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first was a s<strong>in</strong>gle free text field which sent questions and feedback to the presenter. These comments were<br />

made available on the presenters client, allow each <strong>in</strong>structor <strong>in</strong>corporate them <strong>in</strong>to the <strong>in</strong>teraction by read<strong>in</strong>g<br />

and respond<strong>in</strong>g to them. The f<strong>in</strong>al slide was an evaluation form. Us<strong>in</strong>g a series of radio buttons and text fields,<br />

we built an <strong>in</strong>strument to measure students' responses to the <strong>in</strong>struction and mastery of learn<strong>in</strong>g objectives.<br />

HyperNews<br />

HyperNews comb<strong>in</strong>es the functionality of the web's hypertext and the communal <strong>in</strong>teraction of UseNet. Us<strong>in</strong>g a<br />

series of topic-based hierarchies, it allows users to comment on exist<strong>in</strong>g "threads" and to beg<strong>in</strong> new ones. We<br />

used HyperNews to create <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>formal venue for <strong>in</strong>structors and students to <strong>in</strong>teract. More <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion about<br />

hyper news is available here.<br />

Conclusion<br />

In the 14 months s<strong>in</strong>ce we began plann<strong>in</strong>g the "Current Topics <strong>in</strong> Health Sciences Librarianship" course, we've<br />

met both obstacles and possibilities <strong>in</strong> deliver<strong>in</strong>g live <strong>in</strong>struction on the WWW. We know now that low<br />

bandwidth, poor connectivity, non- standard software, and quirky helper applications provide real and<br />

substantive obstructions <strong>in</strong> deliver<strong>in</strong>g real time <strong>in</strong>struction on WWW. We know also that patient students,<br />

modest <strong>in</strong>terfaces, and creative developers can solve, avoid, and account for these problems, often as they<br />

occur. In scale, the delivery of real time <strong>in</strong>structional on the WWW now possible. Let the walls fall where they<br />

may.

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