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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Information Management and Technology Div. – 1991
This report was prepared in response to a request from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and from the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for information on efforts to develop high-speed computer networks in the United States, Europe (limited to France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
Savage, James G., Ed.; Wedemeyer, Dan J., Ed. – 1994
This volume comprises the papers presented at the 1994 conference of the Pacific Telecommunications Council. This gathering, which focused on the theme, "Forging New Links: Focus on Developing Economies," brought together more than 1,100 participants from over 40 countries. The 146 papers are organized chronologically, according to date…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Networks, Developing Nations, Distance Education
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Network Development and MARC Standards Office. – 1989
The first half of the proceedings consists of three papers presented during the program session of a Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee (NAC) meeting. The first, a background paper by Robert L. Oakley, identifies some of the problems that modern information technology has created for the intellectual property system in the United…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Copyrights
Mason, Robin – 1990
This report on the use of the computer conferencing system CoSy begins with a summary of its application at the Open University in 1988, and describes the changes made for its use in 1989. An evaluation based on both quantitative statistics of usage and qualitative data from interviews and conference comments is made and compared with results from…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Distance Education
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1998
The second session of IT@EDU98 consisted of four papers on multimedia and was chaired by Luu Tien Hiep (Lotus College, Vietnam). "Multimedia Education" (Tran Van Hao, Ngo Huy Hoang) describes "Multimedia Education v. 1.0," an educational software program for elementary school children that uses games to teach counting,…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Courseware, Educational Technology
Detlor, Brian – 1999
This paper outlines a detailed research investigation of Web information systems (WIS), such as intranets, extranets, and the World Wide Web, and their capacity to facilitate organizational knowledge work. The objective was to conduct a case study evaluation of WIS usage that examines the information needs and uses of major sets of users and the…
Descriptors: Behavior, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Corporations
Detlor, Brian – 1999
Recently, increasing reliance on Web technology by end-users in organizations has encouraged corporate libraries to provide Web user training. To understand the effects of this new service, a case study was conducted on 17 participants at a large Canadian utility company. After an initial questionnaire, participant usage of the Web was…
Descriptors: Behavior, Computer Literacy, Computer Networks, Corporate Libraries
Tsai, Chin-Chung; Lin, Sunny S. J. – 1999
The purpose of this study was to explore the interplay between young people's attitudes toward computer networks and Internet addiction. After analyzing questionnaire responses of an initial sample of 615 Taiwanese high school students, 78 subjects, viewed as possible Internet addicts, were selected for further explorations. It was found that…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Affective Behavior, Attitude Measures, Computer Attitudes
Aarnio, Helena; Enqvist, Jouni – 2001
The VETO-project is part of the National Strategy's goals for providing learning opportunities through the use of networks in vocational education in Finland. The National Board of Education, University of Tampere and Hame Polytechnic, Vocational Teacher Education College, and several vocational pilot institutes located at different regions in…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, National Programs
Laferriere, Therese; Breuleux, Alain; Bracewell, Robert – 2000
This paper points to the teacher professional development practices in a networked classroom that become reality with the use of advanced telecollaboration tools such as Virtual-U and KnowledgeForum. Those tools support, extend, and strengthen the establishment of teacher learning communities and their collaborative inquiries. Those inquires are…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Cooperative Learning
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Cumming, Alister; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1996
Reports the results of a survey undertaken to identify language documentation centers at Canadian universities, to describe their chief characteristics and functions, and to assess the feasibility of linking several of them electronically to provide greater access to users throughout the country and internationally. (four references) (Author)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Documentation, Feasibility Studies, Foreign Countries
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Walton, Graham; And Others – Education for Information, 1996
Describes the IMPEL (Impact on People of Electronic Libraries) project that investigated the social, organizational, and cultural impacts of the increasingly electronic environment experienced in academic library and information services in the United Kingdom. Topics include librarians' perceptions of their role and future role; subject…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries
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Lipponen, L.; Rahikainen, M.; Hakkarainen, K.; Palonen, T. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2002
This study analyzed how students and teachers of one Finnish elementary class participated in and communicated through the Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environment (CSILE) during 1997-1998. The density of the interaction within class, students' participation rates, students' position in the CSILE mediated network of interaction, and the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Distance Education
Menard, Louise – Education Canada, 2002
An innovative program in Montreal (Quebec) that equips high school students with networked laptop computers aims to increase the ability of students to update their information, solve problems, self-evaluate, cooperate, and progressively take ownership of their learning. It is a collaborative approach that should serve them well throughout their…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries
Smith, Raymond W. – EDUCOM Review, 1989
Describes Pennsylvania Research and Economics Partnership Network (PREPnet), which links research universities, Bell of Pennsylvania, and the State of Pennsylvania. Highlights include the U.S. communications and information infrastructure compared to other countries; and the need for national networks that will link higher education; business,…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Higher Education
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