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Summer 1999 - Volume 2, Number 2 Connecting Resource in Online Learning Environments As online instructional delivery systems advance, more comprehensive resources and structures are needed to support high quality learning and communication processes. Online Learning Environments (OLEs) will emerge to provide comprehensive support for the process of learning and instruction . . . Effective Leadership - An IT Perspective IT leadership requires many of the characteristics common to all leaders, but also requires special abilities and insights into technology's impact . . Web-Based Courses: The Assiniboine Model This paper describes the model used at Assiniboine Community College for the creation of web-based courses. This model was developed based on our experience developing on-line courses, on information gathered from other on-line courses, and on discussions with other people engaged in on-line course development . . The Development of an Online Course to Teach Public Administrators Computer Utilization The proposal of this course, specifically as an online option, may best be seen as an illustration of the university's need to adjust to the new client-based paradigm emerging today in education. During a time when funding for new educational infrastructure has come to a virtual standstill in most states, distance learning technologies have broken down protective territorial barriers. . . Titanic II: The Legal Floodgates of Y2K Today we face another Titanic. This one may not be as deadly but one thing is certain: the legal ramifications will cause damaging ripples and good-sized gashes for some time to come. . .