A Web-based tool that allows students to generate multiple-choice questions in a collaborative, distributed setting was evaluated through several comparisons. Students first completed a Web-based tutorial on writing effective multiple-choice questions and then authored questions on a given topic. Next, using the Web-based tool, groups of students…

Describes two experiments that investigated the retention of knowledge as a latent measure of learning outcome in video teletraining courses, one for air traffic controllers and one for military training. Discusses the merits of knowledge retention as a construct for examining initial evidence of learning, especially for training related to the…

Examines the influence of a student's visual access to the instructor during Internet-based audiographics training. A course was taught through lecture and slides over the Internet to students at seven remote sites and the availability of instructor video was manipulated. Results showed that increasing the video capability of an Internet-based…