Describes the mobile library service in Memphis/ Shelby County (Tennessee) that was designed to meet the needs of non-English speaking residents. Discusses identifying target populations; funding; technology to provide access to the Internet; English as Second Language and multicultural Web sites; and cellular digital packet data (CDPD) and…

Online learning requires new approaches to teaching and learning. At the University of Montreal, 28 graduate students in education and adult students specializing in educational technology attended an experimental distance education course. Students identified advantages and disadvantages of online learning/teaching and reflected on how the course…

Reports findings from a study of searching behavior by over 200,000 users of the Excite search engine. Analysis of over one million queries revealed most people use few search terms, few modified queries, view few Web pages, and rarely use advanced search features. Concludes that Web searching by the public differs significantly from searching of…

Asserts that technology can be one of the strongest teaching and learning tools available today if used well. Finds that, in particular, courses enriched through use of e-mail, electronic bulletin boards, "drill and practice" software, and the Internet can help to engage developmental students, motivating and enabling them to achieve greater…

Describes a curriculum plan in which students learn about acid rain through instructional media, research and class presentations, lab activities, simulations, design, and design implementation. Describes the simulation activity in detail and includes materials, procedures, instructions, examples, results, and discussion sections. (SAH)

Discusses the lacking role of art history in the visualization revolution stating how the discipline whose raison d'etre has been thinking with, about, and through pictures has not grappled the profound intellectual ramifications of the digital revolution. Focuses on issues that art history should address in order to realize its potential. (CMK)

Illustrates an optimistic view of music education focusing on: (1) the use of a more constructionistic philosophy; (2) the use of music technology to teach music more effectively to a wider audience; and (3) a more considered approach to assessment that includes both traditional and less-traditional ways for students to demonstrate understanding.…

In the ephemeral dot.com economy, numerous education portals (search engines) are emerging just as unsuccessful ones are terminating or trimming services. Ideally, portals offer an online school/home gateway and provide tailored content for parents, students, and teachers. However, quality, equity, reliability, and commercialism issues abound.…

Describes a study conducted at the Naval Postgraduate School to determine student attitudes toward various aspects of network-based instruction. Discusses Internet technology; Web-based education; online learning; learning styles; and results from Kolb's Learning Style Inventory, the Hidden Figures Test, and a number of multivariate procedures.…

Discusses Internet use by undergraduate students at the University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom) to develop research evaluation skills through independent research. Highlights include what students used the Internet for; how often they used it; time absorbed by access; rating the Internet; student views; and access to the Internet. (LRW)

Higher education is undergoing a period of innovation and competition due to new educational methods that use new advanced technology. Among some of the changes already taking place are a proliferation of distance education courses, collaboration between institutions, and high school seniors taking college freshman courses via the Internet. (JM)

The authors argue that the digital divide is not a serious problem. Even without government help, entrepreneurs are offering myriad services and products geared towards people in the lower economic brackets. More of a problem, according to the authors, is the lack of basic skills in areas such as math and reading among younger people. (JM)

Changes Hawkins predicts include: higher education markets will be smaller than anticipated; residential campuses will still be important; institutions will need to partner with other institutions to remain effective; competition will continue to increase in the postsecondary education field; and providing electronic sources of information in lieu…

The authors examine some of the conceptions around the information age they refer to as 6-D vision: demassification, decentralization, denationalization, despacialization, disintermediation and disaggregation. These conceptions tend to oversimplify the forces that are at work in society by discounting any influences outside of information and…

Discussion of information available on the Internet focuses on two pilot studies that investigated how academic users perceive search engines and subject-oriented databases as sources of topical information. Highlights include information seeking behavior of academic users; undergraduate users; graduate users; faculty; and implications for…