[PN] Recent articles (15 May 2004)

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* Reference Websites

Latest short articles while adjusting to a new situation in Osaka:

"Using English and the Internet could foster a 
Cultural Revolution in Japan"
Tokyo: Child Research Net, Home Page Topics for Discussion, May 14, 2004
http://www.childresearch.net/cgi-bin/topics/column.pl?no=00213&page=1

"Leadership in Introducing Educational Technology in Japan"
President's Corner, WAOE Electronic Bulletin (WEB), May 2004
World Association for Online Education - http://www.waoe.org/
http://waoe.org/communication/webframe8-maraprmay2004.htm

A more substantial journal paper with co-authors from several countries 
has been made available by Dr. Kinshuk in New Zealand (PDF download):

"Cultural Sensitivity in Voluntary Virtual 
Professional Development Communities"
Indian Journal of Open Learning
Special Issue on Web-Based Education and Training
New Delhi, India: Indira Gandhi National Open University 
(September 2000)
http://infosys.massey.ac.nz/~kinshuk/papers/ijol_2000.pdf

* Periodical article

Dancing Alone
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
"For the Bush crowd, getting re-elected and staying loyal to the 
conservative base is more important that getting Iraq right."
New York Times, 13 May 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/13/opinion/13FRIE.html

Collegially, Steve McCarty
Professor, Osaka Jogakuin College, Japan
Online library: http://www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp/~steve_mc/epublist.html
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