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The National Grid for Learning Initiative: Connecting the Learning Society?
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Selwyn, Neil – School Leadership & Management, 2000
England's 1.6 billion-pound National Grid for Learning initiative represents an unprecedented government commitment to educational use of information and communications technology (ICT). NGfL will integrate ICT into all schooling areas via increased funding, teacher training, and simulation of a systemwide "ICT culture." Implications and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Policy, Educational Technology
A Survey of Microcomputer Use in the Humanities and Social Sciences: A U. K. University Study.
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Hirschheim, Rudy A.; And Others – Education and Computing, 1988
Summarizes the methodology and results of a questionnaire survey of the use of microcomputers in university humanities departments in the United Kingdom. Highlights include faculty, staff, and student usage; applications of use; networking; opinions and perceptions on problems and benefits; mainframe computer services; and availability of computer…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Science Education, Foreign Countries
An Example of Integrated Systems for the Provision of Library and Information Services.
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Coles, Elizabeth – Information Services and Use, 1991
Describes the implementation of BRS/Search in the Library and Information Services department of the Chem Systems Group, an international consulting organization in the United Kingdom. The use of integrated systems in special libraries is discussed, and requirements of the new system are explained, including full text capabilities and networking…
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Databases