A newsgroup will be set up for the participants of each course. This newsgroup will function as an online conference throughout the course. For real-time communications, chat technology will be used. Microsoft Chat with its gateway to NetMeeting, will enable studnets to schedule meetings over the Net with each other and with their instructor TOP Ways to Use The course can be offered as an undergraduate or graduate level course and is applicable to most academic disciplines a workshop for faculty development, continuing eduction, computer training, and other non-credit settings. Understanding, Doing, and Creating.
Students practice Internet etiquette, surfing techniques, and search strategies.
After learning how to download text, images, sounds, video, data, and software from the Internet, students will learn how to document electronic sources in either APA, MLA, or CMS bibliographic style. Creating a Personal Presence Finally, students create a personal presence on the Web. A hands-on tutorial has the students create home pages and resumes and publish them on the Web. TOP Offering the course Your instituion may choose to load the Internet Literacy software and Serf course management system on your own dedicated NT computer server. Or you can rent server space from PBS for a turn-key solution to offering this course.