Recent CALL research has started to go beyond the comparison of CALL versus non-CALL environments to explore what learners do while going through CALL activities. One important strand within that area has focused on the use and utility of providing learners with opportunities to request modified input. While many studies have carried out research…

Suggests that there is an identifiable landscape (context, perspectives, sets of issues, methods, and values) associated with instructional design. Key features of that landscape include assumptions about the nature of being a person and living in society. Without some identifiable instructional landscape there is little possibility for progress…

Explores infrastructure developments in United Kingdom higher education that increase bandwidth to improve the flexibility and quality of education. Discusses distance education; competition; learning environment architecture; technology's impact; metropolitan area networks; wide area networks; asynchronous transfer mode; the socio-economic…

Describes characteristics of higher education students in the 21st century, focusing on the nontraditional aspects compared to the majority of today's students; discusses lifelong learning, distance learning, and learning processes; describes collaborative learning networks; and considers elementary and secondary education changes. (LRW)

Discusses the growing importance of the World Wide Web as a delivery method in higher education and offers guidelines to faculty and designers regarding transitioning from face-to-face classroom instruction to Web-based instruction. Highlights include managerial considerations; pedagogical considerations; designing Web-based instruction; social…

Discusses the need for technology competencies in higher education; considers barriers to technology adoption; describes a needed paradigm shift from teaching to learning; and contends that for universities to remain competitive, they must develop training programs for faculty that emphasize learning and provide support to integrate technology…

Addresses issues related to offering digital distance education alternatives based on experiences at Dowling College (NY). Topics include the marketplace; use of the World Wide Web; faculty, student, and administrator role changes; copyright issues; faculty workload; implementation issues; K-12 higher education partnerships; individualized…

Clarifies the basic terminology of needs analysis, proposes a framework for conducting needs analyses, and discusses trends and issues in needs analysis as they apply to improving performance in organizations. Topics include needs; needs assessment; needs analysis; training requirements analysis; needs analysis plan; perception analysis, including…

Explores the theoretical underpinnings relating to self-regulated learning and considers how classrooms can be structured as self-regulated learning environments. Topics include assumptions about learners and learning processes; design principles; and components of self-regulated learning environments, including learners, teachers, learning tasks…

Describes a study of undergraduates that examined the effects of the levels of learner self-direction on the interaction and satisfaction in Web-based discussion groups. Results of statistical analyses indicated that learner self-direction does have an effect on activities in online discussion. (Author/LRW)

Discusses the need for new educational paradigms that take into consideration the need for lifelong learning and presents an image of a virtual university based on Banathy's three-dimensional model for image-building. Considers the importance of values in educational systems design and describes a framework for creating images of a virtual…

Includes 16 articles that discuss social interaction in computer-mediated distance communication; the principal's role in information technology; evaluation of learning technologies, including online courses, intelligent tutoring systems, virtual learning environments, and World Wide Web learning; Web-based authoring systems to support distance…

Examines social desirability responding (SDR) on surveys administered on the World Wide Web and on paper to graduate and undergraduate students. Discusses response bias; describes use of the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding; and reports findings that reveal no differences in SDR between the Web-administered and paper-administered…

This study examined issues in supporting middle school teachers to become more learner centered when implementing computer-based, workplace simulations in their classrooms. Focuses on a participant observation study of two teachers to develop and evolve a framework for professional development that included reflective skills and proximal goals.…

Discussion of computer-mediated group problem solving focuses on a study of undergraduates that compared the perceptions of participants, the nature of the comments made, and the patterns of communication in face-to-face and computer conferencing groups in terms of problem-solving activities while solving well-structured and ill-structured…