ROLE OF EDUCATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS IN CREATING TELECOMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE

这是技术教育研究中心（Technical Education Research Centers, Inc.， TERC）提出的一项建议，旨在通过召开教育远程办公联盟成立会议，并开展后续组织活动，集中关注教育远程办公的需求。该联盟的目标是通过鼓励以尽可能低的费用向学校提供高质量的远程办公学习来改善教育。该联盟将通过集中提供给成员的资金和寻求政府和企业的额外资金，创建和传播教育远程通信软件和数学和科学课程。该联盟还将协调网络和主机的建立和相互联系。该协会的成立会议暂定于1991年4月18日至19日在剑桥举行，有55人参加，其中25人将由请求的资金资助。TERC将承担会议的费用，预计企业赞助商将提供更多资金。这个联盟的成立代表了教育改革的一个新发展。这是一种有意识的尝试，采用一种策略，将各州、各省、公司和其他对教育感兴趣的人的兴趣和资源集中起来，创建和共享软件、课程和专业知识。它设想的主要是公共传播机制，这可能导致学校一级的大量节省。虽然有一些独特的因素有利于这一特殊努力的成功，但这个联盟的想法可能在国家科学基金会感兴趣的其他领域也有应用。会议还提供了一个独特的机会来决定和影响各州和其他组织关于教育远程办公的规划。这笔赠款的成果之一将是广泛散发一份总结这些问题的报告。本项目由先进技术与科学应用计划和数学教育网络计划联合支持。

This is a proposal from the Technical Education Research Centers, Inc. (TERC) to focus attention on the needs of educational telecomputing by holding a founding meeting for a Consortium on Educational Telecomputing with follow-on organizational activities. The goal of the Consortium is to improve education by stimulating the provision of quality telecomputing-based learning at the lowest possible cost to schools. This Consortium would create and disseminate education telecomputing software and curriculum in mathematics and science both by pooling funding available to members and by seeking additional funding from government and business. The Consortium would also coordinate the establishment and interconnection of networks and hosts. The founding meeting of the Consortium is tentatively scheduled for Cambridge April 18-19, 1991 with 55 participants of which 25 will be subsidized by the requested funding. TERC is contributing to the costs of the meeting and additional funding is expected from corporate sponsors. The establishment of this Consortium represents a novel development for educational reform. It is a conscious attempt to employ a strategy of pooling interests and resources available to states, provinces and corporations and others interested in education to create and share software, curricula and expertise. It envisions essentially public dissemination mechanisms which could result in substantial savings at the school level. Although there are unique factors which favor the success of this particular effort, the Consortium idea might have application in other areas of interest to the NSF. The conference also provides a unique opportunity to both determine and influence the planning of the states and other organizations concerning educational telecomputing. One of the results of the grant will be the broad dissemination of a report that summarizes these issues. This project is jointly supported by the programs for Applications of Advanced Technology and Science & Mathematics Education Networks.