Discusses course material organization for Web-based courses that rely on the instructor's mental models of organization and describes a study that was conducted to determine if a discrepancy exists between instructor organization and student expectations of where to find materials. Highlights include a theoretical framework; categorization; and…

Provides an overview of Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives. A case study is then presented that explains how the use of the taxonomy was instrumental in the development of graduate-level online instruction and how the taxonomy helped to maintain the congruence among the components of online instruction. (MES)

The study explored the effectiveness of a discussion support taxonomy used in a course in which graduate students served as online discussion leaders. The students' ability to effectively use the taxonomy as a support tool to facilitate the discussions was examined. A content analysis of the discussion transcripts was conducted, and findings…