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Clarken, Rodney H.; And Others – 1987
Designed to promote the interchange of information and services among the people of the region, the Eastern Caribbean Center Telecommunications Project Network (ECCTP) utilizes a network of both audio and computer-linked nodes connected by telephone lines to deliver instruction to remote sites. This network has been used by ECCTP to conduct…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Development
Harris, John; Cundall, Peter – 2002
Learning networks are a proven way to deliver massively scalable blended learning solutions that have been successfully implemented in a variety of commercial situations. For learning challenges that involve educating hundreds of thousands of distributed learners across thousands of organizations, learning networks can enable the delivery of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Distance Education, Information Networks
Bozik, Mary – 1996
Currently every Area Education Agency, community college, and Regent University in Iowa is connected by a fiber optic system known as the Iowa Communications Network (ICN). Every semester, 7 to 13 college credit classes have been offered at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) via the ICN since 1993. In the Spring of 1995 seven classes (six…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Course Evaluation, Distance Education, Higher Education
Kuehn, Scott A. – 1988
Computer networks connecting members of a class can provide an effective, efficient means to exchange commentary, field and answer questions, submit and grade assignments, and post class information. Mainframe networks--large computers used by universities before the advent of microcomputers--serve the needs of many users at once. Mainframe users…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education
Barker, Philip – 2002
The electronic dissemination of information via computer networks is having a considerable impact on educational institutions in terms of the mechanisms that they are able to employ for course delivery. As a result of this, the number of courses that are taught electronically through the Internet and/or the World Wide Web has increased…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Distance Education, Educational Development
Kaye, Judith C. – 1996
This document chronicles a project called Model Nets, which studies the characteristics of computer networks that have a positive impact on K-12 learning. Los Alamos National Laboratory undertook the study so that their recommendations could help federal agencies wisely fund networking projects in an era when the national imperative has driven…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Weeden, Scott R. – 1996
According to author David Roochnik, the "tragedy of logos" refers to the condition of having a "logos" (meaning a view of the rational structure of the world) and colliding with its limits and limitations. The tragedy of logos arises when some event or experience shows that things are otherwise, because tragedy entails the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks
Bates, Tony – 1986
Two uses of computers for teaching in distance education are compared and contrasted: systems based on structured, pre-programmed learning materials, or computer-assisted learning, where the learner communicates as if with the computer; and systems based on the communications functions of computers, or computer-mediated communications systems…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Markkanen, Hannu; Donzellini, Giuliano; Ponta, Domenico – 2001
The mission of the NetPro European project is to develop project-based learning through the Internet. The NetPro project is creating tools and services to facilitate communication and collaboration between distant students, and to manage access and control of project deliverables. NetPro project teams form cross-institutional learning communities.…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Group Activities
Fishman, Barry J.; D'Amico, Laura M. – 1994
A suite of networked computer tools within a pedagogical framework was designed to enhance earth science education at the high school level. These tools give students access to live satellite images, weather maps, and other scientific data dealing with the weather, and make it easy for students to make their own weather forecasts by creating…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Sipress, Morton – 1995
This paper reports on student reaction to the use of computer programs in political science courses during 1991-1995 at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The courses were junior-senior level courses, except for the honors section. Three types of software were used: (1) simulations; (2) Internet materials; and (3) data processing software…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
Maddux, Cleborne D. – 1999
This paper presents an outline and a discussion of the philosophy and rationale for a course taught on Web design and production for teachers at the University of Nevada, Reno. Concepts illustrated on the demonstration page are listed, as are sites to which the main course page has links. Aids and cautions for instructors are provided. The problem…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Design Requirements
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Davies, Dick – 1994
Learning Network Design (LND) is a socially oriented methodology for construction of cooperative distance learning environments. The paper advances a social constructivist approach to learning in which learning and teaching are seen as a process of active communication, interpretation, and negotiation; offers a view of information technology as a…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Constructivism (Learning)
Blick, Eddie – 1995
This study aimed to catalog the nature of written message exchanges on a network computer bulletin board, HSJOURN, which caters mainly to high school journalism teachers and publications advisers. The study analyzed the content of messages between December 1993 and January 1995 and cataloged them in the following categories: announcements;…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Computer Networks, Content Analysis, Discussion Groups
Farquhar, John D.; And Others – 1996
The use of computers as a tool for learning has traditionally focused on individualized methods of instruction. Social interaction, however, is taking an increasingly important role in current learning theories and instruction prescriptions including computer-based delivery systems. Concurrent with these recommendations, global computer networks…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail
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