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Enhancing Mobile Access to Information with the Short Message Service
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Brown, Jeff; Vetter, Ron; Saunders-White, Debra – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2008
This article describes the development of interactive text message applications at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. We describe how the university's information technology innovation program led to the formation of a faculty owned company in which the university holds an equity interest. Next, we discuss the collaborative development…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Access to Information, Information Technology, Telecommunications
PDAs and the Library Without a Roof.
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Foster, Clifton Dale – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1995
A project demonstrated the feasibility of accessing library information (online public access catalogs, commercial online databases, Internet) from a distance using handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs) equipped with cellular communication capability. The study is described, and other uses of wireless communications in libraries and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases
Distance Learning's Explosion on the Internet.
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Laws, Rita – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1996
A discussion of distance learning (DL) on the Internet outlines four steps in student use of DL on-line (self-education about DL, defining needs, choosing a program, finding and keeping resources and support), describes nine different DL applications on the Internet, and presents a bibliography of useful related books, journals, and software…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction