The University of Wisconsin System (UWS) has attempted to establish a well-defined set of support services for Internet-based teaching and learning for its 27 campuses and LI (Learning Innovations, a UWS organization that focuses on total online programs). The objectives of these services are: to provide all University of Wisconsin (UW) campuses…

This paper presents an outline and a discussion of the philosophy and rationale for a course taught on Web design and production for teachers at the University of Nevada, Reno. Concepts illustrated on the demonstration page are listed, as are sites to which the main course page has links. Aids and cautions for instructors are provided. The problem…

Examines the benefits of the Internet in education. Identifies the differences between telematics in education and network-based education. Discusses the value of computer networks in three teaching contexts: (1) for communication and navigation through distributed information; (2) in support of educational activities that can be conducted with or…

To improve services and reduce costs, Babson College (Massachusetts) has begun continuous quality improvement and reengineering, moving rapidly toward a client/server information technology environment and Internet/Intranet-enabled business processes. The evolution of the strategy and its products, underlying technologies, and development process…

Presents seven guidelines for launching a company intranet: (1) don't promise what can't be delivered; (2) be clear about who owns what; (3) be demand-led; (4) invest time in practical demonstrations; (5) avoid jargon; (6) have adequate resources to support colleagues; and (7) make intranet benefits relevant to colleagues. (AEF)

This article describes Electronic Networks for Interaction (ENFI), a system providing a local area computer network within a classroom of deaf students to provide real-time written communication and allow students a variety of opportunities to use writing for natural communication purposes. (DB)

Ohio SchoolNet is a state-funded partnership to encourage and support local school improvement. The project's $95 million cost is being funded through bond sales. By the end of 1999, SchoolNet will have facilitated the installation of networking technology in all public K-12 schools and classrooms across Ohio. (MLF)

Describes the origin and reason for a survey conducted by questionnaire of pedagogical software use in Italian as a foreign language; analyzes each of the aspects surveyed; and ends with an overview of the current situation, including suggestions for the future. Describes projects respondents have developed or are developing. Findings reveal that…

Examines the topic of networked information. Discusses the possibility of a global stock exchange, the utility of environmental information on the Internet, the Internet in India, and Internet user types and habits according to a survey conducted in Denmark. (AEF)

Describes a project in which students in a seventh-grade English class were paired with university students in an English methods class, sharing weekly writing and responses via a computer network. Discusses how the project enhanced the teaching and learning opportunities for both sets of students. (SR)

Discussion of community electronic networks focuses on the role of public libraries in terms of leadership, local information needs, access to electronic information including the Internet, education and training, and server hosts. A guide to resources on the World Wide Web is also included. (LRW)

Taken together, the articles in this special issue contribute to the collective sense of recent progress in research on networked learning in higher education. In combination, they help explain some of the key relationships between teachers' and learners' intentions and experiences, the affordances of text-based communications technologies and…

Describes Project Jupiter, which was developed to promote the United Kingdom's Joint Academic Network (JANET) to its member libraries. Library uses of JANET are described, including online catalogs, commercial services, and electronic mail; the convergence of local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs) is discussed; and future…

Describes the Kansas Interlibrary Communications Network (KICNET), a private electronic mail wide-area network (WAN) administered by the Kansas State Library that was developed to transmit interlibrary loan requests for high school, public, academic, and community college libraries. Topics discussed include software, costs for software and…

Describes a project in England that enhanced distance learning by providing tutorial support using digitized voice and data transmission. The technical aspects of the microcomputer-based system that was developed are highlighted, including design strategy; hardware and software components; system interactions; and voice mail usage. (LRW)