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Miller, Joe – Technology Connection, 1997
End users think of file names as a way to identify file contents, whereas computer programs often assign special meaning to file extensions. This article discusses different kinds of files on the World Wide Web: text, document, sound, video, and multimedia; file compression; and encoding formats. Includes a chart of file formats and lists Web…
Descriptors: Charts, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Information Retrieval
Download full textBrusilovsky, Peter; Schwarz, Elmar; Weber, Gerhard – 1996
This paper describes an approach for developing adaptive electronic textbooks and presents InterBook, an authoring tool based on this approach which simplifies the development of adaptive electronic textbooks on the World Wide Web. The following topics are discussed: (1) content structuring, including the domain and user models, the glossary, and…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
Capani, Antonio; De Dominicis, Gabriel – 1996
This paper proposes a model for a general interface between people and Computer Algebra Systems (CAS). The main features in the CAS interface are data navigation and the possibility of accessing powerful remote machines. This model is based on the idea of session management, in which the main engine of the tool enables interactions with the…
Descriptors: Algebra, Computation, Computer Interfaces, Computer Oriented Programs
Barbieri, Kathy; Mehringer, Susan – 1997
The Virtual Workshop is a World Wide Web-based set of modules on high performance computing developed at the Cornell Theory Center (CTC) (New York). This approach reaches a large audience, leverages staff effort, and poses challenges for developing interesting presentation techniques. This paper describes the following techniques with their…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces, Computer Oriented Programs
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 2000
This second edition of the "Parent's Guide to the Internet" is intended to help parents--regardless of their level of technological know-how--make use of the online world as an important educational tool. This booklet provides parents with basic information about how to use the computer to find information and communicate with others. It describes…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Children, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication
Thomson, Judi R.; Cooke, John E.; Greer, Jim E. – 1996
Computer applications that facilitate the use of the World Wide Web (WWW) within elementary and secondary education must provide support for educators to locate materials quickly and easily; they must minimize the amount of time spent waiting for files to traverse the network; and they must deal sensitively with censorship. The MicroWeb Toolkit is…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Computer Software, Computer Software Development
