This annotated bibliography includes 140 entries with information on open and distance learning in teacher education worldwide. Listings range from well-known international journals to smaller, more localized newsletters. The bibliography provides a keyword index and a listing of relevant journals and newsletters. (SM)

Reviews examples of the use of new communications technologies and assesses their potential application in science learning. Examples include collaboration, virtual experimentation, virtual field trips, and distance education. (PVD)

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)

Addresses the implications of technology for multicultural education by examining the potential for global learning networks to promote intercultural literacy and critical thinking. The authors argue that computer and telecommunications technology has the potential to act as a positive catalyst in both areas through linkages of distant classrooms…

The "Electronic School," a supplement to "The American School Board Journal" and "The Executive Educator," contains eight articles, including topics of cyberspace, the school board of tomorrow, network how-to, a rural school and technology, and Internet news. (MLF)

Describes how schools and public libraries can link with their communities in public networks (freenets) to provide access to the Internet and other community and educational resources. Discusses the origins of cybercasting, how freenets are used, an educational online service called Academy One, telecommunications community projects in Montana…

This article describes the evolution of distance learning in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction from the 1970s to the present, focusing on the "guided didactic conversation" model of Holmberg (1983, 1986), examples of distance learning ESL programs, and a new model of distance learning based on computers and electronic communication.…

Discussion of the use of technology for teaching and learning science focuses on studies that explored trends in teaching science with technology. Highlights include projects using telecommunications through computer networks; constructivist theory and the use of hypermedia; and computer-supported collaborative learning. Implications for teachers…

Provides an annotated bibliography of 13 research studies in the ERIC database that examine how and to what effect telecommunications and related technologies have been used in community college instructional programs. Includes studies of telecommunications usage, student characteristics, and outcomes and program planning and evaluation documents.…

Explains the development of library networks in Florida and the role of the state library. Topics include regional multitype library consortia; a statewide bibliographic database; interlibrary loan; Internet access in public libraries; government information, including remote public access; automation projects; telecommunications; and free-nets.…

Reviews recent telecommunications activities in Maine. Highlights include state legislation that addresses regulatory developments; public utilities; public access through libraries; education networks, including elementary and secondary schools and higher education; Internet access; economic and community development; and the governor's…

Describes a Newark-based social revitalization program that involves a telecommunications/computer linkage between a community development corporation, an elementary school, and a medical college. The author explains how information technologies are used by the residents of a Newark housing project to create a special sense of neighborliness. (GR)

Discusses the use of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) in the study of history. Topics include timelines; computer-based historical simulations; databases; accessible multimedia; hypermedia; CD-ROMs; and use of the World Wide Web, both for teaching and learning and for sharing findings from historical investigations with historians…

Examines correlations between student cognitive-motivational characteristics and perceptions of computer conferencing as a supplement to classroom instruction. Questionnaires were distributed to 209 students in eight introductory psychology classes. Results indicated perceptions positively related to intrinsic motivation, thinking skills, and task…

Relates the results of pilot studies of Internet use in academic libraries to the education of users in a digital library environment. Interviews users and information professionals and reveals a need to develop user education programs that emphasize types of digital collections, interfaces, hardware and software requirements, and…