Cleborne D. Maddux, PhD, is Foundation Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he teaches courses on statistics and on integrating technology into education. He has co-authored 10 books with D. LaMont Johnson, including Distance Education: Issues and Concerns and the textbook Educational Computing: Learning with Tomorrow’s Technologies, now in its third edition., D. LaMont Johnson, PhD, Professor of Educational Technology in the College of Education at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), is a leading specialist in the area of educational computing and related tech- nologies. He is the founding editor of Computers in the Schools and is Program Coordinator of the Information Technology in Education pro- gram at UNR. He has co-authored 10 books, including Distance Educa- tion: Issues and Concerns and the textbook Educational Computing: Learning with Tomorrow’s Technologies, now in its third edition. A popular speaker and conference presenter, Dr. Johnson is active in sev- eral professional organizations concerned with advancing the use and understanding of educational technology.

• INTRODUCTION Type II Applications of Technology in Education: New and Better Ways of Teaching and Learning (Cleborne D. Maddux and D. LaMont Johnson) Pre-Service Teachers Critically Evaluate Scientific Information on the World Wide Web: What Makes Information Believable? (Marie Iding and E. Barbara Klemm) Investigating the Perceptions and Behaviors of Elementary Students and Teachers When Internet Access Is Universal (Janice M. Hinson) Pros and Cons of Internet2 Videoconferencing as a New Generation Distance Education Tool (Betül C. Özkan) Building Online Communication into Courses: Possibilities and Cautions (Janaki Santhiveeran) Effective Use of CMC Tools in Interactive Online Learning (Judi Repman, Cordelia Zinskie, and Randal D. Carlson) Type II Technology Applications in Teacher Education: Using Instant Messenger to Implement Structured Online Class Discussions (Lih-Ching Chen Wang and William Beasley) Inferring New Vocabulary Using Online Texts (Laurel Smith Stvan) Online Learning as a Demonstration of Type II Technology: Second Language Acquisition (Kulwadee Kongrith and Cleborne D. Maddux) Secondary School Students, Online Learning, and External Support in New Zealand (Ross Dewstow and Noeline Wright) Teachers’ Attitudes Toward WebQuests as a Method of Teaching (Robert Perkins and Margaret L. McKnight) The Nature of Discourse as Students Collaborate on a Mathematics WebQuest (Michelle P. Orme and Eula Ewing Monroe) WebCT and Its Growth as a Type II Application (Irene Chen, Jerry Willis, and Sue Mahoney) Filling in the Blanks: Using Computers to Test and Teach (Elizabeth Chaney and David Alan Gilman) Constructing Meaning in a Technology-Rich, Global Learning Environment (Ian W. Gibson) Index Reference Notes Included

Cleborne D. Maddux, PhD, is Foundation Professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he teaches courses on statistics and on integrating technology into education. He has co-authored 10 books with D. LaMont Johnson, including Distance Education: Issues and Concerns and the textbook Educational Computing: Learning with Tomorrow’s Technologies, now in its third edition., D. LaMont Johnson, PhD, Professor of Educational Technology in the College of Education at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), is a leading specialist in the area of educational computing and related tech- nologies. He is the founding editor of Computers in the Schools and is Program Coordinator of the Information Technology in Education pro- gram at UNR. He has co-authored 10 books, including Distance Educa- tion: Issues and Concerns and the textbook Educational Computing: Learning with Tomorrow’s Technologies, now in its third edition. A popular speaker and conference presenter, Dr. Johnson is active in sev- eral professional organizations concerned with advancing the use and understanding of educational technology.

• INTRODUCTION Type II Applications of Technology in Education: New and Better Ways of Teaching and Learning (Cleborne D. Maddux and D. LaMont Johnson) Pre-Service Teachers Critically Evaluate Scientific Information on the World Wide Web: What Makes Information Believable? (Marie Iding and E. Barbara Klemm) Investigating the Perceptions and Behaviors of Elementary Students and Teachers When Internet Access Is Universal (Janice M. Hinson) Pros and Cons of Internet2 Videoconferencing as a New Generation Distance Education Tool (Betül C. Özkan) Building Online Communication into Courses: Possibilities and Cautions (Janaki Santhiveeran) Effective Use of CMC Tools in Interactive Online Learning (Judi Repman, Cordelia Zinskie, and Randal D. Carlson) Type II Technology Applications in Teacher Education: Using Instant Messenger to Implement Structured Online Class Discussions (Lih-Ching Chen Wang and William Beasley) Inferring New Vocabulary Using Online Texts (Laurel Smith Stvan) Online Learning as a Demonstration of Type II Technology: Second Language Acquisition (Kulwadee Kongrith and Cleborne D. Maddux) Secondary School Students, Online Learning, and External Support in New Zealand (Ross Dewstow and Noeline Wright) Teachers’ Attitudes Toward WebQuests as a Method of Teaching (Robert Perkins and Margaret L. McKnight) The Nature of Discourse as Students Collaborate on a Mathematics WebQuest (Michelle P. Orme and Eula Ewing Monroe) WebCT and Its Growth as a Type II Application (Irene Chen, Jerry Willis, and Sue Mahoney) Filling in the Blanks: Using Computers to Test and Teach (Elizabeth Chaney and David Alan Gilman) Constructing Meaning in a Technology-Rich, Global Learning Environment (Ian W. Gibson) Index Reference Notes Included