Computing Fundamentals via 
Fundamental Computing at Ohio State

Using a new strategy that combines LinkWay Live!, e-mail and
newsgroups via the Internet, instructors from Ohio State
University are preparing K-12 educators to use communications
technology.  Students of this course use a diskette with a
run-time version of LinkWay Live! and a LinkWay Live! folder.
The pages within the folder contain buttons and objects with
the basic information to get the student started with e-mail
and newsgroups.  It also contains pages and buttons with
missing text and document files.  These "missing files" are
added to the folder by e-mail, FTP, or other means.  The
student builds a technology reference tool by successively
adding material to their folder through access to resources
available on the Internet.

LinkWay Live! pages contain common button
elements--definitions, explanations, help, bibliographic
references, classroom uses, essays, learning tips, questions
and answers, and a "print anything" button.  Topics include
electronic communications, hypermedia, computer hardware and
software concepts, survivors guide to DOS and UNIX, and
software evaluation and use.

This strategy is designed to help educators make an easy
transition to the effective use of electronic communication
tools.  E-mail and newsgroups pace the delivery of the course
and create a sense of timeliness as students progress through
it.  Preliminary evaluation data will contribute to the final
design of the folder.

For more information, contact:  
Keith A. Hall
Ohio State University
29 W. Woodruff Ave.
122RA
Columbus, OH 43210 
(614) 292-7836 
Internet e-mail: khall@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu 
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