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O'Reilly, Una-May; Veeramachaneni, Kalyan – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2014
Because MOOCs bring big data to the forefront, they confront learning science with technology challenges. We describe an agenda for developing technology that enables MOOC analytics. Such an agenda needs to efficiently address the detailed, low level, high volume nature of MOOC data. It also needs to help exploit the data's capacity to reveal, in…
Descriptors: Data, Technology Uses in Education, Online Courses, Open Education
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Jackowski, Edward M. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1988
Discusses the role that information resource management (IRM) plays in educational program-oriented budgeting (POB), and presents a theoretical IRM model. Highlights include design considerations for integrated data systems; database management systems (DBMS); and how POB data can be integrated to enhance its value and use within an educational…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Data Processing, Database Management Systems, Educational Finance
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Yannakoudakis, E. J.; Tsionos, C. X.; Kapetis, C. A. – Journal of Documentation, 1999
Describes research aimed at investigating dynamically evolving database environments and corresponding schemata that allow storage and manipulation of variable length data, a variable number of fields per record, variable length records and fields, and dynamically defined objects. Proposes a new framework for dynamic database environments.…
Descriptors: Change, Computer System Design, Data Processing, Database Design
Goodwin, Chester – 1997
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact that computer based information systems (CBIS) could have on U.S. multinational corporations operating in Canada, particularly in the province of Quebec, and the implications for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that went into effect on January 1, 1994. The study focused on how the…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Corporations, Data Processing, Foreign Countries
General Services Administration, Washington, DC. – 1988
Summaries of the welcoming and opening remarks for a symposium on the standards issues that will affect the federal government's planning, acquisition, and use of integrated computer and telecommunications systems over the next five years set the stage for the keynote address by Joseph Timko of IBM entitled "Standards--Perspectives and Evolution."…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Data Processing
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Shepard, Philip G. – Community College Journal, 1994
Discusses the efforts of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) to implement a statewide standardized electronic information processing system, the Institutional Information Processing System. Describes the steps taken by the NCCCS to decide on the appropriate platform, hardware and software vendors, and implementation timetable. (MAB)
Descriptors: Academic Records, Community Colleges, Computer Software Selection, Computer System Design
McClure, Charles R.; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1989
Describes the development of a microcomputer based management information system (MIS) for the DeKalb County Public Library. Data collection activities that determined system requirements and the evolution of a database design from those requirements are discussed, as well as plans to develop a generic public library MIS based on this model.…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Data Processing, Database Design, Decision Making
Milwaukee Area Technical Coll., WI. – 1988
This report and research analysis relate to the Milwaukee Area Technical College Research Project, a study undertaken to determine a curriculum to meet the information processing/management training needs of individuals entering or continuing careers in the information marketing and business data processing occupational clusters. The report of…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education