GENERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT


1.       SECURITY INTEREST

(a)      For  valuable  consideration,   the  undersigned,   APPLIED  COURSEWARE
TECHNOLOGY  INC. (the "Debtor"),  hereby grants to INFOCAST  CANADA  CORPORATION
(the "Secured Party"), by way of mortgage,  charge,  assignment and transfer,  a
security interest (the "Security Interest") in the undertaking of the Debtor and
in all Goods  (including  all parts,  accessories,  attachments,  special tools,
additions and accessions  thereto),  Chattel Paper,  Documents of Title (whether
negotiable  or  not),  Instruments,  Intangibles  and  Securities  now  owned or
hereafter owned or acquired by or on behalf of the Debtor (including such as may
be returned to or  repossessed  by the Debtor) and in all  proceeds and renewals
thereof,  accretions  thereto and  substitutions  therefor,  including,  without
limitation, all of the following now owned or hereafter owned, or acquired by or
on behalf of the Debtor:

Equipment

    (i)     all present and future  equipment of the Debtor,  including  without
            limitation,  all  machinery,   fixtures,  plant,  tools,  furniture,
            vehicles of any kind or  description,  all spare parts,  accessories
            installed in or affixed or attached to any of the foregoing, and all
            drawings,   specifications,   plans  and  manuals  relating  thereto
            ("Equipment"); Inventory

    (ii)    all present and future  inventory of the Debtor,  including  without
            limitation,  all raw  materials,  materials  used or consumed in the
            business or  profession  of the Debtor,  work-in-progress,  finished
            goods, goods used for packing, materials used in the business of the
            Debtor not intended for sale, and goods acquired or held for sale or
            furnished  or to be furnished  under  contracts of rental of service
            ("Inventory");

Accounts

   (iii)    all  present and future  debts,  demands and amounts due or accruing
            due to the Debtor  whether or not earned by  performance,  including
            without limitation,  its book debts, accounts receivable, and claims
            under policies of insurance;  and all contracts,  security interests
            and other rights and benefits in respect thereof ("Accounts");

Intangibles

    (iv)    all present and future  intangible  personal property of the Debtor,
            including without limitation all contract rights, goodwill, patents,
            trade  names,   trade  marks,   copyrights  and  other  intellectual
            property,  and all other  choses  in  action of the  Debtor of every
            kind,  whether due at the present time or hereafter to become due or
            owing ("Intangibles");


Documents of Title

    (v)     all present  and future  documents  of title of the Debtor,  whether
            negotiable or otherwise,  including all warehouse receipts and bills
            of lading ("Documents of Title");

Chattel Paper

    (vi)    all present and future agreements made between the Debtor as secured
            party and others which  evidence  both a monetary  obligation  and a
            security interest in or a lease of specific goods ("Chattel Paper");

Instruments

   (vii)    all present and future bills, notes and cheques (as such are defined
            pursuant  to the  Bills of  Exchange  Act  (Canada)),  and all other
            writings  that evidence a right to the payment of money and are of a
            type that in the  ordinary  course of business  are  transferred  by
            delivery  without any necessary  endorsement  or assignment  and all
            letters of credit and advices of credit of the Debtor  provided that
            such letters of credit and advices of credit state that they must be
            surrendered upon claiming payment thereunder ("Instruments"); Money

   (viii)   all present and future money of the Debtor,  whether  authorized  or
            adopted by the  Parliament  of Canada as part of its currency or any
            foreign government as part of its currency ("Money");

Securities

   (ix)     all present  and future  securities  held by the  Debtor,  including
            shares,  options,   rights,   warrants,   joint  venture  interests,
            interests in limited partnerships,  bonds,  debentures and all other
            documents which  constitute  evidence of a share,  participation  or
            other  interest  of the Debtor in property  or in an  enterprise  or
            which  constitute  evidence  of an  obligation  of the  issuer;  and
            including an  uncertificated  security within the meaning of Part VI
            (Investment  Securities) of the Business  Corporations Act (Ontario)
            and all  substitutions  therefor and  dividends  and income  derived
            therefrom ("Securities");

