Suggestions are provided for college development offices interested in linking an office word processing system with the institution's main computer system. These include researching needs, leasing versus purchasing, obtaining equipment, and making the most of the system obtained. (MSE)

This summary of report prepared for the 97th Congress presents two conclusions: the information revolution, driven by rapid advances in communication and computer technology, is profoundly affecting American education; and information technology can improve and enrich educational services, distributing education and training into such new…

Describes applications of new technology to information handling on the basis of two trends--the miniaturization of electronic circuits and the shift from analog to digital modes of communication. Information technologies discussed are microcomputers, word processors, telecommunications, storage technologies, databases, videotex, and teletext.…

Care must be taken to select technology appropriate to the teaching task in distance education. Five principles of media selection are: increasing student-system interaction, matching the medium with the materials, reducing duplication, choosing the most direct channel, and developing user-friendly systems. Interactiveness and efficiency of…

Discusses reasons for library involvement in the development of videotex in Canada, and proposes the use of a hypothetical videotex system with library staff and patrons as a closed user group to provide data for evaluating the impact of videotex on library services. Notes and 10 references are provided. (CHC)

The mechanization of the finance industry, transportation, distribution of goods, and telecommunications is discussed in relation to government's role, interactions among dependent parties, and nature of electronic and non-electronic technologies influencing the industries/institutions. Topics include checking, moving containers, universal product…

Discusses organizational growth in communications in the context of technological innovation and institutional evolution. Notes that firms are conglomerating and elaborating their administrative structures. Focuses on these trends and how they affect the telecommunications community and the interdependent actions of government and business firms.…

Despite deregulation, major barriers to the growth of U.S. information industries are not being addressed or are being addressed badly. As a result, the full potential of one of our highest productivity industries and its contribution to national productivity are not being realized. (PD)

Presents the minimum information necessary for the newcomer to digital technology to bluff his way through a conversation. Terminology explained with a minimum of technical detail includes digits, analogs, digital numbers, the effect of noise, sampling, telecommunications, and digitalized information. (MER)

Discusses factors involved in the decision to use electronic media in educational marketing. Explains the use of public service programing and paid commercials, including the information needed from the station, the possibility of in-house production, and methods of choosing the medium and air time to purchase. Mentions alternative media and…

Discusses the evolution of the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC), an organization which undertakes the supportive service of encouraging instructional computing activity in schools and colleges throughout the state. MECC's role in developing a statewide time-sharing network and in supporting large scale acquisition of…

Introduces the concepts of extensiveness, effectiveness, and endurance as the three phases of an innovation diffusion process. Research on educational uses of print, telecommunications, films, and video and computer technologies is reviewed and the implication of the 3-phase concept for technological innovations and evaluation is discussed.…

The author discusses four instructional delivery systems which have proven successful in the education of hearing impaired students--computer assisted instruction (CAI), overhead projection, television, and telecommunications. (SB)

Outlines the responsibilities of various government organizations and agencies that play a major role in the international arena. Speculates on the impact of the policymaking structure, with its recent changes, on that arena. (JMF)

Presents several anticipated problems to be handled at the 1979 World Administrative Conference including an orbital allocation plan, political and ideological issues concerning sovereignty and prior consent, spectrum assignments, and sharing of TV frequencies with land mobile radio. (JMF)