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Development and Evaluation of World Wide Web Courseware for Teacher<br />

Education<br />

Isabel Borrás<br />

San Diego State University<br />

5500 Campanile Drive<br />

San Diego, CA 92182-7703<br />

e-mail: iborras@mail.sdsu.edu<br />

The provision of <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion <strong>in</strong> electronic <strong>format</strong> on the World Wide Web (WWW) is not by itself an effective<br />

teach<strong>in</strong>g and learn<strong>in</strong>g tool. As Flem<strong>in</strong>g (1993) observes, “Group work, problem-based learn<strong>in</strong>g and selfassessment<br />

are all key features of 'deep' learn<strong>in</strong>g but have not received sufficient attention from the designers<br />

of computer-based <strong>in</strong>dependent learn<strong>in</strong>g systems." (p. 321). This demonstration deals with the development<br />

and evaluation of a WWW package, RE 503 Internet for Teachers (Borrás, 1996), which <strong>in</strong>tegrates Flem<strong>in</strong>g's<br />

suggested learn<strong>in</strong>g features. Created for use on a graduate-level course for <strong>in</strong>service teachers, the package<br />

<strong>in</strong>cludes: 1) course syllabus; 2) <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion about participants' professional background and teach<strong>in</strong>g<br />

philosophy; 3) read<strong>in</strong>gs; 4) l<strong>in</strong>ks to on-l<strong>in</strong>e resources; 5) on-l<strong>in</strong>e feedback and activities forms; 6) <strong>in</strong>structor's<br />

HTML templates for use by participants <strong>in</strong> their f<strong>in</strong>al projects; 7) tools for site evaluation and f<strong>in</strong>al projects<br />

evaluation; and 8) participants' f<strong>in</strong>al projects.<br />

References<br />

Borrás, I. (1996). RE 503 - Internet for Teachers. [WWW document]. URL:<br />

http://www.sover.net/~mi1casa/503/<br />

Flem<strong>in</strong>g, D. (1993). Op<strong>in</strong>ion: Paradigm lost? Educational Technology and Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g International, 29 (4),<br />

321-324.

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