This paper reports on the results of a survey conducted in spring 1998 to ascertain the extent to which National Bibliographic Agencies (NBAs) were providing coverage of publications in electronic formats. A total of 61 institutions, representing agencies in 59 countries, replied to the questionnaire. NBAs representing 34 countries indicated…

This document consists of the five consecutive issues of the journal "Imagine..." published during volume year 5. Typical journal articles cover teaching academically talented secondary students in the following focus areas: (1) biological science and medicine; (2) literature, language, and linguistics; (3) public service and politics; (4)…

This book, designed to be used with a training workshop that helps veteran teachers be effective mentors to beginning teachers, provides instructions on how to facilitate a successful workshop. The book offers six chapters that include strategies and materials to help readers learn how to plan and promote a workshop; facilitate a successful…

This CD-ROM is designed for classroom and individual use to teach and learn about food chains and food webs. Integrated animations, custom graphics, three-dimensional representations, photographs, and sound are featured for use in user-controlled activities. Interactive lessons are available to reinforce the subject material. Pre- and post-testing…

This study was designed to determine (1) if there are significant differences in kindergarten reading readiness scores among children taught by traditional means versus those exposed to multimedia methods, and (2) to determine if children in one socio-economic group benefit more than others from multimedia methods of instruction. Three treatment…

As laws lag behind technology, multimedia presents complex problems for international legal frameworks, enforcement, and licensing. Discusses principles of international multimedia copyright management and clearance systems; describes market solutions, mandatory, and voluntary clearinghouses; and reviews key world agreements and copyright…

End users think of file names as a way to identify file contents, whereas computer programs often assign special meaning to file extensions. This article discusses different kinds of files on the World Wide Web: text, document, sound, video, and multimedia; file compression; and encoding formats. Includes a chart of file formats and lists Web…

Visual reasoning is an essential skill for engineers. This article describes an interactive multimedia application (Visual Reasoning Tutor) that provides a foundation in visual reasoning by exploiting the missing view problem. Presents an overview of system components, a complete sample exercise, and test results for several prototypes used in…

Presents a case study of a computer scientist learning and using the Cognitive Walkthrough (CW) technique to assess a multimedia authoring tool. Compares predictions by the analysis to the usability problems found in empirical usability tests. Presents several hypotheses about the cause of low effectiveness, which suggest that additional…

The American Association for the Advancement of Science held the 1996 Annual Meeting and Science Innovation Exposition in Baltimore (Maryland). Symposia considered interdisciplinary research issues, and seminars and multimedia presentations highlighted the librarian's role in Internet use and infrastructure, "The Textbook of the Future,"…

Explains how to create slide shows via computer using common software programs such as ClarisWorks. Highlights include identifying the audience, organizing the information, becoming familiar with technical specifications of the equipment, the use of text, style consistency, the use of graphics, and the use of color. (LRW)

Explores the divide between possibilities for technology use in classrooms and the realities of technology use in these same classrooms. Specific focus is on ways in which technology is used to teach culture in university Spanish classes. (Author/VWL)

Suggests that possibly one of the most profound changes in classroom writing has come with the ease and excitement of publishing electronic text on the Internet. Discusses publishing student work on the Internet, and Internet publishing of traditional writing assignments, collaborative writing projects, and multimedia presentations. (RS)

Using multimedia improves the quality of case studies, especially their presentation of reality. Describes the development of multimedia case studies; an action model supporting particular didactic aims; and the experiences with a multimedia case study used in the Department of Information Systems at the University of Innsbruck (Austria). (PEN)

Based on Quality Education Data's ninth annual Educational Technology Trends Survey of 2,501 school districts and 5,000 public schools, this article reviews findings concerning technology expenditures, uses, and effects. Districts will spend an estimated $4.1 billion on instructional technology during 1996-97. Schools have a 10 to 1…