Describes EINS (European Information Network Services), a cooperative federation of information service providers with the objective of enlarging the information market, volume, and quality by offering scientific and technical information to members' users via the Internet. Highlights include implementation, cooperation, technology, operation, and…

Discusses the adoption of online instruction for distance education in the context of the Open University of Hong Kong. Academic and non-academic services that can be offered online are described. The importance and benefits of instituting electronic tutorials are addressed, including time savings, peer interactivity, and student/tutor…

Addresses the use of e-mail for communication and collaborative projects in schools. Discusses the effectiveness of an e-mail system based on a UNIX host; problems with POP (post office protocol) client programs; and the new Internet Mail Access Protocol (IMAP) which addresses most of the shortcomings of the POP protocol while keeping advantages…

A user survey of 60 company Web sites (electronic commerce, entertainment and leisure, financial and banking services, information services, retailing and travel, and tourism) determined that 30% had facilities for conducting online transactions and only 7% charged for site access. Overall, Web sites were rated high in ease of access, content, and…

This case study collected data on how Alberta (Canada) schools were using the Internet, how teachers were learning to use it, and perceptions of educators and parents of its value as an educational tool. Concerns about the quality of available information, controlling access, and problems teachers experienced are discussed. (Author/LRW)

Relates the benefits of interactive textbooks and describes three levels of publisher-maintained Web sites for textbooks: textbook information Web sites, textbook companion Web sites, and Web-enhanced textbook sites. Highlights features of a revolutionary Web-based textbook published by Course Technology. Includes an annotated bibliography with…

The methodological sensibility that will lead to the consideration of the new forms of cybersociality is advanced. Cybersociality refers to the new expressions of "being together," sharing emotions, and communicating in networked social environments. Social interactions in the wired city of Blacksburg, Virginia are analyzed and three groups of…

Provides an overview of current activities in Web-based learning and development in Romania. Discusses promotion of online learning by various societies and institutions; the distance courses based on traditional procedures; problems of the current state of distance education, including shortage of teachers and network administration and poor and…

Demonstrates how the Internet can be used to meet the five standards of historical thinking from the National Standards of Historical Thinking: (1) chronological thinking; (2) historical comprehension; (3) historical analysis and interpretation; (4) historical research capabilities; and (5) historical-issues-analysis and decision making. (CMK)

Explores the use of the Internet by secondary (grades 7-12) school teachers in Indiana within their social studies classrooms, the teachers' purposes for using the Internet, and the variables that may have contributed to or detracted from the teachers' use of the Internet in their classrooms. (CMK)

Describes the University of California's new Washington, D.C. Center (USDC) that is scheduled to open in October 2001. Highlights include funding for new educational technology; the Web site; the university's office of Federal Government Relations; high-speed Internet connections; distance learning facilities, including videoconferencing; and…

Describes the National Action Program for information and communication technologies in Swedish classrooms that was developed to help safeguard equivalent standards and quality between schools. Topics include the national curriculum; inservice teacher training; Internet connections; and email. (Author/LRW)

Introduces the Instructional Technology Project (ITP) which provides universal, 24 hours/7 days a week Internet access to both students and faculty and incorporates technology into the curriculum. Uses five different modules involving technology that include e-mail, electronic discussion board, CD-ROM and multimedia, internet browsers, and…

This study investigated the relation between personality traits (Five Factor Model), personal factors (innovativeness and self-efficacy), social factors (expectations or relevant reference groups), and motives (information, entertainment, and interpersonal communication) for going online among German high school Internet users. Demonstrated the…

Describes Internet tools that can be incorporated into the general music class structure and are appropriate for upper elementary and middle school students: (1) electronic music dictionaries and encyclopedias; (2) Internet practice-and-drill web sites; and (3) virtual learning centers. Discusses the structure of Internet projects and the use of…