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Behrend, Tara S.; Wiebe, Eric N.; London, Jennifer E.; Johnson, Emily C. – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2011
Cloud computing is gaining popularity in higher education settings, but the costs and benefits of this tool have gone largely unexplored. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that lead to technology adoption in a higher education setting. Specifically, we examined a range of predictors and outcomes relating to the acceptance of a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Usability, Rural Areas, Educational Technology
Smith, Vernon C.; Lange, Adam; Huston, Daniel R. – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2012
Community colleges continue to experience growth in online courses. This growth reflects the need to increase the numbers of students who complete certificates or degrees. Retaining online students, not to mention assuring their success, is a challenge that must be addressed through practical institutional responses. By leveraging existing student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, Prediction, Community Colleges
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Forsstrom, Jan; Ham, Gary – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2007
Five years ago, North Shore Community College (NSCC) encountered rising enrollments in the face of lagging state funding. The addition of two new campuses stretched NSCC thin as it attempted to provide administrative and academic services across five (more recently consolidated to four) locations. Its students increasingly struggled to balance the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Multicampus Colleges, Information Technology, Web Sites
Leite, Pedro T. – 1992
In spring 1992, a study was performed to identify the current use of microcomputers for instruction at community colleges in Kansas. A questionnaire was sent to 20 community colleges, requesting information on subject areas in which computers are used in instruction, types and quantities of computers used, types of operating systems used, use of…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers
Burrill, Dwight A.; Copenhaver, Carol – 1993
The Information Services Plan (ISP) developed at Howard Community College (HCC), in Columbia, Maryland, is designed to ensure that the necessary data, equipment, and communications technologies will be available to enable the college to meet its strategic goals. The plan provides for analyses of the current information services operating…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Computer Networks, Computer Software
Bird, Bruce – 1998
This paper discusses the development of two World Wide Web sites at Anne Arundel Community College (Maryland). The criteria for the selection of hardware and software for Web site development that led to the decision to use Microsoft FrontPage 98 are described along with its major components and features. The discussion of the Science Division Web…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), College Faculty, Community Colleges, Computer Software