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Van Houweling, Douglas E. – Library Hi Tech, 1987
Summarizes the historical trend of distributing computer power within universities, and describes a model for an information technology environment for higher education. Based on a broad distribution of information and computing power, this model allows users to share information using micro- and minicomputers. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cost Effectiveness, Decentralization, Higher Education
Crowther, Warren – 1985
The low efficacy of many of the library and large-scale information systems that have been implemented in the developing countries has been disappointing, and their appropriateness is often questioned in the governmental and educational institutions of more industrialized countries beset by budget-crunching and a very dynamic transformation of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Action Research, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers