Dear e-mentor Readers,

It would be impossible not to consider the topic of ACTA in my first words for the current issue. I cannot help mentioning the movement which has appeared as a result of the disclosure of the controversy over the abovementioned international trade agreement and which simultaneously exceeds the discussion on it. We have been writing about the openness of science, the conditions of an access to knowledge as well as about the issues concerning the intellectual property in e-education and in other areas of information society's activity for many years, namely since 2003 when the first issue of "e-mentor" was published. It is worth to underline that the adopted concept of the magazine, assuming that the access to articles and any other content published in the Internet is open and the printed version is distributed for free, points to the values popularized by "e-mentor". Yet, one ought to notice the soundness of the arguments concerning the role and calculable value of knowledge in modern economy. The knowledge based economy and the technological development associated with it foster the popularization of diverse forms of intangible artifacts and this situation rises the question whether the processes causing the development of information society are accompanied by adequate protection of artists' and knowledge providers' economic rights.

The case of ACTA caused that the issues "e-mentor" deals with have entered society's awareness and this is particularly valuable. I hope this topic will remain significant for the public opinion and the opened discussion has contributed to the improvement of law and to the development of the society's technological maturity.

I am convinced that the Readers will find many valuable pieces of information in the current issue. I would like to direct your attention to the article by Frank B. McCluskey. The author shares his particularly apt notices coming from his long experience in academic work at non- and for-profit universities. He presents the differences that have occurred as a result of a modernization of organizational process and an application of technology in didactics. The phenomena and processes described from the perspective of experiences gathered in the United States are close to the observations that can be made on our national educational market.

Except for the articles in the current issue, I would like to recommend also the "e-mentor's" webpage, where we are setting up a blog. This will be a place for a free discussion and sharing experiences and thoughts on e-education in theory and practice. I encourage you to cooperate!

Chief editor
Marcin Dąbrowski