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Bognar, Carl J. – 1991
This paper presents the results of an evaluation of CHOICES, a career information system developed by the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, and implemented in Canada Employment Centers (CECs). Two instruments were designed for this evaluation: a questionnaire for clients who had just used CHOICES, and one for counselors who work with…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Career Information Systems
Download full textBlakley, Jim – 1991
NextStep is an IBM compatible, computer-assisted learning system to help users explore and reality test their tentative career plans and bring their career decision to a more real and community-oriented level. The NextStep system assumes that the user is literate and has at least one tentative occupational goal. The system is based on a…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Career Exploration, Career Information Systems
Pocklington, Dorothy B.; Guttman, Linda – 1980
This comprehensive annotated bibliography contains 220 references on computer technology in nursing. Selected articles on electronic devices are included if they contribute to the historical perspectives of this area. The bibliography contains all articles that have appeared in nursing journals published in the United States, Canada, and England…
Descriptors: Administration, Annotated Bibliographies, Automation, Clinical Diagnosis
Peer reviewedDarling, A. L. – College and University, 1978
The Registrar at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada, reviewed the student records system, a data base structure using IBM's IMS package. Over 13 interviews were conducted to determine use of the system, problems, and suggestions. An estimated $50,000 could be saved annually by adoption of recommendations. (SW)
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
Hendricks, Ronald W.; Catania, Josefina J. – School Guidance Worker, 1980
If interest variables are used to provide access to vocational information system, the validity of decision-making strategies and outcome is dependent upon: (1) validity of the interest inventory used; (2) validity of the occupational/vocational data base; and (3) nature of linkages between interest variables and system. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Computer Oriented Programs, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Shoffner, Ralph M.; Madden, Mary A. – 1980
This feasibility study was conducted to collect financial, operational, and other data concerning the alternatives of continuing with the University of Toronto Library Automation System (UTLAS), the present supplier of catalog support to the British Columbia Union Catalogue (BCUC) participating libraries, or of replicating the Washington Library…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Feasibility Studies
Watson, Cicely – 1973
The survey reported on in this document addressed itself to discovering what kinds of quantitative models have been developed and implemented for educational decisionmaking during 1965-72, and what planning questions they are intended to answer; where these models have been implemented and to what extent they are being used; and the cost of such…
Descriptors: Administrators, Boards of Education, College Administration, Computer Oriented Programs
Peer reviewedLyons, Peter; Doueck, Howard J.; Koster, Andrew J.; Witzky, Melissa K.; Kelly, Patricia L. – Child Welfare, 1999
Describes implementation of a computerized version of the Child Welfare League of America's Child Well-Being Scales by a family services agency in southern Ontario. Reviews results obtained from 172 families to illustrate the potential for using computerized risk assessment as an aid in clinical, supervisory, and management decision-making…
Descriptors: Administration, Child Welfare, Children, Computer Oriented Programs
Peer reviewedJennett, Penny A.; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1990
A successful one-year medical information system pilot project responded to 240 questions by 47 physicians in 10 rural Alberta (Canada) communities. On average, each physician submitted 5.1 questions, and each community submitted 24 questions. Physicians received responses in a median of 7.3 hours or could conduct their own searches. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Systems
Peer reviewedSimair, Denis J. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1982
Describes the construction and implementation of a pilot project involving the use of microcomputers in secondary school administration in Canada. Reactions of students, parents, and school administrators to the computerized scheduling and attendance programs are evaluated. Sample printout pages are included. (JJD)
Descriptors: Attendance Records, Computer Oriented Programs, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Howson, H. R.; Powell, A. J. – 1983
The instructional effectiveness of using an IBM personal computer with an Electrohome Character projector and a flat screen to display instructional material was analyzed with 89 students enrolled in a course on management information systems at McGill University. The lesson used was an introduction to VisiCalc, an applications software package,…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Design Requirements, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHill, W. Leigh; Anthony, Matthew – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1991
The Alberta Special Education Network (ASPEN) is a computer-based communications and information network geared to the teaching and learning of exceptional children in rural Alberta, Canada. Network features include toll-free telephone access, a menu-driven user interface, training and awareness, electronic mail, weekly news, forums, and a…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities
Sheehan, Bernard S. – 1982
Ideas that have been developed in the decision support systems (DSS) literature that seem particularly relevant to institutional research, planning, and analysis (IRPA) are reviewed. In addition, a survey of practitioners in Canadian universities that provides new information on the rapidly changing current state of information technology,…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making
Ross, Gladys G., Ed. – 1980
This monograph presents 26 papers addressed to workshop sessions representing thought and innovation in employment counseling and vocational guidance. Two papers are written in German, one in French, and 23 in English. Abstracts preceding each paper appear in the two languages other than that used for the paper itself. Topics covered include…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Career Change, Career Choice
