|> Thank you for agreeing to be a member of the newly formed
|> ad-hoc committee on educational delivery via advanced
|> technologies such as hypermedia or multimedia. (Chris,
|> I have not heard from you yet but I assume you will agree to
|> serve.)
|> The membership of the committee is Hal Abelson (EECS), Peter
|> Donaldson (Literature), Greg Jackson (IS), Bob Jaffe (Physics),
|> Chris Kemerer (Sloan), Dick Larson (EECS), Bill Mitchell
|> (Architecture and Planning), Tony Patera (ME), and Paul
|> Penfield, chair (EECS). This is a great bunch of people,
|> but, being nine in number, all of us busy, we will have to
|> stretch the concept of "calendar permitting" to be able to
|> meet.
|> Name: The first thing we need is a name for the committee.
|> I propose the following:
|> "Ad hoc committee on Education Via Advanced Technology"
|> or "EVAT" for short. Unless one or more of you hollars at
|> me, that name will probably stick.
|> Charge: The next thing we need is a charge. I have written
|> the following, based on the constraints Joel Moses gave me:
|> Inv|> estigate the opportunities offered by advanced technology
|> to the delivery of education. Recommend a course of action
|> to the President of MIT. The specific technologies to be
|> considered include, but are not necessarily restricted to,
|> the following:
|> The Internet and the World Wide Web
|> CD-ROMs
|> Hypertext and hypermedia
|> Multimedia
|> Personal portable computation and communication
|> What do you think of this as a charge? Please let me know.
|> Time: We are supposed to be done in no more than two
|> months, i.e., by the end of this semester. Is this
|> possible? Maybe. Let's try.
|> Support: My secretary, Vera Sayzew, 3-4624, vera@eecs.mit.edu,
|> will serve as support staff for the committee.
|> So welcome on board. Vera will be calling you shortly to
|> set up our first meeting. ..../Paul