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Download full textBrown, Dale W.; And Others – 1978
The experiences with ERIC which are profiled for three public school systems reflect specific user requirements in different environments. In "Meeting Professional Education Information Needs: A Profile of How the Alexandria, Virginia City Public Schools Use the ERIC System," Dale Brown discusses the types of searches used by…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Information Utilization
DuVall, Charles R. – 1981
This report describes and evaluates the Indiana Global Education Program which developed teacher in-service training sessions, dissemination networks, materials, and resource centers to strengthen global education in Indiana Schools. The emphasis in this report is on how elementary and secondary Indiana teachers used the ideas and materials which…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Elementary Secondary Education, Global Approach, Information Utilization
Hensley, Susan E.; Nelson, Carnot – 1979
Identified in this study are the factors which affect the user's capacity to seek out and utilize information, and the factors which serve as obstacles to information use. Factors relating to both organizational and individual use include level of use, user skills, and user motivation; differentiation of level of use is presented in three levels:…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Information Dissemination, Information Needs
Chow, Stanley H. L.; Sikorski, Linda A. – 1970
The Information Unit on Early Childhood Education was formed to provide practitioners in the field with a readily accessible source of information on new program developments, so that decisions about adopting programs might be based on a rational consideration of alternatives. The Unit contains the following features: a review of trends in early…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Early Childhood Education, Information Centers, Information Dissemination
Rogers, Donald D. – 1977
While many compensatory education programs have resulted in significant increases in achievement, few of these programs have been widely disseminated and/or adopted. Because designing, implementing, and evaluating programs is an expensive process, the failure to use exemplary programs results in a waste of resources. The problem is to reduce or…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Educational Finance
Bedarf, Erwin W.; Korotkin, Arthur L. – 1969
A report is presented of a study undertaken to analyze the future clearinghouse requirements of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system. Volume 1 describes research on the domains of future ERIC clearinghouses. A taxonomy of education was created, a sample of educational literature categorized by means of it, and 21 domains…
Descriptors: Classification, Clearinghouses, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Dillon-Peterson, Elizabeth; And Others – 1980
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education and the Lincoln, Nebraska, Public School System undertook a cooperative project to raise teachers' awareness and use of the ERIC data bases. The report describes project background and planning, project execution, and evaluation. Suggestions for future replication are also provided. Appendices provide a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Program on Information Technologies and Public Policy. – 1975
Research, teaching and communications activities of the Program on Information Technologies and Public Policy from September 1973 through September 1974 are reported and summarized. Background information on the program's structure, operating procedure, administration and finances also are provided. Research reports are subdivided by basic…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communications, Information Dissemination, Information Science
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Bureau of Educational Information Services. – 1975
Project SEIC (State Educational Information Center) was funded to increase the demand for and use of educational information, especially ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) information, and to make more cost effective the delivery of information services. To accomplish these goals, Project SEIC first assessed the state-of-the-art of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Computer Programs, Data Analysis, Delivery Systems
