Those articles will be published later. The contents of this issue are introduced with an expansive article by Campion and Renner, who write of 'Henry Ford' style 'technology'. There is content here about the philosophy of technology with its emphases on economies of scale, division of labour, creation of consumer markets, manipulation of and by politicians etc. Rawaf and Simmons take some readers for a first excursion into the world of distance education in Saudi Arabia. The opportunity for women to benefit from distance education is a prime concern for this paper.
Some support comes from unexpected though welcomed sources.
Walker and Hackman study what promotes most satisfaction in learning through technology and offer some surprises in their conclusions. K ymen reports on study and learning differences between students in Turkey, while Latchem and Rapley cite their experiences using compressed video telecommunication to facilitate the education of rural nurses. Lehmann concludes the Reports section with an account of her experiences as a teacher in an isolated country area. Her class is split over two towns. This is an account, not unlike Gee's published last issue, which arises from documentation of personal experience and thus did not emerge from a scholarly research base.