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Innovation Decision Making and The Genesis of OCLC: the Effects of Individuals, Information, and Structure.

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Davis, Jinnie Y. – Library and Information Science Research, 1984

Discusses hypotheses which examine, for a nonprogramed decision, variables of (1) individual decision makers, (2) information upon which choices are based, and (3) structural features within which decision is made. Circumstances under which decision-making group (Ohio's librarians) selected an innovative alternative (incorporation of OCLC) are…

Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Case Studies, Committees, Decision Making

Quest in the Learning Environment: Computer Assisted Information Handling as a Tool for Learning and Curriculum Development.

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Freeman, Diana; Levett, John – Education and Computing, 1985

Describes two research projects based on QUEST and proposes an information handling model. Design, interrogation, and evaluation of data files are discussed relative to restraints imposed by child's developmental stage and nature of software employed. Implications of computer-related information handling for curriculum design and children's…

Descriptors: Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Databases, Developmental Stages