Describes a method for using electronic mail discussion as a heuristic in a business communication class for planning and writing business documents. (SR)

Focuses on electronic mail topics relevant to business communication. Argues that students need training in understanding electronic organizational hierarchy and electronic communication volume and costs; selecting the appropriate media; and evaluating message permanence, security, ownership, and privacy. Appends 11 exercises. (SR)

Discusses the differences between computer-mediated communication (CMC) and print or oral communication. Describes advantages and problems of using electronic mail in a business context. Recommends research and teaching of CMC in the business writing classroom. (MM)

Offers 10 "Golden Rules" to make electronic mail a positive experience for both business communication teachers and their students. Suggests that electronic mail can be a motivating factor in the classroom. (RS)

Offers suggestions on ways to include electronic mail skills in college classes, focusing on wide-area networks not on networks within a classroom. (SR)

Describes the Electronic Emissary Project, an Internet-based interpersonal resource coordinated from the University of Texas at Austin, which matches students and teachers via e-mail with subject experts from around the world. Presents sample projects, and discusses challenges, the role of the online facilitator, and guidelines for implementing…

Describes a cooperative effort using telecommunications. Utilizes a potential e-mail dialog between the authors and a secondary mathematics teacher from a rural Kansas community who had heard about the interclass Hexiety project, which allows students to develop a context for their mathematical knowledge, to present ideas about the project. (ASK)

Focuses on the issues associated with introducing e-mail and other Internet tools into the journalism classroom. Discusses the instructor's role and shows how instructors can use the Internet in reporting, editing, and international communication courses as an effective teaching device. (SR)

Noting that journalism and mass communication educators have experimented broadly with computer applications since the 1970s, this paper suggests that momentum is building in the 1990s in three areas (industry imperative, social significance, and pedagogic promise) to integrate computer-mediated communication (CMC) into the journalism and mass…

Suggests the use of e-mail in the place of writing comments on individual papers. Notes the importance of using e-mail and the listserv in a student's writing experience. Considers some of the implications for professional benefit by exploring the relationship between online communication and oral discussion and between private and public…

Reports on the use of electronic mail and an electronic conferencing system to conduct group projects in three educational psychology courses at the State University of New York College at Cortland. Course design is explained and group project design is described, including assignments and oral presentations during regular class sessions.…

Addresses how online instructors can improve their email communications with students. Describes the characteristics and demands of online instruction as depending on the instructor's ability to communicate in writing. Presents a model to guide instructors in their online communications. Underscores the importance of instructors' writing skills in…

This book is designed to provide essential information for English teachers to begin using electronic mail (e-mail) and the Internet as tools for teaching English, as well as for Internet veterans, to take a look at new approaches and ideas. It includes ways that teachers can use the Internet for their own research and communication and a myriad…

This document addresses the various sources of information that the political scientist can rely on and make use of via electronic mail. What network sources are available, where they can be found, what to do to get them, how to use them, and what sources to make use of in order to obtain maximum information are discussed. The article examines the…

Describes the use of electronic mail as an integral part of reading education courses, in which students read journal articles related to course content, write their responses on e-mail, and distribute them to the entire class. Notes that e-mail drew students together to form a community of learners who shared and learned from one another. (SR)