This article investigates the nature of language learning using CD-ROM packages. The research explores cognitive processes and alternative learning experiences which contrast with conventional delivery modes in foreign language teaching. The article concludes that CD-ROM can promote vocabulary acquisition, pronunciation and independent learning and has a major contribution to make to the develo...

Fuel load and fuel moisture content are crucial parameters in estimating bushfire risk. However, current measures of these parameters are not spatially distributed within fire districts; the district-level indices are derived from pointbased estimates at sparsely located stations. In addition, they are based on meteorological inputs alone, rather than observations, and are the major sources of ...

Cet article aborde l’histoire du CD-Rom en France le replaçant dans la famille des disques optiques qui se développent les années 1980-1990, convergence entre médias et informatique, souligne son rôle de chaînon manquant numérique, au moment où joue aussi transition Minitel Web. Si a bénéficié d’un moindre intérêt hist...