Contends that a new world is coming through technology, that education is a necessary link in its transformative agenda, and that this technology poses a threat to the social and cultural integrity of the Third World that can only be resisted through technology itself. (MKR)

Describes how students in a geoscience course are introduced to geographic information systems (GIS), a computer-assisted system for the acquisition, storage, analysis, and display of geographic data, through a practical experience involving collecting data and inputting it into a GIS program called IDRISI. (MKR)

Laser refractometry is a science-technology-based activity that requires students to manipulate a variety of equipment, tools, materials, and critical-thinking skills. Students use a laser to measure the percent of glucose in a solution by calibrating the system, taking measurements, and computing the concentration. (MKR)

Discusses an activity in which computers with color monitors can be used to demonstrate light blending with relative ease. (MKR)

Presents activities using thermocouples to investigate the temperatures at which candles burn and popcorn pops. (MKR)

Presents two studies of the nature of science educators' use of the Internet and electronic resources and the environment in which that usage takes place. Includes telephone survey interview schedule and Internet survey instrument. (Author/MKR)

Traces the roots of contemporary collegiate education in the United States, discusses current emphasis on integration, and suggests a new construct for systemic change in baccalaureate engineering education in terms of a taxonomy of intellectual components connected holistically with a core focus on developing human potential. (Author/MKR)

Observations of high school physics students in an instructional experiment with an interactive learning environment in geometrical optics indicated that students in the Optics Dynagrams Project went through major conceptual developments as reflected in the diagrams they constructed. (Author/MKR)

Discusses factors critical in forming a distance-learning institute: quality of learning provided each student, whether courses work for very large numbers of students, and cost per student hour for both development and delivery. Includes strategies for developing curriculum units needed to support distance learning. (Author/MKR)

Contends that technology has the potential to trigger an educational revolution, although technology alone cannot fix our ailing educational system. (Author/MKR)