What are “web-based cmi materials”?
The decision to use the expression “Web-based computer-mediated instructional materials,” rather than Web-based instructional materials or CMI materials is deliberate. This hybrid expression communicates The Workshop’s intention to produce high quality instructional materials that are embedded within a Web browser. Traditionally, one would find the most pedagogically effective educational software (characterized by a highly interactive, highly synchronized, media-rich learning environment) delivered via CD-ROM for use on multimedia-capable personal computers. The Workshop’s learning environment achieves pedagogical effectiveness by integrating highly interactive, media-rich CMI materials with Web-based delivery and Internet-based communication and collaboration tools.The primary challenge to this approach is attaining the required level of interactivity and multimedia synchronization within the web browser environment. The current generation of Web-based instructional materials is buil
