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Reflections on Mira: Interactive Evaluation in Information Retrieval.
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Dunlop, Mark – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 2000
In 1996, the Commission of the European Union Information Technologies Program funded a three-year working group, Mira, to discuss and advance research in the area of evaluation frameworks for interactive and multimedia. This article presents the author's view of the main lines of discussion that took place throughout Mira, and concludes with the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
Information Retrieval Research and ESPRIT.
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Smeaton, Alan F. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1987
Describes the European Strategic Programme of Research and Development in Information Technology (ESPRIT), and its five programs: advanced microelectronics, software technology, advanced information processing, office systems, and computer integrated manufacturing. The emphasis on logic programming and ESPRIT as the European response to the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Database Management Systems, Foreign Countries, Information Processing
Networked Learner Support in Higher Education: Initiatives in Professional Development and Research for New Role.
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Ashton, Sarah; Levy, Philippa – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1998
Describes European initiatives concerned with development of networked learner support (NLS) in higher education, including the NetLinkS, IMPEL2 (Impact on People on Electronic Libraries), TAPin (Training and Awareness Programme in Networks), T3 (Telematics for Teacher Training), and EDUCATE projects. Discusses themes relating to professional…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education