Documents

    (x)     all books, accounts,  invoices, letters, papers, documents and other
            records in any form evidencing or relating to the collateral subject
            to the Security Interest ("Documents");



Undertaking

    (xi)    all present and future personal property,  business, and undertaking
            of the Debtor not being Inventory, Equipment, Accounts, Documents of
            Title, Chattel Paper,  Instruments,  Money,  Securities or Documents
            ("Undertaking"); and

Proceeds

   (xii)    all  personal  property in any form derived  directly or  indirectly
            from any dealing with collateral subject to the Security Interest or
            the proceeds  therefrom,  including insurance proceeds and any other
            payment representing indemnity or compensation for loss of or damage
            thereto or the proceeds therefrom ("Proceeds").

            The  Inventory,  Equipment,  Accounts,  Documents of Title,  Chattel
            Paper, Instruments,  Money, Securities,  Documents,  Undertaking and
            Proceeds are collectively called the "Collateral".  Any reference in
            this  agreement  to  Collateral  shall mean  Collateral  or any part
            thereof, unless the context otherwise requires.

(b)         The Security  Interest  granted  hereby shall not extend or apply to
and the  Collateral  shall not  include the last day of the term of any lease or
agreement  therefor but upon the enforcement of the Security Interest the Debtor
shall stand possessed of such last day in trust to assign the same to any person
acquiring such term.

(c)         The  terms  "Accounts",   "Goods",  "Chattel  Paper",   "Equipment",
"Documents of Title", "Instruments",  "Intangibles",  "Securities",  "Proceeds",
"Documents",  "Inventory",  "Money", "Undertaking" and "accession" whenever used
herein shall be interpreted pursuant to the respective meanings when used in the
Personal  Property  Security Act (Ontario),  as amended from time to time, which
Act,  including   amendments  thereto  and  any  Act  substituted  therefor  and
amendments thereto is herein referred to as the "PPSA". Provided always that the
term "Goods" when used herein shall not include  "consumer  goods" of the Debtor
as that term is defined in the PPSA, and the term  "Inventory"  when used herein
shall include  livestock and the young thereof after  conception  and crops that
become such within one year of execution of this General Security Agreement. Any
reference  herein  to the  "Collateral"  shall,  unless  the  context  otherwise
requires, be deemed a reference to the "Collateral or any part thereof".

2.          INDEBTEDNESS SECURED

            The  Security   Interest   granted   hereby   secures   payment  and
satisfaction  of any and all  obligations,  indebtedness  and  liability  of the
Debtor to the Secured Party  pursuant to a promissory  note dated March 25, 1999
(hereinafter called the "Indebtedness").

3.          REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE DEBTOR

            The  Debtor  represents  and  warrants  and so long as this  General
Security  Agreement remains in effect shall be deemed to continuously  represent
and warrant that:



(a)         the  Collateral  is  genuine  and  owned by the  Debtor  free of all
security  interests,  mortgages,  liens,  claims,  charges or other encumbrances
(hereinafter collectively called "Encumbrances"), save for the Security Interest
and those  Encumbrances  shown on Schedule "A" or hereafter approved in writing,
prior to their creation or assumption, by the Secured Party;

(b)         each Debt, Chattel Paper and Instrument  constituting the Collateral
is enforceable in accordance  with its terms against the party  obligated to pay
the same (the "Account Debtor"), and the amount represented by the Debtor to the
Secured  Party  from  time to time as owing  by each  Account  Debtor  or by all
Account Debtors will be the correct amount actually and unconditionally owing by
such Account Debtor or Account  Debtors,  except for normal cash discounts where
applicable,  and no Account  Debtor  will have any  defence,  set off,  claim or
counterclaim  against the Debtor which can be asserted against the Secured Party
whether in any proceeding to enforce the Collateral or otherwise;

