Longhair Australian News Volume 2, No. 2: 1 July 2003

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Longhair Australian News
ISSN - 1446-5124 (Print)

Volume 2. No. 2
Publication Date: 1 July 2003
Winter Edition

‘Experiundo scies’
‘You shall know by experience’
Terence c. 160 B.C.

Chan Academy

A u s t r a l i a

Published and Printed by:
Chan Academy Australia 2003,
Chan Academy is a registered business name of the
Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.
A.C.N. 005 701 806 A.B.N. 42 611 496 488
33 Brooking Street, Upwey, Victoria Australia 3158
Telephone and Fax +61 3 9754 3334
e-mail address wbu@bdcu.org.au
World Fellowship of Buddhists Regional Centre
Associated Institution of the World Buddhist University

Editors: John D. Hughes, Dip.App.Chem., T.T.T.C., GDAIE,
Julian Bamford, B.A. App.Rec., Leanne Eames, B.A., M.A.,
Evelin Halls, Dip. FLC and Pennie White, B.A. Dip.Ed.

Longhair Australian News is a registered trading name of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. as of 9 January 2002, registration number: B1610696

For reprints, this publication can be found at URL www.bsbonline.com.au/longhair

This Publication is for Free Distribution. It contains Dhamma material and is provided for the purpose of research and study. Permission is given to make reprints of this publication for FREE DISTRIBUTION ONLY. Please keep it in a clean place. "The gift of Dhamma excels all other gifts".

Copyright © Chan Academy Australia 2003

Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Confidentiality Policy

There is no guaranteed right to privacy in Australia. The Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. ACN 005 701 806 ABN 42 611 496 488 has always safeguarded the privacy of Members and Friends of our Centre.

Longhair Australian News is an online publication. Just as we would not disclose telephone numbers, addresses, fax numbers, email address or any other personal information including job suitability of Members over the telephone, we would not disclose such information over the Internet. In cases where such requests are made, we obtain the details of the person and pass the message along. Our Membership list is confidential. We do not keep case studies on Members. This precaution becomes increasingly important with the globalisation of our information and communication.

websites
www.bdcu.org.au
www.bddronline.net.au
www.bdcublessings.net.au
www.buyresolved.com.au
www.bsbonline.com.au
www.buyresolved.com.au/johndhughes
www.buyresolved.com.au/museum
www.bsbonline.com.au/longhair
also through National Library Australia at www.nla.gov.au/libraries

May You Be Well and Happy
Our Themes - “Working together” and
“Painting a better world”

Editorial

Welcome to our Winter 2003 issue of Longhair Australian News. We successfully moved some of our computers to new locations at our Centre owing to a re-organising of room space. The former offices have been converted to bedrooms. Our two LANs are running well. We have a large data store on our LANs and software that helps us retrieve information on the selected topic searched for. We hold copyright in what we write. Our publications have precise working instructions and an invitation to practise. Presently we run five websites and we intend to develop more and more Internet sites. We want to distribute and preserve more Chan Academy Australia branded information in various modern media.

We want to deliver a mass education system about the best insights that Buddha Dhamma can deliver.

Our conceptual solution for Information Technology is robust enough to meet our mission to target 1 million readers of our Buddha Dhyana Dana Review (BDDR) Online by 2020 AD.

We predict that holography will become very popular in the future. Holography depicts three-dimensional images in the most accurate way by using a laser. Art, science and technology use holograms. Although holography has been around since the early 1960s, its full potential has not yet been ascertained. It will be possible to store large amounts of data with holographic technology; this is called holographic data storage (HDS).

At present, holography as a complete subject is not yet taught in Australia.

We want to learn how to do holograms so that we will be able to use this technology to produce three-dimensional images. May you enjoy reading this issue of Longhair Australian News.

Distribution Frequency

We estimate that we will produce four issues of Longhair Australian News in 2003. Longhair issue Vol. 2 No. 1, Chinese New Year Edition, was published on 1 February 2003.

A publication gap has occurred because for 3 month in 2003 Members were busy to maintain our Temple during the absence of their Teacher John D. Hughes and his wife and carer Anita Hughes. John stayed stayed in hospital for 3 months, and Members have helped and supported John and his wife and carer Anita. John is now recovering and we welcome his help with the publication of Longhair Australian News.

We keep up to date with the latest Information Communication Technology (ICT) philosophy and developments by

reading technical literature;

understanding and making use of computer technology in an everyday context;

using digital products already available, to carry out tasks as a student, teacher or researcher more quickly and efficiently, and to combat sectorial specialisation, which is suffocating philosophy, in favour of a more fruitful interdisciplinarity;

keeping our technology in the low end range of development;

We, as philosophers, and scholars, should be able to get the most out of what has been made easier by Information Communication Technology (ICT), get the best out of what has been made possible for the first time by ICT, and finally suggest new ICT applications for future needs. Our aim is to fulfil these goals.

These ideas are presented in Luciano Floridi’s (1999) book ‘Philosophy and Computing: an introduction’.

Globalisation provides much more material for further study as it has an effect on politics, economics and culture.

We want to deliver a mass education system about the best insights that Buddha Dhamma can deliver.

About Longhair

We dedicate this publication to our women Members who handle the loading of data to our websites. At present, we have four female webmasters: Helen Appleyard, Leanne Eames, Evelin Halls and Pennie White; and one male webmaster: Julian Bamford.

Our lemma for our Longhair Australian News Publication is ‘You shall know by experience’, which was written down in the Latin form ‘Experiundo scies’ by Terence in circa 160 B.C. This quotation is in ‘A New Dictionary of Quotations’ selected and edited by H. L. Mencken, published in 1991 by Alfred A. Knopf, New York.

This Longhair Australian News publication is dedicated to persons who will come and help us in the future with information technology.

