Technological advancements are often regarded as positive, as they are usually expected to make life and business easier. While this can often be the case, it is not always true, and much of the improvement in the realm of technology comes from analysis of new technologies for effectiveness. "Technology Management in Organizational and…

This report reflects a multi-year collaborative effort between the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the eLearn Center of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya to help inform Iberoamerican educational leaders about significant developments in technologies supporting teaching, learning, and research in tertiary education. The report was produced to…

The New Media Consortium's Horizon Project is an ongoing research project that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have a large impact in education and other industries around the world over a five-year time period. The chief products of the project are the "Horizon Reports", an annual series of publications…

Introduction to videodisc and optical disk technology (information storage media which are able to handle word, data, image, and sound) cites articles written about videodisc and optical disk applications, instructional use, videodisc research, and information retrieval. A list of 30 suggested readings and additional information resources are…

This paper describes the development of textual information displays for home consumption on modified television receivers in Great Britain over the last few years, compares two systems in use there--Teletext and Viewdata--and discusses some future possibilities for such services in the U.S. as well as the U.K. British television equipment…

Describes the Navy's Military Personnel Records System (MPRS), an updatable micrographics system that is evolving into a sophisticated and innovative optical data disk automated personnel information system for officers and enlisted personnel. Highlights include current and proposed systems, their evolution, operating characteristics, and project…

This four-article section focuses on information storage capacity of the optical disk covering the information workstation (uses microcomputer, optical disk, compact disc to provide reference information, information content, work product support); use of laser videodisc technology for dissemination of agricultural information; encoding databases…

The microcomputer revolution promises to alter drastically the means of communicating and storing information in higher education. Ways in which computers can enhance faculty members' productivity include: (1) word processing; (2) information access; (3) electronic mail; (4) graphics; (5) accounting; and (6) learning. The response of faculty and…

The description of the day of a hypothetical college president and his intense use of microcomputers illustrates how the use of this technology may become integrated into administrative style and efficiency. (MSE)

College records continue to accumulate, and either new record-keeping technology must be implemented or new personnel hired. New technology is expensive, but not when capabilities, demands, and personnel requirements are considered. However, more advanced record-keeping necessitates more technically sophisticated staff. (Author/MSE)

A review of the literature for the past 7 years reveals that the computer serves several key functions in the newsroom. Its more dominant role is in word processing, or internal copy processing regardless of the source of the copy. Computers are also useful in reviewing documents for content analysis, for survey research in public opinion polls…

In an effort to increase the awareness of educators about the potential of electronic data processing (EDP) in education and acquaint the EDP specialists with current educational problems, this book discusses the routine uses of EDP for business and student accounting, as well as its innovative uses in instruction. A description of computers and…

This paper describes a college math and computer science educator's experience integrating multimedia materials in classroom instruction. It serves as a "tutorial" for non-computer science educators considering adding multimedia presentations to their instruction. The paper covers: the time commitment for developing and integrating multimedia…

A 1990 survey of 68 records management operations in Wisconsin indicates current practices regarding records retention schedules, retention audits, use of computers, record destruction practices, and the effects of federal legislation on records management operations. The 1990 survey results are compared to similar surveys in the 1970s and 1980s.…

In the 21st century, VIVOs (voice-in/voice-out computers using visual displays but no text) will make written language obsolete. Written language is essentially a technology created 6,000 to 10,000 years ago for storing and retrieving information. VIVOs will perform this same function more easily, efficiently, and universally without requiring…