Analyzes the use of a listserv after a teleconference as part of a faculty development activity. Indicates that 62% of participants in the listserv actively contributed to discussions, 82% reported that using the listserv enhanced the teleconference, and 44% reported that the listserv facilitated changes in the way they completed their work.…

Barriers to peer review of student work can be overcome using computer-mediated systems ranging from customized software to e-mail, multiuser object-oriented systems (MOOs), and Web-based projects. (SK)

Using web-based bulletin boards in classes elicited enthusiastic responses from 109 graduate education students. They felt it enhanced learning, created a greater sense of community and encouraged participation through its use. Some negative aspects of web-based conferencing (need for self-direction and technological literacy, lack of spontaneity…

Provides a multidimensional framework of collaboration. Reviews research on e-mail and discusses implications for practice and research with respect to collaboration in the schools. Discusses barriers to collaboration, as well as how e-mail might improve collaboration. Discusses possible future uses of the Internet and e-mail with respect to…

Presents a dialog between two speakers examining the nature of writing discourse, how it is categorized, how it is changing, how e-mail and other media are affecting it, and what is considered acceptable in certain discourses. (TB)

Discusses differences between e-mail reference interviews and those conducted using other media; presents a taxonomy of approaches to e-mail interviews; and introduces a model e-mail interview, based on a project at the University of Maryland's College of Library and Information Services. (Author/LRW)

Reports on the use of electronic mail and an electronic conferencing system to conduct group projects in three educational psychology courses at the State University of New York College at Cortland. Course design is explained and group project design is described, including assignments and oral presentations during regular class sessions.…

Explores current electronic mail use, attitudes toward e-mail, and likelihood of future e-mail use among freshman university students at a particular college. Discusses how noncurricular e-mail use patterns and attitudes may affect implementation of a collegewide e-mail system in the College of Communication. (SR)

Describes a study conducted at the University of Ulster (Northern Ireland) that examined reasons for defecting from Internet access. Topics include availability through institutional access; subject differences; e-mail and critical mass; information rich versus information poor; and suggestions for further research. (LRW)

Describes a study conducted in elementary schools in the Netherlands where email was embedded in a project in design and technology education. Discusses analyses of the email, as viewed from distributed cognition theory, that focused on the exchange patterns and content; and considers the impact on children's communication. (Author/LRW)

Examines student instructor communication in freshman classes taught either in traditional lecture style or by using a variety of student-centered, active learning approaches to engage students in the learning process (cooperative learning groups, wireless microphones, permanent name tags, in-class and out-of-class writing). Encourages students to…

Addresses how online instructors can improve their email communications with students. Describes the characteristics and demands of online instruction as depending on the instructor's ability to communicate in writing. Presents a model to guide instructors in their online communications. Underscores the importance of instructors' writing skills in…

Describes a study of academic librarians' personal Web pages. Results of an email survey showed that most Web sites were developed voluntarily, usually as an extension of the institutional library's Web page, and that librarians who were provided with guidelines produced higher quality Web pages. (Author/LRW)

Explores the potential for electronic communication to enhance the communication skills of under-achieving secondary-school boys in the United Kingdom. Suggests the "frame" provided by the computer screen has the potential either to offer a supportive structure upon which boys can build, or to become another means to measure their…

Describes a Spanish-as-a-foreign language email project carried out with kindergartners through third graders from six elementary schools. The project involves a traveling Teddy bear named Tito. (Author/VWL)