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Olsen, Florence – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
A new study identifies and ranks the 10 security gaps responsible for most outsider attacks on college computer networks. The list is intended to help campus system administrators establish priorities as they work to increase security. One network security expert urges that institutions utilize multiple security layers. (DB)
Descriptors: Colleges, Computer Networks, Computer Security, Crime Prevention
O'Donovan, Eamonn – Technology & Learning, 2000
Provides an overview of school networking options and explores what speedier broadband technologies mean for education. Topics include Ethernet; wireless options for connection to the Internet; local area networks; wide area networks; phone lines; satellite access; cable modems; digital subscriber line (DSL); and funding networks through the…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Internet
Coffman, Steve – American Libraries, 1999
Describes customer call centers that provide customer service and support in business and considers how their routines could be adapted to library operations. Topics include centralized staff; interactive voice response; automated call distribution; question analysis; sophisticated software; training and monitoring; telephone reference; and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Library Networks, Library Services
Lyons, Patrice A. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1998
Discusses the use of computer networking such as the Internet for the creation and dissemination of copyright works. Topics include the need for data structures for organizing and identifying units of digital information; and the copyright status of original works of authorship structured as digital objects. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Copyrights, Information Dissemination
Okamura, Norman H.; Mukaida, Lori Van Dusen – ED, Education at a Distance, 1996
Describes the Pan-Pacific Education and Communication Experiments by Satellite (PEACESAT), a public service telecommunication program developed to facilitate the use of telecommunications and information technologies. Highlights include the historical development; digital capabilities; cooperation and collaboration with users, government, and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Cooperation, Government Role, Information Technology

Stull, William A.; And Others – Business Education Forum, 1996
This article introduces potential uses of the World Wide Web for marketing education, presents tips for navigating the web, and provides a sample of useful applications. Also provides suggestions for monitoring student use of the web. (JOW)
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Networks, Information Sources, Marketing

Ansenberg, Dania; Branch, Jennifer L.; Silvennoinen, Anneli; Wilson, Kay; McClurg, Kati; Baffour-Awuah, Margaret; Clyde, Anne; Free, John; Oberg, Dianne – School Libraries Worldwide, 2000
These nine articles present narrative accounts of typical days in the working life of school librarians from all over the world. Includes school librarians, teacher-librarians, network librarians, Peace Corps volunteers, and Webmasters, as well as a report from the IASL (International Association of School Librarianship) Web site. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Global Approach, Librarians, Personal Narratives

Lackie, Paula – Social Science Computer Review, 1998
Describes paperless classes developed at Carleton College that augment traditional classes by giving students and faculty the ability to share digital course-related materials via the campus computer network. Presents a case study of a managerial economics course, and includes problems with various aspects of the course and solutions. (LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Networks, Courseware, Delivery Systems

Kennedy, Kit – Journal of Library Administration, 1999
Discusses how the library vendor's role is expanding to encompass a more active coaching component in a digitized environment. Topics include centrality of the reader; professional expectations for librarians; and coaching in the areas of bibliography information, licensing, networking, product/service awareness, and industry/market advice. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Librarians, Library Role
Kahn, Robert E.; Lyons, Patrice A.; Brahms, Ewald; Brand, Amy; van den Bergen, Mieke – D-Lib Magazine, 2001
Includes four articles that discuss the use of digital objects to represent value in a network environment; digital library initiatives at the central public funding organization for academic research in Germany; an application of the Digital Object Identifier System; and the Web site of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Scientific and Technical Information
Hodgson, Vivien; Reynolds, Michael – Studies in Higher Education, 2005
The article reviews the popularity in networked learning designs for values of collaboration, and in particular, of community. Examples of this are drawn from the networked learning literature, highlighting corresponding arguments for networked learning providing the basis for a more democratic ethos within higher educational programmes. The…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Learning Processes, Computer Networks, Higher Education
Svetcov, Eric – Technology & Learning, 2005
This article provides a list of the essential steps to keeping a school's or district's network safe and sound. It describes how to establish a security architecture and approach that will continually evolve as the threat environment changes over time. The article discusses the methodology for implementing this approach and then discusses the…
Descriptors: Costs, Computer Networks, Computer Security, Educational Technology

Roschelle, Jeremy; Penuel, William R.; Abrahamson, Louis – Educational Leadership, 2004
Classroom network requires every student to think actively, which enhances student participation in mathematics and science. Classroom-specific networks use software designed to enhance communication between teacher and students.
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Mathematics Education, Science Education, Computer Software
Dreyfus, Stuart E. – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2004
The author proposes a neural-network-based explanation of how a brain might acquire intuitive expertise. The explanation is intended merely to be suggestive and lacks many complexities found in even lower animal brains. Yet significantly, even this simplified brain model is capable of explaining the acquisition of simple skills without developing…
Descriptors: Brain, Experiential Learning, Reinforcement, Coping
Foster, Andrea L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2005
U.S. Supreme Court justices struggled in a lively debate with how to balance the competing interests of the entertainment industry and developers of file-sharing technology. Some justices sharply questioned whether it was fair to hold inventors of a distribution technology liable for copyright infringement, while others suggested that it was wrong…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Computer Networks, Court Litigation, Hearings