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Saiedina, Hossein; Awad, Mahmoud – Internet Research, 1994
Describes a proposed Multimedia On-Demand (MMOD) system architecture that will support MMOD network services and will have the ability to solve presentation synchronization problems caused by either transmission line delay or any mismatch between the data transmission rates or the different parts of the system. (Contains nine references.)…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Networks, Electronic Control, Information Networks

Kiani, G. Reza – Internet Research, 1998
Addresses the opportunities offered by the Web to marketers. Considers the Web as a two-way communication model in which four different communication states can take place. Suggests the necessity of new concepts and models for marketers to manage their Web sites, and presents opportunities supporting the marketers' objectives in the new…
Descriptors: Business, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Corporations

Vedantham, Anu; Breeden, Laura – Internet Research, 1995
Explains the need for quality educational technology in elementary and secondary schools, describes the potential that telecommunications network technology holds for revitalizing American education, and outlines major federal programs that provide policy guidance and funding assistance relating to the National Information Infrastructure. A list…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Policy

McClure, Charles R. – Internet Research, 1994
Argues that much work needs to be done to assess the impacts of global networking on academic institutional performance. How the academic networked environment can be defined, possible assessment criteria, the need for a user perspective, and specific research needs are discussed. (Contains 11 references.) (KRN)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Colleges, Computer Networks, Definitions

Zeeman, Johann; MacKinnon, Dennis – Internet Research, 1993
Presents a network design and development plan for a flexible, distributed client-server network of resource sharing libraries in Illinois. The plan's development in phases, design constraints and alternatives, migration strategy, and components are explained. Application of the model to other statewide or regional networks is suggested. (Contains…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Information Networks, Interlibrary Loans

Perritt, Henry H., Jr. – Internet Research, 1994
Compares issues in the commercialization of public information through wide area networks in the United States and Europe. Policy and legal questions, the public's right to access information, government copyright issues, the potential for public-private-sector synergy, and the need to standardize formats and pricing are discussed. (Contains 45…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Business, Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks

Hert, Carol A. – Internet Research, 1994
Argues that training is a critical success factor for Internet implementation in organizations, both in teaching Internet skills and in enabling trainees to participate in planning how the Internet could transform the organization. Conceptual areas relevant to the development of training and the associated theoretical perspectives are suggested.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Computer Networks, Course Organization, Creativity

Doctor, Ronald D. – Internet Research, 1994
Proposals for shaping the National Information Infrastructure (NII) lack sufficient provision for supporting locally controlled information delivery systems, which could serve all the people, regardless of class or community environment. A system of federally sponsored National and Regional Institutes for Information Democracy could help meet this…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Democracy, Federal Programs