In their operations, our webmasters gather much information each for himself or herself and need to communicate this information between themselves. At the same time, we guess that the information we gather could be valuable to other persons who are confronted with the day-by-day running of websites.

Our publications stimulate the energy, enterprise and intellect of persons, and quicken human genius. Comparison of Information Technology ideas is educational and this present LAN publication is designed for the common glory of Members’ training since we plan to put this information on one of our websites for ease of access. It may even become an international asset to others who need to learn.

The broad objectives of the Longhair Australian News is to raise the cognitive level of readers. To do this, we

inform persons of our product information;

inform persons of what text or photos is added onto our websites (What is new on our websites);

publish our documentation of technical help notes and instructions developed;

keep an accurate record of backups for what has been uploaded onto our sites and when, as well as a list of Compact Discs we have burnt;

inform persons of equipment we aim to acquire;

publish documentation on our recording and library practices;

map and picture ways of finding out what happens on our sites (Site Maps);

publish our site statistics;

make our publications accessible (Longhair Publications including monographs);

To present coming information (Next Issue Preview)

We like the success of seeing thousands of visitors come to our sites. Over 19,000 visitors were registered lately.

We encourage each webmaster to send an internal email on our LAN giving information of what data was loaded and when. These emails are then copied and pasted into our Longhair Australian News.

Disclaimer

As we, the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. trading as Longhair Australian News, do not control the actions of our service providers from time to time, make no warranty as to the continuous operation of our website(s). Also, we make no assertion as to the veracity of any of the information included in any of the links with our websites, or an other source accessed through our website(s).

Accordingly, we accept no liability to any user or subsequent third party, either expressed or implied, whether or not caused by error or omission on either our part, or a member, employee or other person associated with the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.

May You Be Well and Happy

Longhair Australian News Registered Trading Name

On the 9 January 2002, Longhair Australian News became a registered trading name of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. A.C.N. 005 701 806 A.B.N. 42 611 496 488 at 33 Brooking Street, Upwey, Victoria Australia 3158. Telephone and Fax +61 3 9754 3334. The registration number for our trading name Longhair Australian News is B1610696L.

INDEX

1. Product Information
2. What is New on our Websites
3. Help Notes and Instructions
4. Our burnt Compact Disks, Backups and Storage
5. Equipment installed
6. Equipment Wish List
7. Recording and Library Practices
8. Site Maps
9. Statistics
10. Longhair Publications including monographs
11. Next issue preview

1. Product Information

We are interested in holography. Useful information on holography can be found in chapters of the book "A Practical Guide to Holography" by Christopher Outwater and Van Hamersveld at URL http://www.holo.com/holo/book/book1.html.
Frank DeFreitas' Holography Studio can be found at website
http://www.holoworld.com.

A Report by The OCLC/RLG Working Group on Preservation on Metadata entitled "A Metadata Framework to Support the Preservation of Digital Objects" offers valuable information on that topic at URL http://www.oclc.org/research/pmwg

Wednesday 23 April 2003 12.10
external email
from Evelin

Harper's Magazine provides interesting statistics and news (Harper's Index). The magazine has been recommended by a lecturer at Monash University. Perhaps it could be useful for radio scripts or other papers where we might want to include current information and statistics at times.

The link to Harper's Magazine is http://www.harpers.org/.

Index

2. What is New on our Websites

Sumi-e Class 2003Paintings on websites
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Friday 31 January 2003 19:31
To: all

Today the paintings by Master Andre Sollier, titled "The Seven Factors Enlightenment", were uploaded onto website http://www.bdcu.org.au as well as to the buyresolved website. The text was written by Master Andre Sollier and by Leanne Eames, M.A., B.A. The scanning, HTML coding and uploading to the websites was done by Evelin Halls. Thank you to Julian Bamford for helping with this.

Our main website links
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Monday 10 February 2003 10:40
To: all

From now on, we will publish the following links:

Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.
http://www.bdcu.org.au

WFB Standing Committee on Women
http://www.bdcu.org.au/scw

Buddha Dhyana Dana Review Online (BDDR Online)
http://www.bddronline.net.au

Brooking Street Bugle Online (BSB Online)
http://www.bsbonline.com.au

Longhair Australian News
http://www.bsbonline.net.au/longhair

Buyresolved
http://www.buyresolved.com.au

Private Museum in Upwey
http://www.buyresolved.com.au/museum

John D. Hughes
http://www.buyresolved.com.au/johndhughes

Blessings
http://www.bdcublessings.net.au

Australian libraries gateway hotlink update
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Thursday 13 February 2003 10:23
To: all

On 11 February 2003, data on our hotlink to the Australian libraries gateway was updated via website http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/libraries
Abbreviations and acronyms such as BDC and BDCU were taken out. These are not our registered or official abbreviations, and they are used by other organisations as a previous Internet research showed.

BDDR Online update: Pure Land chapters
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Thursday 13 February 2003 10:26
To: all

On 12 February 2003, Pure Land chapters 8 to 11 were uploaded to the Buddha Dhyana Dana Review Online, Volume 13 No.1 by Evelin. All previous Pure Land chapters are available in Volume 12 of the BDDR Online. Thank you to Rilla Pargeter for typing all Pure Land chapters.

Appeal for Mongolia
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Thursday 13 February 2003 10:50
To: all

An appeal for funds for the constructions of buildings for charity in Mongolia was uploaded to the Buddha Dhyana Dana Review Online Vol.12 No.1 on 12 February 2003. Thank you to Lainie Smallwood who typed the letter and accompanying document. The Mongolia appeal is also saved at our reference LAN2 I:/jampa.rtf

Rock photographs
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Thursday 13 February 2003 16:41
To: all

All three requested printouts of the rocks were made. Three photographs of John D. Hughes' rocks are displayed in the front entrance verandah. They were offered to the Nagas. Evelin will load new photos of the rocks to the Geology Museum website tonight.

