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Adams, Brian – Computer Education, 1983
Five Birmingham (England) schools took part in a project to bring word processors/processing to secondary schools. Topics discussed related to this project include staff training, factors related to word processor selection, hardware repair/maintenance, keyboard training, and others. Reports from word processor users and a list of course…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Course Objectives, Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions
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Dain, Jo Anne – Community and Junior College Journal, 1983
Describes Truckee Meadows Community College's word processing center, in which students are trained in modern word processing techniques on the same equipment that meets the college's needs for a sophisticated computerized system. Considers equipment, safeguards, advantages, and current and potential uses of the center. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Management Systems
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Smith, Susan Belasco – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1992
The shift from limited-capacity personal computers to powerful workstation technology offers an environment for writing instruction that allows networking, simultaneous performance of many tasks, and tools for designing custom lessons and individual applications. At Allegheny College (Pennsylvania), a first-year writing course is supported…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Freshman Composition, Higher Education
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Staudt, Ronald W. – Journal of Legal Education, 1985
The potential for application of computer skills in legal practice is outlined, the process of planning and equipping a microcomputer laboratory in a law school is discussed, and several experimental programs using computers in the law school classroom are described. (MSE)
Descriptors: Business Administration, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Decision Making
Goldsmith, Marc; Robertson, Ann – 1988
Since spring 1987, Mitchell College has included a computer laboratory component in its basic writing curriculum to teach students word processing skills. The development of the program posed a number of challenges: (1) introducing word processing to all students without revising the curriculum; (2) designing a computer facility that could serve…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Microcomputers, Private Colleges
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1985
This teacher handbook provides recommended goals and objectives and suggested measures for competency-based courses in the vocational program area of business and office education. A background and overview section contains the philosophy and rationale, discusses thinking skills and programs for exceptional children, and provides notes that…
Descriptors: Accounting, Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration, Business Communication
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1987
Abstracts are provided for 16 bilingual vocational education projects offered in 1987-88. Each abstract provides information on: grantee; state; project title; project director, address, and telephone number; project officer and U.S. Department of Education address; language group(s) served; occupational skills area(s); length of training cycle…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Auto Mechanics, Bilingual Education