next decade, this 30 million will grow to 100 million. To meet this staggering demand, a major university needs to be created each week" (1996). 
"Our ancestors sailed across a vast ocean, one third of the earth's surface, and to accomplish this great feat they needed the vision to see islands over the horizon, the ability to plan intentional voyages of discovery, the discipline to train physically and mentally, the courage to take risks, and a deep sense of aloha to bind the crew together during the voyage. These are Hawaiian values but they are also universal values. They worked in the past and they will work today" (
instead of seeking radically new opportunities to develop school-as-it-can-be" (Seymour Papert and Gaston Caperton, in 
matter. What matters to me is the determined space and time where determined tasks are accomplished. Social historical and political tasks, not only individual ones. . . . The two main tasks of the school: to get the already known knowledge and to produce the knowledge not yet in existence" (In Seymour Papert's 
and to consider the action of others to give point and direction to his own, is equivalent to breaking down barriers of class, race, and national territory which kept men from perceiving the full import of their activity" (
James N. Shimabukuro
Associate Professor, English
Kapi’olani Community College
James N. Shimabukuro is an associate professor of English at Kapi’olani Community College, which is part of the University of Hawai’i System. He earned an EdD in 1986 at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa. He has been teaching composition at Kapi’olani for more than 30 years and was one of the first to offer a completely online class (spring 1997, English 100) in the UH System. He has been teaching online ever since. From 1996-2000, he founded, developed, and coordinated the Teaching in the Community Colleges Online Conference (currently the Technology, Colleges & Community Worldwide Online Conference), a completely virtual professional development event. For this effort, he won an Innovation of the Year Award in 1997 from the League for Innovation in the Community Colleges.
He has served on the editorial staffs of several professional journals, and is currently an advisory editor for Innovate: Journal of Online Education (formerly Technology Source). As a graduate student, he also worked as an editor and writer in journalism. In his field, he has published and presented on topics related to online conferences, online instruction, and future trends in education. In July-August 2007, he served on a WCET (Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications) team that evaluated Chemeketa Community College’s web presence. In 2008, he’s been involved in blogs for educational purposes, e.g., Windblown Bytes. Currently, he’s experimenting with the use of blogs in online instruction and becoming acquainted with the Sakai open source course management system.
Selected Publications
“Freedom and Empowerment: An Essay on the Next Step for Education and Technology.” Innovate: Journal of Online Education, June/July 2005 (Volume 1, Issue 5).
“Rising Stars in Virtual Education: A Peek into 2010.” Technology Source, November/December 2002.
“The Evolving Virtual Conference: Implications for Professional Networking.” Technology Source, September/October 2000.
“What Is an Online Conference?” Technology Source, January/February 2000.
“How to Get the Most Out of an Online Conference.” TCC Worldwide Online Conference: Looking Back Towards the Future, April 7-9, 1999. (This article is still being used on websites and in hardcopy publications for online college conferences.)
“How to Survive in an Online Class: Guidelines for Students.” Fourth Annual TCC Online Conference: Best Practices in Delivering, Supporting, and Managing Online Learning, April 7-9, 1999. (This article is still being used on websites and in hardcopy publications for online college courses.)
“CMC and Writing Instruction: A Future Scenario.” A chapter in volume 1 of Berge and Collins’ three-book series, Computer-Mediated Communications and the Online Classroom (Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1995).
“Stimulating Learning with Electronic Guest Lecturing.” A chapter coauthored with Morton Cotlar in volume 3 of Berge and Collins’ three-book series, Computer-Mediated Communications and the Online Classroom (Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1995).
Beyond the Classroom: International Education and the Community College. A four-book series co-edited with Robert W. Franco (University of Hawaii, 1992).
Selected Presentations
“The Force Is with US—The Teachers: Freedom in the New Classroom.” Keynote presentation. Ninth Annual TCC 2004 Online Conference Apr. 20, 2004.
“The Evolving Virtual Conference: Trends in an Emerging Medium for Professional Networking.” Keynote presentation. GATE 2000 International Virtual Conference. June 15-16,
2000.
“Teaching a Required Freshman Course Online: Implications for Distance Education.” Presentation. Third Seminar for Presidents of Junior and Community Colleges, June 16, 1997, at the East-West Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
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