Examines three workshop formats designed to help faculty incorporate technology into their on-campus and distance teaching. Describes weekly workshops held throughout the academic year, one-week intensive workshops, and weekly workshops for eight weeks, and concludes that support for faculty is the most important factor in successful technology…

Reports current governmental initiatives and projects on the elementary/secondary school and university level to provide a brief overview on the state of educational technology in Germany. Discusses conferences and exhibitions concerning the use of media in education, and uses of the Internet and distance education. (AEF)

Proposes a framework for designers and teachers to research better design methodologies for distance education and to choose the most appropriate technologies and design better instructional tasks. Presents a scenario in which inherent characteristics of technologies are merged with task characteristics to create positive and powerful educational…

Educators must focus more on designing active learning and less on using the latest technology. As distance education technology develops, educational institutions face increasing costs and decreased budgets, greater diversity, increasing demands for continuing education, and competition from other institutions. Knowledge of instructional design…

Describes a graduate course in distance learning incorporating multiple technologies within a constructivist paradigm. Discusses advance planning; the course overview, materials and resources; logistics; technological issues; pedagogical issues; and difficulties and limitations. Lists suggestions for teachers using multiple technologies in…

Discusses instructional design for distance education and suggests a systematic process. Topics include planning; learners; course content; teaching strategies; selection of media; learning environments; technology; resources; and evaluation, including learner assessment and instruction evaluation. (LRW)

Identifies six categories of research in the field of distance education. Topics include evaluation reports; research on the technology; research on the process; general instructional research; policy research; and pre-research, composed of articles that suggest ways of designing or improving distance education courses. (LRW)

Traces the origin of the Carnegie Unit (that measures seat time in the classroom) and its application to educational equivalency, suggests that technology has changed equivalency, proposes Capabilities-Based Educational Equivalency Units as an alternative, and illustrates its use in a graduate program at a university that offers distance education…

A survey of 52 high school students taking advanced placement courses in psychology, French, Spanish, German, and Latin via interactive television revealed that 90% agreed that the learning experience was different from a regular classroom; 77% agreed that a fax machine sped up the exchange of materials; and 61% agreed that technical difficulties…

Describes Nova Southeastern University's program in Instructional Technology and Distance Education (ITDE) that was developed for graduate students. Highlights include the cluster concept, and face to face instruction combined with a wide variety of distance education technologies that include videoconferencing, the Internet, and online courses.…

Discusses faster modems and the limits of telephone lines; applying classroom teaching principles to the Web courseware; computer-based education (CBE) versus instructor-led distance education; necessary components of a Web-based CBE instructional solution (management, courseware, groupware); anatomy and components of the PLATO courseware system;…

Discusses developments in distance learning technologies and uses in K-12 education. Describes applications and technologies currently in use, including electronic field trips, audiographics, interactive satellite television programs, two-way interactive television systems, and the Internet and World Wide Web. Examines future practices using…

Offers a framework for effective integration of the Internet, especially the World Wide Web, into the curriculum. Highlights include distance learning, learning preparation and follow-up, multi-site collaborative learning, marketing materials to other institutions, student outcomes assessment, and evaluation/process improvement. (LRW)

Discusses the following conditions that affect the quality of distance education for instructors and learners: mediation of technology, challenging administrative arrangements for remote sites, absence of visual channels of communication, and geographical dispersal of instructor and learners. Provides guidelines and activity suggestions for each…

Provides insights into findings from the author's distance-learning courses at the University of South Florida, Lakeland Campus. Discusses sites and studio synergism; planning and preparation of materials; interactive instruction; preventing production problems; and promoting positive learning experiences. (AEF)