During the 1997-98 academic year, Cornell faculty and students will have the opportunity to learn more about the instructional and research uses of information technologies in the humanities through a series of humanities symposia sponsored by Academic Technology Services, Cornell Library and the Graduate School.
The six symposia constitute the second aspect of a three-stage effort to introduce instructional technology to scholars as well as to train faculty and graduate students in the use of various technology tools.
The first stage was a joint effort of Cornell and Princeton universities. Cornell sent 10 graduate students to participate in the one-week "New Tools for Teaching and Research" seminar at Princeton in June. That seminar, sponsored and initiated by Princeton, included presentations by faculty and hands-on computing instruction by Cornell Library and Academic Technology Center (ATC) staff.
The first speaker at Cornell, James Noblitt, University of North Carolina research professor and fellow of the Institute for Academic Technology, will be looking at how new technology presents an opportunity to re-examine the traditional problem of balancing theory and practice in instruction. "Information Technology for Teaching and Learning: Redefining Authenticity" is open to the Cornell community Friday, Sept. 12, at 2 p.m. in 100 Caldwell Hall.
Cornell faculty presenting over the course of the year include: Tim Murray (English); Stuart Davis (English); Geri Gay (Communication); Kent Hubbell (Architecture), Marilyn Rivchin (Theatre Arts), David Borden (Music) and Stan Bowman (Art). The final presentation will be given by Jerry Goldman (Political Science) from Northwestern University.
The third stage of the year-long focus on technology and teaching will be "Intensive Faculty Training in the Use of Tools and Resources" for the humanities, arts and languages faculty, planned for spring break 1998.
Chat (IRC) no longer available through Bear Access
Chat was removed as a Bear Access service with the Fall 1997 release of Bear Access in July 1997. Both the IRC server and the public Bear Access client were shut down on Aug. 11.
Why is the service being shut down?
·In January 1997, Cornell's Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server was cut off from the rest of the network known as EFnet to which it was connected. This was due to a policy change on the part of the administrators of the core EFnet servers.
·The Chat client included with Bear Access often will not work for connecting to off-campus servers because it appears to be a clone more than one IRC session with the same user ID and host name and those servers don't allow clones.
·Since Chat is not needed for university business, CIT cannot invest its resources in developing and supporting a new service at this time.
If you would like to continue using IRC, you will need to obtain your own IRC software and find a server to connect it to. To help you, CIT has compiled a list of Web sites (which you can find at http://www.cit.cornell.edu/cit-pubs/misc/chat.html) that contain information about using IRC. Please note, however, that CIT does not currently support the use of these clients, and the HelpDesk will not be able to answer questions about them.
For more information, see http://www.cit.cornell.edu/cit-pubs/misc/chat.html. If you have questions or comments about this change in service, please send e-mail to BA-Feedback-L@cornell.edu.
HelpDesk extends hours for beginning of semester
From Aug. 22 through Oct. 1, the Academic Technology Services (ATS) HelpDesk has extended its telephone hours. Regular walk-in and telephone hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Until Oct. 1, telephone hours are extended to Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
The HelpDesk is located in 119 CCC. For more information or to contact the HelpDesk, visit its Web site at http://www.cit.cornell.edu/helpdesk/; send e-mail to helpdesk@cornell.edu; or contact them by telephone at 255-8990.
The first section of this column was written by Lindsay Hamilton. The column is compiled and edited by Daisy Dailey of CIT.