Photos of Venerable Dhammavihari online
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Saturday 26 April 2003 19:08
To: all

Photographs that were taken when Venerable Dhammavihari was teaching at the Centre on 18 April 2003 were uploaded by Evelin onto the BDDR Online Vol. 13 No.2. There are 18 photos on 4 pages.

31 May 2003 19.47
external email
from Evelin

The coming events for the Chan Academy Australia are updated on our websites at locations http://www.bdcu.org.au/events.html and http://www.bdcublessings.net.au/events.html .

7 June 2003 11.28
external email
from Evelin

The paper for the Winter Five Day Bhavana Course 6 June 2003 to 10 June 2003 titled "Howe we can renew our will to practice: The Way of the Garden", is uploaded on the Buddha Dhyana Dana Review Online Volume 13 No. 2 at

http://www.bddronline.net.au/bddr13no2/5dyjune03.html and
http://www.bdcu.org.au/BDDR/bddr13no2/5dyjune03.html.

Index

3. Help Notes and Instructions

Keep our LANs searchable
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Thursday 30 January 2003 11:08
To: all

Please do not save files onto the C: drives of our LAN machines. These drives are reserved to run Windows and some other programs. Also, we want all of our files searchable. To be able to do this, we need to save all documents to the I: drive of the LAN. Any C: drive of individual machines is NOT searchable via the LAN network. The exception are our stand alone computers such as PC4A and PC5A.

Spellcheck: British English
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Friday 7 February 2003 09:23
To: all

We prefer to spell according to British English in all our documents. Our preferred dictionary for use is the English Oxford Dictionary. For this reason, we set our spellcheck programs such as Word, Lotus and Star Office, to use the British English dictionary. PC1A is now set to spellcheck by using the British English version (previously it was set to use United States English).

Password storage
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Tuesday 11 February 2003 18:38
To: all

Passwords for the Chan Academy Australia and John D. Hughes websites and IT Systems are compiled in a list and stored in a file on LAN2. All Sitemeter website counter passwords are also compiled in a list and stored in a file on LAN2.
These lists were printed out and filed at the Centre.
Furthermore, these password lists were emailed externally to our webmasters.

If you need to find a password, please contact our webmasters for further information

laser toner cartridges
frank@internal.bdcu.org.au
Wednesday 12 February 2003 18:29
To: all

Two new laser cartridges have been put in a box under the printer in the Suite 2 office.

photographs of rock specimens - Request for print
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Thursday 13 February 2003 13:11
To: all

On 13 February 2003, 16 rocks were photographed by Evelin. The originals and the edited version are burnt to CD and are also stored on PC5A at D:/rocks. John has requested that three images of the rocks be printed. They are modified and ready for print on PC4A. The file location is PC4A C:/rocks. Evelin has taken one copy of the CD with the 16 rocks home to load them onto the Geology Museum website. The CD will be returned to the Centre on Sunday.

printouts of rock photographs
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Thursday 13 February 2003 13:54
To: all

The rock on PC4A at c:/rocks DCP_4934a still has to be printed. The other two requested rocks are printed.
Longhair Vol.2 No.2 started
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Thursday 13 February 2003 17:19
To: all

Longhair Volume 2 No. 2 was started today by Evelin. Our file reference is LAN2 I:/longhr2_2.rtf The eLearning paper written by Pennie White was included as monograph.

Report on PC1A and PC4A issues
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Wednesday 12 March 2003 13:30
To: all

Our ref: LAN 2 I:/itsystem.rtf Created 12 March 2003 Report on current issues with the IT systems of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey)Ltd. By Kamfatt Lin Notes taken by Lisa Nelson and Evelin Halls 12 March 2003 PC1A Problem: we cannot log on to LAN 2 email server Cause: a power failure that lasted for more than just a few seconds, that caused the email server to ‘hang’ Solution: reset LAN 2 email server by pressing the reset button. After email server reset: restart individual LAN 2 machines Problem: when we add a new LAN 2 email user, he or she cannot receive emails sent by other users that use the ‘all’ function Solution: within the LAN 2 administration menu, add new users also as member of the email user group Kamfatt will do this next week Tuesday or Wednesday Problem: PC1A running out of disk space Cause: C: drive is getting old, some areas of C: drive inaccessible due to wear and tear Solution: replace C: drive before it will crash See Frank to obtain hard disk, 2GB or 4 GB is enough Kamfatt will install the hard disk Note: the C: drive is to be used for programs only The Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. database is safely stored on the D: drive; at present this disk is working fine Registry Problem: This will be solved after installation of a new hard disk as C: drive and reloading Windows PC4A Problem: running very slow Cause: PC4A set to work as a network machine which makes it slow because it keeps looking to find a network Solution: Set PC4A to run as a desktop computer instead of a network computer This was done by:
going to the control panel system system properties performance file system set as desktop computer click ok Further suggestions to speed up PC4A: Acquire a 56K modem to enable faster Internet connection Kamfatt will bring a 56K modem next week and install Defrag PC: This also will add to the speed of a machine – carried out on PC4A Note: it is NOT advisable to delete ‘cookies’ on an Internet machine as ‘cookies’ act like shortcuts that make websites load faster once you have visited them. ‘Cookies’ make very small file sizes. General comments: PC4A is our ‘best’ machine, it has 64MB RAM, is a Pentium II, and it is also our most important machine It is advisable to run a defrag every 6 months for all of our PCs Important: save data on LAN machines to the I: drive

BDDR Online Vol. 13 No. 2
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Wednesday 2 April 2003 12:16
To: all
Evelin started the publication of the Buddha Dhyana Dana Review Vol. 13 No. 2. This issue currently contains the notes for Abhidhamma class 42. We would like to add a gorgeous photo to the front page of this issue please, and we also need to add missing front page photos for previous BDDR Online issues. Julian and Pennie, can you please help, and keep adding this task to the current project lists.

History of Pureland book chapters
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Wednesday 2 April 2003 12:24
To: all

Currently, chapters 1 to 11 of the book 'The History of Pureland Buddhism' by Henri de Lubac, translated by Amita Bkaka, are uploaded on various issues of the Buddha Dhyana Review Online. We need to find out if the eleven chapters are the entire book, in which case we could take the item off our task list. Where is the original handwritten text stored? However, should we require the typing of more chapters, Lainie Smallwood has volunteered to do this.

Photos of Master Ru-Sun's visit to John in hosiptal on BDDR Online
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Saturday 26 April 2003 12:45
To: all

Photographs from the Venerable Master Ru-Sun's visits to Master John D. Hughes in hospital in April 2003 were uploaded by Evelin on the Buddha Dhyana Dana Review Online, Vol. 13 No.2. There are 30 photos on 6 web pages. Thank you to Rodney Johnson for burning the photos onto CDs.

Venerable Dhammavihari photographs
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Saturday 26 April 2003 12:49
To: all

Evelin took home one of the CDs with photographs of Venerable Dhammavihari when he gave the talk at the Easter 5 Day Course at our Centre. The photos will be available for viewing on the BDDR Online, Vol. 13 No. 2, within the next 2 days. The photos were burnt onto Cds by Rodney.

Task List item: BSB 87
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Saturday 26 April 2003 12:57
To: all

The Brooking Street Bugle 87 is ready to be printed and uploaded. Please add this to the task list.

Photographer's acknowledgements
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Saturday 26 April 2003 19:12

Would Pennie or Julian or anyone that might know please let Evelin know who took the photographs of the following: Hospital photos, especially with Master Ru-Sun Venerable Dhammaviharis' teaching The Autumn photo of the Buddha rupa in the Chan garden The photos are already on the BDDR Online, but we would like to acknowledge the photographers also.
Urgent: task list required
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Tuesday 13 May 2003 14:47
To: all

We need a current task list. Human Members, Devas and Devatas need to know our current tasks. If we want things to get done, we need a written up-to-date project list. Once written, the list should be printed and distributed including external email. This is an urgent matter.

Versak 2546 B.E. greetings
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Wednesday 14 May 2003 21:18
To: all

On 14 May 2003 at 8.42pm, approximately over 50 external emails were sent by Evelin on the occasion to wish Buddhist practitoners a Happy Versak 2546 B.E. (2003). The text read: Dear Friends in the Dhamma, May you have a Happy Versak 2546 B.E. (2003)! May the Triple Gem bless you. With Metta, John D. Hughes and Anita M. Hughes and the Members of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. 33 Brooking Street Upwey, Victoria Australia 3158 wbu@bdcu.org.au http://www.bdcu.org.au The email copies were not CCd, but BCCd, that is sent via Blind Carbon Copy, in order to protect person's privacy. Also, when printing this email, the BCCd email addresses do not print.

Our PCs work in progress - urgent
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Tuesday 27 May 03 15:05
To: all

PC14A is now located in the library next to PC15A. This is a LAN2 machine and also a multimedia PC. To do: the LAN 2 cable appears to be faulty. Replace LAN2 cable. (urgent) PC1A is located in the Anita Room. This is our CGR machine. We will reconnect it to LAN2. We thank Kamfatt for the installation of a new C: drive donated by Frank Carter. The network drivers must still be loaded; following that the LAN2 I:drive network path needs to be set. Our database is functioning well and we can contact Arthur to continue with the upgrading of our database. (urgent) PC5A is now located in the library on the middle desk. This PC contains the John D. Hughes Collection and is ready to catalogue books. This PC is to remain a stand alone machine. To do: connect to a printer (not urgent)

IT task list with names
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Friday 30 May 2003 20:56
To: all

Urgent list of tasks required for the IT systems of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd. Prepared by Evelin Halls 30 May 2003 Members are advised to make offerings to the Chief Deva of Information Technology. PC1A (LAN2 and database) load network driver (Intel Etherexpress TP-Intel Pro 100 PCI Adapter 6784 00-001) to enable reconnection to LAN2 (Kamfatt) fix Word registry problem (Kamfatt) load Internet Explorer (Pennie, Evelin, Kamfatt) database: change design so persons do not need to scroll when entering data (Arthur) continue with database upgrade (Arthur) PC4A (Internet machine - stand alone) is out of disk space on drive C: (Kamfatt) PC5A (library catalogue - stand alone) does not find its CD-Rom drive (Kamfatt) PC10 (Sariputta Room - LAN1, ISYS) does not boot up at all (Kamfatt) PC13 (LAN1 and ISYS) cannot connect to LAN1 I:drive possible solution: needs to have network path reset (Kamfatt, John Watson) PC14A (LAN2 - multimedia PC) replace LAN2 cable (looks faulty) - must be reconnected to LAN2 (Frank, Pennie) PC15A (for photo camera downloads, scanner, CD-burner- stand alone) scanner needs to be installed (Kamfatt) General tasks: backup all LAN1 and LAN2 data (Kamfatt, Pennie, Evelin, John Watson) backup database (Arthur, Evelin, Pennie) regularlry produce all documentation required (all) sort the store Suite 2A - unclutter (Frank) upgrade the VET on all machines (done: PC4A) (Kamfatt, Evelin)
Connection of library computers to laser printers
frank@internal.bdcu.org.au
Friday 30 May 2003 22:32
To: all

Three computers located in the library have now been connected to a single A4 laser printer. PC7A, PC15A and PC14A are able to print to the HP Laserjet 3 printer via a printer switch located next to PC5A. The switch position for each computer to access the A4 printer is written on a label on top of the printer switch. PC5A will be used as the default computer for the Dataproducts A3 paper size printer. Lotus Word Pro will be installed on this PC enabling it to be used for composing A3 signs.

External emails on PC4A archived
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Tuesday 3 June 03 13:55

To improve the performance of PC4A some disk space was made free. On 3 June 2003 Pennie and Evelin made a back up of sent emails prior to but not including May 2003. These emails were saved to 3 zip disks. This created sufficient available disk space on the C: drive of PC4 to keep operating. Pennie and Evelin will load previous external emails onto LAN2, CDROM and PC1A D:\ as an achive to preserve our external emails and to make them easily searchable. The emails can then be viewed via the Outlook Express on LAN2. Presently, PC7A has the Outlook Express installed. Pennie and Evelin

Brooking Street Bugle
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Wednesday 4 June 2003 08:54
To: all

Items for 7 Day Project List: BSB 86 and BSB 87 to be uploaded (Helen) BSB 88: edit changes and upload (Helen) check if all previous issues were sent to State Library of Victoria (Pennie) (BSB 88 was sent to State Library of Victoria by Evelin 4 June 2003)

laser printer toner cartridges
frank@internal.bdcu.org.au
Tuesday 10 June 2003 21:21
To: all

Replacement toner cartridges are stored in a carton under the PC13A desk in the Chan Hall. To discard an empty cartridge place a label on the cartridge with the word "empty" written on it. Put the empty cartridge back in the box under PC 13A desk.

BDDR printouts
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Friday 13 June 2003 13:58
To: all

We are looking for persons who would like to make the merit to print issues of the Buddha Dhyana Dana Review Online. We would like to store some BDDR hard copies in our library. We need the BDDR Volumes 12 and 13 printed. Currently, to our knowledge, no printed versions of these volumes exist. The issues can be printed directly from the BDDR websites. Please see Evelin or Pennie if you have any questions.

Members' News
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Tuesday 17 June 2003 18:56
To: all

Evelin Halls enrolled for 'The Practising Consultant' to complete her Major in Communication and Media Studies at Monash University, as well as for 'Managing Business Records' at the Faculty of Information Technology to complete her Specialisation in Information Management and Systems. Evelin will finish her degree in November 2003.

Index

5. Equipment installed

VET update
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Tuesday 13 May 2003 17:46
To: all

Today the VET program on our main Internet machine, PC4A, was updated by Evelin. This is the latest VET version 10.58.0.3. The version automatically updates itself every time we go online, so we do not have to do autodownloads on PC4A anymore. All of our other machines still need to have the latest version installed. It is strongly recommended to all our webmasters and members to update their computers at home with current software such as the VET in order to protect the Centre's IT systems as well as their own.

Index

6. Equipment Wish List

New items on our IT wishlist: faster modems
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Sunday 16 February 2003 12:08
To: all

Currently we have a 33600 bps modem installed on PC4A. This is quite a slow modem. We would like to acquire a faster modem for PC4A, and we would also like to obtain a faster modem for the John D. Hughes PC in the Sariputta room.

Index

7. Recording and Library Practices

Longhair sent to libraries
ehalls@internal.bdcu.org.au
Friday 7 February 2003 15:31
To: all

Longhair Australian News, Vol.2 No.1, was sent off by Evelin to the National Library in Canberra and to the State Library of Victoria on 7 February 2003.

Index

9. Statistics

We obtain our website statistics from www.sitemeter.com.

http://www.buyresolved.com.au
buy resolved
(sm5dragonking)
sm5dragonking traffic report for Friday, June 27, 2003

-- Site Summary ---
Since 6 March 2001

Visits

Total .......................... 807
Average per Day .................. 2
Average Visit Length .......... 0:32
This Week ....................... 16

Page Views

Total ........................ 1,446
Average per Day .................. 3
Average per Visit .............. 1.1
This Week ....................... 18

http://www.bdcu.org.au/scw
WFB Standing Committee on Women
(sm6buddhistwomen)
sm6buddhistwomen traffic report for Friday, June 27, 2003

-- Site Summary ---
Since 3 February 2001

Visits

Total .......................... 818
Average per Day .................. 1
Average Visit Length .......... 0:21
This Week ........................ 5

Page Views

Total ........................ 1,352
Average per Day .................. 1
Average per Visit .............. 1.4
This Week ........................ 7

http://www.bdcublessings.net.au
Buddhist Hour Radio Script
(sm6buddhisthour)
sm6buddhisthour traffic report for Friday, June 27, 2003

-- Site Summary ---
Since 26 January 2001

Visits

Total ........................ 1,851
Average per Day .................. 2
Average Visit Length .......... 1:20
This Week ....................... 16

Page Views

Total ........................ 3,687
Average per Day .................. 4
Average per Visit .............. 1.8
This Week ....................... 28

http://www.bdcu.org.au/BDDR
BDDR online at bdcu.org
(sm6BDDRorg)
sm6BDDRorg traffic report for Thursday, June 26, 2003

-- Site Summary ---
Since 21 February 2001

Visits

Total ........................ 1,326
Average per Day .................. 2
Average Visit Length .......... 2:58
This Week ....................... 14

Page Views

Total ........................ 2,647
Average per Day .................. 3
Average per Visit .............. 1.5
This Week ....................... 21

http://www.buyresolved.com.au/johndhughes
John D. Hughes
(sm6jdhughes)
sm6jdhughes traffic report for Thursday, June 26, 2003

-- Site Summary ---
Since 11 February 2001

Visits

Total .......................... 409
Average per Day .................. 1
Average Visit Length .......... 0:00
This Week ........................ 5

Page Views

Total .......................... 685
Average per Day .................. 1
Average per Visit .............. 1.0
This Week ........................ 5

http://www.bsbonline.com.au
Brooking Street Bugle On Line
(s10ajahn)
s10ajahn traffic report for Thursday, June 26, 2003

-- Site Summary ---
Since 20 September 2001

Visits

Total ........................ 1,238
Average per Day .................. 1
Average Visit Length .......... 1:49
This Week ........................ 9

Page Views

Total ........................ 2,387
Average per Day .................. 2
Average per Visit .............. 1.2
This Week ....................... 11

http://www.bsbonline.com.au/longhair
Longhair Australian News
(sm8longhr)
sm8longhr traffic report for Wednesday, June 25, 2003

-- Site Summary ---
Since 4 February 2003

Visits

Total ........................... 61
Average per Day .................. 1
Average Visit Length .......... 0:00
This Week ........................ 6

Page Views

Total ........................... 77
Average per Day .................. 1
Average per Visit .............. 1.0
This Week ........................ 6

http://www.bdcublessings.net.au
Blessings
(sm4guestmeter)
sm4guestmeter traffic report for Wednesday, June 25, 2003

-- Site Summary ---
Since 28 September 2000

Visits

Total ........................ 3,993
Average per Day .................. 4
Average Visit Length .......... 1:58
This Week ....................... 28

Page Views

Total ........................ 7,131
Average per Day .................. 5
Average per Visit .............. 1.2
This Week ....................... 34

http://www.buyresolved.com.au/museum
Private Museum in Upwey
(s13jdhmuseum)
s13jdhmuseum traffic report for Wednesday, June 25, 2003

-- Site Summary ---
since 28 May 2002

Visits

Total .......................... 200
Average per Day .................. 1
Average Visit Length .......... 0:06
This Week ........................ 6

Page Views

Total .......................... 284
Average per Day .................. 1
Average per Visit .............. 1.2
This Week ........................ 7

http://www.bddronline.net.au
bddronline
(sm9bdcubddr)
sm9bdcubddr traffic report for Wednesday, June 25, 2003

-- Site Summary ---
Since 22 June 2001

Visits

Total ........................ 1,095
Average per Day .................. 3
Average Visit Length .......... 2:20
This Week ....................... 18

Page Views

Total ........................ 1,697
Average per Day .................. 3
Average per Visit .............. 1.3
This Week ....................... 23

Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.
http://www.bdcu.org.au
(sm6bdcuwebsite)
sm6bdcuwebsite traffic report for Wednesday, June 25, 2003

-- Site Summary ---
since 18 January 2001

Visits

Total ........................ 7,655
Average per Day .................. 7
Average Visit Length .......... 3:53
This Week ....................... 47

Page Views

Total ....................... 13,163
Average per Day ................. 11
Average per Visit .............. 1.7
This Week ....................... 80

All of our websites number of total visitors since counted: 19,453

Index

10. Longhair Publications including monographs

EDF6447 Explorations in Learning, Instructional Design and Technology

Lecturer: Dr. Sue McNamara
Student Name: Pennie White

Assessment Item 3: A Contribution to Research / A Contribution to Practice

Due Date: 14 June 2002

Topic: eLearning Planning Guide: Executive Summary

Through the preparation, research and formulation of an Executive Summary of the eLearning Planning Guide, Pennie White has met the purpose of developing a piece of formal written work that might be presented to a group of peers, perhaps at a conference, perhaps with the intention of submission to a journal or magazine and the objectives of:

Developing an understanding of the nature and dimensions of the relationship between learning, instruction and technology.
Investigating established knowledge about learning, instructional design and technology.
Being actively involved in the development of her own learning through a participant centred, problem solving approach.

Pennie White developed an Executive Summary of the eLearning Planning Guide. Given that Government Schools are now expected to prepare an eLearning Plan that covers a period of two years this is a most worthwhile and practical topic.

The State of Victoria, Department of Education and Training run a website called eLearning Planning Guide as part of their Sofweb site.

The eLearning Planning Guide is available at URL: http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/lt/pguide/index.htm

The eLearning Planning Guide is an easy to navigate, well designed website and an excellent, up-to-date, practical resource. The eLearning Planning guide is very comprehensive containing more than 300 web pages of information.

Ms. Belinda Peterson, Senior Project Officer eLearning Unit, Learning and Teaching Innovation Division, Department Education and Training, Victoria, Australia, maintains the eLearning Planning website.

Pennie White consulted with Ms. Belinda Peterson and given the vastness of the eLearning Planning Guide both agreed, that an Executive Summary on eLearning Planning would be useful to the full time professional. Ms. Belinda Peterson has said that she would like to include the Executive Summary on the eLearning Planning Guide website.

Pennie White began this exploration into eLearning Planning in her role as Computer Technician at Yawarra Primary School.

Pennie White attended a professional development session on eLearning Planning run by SERCT. Pennie White would like to thank Marion Spencer, Manager SERCT, Parkmore Site and Mandy Marshman, SERCT Team 2002, for the clarity and enthusiasm in which they presented the materials on eLearning Planning. Pennie White recommends the sessions run by SERCT and learning material distributed by them: The 35 page eLearning Planning Guide Web Site Summary and a folder of handouts including useful worksheets to help with the planning. Pennie White also thanks them in advance for proposing that they read the Executive Summary before publication.

Pennie White saw the need for a guide containing the essence of what professionals needed to assist them 'at a glance' with eLearning Planning. Therefore, Pennie White has made an easy to read Executive Summary, designed using heuristic methods for speed learning for the busy professional.

The structure of this Executive Summary reflects the eLearning Planning Guide and the recommended structure of the eLearning Plan to help the user produce the plan and to navigate the site. However, this summary is the work of the author for assessment - additional material and perspectives not contained in the site have also been included.

The author recommends that in the near future, software be developed and made available to learning organisations to automate the generation of the plan. This will make it easier for learning organisations to enter, collect, review data and print reports.

Through this authentic assessment task Pennie White intended this work to be both practical and useful. To achieve this she proposed publishing it for free distribution. With the news that it will be included in the eLearning Planning Guide website Pennie White is happy to have achieved the purpose of the task by preparing formal written work that will reach the intended audience by inclusion on the State of Victoria's, eLearning Planning Guide website.

By writing this Executive Summary of eLearning Planning, Pennie White has met the objectives of this task. Through this task she has deepened her understanding of the nature and dimensions of the relationship between learning, instructional design and technology through a process she is involved in. Through this task she has increased the scope of her involvement. She has also thoroughly investigated established knowledge about learning, instructional design and technology. Finally, she is actively involved in the development of her own learning through a participant centred, problem solving approach. In doing this task Pennie White also had fun!

Pennie White Acknowledges:

Monash University, Clayton Campus, Australia.

Dr. Sue McNamara, Lecturer, Education Faculty, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Australia.

Rita Ellul, Acting Manager eLearning Strategy Team, Department Education and Training, Victoria, Australia.

Ms. Belinda Peterson, Senior Project Officer eLearning Unit, Learning and Teaching Innovation Division, Department Education and Training, Victoria, Australia, maintains the eLearning Planning Guide on Sofweb.

Marion Spencer, Manager SERCT, Parkmore Site and Mandy Marshman, SERCT Team 2002, run Professional Development for Teachers.

Yawarra Primary School and particularly Mrs. Gail Hoey, Assistant Principal, Leading Teacher and Learning Technology Manager.

Mrs. Terri Verberne, Yawarra Primary School, has experience in consulting for organisations.

eLearning Planning Guide:
Executive Summary

An executive summary of eLearning Planning Guide for busy educators and professionals planning for eLearning in schools and Learning organisations.

Written by Pennie White, B.A. Dip. Ed.

This executive summary was prepared as part assessment of the subject EDF6447 Explorations in Learning Instructional Design and Technology as part fulfillment of Masters in Education (Information and Communication Technology), Monash University. Pennie White hereby acknowledges Lecturer Dr. Sue McNamara and Monash University, Clayton Campus, Australia.

Introduction

"As we move into the 21st Century, eLearning is no longer a new concept. The stories of successes and failures are emerging, and we all need to learn from them." Dr. Edward Gould (2002), Executive Director of Cite, quoted at the Third Annual CITE(SM) Conference on 'Rethinking (E)Learning for the 21st Century'.

Just what is eLearning and why do we need to plan for it?

eLearning is engaging in an enhanced learning process using electronic means that might include computers, internet, multimedia and technology yet to appear. eLearning creates engaging learning opportunities and, when effectively implemented, acts as a catalyst for authentic, meaningful learning experiences.

There is little doubt that we as a society are becoming digital. We have already moved towards using bits instead of atoms for a large part of our information and communication exchanges. It is reported in the year 2000 that of all information produced only 0.003% were paper based texts. (University of California of Berkeley, School of Information Management and Systems, 2000)

For many years researchers have written about the potential of information and communication technologies on learning and education. The question has been asked, "Is the use of technology actually improving learning?" It is now time to plan so that we can move from theory to practice, to ensure that the learning of students is enhanced through eLearning strategies in line with our organisational objectives.

"People who create and use eLearning systems can make better decisions about their eLearning strategy if they understand the dynamics of innovations." (Leslie Martinich, 2002)

elearning Planning is a processes of action or developmental research at the local level. Through teams of professionals working together to plan for eLearning educational objectives can be met. There is no single plan or “right model” that will suit the needs of all schools or organisations. The people working within the learning environment need to give thought to their vision and how the will achieve this. The cycle of developing an eLearning Plan is: writing, circulating, evaluating, rewriting, and revising.

This Executive Summary is an introduction and overview of the process of eLearning Planning and has been written to help you in planning for eLearning. Government Schools in Victoria are now expected to be working on an e-Learning Plan. This paper will help you as a professional educator or administrator in schools and other learning organisations with your eLearning Planning. Now is the time to plan for eLearning.

Where to start in eLearning Planning

The eLearning Planning Guide is a resource for school leadership teams and other school personnel, who are expanding the use of eLearning in their school, or consolidating the next phase of eLearning within their school.

These personnel may include representatives from different Faculties, School Council, Junior School Council or Student Council – and members of the wider community. It is important to create shared ownership of the school's eLearning Plan within this group of people, so that there is a commitment to its implementation. This commitment through shared ownership will mean that the school or organisation can meet its eLearning goals faster.

The eLearning Planning Guide contains conceptual and background information, hints and tips for tasks in the planning process - as well as support items including case study examples, sample documents and links to other useful information. You can print or download the site text of the Guide, as Microsoft Word documents from the resources section.

The sections of the eLearning Planning Guide take you through the process of developing an eLearning vision and strategies, preparing the budget and eLearning Plan - obtaining approval of the Plan and carrying out ongoing reviews. These five stages also correspond to the five main sections you should include in your plan: eLearning Vision, Learning and Teaching Strategy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Strategy, Plans and Budget, and Review.

You can work through each section in turn, or choose specific items as needed for your eLearning model. Remember, there is no generic "model" that is correct for all learning organisations.

The structure of this Executive Summary mirrors the eLearning Planning Guide and the recommended structure of the eLearning Plan you will produce. This will help you navigate the site and plan for eLearning.

Stage One: eLearning Vision

An eLearning Plan should open with a vision statement. The professionals involved need to give thought to the vision of their learning organisation. The vision statement should begin with an umbrella statement. This umbrella statement should relate closely to the existing visions of the organisation as recorded in the School Charter or an organisation's Aims and Objectives. The vision statement should then outline with more detail the vision for eLearning.

To create a vision for eLearning within your school it may help to write a short description of how eLearning is currently used within your school and determine which parts of your eLearning Vision are realistic and achievable within a 3 year time frame. You and your team may not come up with the definitive vision statement during the first draft. You may continue with the eLearning Planning and revisit the vision statement as goals become clearer during the planning process.

