Web-Based Learning

Topics covered in this volume include: research on web-based learning; ways to reduce cognitive load in multimedia learning; gathering and organizing web-based information; the risks in cyberspace; engineering perspectives; and the pedagogical impact of course management systems.

Research on Web-based learning - a half-full glass; Richard E. Clark, University of Southern California; Nine ways to reduce cognitive load in multimedia learning, Richard E. Mayer, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Roxana Moreno, University of New Mexico; Technology - the great equalizer?; Eric Jolly, Education Development Center, Inc., and Christy A. Horn, Center for Instructional Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Infogather - a tool for gathering and organizing information from the Web, L. Brent Igo and Roger Bruning, Center for Instructional Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Matthew McCrudden, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Douglas F. Kauffman, University of Oklahoma; Thinkaboutit! - a Web-based tool for improving critical thinking, Steve Lehman, Utah State University, Roger Bruning and Christy A. Horn, Center for Instructional Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Teachers, technology, and students at risk, Lisa M. PytlikZillig and Christy A. Horn, Center for Instructional Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Mary Jane White, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; At risk in cyberspace: responding to at-risk students in online courses, Christy A. Horn, Lisa M. PytlikZillig, and Roger Bruning, Center for Instructional Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Douglas F. Kauffman, University of Oklahoma; Engineering issues and perspectives in developing online courses, Arthur I. Zygielbaum, National Center for Information Technology in Education, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; The pedagogical impact of course management systems on faculty, students, and institution, Charles J. Ansorge, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Oksana Bendus, National Center for Information Technology in Education, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Technological indicators of impact of course management systems, Ashok Samal, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Bhuvaneswari Gopal, National Center for Information Technology in Education, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Intellectual property considerations for online educational multimedia projects - what you don't know could byte you, Turan P. Odabasi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Lessons learned on the line - working with Web-based courses, PatriciaB. Campbell, Lesley K. Perlman, Earl N. Hadley, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.