Discusses characteristics of well-structured content as it relates to the design of instructional technology resources. Topics include online course design; online learning; principles of designing for learning; multimedia learning resources; knowledge structures; digital learning resources; and differences in digital content. (LRW)

The Multimedia Tool Box Talk is a web-based quick reference safety guide and training tool for construction personnel. An intended outcome of this effort was to provide an efficient and effective way to locate and interpret crucial safety information while at the job site. The tool includes information from the Occupational Safety and Health…

Interviews with three teenage boys and their parents in a middle-class community explored why the boys self-identify as reluctant readers, resisting approved forms of literacy. They pursue types of reading that contribute to their construction of masculine identities; their parents' attempts to influence reading are conditioned by traditional…

Discussion of learning technology standards focuses on acceptance and implementation, illustrated by SCORM specifications as applied to courseware development. Highlights include course structure; content hierarchy; multimedia assets; sharable content objects (SCOs); content aggregation; content packaging; categories of metadata; and content…

Reports on issues arising from the transnational piloting of a multimedia English language learning CD-ROM designed for European Works Council representatives to develop their English language skills for work in a multinational company. Describes a pilot study in Italy, Portugal and Sweden and discusses computer-mediated learning materials.…

Discusses the processes and difficulties involved in the creation of a multimedia CD-ROM. Topics include searching for a publisher, how deadlines affect creativity, the editorial process, use of politically correct terminology and its influence on content and historical representation, obtaining rights to reproduce images, working with photographs…

Presents a theory of configurational validity for analyzing ethnographic multimedia narratives that have been layered with contributions by multiple authors. Describes a software tool that addresses the use of configurations to build more valid narratives. Recommends that multimedia designers collaboratively design tools to help authors and users…

A software package, ThinkingLand, was developed to help students' understanding of the content and thinking processes involved when using multimedia. Topics include multimedia reports and knowledge building; journal writing; collaboration; procedural facilitations; and the design and instructional applications of ThinkingLand. (AEF)

Discusses the author's experiences using interactive multimedia in the English classroom. (SR)

The model for hypermedia applications called Labyrinth allows: (1) the design of platform-independent hypermedia applications; (2) the categorization, generalization and abstraction of sparse unstructured heterogeneous information in multiple and interconnected levels; (3) the creation of personal views in multiuser hyperdocuments for both groups…

Discusses print and World Wide Web resources for student affairs researchers. (GCP)

Presents issues raised in designing a software interface as a teaching aid for a preschool user group. Addresses issues such as message variance caused by disappearance of information when media access varied by user, and finding commonalities across a user base. (PA)

Addresses concerns of museum informatics as an application domain and calls for new methods in information science as a whole. Topics include the design of museum spaces; information retrieval methods; multimedia integration; social interaction and the World Wide Web; tools of virtuality; and technology and the Americans with Disabilities Act.…

Discusses using the Internet for differentiating curriculum for students who are gifted. Web sites are provided for teachers, different content areas, diversity information, children, and parents. Directions for subscribing to a listserv are provided, along with suggested listservs. Available blocking software sites are also listed. (CR)

Draws attention to design issues that are likely to affect the way that children interact with screen-based information texts. Presents information based on the findings of the Interactive Multimedia in Primary Schools (IMPS) project funded by the British Library. Summarizes the design-related aspects of the project, highlighting those issues that…