In a partnership with a technology magnet junior high, preservice teachers mentored public school students through an electronic learning community, an e-Professional Development School. The approach blends critical thinking, problem solving, and the Internet to help preservice teachers articulate their vision of teaching in a technology-driven…

Describes a high school course entitled "Science Technology in Society". High school students use live video presentations and world wide web courseware. Concludes that distance learning students performed as well as traditionally instructed students. (SAH)

Presents results of an exploratory study attempting to establish a methodology for the unobtrusive analysis of a digital reference enterprise. Logs of over 3,000 questions asked of the Internet Public Library in early 1999 were analyzed on the basis of questions asked, self-selected demographic information, how those questions were handled, and…

Describes Thirteen/WNET's wNetSchool and other Web sites of interest to adult learners and adult educators. Sites offer a variety of resources, including lesson plans, learning objectives, suggested activities, online video, links to other Web sites, continuing education programming, and adult literacy programs. (Author/LRW)

Examines the effects of technological, pedagogical, and student characteristics on student learning in Internet-based MBA courses. Suggests that teaching expertise may be the primary criterion for teaching success in the online classroom environment and that instructors may need to spend more time developing and cultivating instructional skills…

Describes how one historically black college required undergraduates to participate in a laptop computer purchase program and donated individual laptops to faculty in order to encourage them to establish online learning opportunities for students. Discusses the impact of technology on teaching and explains the policies and procedures institutions…

A classification scheme was developed and implemented for the study of 436 educational Web sites focusing on mathematics, science, and technology learning. Results indicate that many educational Web sites are still predominantly text-based and do not yet exhibit evidence of current pedagogical approaches. Suggestions for future Web-based learning…

Suggests research issues of motivation in Web-based instruction (WBI). Discusses motivational issues of WBI. Proposes a definition of motivation in WBI (based on Keller's ARCS Model). Conceptualizes three types of motivation (motivation to initiate, motivation to persist, motivation to continue), with motivational problems related to each.…

Examines a non-legislative report on fair use guidelines for educational multimedia for nonprofit educational institutions. Discusses applications to distance education via the Internet; time limitations; portion limits; specific limits for different types of media, including photographs and numeric databases; and number of copies. (Author/LRW)

Managers need to understand the tradeoffs associated with voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) networks as compared to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). This article measures the preference structures between IP telephony and PSTN services using conjoint analysis. The purpose is to suggest VoIP technology attributes that best meet…

Presents a framework for enhancing trust in Internet commerce. Shows how trust can be provided through a network of Trust Service Providers (TSp). Identifies a set of services that should be offered by a TSp. Presents a distributed object-oriented implementation of trust services using CORBA, JAVA and XML. (Author/AEF)

Discusses theories, practices, and research basics of computer and Internet use in education. Highlights include a conceptual framework; distance learning; online education; challenges for teachers and students; demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of users; just in time learning; and interactivity. (Author/LRW)

Complexity is an important principle for those building new media and new ways to make content work. New media and forms of content must complement existing media, instead of aiming to replace them. People may be more willing to try something new if there's a connection with the old. (AEF)

Students need to do more than just look at web pages to learn from the Internet, they also need to interact and communicate with others. Describes ways to use resources from the internet in physics teaching. (Author/MM)

Presents a study that applied a discourse analysis (DA) to the electronic discussion of a 16-week Internet-based section of a class in statistical methods in psychology. Reveals that several DA categories were related to the final course grade. Discusses the implications of the results. (CMK)