Leif Smith discusses the computerized information clearinghouse which he instigated as an open network in which anyone who wishes to explore any field of interest, research topic, problem solution or questions may be put in contact with other people and organizations that can provide relevant information. (JD)

The nationwide information storage and retrieval system of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a network of 16 Clearinghouses, each providing material on different educational subject fields. (LH)

Leveraging ICT to equalize access to education is critical in a world with over four billion poor people who have little access to formal education. Mainstreaming OER as a public good throughout the developing world could make an enormous contribution. The Development Gateway Foundation has established an online OER…

The networked environment forced a sea change in Library and Information Science (LIS) education. Most LIS programs offer a mixed-mode of instruction that integrates online learning materials with more traditional classroom pedagogical methods and faculty are now responsible for developing content and digital learning objects. The teaching commons…

Describes a project to disseminate information about effective educational programs and practices to districts, schools, and interested educators in the state. (RC)

DOCUMENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE WINTER 1967 ISSUE (VT 004 439) OF "ABSTRACTS OF RESEARCH AND RELATED MATERIALS IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION" (ARM), ARE INCLUDED IN THIS MICROFICHE SET. THE MICROFICHE SET IS ARRANGED IN THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE -- (1) A VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL (VT) NUMBER INDEX TO DOCUMENTS IN THE MICROFICHE COLLECTION, (2) THE…

DOCUMENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE SUMMER 1968 ISSUE (VT 005 744) OF "ABSTRACTS OF RESEARCH AND RELATED MATERIALS IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION" (ARM), ARE INCLUDED IN THIS MICROFICHE SET. THE MICROFICHE SET IS ARRANGED IN THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE--(1) A VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL (VT) NUMBER INDEX TO DOCUMENTS IN THE MICROFICHE COLLECTION, (2) THE AUTHOR…

Documents announced in the Fall 1968 issue of "Abstracts of Research and Related Materials in Vocational and Technical Education" (ARM) but not announced in "Research in Education", are included in this microfiche set. The microfiche set is arranged in the following sequence: (1) a Vocational Technical (VT) number index to…

ERIC abstracts on inservice education for education staff and administrators, announced in RIE through october 1970, are presented. The key terms used in compiling this collection are "inservice courses,""inservice education,""inservice programs," and "inservice teacher education." The following information is presented for each document: author,…

The objectives of the study were: (1) to experimentally determine the effect of each CFSTI announcement medium on the average demand per report; (2) to experimentally determine the effect of the selection process, isolated from the effect of the special announcement media, on the average demand per report, and (3) to use (1) and (2) to study how…

The use of readability principles in the ERIC guidelines for abstracting suggests that abstracts should be more readable than source documents. However, information theory suggests that the compression of information would result in less readable abstracts. Abstracts and their source documents were selected randomly from each of four…

This quarterly publication announces the availability of documents acquired and processed by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Vocational and Technical Education. It contains abstracts of research and other materials which are useful to researchers, supervisors, teacher educators, education specialists,…

Summarizes three aspects of the federal government's involvement with social science information: changes in scope of federal statistical efforts; rise and decline of federal support for bibliographic information systems and services; development of National Technical Information Service into social science information resource. Eleven references…

The ideal information system would instantly connect knowledge producers with knowledge users. Clearinghouses in the ERIC network are both processors of educational literature and publishers of a variety of research analysis products. These dual functions of the clearinghouses, together with ERIC's index catalogs and document reproduction…

Defines the scope and function of the ERIC Clearinghouse on the Retrieval of Information and Evaluation on Reading (ERIC/CRIER). Reports on the acquisitions criteria, classification Scheme, dissemination efforts, and future directions of the Clearinghouse. (DE)