NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Shor, Richard – Computers and Education, 1989
Presents reasons for choosing a connected computer system for student use in secondary schools. The systems approach is discussed; two alternatives are compared, a central computer and a local area network (LAN) of microcomputers; software is described; and two scenarios of LAN use are presented. (four references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design, Courseware, Local Area Networks
Makinson, G. J.; And Others – 1990
Computer enhanced teaching of computational mathematics on a network system driving graphics terminals is being redeveloped for a mouse-driven, high resolution, windowed environment of a UNIX work station. Preservation of the features of networked access by heterogeneous terminals is provided by the use of the X Window environment. A dmonstrator…
Descriptors: Algorithms, College Mathematics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
McConnell, David – Educational and Training Technology International, 1991
Describes new developments in distributed educational computing at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, "Athena"), Carnegie Mellon University ("Andrew"), Brown University "Intermedia"), Electronic University Network (California), Western Behavioral Sciences Institute (California), and University of California,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer System Design