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Walp, Robert M., Ed. – 1982
The 26 papers in this collection present the history and organization, system components and techniques, social aspects, and economics of telecommunications development in Alaska, with special emphasis on the growth and use of satellite systems. The first five papers cover developments beginning when Alaska was still Russian-owned, and also…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Television, Information Networks, Rural Areas
Appalachia, 1984
Panel I features two case histories of state government, university, and private corporation cooperation to bring technology to the workplace (Microelectronics Center of North Carolina and Ben Franklin Partnership Program) and presentations about Burlington Industries and General Electric Company investments in technology to save jobs and boost…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Programs, Higher Education, Job Development
Download full textLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC. Network Development and MARC Standards Office. – 1989
The first half of the proceedings consists of three papers presented during the program session of a Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee (NAC) meeting. The first, a background paper by Robert L. Oakley, identifies some of the problems that modern information technology has created for the intellectual property system in the United…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Copyrights
Jenkins, Hugh M. – 1983
This document presents a summary of the proceedings of a symposium in which participants gathered to discuss the education and training of foreign students in the United States and the relationship between this experience and the use of science and technology for development. A basic contention underlying the symposium was that the transfer of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Development, Foreign Students
Norwood, Frank W. – 1980
To explore the issue of communications technology and its impact on the rural school, the National Institute of Education (NIE) convened a 2-day workshop, bringing together 16 participants whose combined expertise and collective experience encompassed rural education and a variety of communications technologies and their applications. The primary…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Gardner, Mary, Ed.; Reed-Mundell, Charlene, Ed. – 1984
This document provides nine papers presented at a 2-day conference where representatives of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) described the future of space exploration and discussed the implications of that future for educators. The proceedings begins with an introduction by Ralph Winrich, NASA Aerospace Education…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Community Colleges, Computer Graphics, Computers
Wedemeyer, Dan J., Ed. – 1981
This 68-paper collection represents a broad mix of telecommunications issues, problems, innovations, needs and resources, from a conference organized by the Pacific Telecommunications Council, an independent, voluntary-membership organization dedicated to the beneficial development and use of telecommunications in the broad Pacific area. Papers…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Electronic Equipment, Futures (of Society), Information Networks
Stanley Foundation, Muscatine, IA. – 1988
Science and technology are helping solve problems around the world as well as creating new problems. The concentration of scientific and technological capabilities in a few countries exacerbates these new problems. The United Nations tried to address this disparity through a program on science and technology for development adopted in Vienna in…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Development, Industrialization
Wedemeyer, Dan J., Ed. – 1980
The 106 conference papers in this collection contain the thoughts and concerns of telecommunications carriers, suppliers, users, researchers, and government and professional groups. These papers were presented at a conference organized by the Pacific Telecommunications Council, an independent, voluntary-membership organization dedicated to the…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Electronic Equipment, Futures (of Society)
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems. – 1984
The National Research Council's Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board conducted a workshop in January 1984 to project what the state of knowledge of aeronautical technology could be in the year 2000 if necessary supporting resources were made available. Eight panels were organized to assess possibilities in the areas of: (1) aerodynamics; (2)…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Aerospace Technology, Aviation Technology, Computer Science
Council for Cultural Cooperation, Strasbourg (France). – 1981
Papers and reports are presented from a colloquy that was a culminating project of the European Council for Cultural Cooperation. In "Public Participation, Self Expression of Groups and Individuals," Paul Beaud discusses the concepts of community media and the new media. "The Evolution of the Great Communication Networks," by…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Community Programs, Computers, Cultural Activities
Society for Technical Communication, Washington, DC. – 1984
Conference papers and descriptions of panels, workshops, and poster sessions are separated by topic into five "stems." The first stem, Advanced Technology Applications, contains papers covering advanced technology training, evaluation and applications of word processing equipment, publication databases, electronic and online…
Descriptors: Automation, Communications, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Wedemeyer, Dan J., Ed. – 1982
This volume contains 45 conference papers and case studies presented by telecommunications professionals covering technical, business, user, and policy aspects of telecommunications in the Pacific hemisphere. Actual projects in existence or being planned, viewpoints, and guidelines for future development are discussed, with the proceedings…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Electronic Equipment
Business-Higher Education Forum, Washington, DC. – 1985
The development of a technology policy for the future was discussed at the winter 1985 meeting of the Business-Higher Education Forum, which met with congressional groups such as the Northeast-Midwest Congressional Coalition and the Congressional Clearinghouse on the Future. These proceedings include summaries of roundtable discussions on the…
Descriptors: Competition, Economic Climate, Engineering Education, Futures (of Society)
Savage, James G., Ed.; Wedemeyer, Dan J., Ed. – 1993
This two-volume set contains 165 papers presented at a conference that brought together over 1,100 telecommunications leaders and leading commentators from over 40 countries across the Pacific region. The papers indicate that the optimism of the telecommunications industry is possibly greater than during the 1980s, although tempered by a more…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Conferences, Diffusion (Communication), Distance Education
