To improve services and reduce costs, Babson College (Massachusetts) has begun continuous quality improvement and reengineering, moving rapidly toward a client/server information technology environment and Internet/Intranet-enabled business processes. The evolution of the strategy and its products, underlying technologies, and development process…

Summarizes the steps that administrators and district-level leaders need to implement to ensure equitable, effective and cost-conscious implementation of technology. Highlights include: creating a shared vision; monitoring influences that affect technology use; funding; staff involvement; strategic planning; establishing minimum competencies;…

Describes a demonstration given by two university librarians to faculty and researchers at the City University of New York on the use of the World Wide Web as a research tool. The demonstration, using the library's newly created home page, focused on virtual libraries that give access primarily to on-line research resources. (MSE)

Provides a concise overview of the potential role of the Internet for helping geography students in their studies. Briefly describes and discusses e-mail communication with groups and individuals, downloading databases, researching information for assignments, publishing on the World Wide Web, and virtual fieldwork. Lists a number of useful Web…

A number of universities now require all students to have computers, charging additional tuition to cover costs of hardware, networking, and technical support. Despite frustrations of extensive computer systems and technological change, most feel the programs are worthwhile and address the limitations of campus computer labs. Laptops have become…

Describes a multimedia unit for middle school students that explores prejudice and intolerance in American history. Highlights include the creation of HyperCard stacks; the use of technology; differentiated curriculum to meet the needs of students with diverse capabilities; and student reactions. (LRW)

A survey of university economic students given the chance to use computer assisted instruction (CAI) for supplemental study determined that black students spent less time using CAI, while students who were older, who had greater access to computers, who had taken a course in computer operations, and who highly rated the importance of CAI to their…

This introduction to a Distance Education special report on videoconferencing discusses the development of videoconferencing; its application in television, education, business, military, and law enforcement; and recent low-cost desk-top videoconferencing and videoconferencing via the Internet. Outlines the report's focus: videoconferencing…

Argues that educational computing research has not kept up with the growing importance of educational technology. Examines criticisms of the research: the overtly optimistic tone permeating the majority of the literature, the avoidance of qualitative methodologies, and the distrust of a more theoretical analysis of the role of the computer in…

Examined effects of combining cross-age tutoring, peer tutoring, cooperative learning, and computer-mediated writing in a peer-assisted learning package on writing skills of second through sixth graders with learning disabilities. Found that the treatment group enjoyed working with partners, asked each other for help, had friendships extending…

Reports on a project in which children develop instructional technology skills while learning a great deal of science. Explains how children construct a multimedia presentation on the topic of invertebrates. (DDR)

Summarizes points made by various commentators about the pitfalls of Web teaching. Critiques the integration of computer-assisted instruction into the larger curriculum, the quality of World Wide Web resources for teaching biochemistry, and the assessment of computer-assisted instructional components. (DDR)

This article describes Electronic Networks for Interaction (ENFI), a system providing a local area computer network within a classroom of deaf students to provide real-time written communication and allow students a variety of opportunities to use writing for natural communication purposes. (DB)

Discusses changes that have taken place within library systems as a consequence of the emergence of new computer-based technologies. Highlights include using electronic documents; electronic libraries; digital projects; educational applications; and a case study of OASIS (Open Access Student Information Service), a document handling system in the…

Ohio SchoolNet is a state-funded partnership to encourage and support local school improvement. The project's $95 million cost is being funded through bond sales. By the end of 1999, SchoolNet will have facilitated the installation of networking technology in all public K-12 schools and classrooms across Ohio. (MLF)