(c)         the  locations  specified in Schedule "B" as to business  operations
and records are  accurate  and complete  and,  with respect to Goods  (including
Inventory) constituting the Collateral,  the locations specified in Schedule "B"
are  accurate  and  complete  save for goods in  transit to such  locations  and
Inventory  on lease or  consignment;  and all  fixtures or Goods about to become
fixtures and all crops and all oil, gas or other  minerals to be extract and all
timber to be cut which  forms part of the  Collateral  will be situate at one of
such locations; and

(d)         without   limiting  the  generality  of  the   descriptions  of  the
Collateral as set out in Clause 1 hereof,  for greater  certainty the Collateral
shall include all present and future personal  property of the Debtor located on
or about or in transit to or from the  address of the Debtor set out on Schedule
"B" attached hereto and the locations set out in Schedule "B" attached hereto.

4.          COVENANTS OF THE DEBTOR

            So long as this  General  Security  Agreement  remains in effect the
Debtor covenants and agrees:

(a)         to defend the Collateral against the claims and demands of all other
parties  claiming the same or an interest  therein;  to keep the Collateral free
from all  Encumbrances,  except for the  Security  Interest  and those  shown on
Schedule  "A" or  hereafter  approved  in  writing,  prior to their  creation or
assumption by the Secured Party; and not to sell,  exchange,  transfer,  assign,
lease,  or otherwise  dispose of the Collateral or any interest  therein without
the prior written  consent of the Secured Party;  provided that,  until default,
the Debtor may, in the ordinary course of the Debtor's  business,  sell or lease
Inventory and, subject to Clause 7 hereof, use monies available to the Debtor;

(b)         to notify the Secured Party promptly of:

            (i)       any change in the information  contained  herein or in the
                      Schedules  hereto  relating  to the Debtor,  the  Debtor's
                      business or the Collateral;

            (ii)      the  details  of  any   significant   acquisition  of  the
                      Collateral;

            (iii)     the  details of any  claims or  litigation  affecting  the
                      Debtor or the Collateral;



            (iv)      any loss of or damage to the Collateral;

            (v)       any  default  by any  Account  Debtor in  payment or other
                      performances  of  his  obligations  with  respect  to  the
                      Collateral; and

            (vi)      the  return  to or  repossessions  by  the  Debtor  of the
                      Collateral;

(c)         to keep the  Collateral in good order,  condition and repair and not
to use the  Collateral in violation of the  provisions of this General  Security
Agreement  or any other  agreement  relating  to the  Collateral  or any  policy
insuring the Collateral or any applicable statute, law, by-law, rule, regulation
or ordinance;

(d)         to do, execute,  acknowledge  and deliver such financing  statements
and  further  assignments,   transfers,  documents,  acts,  matters  and  things
(including  further  schedules  hereto) as may be  reasonably  requested  by the
Secured  Party of or with respect to the  Collateral  in order to give effect to
these  presents  and to pay all costs of  searches  and  filings  in  connection
therewith;

(e)         to pay all taxes,  rates,  levies,  assessments and other charges of
every nature  which may be lawfully  levied,  assessed or imposed  against or in
respect  of the  Debtor or the  Collateral  as and when the same  become due and
payable;

(f)         to insure the Collateral for such periods,  in such amounts, on such
terms and  against  loss or damage by fire and such other  risks as the  Secured
Party shall  reasonably  direct with loss  payable to the Secured  Party and the
Debtor, as insureds,  as their respective  interests may appear,  and to pay all
premiums therefor;

(g)         to  prevent  the  Collateral,  save  Inventory  sold  or  leased  as
permitted  hereby,  from being or becoming an  accession  to other  property not
covered by this General Security Agreement;

(h)         to carry on and conduct  the  business of the Debtor in a proper and
efficient  manner and so as to protect and preserve the  Collateral and to keep,
in  accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting  principles,  consistently
applied,  proper books of account for the Debtor's  business as well as accurate
and  complete  records  concerning  the  Collateral,  and  mark any and all such
records and the Collateral at the Secured  Party's request so as to indicate the
Security Interest;

