Faculty members should be encouraged to prepare their course materials in this format. Access to these areas could be limited to users on campus or users from outside who have paid a fee. We are the natural host for a cooperative extension service site, like those abroad, providing information to the public on agriculture, environmental quality and nutrition in Israel and the Middle East, an activity likely to attract external funding. This should be done together with Agricultural Education and the Center for Nutrition Information, and ideally in cooperation with Machon Volcani and other academic and governmental organizations. Training At many universities, researchers share their research results with their colleagues using the web.
Web publishing is often simpler and more versatile than email.
A formal framework for training staff and students to use the web effectively and take advantage of all its tools should be established. Existing bioinformatics courses on the web could be used as a basis. See it for yourself We would be happy to arrange a demonstration if necessary to illustrate what we're talking about.