Considers ways to include schools' food service departments in technology planning. Discusses school food service software applications, considerations and challenges of automating food service operations, and business-to-business Internet solutions. (EV)

Outlines the basic theoretical principles underlining a sister-class project undertaken between schools in Canada and Greece. The objectives of the project, the problems that arose during the implementation as well as the outcomes thus far are discussed. (Author/VWL)

Provides a brief orientation to Internet use, moving from a whole-class orientation to focus on individual student and teacher use. Introduces helpful vocabulary relevant to Internet use, as well as generic activities that can be adapted within most programs and settings. (Author/JL)

Discussion of rural library technology concerns focuses on the Kalona (Iowa) public library and its attempts to acquire up-to-date technology. Topics include costs, politics, Internet service providers, personnel concerns, funding, and national and state-based opportunities. (LRW)

Discussion of use of the Internet by social movement organizations uses a rumoring framework (implications evolving from a collaborative process toward a collective product) to explain how the Internet works to diffuse information, particularly in grassroots organizations. Factors affecting the potential growth of the Internet as a communication…

Describes the alliance of two universities to facilitate their entry into Internet-based distance learning. Outlines steps taken to launch graduate courses using the Web to connect professors and students. Discusses the institutional partnership, course development, intended audience, course structure, technology, and course evaluation.…

Describes a study conducted at the University of Pennsylvania that examined graduate students' and their teachers' perceptions of the learning environments associated with Connecting Communities of Learners (CCL), a computer-based application for the Internet used in the teacher education program. The CCL was used to augment weekly face-to-face…

Examines the influence of a student's visual access to the instructor during Internet-based audiographics training. A course was taught through lecture and slides over the Internet to students at seven remote sites and the availability of instructor video was manipulated. Results showed that increasing the video capability of an Internet-based…

Reports on the undergraduate utilization and evaluation of an Intranet learning resource developed at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Brighton (United Kingdom). Topics include advantages of Intranets over the Internet, including software licensing and confidentiality; barriers to implementation; and future proposals. (LRW)

Class discussions and student interaction were compared in a conventional class (n=33) and an Internet-based class using LearningSpace(R) software (n=29). No significant differences in learning or interaction quality were found. There was significantly more participation in the Internet course, particularly by women. (SK)

Provides background information on constructivism and explains how this theory can be integrated into geography education. Describes a geography course that employs the constructivist-oriented strategy of team-based collaborative inquiry along with Internet communication tools to foster student cooperation, interaction, and comparative analysis of…

Business school deans (n=311) rated the present and future importance of organizational change factors. Highly rated were student recruitment, multimedia classrooms, and instructional use of the Internet. Public institutions' deans expected distance learning to be significantly more important. Private school deans considered recruiting more…

Investigates the work and communication needs of newly graduated auditors, their senior colleagues, and their managers in five MNCs (multinational companies) in Singapore. Suggests that accounting courses could prepare undergraduates more effectively in the oral/interpersonal skills needed in the initial stages of their auditing careers by…

Presents results of research into the best of the academic subject directories, based on three general category searches--one historical, one in literature, and one in the field of science. Describes the 11 winning selections in three divided groups: winners, runners-up, and third-place contenders. (AEF)

Expert users of the Internet were studied to identify the strategies they used to locate specific information. Participants' searching actions were recorded, including counts of each movement from Web page to Web page and within Web pages. Three patterns appeared: keyword searching, hierarchical searching, and meandering. Implications for the…