Discusses a typology that can be used to guide educators in selection of cyberspace tools to accomplish specific tasks. The typology consists of four main divisions of properties: number of people communicating; real-time communications; permanency of communications; and automatic delivery to audience. These four divisions result in 16 possible…

Discusses the author's experiences at the Learning and Teaching Online (LTOL) international conference (2001) held in Guangzhou (China). Explains the benefits of a low-cost, small-scale collaborative project between Utah State University and South China Normal University that can be conducted via email. (AEF)

Provides a rationale for online instructional practice in teacher education and in foreign language learning and summarizes the online teaching and learning strategies applied by the partners in a telecommunications partnership between two universities-one in the United States and one in Taiwan. (AEF)

An analysis of 79 K-12 Internet projects revealed seven common activities: pre-project activities; gathering information; sharing and communicating; data integration; constructing products; evaluating products; and demonstrating/teaching. Discussion includes learning models scaffolded and project difficulties/successes. (AEF)

Describes an undergraduate college/high school integrated class in Buffalo State College's interactive classroom. This entry-level course was in study skills and reading, and was joined by interactive television to three urban, rural, and suburban high schools through Project Jump Start. Experiences show that the interactive classroom bridges…

Describes how a sixth grade teacher of an ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) resource class used the GlobaLearn online program to promote cultural awareness and academic skills in social studies/geography. Discusses online communication with international host children, educational benefits, and other programs. (AEF)