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Cloud Computing and the Power to Choose
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Bristow, Rob; Dodds, Ted; Northam, Richard; Plugge, Leo – EDUCAUSE Review, 2010
Some of the most significant changes in information technology are those that have given the individual user greater power to choose. The first of these changes was the development of the personal computer. The PC liberated the individual user from the limitations of the mainframe and minicomputers and from the rules and regulations of centralized…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Technological Advancement, Selection
Collaboration on ICT in Dutch Higher Education: The SURF Approach
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Boezerooy, Petra; Cordewener, Bas; Liebrand, Wim – EDUCAUSE Review, 2007
In "Thinking Ahead: A Vision of the Role of ICT in Education and Research in the Future, 2007-2010," the higher education institutions in the Netherlands agreed on future strategy. Under the direction of SURF, the Dutch national organization, a collaborative strategy for the application of information and communications technology (ICT)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Organizations, Educational Technology, Cooperation
The Information Market in the United States.
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Eijffinger, Marcel A. M.; van Trier, Gerald M. – Information Services and Use, 1993
Explores the information market in the United States from the perspective of information scientists from the Netherlands Council for Libraries and Information Services (RABIN). Highlights include empowering the end user; the new information infrastructure; facilitating access; document delivery; electronic journals; new markets; pricing; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing
Information Technology: Issues for Higher Education Management. Higher Education Policy Series 26.
Bull, G. M.; And Others – 1994
The Program on Institutional Management in Higher Education of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development studied information technology (IT) in higher education. Specifically, the study aimed to investigate the state of the art of IT in European higher education, examine the potential of IT and the impact of IT developments on…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Administration, College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
Lifelong Learning in the Information Age: Organizing Net-Based Learning and Teaching Systems. Wissenschaftliche Fachbibliothek.
Finke, Wolfgang F. – 2000
This book examines lifelong learning in the Information Age and the role of higher education (HE) in providing the educational services needed by lifelong learners. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's eight chapters: (1) changes in HE (repercussions of globalization in the educational sector; competition in higher learning;…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Behavioral Objectives, Case Studies, Competence
Proceedings of the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA) (Madrid, Spain, October 19-21, 2012)
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International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers