The nature of the multiuser object oriented (MOO) environment lends itself to flexible and rich interactive collaboration space providing interactive discussion, mail, mailing list, and news features to its virtual denizens. EdMOO (HREF1) was created in mid-1995 as an environment for teachers to experience the text based virtual reality…

One of a series of educational packages designed for implementation either in a workshop atmosphere or through individual study, this Hot Topic guide presents a variety of materials to assist educators in designing and implementing classroom projects and activities centering on the topic of the Internet and the K-12 classroom. The Hot Topic guide…

This research paper describes how E-Mail and Vax Notes were used in the Spring 1994 political science classes, "Contemporary Global Issues" and "Women and Politics," involving 80 students at the University of Wisconsin--La Crosse. By modeling and hands-on practice, students were introduced to the electronic mail and then given three major projects…

This study examined the relationship between computer-mediated communication (CMC) and school culture, in order to provide a better understanding of what will be needed if the promise of technology in educational reform is to be realized. Online interviews conducted as a series of electronic mail exchanges were the primary means of investigation.…

The intent of this study is to explore how WAP (wireless application protocol) technology mediates online discussions. The focus of this research is on the implications of WAP technology for online discussions, and the types of discussion topics that are most suitable for WAP-based discussions and the finding of the combination of WAP- and…

This paper considers student use of a web-based discussion forum in a second year, non-major Biology course. The authors discuss how meaningful participation in the forum is a form of public writing and may be an indicator of overall student success in the course. The authors also discuss how this success in the course is not tied to the students?…

The emergence of wireless technology is already evident in many ways: as an important delivery format for off-site access to campus learning resources and services, such as online student registration; in course management systems used to facilitate online courses; in the skyrocketing use of e-mail and online communications among and between…

As more schools connect to the Internet and the quality of connection improves, teachers might want to do something other than look up the "CD in the sky." One option might be to bring an online guest into the classroom. Online technology enables teachers to integrate the experience of interacting with a guest into their curriculum activities.…

In this paper, the author discusses possibilities for teaching online. As an online instructor using readily accessible techniques, the author has been privileged to work with many communities of learning and to share their discoveries of themselves and others. An overview of what the author has found to be effective ways of delivering content…

Loras College is a technology rich campus with a ubiquitous learning environment and about 1800 laptops in the hands of students, faculty, and staff. With a focus on the incorporation of technology into the curriculum the laptop program has been embraced by the campus since its inception in the fall of 2000. In 2003 a new campus strategic plan…

This work deals with the need of introducing modern aspects of communication on higher education of future teachers using information and communication technologies. The emphasis is put on the importance for future teachers to have basic information science knowledge and skills and their preparations for using ICT. A growth of the number of…

The purpose of this review paper is to conduct an extensive meta-analysis of the empirical literature on gender difference in the use of computer-mediated communication (CMC). Specifically, the questions that this research addresses are: 1) Are there gender differences in people's behaviors in relation to CMC? If yes, to what extent? 2) What…

This document describes LeagueTLC: Transformational Learning Connections (http://www.league.org/leaguetlc/index.htm), a Web site created by the League for Innovation in the Community College with funding from the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE). This Web site serves as a resource for community colleges by disseminating…

Although educational communications has been accepted as an independent field of study for nearly 40 years, there still is not agreement on its conceptual definition and boundaries in Turkey. This study was conducted by using the literature and the experts' opinions to describe the field identity of educational communications. The researchers…

Although electronic media have not transformed the essential nature of scholarly research, they have altered it because of the scope and scale of interactive electronic tools now available on the Internet. Several of these tools are discussed in reference to research in the history of education, and some information about copyright in the…