The Internet Trainer's Guide (Management Information Systems) [Paperback]

Diane C. Kovacs (Author)

Book Description

Series: Management Information Systems | Publication Date: September 1995

The Internet Trainer's Guide Diane K. Kovacs The Internet is the latest word in information resources for business, education, and home users alike. But so far, very little has been written about teaching others how to use the Internet efficiently and cost effectively. Until Now. Diane Kovacs, an experienced Internet end-user trainer, provides a step by step, lesson-by-lesson guide to the design and implementation of an Internet training course. The Internet Trainer's Guide is packed full of practical information for Internet trainers. Kovacs outlines techniques to help instructors assess the baseline knowledge and skills of their students and tailor instruction to suit their needs. She also discusses a broad variety of teaching methods--seminars, lectures, and hands-on labs--with detailed guidance on the time required for each method, the anticipated instructional outcomes, and the technological requirements. The text also delves into the features of the Internet that today's students want and need to learn. This includes the complete range of Internet information resources--e-mail, Telnet, FTP, Gopher, and the World Wide Web; and the latest search and retrieval tools, including Archie and Veronica, and Web search tools, including WebCrawler?(TM) With a sample workbook and handouts for beginning and intermediate users. The Internet Trainer's Guide offers the comprehensive solution that today's Internet trainers need.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

While there is a great deal of information available today for Internet users, but very little about teaching others how to use the Internet efficiently and cost effectively. With The Internet Trainer's Guide, teachers (K-12), librarians, administrators, non-technical academics, business people, health professionals, and Internet instructors can find step-by-step, lesson-to-lesson plans for teaching beginning and intermediate Internet users. From creating course outlines and conducting presentations to teaching methods and evaluation procedures, Diane Kovacs covers all the information readers need in order to design a broad variety of Internet courses, including seminars, lectures, and hands-on labs. Also presented are features of today's Internet information resources: e-mail, Telnet, FTP, Gopher, and the World Wide Web; search and retrieval tools including Archie and Veronica; and Web search tools including WebCrawler. -- Midwest Book Review

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The Internet Trainer’s Guide Diane K. Kovacs The Internet is the latest word in information resources for business, education, and home users alike. But so far, very little has been written about teaching others how to use the Internet efficiently and cost effectively. Until Now. Diane Kovacs, an experienced Internet end-user trainer, provides a step by step, lesson-by-lesson guide to the design and implementation of an Internet training course. The Internet Trainer’s Guide is packed full of practical information for Internet trainers. Kovacs outlines techniques to help instructors assess the baseline knowledge and skills of their students and tailor instruction to suit their needs. She also discusses a broad variety of teaching methods—seminars, lectures, and hands-on labs—with detailed guidance on the time required for each method, the anticipated instructional outcomes, and the technological requirements. The text also delves into the features of the Internet that today’s students want and need to learn. This includes the complete range of Internet information resources—e-mail, Telnet, FTP, Gopher, and the World Wide Web; and the latest search and retrieval tools, including Archie and Veronica, and Web search tools, including WebCrawler^™ With a sample workbook and handouts for beginning and intermediate users. The Internet Trainer’s Guide offers the comprehensive solution that today’s Internet trainers need. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Computer; Bk&Disk edition (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0442019785
• ISBN-13: 978-0442019785
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,814,751 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Netbreakers, June 8, 2001

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This review is from: The Internet Trainer's Guide (Paperback)

In the beginning, net users transferred files between computers; now they surf through informational space. But that information is still along a road in the making, except for what author Diane K. Kovacs calls Gopher gravel and web pavement. So when in trouble, track down the human responsible, but only after reading all directions first. When running on empty, go to research- and teaching-oriented e-conference archives for full-text databases. After all, Internet resources can be hard to find: they tend to lack formal search terms, unlike such formally-created databases as online catalogs, which get their entries because their subject fields have standardized keywords for particular subjects. Even before all else fails, turn to NETTRAIN, a Listserv-managed discussion group for Internet trainers: it will uncover all the most critical concerns and all the most valuable resources. THE INTERNET TRAINER'S GUIDE is a sight for sore eyes: it takes trainees and trainers through beginning, intermediate and advanced netbreaking levels. The book is the proof to Ian Forsyth's TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS AND THE INTERNET, David Leu's TEACHING WITH THE INTERNET, Colin McCormack's BUILDING A WEB-BASED EDUCATION SYSTEM, and Heidi Schweizer's DESIGNING AND TEACHING AN ONLINE COURSE.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Idealistic book but could of went into more detail., June 20, 2001

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This review is from: The Internet Trainer's Guide (Paperback)

I found it more idealistic. Reminding you what you should teach if you are teaching an Internet class or tutoring. I was looking for more of a book to be a reminder book and going more in depth. I of course didn't find anything in this book being to useful.