Java Applets in Education

The last few years have seen a rapid emergence and broad acceptance of the WWW as a global medium for disseminating and processing information that is accessible in multiple formats (multimedia) and at extremely fast speeds (hypermedia). This has opened new vistas in education by taking full advantage of our basic "senses" of learning such as visualizing 3D objects and nonlinear nature of thought processes. Recent years have also seen the inception and development of Java, a powerful programming language from SUN Microsystems.