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This article examines the importance of communication and coordination in the successful management of emergencies, focusing on training theories and technologies used to support emergency management teams. Topics addressed include problem solving, decision making, and organization goals.

This article describes and evaluates a computer program that trains environmental management personnel in the skills of communication, decision making, and emergency management. The use of multimedia and simulation games in training is discussed.

Research presents an instructional design to aid collaborative learning in the field of robotics, focusing on how students can acquire specific skills relating to robotics. Topics include the dynamics of group work, constructivism in education, the use of educational technology, and problem-based learning.

Research examines the impact of adult mediation on kindergarten childrens' use of computers and their subsequent cognitive behavior and performance. Findings suggest that cognitive performance is improved when adults actively encourage pre-school students' use of computers, as opposed to simply supervising or offering no assistance.

This article examines the effectiveness of using computer assisted-instruction in schools, focusing on how schools have revised curriculum in response to technological trends. Topics addressed include the impact of media on society, and pedagogical methods to introduce students to new media.

This article examines problems with user interfaces associated with computer-assisted instruction, and attempts to improve interface design using learning and instruction theory. Learning theories discussed include cognitive learning theory, complexity theory, objectivism, constructivism, and behaviorism.

The benefits of hypermedia, or interactive programs, to instruction methodology are examined. Benefits include the ability to track student navigation through subject matter, which produce learning patterns that can be used to improve instruction techniques and presentation.

The Gregorc Style Delineator (GSD) and the Kolb Learning Style Inventory (LSI) are the two instruments that are compared while evaluating the effects of learning style on probability and statistics. Results indicated that there was an effect of learning style when using the GSD whereas there was no effect as per LSI styles.