(i)         to deliver to the  Secured  Party  from time to time  promptly  upon
request:

            (i)       any  Documents  of  Title,  Instruments,   Securities  and
                      Chattel Paper  constituting,  representing  or relating to
                      the Collateral;

           (ii)       all books of account and all  records,  ledgers,  reports,
                      correspondence,  schedules,  documents,  statements, lists
                      and other  writings  relating  to the  Collateral  for the
                      purpose of inspecting, auditing or copying same;

          (iii)       all  financial  statements  prepared  by or for the Debtor
                      regarding the Debtor's business;




          (iv)        all policies and certificates of insurance relating to the
                      Collateral; and

          (v)        such information concerning the Collateral, the Debtor and
                      the Debtor's business and affairs as the Secured Party may
                      reasonably request;

(j)      the Debtor  agrees to promptly  inform the Secured  Party in writing of
the  acquisition  by the  Debtor of any  personal  property  which is not of the
nature or type described herein, and the Debtor agrees to execute and deliver at
its own expense from time to time  amendments to this  agreement,  or additional
security  agreements as may be reasonably required by the Secured Party in order
that the Security Interest shall attach to such personal property;

(k)      the  Secured  Party  may,  before as well as after  demand,  notify any
person  obligated  to the Debtor in respect of an Account,  Chattel  Paper or an
Instrument  to make payment to the Secured  Party of all such present and future
amounts due.

5.       USE AND VERIFICATION OF THE COLLATERAL

         Subject to compliance with the Debtor's covenants  contained herein and
Clause 7 hereof, the Debtor may, until default,  possess,  operate, collect, use
and enjoy and deal with the  Collateral  in the ordinary  course of the Debtor's
business in any manner not  inconsistent  with the provisions  hereof;  provided
always that the Secured  Party shall have the right at any time and from time to
time verify the existence and state of the  Collateral in any manner the Secured
Party may consider  appropriate  and the Debtor agrees to furnish all assistance
and  information  and to perform all such acts the Secured Party may  reasonably
request in  connection  therewith  and for such  purpose to grant to the Secured
Party or its agents access to all places where the Collateral may be located and
to all premises occupied by the Debtor.

6.       SECURITIES

         If  the  Collateral  at  any  time  includes  Securities,   the  Debtor
authorizes  the Secured  Party to transfer the same or any part thereof into its
own name or that of its  nominee(s) so that the Secured Party or its  nominee(s)
may appear of record as the sole owner thereof;  provided  that,  until default,
the  Secured  Party shall  delivery  promptly to the Debtor all notices or other
communications  received by it or its nominee(s) as such  registered  owner and,
upon  demand and receipt of payment of any  necessary  expenses  thereof,  shall
issue to the Debtor or its order a proxy to vote an take all action with respect
to such Securities.  After default,  the Debtor waives all rights to receive any
notices or  communications  received by the Secured  Party or its  nominee(s) as
such  registered  owner and agrees that no proxy issued the Secured Party to the
Debtor or its order as aforesaid shall thereafter be effective.

7.       COLLECTION OF DEBTS

         After default under this General Security Agreement,  the Secured Party
may notify all or any  Account  Debtors of the  Security  Interest  and may also
direct  such  Account  Debtors to make all  payments  on the  Collateral  to the
Secured Party. The Debtor acknowledges that any payments on or other proceeds of
the Collateral  received by the Debtor from Account  Debtors,





whether  before or after  notification  of this  Security  Interest  to  Account
Debtors and after default under the General Security Agreement shall be received
and held by the Debtor in trust for the  Secured  Party and shall be turned over
to the Secured Party upon request.

8.       INCOME FROM AND INTEREST ON THE COLLATERAL

(a)      Until  default,  the Debtor  reserves  the right to receive  any monies
constituting  income from or interest on the Collateral and if the Secured Party
receives any such monies prior to default, the Secured Party shall either credit
the same to the account of the Debtor or pay the same promptly to the Debtor.

