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Chang, Chih-Kai; Chen, Gwo-Dong; Ou, Kou-Liang – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1998
Proposes a Web-based model as the infrastructure to store learning logs for analysis in distance education. Describes the method of using query language to retrieve information from a database to construct the data cube. Illustrates data-cube implementation with a group-discussion example. Shows how data-cube technology can solve the recording and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Distance Education
Lankes, Anna Maria D. – 1995
Classroom assessment measures, in the past often limited to multiple-choice and standardized tests, now can involve the creation of portfolios, or collections of pieces of work which the student selects as the best representation of his or her efforts, progress, skills, and accomplishments. Portfolios also usually include teacher evaluations and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Conversion, Electronic Publishing, Elementary Secondary Education
Perkins, Helen L. – 1996
Over the years, efforts have been made to work more efficiently with the ever increasing number of records and paper documents that cross workers' desks. Filing records on optical disk through electronic imaging is an alternative that many feel is the answer to successful document management. The pioneering efforts in electronic imaging in…
Descriptors: College Administration, Computer Storage Devices, Costs, Data Collection
Anderson, Stephen T., Sr. – 1997
This paper describes a college math and computer science educator's experience integrating multimedia materials in classroom instruction. It serves as a "tutorial" for non-computer science educators considering adding multimedia presentations to their instruction. The paper covers: the time commitment for developing and integrating multimedia…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Computer Software Selection, Computer System Design
Weihs, Jean – 1991
This guide argues that cataloging rules for all materials, both book and nonbook, should be based on the same principles so that all catalog records can be in one file. The guidance in this book applies to collections that are directly accessible to the public where archival conservation plays little role. It is written for libraries that…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Books, Cataloging, Educational Media
Williams, Brian K.; Sawyer, Stacey C.; Hutchinson, Sarah E. – 1999
This book is intended for use as a concepts textbook to accompany a one-semester or one-quarter introductory course on computers or microcomputers. Key features of this third edition include: emphasis on unification of computer and communications systems; revision in response to extensive instructor and student feedback; commonsense illustration…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Development
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Berlin (West Germany). – 1988
This study of public access databases in vocational education and training was conducted in the European Economic Community (EEC). Principal sources for the study were a survey sent to practitioners in eight countries; country studies on France, Greece, Italy, and the United Kingdom; and field work involving visits to Belgium, the Netherlands,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Educational Resources, Foreign Countries
Didier, Elaine K. – 1986
At most schools and universities, the traditional roles of the library and computing services organizations have begun to converge as the technologies they use to store, transmit, and retrieve information and, in some cases, the information itself, become increasingly similar. Examples of the changing patterns of information storage and retrieval…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Delivery Systems, Electronic Publishing, Higher Education
Batey, Anne; And Others – 1986
The instructional uses of databases are highlighted in this report and their advantages as teaching and learning tools are emphasized. Databases reviewed are for storing, retrieving, sorting, and printing information and for manipulating information. Questions explored include: (1) how are science databases used in the classroom (covering…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Russ, Michael – Printout, 1986
Student use of microcomputer databases in social studies is discussed. Databases give students and teachers an opportunity to get involved in information storage, retrieval, and analysis. In the process, students develop skills of inquiry, problem-solving, and critical thinking, as well as many of the basic skills needed not only in social studies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computers
California Univ., Santa Barbara. University Library. – 1986
This document describes an investigation designed to examine the possibilities for using both existing and new technologies to increase and enhance public service capabilities at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Library, and to recommend an ongoing mechanism for assessing priorities for the application of technology in the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Information Storage
Canadian Association for Information Science, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1984
Seventeen papers from the 1984 annual conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS) are presented in four broad topic areas. The first group, which focuses on changing roles in information access, includes the keynote address by Charles Meadow, "Integrating Access to Information Utilities: Promises, Problems, and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Software, Databases, Futures (of Society)
Molnar, John E. – 1987
This report is a response to House Joint Resolution No. 32 of the 1986 General Assembly of Virginia that directed the Council of Higher Education to conduct a study of the academic library facility needs in Virginia's public system of higher education. In preparing its response to the resolution, the council incorporated much of the report of a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Government Role, Guidelines
Nicassio, Frank J.; And Others – 1985
This article describes Allegro, a computer-assisted report writing procedure developed by a rural school psychology staff to aid in the rapid development and creation of high quality psycho-educational reports. The program's structure, procedural steps, and function are detailed and examples of the program structure are provided through printouts…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Storage
Orr, David B. – 1982
The Vocational Education Data System (VEDS) data base was created as a result of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1976. VEDS statistics were to be collected in the form of state-aggregate data (that is, state-level data is submitted by each state, based upon records and data collected by the state for this and other purposes); and VEDS data,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Educational Research, Information Networks
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