ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES DEFINE NEW REQUIREMENTS ON THE U.S. WORKFORCE WHICH PLACE DEMANDS ON THE NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE AND ACCELERATE EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND MATH. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE QUALITY COURSEWARE AND EFFECTIVE COURSE DELIVERY SYSTEMS TO ADDRESS THESE DEMANDS. THE FUNDAMENTAL TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO BEGIN TO ESTABLISH AN ELEGANT ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING FORMAT (EPF) AS THE STANDARD INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA FORMAT IN THE EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING INDUSTRY. THIS EPF IS A COMPREHENSIVE, FLEXIBLE, HOLISTIC, VIDEO-FRIVEN, GRAPHICS-COURSEWARE. IT IS EFFECTIVE IN INSTRUCTOR-CONTROLLED AND STUDENT-CONTROLLED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS OVER A BROAD RANGE OF INTERACTIVITY LEVELS. IT CAN BE USED TO DELIVER COURSES IN VIRTUALLY ANY SUBJECT MATTER TO STUDENTS IN MILITARY, BUSINESS, SCHOOL, OR HOME SETTINGS. THE PHASE I PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE TO: O DEMONSTRATE A SUBSET OF THE ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING FORMAT (EPF). O SPECIFY A DELIVERY SYSTEM, INCLUDING HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. O DESIGN A CHEMISTRY OR OTHER SCIENCE OR MATH COURSE USING THE EPF. O PLAN FOR DISTRIBUTION OF THE FIRST COURSE DEVELOPED. O DESIGN A COURSE TO TEACH TEACHERS HOW TO USE EPF COURSEWARE. ANTICIPATED BENEFITS/POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS - O IMPROVES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHERS IN TEACHING SCIENCE AND MATH O MOTIVATES EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS TO PRODUCE COST EFFINTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA COURSEWARE O INSPIRES STUDENTS TO LEARN SCIENCE AND MATH THROUGH INNOVATIVE MULTIMEDIA COURSEWARE THAT THE TEACHER AND/OR THE STUDENT CONTROL O APPLIES TO MILITARY, BUSINESS, SCHOOL AND HOME.