"Teaching and Learning Technology on Campus" Seminar
Please consider attending a seminar on learning technology jointly organized by the Information Technology Services Centre, and the Teaching Development Unit for all the University teaching staff. In the seminar, we will introduce you to the use of advanced instructional technologies in teaching and learning.

Date : June 11, 1999 (Friday)
Time : 2:30pm-4:30pm
Venue : LT1, Mong Man Wai Building

The seminar will commence with a recommendation on IT Strategy Report by Prof. Kenneth Young, and end with his thoughts on future plans and developments in web-based teaching. There will be a demonstration by Prof. PingPing Fu, Department of Management, on using WebCT in course instruction. In addition, the Centre will also introduce a new series of Learning Technology seminars and workshops in August for you to familiarize yourself with WebCT and other learning technology available on campus.

For further information and registration, please visit: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/learning/workshops or http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/~tdu.

Result of Review of Dial-up Access Quota System
After a careful study of the valuable comments we got during the consultation period, the following aspects of your proposal will be implemented starting from this Summer:

• Increase the quota-controlled line (29330800 and 29328000) by 276;
  
• Re-distribute the number of quota-controlled and quota-uncontrolled lines in a ratio of 4:1;
  
• Decrease the maximum connection time for the quota-uncontrolled lines (29330633 and 29330733) to one hour.
  

In addition, the quota scheme for summer will be announced on May 31. Please refer to "Dial-up Services Homepage" - http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/services/dialup/ for details.

Decommission of Gopher System
The gopher system (gopher://gopher.cuhk.edu.hk) has been serving our university since the year 1992 to handle text-based information on campus. However, with the increasing popularity of web-based graphics, and the growing emphasis of audio-visual elements on the information superhighway, many departments have already stopped using the gopher system. Major departments have been migrating their information from gopher to the University or departmental web server. The Information Technology Services Centre has therefore decided to terminate the gopher service on campus starting from September 1, 1999.

Success of Learning Technology Courses
In the last semester, ITSC designed a series of activities for teaching staff to assist them to incorporate information technology into their teaching. The seminars, tutorial classes, workshops and guided tours, were attended by over 1,200 head counts. Participants showed their interest in pursuing the innovative integration of web-based instructional technologies into courses.

Visit http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/learning/workshops/ for more details.

Meeting with LAN Administrators
The Information Technology Services Centre has made a great effort to maintain close contacts with University LAN administrators and develop communication between the LAN administrators themselves. In order to enhance technology transfer, and the exchange of updated information, we host regular meetings every four months to discuss different topics. The last meeting was in April, more than 75% of the LAN administrators came. They actively participated in expressing their concerns and ideas about computer network information security and virus prevention. Our next meeting will be in August.

If you are a LAN administrator who has never received a notice about these meetings, please contact our staff as soon as possible.

User Area Summer Opening hours
During the coming summer vacation, the User Area in the Wong Foo Yuan Building and one of our training rooms in the Pi-Chiu Building, will be closed for seminar workshops and renovation. Other computer systems and services will operate as usual. Details of the latest schedule is posted on-line at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/announce/summer99.html

Have a happy summer vacation!