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2002
The Media Management and Economics Division of the proceedings contains the following 8 papers: "Anatomy of a Death Spiral: Newspapers and Their Credibility" (Philip Meyer and Yuan Zhang); "A Case-Study Analysis of Divestiture Determinants & Strategies of Major Media Firms, 1996-2000" (Daphne Eilein Landers); "Managing…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Credibility, Film Industry, Higher Education
Miller, Elizabeth B. – 2001
Updated and expanded, the 2001-2002 edition of this directory is the eighth in a series of annual publications for identifying the most current, appropriate, and trustworthy Web sites for integration into the school curriculum. The directory presents a broad sampling of some of the best Internet resources for educators, school library media…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Sources
Oyama, Keizo, Ed.; Gotoda, Hironobu, Ed. – 2001
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative has helped to create a community of people united in the common purpose of promoting cross-disciplinary resource discovery. DC-2001, the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2001, is the first annual Dublin Core meeting in Asia, recognizing the growth of activities in the Asian…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Information Sources
Flores, Jayne; Karr-Kidwell, PJ – 2001
This document represents a Web site for Chisholm Trail Intermediate School (Keller Independent School District (KISD), Fort Worth, Texas). The first part of the document provides an introduction that discusses the importance of the communication environment and the sense of community that can be created within education. This section also…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Policy, Educational Resources, Intermediate Grades
Evans, Nancy R.; Tuzi, Frank – 2001
The focus of this paper is the combination of oral and written response and technology, the components that form electronic feedback, and their possible benefits to business. The paper proposes that Web writing applications can provide numerous benefits to businesses and increase the communication and management of that communication. With the…
Descriptors: Business, Computer Mediated Communication, Group Activities, Group Discussion
Nussbaum, E. Michael; Hartley, Kendall; Sinatra, Gale M.; Reynolds, Ralph E.; Bendixen, Lisa D. – 2002
The potential of online discussions to prompt greater reflection of course material is often stymied by a tendency of students to agree with one another rather than formulating counterarguments. This study reports an experiment using note starters and elaborated cases to encourage counterargumention. A note starter is a drop-down form field that…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Discussion, Educational Psychology, Higher Education
de Carvalho, Joaquim; Cordeiro, Maria Ines – 2002
This paper discusses the role of XML in library information systems at three major levels: as are presentation language that enables the transport of bibliographic data in a way that is technologically independent and universally understood across systems and domains; as a language that enables the specification of complex validation rules…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Bibliographic Utilities, Information Systems
Kondrup, Ruth – 2002
The basic ideas of the project described in this paper are to establish Internet connections to libraries in developing countries, to give access to information and to organize training of staff. Technical solutions with radio and microwave Internet connections have been established. Access to on-line journals has been established by the PERI…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Internet, Library Development
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2003
This participant's guide includes: "Introduction: Welcome to Cash Management Life Cycle Training"; "Module 1: Review of Cash Management Principles" (cash management overview and activity); "Module 2: Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) System Overview" (e.g., full participants and phase-in participants, COD…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Aid, Higher Education, Internet
Schaller, David T.; Allison-Bunnell, Steven – 2003
Since the World Wide Web became in 1994 the first new mass medium since television, online learning design has evolved at Internet speed, taking in less than a decade what it took exhibit design over a century to develop in sophistication. Although virtual exhibits consisting of pictures and text are still common, educational Web designers…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Exhibits, Instructional Design, Learning Activities
Castano, Marianne S. – 2003
This paper describes the experiences of researchers conducting research using an online course for the professional development of middle school mathematics and science teachers. The paper also offers recommendations to developers of course management systems (CMS). The online course focused on strategies that promoted gender equitable pedagogy…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Database Management Systems, Mathematics Teachers, Middle School Teachers
Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington, DC. Digital Library Federation. – 2000
Thirty leaders of museums and libraries met at the Chicago Historical Society (October 5-7, 1999) to discuss common questions and concerns about digitization of collections and explore the ways that the World Wide Web is affecting their collection-based institutions. This report presents the papers, under the headings of…
Descriptors: Information Management, Libraries, Library Collections, Museums
Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning, Aurora, CO. – 2000
This study was conducted to examine the need and feasibility of creating a unique evaluation Web site to support the needs of districts and schools recently funded under the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program (CSRD). The federal requirement that CSRD funded schools and districts carry out comprehensive evaluation of their reform…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Methods, Feasibility Studies, Information Dissemination
Yu, Clement; Sharma, Prasoon; Meng, Weiyi; Qin, Yan – 2001
This paper considers the processing of digital library queries, consisting of a text component and a structured component in distributed environments. The paper concentrates on the processing of the structured component of a distributed query. A method is proposed to identify the databases that are likely to be useful for processing any given…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Electronic Libraries, Information Processing
McLoughlin, Catherine – 1999
Scaffolding is a form of temporary support offered to a learning to assist in the process of becoming a skilled practitioner. Traditionally, the most common form of learning has been apprenticeship, where a novice learns through active participation in a task, initially only peripherally, and then assuming more control and ownership. Originating…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Practices, Educational Theories, Online Systems
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