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Jackling, Noel – Australian Journal of Educational Technology, 1996
Explains bandwidth in non-technical terms and why its conservation is important. Network performance is discussed, Australian networks are reviewed, and actions that can be taken by personal computer end users on the Internet and World Wide Web in the interest of conserving bandwidth are listed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Energy Conservation, Foreign Countries, Internet
Steel, Mike – Journal of Tertiary Educational Administration, 1990
The role of the central university computing center in the age of personal computers includes custodian of the administrative database, provider/coordinator of network services, provider of expertise on end-user computing, provider of large scale computation, coordinator of computing in the institution, and a scholarly workstation. (DB)
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Centers, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Wilson, R.; Hooper, P. – 1986
A project was conducted to increase the use of microcomputers in basic adult education in Australia. The aims of the project were as follows: to establish an information network of practitioners working within Australia's Technical and Further Education (TAFE) system who have an interest in using computer-assisted learning in basic adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Directories
Newhouse, Paul – Australian Educational Computing, 2001
This paper provides case studies that report on an ethnographic action research study to investigate the potential of the combination of wireless networking and portable computing at a primary school in Australia. Discusses student research projects, personal Web pages, making digital movies, student evaluations, and results of student interviews.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
Brown, Anthony J. – 1981
This report of an Australian overseas study tour to the United Kingdom (UK), the United States (US), and Canada reviews developments and practices as of December 1980 in educational communications and technology, the management and utilization of learning resource centers (LRC's) and independent study programs in postsecondary education, and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Extension Education
Australian Library and Information Association, Perth. School Libraries Section. – 1990
This publication is designed to assist teacher librarians or those who are in charge of school libraries in the following areas: (1) online information services; (2) electronic bulletin boards and electronic mail; (3) CD-ROM and videodisc; (4) hypertext and hypermedia; (5) automated library systems; and (6) developing an IT plan for a school…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education, Equipment Evaluation
McNicholas, C.; Nelson, P. – 1994
The response of Marist Sisters' College, Woolwich, New South Wales (Australia), to the challenges of teaching information literacy is described. Marist Sisters' College is a high school enrolling approximately 750 girls representing diverse cultures and socioeconomic backgrounds in grades 7 through 12. An integrated information-skills program,…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Networks, Cultural Differences, Educational Environment