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Verschoor, Irving A. – 1966
The study and recommendations for improved library service in Vermont are based on accepted library standards as well as a consideration of the state's unique pattern of library development. It is concluded that because the regional offices have no control over local libraries the concept of a larger unit of service does not exist, and it is…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Financial Support, Information Centers, Interlibrary Loans
Polcyn, Kenneth A. – 1973
Recent developments in the area of sophisticated communications technology present challenges to the imagination of every educator. This guide provides educational planners with an awareness and understanding of communication satellite technology, its current uses, and some of the tentative plans for educational experimentation. The first part…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Communications Satellites, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Synergetics, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1971
A literature search, made to provide a data base for a proposed nationwide educational telecommunications system, reviews and summarizes existing literature in the field. Educational telecommunications is divided into eight categories: instructional television, educational radio, telephone instruction, dial access information retrieval systems,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cable Television, Communications Satellites, Computer Assisted Instruction
Scott, Robert A. – 1977
The system of higher education in Agape (a fictitious name for a real place) is the result of a board of regents decision to consolidate eight campuses (two four-year and six community colleges) and to develop a coordinated program that would simplify admissions and make higher education available to all of its citizens. At the time of…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrative Problems, Boards of Education, College Admission
Porter, G. William – 1976
Development of a basic information system for vocational education through Project EDNEED (Empirical Determination of Nationally Essential Educational Data) is summarized in this first volume of a five-volume final report. Objectives of the project were to (1) determine the extent to which selected data questions represent the vocational education…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Educational Needs
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Amarasuriya, Nimala R. – Information Development, 1987
Discusses the need for access to scientific and technical information to attain national development goals in the Asia Pacific region, and outlines the objectives and program areas of a regional information network established by Unesco. Problems with the current system and future needs are identified. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Developing Nations, Industrialization
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Moreau, Dennis R.; Dominick, Wayne D. – Computers and Education, 1988
Reviews research and development projects sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that address microcomputer-based support for instructional activities at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Highlights include a graphics project, local area networks, and the Interactive Presentation Development System, which is…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software
US Department of Education, 2006
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the U.S. Department of Education (ED) has primary responsibility to ensure that Information Technology (IT) is acquired and information resources are managed in a manner consistent with statutory, regulatory, and Departmental requirements and priorities. This Department Information Resource Management (IRM)…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Information Management, Information Technology, Institutional Mission
Naidoo, Jordan – Center for Collaborative Education, 2002
Turning Points is a national design for middle school change, coordinated by the Center for Collaborative Education in Boston, Massachusetts, which serves as the National Turning Points Center. The design focuses on restructuring middle schools to improve learning, teaching, and assessment for all students. It is based on the seminal "Turning…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Educational Change, Instructional Improvement, Reflection
Hill, Bob, Ed. – 2003
This document contains eight papers from a conference on fugitive forms of social knowledge that was sponsored by the Adult Education Research Conference (AERC) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Allies Caucus. The welcome address, "Working Memory at AERC: A Queer Welcome...and a Retrospective" (Bob Hill), explores the…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Bisexuality
Illinois Occupational Skill Standards and Credentialing Council, Carbondale. – 2002
This document contains Illinois Occupational Skill Standards for occupations in the Information Technology Design and Build Cluster (technical writer, programmer, system analyst, network architect, application product architect, network engineer, and database administrator). The skill standards define what an individual should know and the…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Computer System Design, Data Processing Occupations
Singer, Steven A. – 1996
This study investigated the strategies used by three students in each of two college-level online writing classes, first-year composition for native speakers of English (NS) and first-year composition for speakers of English as a Second Language (ESL). Every paper written and reviewed with fellow students, every draft, and every peer critique was…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
Smith, Christine; Bingman, Mary Beth; Hofer, Judy; Medina, Patsy – 2002
The Practitioner Dissemination and Research Network (PDRN), a multi-year research and development effort, tested an innovative method of connecting research and practice. Included in the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy 1995 proposal, it began with an advisory group meeting in 1996. In 1997, South- and Northeast regions…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Cooperation
Utting, David, Ed. – 1996
These proceedings contain papers presented at a conference sponsored by the Family Policy Studies Centre in London, September, 1995, which brought together professionals to describe their parenting support or education projects which were part of the Department of Health's Parenting Initiative. Conference papers discussed the role of government in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Children, Community Programs
Tillyer, Anthea – 1995
The report describes a federally-funded project at Hunter College (New York) to develop an Internet and electronic mail-based resource for teachers of English as a Second Language (TESL). The program has three major components: (1) the TESL-L Electronic Discussion Forum, a list service operating on a simple e-mail program and offering teachers a…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Discussion Groups, Electronic Mail, English (Second Language)
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