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From: Clifford Lynch <cliff@cni.org>
Subject: NSF Cyberlearning Task Force Report Available
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This year, I have had the opportunity to serve on a task force 
established jointly by the US National Science Foundation's Office of 
Cyberinfrastructure and the Directorate for Education and Human 
Resources which looked at issues involving the use of 
cyberinfrastructure to advance teaching and learning, complementing 
much of the earlier discussion of cyberinfrastructure which has 
focused on research.  This group was chaired by Professor Chris 
Borgman at UCLA, and included a very diverse set of participants.

The report, which is titled Fostering Learning in the Networked 
World: The Cyberlearning Opportunity and Challenge, is now available 
at

http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08204


I think that the report contains a great deal to think about, and 
covers a very broad range of issues; I'd urge you to at least have a 
look at the executive summary.

The closing plenary at the Fall CNI meeting taking place in December 
in Washington, DC,  will be looking at some of the issues raised by 
the report.


Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI