Presents an experimental approach for devising training measures to help small and medium enterprises in Italy effectively use teleconferencing tools. Highlights include interviews and surveys that determined training needs; computer tools used, including networks, the Internet, and the World Wide Web; and guidelines to make training more…

Discusses progress on connecting schools and classrooms to the Internet and explores relationships between school characteristics and Internet access. Public schools have nearly reached the goal of connecting every school to the Internet, but differences by school characteristics remain regarding access in instructional rooms. (SLD)

Focuses on trends in the availability of and access to technology in private schools. There has been a marked increase in access to computers and the Internet in private schools from 1995 to 1998, with 67% of private schools having Internet access in 1998. (SLD)

Describes the author's research to identify and describe effective and satisfying pedagogical designs to provide guidance in making technological delivery choices for professional communication distance education. Reviews research questions asked and describes her use of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies to compare two Internet-based…

Describes "ZAPME!," a company operating an Internet site geared toward educators, students, and parents offering computer hardware to schools in exchange for student-targeted classroom web advertising. Examines the design and web content of the site, and visits the corporate web site. Finds a calculated attempts to influence pedagogy and the…

Examines various aspects of the motives, perceptions, and expectations connected with the introduction of Internet banking in Danish retail banking. Responses from questionnaires and results from a factor analysis and a hierarchical cluster analysis indicate a belief that Internet banking will become more important in the future. (Author/LRW)

Belongs to a series of papers examining how scholars understand and explain the Internet. Examines the historical development of magazines in the 20th century and broadcasting since World War II, arguing that the Internet's future will likely include pervasive commercialization, niche-building and fractionation, less governmental regulation and…

Belongs to a series of papers examining how scholars understand and explain the Internet. Offers reflections on discourse about the Internet; communication technologies across time; the future; discourse online; and the importance of discourse today. Highlights questions about how the Internet may reshape discourse, community, people's…

Outlines the rationale for a course for university faculty wanting to use the Internet for teaching and learning. Evaluates potential benefits of using the Internet and assesses concerns about the exploitation of this resource. Describes course design and development, and points that teachers should consider before beginning. (JOW)

Describes a project titled "A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873," by the Law Library of Congress to make the documentary records of Congress available over the World Wide Web. Also, notes other World Wide Web sites related to the Congress. (DSK)

A study to determine whether an Internet writing course would be useful for teaching as a distance learning option found that students who participated via the Internet submitted papers that were not as complete or as well organized as those participating in the classroom situation. (Author/JOW)

Interviews foreign Information Coordinators who facilitate exchange of medical information over the Internet between healthcare providers in America and eastern Europe to learn how Internet technologies are being introduced, disseminated, and adopted in their institutions. Applies diffusion of innovations theory for interpretation. Shows technical…

Offers eight guidelines for educators who will be using and supporting computer-based instruction and incorporating Internet capability into their classrooms and curricula. (SR)

Considers issues regarding technology use in reading instruction, issues such as technology and the young learner, software issues, using the Internet, and the classroom environment for reading. (PA)

Describes how college-reading and study-skills instructors can use the Internet as an extension of classroom activities. Discusses teaching students to use the computer, to search the Internet, to read the sources critically, to communicate, and to write opinion papers. Notes two useful articles that deal with instructional applications of the…