JEST Copy ANIMATES GUIDELINES FOR CONVERTING EXISTING COURSES INTO WEB-BASED FORMAT

This paper reports research in progress. It presents information in the literature on converting traditional courses into Webbased format. The paper is divided into four parts. The first part makes and introduction to Distance Education (DE) and Web-Based Instruction (WBI), which combines features from both face-to-face classroom instruction and DE. The second part discusses current Instructional Design (ID) models for WBI. In the third part, findings from the literature on converting existing courses into a Web-based format are discussed. This third part includes information in the following categories: how to start the conversion to the WBI; student and instructor support; design issues; interaction among people; and assessment. In the last part, a model proposing an orderly process for converting courses into a Web-based format will be explained. (Contains 24 references.) (Author/AEF) Reproduction_ s supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document.