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VOLUME
27
NUMBER 3-4
ISSN 0300-7022
©Copyright 2000
Edward W.
Dodds, M.A.
Editor, ADRIS Newsletter
PO Box 210735
Nashville, TN
37221-0735 USA
E-mail: editor@adris.org
Web: http://www.adris.org/
Dr. David O.
Moberg
ADRIS Coordinator
Professor Emeritus
Department of Social
and Cultural Sciences
Marquette University
7120 W. Dove
Court
Milwaukee, WI 53223-2766
E-mail: domoberg@juno.com
Ed-itorial
Most of the content of previous
newsletters has been compiled from a variety of sources. The organization
has been loose at best. There have been general themes, however. In a
nutshell, the focus has been "How can we use these emerging
technologies to make our outreach more effective?"
ADRIS began with a strong mission to
make data available. This data was being gathered by disparate
organizations – and by nature of the technology of the time – it was
gathered in "proprietary" format. Since these formats were not
yet widely distributed, data tended to be "locked" in each
organization’s database and they were tedious and burdensome to
translate to another "proprietary" format.
I became involved with ADRIS just as
the Internet was becoming accessible to mainstream society. I had a hunch
that in time (although I was not certain which specific mechanism would be
adopted) this large network would provide a way for these databases (which
were being upgraded to more “networkable” versions) to interact with
one another. Key to this hunch was that it would not be just periodic
static posting of data from one base to another, but that they would
eventually be structured to work dynamically in real-time.
I came to the conclusion that it would
be a more efficient approach for ADRIS Newsletter to assume that
organizations would learn that there were several reasons why it would be
desirous for them to make their data available in such a manner. This
differed from the previous approach which ADRIS had utilized – that of
attempting to get copies of these databases and index and/or translate
them into one large data source.
As some of you know,
I work as an intranet/internet developer with Compuware Professional
Services (from 1999 to 2009) in Nashville, TN. In my day-to-day life I am charged with
research duties as well as proof of concept development at a variety of
large, global corporations. These companies serve as excellent test
beds to indicate which technologies will be eventually adopted by the
business community. This adoption, in turn, with the exception of the open
source movement, will determine into which directions software and
hardware makers are likely to point in upcoming development cycles.
I thought I would use
this issue of the Newsletter to discuss some upcoming trends that will
impact organizations of faith and non-profits. I hope you will react with
feedback while the article is being compiled. Any suggested links to
promising technologies are especially sought and criticism or reservations
are sought as well.
The falling are some trends I'm seeing…
Ed
Dodds, editor@adris.org
Trend
#1 — XML (With or Without
SOAP) and internet data exchanges will be a reality in every sector
Sources
which indicate this trend:
Background of B2B
Biztalk
ebXML
XML/EDI
xmlhack
xml.org
<ed.note>This movement/philosophy is referred to now (2009) as "Open Data".</ed.note>
Trend
#2
— Education and Religious Content to Develop Audio Book Virtual Libraries
available via Broadband Internet, Digital Radio, Satellite Radio, Wireless
Handhelds
Sources
which indicate this trend:
Christian
Digital Library Foundation
Digital
AM radio in the air
Future
Direction of Wireless Applications
Mobile
Learning: Is It Possible to Learn While On The Go? [Melissa Regan,
Assistant Director, Global Learning Partnership Program, Stanford Learning
Lab]
Takeshi
Natsuno, Executive Director, Gateway Business Department, NTT DoCoMo, Stanford
University Online Courses
Nokia
presents first integrated mobile multimedia device
Telemedicine
in the Press
Universalis.com
<ed.note>Insert standard iPod/iTunes University story here.</ed.note>
Trend
#3 – "CLEP
TEST" Model for Distance Learning Degree Granting to be Adopted
Sources
which indicate this trend:
Collegedegree.com
Dantes
Distance Learning
Dantes
Tests
Ecollege.com
Mindedge
Online Degrees
Nurses
Can Earn Free CME Credits at Medscape.com
<ed.note>While the degree to which models of commercial higher ed schools, charter schools, home schools have multiplied — and with this a variety of distance and web-enabled ed models, the credentialing oligarchy is still in place. It is worth observing that undergraduate standards are being developed via an initiative under the auspices of the National Governors Association (with 47 States participating). I expect these credentialing folks to be overturned as the public becomes aware that the true bottleneck (say for nurses and doctors) is not the number of students who can enter programs (say medical school) but the number of folks/process society have deemed authoritative to determine competency on the outcomes side of the ed pipeline. The for-profit ed model will necessarily have to begin lobbying for alternative accreditation mechanisms within 5 to 10 years for their profitability to continue as their stock holders demand. Also, this just in at BusinessWeek.</ed.note>
Trend
#4
— Direct Donation via Application Service Providers Signals the
downfall of "UNITED WAY" Model Charities
Sources
which indicate this trend:
Direct
Deposit and Direct Payment Coalition
Jamcracker
Netledger
Seibel
eBusiness
TurboTax
For Tax Year 2000 Sets New Standard For Automated Tax Preparation: Giving
to Charity Just Got Easier
<ed.note>Note the growth of P2P-based development like Grameen Bank, Kiva, etc. and tools like Relational Tithing.</ed.note>
Trend
#5 — Massive Move Toward
Nonprofit Mergers as Geographical Concerns are removed by the Web
Sources
which indicate this trend:
New
Report Provides Models for Nonprofit Mergers and Alliances
Nonprofit
mergers mean better service
Nonprofit
Mergers: The perils and the possibilities
Re:
Nonprofit mergers
Urge
to Merge Affects Small Nonprofits
Trend
#6
— Corporations, Nonprofit and Government Departments to Disclose Budget
Expenditures and other Pertinent Information Real-Time via the Web
Sources
which indicate this trend:
Center
for Digital Government Survey
Fair
Disclosure Rule
Public
Disclosure Commission
Reports
of Medical Errors in U.S. Hospitals are
Strongly Influencing Where Americans Choose To Go For
Their Health Care
Will
Internet Improve Voting?
Trend
#7
— Computer-illiterate Management Publicly Identified via the Web
Should They Refuse to Improve Their Skill Sets
Sources
which indicate this trend:
BullyBusters
Corporate
Monitoring
Darwin
Magazine
Epinions
Eraiders
Execs
Must Make It Their Business To Understand IT
Interfaith
Center on Corporate Responsibility
Investors'
Bullhorn
Organizing
Online
Social
Funds
Shareholder
Action Network
TeacherReview.com
Workingwounded
Trend
#8 — Traditionally
"Independent" Industries Will Be Pressured By Government to
Standardize Metrics To Allow for Comparison (Flipside of Trend #1)
Sources
which indicate this trend:
Study
Predicts Huge HIPAA Privacy Compliance Costs
Trend
#9 — Traditionally Coddled
Employee Groups Incentivized to Computerize
Sources
which indicate this trend:
Pay
Incentive Lures Patent Office Workers Into Computer Age
Trend
#10 — Telecommuting from Home
Offices over Broadband Virtual Private Networks will take off when
computer-illiterate Mainstream Media begins reporting that
computer-illiterate Management, Stock Analysts, and Venture Capitalists are
forcing companies to use real estate charging inflated fees because they
lack skills to monitor Remote Workers
Sources
which indicate this trend:
Telecommute
America
VPN
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