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The Internet Trainer's Guide (Management Information Systems)

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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.

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.