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Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Cloud computing, one of the latest technology buzzwords, is so hard to explain that Google drove a bus from campus to campus to walk students through the company's vision of it. After students sat through a demo at computers set up nearby, they boarded the bus and got free T-shirts. The bus only stopped at colleges that had already agreed to hand…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Internet, Information Technology, Electronic Mail
Thibeault, Nancy E. – 1997
This paper evaluates four tools for creating World Wide Web pages that interface with Microsoft Access databases: DB Gateway, Internet Database Assistant (IDBA), Microsoft Internet Database Connector (IDC), and Cold Fusion. The system requirements and features of each tool are discussed. A sample application, "The Virtual Help Desk"…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Computer System Design, Databases, Design Requirements
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Abbas, Abderrahim; Al-Bastaki, Nader – Chemical Engineering Education, 2002
Describes three computer software programs implemented in the chemical engineering curriculum at the University of Bahrain and explains students' evaluations of the usefulness and effectiveness of the software packages. Programs include Control Station (CS), HYSYS, and MATHCAD. (YDS)
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education
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Gorr, William; Hossler, Don – New Directions for Higher Education, 2006
The importance and attention given to information systems are relatively new phenomena in the history of higher education. This chapter documents the ascendancy of information systems in the scheme of institutional priorities and considers the strengths and weaknesses associated with vended and homegrown systems.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Systems, Systems Development, Management Systems
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Cafolla, Ralph – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2006
The unprecedented growth of the World Wide Web has resulted in a profusion of educational resources. The challenge for faculty is finding these resources and integrating them into their instruction. Even after the resource is found, the instructor must assess the effectiveness of the resource. As the number of educational web sites mount into the…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Internet, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
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Nirmalakhandan, N. – Computers & Education, 2007
Recent research studies have reported on how novices and experts differ in storing, organizing, and retrieving subject matter knowledge and on how they apply their knowledge to solve new problems. These findings have been integrated and implemented in a computer environment to help novices improve their problem-solving skills. An outline of this…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Student Attitudes
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Ehrmann, Stephen C. – Change, 1995
A discussion of technology in higher education looks at common, often erroneous, assumptions made in evaluating computer applications for teaching. The Flashlight Project, a three-year effort to develop and share procedures used by colleges and universities to evaluate education strategies for using technology, is described briefly. (MSE)
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
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Watson, Mark; Callahan, Daren – Information Technology and Libraries, 1996
Discussion of Internet software and its use in libraries focuses on a software evaluation program at the undergraduate library at Southern Illinois University. Highlights include staff training for information technology, availability and selection of shareware and freeware, and an evaluation form for Internet software. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection, Evaluation Methods
Daniel, Christopher – Political Science Teacher, 1990
Examines proposals to computerize the political science curricula. Maintains that technological changes can support mainstream political science education, and provides criteria to determine whether microcomputers should be introduced. Questions whether fundamental abilities are improved by technology, and warns students may believe outcomes will…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Evaluation
Ezekiel, Aaron B. – 1995
At the University of New Mexico, stakeholders from the Computer and Information Resources and Technology (CIRT) department, Financial Systems, the Health Sciences Center, and the General Libraries, were involved in deciding on the goals of a project to replace Telnet with a suite of network middleware and productivity software on campus computer…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Centers, Computer Interfaces, Computer Networks
Cimikowski, Linda; Cook, Joan – 1996
Foundations of Instructional Computing is a required one-semester, two credit course in the Education Department of Montana State University (Bozeman). The major objective of the course is to help preservice teachers develop use of computer technology that is confident, thoughtful, and integrated into their individual teaching philosophy and…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning
Laufer, Carlos; Fuks, Hugo; de Lucena, Carlos J. P. – 1998
This paper presents the results of an experiment using videoconferencing in a distance graduate course in the Computer Science Department at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The purpose of the experiment was to test two videoconference technologies that are widely used on the Internet, Cu-SeeMe and Real technology, and to assess…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software Evaluation
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Kaplan, Irene Petzinger; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1996
A distance education course in drug information, scholarly literature evaluation, and biostatistics, offered as part of a doctoral pharmacy program, incorporates teleconferencing and online critiquing of pharmacy journal literature. Structure of the class, software and hardware, student performance, and student response to the teaching methods are…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Assignments, Audiotape Recordings, Classroom Techniques