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  • Selected Papers from the National Conference on College Teaching and Learning (8th, Jacksonville, Florida, April 16-19, 1997). Chambers, Jack A., Ed. Computer Assisted Instruction Computer Software Development Cooperative Learning Courseware Curriculum Design Distance Education Educational Strategies Educational Technology Experimental Curriculum Faculty Development Higher Education Innovation Instructional Design Instructional Development Instructional Innovation Instructional Materials Integrated Learning Systems Internet Multimedia Materials Preservice Teacher Education Teacher Education Curriculum Technological Advancement Technological Literacy Technology Transfer Telecommunications World Wide Web These 19 papers were selected from the Eighth National Conference on College Teaching and Learning and focus on the theme of "Teaching, Learning, and Technology: Creative Uses of the World Wide Web." Titles include: (1) "Guided Web Exploration for Teaching Critical Thinking" (Judith A. Baker); (2) "Top Ten Strategies for Using Humor as an Effective Teaching Tool" (Ronald A. Berk); (3) "Learning Styles, Emotional Intelligence and Social Presence as Predictors of Distance Education Student Satisfaction" (Patricia Boverie, and others); (4) "Cooperative Writing Software: An Experiment Using Lotus Word Pro" (Robert M. Christie); (5) "Cooperative Learning on the World Wide Web" (Betty Collis); (6) "The Pedagogical Colloquium as Faculty Development" (Mary Gendernalik Cooper); (7)"Integrating Physics Curriculum and New Technologies" (Alexander Dickison, and others); (8) "Meaningful Links: The Meaning of Hot" (Sebastian L. Foti); (9) "Career Direction Through Integrated Introductory Biology-Chemistry Laboratories and Research" (Elizabeth A. Godrick); (10) "The World Wide Web--A Powerful Learning Tool for Preservice Mathematics Teachers" (Zhonghong Jiang and Edwin McClintock); (11) "It Takes a (Global) Village to Prepare Teachers: Teaching/Technology/Reflection" (Judith Johnson); (12) "Computer Assisted Collaborative Inquiry in the Laboratory" (Nancy Konigsberg Kerner, and others); (13) "Educating Non-Engineering Students on Manufacturing Concepts Through Innovative Techniques" (Murali Krishnamurthi and Mohamed I. Dessouky); (14) "Professionalism in Computing: A Web-Based Learning System" (John A. N. Lee); (15) "Decentered Classrooms: The World Wide Web and Problem Based Learning in Introductory Philosophy" (Ronnie Littlejohn and Mike Awalt); (16) "Beyond Chalk: Teaching with Technology" (Lucy C. Morse and Rosemary G. Layne); (17) "Computer Animation of Trigonometric Functions Using Mathematica" (Sally A. Robison); (18) "Using 'Web Course in a Box' in a Large Lecture Class" (David J. Urban); and (19)"Library for Interactive Mathematical Studies on the World Wide Web" (James E. White). Appended is a list of honorees receiving awards for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Technology. Honorees are also cited for the Ernest L. Boyer International Award for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology. (CH)