Reports on a project that explored the incidental learning achieved through the implementation of a Web-based learning setting in an Australian university. Highlights include developing generic skills and competencies; online problem-based learning; learning activities; self management; management of others; and management of information.…

Describes a qualitative study of preservice mathematics teachers' use of higher-order thinking as they used an interactive multimedia program based on a situated learning framework. Analyzes types of talk used by the students as they worked with the program and classifies it as social, procedural, and lower-order and higher-order thinking.…

Describes a study in which a World Wide Web learning environment was created using socio-constructivist instructional design principles. The study investigated the impact of cooperation and collaboration among university students, as well as group composition, peer support, printed guides, student interaction, and time factors. (Author/LRW)