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Miller, Greg; Miller, Wade – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2000
Surveys of Iowa secondary agriculture teachers in 1994 (n=102), when the Iowa Communications Network (ICN) began, and 1997 (n=141) showed that increased access to ICN did not increase its use. In both years, teachers identified obstacles to its use, including scheduling coordination, training, and preparation time. (SK)
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Computer Networks, Delivery Systems, Distance Education
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Olorunsola, R.; Adeoti-Adekeye, A. – Internet Research, 1997
Before Nigeria can connect to the World Wide Web, it must have a national computer network and a series of organization-based intranets. This letter assesses Nigeria's communications infrastructure; discusses what is being done to improve it; and credits its shortcomings to low university funding, rising computers costs, currency exchange rates,…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Costs, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries
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Levine, L. E.; Mazmanian, V.; Miller, P.; Pinkham, R. – T.H.E. Journal, 2000
Discusses the redesign of a calculus course at Stevens Institute of Technology to take advantage of the requirement that all students have laptop computers. Highlights include the use of computer technology; Web site development; computer technology as an enhancement to learning and teaching; and the use of networked laptop classrooms. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Calculus, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
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Lewis, Joan D. – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1996
This guide to the Internet for educators and parents of gifted children covers e-mail, talk, listservs, news groups, bulletin boards, Telnet, Gopher, World Wide Web, Mosaic, Netscape, file transfer protocol, and WAIS (Wide Area Information Service). Examples of sites for educators are included throughout the article. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Discussion Groups, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Wulf, Katie – Training and Development, 1996
Uses of the Internet for training include electronic mail, bulletin boards, downloading of course materials, interactive tutorials on websites, and real-time conferencing using Multi-User Object Oriented Environments. Some companies use "intranets," internal corporate websites to deliver training. (SK)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Corporate Education, Delivery Systems
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Wang, Shouhong – Internet Research, 2000
Shifting between different linkages of the partners for satisfying a need is the major characteristic of the virtual organization, and meta-management beyond the individual organizational level must be applied in order to optimize the benefit for the entire organizational network. Presents a meta-management support framework based on the…
Descriptors: Administration, Business, Computer Networks, Information Technology
Van Horn, Royal – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Supplements a previous column's laundry list of bad technology ideas with further provisos: fixating on processor speed; relying on user support; developing non-visionary long-range technology plans; leaving people out of long-range planning; and concentrating technology at the center of a network. (MLH)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computers, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
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Simco, Greg – Internet and Higher Education, 2000
Describes the work of the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) to create Internet 2, with high speed networks, quality applications, and group collaboration. Topics include the Internet 2 technologies; advanced applications; middleware; the advanced network initiative; and partnerships between the academic, corporate,…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Futures (of Society), Government Role
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Maughan, George R.; Petitto, Karen R.; McLaughlin, Don – New Directions for Higher Education, 2001
Describes the connectivity features and options of modern campus communication and information system networks, including signal transmission (wire-based and wireless), signal switching, convergence of networks, and network assessment variables, to enable campus leaders to make sound future-oriented decisions. (EV)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Information Networks
McCampbell, Bill – Principal Leadership, 2001
Blended e-learning approaches combine the power of the Internet with existing class events or assignments. Inexpensive tools include electronic mail, keyboarding instruction, online research, streamed video or audio clips, message boards, chat rooms, scanned class reading assignments, and online assessments. IT buzzwords are decoded. (MLH)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education
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Luker, Mark A. – EDUCAUSE Review, 2004
The Homepage column in the March/April 2003 issue of "EDUCAUSE Review" explained the national implication of security vulnerabilities in higher education and the role of the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force in representing the higher education sector in the development of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. Among…
Descriptors: Law Enforcement, Higher Education, National Security, Computer Security
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Fox, Steve – Studies in Higher Education, 2005
The article provides an actor-network critique of ideas on community that are influential in higher education and draws implications for networked learning theory and practice. Networked learning is examined as an educational movement which contains alternative models of learning but which offers to create a sense of virtual community within the…
Descriptors: Models, Learning Theories, Higher Education, Criticism
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Cortez, C.; Nussbaum, M.; Lpez, X.; Rodrguez, P.; Santelices, R.; Rosas, R.; Marianov, V. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2005
Efforts to improve the educational process must focus on those most responsible for implementing it: the teachers. It is with them in mind that we propose a face-to-face computer-supported collaborative learning system that uses wirelessly networked hand-held computers to create an environment for helping students assimilate and transfer…
Descriptors: Teachers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teacher Student Relationship, Classroom Environment
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Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Huanga, Tony C. K.; Tseng, Judy C. R. – Computers and Education, 2004
With the advent of network technologies, many educational web sites have been developed to assist students in the learning of subjects on computer networks. However, without proper aid, students may have difficulty in selecting appropriate web sites, that are of benefit to them; hence, studying, evaluating and recommending educational web sites…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Computer Networks, Evaluation Methods, Participative Decision Making
Panettieri, Joseph C. – Campus Technology, 2007
University CIOs and their municipal counterparts will need to ensure that broadband systems provide plenty of bandwidth for hundreds of different devices used by thousands--and perhaps even millions--of users. Some university WiFi networks are already clogged with too many users. Moreover, universities must somehow provide wireless network access…
Descriptors: Privacy, Telecommunications, Computer Networks, Computer Security
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