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The Development of VITAL: A Microcomputer-Based Videotex Teaching and Learning System for Education.

Moore, George A. B. – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1986
Describes use of Canada's videotex system, Telidon, for instructional purposes and cites limitations in Telidon software and its high cost as reasons for the development and testing of an interactive microcomputer-based course authoring and presentation system called VITAL. VITAL's design is described and its implications for instructors are…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Design

Beckman, Margaret – Library Trends, 1987
Reviews the process through which the University of Guelph Library moved from offline to online catalog access; discusses the impact of information technology on the role of the academic library as an information resource center for an electronic educational network; and discusses the goals of this library, given that role. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Foreign Countries