Selected Presentations

2003
GIS and its Applications in Education HTML
Supercomputing 2003
Phoenix, AZ  

Institutional Repositories: Implications for Land Grants   HTML 
NETC 2003 - National Extension Technology Conference
Kansas City, MO

2002
Nafziger, E.D., R.G. Hoeft, J.G. Schmitz, and B.D. Young. 2002. The Interactive Illinois Agronomy Handbook. Abstract no. A04-nafziger165953, American Society of Agronomy.

Agricultural Extension on the Web   HTML
CISCE2002: China & International Soy Conference & Exhibition

Internet in Everyday Life: Problems and Prospects
Guest Lecture, SPCOM 396, UIUC  HTML

2001

Interactive Agronomy Handbook
Information Agriculture 2001. Indianapolis HTML

Technical Background for IT Action Planning. HTML
The M.S. Swaminathan Foundation, Chennai, India

Agricultural Information Systems  PAPER HTML  SLIDES HTML
Indore, India

Web Technology for 4-H    HTML  HTML Text Only
Extension Professional Development Session, UIUC 

Digital Libraries and E-Learning   HTML  HTML Text Only 
CET/SCALE Brownbag Series, UIUC


2000
Outreach Digital Libraries    HTML 
NETC 2000 - National Extension Technology Conference
College Station, Texas

Interactive Agronomy Handbook    
Extension Professional Development, UIUC,
& CCnet Agribusiness Committee, Champaign, IL  

WWW for Agricultural Education in Illinois    HTML

IAVAT 2000    HTML

Cole, Timothy W., Robert S. Allen, and John G. Schmitz. "Building an Outreach Digital Library Collection," at Hot Topics 2000 Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries Spring Conference, Matteson, IL, April 13, 2000.   PDF  PPT  

Allen, Robert S., Cole, Timothy, and John Schmitz. "Problems of Creating a Digital Library."  SLA Food, Agriculture and Nutrition Division Annual Conference, 2000.

1999

Information Overload
Guest Lecture, EPS 304 Online, UIUC  HTML

Allen, Robert S., Cole, Timothy, and John Schmitz. "Building a Digital Outreach Information System: The Illinois Experience." Presented at the United States Agricultural Information Network Meeting, April 22-24, 1999, Manhattan, Kansas.

1998

Introduction to Digital Libraries   HTML 
Emerging Technologies for Science, Education and Business
National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Allen, Robert S., Cole, Timothy and John Schmitz. "Metadata Considerations for an Outreach Information System." Presented at CIC Metadata Conference, UIUC, 1998.
 
WWW Technologies for the Classroom    HTML

World Bank ITQ Workshop
Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

1997
Visualization Strategies via the World-Wide Web  
Data Visualization '97, St. Louis. MO

World-Wide Web Technologies for Academics and Outreach Information Agriculture '97, Champaign, IL

Future of the Virtual Classroom 
AEC / NETC '97 Cleveland, Ohio

Future of the Virtual Classroom
New Directions for News, Reno, NV

1996
Agriculture on the Web: Future of the Cyberfarm HTML 
Information Agriculture '96, Champaign, IL

1995
Agricultural Education and the Web
Information Agriculture '95, Champaign, IL

AG Web: Teaching, Research and Service via the Web
Conference on Rural Datafication, Indianapolis, IN

JAVA, Super Browsers, and the Virtual Classroom
SCALE Seminar Series, UIUC

1994
The World Explorer System  HTML
The Discovery System    HTML
2nd Annual Conference on Mosaic and the World-Wide Web
Chicago, IL

Ecology of Critical Thinking
13th Annual International Conference on Thinking, MIT

1993
Global Environmental Education over the Internet
4th Global Warming Intl. Conference, Chicago

1992
Teaching Probabilistic Reasoning: Response to McCarthy    HTML 
Philosophy of Education Society Annual Meeting

1986
Thinking Skills and Reading: Response to Norris
Philosophy of Education Society Annual Meeting

1984
Epistemics and Social Cognition
3rd Annual International Conference on Thinking, Harvard

Selected Online Content

VOTEC Lecture Notes Archive (Coming back soon)

Testimony submitted to the Web-Based Education Committee