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  GO-PHER-IT: YOUR PASSPORT TO THE INTERNET
  
  "Go-Pher-It: Your Passport To the Internet" is a  two  and  one  half  week
  distance learning workshop. Conducted entirely by e-mail, it is designed to
  introduce the beginner to  the worldwide  gopher  information  distribution
  system,  as  well as to enhance the skills of the somewhat more experienced
  user.
  
  The Internet gopher is the express elevator of  the  Internet,  capable  of
  cutting through layer upon layer of information quickly.  It permits you to
  traverse the world's data banks.  You can be viewing a color photograph  of
  an  ancient  Chinese vase stored on a computer in Taiwan and, on a moment's
  notice, "be" in the UK,  downloading a database  of  historical  names  and
  dates.  It  enables  you to easily retrieve all sorts of information and to
  connect to many other services.  Invented at the University  of  Minnesota,
  home  of  the  "Golden  Gophers"  sports teams (hence the name), the gopher
  program connects many of the major Internet  computers  together  into  one
  unified information service or "gopher space."
  
  In  a  matter of little more than two and one half years, gopher has sprung
  up from one installation on the University of Minnesota campus to well over
  one thousand  around  the world.  One key to gopher's success has been that
  it is not overly complicated.  It is easy to use, and, moreover,  makes  an
  orderly,  logical  presentation out of dissimilar and scattered "chunks" of
  information from all over the Internet.
  
  What are some of the advantages of gopher?
  
  * There is a wealth of information available by gopher, including  many  of
    the resources of the Internet.
  
  *  You  change effortlessly from one computer to the next and scarcely know
     it, as the menu interface remains the same.
   
  * It lets you browse the Internet and find "hidden  gems"  that  you  might
    otherwise not have known about.
  
  * Gopher is good for those times you may only have a vague idea of what you
    are seeking, as well as retrieving information when you know what you want.
  
  Workshop Information
  
  During the workshop, you will learn:
  
  * How to make the basic connection to gopher.
  
  * How to use gopher to connect with some representative gopher sites.
  
  * How to query gopher space with the powerful Veronica program.
  
  * How to set up gopher "bookmarks" and make changes in  them  in  order  to
    personalize your gopher sessions.
  
  * The intimate relationship between gopher and other key Internet retrieval
    tools, such as FTP, WAIS, and WWW while  learning something about  them  in
    the process.
  
  Dates:  The  course  will  begin February 1, 1994 and will end February 19,
  1994.
  
  Cost: $20 per participant
  
  To sign-up for "Go-pher-it: Your Passport To the Internet"  please send  an
  e-mail message to the listserv:
  
  listserv@netcom.com
  
  with the words:    subscribe go_pher_it
  
  in the body of the message.
  
  This  will  automatically put you on the mailing list for the workshop, and
  you will receive an acknowledgment with the particulars about signing up.
  
  In order to get the most from this workshop it is helpful to have access to
  a  gopher  client  program, either by remote access, or by actually running
  one on  your  own  computer  directly  connected  to  the  Internet.     To
  participate  in the workshop you only need access to e-mail; however, it is
  very desirable to be able to actually use a gopher  client  while  you  are
  doing so.
  
  The workshop leader, Thomas P. Copley, Ph.D., is one of the founders of The
  Electronic University in San Francisco, and is an experienced instructor of
  distance learning  courses  via  networks.    In addition to consulting for
  Apple Computer, Inc. on  hyper  textual  distance  learning  software,  Dr.
  Copley  has served on the faculties of Washington State University, Antioch
  College, and Armstrong University.  He is also the Editor of the electronic
  newsletter the TELELEARNING NETWORK SYNTHESIZER.
  
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  Thomas P. Copley                                  ror@netcom.com
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