A 2-year project to develop a dictionary of modern Nepali is described. The Nepali-English dictionary was designed to include high-frequency vocabulary and to treat entries thoroughly, including associated collocations, semantic and/or grammatical restrictions, and other information essential to their use in sentences. Contents include 3,642 main…

This book contains information about the resources available to merge new technology and the search for employment. It offers suggestions from human resource specialists, software authors, and database experts. Chapter 1 is an overview of how the computer has become indispensable in a job search. Chapter 2 focuses on external, third-party resume…

This paper presents the results of an evaluation of CHOICES, a career information system developed by the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission, and implemented in Canada Employment Centers (CECs). Two instruments were designed for this evaluation: a questionnaire for clients who had just used CHOICES, and one for counselors who work with…

NextStep is an IBM compatible, computer-assisted learning system to help users explore and reality test their tentative career plans and bring their career decision to a more real and community-oriented level. The NextStep system assumes that the user is literate and has at least one tentative occupational goal. The system is based on a…

The telecommunications project for the deaf in the greater Boston area which is described is being developed as an institutionalized communication network for the deaf community, following the success of a demonstration project. A summary of the trial operations (DCI.DEAFNET) and demonstration phases is provided, which covers the purchase of…

In three parts, this booklet provides elementary teachers with definitions of essential computer terminology and examines instructional uses of computers and computer-related activities. Terms defined are computer, interactive computing, computer hardware, computer software, and programming languages. Part 2 explores the main categories of the…

Predictions about the use of new technologies in education are discussed, along with 10 mistakes that many higher education practitioners are likely to make. Events predicted to occur by 1985 include the following: 80 percent of all secondary and postsecondary students will own their own computers; 20 percent of all postsecondary faculty, 25…

Papers on the acquisition and use of computers and telecommunications systems by colleges and universities are presented ("Information Technology: Instruction Is the Issue--An Introduction"; "The 'Star Wars' Universities: Carnegie-Mellon, Brown, and M.I.T."; and "Instruction and the Computer"). The first section…

Described is a project in which microcomputers were used by seven teachers in grades 2-6 in Edmonton, Alberta. The microcomputer was placed in each classroom for one-half day every day for a full school year. Teachers were asked to use it at least 70% of the time for practice in mathematics with individual students, using the Milliken Math…

Over 30 books, articles, and reports published between 1981 and 1983 and cited in "Resources in Education" and "Current Index to Journals in Education" are listed in this bibliography for those introducing computers into the classroom and for curriculum development using microcomputers. Entries are arranged according to the…

A project was developed to prevent problem behaviors in elementary school students. One of many projects initiated in recent years by the DePaul Mental Health Clinic, this project aims to create an ongoing, self-sustaining cmputer-assisted tutoring program at St. Mary of the Lake, a school located in Chicago's economically disadvantaged Uptown…

The first section of this guide presents the Individualized Career Education Planning (ICEP) system, which provides major organizing and implementing components for comprehensive, individualized career guidance and instruction including: ICEP forms for recording career development goals and short-term objectives, guidance and instructional…

This compendium of current and recent innovative methods of health care delivery focuses on telemedicine, and educational and energy management and control applications. Each application is doumented in a project abstract describing the system and the technology employed, and citing relevant information sources and a personal or organizational…

The papers in this report represent the imagination, analysis, and experiences of many people involved in recent curricular studies in secondary school mathematics. It differs from reports that seek broad agreement on conservative, traditional curricula, representing instead the point of view of those working with emerging electronic technology…

This report reviews the background of the Instructional Systems Design (ISD) model (used to develop training for Naval personnel), identifies problems in the ISD process and in its management and implementation, and recommends methods of ISD improvement. The ISD model is described as a process originally developed to remind instructional…