the biggest challenge of all.
not stand for Instructional Technology
teach better design, selection and evalu-
but stands for Information Technology.
ation of media within shorter time frames.
More and more, we are asked to create
information programs and systems, to
Notes From The Editor's
The Need for Strengthening Faculty
write documentation, and to create per-
Influence on Business
Electronic Workstation
formance support systems.
There isn't a business manager I know,
MINNOMMENNOI
and very few training managers, who
Marc Rosenburg's speech raises
read the ID literature. The fact is, most
"Senior executives
important questions about our
faculty write to each other. Business
field. Not only are many organi-
people make consultants rich because
zations in the information busi-
want performance and
theycommunicate the advances to busi-
ness but also training and educa-
ness in ways it can digest and apply.
care far less than we'd
tion are becoming commodities.
Why don't we get articles in the Har-
Jean-Francois Lyotard's The Post-
like to think about
modern Condition describes fur-
vard Business Review'? Why aren't ID
ther changes in knowledge.
academics cited in the myriad of articles
learning."
on education and training that have ap-
Robin Taylor's report sets a high
peared in Business Week over the last
standard for the ITED Newsletter
year?
The opportunity here is fourfold: (1) to
and contributions of similar depth
acknowledge that much training should
are invited. Also, an expansion of
As more and more students opt for busi-
be eliminated; (2) to understand that
my piece on Human Factors from
ness careers, you might ask how many
much training is really information dis-
the last TIED Newsletter appears
of you have worked extensively in this
semination, and that the two are quite
on pages 19-21 of the November
environment. Do faculty themselves
1990 Training & Development
different; (3) to recognize that training is
need internships?
Journal.
expensive and ought to be a last-resort
intervention; and (4) to understand that
Here is a question for consider-
Conclusion
information technology is appropriate
ation. By what criteria would you
To meet these challenges in a reasonable
for us to pursue.
rate theJTED Newsletter? See
time frame requires new thinking within
Donald L. Kirkpatrick's chapter
the academic community. Can your
Successful practitioners will be those
in the 1987 Training and Devel-
graduates be more flexible in their pro-
who recognize these distinctions and
opment Handbook. Reaction?
cesses? Can they become strategic part-
can affect results in either arena. Aca-
Learning? Behavior? Results?
ners with their business leaders? Can
demic programs must accept informa-
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6
Qualitative Studies Eligible For $500 Special Research Award
A special prize of $500 from the ECT
Applicants are encouraged to examine not appear anywhere in the manuscript
Foundation will be awarded for the best
these three books:
except on the cover sheet.
qualitative research report on educa-
tional communications and technology.
Entry form
Jaeger, R. M. (Ed.) (1988). Complemen-
The Special Research Award is spon-
A completed entry form must accom-
tary methods for research in education.
sored by RTD and is open to qualitative
pany manuscript copies. Copies of the
Washington, DC: American Educational
studies of all instructional areas includ-
Research Association. full competition announcement with in-
ing industrial training and education.
structions and an entry form may be
Kirk, J. & Miller, M. L (1986). Reliabil-
obtained from:
In addition to $500, the winner will
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AECT, 1025 Vermont Avenue, N.W.
receive a certificate of achievement and
Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
#820, Washington, DC 20036, Atten-
present the paper at the 1992 AECT
tion: Special Research Award.
Convention.
Miles, M. B. & Huberman, A. M. (1984).
Qualitative data analysis: A sourcebook
Submissions
Qualitative theories and methods may
ofnew methods. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Entries must be postmarked by Septem-
be applied from areas such as cultural
ber 15, 1991. Send a completed entry
anthropology, history, social psychol-
Manuscripts must be less than 35 double
form and six manuscript copies to:
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ogy and sociology.
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cording to the Publication manual of the
Research Award, Instructional Technol-
Anyone may enter. Submitted papers
American Psychological Association:
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must report an original, unpublished
Third edition. Manuscripts will undergo
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
qualitative research investigation.
blind review. The author's name should
82071.
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February 1992
Industrial Training and Education Division, Association for Educational Communications and Technology
AECT Discusses
Board Member Calls For Action
Merger With ISTE
by Jim Stonge ITED Board Member, AECT Board Member elected by the
AECT Affiliated Organizations Council, FETA Chair and Past President.
The AECT Board of Directors has be-
This will be an extremely important convention for determining what happens to
gun discussions with the International
AECT. A merger may take place with ISTE, the International Society for Technology
Society for Technology in Education
in Education.
(ISTE) Board of Directors on a variety
of topics that will make a stronger Asso-
Industrial training and corporate education should be part of this future. The leaders
ciation in the future.
of AECT and the division officers will listen to the members' voices to assist in
making the best decisions. ITED members need to be sure their voices are heard so
ISTE is the leading professional society
that AECT continues to represent their interests.
serving the educational computing field
and was formed when the International
A goal established by AECT last sum-
Council for Computers in Education and
mer was to not be a dying organiza-
the International Association for Com-
Job Aid for ITED
tion. Three alternatives seem possible.
puting in Education merged in 1989.
Newsletter Writers
The first is to die. The second is to plod
ISTE is the administrative headquarters
along. The third is to grow.
for NECC, providing conference, man-
The purpose of the ITED Newsletter is
agement, and coordination support.
The last choice is the preferred sce-
to maintain communication about pro-
ISTE currently has approximately 6,700
nario. However, being viable requires
fessional matters within the Industrial
members.
an involved membership.
Training and Education Division.
Officers for ISTE met with the AECT
This is your opportunity to get active.
Send articles and announcements to:
Board of Directors in August, and the
Serious work needs to be done that is
Dr. Andrew R. J. Yeaman,
AECT and ISTE Executive Committees
dependent on members identifying
Yeaman & Associates,
met in October to establish the frame-
their concerns and acting.
601 West Eleventh Avenue #1103
work for future discussions on topics
Denver, CO 80204-3555
including joint memberships, joint pub-
The AECT organization is going to
lications, joint conventions, and other
change one way or another. The Asso-
Telephone: [phone]
types of cooperative efforts.
ciation will not exist in five years with
the structure that it has today. ITED
Spring issue deadline: March 13
The rapid merging of the educational
issues such as nontraditional learning
computing technologies ISTE members
are essential to our field but may only
Submit both hard copy and text file on
work with, into the instructional tech-
computer disk. Call first to arrrange
be included if we speak out. Our voices
nologies AECT members work with,
must be heard. If you speak loud
transmission by fax or email.
provides the common ground between
enough, the change can be your change.
the two associations.
Both AECT and ISTE have strengths
In this issue
that are complimentary to one another.
Working together on joint activities and
projects, the two associations can have a
Dick Cornell responds to Marc Rosenburg
4
greater impact and exert more influence
than either association can alone.
How to make your CEO realize your value
Division sponsors conference sessions
The AECT Board of Directors has sched-
6
uled a special Board Hearing during the
Washington, DC is the site of this year's Kaffee Klatsch
1992 convention to give members an
opportunity to express their views con-
New members invited to join RED
8
cerning the relationship being devel-
Send in a membership form today
oped with ISTE.
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Canadian Training Project Gives Technical Assistance To Tanzania
plans, training aids, and evaluation
Potentially, this will be a very interest-
Technical Training Associates Interna-
schemes. Developed, in co-operation
ing contract, with many learner and pre-
tional and the British Columbia Institute
senter views in a society different from
of Technology, Vancouver, British Co-
with local educators, practical and theo-
the North American Continent. Good
lumbia, Canada is presently offering
retical training programmes capable of
International and 1TED future presenta-
technical assistance to the National In-
being adapted to the requirements of the
stitute of Transport. The contract start
tion material.
local work force. Assisted in the design
date, at the time of writing is pending.
of workshops, selection and installation
of workshop equipment.
The team members are specialists with
Dar es Salaam (meaning "Haven of
experience in a variety of developing
Peace") is located on the east coast of
countries. In addition each member has
Africa in Tanzania. Dar is a beautiful
substantial knowledge in skill based prac-
In from three to eight years, we will have
tical training, and curriculum develop-
city, around one million and a half popu-
a machine with the general intelligence of
ment. BCIT has been providing practi-
lation with a rich cosmopolitan culture.
an average human being. I mean a machine
The harbour is fringed with palms and
cal training services for 25 years to thou-
that will be able to read Shakespeare,
sands of Canadians including pedagogi-
mangroves and it is one of the few places
in the world where you can see Arab
cal training of faculty in practical pro-
grease a car, play office politics, tell a
duction-oriented training techniques,
dhows and dugout canoes amongst ocean
joke, have a fight. At that point, the
skills-based curriculum development
freighters and liners.
machine will begin to educate itself with
and provision of customized pro-
fantastic speed. In a few months, it will be
Official languages are Swahili and En-
grammes for students from abroad.
glish. Zanzibar is only a few hours away
at genius level, and a few months after
and so are safaris and botanical gardens.
Len Arychuk, ITED President, who has
that, its power will be incalculable.
been selected as the Automotive Engi-
Marvin Minsky (1970) quoted by
Tanzania is comparable in size to the
neering Specialist, is a qualified master
Theodore Roszak in The Cult of
State of California. The climate varies
mechanic and pedagogue. His expertise
Information (1986, p. 122)
from tropical to cool highlands, 98 to 70
will blend with NIT faculty to develop
It is recommended to wear
degrees F.
their practical teaching and skills-based
light tropical clothing all year round.
A technology is a design for instrumental
curriculum development.
Evenings can be cool so bring along a
action that reduces the uncertainty in the
On a recent two-year assignment in In-
light jacket or sweater. The rainy season
cause-effect relationships involved in
donesia, Len's responsibilities were to
is March through May.
achieving a desired outcome.
improve the quality of teaching of pro-
Everett M. Rogers, Diffusion of
Currency is a Tanzanian shilling worth
grammes in automobile, commercial
about 90 per US Dollar or 175 per Brit-
transport, diesel engine and small en-
Innovations (1983, p. 12)
ish Pound.
gine mechanics.
The night manager came back, holding
The Tourist Industry has about 60,000
Presently, Len is developing course lines
the check as he might a used disposable
visitors annually.
for apprenticeship training in Commer-
cial Transport Mechanics and Heavy
diaper. "They stopped payment on this."
Sites to see are plentiful: Lakes Malawi,
Duty Mechanics.
"The banks are closed, how'd they do
Manyara, Tanganyika and Victoria;
that?"
Gombe and Serengeti National Parks;
In addition to this, in the past, he has
He spent his work life here explaining
Mkomazi and Selous Game Reserves;
developed distant learning programmes
and of course, Mt Kilimanjaro, 8904
for the Open Learning Institute and the
reality to the herds of computer-illiterate
Knowledge TV Network for British
metres high and snow capped.
who crowded in and out of the store. "The
Columbia and the Canadian North.
computer," he began gently, once again,
Food is great!!!! Traditional African,
"never has to sleep, or even go take a
Chinese, Indian and many Vegetarian
At BCIT, aside from his teaching load,
Restaurants. Lots of seafood and a good
Len has assisted instructors to develop
break. It's like it's open 24 hours a day...."
steak is possible. Ideal for the enthusiast
learning objectives, design instructional
Thomas Pynchon, Vineland (1990,
packages, develop curricula, lessons
at heart.
p. 91)
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