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McKay, David R. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1984
Discusses the learning center concept in terms of design, teacher roles, cost-effectiveness, vocabulary, and politics. Considers Monroe County Community College's model for miltidepartment microcomputer centers. Urges business educators to adopt networked computer learning centers. (DMM)
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
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Terwilliger, Gloria – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1986
Discusses the impact of changing technology on learning resource centers (LRC's), reporting on a survey of LRC directors at 15 multicampus colleges conducted to determine changes in use, shifts in technological emphases, budget support, discarded forms of instructional media, telecourse utilization, and computer use in instruction. (AYC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Change, Educational Technology
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Ducote, Richard L. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Describes Collin County Community College's commitment to an active/experiential learning philosophy and the role of the college's learning resources center (LRC) in promoting learner-centered education and lab experiences throughout the curriculum. Discusses the LRC's Alternative Learning Center, which uses computers and other technology to…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology
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Dubin, Eileen – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Provides a brief overview of the development of bibliographic instruction (BI) in learning resources centers (LRCs). Offers findings from a national survey of LRCs focusing on LRC size and staffing, services, collections, BI programs, use of computers in BI, and evaluation of and training for BI. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Resources Centers
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Palmer, Jim – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1986
Reviews ERIC literature on four major themes related to instructional technology at the community college: computer-assisted instruction, computer-managed instruction, distance education and televised instruction, and the role of learning laboratories and learning resource centers in housing and making available nonprint educational media. (AYC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Distance Education
Maxwell, Martha – 1997
To be effective, college learning assistance centers (LACs) must reflect the mission and goals of the institution and be coordinated with existing programs and services. Based on the literature, however, LACs engage in the following 14 major functions: (1) academic evaluation and diagnostic testing; (2) instruction in study skills and learning…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Counseling, Learning Resources Centers
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Arp, Lori; Kenny, Kathleen – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Reviews trends in composition instruction in two-year colleges, including an emphasis on information literacy, critical thinking skills, and writing across the curriculum; and discusses parallel developments in the field of bibliographic instruction. Recommends an approach to incorporating critical thinking, new technologies, and program…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Critical Thinking
Petry, John R.; McClain, Rosella – 1981
During 1908-81, the final year of a 3-year institutional development project, Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) focused on increasing participation in and the services of its developmental studies program; developing the college's library into a fully functioning learning resources center; and implementing computer-assisted instruction…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Evaluation, Developmental Studies Programs
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Elliott, Gene; Connet, Michael – Community & Junior College Libraries, 1991
Reviews Greenville Technical College's plans for a Technical Resource Center (TRC), incorporating library and instructional delivery functions. Discusses plans regarding library services; Computer Valley (an integrated learning lab and academic computing center); the Greenville Education Network (an Instructional Television Fixed Service based…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Delivery Systems
Schellkopf, John; And Others – 1976
This document contains three reports. The first, "What Is Mediated Instruction?," discusses programs of media services--their goals, how they operate, and their functions, and describes the Learning Resources Center at Los Angeles City College (LACC), which emphasizes self-paced individualized instruction and which utilizes a new…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Delivery Systems
Raufman, Lisa; Colby, Anita – 1988
This Digest reviews ERIC documents and journal articles on the roles currently being played by two-year college learning resources centers (LRCs) in instruction and instructional development. After acknowledging that community college students have different needs for bibliographic instruction than their counterparts at four-year institutions, the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Bunson, Stanley N. – Instructional Innovator, 1984
Discusses a community college's plan to make microcomputers available to the entire college community for computer usage-programing and computer-assisted instruction by designing space within media center. Student and faculty needs assessment, the physical design of the center, and future needs are included. (MBR)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Design Requirements, Educational Facilities Design
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Rusk, Michael D. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1990
Views the learning resources center (LRC) as the most accessible place at two-year colleges to apply microcomputers to instruction, pointing to the potential for LRC involvement in microlabs, computer-assisted instruction, staff development, software collection development, providing assistance with interactive authoring systems, automated…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing
Burke, Thomas – 1988
This compilation of statistical tables, promotional materials, advisory letters and related materials for students, and other information provides an overview of the activities, staffing, goals, and objectives of the Jefferson College Learning Center. The primary mission of the Learning Center is to bring the full resources of the institution to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Enrollment Trends
Maricopa County Community Coll. District, Tempe, AZ. Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction. – 1988
The Maricopa Community Colleges in Tempe (Arizona) have made strong commitments to the acquisition and utilization of electronic technology, as was emphasized in their 1988 Technology Retreat, a gathering to discuss making the best use of available and future educational technology. The keynote speaker, Stephen C. Ehrmann, presented…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers
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