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Fuhr, Norbert – Information Processing & Management, 1999
Discussion of networked information retrieval and the interoperability of heterogeneous information-retrieval systems shows how differences concerning search operators and database schemas can be handled by applying data-abstraction concepts in combination with uncertain inference. Highlights include data types, data independence, schema…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Inferences, Information Retrieval

Jefferies, Pat; Hussain, Fiaz – Education + Training, 1998
Discusses how the Internet can be used to support learning and teaching and the motivation behind its adoption. Presents an analysis of feedback gained from 45 honors undergraduates' experiences using network technology. Outlines issues raised, including the need for culture change. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Higher Education, Instruction, Internet
Olsen, Florence – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2002
Discusses how colleges are struggling with an increasing number of attacks on their computer systems; as attacks increase, they face tough, expensive challenges in keeping intruders out. (EV)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Security, Computers, Crime
Charuhas, Chris – T+D, 2002
The number of companies offering computer, soft skills, and management training has exploded in the last decade. The Internet has fragmented the training marketing, creating ne niches and reducing barriers to access. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Networks, Educational Technology, Internet

Fjuk, Annita – Lifelong Learning in Europe, 1999
Networked computers and collaborative learning can best serve as catalysts for rethinking designs of new distributed learning situations and better quality of education. The long tradition of Soviet and Soviet-inspired psychology provides insights for theories explaining distributed and computer-mediated collaborative learning. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries
Hammond, Edward; Hall, John – American School & University, 1998
Examines the need for power reliability when educational facilities incorporate communications infrastructures. Telecommunications equipment placement and environmental conditions are addressed, as are the integrating of cable trays and conduit systems, developing surge-suppression, and building grounding systems. (GR)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Telecommunications

McFadden, T. G. – Library Trends, 2001
Discusses the need for a clear understanding of electronic networks for the effective use of online and Internet resources; describes some of the obstacles to effective learning inherent in these systems and in the conceptual tools users bring to their understanding; and considers metaphorical explanations and possible applications to Internet…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Networks, Internet, Learning Processes
Minarik, Alan; Stoll, Christina – Computers in Libraries, 2005
These pioneers set out to set up new communities in the virtual frontier. Now, more than 50 libraries serve as Web hubs for their local settlements. The communities we live in have changed over time. But no matter the size of the tallest building, no matter how advanced the infrastructure, they grew to that size from humble beginnings: a…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Services, Internet, Computer Networks
Hawkins, Brian L.; Rudy, Julia A. – EDUCAUSE, 2008
EDUCAUSE Core Data Service Fiscal Year 2007 Summary Report summarizes much of the data collected through the 2007 EDUCAUSE core data survey about campus information technology (IT) environments at 994 colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. The report presents aggregates of data through more than 100 tables and accompanying descriptive…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Systems, Information Technology, Classification
Chaudhary, Shreesh – TESL-EJ, 2008
Courses in Spoken English (SE) are yet to be acceptable in Indian universities because conducting session-end tests in SE is assumed to be logistically difficult and academically problematic. This article argues that it need not necessarily be so; session-end tests can be conducted just as in other courses. With voice recording, preferably a…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Networks, French, English (Second Language)
Heiberger, Greg; Harper, Ruth – New Directions for Student Services, 2008
Students today network with each other using technology as much as, if not more than, face-to-face communication. College administrators must not only recognize this phenomenon, but learn to use the variety of electronic media available in positive ways: to stay connected to college social networks, promote relevant events, and help students feel…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Social Networks, Student Participation, Theory Practice Relationship
Passarelli, Brasilina – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2008
Introduction: The ToLigado Project--Your School Interactive Newspaper is an interactive virtual learning environment conceived, developed, implemented and supported by researchers at the School of the Future Research Laboratory of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Method: This virtual learning environment aims to motivate trans-disciplinary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Student Research, Student Developed Materials
Koldehofe, Boris; Papatriantafilou, Marina; Tsigas, Philippas – Journal on Educational Resources in Computing, 2006
LYDIAN is an environment to support the teaching and learning of distributed algorithms. It provides a collection of distributed algorithms as well as continuous animations. Users can combine algorithms and animations with arbitrary network structures defining the interconnection and behavior of the distributed algorithm. Further, it facilitates…
Descriptors: Visualization, Mathematics, Animation, Computer Networks
Esteve, M.; Molina, B.; Palau, C.; Fortino, G. – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2006
To date e-Learning material has usually been accessed and delivered through a central web server. As the number of users, the amount of information, the frequency of accesses and the volume of data increase, together with the introduction of multimedia streaming applications, a decentralized content distribution architecture is necessary. In this…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Architecture, Internet, Information Management
Kurubacak, Gulsun – Journal of Educational Technology, 2007
This paper discusses culture, as a source of conflict than of synergy, and how it affects the use of new media to build digital citizenships. It also argues that the cultural dimensions of Geert Hofsteded, who demonstrates that there are national and regional cultural groupings that affect behavior of organizations, are very persistent across…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Intercultural Communication