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Moore, Cathy – 1988
This report describes library applications of electronic bulletin board systems (BBS), i.e., telecommunications software designed to receive incoming calls from other computer systems. It begins by explaining the basics of a BBS; describing a typical configuration, i.e., a microcomputer and a modem connected to standard phone line bulletin board…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Computer Software Reviews, Electronic Mail, Information Networks
Download full textOlson, Michael; Minor, Barbara B. – 1985
Videotex is a generic term used for any electronic system that can be used to retrieve both print and graphic computer-based information via video display monitors or specially adapted television sets. Both one-way (broadcast videotex) and two-way (interactive videotex) exist; these can be used as an information source, a delivery medium, a…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Experiments, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
Phillips, David L. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1987
Describes efforts underway at Pennsylvania State University to link branch campuses using compressed videoconferencing. Discusses the plans for using this technology for a variety of administrative and instructional purposes. Outlines the costs associated with developing such a system. (TW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education
Kitchen, Karen; Russell, John T. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1987
Describes the development of a network of 10 sites in Minnesota involving two-way interactive television systems. Discusses the instructional uses of the system, including its potential for use in community education. Outlines the efforts underway at three educational cooperatives which are using the system for instructional and administrative…
Descriptors: Community Education, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Cooperation, Educational Media
Nugent, Gwen C. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1987
Explains the videotex technology and its current uses in business, banking, news, and entertainment. Describes a project underway at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in which the potential of using videotex in education is being explored. Provides examples of videotex use in indepentent study, courses, and home study. (TW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Courses, Educational Technology
Murphy, David; Williams, Jeff – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1997
Describes four successful cost-containment initiatives of the Midwestern Higher Education Commission, which was established to advance higher education in the Midwest through interstate cooperation. Projects include development of Academic Scheduling and Management Software; Internet-based activities; the Virtual Private Network, to reduce…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Educational Technology
Pease, Pamela S.; Kitchen, Lillian – 1987
The TI-IN Network is an interactive, satellite-based educational system offering a technological alternative to face-to-face classroom instruction. Developed through a cooperative venture between private enterprise and public education agencies, the TI-IN Network offers a total systems approach by providing the entire programming and hardware…
Descriptors: Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communications Satellites, Disabilities, Distance Education
