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Development of a Browser-Based Mobile Audience Response System for Large Classrooms
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Andergassen, Monika; Guerra, Victor; Ledermüller, Karl; Neumann, Gustaf – International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 2013
Didactical advantages of audience response systems (ARS) have been discussed extensively ever since they have been used in classes. However, conventional ARS bear some drawbacks, such as requiring specific hardware, generating costs (text messaging based and web service fees) and creating a dependency on external hosts. In this paper we present a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Web Browsers, Handheld Devices, Audience Response Systems
Establishing a Peer Client-Server Internet Architecture for Virginia's Schools.
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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
TayNet: Establishing and Evaluating a Local Internet Service Provider.
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Marshall, Ian M.; Logan, Graham; Callison, Richard; Dobson, Malcolm – Internet Research, 1996
TayNet is a local service provider established to support the development of businesses in Tayside (Scotland) by providing local access to the Internet. This article discusses the network's hardware and software components, evaluates the pilot phase, provides performance and connection statistics for 45 audit participants, and describes technical…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Business, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries
Computer Networks as Instructional and Collaborative Distance Learning Environments.
Schrum, Lynne; Lamb, Theodore A. – Educational Technology, 1997
Reports on the early stages of a project at the U.S. Air Force Academy, in which the instructional applications of a networked classroom laboratory, an intranet, and the Internet are explored as well as the effectiveness and efficiency of groupware and computer networks as instructional environments. Presents the results of the first pilot tests.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Cooperation, Distance Education
Spreading the Benefits of Audiographics Distance Learning. A Final Report.
Bradshaw, Dean H.; Chow, Stanley H. L. – 1990
The audiographics distance learning system (ADL) was piloted by Far West Laboratory (FWL) in 1987-1989 at four school districts in the Great Basin region of Utah. This project was designed to: (1) further develop ADL planning materials for rural schools; (2) disseminate information about ADL to regional and national audiences; and (3) provide ADL…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Graphics, Computer Networks, Distance Education
Progress Report on The Long-Range Plan for Technology: A Report from the State Board of Education. Submitted to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker, and the Seventy-Third Texas Legislature.
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Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1993
"The Long-Range Plan for Technology" was adopted by the Texas State Board of Education in November 1988. This progress report details accomplishments through August 1992 in the following categories: (1) hardware procurement and purchase; (2) courseware adoption and provision; (3) training and certification; (4) delivery systems; and (5)…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Distance Education