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Joakim Landahl – Learning, Media and Technology, 2024
This article explores the history of digital testing technology. Using an organisation that pioneered the use of international large-scale assessments -- the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) -- I discuss the role of computers, punched cards, answer cards and scanning machines as an example of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Measurement, Testing, Computer Assisted Testing
Rosenfeld, Samuel A.; Sable, Jerome – 1969
The report discusses the file management requirements of a computer-based information storage and retrieval system for the Language Information Network and Clearinghouse System (LINCS). It discusses a hypothetical structure for the LINCS system, requirements of file management, long-range trends in data management technology of interest to the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Databases, Information Needs
Prisk, Dennis P. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1981
Results of a computer needs assessment study by and for the Indiana University School of Continuing Studies are presented. Recommendations for cost effectiveness suggest starting with individual small computers and building towards a larger system. (DC)
Descriptors: Computers, Continuing Education, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
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Cohen, Joel A. – Journal for Higher Education Management, 1994
Copyright issues are discussed in the context of expanding use of digital media for publication and dissemination of information. Issues reviewed include conflict of academic values and copyright, the challenge of copyright protection for digital works, and the applicable law. Several scenarios illustrate specific legal problems. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Copyrights, Court Litigation, Data Processing
Evans, Evan C., III – 1983
This paper describes several pilot systems of data management using telecommunications links, which have been tested by the Navy during an 8-year period in which emphasis has been on the development of relational database management systems, exchange protocols, and man-machine interface. An introduction discusses the background of the project,…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Data Processing, Databases, Design Requirements
Treu, Siegfried – 1980
The results of a one year study to identify potential technology-based improvements in the operation, access, and utilization of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) are described. Both current problem areas and future possibilities are considered with respect to the dichotomy: system components and the total system. Emphasis is on…
Descriptors: Character Recognition, Computer Science, Data Processing, Improvement
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. School Buildings Services. – 1986
This report presents an information needs assessment for an office automation plan to be undertaken for the School Building Services Branch of the Alberta Department of Education. This exercise complements the work of two senior committees within the Department: (1) the Electronic Information Processing Needs Study Steering Committee, and (2) the…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Data Collection, Data Processing