Examples of innovative ways that college and high school teachers are using information technology are given, including multimedia, the Internet, and World Wide Web. Suggests future skill needs: information seeking, analysis and synthesis, creativity, and innovation. (SK)

Telecommunications technology promises to enhance long-distance learning, especially for rural school students. Teachers and students are now able to communicate via cable, telephone, microwave, and satellite relay. Examples of such networks and how they function are given. (JL)

This book presents 16 papers on problems and innovations in postsecondary engineering education. An introduction discusses the major issues currently facing engineering education. Chapter 2 briefly reviews the papers which are grouped under topics. Three of thee papers comment on teaching non-technical matters and attitudes. Two papers point out…

This report on technology in learning at the University of Alberta (Canada) presents a vision for the year 2005 and outlines the measures and leadership needed to achieve these goals. In the introductory chapter the report examines the university's current telecommunications infrastructure, looks at the need to integrate technology and teaching,…