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Peer reviewedChute, Alan G.; Sayers, Pamela K.; Gardner, Richard P. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
Distance learning networks make training and advanced education possible when time and budgetary constraints make face-to-face training difficult. To make distance learning work, instructors and providers must harness the potential of synchronous and asynchronous communication technologies to create powerful, learner-centered networks. Support…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Distance Education, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedMarshall, Eliot – Science, 1989
Describes the formation of the supercomputer system which reaches from Seattle to South Florida. Explains the major obstacles of international protocols, billing, priority routing, and security. (RT)
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Networks, Computers, Database Producers
