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Friedman, Edward A. – 1987
This learning module, one in a series developed in a project on "Technology and the Liberal Arts," is an introduction to emerging technological developments for information storage. A historical sketch is provided of text technologies leading up to widespread use of the typewriter toward the end of the 19th century. This is followed by an analysis…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Storage, Information Technology, Learning Modules
Peer reviewedAscher, Marcia – Mathematics Magazine, 1992
Discusses two mathematical ideas that come from the Incan and Mayan cultures: (1) the quipus, an Incan recordkeeping tool that encoded data via a logical-numerical system on spatial arrays of colored, knotted cords; and (2) the link between recording time and counting in the Mayan culture. (MDH)
Descriptors: Coding, Data Processing, Foreign Culture, Higher Education
Booth, Pat F.; South, M. L. – 1982
Designed to be a foundation work, this book about information storage and retrieval includes discussions of theory as well as descriptions of practice. It is intended for: (1) students at both the graduate and non-graduate level who are beginning formal studies of librarianship/information science; (2) staff of library/information units who have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Indexes, Indexing
Bane, Robert K.; Tanner, Dennis F. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1989
The components and features of ERIC on CD-ROM are discussed. Search techniques and the value of this resource are described. Different systems available are noted. (CW)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Williamson, Bert; Pedersen, Joe F. – 1983
Objectives of this project were to update and convert to disk storage appropriate handout materials for courses for the electronic technology open classroom. Project activities were an ERIC search for computer-managed instructional materials; updating of the course outline, lesson outlines, information handouts, and unit tests; and storage of the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Curriculum Development
