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Fjuk, Annita – Lifelong Learning in Europe, 1999
Networked computers and collaborative learning can best serve as catalysts for rethinking designs of new distributed learning situations and better quality of education. The long tradition of Soviet and Soviet-inspired psychology provides insights for theories explaining distributed and computer-mediated collaborative learning. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries
Travica, Bob; Hogan, Matthew – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1992
Describes a study of the current state of computer networks in the countries of the former Soviet Union (X-USSR). Four wide area networks are described; network uses and services are examined; social effects of computer networks are considered; and the development of the computer and telecommunications industry in X-USSR countries is discussed.…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Networks
Valauskas, Edward J.; Bartenbach, Bill – Online, 1992
Two articles by librarians attending the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) Conference in Moscow in August 1991 report on the attempted coup in the Soviet Union. The lack of locally available information is discussed, and the use of personal computers to access outside information sources is described. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Conferences, Electronic Mail
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Bortnick, Jane; And Others – Government Information Quarterly, 1991
This issue includes six articles that discuss access to information provided by computerized databases and communications networks for legislators. Highlights include state legislative systems; information systems in the Senate; online services in the House of Representatives; information technology in the Congressional Research Service; the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Foreign Countries
Markiw, Michael – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1992
Discusses electronic information resources related to former Soviet and east European studies that are available through academic communications networks such as BITNET. Descriptions and access information are provided for online library catalogs, databases, discussion groups, listservers, and electronic journals. Electronic mail links with former…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Computer Networks, Electronic Journals, Electronic Mail