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Branch, Philip; Durran, Jennifer – 1996
Many educational institutions have a substantial personal computer (PC) network that can be adapted to provide digital video on demand, as well as PCs that can be used as video on demand clients. To gain insight into the issues involved in using this technology in an educational environment that relies heavily on video, a simple, low cost video on…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer System Design
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1995
SchoolNet is a state-funded partnership that will facilitate the installation of computer and communications networking technology in public schools and classrooms across Ohio and coordinate its use. SchoolNet seeks to provide Ohio students with expanded course offerings; more individualized educational opportunities; interactive learning…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Demonstration Programs
Broyles, Alan – 1997
The Business, Education & Community On-line Network (BEACON) is designed to support development and implementation of demonstration applications operating in an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) fiber optic network environment. Initial origination and destination sites include high schools and universities around Rock Hill (South Carolina). The…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Distance Education, Educational Cooperation
Mueller, Jon – 1997
In January of 1996, North Central College (Naperville, Illinois) turned on its campus-wide, PC-based network. A Technology Training Group (TTG) was created; this group focused on technology training for new staff hires, while also considering the ongoing needs of the current employees. Goals of the TTG included bringing new employees quickly up to…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Employee Attitudes, Higher Education, Information Technology
Moen, William E.; McClure, Charles R. – 1997
The Government Information Locator Service (GILS) is an innovative networked-based approach to assist users in locating government information resources. This document reports the results of an evaluation study begun in September 1996 and completed in June 1997. The goal of the study was to understand how: GILS serves various user groups; GILS…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Document Delivery, Federal Programs
Ollila, L.; And Others – 1993
A study investigated whether computers would enable students to develop individual working writing environments. The programs that the fourth-grade students used were Hypercard, Clip Art, and MacWrite. Students worked with each of the programs and talked about what they were thinking while using the computer. A constant flow of teachers, staff,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Networks, Creative Writing, Grade 4
Danin, Susan T. – 1993
This project provided access to telecommunication networks and research databases at 13 sites in the Mid-Atlantic region from May 1 to June 4, 1993. The project objectives were to pilot a regionally-developed education database; to provide access to this database and the Internet; to train participants to use telecommunications technology; to…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas State Technical Coll., Waco. – 1994
This guide provides information on many aspects of CD-ROM development. Storage requirements of multimedia applications such as graphic images, audio, video, and animation are provided in section one. Storage capacity, transfer rate, and access time are the three criteria used to judge various storage media. In section two, specifications for these…
Descriptors: Animation, Computer Graphics, Computer Networks, Computer Storage Devices
Florida State Library, Tallahassee. – 1994
In Florida, as in the rest of the country, there is a paradigm shift within libraries. Increasingly, the information necessary to respond to user needs is available electronically--sometimes only or most conveniently in electronic form. For librarians to be most effective in the electronic revolution, they need to link their libraries into a…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Information Networks, Library Cooperation, Library Development
Assante, Leonard E.; Schrader, Stuart M. – 1993
The International Health Communication Hotline (InHealth) represents an attempt to firmly establish, develop and promote a new Communication Studies subdiscipline in the academic and health care arenas via computer networking. If successful, the project will demonstrate the power of computer networking as an agent of change. Health communication…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Networks, Content Analysis
Van Houweling, Douglas E.; McGill, Michael J. – 1993
The rapidly developing and changing networking and telecommunications environment now being implemented in the United States and across the globe is explored. The creation of a flexible and inexpensive digital network allowing instantaneous access by any individual to information of any type is now within our grasp. A primer on the technology…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1991
Six papers from the 1990 CAUSE Conference Track VIII: Managing Distributed Computing are presented. Authors discuss the challenges and opportunities involved in providing user managers with direct access to institutional databases to support their decision making and planning activities. Papers and their authors are as follows: "Rendering an…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Computer Networks, Decision Making
Wilford, Valerie J.; Logan, Lee; Bell, Lori; Cloyes, Kay – 1998
The Alliance Library System (ALS) is one of 12 regional library systems in Illinois, providing a full spectrum of support services for 300 member libraries of all types (public, school, academic, and special) located in west central Illinois. This paper describes the process by which ALS implemented a voice/video/data network connecting their four…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Library Automation
Jenny, Frederick J. – 1998
In 1997, 558 Compaq Armada 1510 notebook computers and Canon color bubble-jet printers were distributed to incoming freshman at Grove City College (Pennsylvania) as a part its Information Technology Initiative (ITI). Objectives of the ITI were: (1) to prepare students for excellence in their chosen profession by providing the necessary…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Sorg, Steven; Truman-Davis, Barbara; Dziuban, Charles; Hartman, Joel; Juge, Frank – 1998
The University of Central Florida (UCF) has formally recognized distributed learning as a strategic direction to increase access to educational opportunities for students within its service area and beyond. The University has chosen to employ asynchronous learning networks (ALN) as a primary approach to address the challenges of a rapidly-growing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
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