Here is the "how to" book for setting up a distance learning program on the Web. First touching on the principles of online education, this book discusses five different systems, supplying code, screen shots, and ideas for customization. The CD-ROM contains templates for online university classrooms with HTML, C, Perl scripts, and Java files that can be customized. 

Whether it's simply a class on telecommunications and education, a full-blown M.B.A. degree program, or something in between, today's technology has vast implications for the educational community. The book also covers different types of distance learning from e-mail and Websites to online conferencing. 

Can there be any doubt that the future of education is linked to the World Wide Web? "Web Teaching" walks educators and trainers through the process of creating customized Web-based teaching aids, as well as the nuts and bolts of multimedia. Illustrations and appendices help jump-start access to the Web's many resources 

"One cannot be successful as a distance teacher by simply transferring classroom-based strategies to the new media. The key to successful teaching at a distance is still the active participation of the learners and instructors need to be even more vigilant in designing instruction around the students' needs. 

This book provides proven strategies for taking learning beyond the classroom and into the online environment, focusing on the critical task of creating a sense of community among learners.

If you are planning any type of computer training, this book can serve as a step by step guide. It has worksheets and practical guidelines in the book that are replicated in a Microsoft Word format on the CD so that you can simply copy and use the format. 

Through the use of fifteen lively case studies, Distance Training shows readers the innovative ways in which organizations have used various communications technologies to maximize employee learning and meet business objectives. 

"Horton has done it again! He's addressed the cutting-edgeproblem of Web-based training design with his pragmatic, research-based approach. His work is task-oriented and down-to-earth. He doesn't waste our time with excessive educational philosophy."

The book includes myriad basic and advanced templates and tools covering all aspects of training development that the reader can use immediately to create learning-based web sites. The book's companion web site includes electronic versions of all of the tools so that readers can download and use them immediately.