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Download full textMercurio, Marco; Torre, Ilaria; Torsani, Simone – Research-publishing.net, 2014
The paper describes a module within the distance language learning environment of the Language Centre at the Genoa University which adapts, through an ontology, learning activities to the device in use. Adaptation means not simply resizing a page but also the ability to transform the nature of a task so that it fits the device with the smallest…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Experience, Computer Uses in Education, Learning Modules
Peer reviewedSykes, Jean – Educause Quarterly, 2002
Describes Follow the Sun, a computer help-desk service that takes advantage of time differences around the world to permit four universities (University of Colorado Boulder, Australia's Macquarie and Newcastle universities, and the London School of Economics) to share services and provide 24-hour support to users. (EV)
Descriptors: College Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Ellsworth, Jill H. – 1991
A nontraditional degree program for adult students at Southwest Texas State University instituted a bulletin board system (BBS) in support of required courses in both the undergraduate and graduate degree programs to provide information, communication, and mentoring. The BBS was especially useful to students in preparing their portfolios of life…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cognitive Style, College Programs, Computer Uses in Education
Harkins, Judith E. – Gallaudet Today, 1987
The role of Gallaudet University as innovator, evaluator, monitor, and information source in the development and promotion of technology appropriate for the deaf is detailed. This article describes Gallaudet's involvement in projects focusing on computer networks in classrooms, captioning television broadcasts, product evaluations, research and…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, College Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Deafness
Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
A number of universities now require all students to have computers, charging additional tuition to cover costs of hardware, networking, and technical support. Despite frustrations of extensive computer systems and technological change, most feel the programs are worthwhile and address the limitations of campus computer labs. Laptops have become…
Descriptors: College Programs, Computer Centers, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education
Danielson, Wayne A. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1988
Shows how a university embarked on a major endeavor to increase the innovative use of microcomputers in instruction and research. The effect on instruction and research has been dramatic. Notes that over a four year period IBM donated 1248 computers. (MVL)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Programs
DeLoughry, Thomas J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1993
A survey of directors of academic computing at 981 2- and 4-year colleges found that identifying appropriate software for faculty is considered a more important function than developing software for classroom use; that public research universities are anticipating more computing budget cuts; that networking is increasing; and that student and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
Minnesota Community Colleges, St. Paul. – 1990
The conference reported in this publication was funded by STAR (System of Technology to Achieve Results), a program of the Minnesota Governor's Advisory Council on Technology, under Public Law 100-407 (the Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988.) The conference focused on the development and availability of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Appropriate Technology, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), College Programs
Carey, Stephen; Crittenden, Elizabeth – 2000
Higher literacy needs and global communication technologies such as the Internet require that students worldwide develop academic level mastery of international languages. However, while school and university second language programs are frequently able to help students achieve mastery of the basic interpersonal communications skill level of a…
Descriptors: College Programs, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail
Giroux, Roy F., Ed.; Mezei, Katherine E., Ed. – 1990
In June 1988, the heads of Staff Development of each institution of the Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology were invited to submit brief descriptions of 5 to 10 outstanding programs or practices designed to develop human resources within the college. This directory of exemplary practice provides a selection of the colleges'…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Articulation (Education), College Administration, College Faculty
Groff, Warren H. – 1994
This document describes the Orange County Cluster human resources development (HRD) seminar that was conducted as part of Nova University's nontraditional practitioner-oriented, problem-solving, field-based distance education program in higher education. Discussed first are HRD in the agricultural and business industrial eras and changing HRD…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Programs, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
1997
This document contains 39 papers and 13 poster presentations from a conference on technological education and national development. The following are among the papers included: "The Future of Technological Education and Vocational Education: UNESCO's (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization's) Perspective" (Adnan…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Vocational Training Council (Hong Kong). – 2000
This document contains 123 papers from an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The papers focus on the following themes: (1) societal and ethical issues; (2) human resource development and personnel training; (3) international issues; (4) information technology in VET;…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Alternative Assessment
