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Gustafson, Kent L. – 1981
This paper, which updates and expands on a paper by Twelker and others that identified and described five instructional development (ID) models, presents a taxonomy for classifying ID models, comments on the limited degree of testing to which most ID models have been subjected, reviews 13 models, and provides a selected, annotated bibliography of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Instructional Development, Instructional Systems
Parsons, H. McIlvaine; Kearsley, Greg P. – 1981
The principal human factors engineering issue in robotics is the division of labor between automation (robots) and human beings. This issue reflects a prime human factors engineering consideration in systems design--what equipment should do and what operators and maintainers should do. Understanding of capabilities and limitations of robots and…
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Oriented Programs, Human Factors Engineering, Industry
Goldberg, Leonard M.; Rubin, Frank S. – 1978
This paper provides a current status report of the operational capability and use of the Time-shared, Interactive, Computer Controlled, Information Television (TICCIT)+10 system at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD), Gallaudet College, Washington, D.C. TICCIT+10 is a version of the TICCIT system, which was modified to meet the needs of…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Deafness
Franks, Edward W. – 1978
An extensive computer based education system (CBES) built around the IBM Coursewriter III program product at Ohio State University is described. In this system, numerous extensions have been added to the Coursewriter III language to provide capabilities needed to implement sophisticated instructional strategies. CBES design goals include lower CPU…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Flow Charts, Instructional Design
Madachy, James L.; Miller, J. Douglas – 1978
The creation and use of CAI and videotapes as methods for improving the English language skills of the hearing impaired during the past three and one half years at Gallaudet College are described. The first part of the paper discusses CAI as a working system within a total English language program; the second part discusses efforts to integrate…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Deafness, English (Second Language), Instructional Design
Wright, Robert B., Jr. – 1978
Career information needs to be systematized for individual understanding and use, structured at a rate and depth harmonious with the individual's development, and presented or displayed in a manner facilitating selection of pertinent information. This report presents some of the more salient characteristics of an information system which would…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Career Counseling, Career Planning, Computer Oriented Programs
Clark, Jay B. – 1979
This examination of the problems and opportunities of system organization from the viewpoint of public libraries provides a perspective on the growth of library networks, their administration, and the pressures that opposed their development in the 1970's. It identifies the requirements for their further development, and looks at the need for new…
Descriptors: Consortia, Information Systems, Library Administration, Library Cooperation
Levine, Gwen R. – 1980
User perception of data importance and the economic feasibility of hardware and storage devices will determine the future direction of online systems. A retrieval system's functions are ultimately dictated by database design. Early online sytems were designed for bibliographic information limited to citations only using sequential files. When…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Data Processing, Databases, Information Needs
Information Management, Inc., Burlington, MA. – 1967
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS A SET OF STATEMENTS ABOUT INFORMATION NEEDS, SYSTEM GOALS, SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS, AND SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL CHEMICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM. IN ITS PRESENT FORM, THE DOCUMENT CONSTITUTES A BASIS FOR FUTURE PLANNING. AS POLICY DECISIONS ARE MADE, TECHNICAL PROBLEMS SOLVED AND PLANS ARE ALTERED, THE…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Chemistry, Criteria, Information Centers
Williams, Richard C.; Bank, Adrianne – 1980
Various notions about the obstacles to, and the conditions needed for, school districts' linking of externally mandated testing and evaluation with instruction are discussed. Two major points are made, the first being that evaluation and testing communities must attend to the needs of administrators and teachers as they are manifest in the…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Information Utilization
Levine, Donald M. – 1979
This paper considers conceptual alternatives for the development of information systems for management and planning in schools. Four problem areas which have been encountered in the introduction and implementation of such systems are identified, including lack of information, lack of understanding, lack of tools for the redress of problems, and…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
Kauffman, Draper L., Jr. – 1978
Concepts of the human environment through a systems approach are presented. Principles of systems thinking which assist the student to study subjects with a comprehensive view of the way topics are interrelated with each other, rather than considering subjects in isolation, are discussed. Part One introduces systems concepts. Part Two deals with…
Descriptors: Ecology, Economics, Environment, Environmental Education
Whittenburg, John A.; Schumacher, Anne W. – 1968
One of the responsibilities of the National Science Foundation (NSF) is to support the effective dissemination of scientific information. The performance of this responsibility requires NSF to evaluate alternative information systems/services which are proposed for this purpose. This responsibility necessitates making decisions which are similar…
Descriptors: Administration, Decision Making, Guidelines, Information Systems
Rostker, Bernard – 1975
The paper provides the basic concepts and structure of an evaluative-management information system that meets the needs of vocational rehabilitation program and project managers and allows inter- and intra-program and project comparisons. Cost-benefit analysis has not (1) provided managers with relevant information upon which to base their…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Management Information Systems
Searle, Barbara; And Others – 1975
This report describes the activities of the Radio Mathematics Project of the Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences (IMSSS) during the 1974-75 fiscal year. This project is funded by AID for the purposes of (1) developing and testing a cost-effective system of radio instruction in elementary mathematics for developing countries,…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Radio, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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