Provides information on the services of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) and the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC). (YDS)

This paper addresses how to help learners navigate in existing Web-based learning resources. In order to resolve this issue, a learner-centered navigation path-planning model is proposed. The main objective is to provide learners with a path planning space in which they can see through hyperspace to plan a navigation path. This paper describes an…

Argues that without marketing and promotion, Web sites can quickly become cyber elephants. Discusses how to increase Web site visibility on the Internet. (CCM)

Two examples of group learning with technology are described: a seminar taught primarily through the World Wide Web, and an electronic mailing list. New ways of group learning through these online learning communities are highlighted. (SK)

States that the Internet is one of the most commonly used methods of obtaining information for today's students. Provides guidelines for using the Internet as a reliable source of credible and accurate information. Lists nine general guidelines for reliability of e-mail sources, and 11 for web sources. (CW)

Provides a list of useful chemistry-oriented Web sites for student, faculty, and industrial use that appear to be the most stable in format and longevity. (CCM)

Discusses the importance of science educators becoming familiar with electronic resources. Highlights the publication Science Teaching Reconsidered: A Handbook, which is designed to help undergraduate science educators. Addresses gender concerns regarding the use of educational resources. Lists science education and career resources on the web.…

Discusses findings of a study involving 202 secondary and postsecondary educational institutions with deaf programs that indicate that more than 70% have access to the Internet and World Wide Web. Innovative uses of the Internet are explored and examples of specific applications for students with deafness are provided. (Author/CR)

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…

Summarizes recent research into patterns of Internet use in schools providing detailed pictures which suggest that in the majority of schools, the use of the Internet is at a very early and restricted level of use. Reflects on the communication aspects of the Internet and web-based resources. (Contains 19 references.) (Author/ASK)

This book is designed as a guide to help the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) professional use the Internet successfully in the ESL classroom. The book is divided into eight chapters, four appendices, and a listing of references and a supplement on how to make Web pages. Chapter titles are the following: "Getting Started"; "Resources for…

Co-browsing is a synchronous class of collaborative applications, which allows a group of users to surf the Web together. Such an application can be deployed in an education environment in several ways. One example of where it can be used would be in courses that are project-oriented. Students would be required to collectively research or explore…

Highlights innovative World Wide Web sites that enhance student services and promote student learning. Divides listings into five categories: resource information, service delivery, information dissemination, surveys and research, and student learning. The sites listed are just a sample of the thousands available on the World Wide Web. (RJM)

The Internet environment is suitable for many types of learning activities and teaching and learning styles. Every World Wide Web-based course should provide: home page; introduction; course overview; course requirements, vital information; roles and responsibilities; assignments; schedule; resources; sample tests; teacher biography; course…

Offers a short history of how one writing center integrated technology into its practices. Relates how the center kept pace with changing times, while maintaining the integrity of its writing-center philosophy of student-directed pedagogy. Describes how its classroom presentations/workshops used technology to extend classroom conversations, to…