Understanding the Learning Environment

Technologies

Web pages can utilize many different types of media, ranging from sound files to streaming video. Explore each of the options below. What possibilities do you see for each technology? What problems do you see?

Simple HTML

• Writing for the Web - Towson University, Maryland
• Fisheries 101 - UW

HTML Using Frames

• The Solar System - Astronomy 100 at Indiana University Northwest
• Biological Structures 431: Introduction to Neuroanatomy - UW

Adobe PDF Files

• IS423 Assignments - UW Business School
• Introduction to Methods in Applied Mathematics II - Applied Math, UW

Postscript Files

• CSE 505 Concepts of Programming Languages - UW Computer Science & Engineering
• Introduction to Methods in Applied Mathematics II - Applied Math, UW

Java Applets

• Fractals in Science Simulations - Center of Polymer Studies, Boston University
• Light Emission and Absorbtion Applets - ModularCHEM Consortium, UC Berkeley

Animated GIFs

• Submitting Forms: What Really Happens? - UW Computer Training Class R558

Sound Files

• Bat Echolocation Calls - Bat Conservation International

Streaming Video

• Chimera - UW
• RealSystem 5.0 Animation, Audio, Video Showcase - Real Networks

Macromedia Shockwave

• Shockrave - Macromedia Shockwave sample pages

Usenet Feeds

• Virus Protection News - UW

Telnet

• Library Catalog - UW

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