table of Contents

1. Making the Net Work for Outreach and Extension
2. 21st Century Universities
3. Purposes
4. Principles
5. "I think higher education represents the best blend of age, diversity, technological resources, sophisticated designers and consumers of design. There are going to be much more and better idea-explosions that emanate, reverberate from higher education."
6. "Technology does not drive change. Technology enables change. It’s our collective cultural response to the options and opportunities presented by technology that drives change."
7. "The model to replace industrial age education isn’t clear yet. But the idea that a person stands in front of the room stuffing information into learners like grain into a duck is changing to the idea that teaching is about being a wise companion and advisor."
8. What Works - Using Technology to Support
9. What’s Not Working - Access Issues
10. Profiles of "The Least Connected" (from 1997 Census)
11. "These technologies are really much more about creating and managing new relationships than creating and managing old information or new information."
12. The WWW and Community
13. Harvard Business School Model
14. "Winners and Losers" in Distance Education
15. Importing and Exporting Programs
16. Developing A Knowledge Marketplace
17. The Knowledge Marketplace
18. Special Challenges
19. ADEC Network
20. Ag Telecommunications
21. Ethical Responsibilities
22. Mainstream extended education is part and parcel of fulfilling the Land-Grant University mission. Citizens expect affordable, high quality education to be available from their public universities on an as needed basis.
23. Four Cultures of the Academy
24. Making Money as a Purpose
25. Specific Programs
26. Specific Projects
27. Specific Projects
28. Making the Net Work for Outreach and Extension

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