Interactive learning: vignettes from America's most wired campuses

Interactive Learning is a rich collection of best practices in the use of instructional technology from 36 of America's most wired campuses. In 93 brief, informal, and practical vignettes, professors show how they transformed courses with technology, discuss how the technology affected teaching and learning, and distill important lessons learned. The accounts are written in lay language and are brimming with information and examples that will help anyone-from the novice to the computer-savvy-who is interested in classroom applications of technology.

pt. 1: Introduction. Educational beliefs: an overview ; Technology tools and techniques: an overview ; Assessment of technology's impact on learning: an overview -- pt. 2. Vignettes -- Physical sciences and engineering. An interactive, multimedia Web site for the general chemistry laboratory / Sally R. Hair ; Impact of technology on the teaching of chemistry / Allen D. Bishop, Jr. ; Computer modeling in first-year general chemistry / Arthur Glasfeld ; Using technological tools in general chemistry / Angela G. King, Yue-Ling Wong ; Learning chemical reaction equilibria on CD-ROM / William M. Clark ; What is engineering?: a course that incorporates a virtual laboratory / Michael Karweit ; Statics Online: educational software for the World Wide Web / Edwin R. Carney [and others] ; Introduction to computing in engineering / Richard Shiavi [and others] ; Developing an effective Web-based engineering course / Madison Daily, Susan L. Murray ; Teaching signal processing using notebooks / Richard Shiavi ; Using a course Web page in teaching geomorphology / Robert M. Newton ; A general science class for nonmajors / John F. Wallin ; Melding network technology with traditional teaching: enhan…