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Florini, Barbara M.; Vertrees, Daniel – Lifelong Learning, 1988
This brief note is a description and invitation to educators, practitioners, and researchers to participate in AEDNET, a special network of electronic mail created for people in adult education. The description of AEDNET provides a history of the network and lists current and future benefits of AEDNET. Information is then presented on joining…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Researchers
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Schaefermeyer, Mark J.; Sewell, Edward H., Jr. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1988
Reports the results of a survey designed to determine the frequency and purpose of individuals' use of electronic mail in relation to their professional development. Survey was distributed using three newsletters found on BITNET. Finds that electronic mail is replacing other means of communication and stimulating new communication among diverse…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Oriented Programs, Electronic Mail, Higher Education
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Alvarez, Jose; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1985
This paper highlights potential benefits and more pressing social and legal problems facing Latin American nations in the area of informatics and small computers. Discussion covers potential uses (education, office applications, agriculture, national planning); role of central governments; implications for economic development; and transborder…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Federal Government
Carey, John; Siegeltuch, Mark – 1982
This report presents the findings of research conducted at 10 public sites during the Alternate Media Center/WETA-TV teletext trial in Washington, D.C., from June 1981 to July 1982, in which two different services were tested using Telidon technology. The first, which is characterized as a small electronic newspaper, placed more emphasis on timely…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Costs, Field Studies, Information Networks
Bigelow, Robert A. – 1986
The Delaware Educational Assessment Program publishes annual results from the California Test of Basic Skills by district, school, and grade (1 through 8 and 11). A statewide computer information system was developed to manage the testing program, the massive 10-year longitudinal database, and the information requests received. The Delaware…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Assessment