Universities and businesses are creating Web-based environments that combine all aspects of course design: instructional design, course marketing, communication with students, and grades. Discusses TopClass, developed by WBT Systems in Dublin, Ireland, and Virtual-U developed by Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. (PEN)

Discusses advancements in multimedia technology, and presents a design model for managing interactive multimedia courseware production that includes five phases: analysis, development, production, evaluation, and implementation. Five examples of interactive multimedia courseware are described. (Author/LRW)

Computer-based teaching is ineffective when instructional systems are designed emphasizing technology rather than course information. In view of this, the development of NEAT (Integrated Environment for Authoring in ToolBook) at Acadia University (Nova Scotia) is discussed. Other topics include intelligent tutoring systems, a question repository…

Discussion of the use of course management systems such as WebCT to create online courses focuses on the use of three instructional strategies to enhance learning in a clinical nursing course: multimode instruction with online progressive case studies; interactive online discussion to support dialogue, coaching, collaboration, and communication;…

Explores the idea of critically reflective teaching in general, and in particular, teacher decision-making and classroom assessment. Asserts that in community college settings-the ultimate in diverse, open-entry, mixed-ability classrooms-critical reflection on core assumptions can ground teachers in a moral, intellectual, and political vision of…

Focus groups (n=57) and surveys (n=665) of students with disabilities and faculty suggested that students must learn self- advocacy and educators must apply principles of Universal Design for Learning. Educators must assist students in developing self-determination skills to ensure access to courses and transition to postsecondary education or…

In an experiential exercise, management students portrayed consultants assessing the effectiveness of a hospital's training program. Feedback from 28 North American and 17 Australian students indicated overall satisfaction and effective achievement of the objective: learning to apply the instructional systems design model to evaluation of training…

Proposes that to bridge today's gender gap in computing, prior approaches need to integrate appeals to girls' traditional and nontraditional interests, and focus content more clearly on learning about computer design itself. A test of this strategy obtained significant increases in the treatment group's interest in, sense of relevancy of, and…

Suggests two guiding principles as a framework to interpret the research findings of environmental psychology that focus on effective classroom design: effective design promotes attention in the classroom and allows for periodic shifts of learner activities. Examines these principles as they apply to the design of a computer classroom, reviewing…

Librarians at the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY), in response to a new requirement for an information literacy component in the University's general education program, formed a committee, which quickly created a successful and flexible information literacy credit course. The committee's progress as they worked through…

Presents a simple method for estimating the volatility of stock prices and uses a spreadsheet to apply the method to actual stock prices. This method is an application of parameter estimation and can be used in an introductory statistics course. (KHR)

Provides narrative and meta-analytic review of research on Carkhuff's Human Resource Training/Human Resource Development (HRT/HRD), Kagan's Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR), and Ivey's Microcounseling (MC) programs, all with graduate-level counselor trainees. Each program's accomplishments are summarized, and future directions for training and…

Responds to review by Baker, Daniels, and Greeley of three major programs for systematic training of graduate-level counselors. Addresses each of the models--Human Relations Training/Development, Interpersonal Process Recall, and Microcounseling--and concludes with a discussion of the current status and future promise of systematic counselor…

Description of HyperCard focuses on uses for instructional designers and performance technologists. The theoretical background that includes cognitive psychology and futuristic thinking is presented, and three main uses of HyperCard are discussed: (1) as a database management program, (2) as a vehicle for implementing hypermedia, and (3) as an…

Reviews traditional functions of interaction in computer-based instruction (CBI); describes quantitative and qualitative perspectives on interaction strategies; discusses design-centered and learner-centered interaction; and presents methods for promoting cognitive engagement via mathemagenic and generative interaction strategies, including…