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…

Contains four articles covering trends and issues on distance learning including: the experience of two learners learning via the Internet; a systematic approach to determining the scalability of a distance education program; identifying factors that affect learning community development and performance in asynchronous distance education; and…

Defines multimedia and describes its use in education, particularly in the community college. States that it has the potential not only to improve current educational practices, but also to revolutionize the way higher education is provided. Offers a brief history of the various forms of media that are available for instructional use, including…

Provides an overview of issues identified by undergraduate students through an evaluation of a distance learning course at the University of Wollongong (Australia) delivered in a distributed learning environment. Highlights include pedagogical issues and solutions; technological issues and solutions; and learning support issues and solutions.…

A study involving 62 students in two inclusive ninth-grade language arts classes examined the impact of anchored instruction. Results found that as teachers increased the level and length of their questions, students reciprocated by providing higher level and longer responses to questions and asked longer and higher level questions. (Contains…

The sixth in a series, this article presents an interview with Dr. Todd Hoover, Associate Professor of Curriculum Instruction and Educational Psychology at Loyola University Chicago, whose work has included designing developing, and assessing major initiatives for the integration of technology into learning and teaching. (AEF)

Addresses issues related to the implementation of information and communications technology (ICT) in education and online learning with particular reference to Japan. Presents an integrated model for the introduction of ICT at all levels of education that suggests ways of bridging the gap between research and development and actual educational…

Contends that teaching journalism and mass communication has become a technology-intensive occupation. Reports on results of a national study of the use of technology in journalism and mass communication programs. Examines how technology-induced stress affects two aspects of work-life quality: job satisfaction and work-related exhaustion. (PM)

This study examined teachers' concerns related to the integration of technology into teaching practices and compares these concerns with professional and ancillary demographic variables. Discusses a correlation among attendance of faculty development activities, integration level, and higher-order concerns; and correlations among gender, age, and…

Describes the successful implementation of a Women in Technology (WIT) Project-Based Learning Program in High Tech Manufacturing by the Tech Prep Consortium at Bristol Community College (Massachusetts). Reports that the program's success was mainly due to the establishment of partnerships with industry, government, and education, including area…

Discusses how separating undergraduate education into its two primary components--general education and the major--and then applying the perspective of a supermarket analogy leads to startling conclusions about possible transformations of the production and distribution system for higher education at the undergraduate level and for implementing…

Describes results of a comparative analysis that investigated the causes of the digital divide between two public high schools in New Hampshire and recommends solutions to the inequities in students' access to technological innovations. Topics include Internet use; teacher training in technology; and funding, including federal aid. (Author/LRW)

Describes three educational innovations, examples of art and technology converging: a class at Colorado College where students are composing music on the computer; the University of Advancing Computer Technology's online associate degree in arts and multimedia; and a collaboration between the Institute for Learning Technologies at Columbia…

Discusses advantages of technology such as handheld computers in classrooms that include children with disabilities. Asks how technological devices affect very young children with or without disabilities and reviews criteria for selecting software, Web sites, and resources for teaching with technology. (DLH)

Reports on the Johnson Space Center Film Repository and describes the collection and development of its strategy to automate image access. The advantages and problems of a visual thesaurus are explained. (EAM)