Analyzes Web-searching behavior for homework assignments of high school students through field observations in class and at the computer terminal with students thinking aloud, and through interviews with various participants. Results emphasize the need for training and for system design based on user seeking and search behavior. (Author/LRW)

Presents a perspective on the growing and evolving nature of distance learning, its history, and the research that informs practice. Explores the development of online distance education and discusses considerations in designing online instruction, including pedagogical concerns, organizational issues, and institutional issues. (AEF)

Defines the six key pressures that have given rise to the emerging enterprise academic-computing imperative. These include the pressure to (1) improve instructional quality; (2) unify disparate academic-computing resources; (3) demonstrate return on network investment; (4) reach more students; (5) lower costs in delivery of instruction; and (6)…

Examines the distribution of student Internet use across 152 schools in the National School Network, schools that were among the first to provide direct Internet access for networked computers. Discusses socioeconomic status differences, student ability, teacher differences, school population ethnicity, the Internet as innovation, and a vision for…

Discusses technology-related requirements for teacher licensure and certification, describing the Milken Exchange State-by-State Education Technology Policy Survey and examining the increasing power and influence of state professional standards boards, the move to performance-based program approval and licensing, the move to increased teacher…

States that portfolios are increasingly being used as an approach to individual and institutional evaluation and hiring practices. Discusses the design, implementation, development, and evaluation of portfolios. Describes multimedia, CD-ROM portfolios in detail. Highlights the Indiana Electronic Portfolio Project, a statewide effort implementing…

Discusses theoretical approaches to teaching and learning in the past 20 years, and their link to computer and communication technology. Presents examples of recent programs to improve science and technology education among junior high and high schools in Israel, which incorporate the use of computers and information systems to diverse degrees and…

Presents a review of D.A. Schreiber and Z. Berge's book, "Distance Training: How Innovative Organizations Are Using Technology To Maximize Learning and Meet Business Objectives" (Jossey-Bass, 1998). The book explores, through reports/cases how corporations are implementing new technologies in addressing ongoing new training requirements.…

Describes changes in scientific research methods that have been brought about by the use of computers. Presents an example of the falling of a body in a fluid to show students how computers can be used to experiment with mathematical models and to automate experiments. Contains 11 references. (Author/WRM)

Proposes a Web-based model as the infrastructure to store learning logs for analysis in distance education. Describes the method of using query language to retrieve information from a database to construct the data cube. Illustrates data-cube implementation with a group-discussion example. Shows how data-cube technology can solve the recording and…

Focuses on software for distance education. Discusses the cost of course development and highlights three classes of distance education tools: communication tools, course development tools, and digital imaging and video production software. Presents three scenarios that reflect the most likely approaches to course development and presentation.…

Presents the concept of three-level teaching material and describes a computer-based system SHOW (Sandwich Hierarchy for Omnifarious Ware) that can be used to produce the different forms from a single source, and to show the presentation version in a lecturing situation. Describes an empirical experiment on text discrimination techniques; suggests…

Reports results of an investigation into how educational computer games can benefit resource-advantaged (RA) and resource-deprived (RD) learners in English second-language teaching at Grade 6 in the primary school in South Africa. (Author/VWL)

Surveys of faculty and graduating students at 125 medical schools found that by 1998 the schools, collectively, had made little progress in accomplishing recommended educational technology goals; there was much more use of technology in basic science courses than in clinical clerkships. Great variability was found across schools in the uses of…

Discusses the need for preparing overseas students for technology courses in Australian Universities and TAFE institutions, and the request of one school for a program design. The short bridging program designed in response to the request is described, including objectives, skills acquired, course content, teachers, and classes. The success of the…