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Ashmarina, Svetlana I.; Khasaev, Gabibulla R.; Mantulenko, Valentina V.; Kasarin, Stanislav V.; Dorozhkin, Evgenij M. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the investigated problem is caused by the need to assess the implementation of informatization level of the region and the insufficient development of the theoretical, content-technological, scientific and methodological aspects of the assessment of the region's information potential. The aim of the research work is to develop a…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Communications, Information Networks, Information Security
Provenzo, Eugene F. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2011
Since the 1960s, the rapid evolution of technology has created a new cultural geography--a virtual geography. "The Difference Engine: Computing, Knowledge and the Transformation of Learning" offers a conscious critique of this change and its effects on contemporary culture and education. This engaging text assumes that we are at a critical…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Influence of Technology, Computers, Hypermedia
Trinkle, Dennis A.; Auchter, Dorothy; Merriman, Scott A.; Larson, Todd E. – 1997
This book provides a general introduction to the skills and tools necessary to navigate the Internet and offers detailed information about the many historical resources available and how to find them. Chapter 1, "Getting Started," is short primer on using the Internet. Chapter 2, "Internet Sites for Historians," directs readers to thousands of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
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Ellis, R. Darin; And Others – Gerontologist, 1996
Provides background on the World Wide Web, reasons for its growth, its potential usefulness to gerontologists, and the results of an exhaustive search of over 300 sites. Relevant information was discovered in five general categories of gerontology-related information: academic institutions, government agencies, biomedical and health research…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Aging Education, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1995
Eight papers are presented from the 1994 CAUSE conference track on new information technology and its uses in higher education institutions. The papers include: (1) "New Tools for Multimedia Development: ScriptX" (Edwin J. Pinheiro); (2) "Providing a Campus-Wide Software Server, or How to Be All Things to All People!," focusing…
Descriptors: Colleges, Computer Networks, Computers, Cooperation
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Cowan, Gene – Social Education, 1996
Explains the technical operation of the World Wide Web in four simple steps. Includes a glossary of Web-related terms and an explanation of the components making up a universal resource locator (URL) address. Neatly contained on one page, this would make a perfect handout or flyer for a computer lab. (MJP)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
Gizzi, Michael C. – 1995
This paper reflects on a two-semester experiment using computer technologies in the university political science classroom. The instructor incorporated electronic mail (e-mail), the Internet, and an on-line conferencing program into the course requirements for an upper-division course on the Supreme Court and an introductory honors tutorial on…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computers
Schwartz, Edward – 1996
This book guides citizens in using the Internet for community, social, and political action. Following an in-depth introduction, chapters include: Chapter 1, "Getting Connected" and Chapter 2, "Tools," explain the two Internet tools central to organizing for activism--electronic mail lists and the World Wide Web, and the hardware and software…
Descriptors: Activism, Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Community Action
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1995
Seven papers are presented from the 1994 CAUSE conference track on networking and information sharing among higher education institutions. The papers include: (1) "Integrated Statewide Infrastructure of Learning Technologies," focusing on the University of Wisconsin System (Lee Alley); (2) "Designing and Implementing a Network…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Colleges, Community Colleges, Computer Networks
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 2001
The California Community Colleges (CCC) are facing a number of challenges, including the explosive use of the Internet, the digital divide, the need for integrating technology into teaching and learning, the impact of Tidal Wave II, and the need to ensure that technology is accessible to persons with disabilities. The CCCs' Technology II Strategic…
Descriptors: Business, College Faculty, College Libraries, Community Colleges
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 2001
This is the sixth report on the status and progress of the Telecommunications and Technology Infrastructure Program (TTIP), submitted by the California Community Colleges. In California, familiarity with and use of computers is fundamental to economic success. California is home to many of the major companies involved in creating the future of the…
Descriptors: Business, College Faculty, College Libraries, Community Colleges
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Risinger, C. Frederick – Social Education, 1996
Provides some basic and rudimentary information on using the Internet and the World Wide Web. Succinctly answers such questions as: What is the Internet?; What does it cost?; and What kind of equipment do I need? Includes a list of recommended Web sites for general coverage of social studies. (MJP)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
Gilbert, Philippe – 1996
Starting in the 1980s the online world has seen two models: the French model, Minitel, and the American model, Internet. At the end of 1995 the Minitel network was the biggest and oldest online service with 7 million users and 20,000 service providers; one year later, the Internet arrived. Tomorrow's online model will need to be: as familiar to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computers