Student Affairs On-Line The on-line magazine about technology and Student Affairs Gary D. Malaney - Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst Editor Stuart Brown - StudentAffairs.com Executive Editor Dana Christman - New Mexico State University Book Editor Fall 2002 • Vol. 3, No. 4

Join our mailing list!    First Name        Last Name        School        Email            ©2007    StudentAffairs.com    All Rights Reserved	Editor's Notes Gary D. Malaney Director, Student Assessment, Research, & Evaluation Office (SAREO) Associate Professor, Higher Education University of Massachusetts Amherst As our loyal readers will quickly discern, with this issue I have taken over the editing chores for StudentAffairs On-line. I am sure that you all will join me in thanking Daniel Salter for his wonderful work over the past few years. Hopefully, with your help, we can continue to publish articles and book reviews that will be informative and helpful in your daily work. We have quite a collection of articles this issue. Inside This Issue Featured Articles In an article reprinted from the Association of College Unions International's The Bulletin, College Unions Use Technological Advances to Create Dynamic Web Sites, Ben Lewis and Chris Zhou provide details on how to design and set up a virtual tour. Dr. Kamal Kishore Jain writes from Malaysia in Motivating E-Learners - A Case Study of E-Learners Seeking An Advanced Degree From UNITAR. He gives several tips based on his observations in teaching on-line courses. In Why Webmasters make good pets, Dave Taylor explains why it is important for student affairs departments to have good webmasters and IT people. Will Barratt and Charlie Potts charm us with their image of the virtual "union break" with Where is the virtual campus union?. In his article Enter the RAAP!, Matt Morano provides a description of an appointment, tracking, and evaluation system that is both innovative and automated. Bill Warters describes a new website designed to help staff members support students' appropriate use of conflict resolution skills in Leveraging the Power of the Web to Help Resolve Student Conflicts. Brian Cremins writes about African American filmmaker and novelist Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951) and how his pioneering work in a variety of media is not so unlike our work in cyberspace in "This is a modern age". Book Reviews Dr. Mary Prentice reviews Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning: Leading and Supporting the Transformation on your Campus (Barone and Hagner, Editors). Leslie Dare reviews Deep Learning for a Digital Age (Written by Van B. Weigel). Finally, Stuart Brown reviews We've Got Blog: How Weblogs are Changing Our Culture and The Weblog HandbookDeep Learning for a Digital Age. StudentAffairs.com Student Affairs Online is graciously sponsored by StudentAffairs.com. To find out all the latest from our sponsor, read more About StudentAffairs.com