In contrast, a design field such as interactive educational media needs to be able to present and critique the designs themselves. The value of interactive media in education stands or falls by the extent to which the different media are effectively used, and whether students' learning needs are met. A second factor changing the face of publishing is the advent of the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web. Scholars in touch with developments on the Net are beginning to question whether the established models of publishing, inherited from our dependence on paper, should now evolve. Distributed Web servers are becoming the most convenient way for many researchers to access articles anywhere in the world and are reducing our reliance on paper-based publishing.
Discussion is now underway to establish new models for the researcher-publisher relationship.
JIME will track and contribute to these developments. Net-based media are central to JIME's function as a journal. Aims of the Journal To foster a multidisciplinary and intellectually rigorous debate on the theoretical and practical aspects of interactive media in education. To clarify the cognitive, social and cultural issues raised by the use of interactive media in education. To radically improve teaching and learning through better interactive media.