--- Forwarded Message from Mike Ledgerwood <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 13:06:09 -0400 (EDT) >From: Mike Ledgerwood <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #5023 Internationalizing the university through technology >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ Here are my answers to Rachel's very (generally) interesting questions: > > -Is international television programming paid for and provided on an > institution-wide basis (ranging from dormitories to classrooms)? MY CENTER NOW HAS A SUBSCRIPTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL CHANNEL. I WAS ASKED LAST MONTH ABOUT WHAT KINDS OF INT. TV SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN ONE HOUSING COMPLEX MAINLY USED BY INT. STUDENTS [THEY WANTED CRICKET MATCHES!]. I ASKED THAT INT. CH. BE AVAILABLE TO WHOLE CABLE SYSTEM. > > -Does your institution support wordprocessing in foreign languages > campus-wide, particularly in languages using non-Latin script? > OUR UNIV., DESPITE HAVING A MULTIDIVERSE POPULATION DOES NOT. I AM STARTING TO HOST SUCH IN MY CENTER AND WILL THEN PUSH TO HAVE THIS AVAILABLE IN ALL STUDENT COMPUTING SITES. > -Is encoding in foreign languages provided on all web browers campus-wide? NO. AND WILL NOT BE UNLESS I PUSH FOR IT! > > -Does your institution support email in foreign languages? > THE UNIV. USES LOTUS NOTES AND HOPES INT. KEYBOARD LAYOUTS AND ENGLISH AS AN INT. LANGUAGE WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS. > -Do international faculty and faculty working in international fields have > adequate resources to support their wordprocessing, web-browsing and email > needs in their offices? THIS IS MUCH BETTER. FOR THE MOST PART THERE IS ADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR FACULTY. > > -Do faculty have adequate access to international resources in support of > their research where technology is needed to access them? > YES. > -Does the language lab at your institution have ties and activities that > reach beyond serving language courses? In what ways does the lab support > an international education curriculum or other goals related to fostering > an internaional environment in your institution? YES. I AM TRYING TO PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN OUTREACH IN THIS AREA. > > -In what ways has technology been used in in general in your institution to > create and foster an international environment within your institution? > NOT MUCH. IN FACT I AM HAVING TO FIGHT FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE. > If you have time to respond to these questions or if you have other > information that you feel is pertinent, please contact me personally at my > email ([log in to unmask]) or on this list! > > Thank you! > > Rachel Saury > > > Rachel E. Saury, Ph.D. > Director > Arts & Sciences Center for Instructional Technology > 219 Cabell Hall > University of Virginia > Charlottesville, VA 22903 USA > OR > 3585 Hungrytown Road > Covesville, VA 22931 USA > wk. 804-924-3470 hm. 804-979-1274 fax 804-924-6875 > [log in to unmask] > http://minerva.acc.virginia.edu/~asmedia > http://minerva.acc.virginia.edu/~asmedia/flitig.html > http://www.people.virginia.edu/~res4n > http://www.people.virginia.edu/~res4n/rachel/slfk213.html > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > xxxxxxx > Breath sweeps mind. > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > xxxxxxx >