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Live On-line Presentation for the Chronicle of Higher Education: "Prospects for "For-Profit" Distance Education Spin-offs." December 2001.

J. Wilson Presentations

"Out of Turmoil and Conflict Comes Opportunity for Change;" Graduation Speech at Kent State University; May 16, 2009; Kent, Ohio.
"Graduation Speech at Kyushu University," Kyushu University; Fukuoka, Japan; Spring 2008.
"The Future Student at the University of Massachusetts;" A Presentation to the Board of Trustees, August 22, 2006.
"In An Age of Terror: Is Reconciliation Possible;" Westborough Congregational Church, October 29, 2006
"UMass and the Innovation Economy," Presentation to the Waltham West Chamber of Commerce, Waltham, MA 13 Jan 2006.
"Online Education: 'Reverse Engineering' Higher Ed;" Keynote speech to the Sloan International Conference; Orlando FL; 18 Nov 2005.
"The Gathering Storm in K-12 STEM Education;" Presentation to Governor Romney; October 18, 2005.
"The Never Ending Education: How Universities Must and Can Meet the Educational Needs of Students and Alumni for Life;" Keynote Speech; WebCT Impact 2005; San Francisco, CA; July 21, 2005.
"Creating New Learning Environments for Engineering Education: How Educational Research Drives Change;" Distinguished Lecture Series; 2005 ASEE Annual Conference; Portland Oregon; June 15, 2005.
"The Maintenance Contract for Higher Education," University Continuing Education Association, March 30, 2005.
"The State of New England Online Education;" The New England Board of Higher Education; Woodstock, VT; Nov. 5, 2004.
"Engineering: Global Opportunities, Global Challenges, Global Thinking;" International Colloquium on Engineering Education; Keynote speech Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; September 8, 2004.
"UMass The Innovation Imperative;" presented to the Mass Software Council Annual Meeting; Sheraton Boston; 1 September 2004.
"Globalism, Outsourcing, and the American University;" J. M. Wilson; presented to the Council of State Governments Eastern Regional Conference in Springfield, MA; August 9, 2004.
Guest Commentary: Massachusetts science, tech strategy should include its public university system; Mass High Tech magazine; 8/2/2004. By Jack Wilson
Research, innovation can generate prosperity ; (Sunday, 8/01/2004, The Springfield Republican); by Jack M. Wilson
"After Thiel, What Next?" Graduation Speech to Thiel College May 2004.
"Changing the Paradigm of Education to meet the Growing Demand for New and Emerging Technologies;" IT Futures Forum; Staples Corporate Headquarters; Framingham, MA; 8 January 2004.
NECN; New England Cable News; Jack Wilson with Jim Braude and Chet Curtis;15 Dec. 2003.
"eLearning - Where to Next;" New England Learning Assoc.; Royal Sonesta Hotel; Cambridge, MA; Dec 9, 2003.
"UMass: A Strategic Asset for the Commonwealth"
"The Innovation Imperative"- Presentation to UMass Research Directors; Nov. 23, 2003.
"WBZ Business Breakfast - November 6, 2003;"
"Creating New Learning Environments in the Convergence of Computers, Communications, and Cognition;" Am. Assn. of Colleges and Universities. Boston, MA; 1 November 2003.
"After the Fall: The Lessons of an Indulgent Era;" Presented at the 19th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning; Madison, Wisconsin; August 14, 2003.
“Building a Large Online University: Why Interoperability is the Holy Grail” Presented at the MIT Conference on Interoperability: alt-i-lab; Cambridge MA; 10 July 2003.
eLearning in Engineering: “ How Technology is Mandating and Transforming Continuing Education: Past, Present, and Future;” Presented at the ASEE 6th WFEO World Congress on Engineering Education &2nd ASEE International Colloquium on Engineering Education; Nashville, TN; June 21, 2003.
"Exploiting Opportunities in a Bigger Marketplace" Presented at the eLearning Summit in LaQuinta, California on May 5, 2003. (17 MB PowerPoint)
"Massachusetts: The Research and Innovation State." MassInsight Presentation to MassInsight, Mass High Tech Council, and other New England Business Associations in March 2003.
"Distance Learning as a Self Sustaining Enterprise:" Academic Impressions, Seattle Washington, Jan 20, 2003. and Cambridge Massachusetts, March 27, 2003.(5 MB PowerPoint)
"Massachusetts Higher Education Reorganization;" Jack Wilson debates Peter Nessen, Massachusetts Secretary of Education designate on WBZ-TV Ch 4 (CBS) "News Conference Sunday" at 11:00 am on March 16, 2003. (HTML and Real Video)
ASEE/NSF Joint China-U.S. Program Presentation; Presented in Shanghai and Beijing, China in October 2002. (3 MB PowerPoint)
ASEE/NSF Joint China-U.S. Program Article (Microsoft Word)
Creating Lifelong eLearning Environments From the Convergence of Computing, Communication, and Cognition, A presentation to the Association of Governing Boards (AGB) May, 2001.
Creating New Learning Environments in the Convergence of Computing, Communications, and Cognition - Institutional and Policy Perspectives -;" Presentation to the Committee on Undergraduate Education, National Research Council (NRC); November 19, 2002.
eExecutives eLearning eBusiness (shorter version)- presented at Kauffman Foundation Workshop; Boston, MA; Oct 2002.
eLearning as eBusiness (ppt) presented to Mellon Foundation sponsored Conference at U. C. Berkeley
eExecutives eLearning eBusiness, Presented at Babson College Colloquium, Nov 2002.
eBusiness Course Overview- presented at Kauffman Foundation Workshop, Oct 2002.
"Distance Learning as a Self Sustaining Enterprise:" Academic Impressions, Seattle Washington, Jan 20, 2003.
"Learning IT with IT"
"eLearning: After all the hype. Is it over?" (Local Copy) Syllabus, Santa Clara, CA; July 31, 2002.
"On-line Learning – Where to next?" Presentation to the Massachusetts Educational Computing Conference, Cape Cod, MA; June 2002.
"Creating New Learning Environments- From the Studio to Online;" Presentation to Taiwan National Educational Computing Conference, Tainan, Taiwan.
"Studio Courses: Creating New Learning Environments for Higher Education;" Presentation to Rhode Island State Conference; April 12, 2002; Providence, Rhode Island.
"Studio Courses in Engineering;" Presented to Nat. Electrical Engineering Department Heads Association.
"Studio Physics"
"Physics Education, A Focus on the Introductory Course;" A presentation to the Physics Decadal Study of the National Research Council (NRC); Washington, CD.
"Web Based Physics: Perpetuating the past or fomenting the future?" PNACP Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon.
Reforming the Undergraduate Curriculum: Faculty Rewards and Responses;" A presentation to Indiana University Conference on Undergraduate Reform.
"Cultures of Connection: Why the Shortest Distance Between Two Points May Be On-Line;" presented to the AAC&U; Washington, DC.
"A Digital National Library for Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education," a study done for the National Research Council (NRC); Jack M. Wilson Chair.
"How might changes in technology influence buildings for the 21st century law school ;" Presentation to the American Bar Association; Washington, DC.
"Interactive Distributed Learning: Using networked computing and communications tools to bring continuous education to scientists and engineers;" Presentation to the Industrial Research Institute (IRI); Williamsburg, VA.
"Emerging Technologies: How Do We Define and Accomplish IT?" Presentation to the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA), Toronto, Canada.
"eBusiness: The hope, the hype, the power, the pain;" A presentation to the Fleet-New York State Conferences on eGovernment; Dec. 2000.
"Who Owns Teaching?" Presentation to Knight Foundation Collaborative Meeting, Princeton University.
eLearning: Where to next? (ppt)
eLearning: The Future at UMass (ppt)
eLearning: The Killer App (ppt)
(xml and html files for MS Internet Explorer only)
UMassOnline Forum Presentation
Distributed eLearning
The University, eLearning, and the Internet Tsunami
The Internet Tsunami and Distributed Learning
eLearning and Entrepreneurship
The Internet Tsunami and Distributed Learning (ppt)
Entrepreneurship in Information Technology (ppt)
Learning: The "Killer App" of this Generation of Computing (ppt)
Continuous Education: The Inevitable Result of Multimedia and the Internet
eExecutives eLearning eBusiness (PowerPoint Presentation)

