Describes ED's Oasis, a multifunction Web site funded by the AT&T Foundation, through the AT&T Learning Network program, and developed by a team of educators to help teachers use the Internet with their students. Examples are given of various possible uses, including designing interdisciplinary units. (LRW)

Discusses telecommunications and access to the Internet in schools as part of the Information Age and defines the infosphere as the growing unity, interdependence, and accessibility of information. Highlights include what the infosphere offers classrooms, online cooperation and telecollaboration, classroom implementation, and a new learning…

Describes the experiences of a university professor who has been teaching graduate courses in Florida via the Internet. Topics include course preparation, including an initial face-to-face session; Netiquette for working on the Internet; the importance of technical staff; assignments and exams; and student evaluations. (LRW)

Presents the professional development model at the Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education (CIESE), Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, NJ) in which teachers develop their own Internet-based science and mathematics projects to use in their classrooms. Discusses school-year workshops, the summer institute, follow-up, and factors…

Describes the alliance of two universities to facilitate their entry into Internet-based distance learning. Outlines steps taken to launch graduate courses using the Web to connect professors and students. Discusses the institutional partnership, course development, intended audience, course structure, technology, and course evaluation.…

Describes methods used by Marywood College (Pennsylvania) in setting up a series of online education courses. Highlights include administrative base; educational relevance and standards; assessing learning quality; the physical connection; personnel issues; and the benefits of using an outside provider (i.e. America Online) for support and course…

Describes a survey conducted in 1997 in seven school districts in Nassau County (New York) to determine the use of computer technology in elementary school classrooms. Highlights include number of computers per classroom, number of newer computers, Internet access, and future plans. (LRW)

Discussion of teaching higher education courses via the Internet focuses on a case study of a graduate course that illustrates innovative approaches to adult education. Topics include myths regarding interactive digital classrooms, designing curriculum and technology together, and characteristics of students and teachers who are most likely to…

Discusses the development of an exercise physiology class offered via the Internet at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. Topics include cognitive evaluations, laboratory assignments, student interactions, differences in examination scores with traditional lecture classes, post-class surveys, and the need for training educators and providing…

A Latin teacher describes her experiences and observations of teaching at a public online high school after 18 years in the traditional classroom. Discussion includes keeping the students involved and providing some structure; importance of e-mail and telephone communication; online interaction area for students; and requirements of teaching…

Internet learning opportunities via the National Science Foundation-supported New Jersey Networking Infrastructure in Education project are described. Their data-centered approach to science and math skills instruction is illustrated by two examples from each of the three styles of activities: (1) collaboration; (2) using public domain databases;…

Provides an overview of computers in education: early computers and computer languages, computer-assisted instruction, micro worlds, microcomputers, intelligent tutors, intelligent tools, symbol systems, computer graphics, virtual reality, distance education via the Internet, distance mentoring, learning-on-demand, organizational learning via…

Describes distance education courses developed by the mathematics department at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs that were offered over the Internet. Highlights include motivation for the courses, including student needs; incorporation of traditional classroom elements into the presentations; selection of appropriate equipment;…

Focuses on managed Internet use as a curricular challenge and alternate solution to blocking software. Suggests that by making curricular choices for students and directing the medium towards curricular goals, teachers can manage students' time and provide a safe environment where students can communicate and collaborate on projects. (AEF)

Describes three technology-based alternative approaches to traditional classroom instruction that have been tried at Columbus State University (Georgia) to meet the needs of nontraditional part-time students: vendor-developed courses delivered via the internet; vendor-developed tutorials and tests on CD-ROM; and instructor-developed and…