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Jl j Kids’ lives depend on it. | KMH .100 s. 17th St. Li gRlffl 1 Jncoln, NK 6X508 402-474-2335 NU President Smith testifies for Web teaching network ByKafceGrafel StaffWrtier In an effort to further the Congressional Web-based Education Commission^ develop ment of online distance education policy, University of Nebraska President L. Dennis Smith testified July 19 about a proposal that has been in the works for six years. Smith presented a plan for a network of training facilities that would be known as die National Centers for the Use of Information Technology in Education (NOTE). “The development of NOTE at strategic locations across the country would provide the facili ties needed by both public and pri vate post-secondary institutions, as well as by the K-12 sector;” Smith said in his testimony. Smith said that according to , NU% Distance Education Council, ’ faculty members are reluctant to incorporate technology into their courses because of their own lack nf twrhnnlngiral ^ratinn The proposed centers would have die following functions: ■ Research into how students best learn dirough computer-based courses. ■ Research into how such courses should be structured. ■ Training for teachers on all levels in how to make use of tech •• This proposal would be very powerful if there were a number of universities coming together." Janet Poley president, American Distance Education Consortium no logy in the classroom. • ■Training for post-secondary educators in how to design and deliver effective computer-mediat ed courses. ■ Cooperation among institu tions of higher education in devel oping state-of-the-art courses. Janet Poley, president of the American Distance Education Consortium, said NOTE is only one of many such ideas. “This proposal would be very powerful if there were a number of universities coming together,” Poley said. ADEC serves a similar func tion as the proposed NOTE. ADEC is a group of 60 major state universities and land-grant colleges, which together offer an opline catalog of hundreds of courses. Poley said they also train faculty and work on policies. While some courses are offered by more than one individ ual school, Poley said that “an increasing number of courses are developed by tmiversities working together” Poley has team-taught Mass Media and Government with UNL broadcasting professor Larry WaUdin. Currently Poley is also a student of Pennsylvania State University, taking an online Web master training course through ADEC. “I really think that people who are making statements about dis tance education,” Poley said, “ought to have taught via distance education and even been a student via distance education.” Although thousands of cours es, as well as high school diplomas and college decrees, are currently offered online, Smith said there are stiff two issues that need to be dealt with: intellectual property rights ' and the relatively high cost ofWeb based education. As for intellectual property rights, Smith said, “some serious academic and legal work needs to be done in this area.” Smith said the problem of cost will requhe cooperation between institutions as well as federal and state funding. Downtown July Jamm starts today From staff reports A trip downtown this week end may seem out of the ordinary as Lincoln will be transformed into a mecca of music, art and food for July Jamm 2000. The ninth annual festival, produced by the Updowntowners, will feature 34 hours of music on two stages, along with exhibits from 16 artists, said Randy Hawthorne, Updowntowners president-elect. Patrons will get a taste of jazz, blues and reggae music as well as a chance to try a variety of food, including Greek, Indian and Asian delicacies from the festival’s 13 vendors, he said. For the art connoisseur, there Summer Daily Nebraskan Editor Tim Karstens Associate Editor Sam MdCewon Quoatlona? Com moots? 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The music begins 5:00 tonight and ends 12:30 a.m. Eight bands will perform Friday, with shows running all day from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. The fes tival will wrap up Saturday with performances from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Hawthorne said. Featured bands include the Rumba Club, Roy Gaines, Deanna Bogart, Lil* Ed and die Blues Imperials, Sista Monica and Walter “Wolfman” Washington, he said. Hawthorne said he was look- , ing forward to this year’s event because it will run Thursday ‘ through Saturday, rather than Friday through Sunday, as it has in the past. “There’s a lot of new and exciting tilings,” he said. Proceeds from the event will benefit downtown Lincoln, he said.