"Planning Your Partnership," a statewide teleconference presented by the California Academic Partnership Program (CAPP), is described and evaluated in this report. Teleconference objectives included the solicitation of high-quality proposals for CAPP grants, increased information dissemination, and expanded experience with teleconference…

Implementation and evaluation of the "Building Your Partnership" teleconference, presented by the California Academic Partnership Program (CAPP), is described in this report. Information on CAPP's second teleconference includes background and objectives; planning, reception, and convening; and conference evaluation. A conclusion is that…

This proceedings provides the texts of opening remarks, the official welcome, and 37 papers presented at an international symposium on the theme, "Computer Conferencing: Allied Technologies and New Applications." The papers are divided into seven categories: (1) Distance and Adult Education; (2) Socio-Psychological Issues; (3) Computer…

This 21-paper collection examines various issues in electronic networking and conferencing with computers, including design issues, conferencing in education, electronic messaging, computer conferencing applications, social issues of computer conferencing, and distributed computer conferencing. In addition to a keynote address, "Computer…

The text of an extended series of computer-mediated conversations makes up the body of this document. Discussion centers around the uses of computer networks as a new communication medium. Contributions were made by participants, who typed their informal comments into computer terminals, located at several places in the country. Because of the…

Proceedings of a regional Parent Involvement Network teleconference in which nine citites in the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory's (SEDL) five-state region (Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma) plus Lincoln, Nebraska, participated are highlighted in this summary report. Participants from each state reported on…

The audio teleconference summarized in this report joined six state education agencies (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) and the National Institute of Education with experts nationally and abroad for 3 days in April 1984. Presentations summarized include (1) "The Need to Consider Alternative Delivery,"…

Included in these proceedings are edited versions of presentations given at a conference which was designed to provide an overview of some of the major telecommunication developments likely to impact libraries and information centers in the future. Technologies reviewed include slow-scan television, teleconferencing, and videodisc. Other papers…

This report of a conference on the use of telephone technology in education includes 43 papers which deal with such areas as the use of the telephone in teleconferencing, designing teleconferencing programs, staff meetings, health professional continuing education, telecourses,communicaton and information networks, tutoring, party-line education,…

This collection of papers addresses the impact of rapidly changing telecommunications technology on libraries. A brief introduction by James L. Divilbiss sets the stage for the following papers: (1) "Making Sense of New Technologies and New Legislation" (Joseph Ford); (2) "Selection and Use of Telecommunications Consultants for…

This report of a conference on the use of telephone technology in education includes 33 papers which deal with such areas as the use of the telephone in the administration of a telephone network or conference system, support services, program evaluation in telecommunication, program planning, teleconferencing, computer control of teleconferencing,…

An issue of growing importance in rural economic development is the role of telecommunications and information technologies. Looking prospectively at the rural economies of the 1990s and beyond, a conference of 25 participants from various fields of expertise met to address the issues of how rural America will be affected, both positively and…

This monograph is the report of an experiment to utilize technology to assist in the addressing of a major national concern: the education of troubled youth. The major concern is whether satellite-assisted, interactive television can be utilized effectively to assist in conferencing, workshops, and other information sharing and problem solving…

Twenty-three conference papers focus on the use of information technology in Ontario's technical colleges and universities: "The Analytic Criticism Module--Authorial Structures & Design" (P. Beam); "Computing by Design" (R. D. Brown & J. D. Milliken); "Engineers and Computers" (P. S. Chisholm, M. Iwaniw, and…

The Pacific Telecommunications Council's 18th annual conference is presented in two volumes. The PTC'96 gathering focused on seven streams: socio-economic issues; regulatory, legal and political issues; business and finance solutions; country studies; education, training, and human resources; convergence and networks; and technologies and…