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Brucker, Sheldon E. – Personnel Administrator, 1981
The work-related solution to the energy shortage may take the form of improved methods of communication. Personnel professionals are presented with the challenge of a position of leadership in adapting to new communication patterns. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Communications, Computer Science, Energy Conservation
Ryan, William C., Ed. – 1988
The more than 200 papers and panel, project, and special session reports represented in this collection focus on innovations, trends, and research on the use of computers in a variety of educational settings. Of these, the full text is provided for 37 presentations and abstracts for 182. The topics discussed include: computer applications in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education, Computer Software
Lancaster, F. Wilfrid, Ed. – 1980
This compilation of papers presented at the sixteenth annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing presents 13 papers on the library within the context of technological developments in publishing and related facets of human communication. Instead of focusing on library automation per se, the contributors have chosen to look at various…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Data Processing, Electronic Equipment, Information Dissemination
Mitchell, Lynda K.; Hardy, Philippe L. – 2002
The purpose of this chapter is to envision how the era of technological revolution will affect the guidance, counseling, and student support programs of the future. Advances in computer science, telecommunications, and biotechnology are discussed. These advances have the potential to affect dramatically the services of guidance programs of the…
Descriptors: Biotechnology, Computer Science, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Weiser, Mark – Scientific American, 1991
Described are some of the ways in which computers can enter invisibly into people's lives. The social issues that embodied virtuality will engender are discussed. The hardware and software, connected by wires, radio waves, and infrared that will allow this to occur are described. (KR)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Peripherals, Computer Science
Negroponte, Nicholas P. – Scientific American, 1991
Creative applications of computer networks are discussed. Products and services of the future that come from imaginative applications of both channel and computing capacity are described. The topics of entertainment, transactions, and electronic personal surrogates are included. (KR)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Peripherals, Computer Science
Singer, Norman M., Ed.; And Others – 1982
This compilation of four papers provides an overview of recent developments in communications technologies and suggests how these developments will affect adult, career, and vocational education. Following an introduction, by Juliet V. Miller, that both summarizes each of the papers and synthesizes the information presented, the first paper, by…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Computers, Education Work Relationship
Rochell, Carlton – Library Journal, 1982
Predictions of the effect of technological change on society in the home, the workplace, and in public and academic libraries in the future are presented. Topics discussed include the problem of inaccurate data, access to information, videodisc technology, "telematics" (the combining of computer technology and telecommunications), cable…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cable Television, Computer Science, Databases
Henderson, Madeline M. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1979
Outlines the technological evolution and the use of computers and telecommunications in information transactions and data storage. (CWM)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Data Processing, Essays, Information Dissemination
Gore, Al – Scientific American, 1991
Technologies that enhance the ability to create and understand information have led to changes in the traditional legal concepts of property, ownership, originality, privacy, and intellectual freedom. The importance of government addressing such issues and investing in development of a high-capacity computer network is discussed. (KR)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Peripherals, Computer Science
Cerf, Vinton G. – Scientific American, 1991
The demands placed on the networks transporting the information and knowledge generated by the increased diversity and sophistication of computational machinery are described. What is needed to support this increased flow, the structures already in place, and what must be built are topics of discussion. (KR)
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Peripherals
Tesler, Lawrence G. – Scientific American, 1991
The changes in the relationship between the computer and user from that of an isolated productivity tool to than of an active collaborator in the acquisition, use, and creation of information, as well as a facilitator of human interaction are discussed. The four paradigms of computing are compared. (KR)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Peripherals, Computer Science
Blake, Cecil – 1991
This paper discusses current information technologies and their applications, both real and potential, in the field of public relations. It is argued that public relations are more important than ever in view of global events that challenge the world's ability to handle problems related to public trust and confidence, and the telecommunications…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Science, Databases, Developing Nations
Groff, Linda J. – 1984
The institutions of the United States (and the developed world in general) are currently in a state of crisis. This is particularly true for educational institutions. As society shifts from an industrial era to a post-industrial, information era, the dominant world view is changing from one of segmentation and stasis to one that is holistic,…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Science Education, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Maddux, Cleborne D. – Educational Technology, 1989
Identifies and discusses 10 overly optimistic claims for the use of computers in the classroom, and makes recommendations concerning each claim. Highlights include computer labs versus curriculum integration; the development of hardware versus software; the values of computer literacy; computer networking; computer education training; the use of…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Networks
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