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Johnson, L.; Adams Becker, S.; Cummins, M.; Estrada, V.; Meira, A. – New Media Consortium, 2012
This report reflects a collaborative research effort to help inform Brazilian educational leaders about significant developments in technologies supporting teaching, learning, and creative inquiry in primary and secondary education. In an effort that ran from August through October 2012, a carefully selected group of 30 experts considered hundreds…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Federal Communications Commission, 2010
In early 2009, Congress directed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to develop a National Broadband Plan to ensure every American has "access to broadband capability." Congress also required that this plan include a detailed strategy for achieving affordability and maximizing use of broadband to advance "consumer welfare, civic…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Computer Networks, Information Technology, Federal Programs
Windhausen, John, Jr. – EDUCAUSE, 2008
This white paper proposes bringing the federal government, state governments, and the private sector together as part of a new approach to making high-speed Internet services available across the country. It proposes the creation of a new federal Universal Broadband Fund (UBF) that, together with matching funds from the states and the private…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Telecommunications, Public Sector, Partnerships in Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. – 1993
This document contains transcriptions of testimony and prepared statements on national technology policy with a focus on President Clinton and Vice President Gore's initiatives to support the development of a national information infrastructure. On the first day of the hearing testimony was received from Edward H. Salmon, Chairman, New Jersey…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Government Role, Information Networks, Information Technology
Ladner, Sharyn – 1989
In 1988 the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Networking Committee conducted a survey of association members to identify important networking issues and concerns. The survey results, presented in this report, were intended to assist the SLA Board of Directors in determining future directions for the association to take with respect to…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Information Networks, Librarians, Library Associations
Johnson, Bruce; Sharp, Colin – 1987
This two-phase study of the use of networks and information retrieval systems by schools in Australia was designed to inquire as to the extent that schools are using all available networks; how appropriate and effective these sources of information are for schools; how costly such services might be; and what developments can be reasonably expected…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Networks
Lehrer, Ariella – Classroom Computer Learning, 1988
Discusses some of the reasons why some schools are using their computers to form local area networks (LANs). Presents some low-cost alternatives to full-fledged networking systems. (TW)
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Information Management and Technology Div. – 1991
This report was prepared in response to a request from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and from the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for information on efforts to develop high-speed computer networks in the United States, Europe (limited to France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. – 1991
The report of these two hearings on high definition information systems begins by noting that they are digital, and that they are likely to handle computing, telecommunications, home security, computer imaging, storage, fiber optics networks, multi-dimensional libraries, and many other local, national, and international systems. (It is noted that…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Science, Computer System Design, Digital Computers
Charp, Sylvia; Hines, I. J. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1988
Discussed are the factors to be considered when establishing a computer network. Considered are telecommunications, in general, along with channels, switching, packet switching, transmission, multiplexing, and local area networks (LANS). (TW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines

Walsh, John – Science, 1988
Discusses the addition of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration database to the National Science Foundation's NSFnet data communication network. Outlines the history of databases in the United States and enumerates proposed upgrades from a new Office of Science and Technology policy report. (TW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computers, Databases, Government Role

California State Planning Commission for Educational Technology. – 1992
The California Planning Commission for Educational Technology was established by state legislation (AB 1470) in 1989 to develop a California Master Plan for Educational Technology for K-12 education, the California Community Colleges, the University of California, and the California State University. The Commission discussed multiple issues;…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Computer Networks, Educational Planning, Educational Technology
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1989
The Office of Technology Assessment is conducting an assessment of the effects of new information technologies--including high performance computing, data networking, and mass data archiving--on research and development. This paper offers a view of the issues and their implications for current discussions about Federal supercomputer initiatives…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Information Networks
University of Southern California, Marina del Rey. Information Sciences Inst. – 1986
Summaries of research performed by the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California for the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency in 17 areas are provided in this report: (1) Common LISP framework, an exportable version of the Formalized Software Development (FSD) testbed; (2) Explainable Expert…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Washington, DC. – 1992
This report offers advice on the strengths and weaknesses of the High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) initiative, one of five presidential initiatives launched in 1992 and coordinated by the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology. The HPCC program has the following objectives: (1) to extend U.S.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Appropriate Technology, Computer Networks, Industry