Cyberspace Update

Get Connected:
NCRVE Cyberspace Update
(Events of June-July 1997)

by David Carlson

NCRVE has a variety of electronic services available to the public. Highlights of the past two months include: many more publications available on the World Wide Web, a directory of NCRVE technical assistance contacts, and an online version of NCRVE's 1997 Agenda. Our electronic services are already used by thousands of people--for information on how you can join in, keep reading! (Note: electronic addresses given below are enclosed in <angle brackets> to set them off from the text. Do not include the brackets when typing the addresses on your computer.)

A New Way to Keep up with the NCRVE Website

Would you like to get a short email message whenever new publications and features become available on the National Center for Research in Vocational Education Website?

If so, send an email message to ncrve-www-announce@ncrve.berkeley.edu, and put the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line of the message. About 250 people were on the list at the end of July.

New Items Appear on the NCRVE Website

A directory of Web sites maintained by or about K-12 vocational programs continues to grow. See the links established so far at <http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/K12.html>, and see the "call for sites" in the November/December 1996 issue of AVA's Techniques magazine (p. 17) or at <http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/NetGain/NETGain6.html>.

Information about NCRVE's Educational Development Services is now available at <http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/EDS/>.

A page of links to useful vocational education-related Internet sites continues to grow. Please check out the current collection (at <http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/OtherSites.html> and feel free to contribute your own suggestions.

Here are some other items added to the Web in the last six months:

Educator, Student, and Employer Priorities for Tech Prep Student Outcomes (MDS-790, January 1997)<http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/abstracts/MDS-790/>
Evaluating Job Training Programs in the United States: Evidence and Explanations (MDS-1047, May 1995) <http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/abstracts/MDS-1047>
NCRVE's Brochure <http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/brochure.html>
New Perspectives on Documenting Employment and Earnings Outcomes in Vocational Education (MDS-743, August 1996) <http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/abstracts/MDS-743/>
The 1997 Agenda for the National Center for Research in Vocational Education (MDS-1121, May 1997) <http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/abstracts/MDS-1121/>
Problem-Solving At A Circuit-Board Assembly Machine: A Microanalysis (MDS-1043, June 1996)<http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/abstracts/MDS-1043/>
Profiles and Best Practices: Exemplary Vocational Special Populations Programs (MDS-856, November 1995) <http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/abstracts/MDS-856/>
The Returns to Education and Training in the Sub-Baccalaureate Labor Market: Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1984-1990 (MDS-765, May 1995) <http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/abstracts/MDS-765/>

VOCNET and DISSMN8

VOCNET, NCRVE's listserv discussion group for all voc ed topics, currently has about 1,764 subscribers, down 1 percent from June 1. Approximately 295 items were posted in June-July.

DISSMN8, NCRVE's listserv discussion group for educational dissemination- related topics, now boasts 158 subscribers, up 5 percent from June 1. If you are interested in providing input on what a National Educational Dissemination System (NEDS) might look like, please join in.

How to Connect to NCRVE Electronic Services

VOCNET--To subscribe, send a one-line email message to listserv@cmsa.berkeley.edu that says:

subscribe vocnet yourfirstname yourlastname

For example, Carl Perkins would send the message

subscribe vocnet Carl Perkins

Once you have subscribed, you may post items to VOCNET by sending email to vocnet@cmsa. berkeley.edu. Your message will be distributed by email to all subscribers. VOCNET also exists as the Netnews newsgroup bit.listserv.vocnet.

DISSMN8--To subscribe, send a one-line email message to listserv@cmsa.berkeley.edu that says:

subscribe dissmn8 yourfirstname yourlastname

For example, Carl Perkins would send the message

subscribe dissmn8 Carl Perkins

Once you have subscribed, you may post items to DISSMN8 by sending email to dissmn8@cmsa. berkeley.edu. Your message will be distributed by email to all subscribers.

NCRVE-WWW-Announce--To subscribe, send an email message to ncrve-www-announce@ncrve. berkeley.edu that contains the word subscribe in the subject line.

World Wide Web--Point your Internet WWW browser (Netscape, Mosaic, Lynx, etc.) to <http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/>.

Gopher--Point your Gopher client (TurboGopher, Netscape, etc.) to <gopher://ncrve.berkeley.edu/>.

FTP--Point your FTP program (Fetch, Netscape, etc.) to <ftp://ncrve.berkeley.edu/FTP/>. Log in with the user ID anonymous and provide your email address as the password.

David Carlson managed electronic communications for NCRVE's Dissemination Program.