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This paper argues that it is time to think differently about assessing the role of educational technology in the teaching and learning process. The first section addresses the question, "What is learning?" The second section examines the purpose of education. The third section discusses the knowledge base needed to apply educational technology appropriately to the teaching-learning process, including the learner-centered principles as a framework, the learner-centered psychological principles, defining "learner-centered," and using technology to provide qualities of learner-centered teachers. The fourth section considers the implications of the learner-centered framework for the application of technology to support learners and learning, the assessment of technology in service to learners and learning, building learner-centered learning communities, expanding the notion of collaboration, and transforming the educational system. An author biography is included. (Contains 49 references.) (MES)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert