Social and technological changes foretell higher education as a fast-growing, highly competitive business expected to provide nontraditional educational services. Colleges and universities are having difficulty identifying and taking advantage of these new services. Higher education can and must create a value-added university or face destruction.…

Suggests resources for school library media programs to help plan for and implement technology. Examples from other schools and districts are recommended that are available via the Internet. (LRW)

England's Articled Teacher Scheme, a two-year teacher certification course, is an experiment designed in part to meet the need for science, mathematics, and technology teachers. Program development is chronicled, including such aspects as certification and assessment, curriculum design and content, interprogram articulation, and instruction in…

This paper analyzes the position facing developing nations seeking a rationale for computer education in schools. It reviews six rationales--social, vocational, pedagogical, catalytic, information technology industry, and cost effectiveness--and discusses ideological reasons for adopting the technology. Economic factors are considered as well as…

Discusses equity issues surrounding the use of technology in schools. Topics addressed include a global perspective; the effect of information and communication technology on government and business; the impact of technology on student learning; cultural transformation within schools through technology; and the importance of demonstrating…

Reexamines the author's 1969 paper "The Geography of the U.S. in the Year 2000." Discusses the new interplay of countervailing pressures that bring about change in the urban environment. Discusses the effects of information-age technologies. States that change in the nature of change should be probed continually. (DB)

Illustrates how a culture of collaboration may contribute to significant technological reform and foster conceptual change leading to distinctive pedagogy and praxis. Presents a case study exploring a collaborative effort between a teacher and a researcher. Contains 31 references. (DDR)

Describes how two professors in the social sciences and humanities successfully used the World Wide Web to enhance their lessons at Connecticut's Quinebaug Valley Community-Technical College. Indicates that as a result of these initial efforts, technology was incorporated in classes throughout campus. (JDI)

According to Ivan Illich, education is a commodity and schooling the tool, but schooling has set the agenda and become the end. Investigates three themes from Illich's writings on schools, institutions, and convivial society and applies them to current education. Explores implications of deschooling, redefines convivial education, and critiques…

Describes the importance of the Internet as an information resource for science and engineering librarians and outlines a strategy for introducing these resources to library school students enrolled in sci/tech literature and reference classes. Inclusion of Internet-based information can be accomplished by establishing student prerequisites,…

Examines the role of educational technology from a constructivist perspective. Discusses the subset of computer-based technologies, especially the Internet, that are changing the way interactivity is defined, and examines how these technologies interface with constructivist approaches to pedagogy. Explores the place of constructivism as a…

Explains how to use technology to enhance learning and teaching in the community college, and how to provide adequate user support for computer systems. Describes the technology plan implemented at Howard Community College. (JDI)

Reviews the literature on outcome-based education (OBE) and discusses its application in library instruction and reference service, particularly in the introduction of new information technologies. Suggests that an OBE approach in the planning stage can help determine if an information resource is beneficial to the users. (Author/LRW)

Discusses the use of virtual reality as an educational tool. Highlights include examples of virtual reality in public schools that lead to a more active learning process, simulated environments, integrating virtual reality into any curriculum, benefits to teachers and students, and overcoming barriers to implementation. (LRW)

Describes a project at Athens Academy (Georgia) to integrate media technology into a non-computer course on Middle Eastern studies. Class organization, materials, lessons, instructional methods, and activities are outlined. Analyses problems encountered during the course and reports on an evaluation of the course by outside observers. (DSK)