Discusses publishing a student newspaper when there is a lack of proper equipment. Examines Norwich University's solution, in which students learned how to convert stories in Leading Edge format to Apple Macintosh equipment for the Pagemaker pagination program. States that not only were the stories published in the student newspaper, they doubled…

Describes Windows-based multimedia authoring programs that cost less than $1000. Discusses text support, interface variety, title creation, search and retrieval capabilities, special features, platform requirements and cost, design, royalty-free use, distribution and selling. (AEF)

Proposes random-effects regression model for analysis of clustered data. Suggests model assumes some dependency of within-cluster data. Model adjusts effects for resulting dependency from data clustering. Describes maximum marginal likelihood solution. Discusses available statistical software. Demonstrates model via investigation involving…

An intelligent advisor computer program designed to assist undergraduate computer science students in producing an entity-relationship diagram, a conceptual model of a database. The advisor helps students perform modeling exercises and monitors student performance. (MSE)

A discussion of tools available for use of the Internet, particularly by college and university educators and students, offers information on use of various services, including electronic mailing list servers, data communications protocols for networking, inter-host connections, file transfer protocol, gopher software, bibliographic searching,…

The research reported in this article provides descriptions of design activities and of the evolving designs of expert procedural and expert object-oriented (OO) designers and for novice OO designers with extensive procedural experience. Analysis of procedural and OO designers, in terms of their cognitive activities, design strategies, and final…

Addresses concerns associated with the evolving National Information Infrastructure, including navigation; electronic bulletin board arrangements, including kiosks or sandboxes; electronic journals and electronic publishing; copyright issues, including liability issues associated with software or downloaded data; privacy rights; and collaboration…

A CD-I disk entitled "KLEINBILD-FOTOGRAPHIE" published with an interactive course in photography is examined as an example of a multimedia educational program. Topics include multimedia in the twenty-first century; possibilities and limitations of CD-I; a description of the program; and its psychological perspectives in terms of…

Presents a formal object-oriented specification model (OSS) for computer software system development that is supported by a tool that automatically generates a prototype from an object-oriented analysis model (OSA) instance, lets the user examine the prototype, and permits the user to refine the OSA model instance to generate a requirements…

Discusses the use of multimedia for communication, information, and training in large organizations through local area networks and wide area networks. New applications for multimedia are reviewed; network design considerations are discussed; requirements for multimedia software are described; and system security is considered. (LRW)

Lists 27 suggestions for making cost-effective decisions when buying personal computers. Topics covered include physical comfort; modem speed; color graphics; institutional discounts; direct-order firms; brand names; replacing versus upgrading; expanding hard disk capacity; printers; software; wants versus needs; and RLIN (Research Libraries…

Defines hypermedia and describes the structure and functional requirements of a hypermedia program. Potentials of hypermedia for instructional delivery, idea generation and organization, file storage and organization, and development of computer-based instruction materials are discussed. Several research issues related to instructional…

This issue includes 17 articles that provide suggestions for using CD-ROMs. Topics discussed include enhancing CD-ROM performance; CD-ROM management; personal computers; CD-ROM workstations; remote access to CD-ROMs; electronic publishing; local area networks with CD-ROMs; CD-ROMs and multimedia; evaluating CD-ROM products; and glossaries of local…

Discusses the factors considered at DIALOG before creating a CD-ROM version of a data file, including increased revenues potential, technical viability, and user expectations. A checklist of questions used to review possible CD-ROM projects is provided. (EA)

Examines issues that librarians must address when purchasing databases on CD-ROM for networking. Highlights include network licenses; costs; restrictions on network rights; ownership of CD-ROMs; hardware requirements; fees for upgrading software; CD-ROM servers; pricing options; training materials; and disk drives. (LRW)