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Hope, Andrew – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2008
In the last decade, Internet provision has become widespread within schools in many economically developed countries. Proponents of such technology have stressed the potential benefits to be gained from innovative teaching and learning opportunities. Yet, herein purity and danger are seen to co-exist, with unregulated "pollutants"…
Descriptors: Internet, Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis, Technology Integration
Universities UK, 2007
Governments, public funders of research and universities worldwide are increasingly recognising that improving the dissemination of research raises their research profile and contributes to national competitiveness. The traditional system of research publishing is inefficient, uncompetitive and restrictive. It limits access by researchers and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Reports, Faculty Publishing, Access to Education
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Sonnenwald, Diane H. – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2006
Introduction: The goal of information sharing is to change a person's image of the world and to develop a shared working understanding. It is an essential component of collaboration. This paper examines barriers to sharing information effectively in dynamic group work situations. Method: Three types of battlefield training simulations were…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Information Dissemination, Observation, Interviews
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Mitrano, Tracy – EDUCAUSE Review, 2006
The academic research mission requires an open environment to flourish, and the academic teaching mission obligates educators in higher education to spark ethical thinking and to inculcate the appropriate use of new technologies among all of their constituents, especially students. There is no better place to begin those lessons than in the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Mission, Information Policy, Social Networks
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. – 1995
This document presents witness testimony and supplemental materials from a Congressional hearing regarding reform to national telecommunications policy, namely, replacing a regime of heavy regulation with a true market system. Statements are featured by Senators John Ashcroft, Conrad Burns, Ernest Hollings, Kay Baily Hutchison, John D. Rockefeller…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Consumer Protection, Federal Regulation, Free Enterprise System
Ohio State Legislative Office of Education Oversight, Columbus. – 1998
Due to legislative mandate, the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) was required to develop a system (the Education Management Information System) that would increase the amount of information available to state-level policy makers and the public. Some recommendations for improving the function of EMIS are offered in this report. The text provides…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Educational Improvement, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Kleeman, Michael J. – 1999
The goals of the Fourth Annual Aspen Institute Roundtable on International Telecommunications were: to address procedural and substantive solutions for international coordination of Internet policy issues; to suggest different models for dispute resolution and policy coordination that might be employed in the various contexts of Internet usage;…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Information Policy, Intellectual Property
Entman, Robert M.; Katz, Michael L. – 2001
The Aspen Institute's Communications and Society Program convened leaders and experts in the telecommunications and related fields to address telecommunications regulation in an IP (Internet Protocols) environment at the 15th annual Aspen Institute Telecommunications Policy Conference (Aspen, Colorado, August 12-16, 2000). The report from this…
Descriptors: Change, Conferences, Information Dissemination, Information Policy
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Lan, Zhiyong; Falcone, Santa – Journal of Government Information, 1997
Examines factors influencing access to and use of the Internet: technical characteristics of information technologies, user preferences for information resources, institutional arrangements controlling provider/user relationships, and psychological factors affecting information processing. Suggests individual internet users support policies that…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Policy, Information Processing, Information Technology
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Fore, Julie A. – Library Hi Tech, 1997
Introduces concepts of server security and includes articles and sidebars of firsthand accounts of consequences of not devoting enough time to security measures. Outlines the following factors to consider when evaluating a server's risk potential: confidentiality/reproducibility of the data; complexity of the system; backup system and hardware…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Security, Computer System Design, Data
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Ali, Irena; Biskup, Peter – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 1996
Examines the availability of objectionable material on the Internet, censorship, and the feasibility of censorship. Outlines control efforts in the United States, discusses attempts to regulate electronic media in Australia from 1990-96, and summarizes responses of the Australian Council on Library and Information Services and the Australian…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Federal Regulation, Foreign Countries
Pitman, Randy – Library Journal, 1997
Examines the inability of libraries to include sexual videotapes in their collections. Discusses the explicit text versus visual images and the double standards in collection policies; Madonna's picture book, "Sex"; controversial films; and who the censors are. Reviews 20 videotapes with explicit images of violence, sex, and other issues. (AEF)
Descriptors: Censorship, Information Policy, Library Collections, Library Policy
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Peace, A. Graham – Journal of Information Ethics, 1997
The availability of objectionable material on the Internet creates a conflict between the rights of computer users and universities. This article examines free speech and censorship; highlights responses by Carnegie Mellon University, University of Oklahoma, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and University of Pittsburgh; and proposes a…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Content Analysis, Freedom of Speech
Educom Review, 1996
Presents an interview with Ray Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Atlantic Corporation. As a member of several advisory boards (Business Roundtable, Library of Congress, Committee on Arts and Humanities, and National Information Infrastructure), Smith offers his view on the future of the telecommunications industry,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Business, Computer Uses in Education, Futures (of Society)
Maxwell, Terrence A. – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Summarizes some of the activities the United States government has undertaken to control the dissemination of information since 2001. It also explores, through a conceptual model of information flows, potential impacts and discontinuities between policy purposes and outcomes. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Federal Government, Information Dissemination
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