(b)      After  default,  the Debtor  will not  request  or  receive  any monies
constituting  income  from  or  interest  on the  Collateral  and if the  Debtor
receives any such monies without any request by it, the Debtor will pay the same
promptly to the Secured Party.

9.       DISPOSITION OF MONIES

         Subject  to  any  applicable  requirements  of  the  PPSA,  all  monies
collected  or received by the  Secured  Party  pursuant to or in exercise of any
right it possesses with respect to the Collateral shall be applied on account of
the  Indebtedness  in such  manner as the  Secured  Party  deems best or, at the
option of the Secured Party, may be held  unappropriated in a collateral account
or released to the Debtor,  all without prejudice to the liability of the Debtor
or the rights of the Secured Party hereunder, and any surplus shall be accounted
for as required by law.

10.      EVENTS OF DEFAULT

         The  happening  of any of the  following  events  or  conditions  shall
constitute default hereunder which is herein referred to as "default":

(a)      the non payment when due, whether by acceleration or otherwise,  of any
principal  or interest  forming part of the  Indebtedness  or the failure of the
Debtor to  observe or perform  any  obligation,  covenant,  term,  provision  or
condition  contained in this General  Security  Agreement or any other agreement
between the Debtor and the Secured Party;

(b)      the  bankruptcy  or insolvency  of the Debtor;  the filing  against the
Debtor of a petition in bankruptcy the making of an  unauthorized  assignment of
the benefit of creditors by the Debtor; the appointment of a receiver or trustee
for the Debtor or for any assets of the Debtor; or the institution by or against
the Debtor of any other type of insolvency  proceeding  under the Bankruptcy Act
or otherwise;

(c)      the  institution  by or against  the  Debtor of any formal or  informal
proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation  of,  settlement of claims against
or winding up of affairs of the Debtor;

(d)      if any Encumbrance affecting the Collateral becomes enforceable against
the Collateral;




(e)      if the Debtor  ceases or  threatens  to cease to carry on  business  or
makes or agrees to make a bulk sale of assets without  complying with applicable
law or commits or threatens to commit an act of bankruptcy;

(f)      if an  execution,  sequestration,  extent or other process of any court
becomes  enforceable against the Debtor or if a distress or analogous process is
levied upon the assets of the Debtor or any part thereof; and

(g)      if any certificate, statement, representation, warranty or audit report
heretofore or hereafter  furnished by or on behalf of the Debtor  pursuant to or
in connection  with the General  Security  Agreement,  or otherwise  (including,
without limitation,  the representations and warranties  contained herein) or as
an inducement to the Secured Party to extend any credit to or to enter into this
or any other  agreement with the Debtor,  provides to have false in any material
respect  at the time as of which the facts  therein  set  forth  were  stated or
certified, or provides to have omitted an substantial contingent or unliquidated
liability or claim against the Debtor;  or if upon the date of execution of this
General Security  Agreement,  there have been any material adverse change in any
of the  facts  disclosed  by any such  certificate,  representation,  statement,
warranty or audit  report,  which  change  shall not have been  disclosed to the
Secured Party at or prior to the time of such execution.

