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Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1997
The purpose of this guide is to provide basic networking information and planning assistance for technology coordinators and others involved in building networks for K-12 schools. The information in this guide focuses on the first few steps in the networking process. It reviews planning considerations and network design issues facing educators who…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Design Requirements, Educational Development
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Watt, Molly; Watt, Don – Learning Tomorrow. Journal of the Apple Education Advisory Council, 1986
This paper describes early issues, events, and efforts in New Hampshire to develop a telecommunications base for students and educators. Six "dreams" of possible telecommunications programs are briefly described, some facts about New Hampshire are provided, and some problems to be addressed are considered. The beginnings of the New…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Networks, Educational Development, Electronic Mail
Frazier, Deneen; Kurshan, Barbara – Educational IRM Quarterly, 1994
Describes the status of educational telecommunications networks operated and funded by state government agencies to support K-12 programs. Summaries of a 1993 survey and other recent studies are presented together with recommendations for network infrastructure, instruction, transport, funding, and evaluation development. (Contains 12 references.)…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Cooperation, Educational Development, Educational Technology
Douglas, Charlene – 2002
The University of Wisconsin System (UWS) has attempted to establish a well-defined set of support services for Internet-based teaching and learning for its 27 campuses and LI (Learning Innovations, a UWS organization that focuses on total online programs). The objectives of these services are: to provide all University of Wisconsin (UW) campuses…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Courseware, Distance Education, Educational Development
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Davidson, Judith; McNamara, Elizabeth; Grant, Cathy Miles – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2001
Presents findings from a three-year qualitative study of the implementation of networked technology in a K-12 cluster of four schools. Findings showed that truly networked schools possess a unique virtual geography requiring substantive reorganization across schools' practices, culture and structure. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change, Educational Development
1993
Pioneering Partners for Educational Technology was created to enhance learning in K-12 classrooms by accelerating the use of educational technology. This document outlines the projects of the 1993 winning teams. The Illinois programs are: "A Travel Log Via Computer"; "Weatherization Audit Training for Teachers and Students";…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Educational Development, Educational Innovation
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TechTrends, 1994
Includes 19 requirements prepared by the National Coordinating Committee for Technology in Education (NCC-TET) to ensure that the national information infrastructure (NII) provides expanded opportunities for education and training. The requirements, which cover access, education and training applications, and technical needs, are intended as…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Education
Ogden, David – 2000
The csrdweb.net Web site is a cross-lab initiative to pilot the use of Web-based profiles and e-mail discussion groups as tools to support networking among Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) schools. A Laboratory Network Program (LNP) project, the initiative used resources from all 10 regional educational laboratories (RELs) to…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Educational Development, Educational Resources
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Takwale, Ram – Indian Journal of Open Learning, 1998
Discusses the evolution of the educational system in India, developments in new communication technologies, and plans by the open and distance education system to develop educational networks. Policies and programs adopted by the Distance Education Council are outlined. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning, Distance Education, Educational Change
Barron, Daniel D. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2000
Discusses "ubiquitous connectivity." Suggests that technology can help make community a global concept, but that the human element is necessary for the content and the context. Cites examples from the literature that deal with classroom connectivity; using technology once connected; and role of the school library in extending…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Computer Literacy, Computer Networks
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Zhong, Yang; Zhang, Xiaoyan; Ma, Jian; Zhang, Liang – Journal of Biological Education, 2003
As the Human Genome Project experiences remarkable success and a flood of biological data is produced, bioinformatics becomes a very "hot" cross-disciplinary field, yet experienced bioinformaticians are urgently needed worldwide. This paper summarises the rapid development of bioinformatics education in China, especially related…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Development
Plowman, Lydia; Mateer, John; Leakey, Alison – 2002
The aims of CREATIS (Creating the Information Society) were to provide the West Lothian (Scotland) community with the highest quality information technology (IT) learning opportunities, a high capacity communications infrastructure and a hardware base that would: connect West Lothian's schools, libraries and community education centers to the West…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Development