Title : Creating a Collaborative Web - based Environment Through the Inclusion of Metaphorically Enhanced

The inclusion of metaphors within a World Wide Web-based environment offers users the opportunity not only to obtain a visual understanding of the information being presented, but also aids users in developing a clearer understanding of the information and builds on their previously conceptual framework of understanding. The importance of a Web-based collaborative educational learning venture is also enhanced. This paper covers the following topics: definition of a metaphor; the information context and getting the information across; metaphors within an e-learning environment; and the learner's conceptual framework. (Author/MES) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Title: Creating a Collaborative Web-based Environment Through the Inclusion of Metaphorically Enhanced Graphics Authors: Anne Henry Instructional Technology Center University of Houston Clear Lake efnt.a. ea A ret.r;,n V111L1/4,611. 1.116161.1....,3 JJ. I 1111,....,44