One colleague made a very telling comment the first morning. The reason for saying this is that there are 10 to 15 people who have been very active in applying information technology to education. For many years we were the only ones that showed up to events like this one. I am convinced faculty at Berkeley are very anxious to exploit new media technology for education. The problem is time and money.
All faculty have many demands on their time.
It is hard to find support to learn how to do simple projects, let alone do the more complicated projects. Providing adequate infrastructure, such as computers, fast computer networks, classroom and laboratory facilities, and people. New students and faculty are coming to Berkeley with experience already, so over time the acceptance will go up. The use of the web for courses. Three student speakers at the conference presented excellent examples of how email, news groups, and the web are now used extensively in classes.