11.      REMEDIES

(a)      Upon default,  the Secured Party may appoint or reappoint by instrument
in writing, any person or persons, whether an officer or officers or an employee
or  employees  of the  Secured  Party  or not,  to be a  receiver  or  receivers
(hereinafter  called a  "Receiver",  which term when used herein shall include a
receiver and  manager) of the  Collateral  (including  any  interest,  income or
profits  therefrom) and may remove any Receiver so appointed and appoint another
in his stead. Any such Receiver shall, so far as concerns responsibility for his
acts,  be deemed  the agent of the  Debtor and not the  Secured  Party,  and the
Secured  Party  shall  not  be  in  any  way  responsible  for  any  misconduct,
negligence,  or  non-feasance  on the part of any such  Receiver,  his servants,
agents or  employees.  Subject to the  provisions of the  instrument  appointing
him., any Receiver  shall have power to take  possession of the  Collateral,  to
preserve the  Collateral or its value,  to carry on or concur in carrying on all
or any  part of the  business  of the  Debtor  and to sell,  lease or  otherwise
dispose  of or  concur  in  selling,  leasing  or  otherwise  disposing  of  the
Collateral.  To  facilitate  foregoing  powers,  any such  Receiver  may, to the
exclusion of all others,  including the Debtor,  enter upon,  use and occupy all
premises  owned or occupied by the Debtor wherein the Collateral may be situate,
maintain  the  Collateral  upon such  premises,  borrow  money on a  secured  or
unsecured  basis and use the  Collateral  directly in  carrying on the  Debtor's
business or otherwise,  as such Receiver shall,  in his  discretion,  determine.
Except as may be otherwise  directed by the Secured Party,  all monies  received
from time to time by such  Receiver in  carrying  out his  appointment  shall be
received in trust for an paid over to the  Secured  Party.  Every such  Receiver
may, in the  discretion of the Secured  Party,  be vested with all or any of the
rights and powers of the Secured Party.

(b)      Upon  default,  the Secured Party may,  either  directly or through its
agents or  nominees,  exercise  all the power and rights  given to a Receiver by
virtue of the foregoing sub-clause (a).




(c)      The Secured Party may take  possession  of,  collect,  demand,  sue on,
enforce,  recover and receive the Collateral and give valid and binding receipts
and discharges  therefor and in respect  thereof and, upon default,  the Secured
Party may sell, lease or otherwise  dispose of the Collateral in such manner, at
such time or times and place or  places,  for such  consideration  and upon such
terms and conditions as to the Secured Party may seem reasonable.

(d)      In addition to those rights granted  herein and in any other  agreement
now or  hereafter  in effect  between the Debtor and the Secured  Party,  and in
addition to any other  rights the Secured  Party,  may have at law or in equity,
the  Secured  Party shall have,  both before and after  default,  all rights and
remedies of a secured party under the PPSA.  Provided  always,  that the Secured
Party  shall  not be liable or  accountable  for any  failure  to  exercise  its
remedies,  take  possession  of,  collect,  enforce,  realize,  sell,  lease  or
otherwise  dispose of the  Collateral or to institute any  proceedings  for such
purposes.  Furthermore,  the Secured  Party shall have no obligation to take any
steps to preserve  rights  against  prior  parties to any  Instrument or Chattel
whether the  Collateral  or Proceeds  and whether or not in the Secured  Party's
possession and shall not be liable or accountable for failure to do so.

(e)      The  Debtor  acknowledges  that  the  Secured  Party  or  any  Receiver
appointed by it may take possession of the Collateral wherever it may be located
and by any method  permitted by law and the Debtor  agrees upon request from the
Secured  Party or any such  Receiver to assemble and deliver  possession  of the
Collateral at such place or places as directed.

(f)      The Debtor  agrees to pay all costs,  charges and  expenses  reasonably
incurred by the Secured Party or any Receiver  appointed by it, whether directly
or for services rendered (including reasonable solicitors and auditors costs and
other legal  expenses and  Receiver  remuneration),  in  operating  the Debtor's
accounts,  in enforcing  this General  Security  Agreement,  taking  custody of,
preserving,  repairing,  processing,  preparing for disposition and disposing of
the  Collateral  and in enforcing or collecting  the  Indebtedness  and all such
costs,  charges and expenses  together  with any monies owing as a result of any
borrowing  by the Secured  Party or any  Receiver  appointed by it, as permitted
hereby,  shall be a first charge on the proceeds of  realization,  collection or
disposition of the Collateral and shall be secured hereby.

(g)      Unless the  Collateral  in question is perishable or unless the Secured
Party  believes on  reasonable  grounds  that the  Collateral  in question  will
decline speedily in value, the Secured Party will give the Debtor such notice of
the  date,  time and place of any  public  sale or of the date  after  which any
private  disposition  of the Collateral is to be made, as may be required by the
PPSA.

12.      MISCELLANEOUS

(a)      The Debtor hereby  authorizes  the Secured Party to file such financing
statements and other documents and do such acts,  matters and things  (including
completing  and  adding  schedules  hereto  identifying  the  Collateral  or any
permitted  Encumbrances affecting the Collateral or identifying the locations at
which the  Debtor's  business  is  carried  on and the  Collateral  and  records
relating  thereto  are  situate) as the Secured  Party may deem  appropriate  to
perfect  and  continue  the  Security  Interest,  to protect  and  preserve  the
Collateral  and to realize  upon the  Security  Interest  and the Debtor  hereby
irrevocably  constitutes  and  appoints  the  Secured  Party the true and lawful
attorney  of the  Debtor,  with  full  power of  substitution,  to do





any of the  foregoing in the name of the debtor  whenever and wherever it may be
deemed necessary or expedient.

(b)      Without  limiting  any other right of the Secured  Party,  whenever the
Indebtedness is immediately due and payable,  the Secured Party may, in its sole
discretion, set off against the Indebtedness any and all monies then owed to the
Debtor by the  Secured  Party in any  capacity  and the  Secured  Party shall be
deemed to have exercised such right of set off immediately at the time of making
its decision to do so even though any charge  therefor is made or entered on the
Secured Party's records subsequent thereto.

(c)      Upon the Debtor's failure to perform any of its duties  hereunder,  the
Secured  Party may,  but shall not be obligated  to,  perform any or all of such
duties,  and the Debtor shall pay to the Secured  Party,  forthwith upon written
demand therefor, an amount equal to the expense incurred by the Secured Party in
so doing plus interest  thereon from the date such expense is incurred  until it
is paid at the rate of 8% per annum.

(d)      The Secured Party may grant  extensions of time and other  indulgences,
take and give up security, accept compositions,  compound,  compromise,  settle,
grant releases and discharges and otherwise deal with the Debtor, debtors of the
Debtor,  sureties and others and with the  Collateral  and other security as the
Secured  Party may see fit without  prejudice to the  liability of the Debtor or
the  Secured   Party's  right  to  hold  and  realize  the  Security   Interest.
Furthermore,  the Secured party may demand, collect and sue on the Collateral in
either the Debtor's or the Secured  Party's name, at the Secured Party's option,
and may endorse the Debtor's name on any and all cheques,  commercial paper, and
any other Instruments pertaining to or constituting the Collateral.

(e)      No delay or omission by the Secured  Party in  exercising  any right or
remedy hereunder or with respect to any of the  Indebtedness  shall operate as a
waiver  thereof  or of any other  right or  remedy,  and no  single  or  partial
exercise  thereof shall  preclude any other or further  exercise  thereof or the
exercise  of any other right or remedy.  Furthermore,  the  Secured  Party,  may
remedy any default by the Debtor  hereunder or with respect to any  Indebtedness
in any  reasonable  manner  without  waiving  the default  remedied  and without
waiving any other  prior or  subsequent  default by the  Debtor.  All rights and
remedies of the Secured party granted or recognized  herein are  cumulative  and
may be  exercised  at any  time  and  from  time  to  time  independently  or in
combination.

(f)      The Debtor waives protest of any Instrument constituting the Collateral
at any time held by the Secured  Party on which the Debtor is in way liable and,
subject to Clause 11(g) hereof,  notice of any other action taken by the Secured
Party.

(g)      This General  Security  Agreement  shall enure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective  successors and assigns. In
any action  brought by an assignee of this General  Security  Agreement  and the
Security  Interest  or any part  thereof to enforce  any rights  hereunder,  the
Debtor  shall not assert  against the  assignee  any claim or defence  which the
Debtor now has or hereafter may have against the Secured Party.

(h)      Save for any  schedules  which  may be  added  hereto  pursuant  to the
provisions  hereof, no modification,  variation or amendment of any provision of
this General  Security





Agreement shall be made except by a written  agreement,  executed by the parties
hereto  and no waiver  of any  provision  hereof  shall be  effective  unless in
writing.

