Additional Links to presented Papers and Forums

In the discussion of papers and forums authors sometimes gave additional links as examples or to highlight specific points. To make these useful links available we have listed them in order of appearances in the discussion area. Click on the headings below to see the ADDITIONAL LINKS.

Papers Forums
May 15th - 22nd
Advice and Philosophy Instructional technology in resource-poor countries
May 23rd - 30th
Electronic Instructional Resources Copyright issues
May 31st - June 7th
Electronic Instructional Resources (cont...) The Internet as a teaching tool
June 8th - 15th
On-line Courses Support for new teaching projects
June 16th - 23rd
Databases and Image Collections with Instructional Applications Academic recognition of instructional technology
June 24th - 30th
Diagnostic and Management Tools with Instructional Applications General discussion (and throughout the symposium)



May 15th - 22nd: Advice and Philosophy & Instructional technology in resource-poor countries

- Key issues in developing and maintaining multi-media training and decision support products for crop protection.
paper by Geoff Norton and Merv Cooper
  • BIOSIS and AGRICOLA were mentioned by Lissa Riley as bibliographic databases.


Pioneer or guinea pig? Top ten take-home lessons on starting an on-line course.

paper by Chuck Curtis
  • The Communicators Handbook: Tools, Techniques and Technology. 4th edition, Maupin House, Gainesville, Florida. 156 pp. Listed as reference by Chuck Curtis in his reply to Stephen Neate's question: References please
  • Constructing a Quality World Wide Web Course with the Internet: Some Notes. (includes a Mac/PC disc course sampler), Crys, T.E., and E.D. Conway. 1998. Center for Educational Development MSC 3CED, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001. Also listed by Chuck Curtis (same contribution)
  • Social Impact of Plant Disease in Human Society (demo). Username: 201guest, password: guest. Also submitted by Chuck Curtis after the question, if it is possible to view the online course (as a demo) in his reply on View course
  • Chuck Curtis recommended for a provocative discussion the article by Hansen and Stephens, Change, September/October 2000, "The Ethics of Learner-Centered Education: Dynamics That Impede the Process," (pp. 41-47) in the discussion on Evaluating electronic delivery


Promises and pitfalls of web access course materials.

paper by Wesley Chun
  • Wes in his statement Bumps and Bruises Yes, But No Black Eye gave another two websites to be visited. First, Cracking the Code of Life and second
  • Harvest of Fear on GM crops. Both sites covering issues on biotechnology and genetic engineering.
  • SWiSH, Creat Flash without Flash. This website was also brought up by Wes in his reply More on Video to Role of the teacher


- Instructional technology in resource-poor countries.
moderated by David Guest






May 23rd - 30th: Electronic Instructional Resources & Copyright issues

- A decade of DIAGNOSIS.
paper by Terry Stewart
  • DIAGNOSIS: In his reply to How to use this programme Terry pointed out that you will find here also public domain scenarios for download.
  • Beet: Terry mentioned this programme in his reply to Low-Tech replacement of interactive soft-ware which is a Pest and Disease Management Game.


A multilingual, illustrated introduction to plant pathogens and diseases.

paper by Gail Schumann
  • Gail in her last reply gave the address of APS Press Bookstore where you can order APS products like the Videodisc.


Introducing the new APSnet Education Center and The Plant Health Instructor.

paper by Gail Schumann


The virtual nematode.

paper by Peter Sforza and Jon Eisenback


- Copyright issues.
moderated by Darin Eastburn and Cleo D'Arcy






May 31st - June 7th: Electronic Instructional Resources (cont...) & The Internet as a teaching tool

- Plants, Pathogens, and People: A Web Site to Improve Student Awareness of Agricultural Science.
paper by Darin Eastburn et al.
  • Smokin' Doc Thurston's Greatest Hits. This link was provided by Dave Thurston as an answer to Information on coffee leaf rust & brown leaf sp. Scroll down to find the images including descriptions.


"Tom Volk's Fungi", a website for learning about mycology.

paper by Tom Volk


Transgenic crops education via the World-Wide-Web.

paper by Patrick Byrne et al.
  • There were no further links given in the discussion of this paper.


Tree disease illustrations - An on-line slide show.

paper by Robert Stack
  • There were no further links given in the discussion of this paper.


- The Internet as a teaching tool.
moderated by Darin Eastburn and Cleo D'Arcy
  • There were no further links given in the discussion of this Forum.






June 8th - 15th: On-line Courses & Support for new teaching projects

- Electronic extramuralisation of plant protection - A case study.
paper by Terry Stewart
  • OpenMind Publishing Group. Link given by Paul Bell in his answer RE: Microsoft Reader version for PDA's ? Worthwhile a look, especially for authors.


Distance education plant pathology courses at the University of Georgia.

paper by Elizabeth Little


Teaching plant health care on-line.

paper by Paul Bell
  • WebCT - helping educators to transform Education. Elisabeth Little has mentioned WebCT in her statement computer skills. I (Thorsten Kraska) have searched for the corresponding website and the link is given here. Very interesting site.


