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The White House, 2013
Driven by new digital technologies, the future of learning is increasingly interactive, individualized, and full of real-world experiences and information. Unfortunately, the average school has about the same connectivity as the average American home, but serves 200 times as many users, and fewer than 20 percent of educators say their school's…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Federal Programs, Strategic Planning
Shears, Arthur – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1988
This description of the individualized, competency-based learning philosophy at Holland College, Canada, focuses on the impact of computer technology on various college functions. Topics discussed include the STEP (self-training and evaluation process) system, general administration, program development, staff development, library database and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Competency Based Education, Computer Uses in Education
Jenkins, Darrell L. – 1981
This paper discusses the need for faculty development from the viewpoint of the individual academic librarian and that of the library. In the case of the librarian, issues of research and publication and continuing education to cope with technological advancement are stressed. The need for faculty development is also discussed in the context of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Librarians
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Burnette, Michaelyn; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1994
Discusses the research methodologies of humanities scholars and describes a project developed at the University of California at Berkeley that promoted collaboration between reference librarians and humanities faculty to increase faculty awareness of library services and resources. Highlights include new technologies and librarians' integration…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Humanities
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Benson, Larry D. – Reference Librarian, 1995
Discusses the challenges and opportunities facing social science academic reference librarians working with researchers in a rapidly changing technological environment. Highlights include faculty relations and training needs; assistance to graduate students, such as suggestions for bibliographic instruction; information products and user…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Faculty Development, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Penchansky, Mimi B., Ed. – 1992
Produced for a faculty development colloquium at the City University of New York (CUNY), this annotated bibliography includes abstracts of a total of 108 papers and monographs in the following areas: (1) theoretical background on visual and information literacy; (2) research on merging technologies and instruction; (3) library applications of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Literacy