Colleges are increasingly offering online courses, including computer programming courses for business school students. Programming languages that are most useful to students are those that are widely used in the job market. However, the most popular computer languages change at least every three years. Therefore, the language used for instruction…

Describes a strategy for selecting a delivery method for electronic resources based on experiences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Considers local conditions, pricing, feature options, hardware costs, and network availability and presents a model for evaluating the decision based on dollar requirements and local issues. (Author/LRW)

Discusses issues concerning student research that uses Web-based references, based on the authors' experiences. Describes ways they structured the inquiry process for student research, helped students manage the quantity of information, and provided a model for analyzing the quality of information that students find on Web sites. Includes the…