Teaching plant pathology. It's not the what, it's the WHY.

paper by Carlye Baker
  • There were no further links given in the discussion of this paper.


Web study pages for introductory plant pathology.

paper by James Partridge
  • There were no further links given in the discussion of this paper.


- Support for new teaching projects.
moderated by James Partridge
  • There were no further links given in the discussion of this Forum.






June 16th - 23rd: Databases and Image Collections with Instructional Applications & Academic recognition of instructional technology

- Crop Protection Compendium. Applying IT to instruction worldwide .
paper by H.L. Crowson et al.
  • There were no further links given in the discussion of this paper.


Descriptions of plant viruses.

paper by M. Adams and J. Antoniw
  • Association of Applied Biologists. As Mike Adams stated here you will find the ordering information for "Descriptions of...". Just go to 'Purchase' and select the item you want to order.


Digital databases for teaching, research and extension.

paper by J.D. Eisenback and Ulrich Zunke
  • There were no further links given in the discussion of this paper.


Illustrated encyclopedia of forage crop diseases.

paper by Takao Tsukiboshi
  • There were no further links given in the discussion of this paper.


Smokin' Doc Thurston's greatest hits.

paper by David Thurston
  • There were no further links given in the discussion of this paper.


Tree fruit disease information at West Virginia University: Web site activity, 1997-2000.

paper by Alan Biggs
  • There were no further links given in the discussion of this paper.


- Academic recognition of instructional technology.
moderated by Gail Schumann






June 24th - 30th: Diagnostic and Management Tools with Instructional Applications & General discussion

- A web-based tool for risk assessment of tomato spotted wilt virus infections in peanut.
paper by A. Culbreath et al.
  • There were no further links given in the discussion of this paper.


An expert system for integrating several manuals on determining plant diseases into one united database.

paper by Audrius Meskauskas and Vilnius Gediminas
  • There were no further links given in the discussion of this paper.


Forecasting light leaf spot of winter oilseed rape on the Internet.

paper by Neal Evans et al.
  • There were no further links given in the discussion of this paper.


Gone with the wind. Forecasting plant disease epidemics in the 21st century .

paper by C. Main and Z. Keever
  • There were no further links given in the discussion of this paper.


- General discussion.
moderated by Thorsten Kraska
  • Pest Outlooks: Pest Forecasting Group from Syngenta. Mike Fidanza gave this industrial link in his reply to Plant Protection Industry & Instructional Websites. It especially created for turf and ornamentals.
  • EcoPort. Link provided by Ed Rybicki in his reply Can pathologists become artists? in thread Diagnostic needs - do we know what these are?
  • The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Case Study Collection. Lissa Riley mentioned this on in her reply Diagnostic needs - do we know what these are?
  • Google. Eric Boa mentioned this search engine in his statement What about the the CPC and Ecoport under sub-heading Diagnostic needs - do we know what these are? as one of the places where he is searching for information.
  • The Berry Diagnostic Tool. Phil Arneson gave this site as an example of a web-based diagnostic tool (Diagnosis On-line).
  • Peter Sforza stated in Diagnosis Online that geographical information is important and gave to links as examples. The first is Geography Network and the second the Terra Server from Microsoft.
  • A Systematic Approach to Diagnosing Plant Damage. A very interesting site mentioned by Lissa Riley.
  • Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC). This site was brought up by Phil Arneson under heading Public Education via Instructional Websites
  • The Public and Pesticides: Exploring the Interface. Chuck Curtis gave this site which covers a very important aspect on pesticides.
  • Flashlight Program - Helping You Analyze and Improve Educational Uses of Technology. This site was also given by Chuck in his reply to Assessing OnLine Teaching Effectiveness.
  • In Teaching Teaching Jim Partridge gave the following references:
    • Cross, K.P, and Steadman, M.H. 1996. Classroom Research, Implementing the Scholarship of Teaching. Jossey-Bass Ind. San Francisco, CA. USA.
    • Brooks, D.W., Nolan, D.E., and Gallagher, S.M. 2001. Web-Teaching; A Guide to Designing Interactive Teaching for the World Wide Web. 2nd ed. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.
    • Bransford, J.D., Brown, A.L., and Cocking, R.R. eds. 2000. How People Learn; Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. National Academy Press. Washington, D.C.
  • Web Site Accessibility - How to create, modify, and check your web pages to make them "universally accessible". Carol Stiles in her reply to Web accessibility.
  • In Exams Database Phil Arneson provided a link to a ZIP-File which contains "pool of exam questions". You will find it at: Exam Pool ZIP File
  • In his thread opening to The "No Significant Difference Phenomenon" Lars Stoumann Jensen gave two links, one to The "No Significant Difference Phenomenon" and the other to Significant Difference. Both links are from TeleEducation.