J. Wilson Articles:

"eLearning in Engineering: The interplay of technology and pedagogy;" ASEE-NSF-China Joint Program; ASEE/NSF Joint China-U.S. Program Article
"More than Digital Content: Long Live Your Course;" Syllabus Magazine; May 2002.
UMassOnline-Online Pedagogy
eLearning: Is it Over?
eLearning: Is It Over? - A Bibliography.
How eExecutives are eLearning eBusiness
The Technological Revolution: Reflections on the Proper Role of Technology in Higher Education or Word File
Distance Learning for Continuous Education; Educom Review; Vol. 32 2; March/April 1997
How eExecutives are eLearning eBusiness; Jack Wilson
eBusiness: The Hope, the Hype, the Power, the Pain (A Text- A Work in Progress)
The LearnLinc Story
The Development of the Studio Classroom or Word File (doc)
Top Ten Ways to Fail with Technology in Distributed Education; Jack Wilson
The Technology Ten Commandments; Jack Wilson
Studio Courses: How Information Technology is Changing the Way We Teach, On Campus and Off
The Physics Major: An Endangered Species? Am. Phys. Soc. 2000.
Listen for the Learn Tone
"The Prototype of the Virtual Classroom" by Jack M. Wilson, Ph.D. and David N. Mosher in NLII Viewpoint, Fall/Winter 1997.
"The Rensselaer 80/20 Model for Interactive Distance Learning;" Bradford C. Lister, Michael M. Danchak, Kim A. Scalzo, William C. Jennings and Jack M. Wilson; EDUCAUSE, 1999.
"Developing a Digital National Library for Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering,
and Technology Education;" National Research Council; National Academy Press; Washington, D.C. 1998.
"Studio Courses: How Information Technology is Changing the Way We Teach, on Campus and off;" Jack M. Wilson http://caes.mit.edu/people/larson/EduTech-2000.04.07.pdf
Will the Ivory Tower Survive the Electronic Village? EDUCOM Review, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 12-16, March/April 1997.
"A Multimedia Model for Undergraduate Education;" R. Byron Pipes and Jack M. Wilson; Technology In Society, Pergamon - Elsevier Science Ltd; Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 387-401, 1996.
"Creating New Learning Environments for Higher Education;" NEEDHA (Nat. Elec. Eng. Dept. Heads) Meeting; March 6, 1999.

Studio Courses

Information Technology