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Petersen, Sobah Abbas; Procter-Legg, Emma; Cacchione, Annamaria – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
This paper describes three case studies, where language learners were invited to use "LingoBee" as a means of supporting their language learning. LingoBee is a mobile app that provides user-generated language content in a cloud-based shared repository. Assuming that today's students are mobile savvy and "Digital Natives" able…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Telecommunications
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Secker, Jane – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to provide an overview of the published literature and current use of social software by libraries primarily in the UK and USA. Design/methodology/approach: The paper's approach is a literature review and desk research. Findings: Libraries are experimenting considerably in this area and many Web 2.0 applications have been…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Social Networks, Libraries, Library Services
Gardner, John – Technological Horizons in Education, 1989
Describes and explains three varieties of information technology (IT): academic IT, vocational IT, and cross-curricular IT. Discusses teacher education and the use of IT. Provides recent trends in IT development in education. (MVL)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education
O'Sullivan, D. F.; Hall, F. J. – 1972
In 1972 there were 33,000 Telex installations in the United Kingdom with 240,000 predicted by 1983. The feasibility of using these Telex systems for on-line accession of computer based information systems was investigated in this report. Comparisons between the Telex system and the Teletypewriter or Teleprinter system now in use reveal that the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Equipment Evaluation, Feasibility Studies
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1982
This report focuses on the consumer information potential of computerized telecommunication systems, their possible advantages and drawbacks for the consumer, and the new policy issues created by the new medium, i.e., the possible economic, social, and legal implications for consumers. Topics addressed include the main features of the new…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Consumer Economics, Economic Factors