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Cundiff, Jacob; McCallum, Taylor; Rich, Andrew; Truax, Michael; Ward, Tamara; Havelka, Douglas – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2015
The launch of HealthCare.gov, the website of the Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare), was a major public relations disaster for the Obama administration. This case examines some of the factors that contributed to the failure of the launch and then details how Optum, an information technology service provider, considered the opportunity provided by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Information Systems, Database Management Systems, Online Vendors

Andrews, Deborah C. – Business Communication Quarterly, 1995
Describes how a specific online program, the Online Writing Laboratory (OWL) of Purdue University, aids the teaching of writing. (SR)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Databases, Higher Education
McCredie, John W. – 1983
National intercampus computer networks are discussed, along with six illustrative networks. Attention is focused on computer networks with significant academic usage through which special software is available to manage resources in the network. It is noted that computer networks have widespread use among academics for communication in the form of…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Coordination, Databases, Higher Education
Anderson, John M.; Bork, Alfred – EDUCOM Bulletin, 1978
Twenty-eight California campuses of higher education cooperate in an interactive data base, which is available on computer to disseminate information on instructional improvement efforts in the U.S. system. The formation, modes of usage, data base content, use of the data base, software, and future development of the network are described. (CMV)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Databases, Higher Education, Information Dissemination
Arns, Robert G.; Urban, Patricia A. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1984
Issues in determining how to develop a data communications system at colleges and universities are discussed including; technical requirements; cost; implications for coordination and (de)centralization of hardware/software; deciding when to create a data network; data security, information integrity, and organizational development. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Databases, Higher Education, Information Networks, Information Science
Anderson, John; And Others – Technological Horizons in Education, 1980
Described is the Instructional Improvement Information Service (IIIS) database which provides information concerning instructional improvement activities, including project evaluations and printed matter such as lab manuals and tests to users at colleges and universities throughout California as well as a few other states. (TG)
Descriptors: Databases, Demonstration Programs, Higher Education, Information Networks
Parker, Louis T., Jr. – EDUCOM Bulletin, 1981
Summarizes how the North Carolina Educational Computing Service, a regional resource sharing network, has responded to increasingly varied demands for services. (Author/CHC)
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Programs, Computers, Databases
Interuniversity Communications Council (EDUCOM), Princeton, NJ. – 1973
The Fall, 1972 conference of EDUCOM focused on problems, potentials, and current activities related to the development of interinstitutional cooperation through computer networking. In these proceedings, a number of representative networking attempts were presented, discipline-oriented workshops discussed possibilities in a number of different…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Computer Science, Computers, Conference Reports
Wilson, Robin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
An Education Department plan to restructure ERIC, the government's network of education-research clearinghouses, has members of Congress concerned and they have asked that the plan not be put into effect until they can study it further. The department's plan follows a year-long review of ERIC. (MLW)
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Educational Research, Federal Government
Genaway, David C. – Online, 1983
Discusses microcomputer interfacing systems which accept full MARC record from bibliographic utility, reformat and transform it into local library computer system format; illustrates how the TPS-400 interface works; outlines criteria for interface selection; indicates installation decisions; and notes limitation problems and benefits. Four…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Databases, Higher Education
Buckland, Michael K.; And Others – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1995
Examines the transition from traditional single database retrieval to the emerging networked resources retrieval, and presents research and experimental solutions developed at the University of California, Berkeley. Highlights include recall and relevance, network navigation, vocabulary, and extending retrieval records. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Higher Education, Information Networks

Mazur, F. E.; Gay, Geri – CD-ROM Professional, 1992
Discusses design objectives for a project under development at Cornell University that will marry high-bandwidth networking to digital hypermedia databases to permit engineering students at distant sites on a single campus to work together concurrently and to improve the quality of engineering education. Pedagogical and technical concerns are also…
Descriptors: College Students, Communications, Databases, Engineering Education

Draugalis, JoLaine R.; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1991
The development of a computerized national database of 66 institutions' pharmacy curricula is described. Data available include address and curriculum contact person, comments, courses offered, year, hours and credits, and course titles. The database interfaces with Pharmline, and online searching became possible when Pharmline merged with…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Databases, Higher Education, Information Networks

Heydinger, Richard B.; Norris, Donald M. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1976
The expanding networks of computer hardware, software, and organizations for controlling them and the institutional data bases they access are described. Improvements are making the data sources accessible but raise some new problems for data managers and institutional researchers. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Data Processing, Databases, Higher Education

Parker, Elliott S. – Journalism Educator, 1991
Discusses the variety of uses and benefits of computer conferencing for educators. (MG)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Educational Technology, Higher Education