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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1993
This background paper analyzes technologies for tomorrow's information superhighways. Advanced networks will first be used to support scientists in their work, but will soon be deployed more widely in business, entertainment, health care, and education. Significant progress has been made toward the development of gigabit network technology since…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Information Networks, Information Technology
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Bull, Glen; And Others – Computers in the Schools, 1996
Virginia's Public Education Network (PEN) was one of the first statewide public school Internet systems. PEN began as a regional pilot that led to the establishment of a regional prototype, Teacher-LINK. Teacher-LINK in turn became the basis for the statewide K-12 Internet system. Topics include PEN's educational content, Internet services, and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Systems, Internet
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Drew, Sue; Thorpe, Louise – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2006
The Key to Key Skills Project made portable to other universities an intranet system, developed at Leeds Metropolitan University, to support students' Key Skills. The system was piloted and evaluated in three partner institutions (Sheffield Hallam University, Leeds Metropolitan University and the University of Plymouth). The evaluation revealed…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Computer Networks, Universities, Program Evaluation
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Maule, R. William – Internet Research, 1994
Discusses prototype information infrastructure projects in northern California's Silicon Valley. The strategies of the public and private telecommunications carriers vying for backbone services and industries developing end-user infrastructure technologies via office networks, set-top box networks, Internet multimedia, and "smart homes"…
Descriptors: Business, Cable Television, Computer Networks, Futures (of Society)
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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Policy & Planning Branch. – 1994
SchoolNet is a Canadian national program designed to link electronically 300 schools in order to provide access to communications and information technology. Thirty schools in Alberta were selected as pilot sites to develop projects in science, mathematics, or technology which could use resources that enhance student learning experiences. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Educational Improvement
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