© R. Muns, 1995

The Universe is a big place ... perhaps the biggest. -Kilgore Trout

Beware of the Vulcan greed for knowledge. -Ferengi Rule of Acquisition #79

This presentation is designed to introduce the issues and techniques involved in producing educational packages utilizing the Internet. The focus is specifically on using the Internet as a medium and resource for instruction, rather than to instruct one on the Internet itself. This presentation assumes a working knowledge of the Internet, World Wide Web, and standard computing skills by the practitioner (e.g., how to use a mouse on a PC or Macintosh).

This presentation is itself an example of what it purports to teach. That is, this document is an educational package on the Internet. The source files can be reached by pointing your World Wide Web browser (e.g., Netscape) at the following Uniform Resource Locator, or, URL:

http://www.umsl.edu/~muns/edpack/

Other examples of such packages, demonstrating other philosophies and techniques, can be found throughout the Internet. The author, R. Muns, has produced two other educational packages on the Internet to which prospective developers can also refer:

The Civil War and the Internet at
http://www.umsl.edu/~muns/civilwar/civmain.htm

and

Nursing and the Internet at
http://www.umsl.edu/~nursing/nursmain.htm

All materials in this package are subject to existing United States and international copyright laws. Permission is granted to educational institutions, libraries, and non-profit entities to use and freely disseminate this package, so long as all constituent files are unmodified and all copyright notices are maintained. For a full list of files used in this presentation, please refer to the Copyright Notice reachable from any part of the presentation.

R. Muns, Reference Librarian

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1. Tools You Will Need
   1. A Decent Computer (Networked Preferred)
   2. A World Wide Web Browser (Netscape Preferred)
   3. A Text Editor (HTML Specific Preferred)

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2. Focusing on a Specific Subject
   1. Instruction ON the Internet
   2. Instruction ABOUT the Internet

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3. Stealing Everything You Need From the Internet
   (And Those Niggling Copyright Issues)
   1. Retrieving HTML Files
   2. Retrieving Text Files
   3. Retrieving Graphics
   4. If You Didn't Do It, It's Not Yours

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4. Presenting Your Package
   1. As a Printed Document
   2. As Local HTML Files on Your Hard Drive
   3. As a Local Network Package
   4. As an Internet Package Released to the World

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5. The Recipe (Steps in Creating an Educational Package)
   1. step 1
   2. step 2
   3. . . .