JIME was launched in September, 1996. It's aims are: •To foster a multidisciplinary and intellectually rigorous debate on the theoretical and practical aspects of interactive media in education. •To clarify the cognitive, social and cultural issues raised by the use of interactive media in education. •To radically improve teaching and learning through better interactive media. •To publish leading international research on the theories, practices and experiences in the field. •To link scholars and commercial practitioners •Through its innovative use of interactive Net-based media, to be an action research project which explores the changing face of journals, and more broadly, scholarly practice in the age of digital publishing and communication.