The Wired Professor : Guide to Incorporating the World Wide Web in College Instruction

Written for teachers with limited experience of the Internet, this text presents relevant skills and an intellectual framework for understanding and working effectively with it, and provides a practical guide to building and managing instruction-based Web pages and sites.

It also incorporates discussions on a variety of topics, from the history of networks, publishing and computers to keenly debated issues such as the pedagogical challenges posed by computer-aided instruction and distance learning.

These discussions are offered with an eye to allowing instructors to maximize use of the Internet as a creative medium, a research resource of unparalleled dimension, and a community-building tool.

There is also a companion Web site containing additional material such as discussions on design and links to the resources referred to in the book.