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Peer reviewedPickens, Keith – Journal of Documentation, 1990
Describes the development of computer-based information services in New Zealand for education and the social sciences. Highlights include national systems; the influence of personal computer technology on the development of information services; the lack of a national information policy; and the lack of standardized software. (13 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Education, Foreign Countries
Council for Educational Technology, London (England). – 1981
Telesoftware provides the transmission of computer programs from one computer to another by either broadcast radio or television via telephone lines and offers a national electronic system for the distribution of computer programs. Telephone based telesoftware can be based on any viewdata system or locally established telephone lines between…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Computer Software, Developed Nations, Educational Radio
Wu, Tieh-Hsiung – Journal of Computer-Based Instruction, 1987
Discusses difficulties in developing manpower, hardware, and evaluation systems for computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in Taiwan. Highlights include the use of CAI in universities, secondary schools, and government agencies; a national project including personnel training, courseware development, and evaluation; and difficulties with computer…
Descriptors: Chinese, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Developed Nations
Download full textAnderson, Jonathan – 1984
Educational applications of computing are reviewed, beginning with a brief introduction to microcomputers and microcomputer characteristics that might be important for school use. An examination of significant models in computer education outside Australia emphasizes projects in the United Kingdom, France, and the United States, including the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction
Raggatt, Peter, Ed.; Harry, Keith, Ed. – 1984
This volume, the first of two, documents a selection of current worldwide research and activities and new developments in the area of distance-taught higher education. An introductory editorial summarizes the current status of distance teaching in higher education and identifies trends drawn from the reports collected. Details of origins, size,…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Case Studies, Distance Education, Educational Radio
Hebenstreit, Jacques – 1986
This overview of the use of computers in education begins by tracing the history of the development of computer programs for instruction in three developed countries, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. Significant research and programs, general trends, the current situation, plans, and problems in each of the countries are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software
