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Odasz, Frank B., Comp. – 1990
This document contains a wide assortment of papers and promotional materials concerning the Big Sky Telegraph, a Montana-based telecommunications network serving rural economic development organizations. Funded by the US West Foundation and Western Montana College, Big Sky was created to stimulate grassroots innovation in rural education,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Development, Computer Networks, Distance Education
Anderson, Mary Alice – MultiMedia Schools, 1997
Describes the development of the Luminet network, a community-school network in Winona, Minnesota. Highlights include the technology infrastructure; Internet access; distance learning; the development of local resources; staff development; partnerships; parent involvement; the Virtual School of Winona; and lifelong learning. (LRW)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Distance Education
Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 1998
Lists educational media-related journals, books, ERIC documents, journal articles, and nonprint resources classified by Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Electronic Performance Support Systems; Computer-Assisted Instruction; Distance Education; Educational Research; Educational Technology; Electronic Publishing; Information Science and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Simulation, Distance Education
Wedemeyer, Dan J., Ed.; Nickelson, Richard, Ed. – 1998
This volume comprises the papers presented at the 1998 conference of the Pacific Telecommunications Council. This PTC'98 gathering focused on "Coping with Convergence." These 20th anniversary conference proceedings present at least one contribution on 59 countries and territories. The 120 papers in this volume are arranged…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Developing Nations
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Wielhorski, Karen – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1994
Describes how remote users of electronic information resources can be effectively trained. The categories and characteristics of remote users, training challenges, and ways that emerging electronic capabilities can be used to enhance traditional bibliographic instruction methods are examined. (Contains 18 references.) (KRN)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Distance Education, Electronic Libraries
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Education Week, 1996
This document contains all of the articles from an "Education Week" special report examining technology's role in bringing schools and homes closer together. Articles include: (1) "Homeward Bound" (Peter West), about one of the nation's first "virtual teachers" and the effect of the changing dynamics of the…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks
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Learning Languages: The Journal of the National Network for Early Language Learning, 1996
The three numbers of the new journal contain these articles: "Content-Related Teaching Through Distance Learning: A Viable Alternative?" (Zoe E. Louton); "Teacher as Researcher: Motivating an Eighth Grade Spanish Class" (Emily Francomano); "Traveling to South America on the Internet" (Margaret Reardon); "U.S.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Attitudes, Bilingualism, Case Studies