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SYMPOSIUM SET FOR FEB. 18-19 AT OHIO UNIVERSITY'S SCRIPPS
HALL
Contact:
Patricia Westfall, 593-2595 or visit www.ohiou.edu/lisconf/
ATHENS,
Ohio -- "Living in an Internet Society," an informal
symposium to discuss the impact of online media on private
life and education, will be held at Ohio University's
Scripps Hall Friday and Saturday, Feb. 18 and 19. Keynote
speaker Douglas S. Robertson, author of "The New
Renaissance: Computers and the Next Level of Civilization,"
will speak at 7 p.m. Friday in Anderson Auditorium.
Following
the speech, a response panel comprised of Ohio University
President Robert Glidden, Ann Kovalchick, director of the
Center for Innovation in Technology for Learning, and Thomas
Carpenter, professor of classics and co-chair of the
university's current review of the general education
requirements, will discuss issues related to the Internet.
Saturday's
schedule includes three sessions focused on lifestyle issues
and the Internet, and two sessions on educational issues.
The Saturday sessions will feature invited moderators and
symposium panelists. Groups will be kept small to facilitate
conversation and ideas.
"The
symposium is not for technology enthusiasts, although they
are welcome," said Professor of Journalism Patricia
Westfall, organizer of the event. "It's for the rest of us
who feel overwhelmed by the speed of change but who also
feel we can't opt out."
Invited
moderators for Saturday's sessions include Jennifer Gilbert,
a reporter covering online issues for Advertising Age;
Nathaniel Kennedy, associate editor for Kiplinger's Personal
Finance; Margaret Dillon, a media historian; Hearing and
Speech Professor C. Richard Dean; Professor of Journalism
Robert Stewart and College of Osteopathic Medicine Faculty
Development Director Dennis Baker.
The
symposium is funded by Ohio University's 1804 fund and
sponsored by the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Alden
Library and the Center for Teaching Excellence.
The event
is free and open to the public. Advance registration by Feb.
11 is required. Registration forms are available at the
reference desk in Alden library or at the symposium's web
site http://www.ohiou.edu/lisconf/
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