(i)      This General Security  Agreement and the transactions  evidenced hereby
shall be governed by and construed in  accordance  with the laws of the Province
of  Ontario  as the same may from time to time be in  effect,  including,  where
applicable, the PPSA

(j)      Subject to the requirements of Clauses 11(g) and 12(k) hereof, whenever
either  party hereto is required or entitled to notify or direct the other or to
make a demand or  request  upon the other,  such  notice,  direction,  demand or
request shall be in writing and shall be sufficiently given only if delivered to
the party for whom it is intended at the principal  address of such party herein
set forth or as changed  pursuant  hereto or if sent by prepaid  registered mail
addressed to the party for whom it is intended at the principal  address of such
party herein set forth or as changed  pursuant  hereto.  Either party may notify
the other pursuant hereto of any change in such party's  principal address to be
used for the purposes hereof:

         Principal address of the Secured Party:

         InfoCast Canada Corporation
         Suite 901, 1 Richmond Street West
         Toronto, Ontario  M5H 3W4

         Principal address of the Debtor:

         Applied Courseware Technology Inc.
         440 Wilsey Road, Suite 209
         Fredericton, N.B.  E3B 7G5

(k)      This General Security  Agreement and the security afforded hereby is in
addition to and not in substitution for any other security now or hereafter held
by he Secured Party, and is, and is intended to be a continuing General Security
Agreement  and shall  remain in full force and effect  until the  Secured  Party
shall   actually   receive   written   notice   of  its   discontinuance;   and,
notwithstanding  such notice,  shall remain in full force and effect  thereafter
until all the Indebtedness  contracted for or created before the receipt of such
notice by the Secured Party,  and any extension or renewal thereof (whether made
before or after receipt of such notice) together with interest  accruing thereon
after such notice, shall be paid in full.

(l)      The  headings  used  in  this  General   Security   Agreement  are  for
convenience  only and are not to be  considered a part of this General  Security
Agreement  and do not in any way limit or amplify  the terms and  provisions  of
this General Security Agreement.




(m)      When the context so requires,  the singular  number shall be read as if
the plural  were  expressed  and the  provisions  hereof  shall be read with all
grammatical  changes  necessary  dependent  upon the person  referred to being a
male, female, firm or corporation.

(n)      In the event any  provisions  of this General  Security  Agreement , as
amended from time to time, shall be deemed invalid or void, in whole or in part,
by any Court of competent  jurisdiction,  the remaining  terms and provisions of
this General Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

(o)      Nothing herein contained shall in any way obligate the Secured Party to
grant,  continue,  renew,  extend  time for  payment  or accept  anything  which
constitutes or would constitute the Indebtedness.

(p)      The Security  Interest  created  hereby is intended to attach when this
General Security  Agreement is signed by the Debtor and delivered to the Secured
Party.

13.      EXCEPTION RE: LEASEHOLD INTERESTS
         AND CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS

         The day of the term of any lease,  sublease  or  agreement  therefor is
specifically excepted from the Security Interest, but the Debtor agrees to stand
possessed of such last day in trust for any person  acquiring  such  interest of
the Debtor.  To the extent  that the  creation of the  Security  Interest  would
constitute a breach or cause the acceleration of any agreement right, licence or
permit to which the Debtor is a party,  the Security  Interest  shall not attach
thereto but the Debtor shall hold its interest  therein in trust for the Secured
Party, and shall assign such agreement,  right, license or permit to the Secured
party forthwith upon obtaining the consent of the other party thereto.




14.      COPY OF AGREEMENT

         The  Debtor  hereby  acknowledges  receipt  of a copy of  this  General
Security Agreement.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF  the  Debtor has  executed  this  General  Security
Agreement this 25th day of March, 1999.



                                             APPLIED COURSEWARE TECHNOLGY INC.



                                             Per: /s/ signature is illegible