The Internet and the World Wide Web provide great avenues for the dissemination of training materials. Of special interest to trainers who are exploring new instructional paradigms is the potential for worldwide, on-demand instruction, such as interactive tutorials, simulations, and testing.

This paper explores the readiness of the Internet as an instructional delivery environment capable of the dissemination of multimedia-based materials that provide interactive transactions with a learner. The advantages and disadvantages of techniques that represent opportunities to provide meaningful interactions will be outlines. In addition, design guidelines will be provided for creating instructional materials on the World Wide Web. These guidelines include recommendations for page layout, text styles, graphics formats, multimedia components, and navigation options.