Satellite courses enable New Jersey high school students and teachers in urban and small districts to take advanced-level courses that otherwise would not be available. The Satellite Educational Resources Consortium offers 35 inservice programs for teachers. (SI)

Reports a survey of three top U.S. academic library holdings of the U.S. telecommunications periodical press. Shows a dramatic decrease in the proportion of telecommunications titles during a time when these publications were increasing in number and price. Suggests that the research library-centered information system is being bypassed. (SR)

Distance learning systems are networks that transmit interactive instruction from one central location to multiple geographically separate ones. Lists steps for selecting and implementing distance learning in a school district that are based on experience in implementing TI-IN United Star Network's Star Schools project. (MLF)

Twelve school districts in Alberta are networked in a distance learning system that provides a wider range of programs to small schools in a cost effective manner. (MLF)

The domain of inter-university network services intended for the non-specialist is presented. "Network" and "telecommunication services" are introduced and the activities and prerequisites necessary to implement the services needed by the users are described. The provision of telecommunication services for the academic…

Describes legal challenges and opposition to the Communications Decency Act (CDA) provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Groups opposing the CDA provisions argue that forbidding the distribution of explicit materials over the Internet is a form of government censorship. World Wide Web sites that contain Telecommunications Act…

Focuses primarily on design issues and practical concerns involved in creating World Wide Web documents for use within an organization. Concerns for those developing Web home pages are: learning HyperText Markup Language (HTML); defining customer group; allocating staff resources for maintenance of documents; providing feedback mechanism for…

Four conference presenters discuss and define the concept and implementation of interactive television, focusing on transmission technologies; how one interacts with programs; who is involved with interactive television; and potential services enabled by new technologies. (JKP)

Suggests a variety of ways to increase interaction with distance learners on an interactive telecommunications system, based on experiences at the University of Maine at Augusta. Highlights include establishing the proper environment; telephone systems; voice mail; fax; electronic mail; computer conferencing; postal mail; printed materials; and…

Profiles computer usage at Tapawarea Area School, a small, rural, pre-K-12 school in New Zealand. A guided tour finds 14-year olds writing stories at individual terminals, several students participating in distance learning, older students teaching younger ones in forms 6 and 7, and a social studies class communicating with another school. (MLH)

Highlights the intellectual-property issues that will confront telecommunications networks, participating universities, and other programming contributors who produce and distribute educational programming via telecommunications. Suggests measures that can help shield these entities from copyright liability. (MLF)

Considers the demands the National Information Infrastructure will place on United States copyright law. Briefly reviews current copyright laws, then summarizes those areas that will be subject to the closest scrutiny in the process of adapting these laws to the future of telecommunications. (MLF)

Developing the National Information Infrastructure requires a broader understanding of standards development; and three models associated with software applications, the Internet, and facilities-based telecommunications are presented. Users are playing a growing role in standards activities, and consortia have emerged to accelerate standards…

Discussion of the adaptation of technology in higher education highlights a questionnaire that is intended to help determine how instructor-friendly video production facilities are and if they contribute to long-range voluntary faculty involvement. Based on experiences of the Courses via Telecommunications program at North Carolina State…

Discusses the evolution of real-time telephony and broadcast applications using the Internet; resulting issues and opportunities; and future implications for regulators, Internet users, and service providers. Topics covered include bandpass, packetized voice, IP structures, class D datagrams, software, technical parameters, legal and regulatory…