Stage Two: Learning and Teaching Strategy

"Those who wish to keep pace with what is required of them to perform effectively in schools, colleges and universities must be willing to make a real commitment to continuous training updating, largely through personal initiative, throughout their professional careers." (Ausburn, F. B. and Ausburn, L. J., 1986)

The Learning and Teaching section of the eLearning plan deals with humans as a resource. The success of eLearning is dependent on the personnel implementing the plan. You and the personnel in your learning organisation need to know where they are now and where they are going.

There are five levels or stages of teacher development with eLearning: Entry, Adoption, Adaption, Appropriation, Innovation. These stages are detailed in th Learning and Teaching Section of the eLearning Planning Guide. The Skill Capability Matrix is a self assessment tool used to determine the level of skill and confidence of staff on the eLearning journey.

Staff who are in the innovation stage, for example, and who have attended Professional Development on digital portfolios can now train other staff.

At this stage you should:

Identify the differences between the way that eLearning is currently used in your school, and what would be required for it to be used as described in your vision.
Identify the differences between the way that eLearning is currently integrated into the curriculum in your school, and how it would need to be integrated to achieve your vision.
Identify the differences between your school's current physical learning environment, and the learning environment that would be required for the vision.
Identify professional development requirements within your school community

Human resource has been emphasised in this section and to reflect its importance you should include a detailed professional development plan. This should outline the requirements for people who will use and support the school's eLearning Information and Communication Technologies and infrastructure. There are many ideas in the Professional Development Plan section in the Learning and Teaching Strategy section.

Stage Three: Information and Communication Technology Strategy

This section includes the physical technology requirements. First you need to identify your school's current equipment and physical resources, including: Hardware, software, peripherals and other ICT equipment; Physical resources, including furniture, electrical points and network cabling, classrooms and other special purpose buildings.

In this stage, current physical resources are identified and an assessment made of what will be needed for the eLearning vision. Physical resources include such things as buildings, electricity supply and phone lines. These items are part of the assets owned by your school.

The information in this section of the eLearning Planning Guide assists you to:

Determine your school's network requirements (for the next 3 - 5 years)
Identify other items required - including electrical, environmental and safety items, classroom space and furniture.
Identify what security is required for different types of risks.
Determine what technical support is required.

The emphasis for these items should be on what is required to implement your eLearning solution over the first three years.

Audits should be completed of current hardware, network instrastructure, software and peripherals, to confirm what equipment your school currently has, and what needs repairing or replacing.

Input for these audits should come from the eLearning Coordinator, census data, Network/Computer Maintenance Administrators, CASES printouts, library catalogue printouts, KLA Coordinators.

There are four sample forms that may be useful when carrying out these audits. You may wish to print one or more of them and use them to collate the audit findings and record any equipment that needs repairing.

This section also has information on the four stage assest management life cycle observed by the Victorian Government and asset planning.

Defining ICT requirements is a complex but logical task. A Technical Specification should be written, giving details of the equipment required. This is needed to confirm that everything has been considered and to assist in obtaining cost estimates. This leads us into stage five.

Stage Four: Plans and Budgets

This information; Identifies the elements of an effective eLearning Plan; Describes the types of planning required; Defines the content outline for an eLearning Plan and budgeting.

If you are ready to work on your eLearning Plan now, you can use the Input for the eLearning Plan Proforma (Word 6.0 - 12K). This document is available in Resources.

Budgetary considerations could be included where appropriate under the existing headings or included as an appendix. There are many valuable resources in the eLearning Planning guide to assist with the budget.

Stage 5: Review

The review is a very important part of the process. You can set up the Review schedule for eLearning Plan items as a table with the following headings: Item, Reviewed (When, How Often), Responsibility, Process.

The main items for review might be:

Vision and Mission Statement
Key Recommendations for Implementation
KLA eLearning Plans - Curriculum focus
Hardware, software, network procedures
Technical support
Professional development.

The items making up the Plan are reviewed by designated people at specified intervals. For example, professional development may be reviewed yearly and the process may be to use a Skill Capability Skill Matrix.

Conclusion

"eLearning supports convergence, connectivity, creativity and community."
Carol Moffatt (2001) Manager ICT Strategy for Schools, Ministry of Education New Zealand, at the Compaq Education Conference in Auckland, September 2001. (State of Victoria, Department of Education and Training, 2001)

Information and Communication Technologies and eLearning provide the keys to doors we didn't know existed. Doors that lead to creative and collaborative lifelong learning. Doors that create links across diverse cultures and within communities. (State of Victoria, Department of Education and Training, 2001)

Through shared ownership of eLearning planning, we can implement fun, innovation, and authentic learning environments for our students today that equip them for the future.
References

Martinich, Leslie (2002) Future Trends in eLearning: Lessons from History, submitted in support of the Global Summit of Online Knowledge Networks, held in Adelaide, Australia, on 4 and 5 March 2002, supported by EDNA, available at URL: http://www.educationau.edu.au/globalsummit/papers/lmartinich.htm accessed on 5 June 2002.

Gould, E. (2002) cited in, Author not available, Third Annual CITE(SM) Conference Focuses on 'Rethinking (E)Learning for the 21st Century', PR Newswire, 7 March 2002, available at URL http://www.elibrary.com, accessed 28 May 2002.

Ausburn, F. B. and Ausburn, L. J. (1986). Directions for educational computing and implications for professional skilling requirements. Australian Journal of Educational Technology, 2(1), 19-28. http://cleo.murdoch.edu.au/gen/aset/ajet/ajet2/win86p19.html accessed on 6 June 2002

State of Victoria, Department of Education and Training (2001) eLearning Planning Guide, 4 December 2001, available at URL www.sofweb.vic.edu.au, accessed on 27 May 2002.

University of California of Berkeley, School of Information Management and Systems (2000) How Much Information?, Regents of the University of California at Berkeley, available at URL http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info/summary

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