Looks back more than 30 years to those who introduced the use of the computer as an important new tool to assist students in the area of career development. Explores how rapid advances in technology have affected the use of computers in counseling. Concludes with a list of current concerns, along with recommendations for further action and…

Investigated in three studies how undergraduates use and think about information and communication technologies. Data from questionnaires, computer diary records, and focus groups indicated that students would support policies encouraging them to purchase their own personal computer, but that universities should work to control costs, provide…

Explains what a computer network broadband connection is and how having one benefits educational facilities that have implemented telecommunications. The importance of using an application service provider is discussed along with suggestions to help schools get started in adopting broadband communications. (GR)

Describes how universities are weighing changes to or termination of their modem pools, which allow off-campus faculty, staff, and students to have access to the campus network or the Internet. (EV)

Advocates allowing students to create their own animated simulations as a better way of teaching scientific processes. (YDS)

In a continuing education program, 40 adults used 1 of 2 computer-assisted career guidance programs: System of Interactive Guidance and Information (SIGI) Plus or Career Builder 2. Scores on My Vocational Situation suggest either is appropriate with this population. Participants liked SIGI Plus better and found it easier to use. (SK)

Running multimedia on a network, often difficult because of the memory and processing power required, is becoming easier thanks to new protocols and products. Those developing network design criteria may wish to consider making use of Fast Ethernet, Asynchronous Transfer Method (ATM), switches, "fat pipes", additional network…

Explains how two high school seniors used the Internet to conduct a poll on censorship issues. (TB)

Presents several theoretical solutions to a geometry problem involving circles and probability. Includes simulation procedures to estimate the solutions. (MKR)

Data presented in figure three of the article cited may be misleading in that the automatic scaling procedure used by the computer program that generated the histogram highlighted spikes that would look different with different histogram methods. (SLD)

Addresses how first-year students understand the influence of computers by cultural assumptions about technology. Presents three meaning perspectives on technology that students expressed based on formative experiences they have had with it. Discusses implications for how computers and composition scholars incorporate computer technology into…

Information technologies promise a revolution in education, but because of responses to the ongoing production of ever newer tools, the promise never materializes. Identifies six barriers to this revolution and notes seven strategies for advancing educational benefits gained from experience to assist campuses in technological effectiveness. (SM)

Australia has granted degrees to off-campus students for years. Presents three mistaken premises upon which much of American arguments against distance education are based: educational quality should be compared with something approximating ideal, rather than average education; distance education should closely resemble conventional education; and…

Examines pencil-and-paper graphs produced by students at the beginning of a 1-week summer teacher/student institute as well as computer-based graphs produced by those same students at the end of the institute. Initial problems with managing data sets and producing meaningful graphs disappeared quickly as students used the process of "building…

The notions of pentagonal numbers and partitions can be understood by students at the precalculus level, and should work well in a first course in programming for high school or college students. Presents opportunities to conjecture properties of partitions from a computer program. (Contains 14 references.) (Author/ASK)