__ __ __ __ __ __ web's eye view 11-06-96 | | /| / /| | /| / /| | /| / / alan levine | |/ |/ / | |/ |/ / | |/ |/ / Maricopa Center for Learning & Instruction |__/ |__/ |__/|__/ |__/|__/ http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/eye/ ============================================================================== WebDev (What's Next) We have gotten plenty of positive and consutrctive feedback from last month's WebDev event at Rio Salado. The notes from our trusty "webScribes" are now available, as well as the links to sites mentioned in the presentations, from: http://www.maricopa.edu/webdev/fall96/ Kudos to Mike Franov of District ITS for setting up the WebDev pages and the server scripts for our registration forms. Please send any URL corrections or addtions to Mike. What's next? We heard interest in more of these events. It takes quite a bit of effort, so we are asking for those interested in helping plan the next WebDev event to keep any eye on their January calendars so we can beginning planning for the WebDev of fall 1997. Also, let us know of any ideas you have for what kind of things you would like to say. Okay, that's a long way off, right? We are alos going to try some less formal, WebDev Discussion groups, held once a month at a a different college. The themes and topics can vary from presentations to workshop to discussions. We'll be asking soon for some folks to volunteer to arrange a spot and agenda. And finally, if you are interested in another A1 list that is a bit more specialized in web technology and support, contact Eric Johnson and ask to be put on the @webdev list. Sometime in the future, we will migrate this Web's Eye View mailing list to an Internet mail distribution (you will have a chice then to receive it via A1 or e-mail). HTML Corner It is easy to make a hypertext link that brings up a browser window so that readers can send e-mail to a designated address: Write to Me! But you can also set it up to mail to more than one person, just by listing the e-mail address separated by commas: Write to Us! And there is more! You can also designate the default text that goes into the Subject line, i.e so that you could code it so you know that a reader is sending you something related to Chapter 32: Send me your comments on Chapter 32 Try it! Some Sites to See We've toyed with a script to make our Bag of URLs collection searchable: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/eye/bag/search.html Evaluation of Psychomotor Outcomes in On-Line Courses This Web page was designed by David Lloyd as an assignment for the course EDT 1514 Internet Resources and Education offered during the summer of 1996 at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto. Numerous disciplines require that students are able to demonstrate that they have mastered a set of hands-on skills. Can Web-based courses adequately verify that these skill-based outcomes have been met? A search of the Web revealed very little information on this issue. As an alternative, a survey was constructed and e-mailed to list of individuals involved in distance education courses. http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/~dlloyd/issue.htm "Last Writes? Re-assessing the Law REview in the Age of Cyberberspace" is a detailed article by Bernard J Hibbits, University of Pittsburgh School of Law. http://www.law.pitt.edu/hibbitts/lastrev.htm The Angle presents you with up-to-date news and information about the web, with some chosices you can make so that you receive it in a format that fits your style: "Our staff tirelessly combs the web looking for cool stuff, and they find way too much of it for one human to possibly combine. So they sift through each week's finds, then I choose the best of the best based on my own weird world view and life experience. If you're looking for humorous twists on the news, information nobody wanted you to see, bizarre and unsettling things and general craziness, then be my guest and jump aboard my angle. Or you can customize THE ANGLE to fit your own preferences" http://www.theangle.com/ Speedguns Aamazing Animagifs an incredible library of aniamted GIF images as well as some smarmy background muzak http://www.animagifs.com/ National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP) is aa federally funded project promoting the effective use of technology for students with disabilities http://www.edc.org/FSC/NCIP/ Beyond BIO 101: the Transformation of Undergraduate Biology Education A report from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, "describes the remarkable changes taking place in how American college students learn biologyÐÐa story of tremendous importance not only to scientists and students but also to a society facing difficult choices about health care, the environment, and other issues involving biology." http://www.hhmi.org/BeyondBio101/