The principal investigators of the National Science Foundation (NSF) project, Curriculum Resources in Interactive Multimedia (CRIM) will host an agenda setting workshop to present initial curricular resources. It will also serve to identify the additional modules to be developed based on the input of attendees representing colleges and universities as well as businesses.

This workshop is designed for all stake holders in interactive multimedia education, those who are currently teaching courses in IMM and those who are planning such courses as well as professionals involved in training and in hiring of professionals in IMM are encouraged to attend.

Individuals interested in attending should send, at a minimum, the following items to Rachelle Heller (sheller@sea.gwu.edu)

1. A resume or URL concerning professional background
2. URL or electronic materials concerning created course materials

The co-PIs in the above mentioned grant will prepare preliminary documents for this day long meeting, so the group can discuss what has been taught, what needs to be taught, what small modules are fundamental to the field, and how a variety of short or long courses, course sequences, majors, and degree programs can be built up in the interactive multimedia area. Such curriculum will help not only in Computer Science but also in Computer Engineering, Information Science, Art, and beyond.

This workshop continues earlier discussion that is covered at http://www.cstc.org/~crim. The workshop is designed as a combination of brainstorming, goal setting and making a priority of recommendations about the topics to be included in the undergraduate education and to a lesser extent, graduate education. This is particularly necessary because there is no clear direction, as yet, for IMM. IMM claims many ancestors and each of these presses for different focus in the classroom.

The international audience, represented by attendees of ACM Multimedia '98 will allow a wide effort for immediate dissemination and discussion of brainstorming and direction for the project. The outline generated by the workshop will be tempered by this immediate review process. The potential impact of this unique format is improved communication about the project, ownership in the results and continued participation.