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Kaestner, Rich – School Business Affairs, 2012
Most school business officials have heard the term "cloud computing" bandied about and may have some idea of what the term means. In fact, they likely already leverage a cloud-computing solution somewhere within their district. But what does cloud computing really mean? This brief article puts a bit of definition behind the term and helps one…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Technology Planning, Technological Literacy, Information Networks
Dutt, Abhijit – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Improvements in Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and standardization of interoperability standards among heterogeneous Information System (IS) applications have brought a paradigm shift in the way an IS application could be used and delivered. Not only an IS application can be built using standardized component but also parts of it can…
Descriptors: Essays, Economic Factors, Information Technology, Technology Integration
Chudnov, Daniel – Computers in Libraries, 2010
Cloud computing is definitely a thing now, but it's not new and it's not even novel. Back when people were first learning about the Internet in the 1990s, every diagram that one saw showing how the Internet worked had a big cloud in the middle. That cloud represented the diverse links, routers, gateways, and protocols that passed traffic around in…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer System Design, Computer Networks, Information Networks
Doctor, Ronald D.; Turner, Philip M. – 1991
This paper, which was presented to National Aeronautics and Space Administration librarians as part of a telecommunications conference, describes features of the proposed National Research and Education Network (NREN). First, NREN's predecessor, the National Science Foundation network (the current NSFnet/Internet system), is discussed and the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Democracy
Clark, Richard E.; And Others – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook (EMTY), 1992
Ten state-of-the-art articles discuss current developments in educational media and technology. Topics examined include research, school restructuring, networking, information technology, telecommunications, and contemporary social issues. Five of the articles are also published as ERIC Digests. All of the articles contain references. (SLW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Curriculum Research, Educational Media, Educational Research
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1993
This report, published in its entirety (OTA-TCT-578) and in a summary form (OTA-TCT-579) containing only the first chapter of the complete report, focuses on key topics and issues that are central to the successful use of electronic delivery by government. The review conducted by the Office of Technology Assessment concludes that the movement…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Computer Networks, Cooperation
Goldberg, Beverly – 1999
This book, which is addressed to workers who are uncertain about their future in increasingly high-tech workplaces, outlines a framework for taking action to overcome high-tech anxiety and to thrive in this new world of work. Chapter 1 discusses why so many people experience anxiety over the new information and communication technologies that now…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Attitude Change, Automation
Ministry of Education, Helsinki (Finland). – 1995
This report is a written synthesis of opinions and observations on the role of emerging information technology in Finnish society. It surmises that such technology will benefit the educational system and increase research activity, thereby creating new channels of information access for the public, as long as national policymakers commit…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change Strategies, Community Education, Computer Networks