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Blaschke, Charles L. – Learning Tomorrow. Journal of the Apple Education Advisory Council, 1986
This paper provides commentary on some of the issues and projects considered in other papers presented at the conference, focusing in particular on some of the nontechnological issues associated with the design, development, and implementation of telecomputing and networking in education. Four types of telecomputing projects are considered:…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Distance Education, Educational Innovation, Local Area Networks
Aarnio, Helena; Enqvist, Jouni – 2001
The VETO-project is part of the National Strategy's goals for providing learning opportunities through the use of networks in vocational education in Finland. The National Board of Education, University of Tampere and Hame Polytechnic, Vocational Teacher Education College, and several vocational pilot institutes located at different regions in…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, National Programs
Doctor, Ronald D.; Turner, Philip M. – 1991
This paper, which was presented to National Aeronautics and Space Administration librarians as part of a telecommunications conference, describes features of the proposed National Research and Education Network (NREN). First, NREN's predecessor, the National Science Foundation network (the current NSFnet/Internet system), is discussed and the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Democracy
Moreno, Janette; Helenius, Marika; Viteli Jarmo – 2001
The VETO project is part of the Ministry of Education national strategy to develop an Information Society Program in Finnish schools. The focus of the VETO project is to develop and identify relevant guidelines for the implementation and integration of network based education solutions in vocational schools. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Distance Education, Educational Development
Lankes, R. David – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1998
Presents the Virtual Reference Desk project, its activities, and a proposed information system architecture to build a human intermediated network of expertise and experience. The project seeks to study, support, and improve current K-12 digital reference services, as well as to build a foundation for a national cooperative digital reference…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design
Pisanty, Alejandro – 1998
This paper begins with background on the National University of Mexico (UNAM) and its networks. Other distance education projects in Mexico are described, including projects of the Instituto Politecnico Nacional (IPN), the National Distance Education Program operated by the Secretary of Education, and the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Programs, Costs