MHIA: Multimedia, Hypertext and Information Access Curriculum & Courseware

Welcome to WWW pages for a multi-institution, multi-association effort in the broad area of Multimedia, Hypertext and Information Access to develop curriculum and courseware, and related materials, services, and initiatives to promote education and training in this important field.

For an idea of the potential benefits and required efforts, see our pre-proposal or the excerpt of key parts from the 10/8/96 full proposal.

For more information, or if you would like to offer to help, send mail to fox@vt.edu to reach Ed Fox.

Important Events:

• Courseware, Training and Curriculum in Information Retrieval
  Aug. 22, 1996 - workshop that is part of the workshop program at ACM SIGIR'96.
• Courseware, Training and Curriculum in Multimedia
  Nov. 19, 1996, Room 301 - ACM MM'96 Workshop and Conf. Info.
  For discussion, send email to mm96wk@fox.cs.vt.edu

References:

• E. Fox and L. Kieffer. Multimedia Curricula, Courses and Knowledge Modules, ACM Computing Surveys, Dec. 1995, 27(4): 549-551.
• ACM SIGIR WWW pages
• Multimedia Educational Materials from ACM SIGMM's education committee (thanks to Brian Smith at Cornell!)
• E. Fox, presentation for: Information Retrieval 2000 ---
  Workplace Needs and Curricular Implications
  A Workshop/Symposium sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  Hosted by Drexel University
  May 24, 1996
  Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia PA