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Fickes, Mike – College Planning & Management, 2002
Uses the example of Dallas County Community College District to describe the computer hardware components needed to deliver online education. (EV)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Online Courses

Carbone, Nick – Computers and Composition, 1993
Outlines a first-day lesson plan for a first-year writing class in which the instructor engages students at the outset in building an electronic online community. Provides step-by-step methods and discusses specific advice for what to do and not to do within the context of achieving an online emphasis. (HB)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Freshman Composition

Davis, Chris – English Journal, 1995
Explains how high school students may learn to use the Internet as a resource for writing research papers, and considers some of the special problems and dangers the new medium poses. Reviews basic hardware information and procedures for getting started on the Internet. (TB)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Language Arts
Doles, Daniel T. – 1997
In the constantly changing world of technology, migration is not only inevitable but many times necessary for survival, especially when the end result is simplicity for both users and IT support staff. This paper describes the migration at Franklin College (Indiana). It discusses the reasons for selecting Windows NT, the steps taken to complete…
Descriptors: Computer Centers, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computers

Caverly, David C.; Broderick, Bill – Journal of Developmental Education, 1993
Explains how to access the Internet, discussing hardware and software considerations, connectivity, and types of access available to users. Describes the uses of electronic mail; TELNET, a method for remotely logging onto another computer; and anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP), a method for downloading files from a remote computer. (MAB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Peripherals, Computer Software
Soffin, Stan; And Others – 1987
Forty-eight Michigan newspapers were surveyed by telephone to determine their criteria in selecting online database services, type of personnel using them, training procedures, budgets, and perceptions of the impact of these services on the speed of writing stories and quality of reporting. Data collection involved two phases: (1) researchers…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computers, Database Producers, Databases

Ellis, R. Darin; And Others – Gerontologist, 1996
Provides background on the World Wide Web, reasons for its growth, its potential usefulness to gerontologists, and the results of an exhaustive search of over 300 sites. Relevant information was discovered in five general categories of gerontology-related information: academic institutions, government agencies, biomedical and health research…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Aging Education, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Schwartz, Edward – 1996
This book guides citizens in using the Internet for community, social, and political action. Following an in-depth introduction, chapters include: Chapter 1, "Getting Connected" and Chapter 2, "Tools," explain the two Internet tools central to organizing for activism--electronic mail lists and the World Wide Web, and the hardware and software…
Descriptors: Activism, Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Community Action
CAUSE/EFFECT, 1987
Both academic and administrative computing as well as network and communications services for the university are provided and supported by the Computer Services Division. Academic services, administrative services, systems engineering and database administration, communications, networking services, operations, and library technologies are…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Libraries, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Coffield, Kate – 1996
This paper traces an educator's experiences with computers over a span of 20 years, and describes the computerization of and concomitant obstacles faced by the Humanities department at the American University in Cairo, Egypt (AUC). The computerization of AUC began in the 1980s, with workstations mainly in the science, math, engineering, and…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Networks, Computer Peripherals, Computer Uses in Education
Gilbert, Philippe – 1996
Starting in the 1980s the online world has seen two models: the French model, Minitel, and the American model, Internet. At the end of 1995 the Minitel network was the biggest and oldest online service with 7 million users and 20,000 service providers; one year later, the Internet arrived. Tomorrow's online model will need to be: as familiar to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computers
Rose, Tony G. – 1996
Recent developments in media and communication technologies are set to revolutionize the provision of education and training. With modern technology, it is possible to deliver lectures, assignments, tutorials, simulations, and even the contents of the world's best libraries to anyone in possession of a modem and computer. Diminishing funding and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Distance Education
Lopeman, Holly – 1995
A survey of computer hardware and software access, network familiarity, and systems use was conducted to determine the optimum placement of two newly developed electronic Interlibrary Loan (ILL) forms at the Ohio State University Health Sciences Library. A sample of 205 ILL users were mailed a questionnaire, with a resultant 72% (n=148) response…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Computers, Access to Information, Computer Networks
Miami-Dade Community Coll., FL. – 1992
This book contains 37 papers on computer use in higher education originally presented at a May, 1992, conference of college and university computer users. Most of the papers describe programs or systems implemented at particular institutions and cover the following: systems for career planning, automating purchasing and financial commitments,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Career Information Systems, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs