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Netterfield, Ted – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1999
The University of South Florida has successfully delivered its Symposium Series through the Internet to the desktops of individuals unable to attend the lectures, using streaming audio and video and IP multicast technologies. What began as a proof-of-concept prototype to test technological capabilities has become a valued service at the…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Instruction, Educational Technology, Electronic Classrooms
Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999
Some college administrators feel the next major trend in educational technology will be wireless networks that let students and professors connect to the Internet with radio waves rather than cumbersome cables. Several universities are already using the less expensive technology. However, some find the slower speed of available wireless services…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Educational Trends
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Dringus, Laurie P.; Scigliano, John A. – Internet and Higher Education, 2000
Traces the major historical milestones achieved by Nova Southeastern University in its pioneering of graduate level online learning programs. Highlights include delivery systems; Web-based electronic classrooms; overview of the technology, including telecommunications through UNIX; evaluation and research; and technology used in the School of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Assessment, Educational History, Educational Technology
Yap, Kim O. – 1996
In 1990, the Satellite Telecommunications Educational Programming (STEP) Network in Spokane (Washington) joined with state education agencies from Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington to form the Pacific Northwest Star Schools partnership for distance education. The STEP network offers telecast courses to 500 schools, 90% of which are in…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Distance Education, Electronic Classrooms, Pacific Americans
Clark, Chris; And Others – 1989
This document is a resource guide for educators on using telecommunications in the classroom. The first chapter provides a brief history of telecommunications, describes what telecommunications is, and discusses its value in the classroom today. The second chapter discusses the parts of a telecommunications system and provides technical…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Electronic Classrooms, Elementary Secondary Education
EDDY, FREDERICK D. – 1964
THE TEACHING OF MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES (FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN, RUSSIAN, SPANISH, AND ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE) IN THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAS BEEN REVOLUTIONIZED SINCE WORLD WAR II, WITH THE DEMAND FOR NEAR-NATIVE CONTROL OF A SECOND LANGUAGE FOR COMMUNICATION. THE PUBLIC FELT THAT THIS NEED MUST BE MET, ALONG…
Descriptors: Electronic Classrooms, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories, Language Programs
NOSTRAND, HOWARD LEE; AND OTHERS – 1966
REPORTS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE LABORATORIES ARE PRESENTED AS A CONFERENCE'S PANEL DISCUSSION. EDWARD MARXHEIMER'S "TRAINING OF LANGUAGE LABORATORY PERSONNEL" DISCUSSES THE NEED FOR TRAINED INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN UTILIZE THE GREAT POTENTIAL OF THE LABORATORY. IGOR M. GLADSTONE AND GENEVIEVE C. BIRD DISCUSS RESPECTIVELY THE USE OF THE LANGUAGE…
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Electronic Classrooms, Equipment Utilization, Laboratory Equipment
Jassey, William – Curriculum Review, 1977
This is account of a foreign language curriculum developed by the Norwalk Public School System in Connecticut. It emphasizes bilingual interchanges between students of various ethnic backgrounds and a classroom setting that uses tape equipment to personalize basic linguistic concepts. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Conversational Language Courses, Electronic Classrooms, Language Instruction, Language Laboratories
Sales, Gregory C. – Educational Technology, 1985
This discussion of issues to be considered in setting up an efficient computer classroom focuses on the selection, preparation, and furnishing of facilities intended for instructional use: selection and room preparation; power, lighting, and telecommunication; avoidance of equipment problems; and furniture selection. (11 references) (MBR)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Furniture, Climate Control, Design Requirements
Higher Education Funding Council for England, Bristol. – 2003
This report is a good practice guide for higher education institutions on intellectual property rights in e-learning programs. The report includes model clauses that may be included in contracts at higher education institutions and incorporates comments from a previous limited "expert" consultation. It focuses on how to manage…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Distance Education, Electronic Classrooms, Electronic Mail
Fielding, Randall – 1999
Roger Schank's ideas regarding the abandonment of classrooms as the central learning environment and changing the delivery of education are examined. Schank believes today's learning cycles should be divided equally between working at a computer, talking with others, and making something--none of which requires a formal classroom. Emphasis is…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Technology
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Arnsdorf, Dieter; Eisenberg, Ulrich – Zielsprache Deutsch, 1973
Describes an advanced programed course Deutsch sprechen -- Deutsch verstehen'' (Speak German -- Understand German) developed at Kiel University, West Germany. (RS)
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Audiolingual Methods, Electronic Classrooms, German
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Mattes, Christian; Nanney, Robert J., II; Coussons-Read, Mary – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2003
Examines relationships between student personality and choice of traditional on-campus or online college classes. Data show differences in personality, age, and computer experience between online and on-campus students and help to elucidate characteristics of students selecting the online venue for college classes and/or curricula. Results are…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Distance Education
American School Board Journal, 1994
Controversy surrounds Michigan's first charter "school"--a distance-learning network of home schoolers that may come online this fall with some 1,200 students and about $6.6 million in state aid. The school could make a $4 million profit by its third year of operation. An alternative curriculum that promotes creationism has the Michigan…
Descriptors: Creationism, Curriculum, Distance Education, Electronic Classrooms
Bete, Tim, Ed. – School Planning and Management, 1998
Presents the predictions of nine technology experts regarding the future of technology in U.S. schools. Predictions include technology's hold on classroom instruction, its power to eliminate the gap between students with and without disabilities, electronic media replacing physical school libraries, the replacement of textbooks by digital media,…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Technology, Electronic Classrooms, Electronic Libraries
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