This investigation provides a measure of the rate and type of change that is occurring with instruction-related Web sites. Discusses the impact of these changes when developing or using online or print-based materials in terms of planning and cost related to course revision and course maintenance. (Author/LRW)

Presents results of a study of postgraduate students who were asked to create Web pages using HTML in order to explore the relationship between matching and mismatching instructional presentation style (breadth-first and depth-first) with students' cognitive style (field dependence-independence) in a computer-based learning environment. Findings…

Outlines Web-based training (WBT) options (page-, frame-, and screen-based), provides general guidelines for designing Web-delivered instruction. Discusses case studies of a teacher's guide to the Holocaust and sales training for a telecommunications company. Provides addresses of sample WBT sites. Includes reader reactions and author responses to…

Reviews the literature on the interactivity concept from the perspectives of communication, computer-assisted instruction, distance education, and interactive dimensions and functions for Web systems. Proposes a technical framework for including such dimensions and functions in Web-based learning systems. Discusses evaluation feedback. Interaction…

Examines factors affecting the cultural appropriateness of Web-based course-support sites. Identifies a strategy for accommodating different values of these factors in Web-based course-support systems, based on a set of 10 design guidelines. Describes and evaluates the TeleTOP Method from the University of Twente (The Netherlands) to illustrate…

Addresses issues facing designers of Web-based university level courses, drawing from experience in distance education. Topics include a paradigm shift to distributed learning; technologies involved in an ideal online course; study guides; assignments; asynchronous and synchronous communication; email; interactive skill building; and theoretical…

Describes a study that compared correspondence and Web versions of the same course over four semesters at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Course evaluation results showed that although students were very satisfied with the Web version, the correspondence section achieved higher mean scores in three of the four semesters. (Author/LRW)

Describes a study of Web access for a university chemistry course that investigated how students used Web material for course support after being lectured on the topic. Discusses study strategies, time management, and implications for further research and course design. (Contains 7 references.) (LRW)

The Dynamic Courseware Generator (DCG), which runs on a Web server, was developed for the authoring of adaptive computer-assisted learning courses. It generates an individual course according to the learner's goals and previous knowledge, and dynamically adapts the course according to the learner's success in knowledge acquisition. The tool may be…