Gives examples of ways adult basic education students and adult educators are using the Internet. Teacher uses include communicating with colleagues, professional development, and research. (SK)

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates believes the most exciting aspect of today's new technology is its potential in education, calling students born during the past decade the Internet generation. They will feel the full impact of the Internet, with no memories of life without it. He stresses educators', parents', and communities' responsibility to…

Examines the concept of the memex, use of the computer as a hypertext learning and teaching tool. Discusses the practical implication of this concept using the World Wide Web. Lists disadvantages such as lack of computer access, and keyboarding and outlining skills. (Author/JOW)

Selection is the key to learning from the huge amount of information on the Internet. Describes how teachers can use a school Intranet or website to organize resources and direct students to the best interactive and educationally appropriate pages. (Author/MM)

Argues that composition instruction should be based upon a design model mirroring composition's process-based pedagogy, by asking students to plan, transform, evaluate and revise media-rich, hypertextual documents. Comments on an assignment that demonstrates how an integrated composition might be constructed using the design model. Concludes that…

Offers detailed instructions for getting on the Internet and publishing a web page using HTML (hypertext markup language). (TB)

Focuses on five unresolved challenges of digital education in higher education: faculty workload, continued dominance of traditional pedagogy, the state of assessment, flaws in the accreditation process, and the state of educational research in the area. (EV)

The authors describe and evaluate quality assessment methods in a health care course that utilized web technology and various active learning strategies. The course was judged successful by student performance, evaluations and student assessments. The instructors were pleased with the outcomes achieved and the educational pedagogy used for this…

Examines the potential and hazards of using the Internet in American education. Concludes that Internet technology must be guarded when used by children and that there is no foolproof technological solution to protecting children against unacceptable information on the Internet. Maintains that a balance between using filtering software and…

Explores World Wide Web sites developmental students can visit to improve their writing, study, math, and reading skills. (VWC)

Explores culturally responsive epistemologies and pedagogies in online education that integrate differences (e.g., race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and physical ability); open-endedness; and conductive reasoning through practices of collage, appropriation, and fragmentation, proposing online education practices that possess greater sensitivity…

Offers a description of cyberspace or the "Web" or "Net" and explains how to find information on it. (TB)

Students need to do more than just look at web pages to learn from the Internet, they also need to interact and communicate with others. Describes ways to use resources from the internet in physics teaching. (Author/MM)

Courses delivered over the World Wide Web can help states meet the academic needs of all students. Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states are creating state virtual schools to support and manage the efficient, effect use of Web-based courses. Florida and Kentucky have invested significant funds, personnel, and time, and Maryland, Texas,…

Explains the process involved in publishing on the World Wide Web in four steps: (1) how to find an Internet service; (2) how to learn a programming language; (3) how to design a web page; and (4) how to advertise it. (TB)