IMPLEMENTATION IN THE CLASSROOM

	teaching Information Skills
	how do we keep up with change?
	getting around the problems of an under-resourced classroom
	standards, "World Standards", assessment, and working on the Internet

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL POLICY

	the economics of sharing resources across an intranet or the Internet
	implementation strategies
	making the right choices: open environments vs. proprietary systems
	places to go for advice: case studies of successful and unsuccessful implementation of change

EDUCATIONAL TOOLS

	multimedia technologies
	software interoperability: the economics, benefits, and future of multimedia applications
	curriculum development: new tools and processes
	web authoring tools and methods

DISTANCE AND OPEN LEARNING

	case studies: links with the world
	collaborative learning via intranets and the Internet
	integrating distance learning into the classroom
	new web technologies and distance learning options
	pre-service and in-service support: distance training

VIRTUAL UNIVERSITIES -- UNIVERSITIES OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY?

	status reports on various virtual university efforts: Western Governors' University, National Technological University, African Virtual University, etc.
	issues related to accreditation and certification
	funding and financial concerns
	quality control; competency-based assessment
	cooperative program development, articulation
	system compatibility issues; the emergence of the Web
	corporate "universities", corporate participation in virtual university affairs

HUMAN / COMPUTER INTERFACE ISSUES FOR EDUCATION AND LEARNING

	information presentation and media design
	media, user interactions, and learning
	interfaces for special needs
	hypertext and hypermedia applications
	visualization of information
	human / computer or human / human -- which interface best facilitates learning?
	metaphors in instructional multimedia
	navigation issues in hypertext / hypermedia

TEACHER EDUCATION

	keeping colleagues up-to-date
	coping with computer-literate students
	in-service that practices what it preaches
	Teacher Education as a model of a new paradigm of teaching / learning

RESEARCH PROGRAMS

	recent research on the effectiveness of distance learning and computer-assisted instruction
	research on human factors and interface design
	usability research
	integration of computer-based materials and classroom instruction
	case studies: distance learning vs. face-to-face learning

LOW BUDGET TECHNOLOGIES

	how much computing power is really necessary?
	Alternatives to computers
	Comparative analysis of computing versus traditional technologies
	optimizing audio conferencing -- and applications based on the emerging chat rooms on the Internet
	the role of chalk and talk in the high-tech era
	what are the metrics for making a technology decision?

SIMULATION FOR EDUCATION AND LEARNING

	what is the pedagogy of simulation?
	simulation as a visualization tool
	competition in the simulation environment: the value of gaming
	simulations and the Internet: distant collaborations
	simulations in multi-user domains
	integration of simulation and computer-based training