The first edition of
my book, Education for an Information Age, was published by WCB Brown and
Benchmark in 1995. This second edition was published by McGraw-Hill
in 1998, shortly after the McGraw-Hill Companies acquired William C. Brown,
Publishers. One of the problems with publication on a three cycle
is currency, especially when the text is about computers and computer-based
technologies. I have asked McGraw-Hill to publish the book annually,
but they are unwilling to do this. So I been given permission by
McGraw-Hill Companies to take back ownership of the book and I am making
it freely available to Schools of Education to use as an accompanying text
for courses in Instructional Technology. I will update the text annually
during the summer months, starting this year. A new edition will
be available in August of this year, and each year thereafter into the
foreseeable future. I use the book in my own course, which is all
the incentive I need to maintain currency. Professors of Education/Instructional
Technology who decide to use the text with their classes are asked only
to inform me of that fact. This is so that I can (a) have some idea
as to how extensively it is used, and (b) invite feedback annually on the
text to help me work on the annual updates for the Fall.