• Introduction
  
  
• Power Browsing on the World Wide Web
  
  
• Managing the New Web
  
  
• Web Access to ACCESS and other Databases
  
  
• HTML Basics
  
  
• The Answers are Java and Javascript
  
  
• The Future of the Web

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Introduction

"What is the role and function of the World Wide Web?" Today, the answer to that question is radically different from what it was only a short while ago. The WWW today is no longer a simple tool to provide information. It is now a sophisticated instrument that both encourages and enables user interaction.

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Power Browsing on the World Wide Web

From their initial incarnation as one-dimensional tools to help find data sources, World Wide Web browsers have become much more powerful, with capabilities beyond basic search mechanisms. Browsers have become information and communications centers, able to handle tasks ranging from trafficking e-mail to enabling viewing of non-Web multimedia presentations.

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Managing the New Web

Having the technology to provide users with the data they seek is just one step in effective intra-and inter-campus communications. How these networks are managed is another essential part of developing the communications systems that meet user needs.

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Web Access to ACCESS and other Databases

There is so much data available on the World Wide Web that it becomes incumbent on us all to make sure that users have the tools they need to both access and draw on the information they seek. They need simple ways to get what they want, when they want it. And with more global databases coming on line, we must make sure that the information can be upgraded regularly, and that users can filter only the data they need, saving time, energy and cost.

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HTML Basics

In a world where so few things remain constant, it's good to know we can still count on HTML as a vital tool in Web site construction. And even as the demands for more sophisticated sites grow, HTML has continued to provide the mechanism to enable us to meet these demands.

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The Answers are Java and Javascript

Sometimes we actually get to practice what we preach. We often preach that users are demanding more sophisticated, more interactive presentations, and that it is our responsibility to meet user demands. That's why it's a pleasure to introduce this self-paced learning seminar about Java and JavaScript. We invite you to learn more about these two vital tools for Web site construction, and there may be a few surprises along the way.

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The Future of the Web

We've all heard about browser wars, but that seems to be more a question of commerce than approach. The bigger question is whether future versions of browsers and the World Wide Web will even exist as we know them today. Will Web connections be part of operating systems or control them? Will our houses be as "wired" as our colleges and universities? Will we even need wires?

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Howard Strauss is the Manager of Advanced Applications at Princeton University. He is the author of several multimedia courses and he has presented dozens of talks and seminars at CAUSE, EDUCOM, SAC and other forums. His "Apple Pie" was a winner in Apple's national competition to design the computer of the year 2000. Howard also is the popular Technology Anchor for CREN's TechTalk series.

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