Propinquitous library searching

One advantage I have over most of my classmates is my proximity to the Brandon University library. I have compiled a few articles for my paper, located exclusively online and tagged in del.icio.us. Yesterday, as I was searching the stacks for books on Participatory Action Research, I found a 2007 publication of the National Society for the Study of Education(NSSE), a University of Illinois at Chicago journal dedicated to issues of concern for educators. The theme of the book is 'Information and Communication Technologies: Considerations of Current Practice for Teachers and Teacher Educators'. I did a Google search and found the chapters from the book on the NSSE site(plus other technology related chapters from previous yearbooks). I have tagged this site, and recommend it as a valuable resource for writing the final paper. I welcome any comments regarding the usefulness of the articles - I plan on citing several of them for my document.
After some thought, I've decided to write my final paper on the challenges of providing an ICT component in adult higher learning at a distance. My work involves teacher education, and thus gives me a different perspective in the ICT paradigm - training teachers in remote areas of the province in an age of rapidly changing computer facility. I am constantly using technology in my daily activities, from contacting publishing reps to conducting searches for BUNTEP students who have limited numbers of up-to-date computers(and even less access to high-speed internet services). Our students, virtually and physically isolated in places like Sapotaweyak or Wasagamack, suffer from a lack of ICT options most 21st century higher education students take for granted. Instructors travelling to these remote communities also feel the absence of acceptable ICT resources. There are ways to compensate for the dearth of technology in our centres, however. The BUNTEP concept is one that incorporates the local community, as much as possible, in the delivery of a university level teacher education program(it takes a village to raise a teacher). As a result, we try to schedule a course entitled Technology and Computers in Education in the summer time slot. The local schools are often equipped with much better computers systems than our centres. The technology instructor is able to conduct the course in school labs that are idle and available, owing to the absence of K-12 students enjoying their summer break. The challenge for BUNTEP students is to maintain their new found skills when they return to school in autumn. I am in the process of constructing a workshop that would introduce them to several social software applications that we have become familiar with in the last few weeks. I'm still contemplating how I will deliver the session, and I haven't ruled out a video conference if I am able to set up a workable system. I'll update my progress in a future blog.