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Technology News; Distance Education Project: Extending Extension Programming via Telecommunications Technology; [and] Fax for Library Services.
Coyle, Larry; Spitzer, Kathleen L. – Educational Technology, 1992
Three articles discuss (1) the numbers of microcomputers installed in elementary and secondary schools; (2) a distance education project in the Minnesota Extension Service that used a satellite delivery system and integrated it with a computer information network; and (3) the use of facsimile machines for library services. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Facsimile Transmission
Logical Communication Structures for Network-Based Education and Tele-Teaching.
Trentin, Guglielmo – Educational Technology, 1997
Logical communication structures organize basic telecommunications services to meet the aims and requirements of groups working on the Internet. This article clarifies logical communication structures within an educational context and illustrates how the communication requirements of work or study groups correspond to a variety of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Computer Networks as Instructional and Collaborative Distance Learning Environments.
Schrum, Lynne; Lamb, Theodore A. – Educational Technology, 1997
Reports on the early stages of a project at the U.S. Air Force Academy, in which the instructional applications of a networked classroom laboratory, an intranet, and the Internet are explored as well as the effectiveness and efficiency of groupware and computer networks as instructional environments. Presents the results of the first pilot tests.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Cooperation, Distance Education
The Network Computer: Is It Right for Education?
Galbreath, Jeremy – Educational Technology, 1999
Examines the network computer, originally conceived as an alternative device to personal computers to access the Internet and World Wide Web, from a technology perspective and looks at potential uses in education. Describes network architecture; discusses uses for library research, educational technology laboratories, and distance education.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
Linking Teachers to the World of Technology.
Marker, Gerald; Ehman, Lee – Educational Technology, 1989
Discusses how to prepare teachers to use educational technology and how to affect their attitudes toward change. Technology in public schools in Indiana is examined, and the international Long Distance Learning Network Project (LDLN), which was designed to determine the effectiveness of long-distance learning in elementary and secondary schools,…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
The Planning, Design, and Implementation of a Statewide Distance Learning System.
Shapiro, Arthur; And Others – Educational Technology, 1992
Presents a case study of the development of a statewide distance learning system in North Dakota for elementary and secondary education as well as higher education. Initial planning and goal setting is described; computer, video, and data networks are explained; implementation plans are discussed; and organizational design is considered. (LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Distance Education