Ethics in the driver, Mosaic is the vehicle, and network instruction is the precious cargo
- Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
The College of Agriculture at the University of Illinois had an ambitious goal: train 500 incoming freshman students how to take advantage of their computer network privileges without placing undue demands on their time. Because the College already had outstanding computer facilities and expertise, the Department of Academic Programs chose AIM lab to handle the task. AIM stands for Agriculture Instructional Media, and the staff, led by John Schmitz, searched for the most helpful message, meaning, and means to deliver the project. John and I created and developed the computer tutorial, and because both of us are enthused about {open_quotes}the Net{close_quotes} and being good citizens in the cyber community, we built ethics into our design from the earliest stages. You can examine our team`s product on the Web at/http://gopher.ag.uiuc.edu/WWW/AIM/Discovery/Net/intro.html. To give a brief overview of our message to the students, and the University community which will also share in our work, here is the wording from the opening Mosaic screen, a clear statement of the goals of our project: We believe that access to the Internet is a privilege. You need a basic knowledge of the {open_quotes}rules of the road{close_quotes} in order to be a good citizen of the Internet community. You should be required to earn a driver`s license to use the Information Superhighway.
- OSTI ID:
- 111345
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941133--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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