This study considers telecommunication as a technological extension of fundamental human communication, and elaborates on telecommunication in a specific area like vocational rehabilitation, the relevance of previous experience with telecommunication to vocational rehabilitation, deciding where telecommunication will be best placed in a process…

The convergence of telecommunications and computing technologies portends significant opportunities for an institution to distribute the computer capabilities and tools to individual participants (faculty, staff, and students) while linking them via telecommunications network, thus enabling each to be more effective. (MLW)

Distance educators should be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of new technologies as they design new programs. Two papers discuss a model for understanding the nature of the teaching and learning interaction and present a case study of the use of computer-mediated communication technology in the delivery of a graduate credit course. (JOW)

An approach is presented which uses the sociotechnical systems concept and a generic planning model as a guiding perspective in the implementation of computer-aided design and manufacturing technologies. (CT)

Describes a planning system to meet the training requirements of specialized project personnel. This training planning system provides for an organized assessment of personnel training needs and the use of all available training media. It also provides mechanisms to document acquired training and to develop new training resources. (EM)

Ways the education and training of information professionals can adapt to the rapidly changing information environment are addressed in this paper, which describes a project undertaken by King Research ("New Directions in Library and Information Science Education") to identify current and future competency requirements of librarians and…

This monograph presents five papers which focus on the importance of computers and technology as tools for increasing the amount and the quality of adult counseling, especially in the area of adult learning. The first paper, "Excellence, Equality, and Education: A Future for Counseling," by H. B. Gelatt, discusses the compatibility of the concepts…

Computer assisted career guidance (CACG) systems and other computer applications are becoming established components of counseling and guidance services. While technical details involved in software and hardware operations are usually attended to, problems resulting from interpersonal dynamics in the implementation process often contribute more to…

Recently the University of Wisconsin-Madison merged three existing but disparate technology-related units into a single division reporting to a chief information officer. The new division faced many challenges, beginning with the need to restructure the old units into a cohesive new organization. The restructuring process, based on structural…

Discusses a Houston Independent School District project that investigated the effectiveness of providing computers in computer-student ratios of 1-1, 1-two, or 1-three. Describes curriculum modifications and applications to drill and practice, tutorials, management, simulation, games, computer literacy, programing, and word processing in classroom…

The development and subsequent decline of instructional television in the public school system of American Samoa are described and evaluated. Specific decisions and their effects on educational television are examined and conclusions are drawn from the experience. (Author/BK)

The evaluation report of the European Community Action Programme for Education and Training for Technology (COMETT) examines COMETT program content, COMETT projects, and initial program impact. It was concluded that COMETT has alerted the educational sector and industry to benefits of cooperative training but that transnational cooperative…

This monograph has been developed to give educators a broad perspective of the technology education emphasis that is becoming prevalent in schools today, replacing industrial arts. The report is organized in four sections. The first section presents an overview of education in a highly sophisticated technological society. This section contains the…

A planning conference on technology in education resulted in specific recommendations to the National Institute of Education (NIE). 1) Technology offers the potential for amplifying individuality, expanding the scope and depth of the educational process, contributing system studies towards goal definition, and improvements in quality, equality of…

This document presents a conceptual framework for lifelong education in the USSR that is based on interfacing education on the one hand and the scientific and technological revolution on the other to create a system of lifelong education encompassing basic in-school and other less structured, nonformal programs. The impact of the increasing…