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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Accounting and Information Management Div. – 1994
The House Armed Services Committee asked the GAO (General Accounting Office) to examine the HPCC (High Performance Computing and Communications) program in terms of: (1) the effectiveness of the program's management structure in setting goals and measuring progress, and (2) how extensively private industry has been involved in the planning and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Federal Government, Futures (of Society)
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1994
Telecomputing means using a computer that is connected to the Internet or an online service. Examples of how some students use this technology are presented. Illinois high school students design their own science experiments. At a middle school in New Jersey, home and school links and small group collaborative learning are enhanced through…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. – 1994
This document presents the proceedings of a Congressional hearing on private sector initiatives to develop the National Information Infrastructure (NII) with a focus on understanding the nature of industry investment in the NII and how those investments will contribute to the Administration's goals for NII. Statements are provided by the following…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Competition, Computer Networks, Economic Opportunities
Simpson, Carol Mann – 1995
This guide introduces the library media specialist to the Internet, its history and features, and provides information on specific uses of the Internet in school libraries and specific areas. Section 1, "What is the Internet?" introduces the reader to the Internet; electronic mail; telnet; file transfer protocol (FTP); wide area…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail
Harper-Marinick, Maria, Ed.; And Others – 1994
Begun in 1988 to address issues of technology and education, the Maricopa County Community College District's (MCCCD's) Ocotillo program has expanded to provide a forum for faculty and staff to address general issues of the quality of learning and instruction in MCCCD through year-long committees on subjects of interest. This document features the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, College Planning, Community Colleges, Computer Networks
Hunt, Russell A. – 1992
Collaboration in writing is not confined to conventional multiple authorship and peer editing, but extends across the text to include its readers. Strong support for language development comes from dialogic situations in which student writing is created as a response to some other utterance, and yet classrooms rarely support such situations. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College English, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., Dublin, OH. – 1991
This report on some of the strategic planning decisions that OCLC has made for the 21st century begins by describing the evolution of OCLC from a pioneer in the computer revolution with its Online Union Catalog and Shared Cataloging System in 1971 to a system that currently has nearly 60 distinct offerings. Corresponding computer and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging
Ladner, Sharyn J.; Tillman, Hope N. – 1992
A five-page electronic questionnaire was sent to 113 special librarians who responded to "Call for Participation" announcements posted on nine computer conferences in July 1991 and a similar announcement in the August 1991 issue of the monthly newsletter of the Special Libraries Association. Fifty-four librarians completed the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Electronic Mail
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1991
Five papers from the 1990 CAUSE conference's Track III, Organization and Personnel are presented. The papers share ways in which professionals are preparing organizationally for the challenges and opportunities of managing information technology in the future, including such subjects as the kinds and availability of human resources that are…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, College Administration, Computer Networks
McCallon, Mark – 1993
The availability of serials through databases has provided libraries with a new format for acquiring information. The extent to which the growth in electronic databases can help the librarian control costs while meeting the demand of accrediting agencies was studied through an exploratory survey of the 48 specialized accrediting agencies of the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Computer Networks
Bergmann, Marilyn; Raleigh, Donna – 1998
Institutions offering distance education courses realize the value that well-trained and well-prepared faculty contribute to the success of their distance education programs. However, taking approximately a half-hour in the first session of any course to prepare the students for their distance education experience will add to the success of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning, Delivery Systems
Maurer, Hermann, Ed.; Olson, Richard G., Ed. – 1998
This proceeding of the third WebNet conference--WebNet 98--addresses research, new developments, and experiences related to the Internet, intranets, and extranets. The 265 contributions of WebNet 98 presented in this volume consist of the full and short papers accepted for presentation at the conference from a collection of more than 600 submitted…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Computer Networks, Computer System Design
Sadovnichy, Victor A.; Trukhin, Vladimir I.; Sandalov, Aleksandr N.; Sukhareva, Natalia A. – 1998
This paper discusses the concept of Information Communication Technology (ICT) supported education at the university level, focusing on Moscow State University (MSU). The technology and functions of the high performance network of the Physics Department at MSU are first described. The information block development concept for implementing open…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Resources
Technology & Innovations in Education, Rapid City, SD. – 1997
This Technology & Innovations in Education (ITE) publication is a description of how a strategic technology planning process unfolded in four small, rural South Dakota school districts -- Britton, Isabel, Langford, and Sioux Valley. Goals 2000 grants were allocated for each district to develop a technology-based school improvement plan,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Little, David – 1989
An applied linguistic framework is presented within which specific applications of media technologies may be applied to language learning. The first two parts of the paper focus on the impact of media on linguistic communication and the possibilities offered by media technologies such as newspapers, radio, television, telephone/telex, computer…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiovisual Aids, Broadcast Television, Computer Networks
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