Compiled is information on the application of computer technology to nutrition food service. It is designed to assist dieticians and nutritionists interested in applying electronic data processing to food service and related industries. The compilation is indexed by subject area. Included for each subject area are: (1) bibliographic references,…

A special issue of the journal "On Line" is devoted to reporting the 1974 Instructional Computing in Michigan conference. The conference was divided into numerous sessions, and there are individual reports summarizing the activities and papers of each session. The sessions reported are on the instructional computing aspects of…

Provided in this report are substantive summaries of the papers presented and discussions held at the Spring 1973 conference convened by EDUCOM, the Interuniversity Communications Council. The general focus is upon issues and obstacles related to the development of national computer networks in higher education; these networks have become more and…

Recent decades in the Soviet Union have witnessed a prolific growth of technology. The school system has been under pressure to become more systematic and to supply more qualified candidates to meet the demand of industry. Computer technology has been introduced in order to facilitate more detailed attention to educational objectives.…

The text of an extended series of computer-mediated conversations makes up the body of this document. Discussion centers around the uses of computer networks as a new communication medium. Contributions were made by participants, who typed their informal comments into computer terminals, located at several places in the country. Because of the…

This publication documents the initial phase for development of an exchange system for information and data germane to recreation and leisure time. Section I includes proceedings from the National Recreation and Park Literature Retrieval Consultation, wherein retrieval and dissemination, the status of recreation and park information systems, the…

The purpose of this conference was to explore what is currently being done with computers in medical education, what future goals should be established for computers, and how these goals should be implemented in medical education. Five speeches and four panel discussions dealt with computers in undergraduate medical education, clinical medical…

Outlined is an undergraduate electrical engineering course on computer organization designed to meet the need for electrical engineers familiar with digital system design. The program includes both hardware and software aspects of digital systems essential to design function and correlates design and organizational aspects of the subject. The…

Reported are specifications for a computer-oriented first course in electrical engineering giving new direction to the development of texts and alternative courses of study. Guidelines for choice of topics, a statement of fundamental concepts, pitfalls to avoid, and some sample course outlines are given. The study of circuits through computer…

At a symposium on computers and colleges, speakers addressed a variety of topics relating to the current status of computing, its effect on students, its academic implications, and its technical details. Small colleges and networks were the main foci for the first speakers. The role of amateurs and the variation of user services were also…

The proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Computers in Undergraduate Curricula include 54 technical reports on the use of computer technology in various areas of undergraduate curricula, including the biological sciences, business, economics, education, humanities, mathematics, physics, psychology, chemistry, engineering, social science, and…

The Canadian Government has established the Educational Technology Program to encourage the effective utilization of technology to meet educational needs. The success of this program at the federal-provincial level underlies its timeliness and importance. In the area of computer resource sharing, the federal government is aware of the diversity…

Proceedings of AACRAO's 63rd annual meeting cover: computer networking in small colleges; continuous registration; computer logic; computerized academic record overview; on-line registration systems; and analysis of registration and records systems. (LBH)

Summarizes 13 papers presented at the Fourth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education that dealt with computer-assisted tutorial and graphical instruction of chemistry. (MLH)

The keynote address, given by Michael Allen, characterized the association as a group of devoted humanitarians who are committed to finding realistic educational and training alternatives. He discussed the potential role of computer-based education specialists in meeting general and specific instructional needs. Included in the proceedings are 59…