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Arling, Priscilla A. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2009
One way to bring concepts to life in an introductory data networks course is for students to physically build a network that addresses a real business problem. However it can be challenging to find a suitable business problem, particularly if the network can exist only during the class period. This case presents a realistic business scenario and…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Internet, Computer Networks, Teamwork
Schoedel, Eric – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2009
Uninterrupted, high-bandwidth network connectivity is crucial for higher education. Colleges and universities increasingly adopt gigabit wireless solutions because of their fiber-equivalent performance, quick implementation, and significant return on investment. For just those reasons, Rush University Medical Center switched from free space optics…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Telecommunications, Statewide Planning, Technology Planning
Cesarini, Lisa McHugh; Cesarini, Paul – Journal of Technology Studies, 2008
When Lars Ulrich, drummer for the rock group Metallica, testified before Congress about his group's lawsuit against Napster in 2000, many people who followed copyright issues in the music industry were not surprised (Ulrich, 2000). Ever since downloading audio files became as easy as clicking a few buttons on a personal computer, charges of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Legal Problems, Music, Copyrights

Marshall, Eliot – Science, 1989
Describes the formation of the supercomputer system which reaches from Seattle to South Florida. Explains the major obstacles of international protocols, billing, priority routing, and security. (RT)
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Networks, Computers, Database Producers
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2006
October is national Cyber Security Awareness Month, and for the world of higher education, that means it is time to take a look at defense systems and plan for the future. Clearly, more planning is needed now than ever before. According to the majority of IT market research firms, phishing and identity theft have leapfrogged spam and spyware as…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Campuses, Computer Security, Human Factors Engineering
Broyles, Alan – 1997
The Business, Education & Community On-line Network (BEACON) is designed to support development and implementation of demonstration applications operating in an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) fiber optic network environment. Initial origination and destination sites include high schools and universities around Rock Hill (South Carolina). The…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Distance Education, Educational Cooperation
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1991
Six papers from the 1990 CAUSE Conference Track VIII: Managing Distributed Computing are presented. Authors discuss the challenges and opportunities involved in providing user managers with direct access to institutional databases to support their decision making and planning activities. Papers and their authors are as follows: "Rendering an…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Computer Networks, Decision Making

Low, William C.; And Others – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1988
Details a rationale for teacher shared information. Outlines possible content to include in such a network. Describes advantages and implications a database might have for teachers. (RT)
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Databases

Bagnall, Peter – Physics Education, 1998
Discusses the Internet and how it works, beginning with its origins in the U.S. military and covering such issues as clients and servers, upload and download, and the World Wide Web. (Author/PVD)
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Software

Darby, Christine – 1992
This guide is designed for people who are new to the world of electronic/telecommunication access. It is an easy-to-read, self-instructional tool designed for beginning Internet users. Through a step-by-step process, the guide introduces searching online catalogs in libraries. A discussion of library search strategies is followed by seven steps…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail
Langenberg, Donald N. – Academic Computing, 1989
Explores the impact of information technologies on the institutional and organizational arrangements through which scholarly research is supported. Topics discussed include the advent of workstations for scholars that would be linked in with other workstations and with many kinds of information sources world-wide, and the functions which these…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Environment, Computer Networks, Futures (of Society)
Dosa, Marta – 1988
This paper was jointly sponsored by the Center for the Study of Citizenship of the Maxwell School of Public Affairs and Citizenship and the Kellogg Project, a 5-year research project in Syracuse University's School of Education which is intended to provide not only physical access to information resources for adult educators through optical disk…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Education, Computer Networks, Developing Nations

Fergerson, James C. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1996
Software programs and Internet and World Wide Web addresses that are available to facilitate data sharing by colleges and universities are listed. Included are government sites, institutional research offices and services, and information on emerging technologies that offer promise in this area. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Consortia, Higher Education
DeFanti, Thomas A.; Brown, Maxine D. – Academic Computing, 1989
Describes scientific animation workstations, i.e., computer systems with visualization programing environments that were developed by the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois, Chicago. The need for visual communication between teachers, students, and scientists is discussed; networking, or televisualization, is…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Networks, Computer Science, Computer System Design
Peterson, Ivars – Science News, 1988
Discusses the problems inhibiting the path toward a nationwide computer network for research and education. Explains the need and urgency for establishing such a system. (RT)
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Science, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Networks
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