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1968
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOTYPE LIBRARY SYSTEMS WHICH UTILIZE OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION INPUT HAS CENTERED AROUND OPTICAL PAGE READERS AND DOCUMENT READERS. THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OF BOTH THESE OPTICAL SCANNERS IS SUCH THAT BOTH ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR LIBRARY INPUT PREPARATION. A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT UTILIZING THE TWO TYPES OF READERS, SINCE…
Descriptors: Book Catalogs, Character Recognition, Computers, Costs
BARSON, JOHN – 1967
FOUR UNIVERSITIES COOPERATED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA CENTER AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY TO TEST, DEMONSTRATE, AND REFINE A MODEL FOR MEDIA INNOVATION AND INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT WHICH HAD BEEN DESIGNED IN A EARLIER PROJECT. MEDIA, EVALUATIVE, AND INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST CAPABILITIES WERE TEAMED TO THE DECISION PROCESSES OF THE INSTRUCTORS…
Descriptors: Administration, Decision Making, Demonstration Programs, Economics
Stein (Theodore) Co., New York, NY. – 1967
The logic of the system presented in this report is divided into six parts for computer processing and manipulation. They are: (1) processing of Library of Congress copy, (2) editing of input into standard format, (3) processing of information into and out from the authority files, (4) creation of the catalog records, (5) production of the…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Computer Programs, Computers
Witherspoon, John P. – 1966
The State of Minnesota is contemplating the establishment of a microwave system to transmit television signals between its institutions of higher learning. Factors to be considered in planning this educational interconnection system relate to the planning of similar systems and networks of systems by other aggregations of states, universities, and…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communications, Computer Oriented Programs, Copyrights
Richmond Unified School District, CA. – 1977
Results of the first year's operation of EUREKA (a computerized system to provide current, accurate, and locally relevant labor market and educational information to California high school students and counselors for the purposes of career exploration and decision making) are presented in this report. The general project design is outlined: (1)…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Consortia, Data Collection, Databases
Budke, Wesley E. – 1976
This final report describes a project conducted to design a comprehensive information system (termed SYSTEM) for identifying, selecting, and disseminating relevant military curriculum materials to civilian vocational and technical education programs. Chapter I discusses the need for a centralized SYSTEM and gives project objectives. Chapter II…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Networks, Information Services
1978
The project reported here was done to establish a model for disseminating career education information throughout a regional vocational area to link the area schools and staff. This booklet's content (includes several illustrations) briefly covers what was done, how it was done (workshops, resources, and mini-grants), the results (career education…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Education, Cooperative Planning, Demonstration Programs
Creager, John A. – 1972
Guidelines for basic sampling and weighting procedures for Massachusetts' Management and Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) are discussed, illustrating solutions relevant for systems development. Disproportionate, stratified random sampling within and across MISOE subsystems will be carried out, with a hierarchical…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Research, Educational Planning
National Rehabilitation Association, Alexandria, VA. – 1972
The Department of Labor funded a technical assistance contract with the National Rehabilitation Association to develop methodologies for increasing opportunities for handicapped people to become productive by training personnel to work effectively with the handicapped. This volume was designed to help administrators, program planners, training…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Development, Career Ladders, Conceptual Schemes
Pearse, Richard; Bezanson, Keith A. – 1970
The case study examined the development of an overall education plan for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. The methodology of multidisciplinary education planning through the use of general comparative analysis models of political, economic, and social development is explained: Almond and Powell's framework for the analysis of political…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Attitudes
Stolurow, Lawrence M. – 1968
Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) attacks one of the greatest problems of education--how to get sufficient variety in educational materials to teach each individual without requiring a group of trained personnel to prepare all possible variations. CAI permits individualization electronically. CAI can be used to train problem solving, for drill…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Costs, Game Theory
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1969
Field testing, the last step in the developmental cycle for educational products, must ascertain whether the test product, placed in a natural environment, will actually elicit the behavioral changes it was designed to effect. A systems approach to field testing requires that certain basic areas of investigation first be established. Specific…
Descriptors: Educational Equipment, Equipment Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Field Studies
Isenberg, Robert M., Ed. – 1968
The "Journal on State School Systems Development" is an avenue for regularly incorporating into the available educational literature descriptive reports of studies, proposals, and legislative changes related to the legal or governmental structure within which schools are operated. Designed primarily for administrative groups, stdents of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agency Role, Bibliographies, Boards of Education
Smith, Leonard; Pezzullo, Caroline – 1973
The lack of visible career paths was universally recognized as a major factor leading to the extraordinarily high rate of turnover and absenteeism in the foodservice industry. The report evaluates the potential of a National Trade Association as a vehicle for improvements in this area and focuses on National Restaurant Association (NRA) efforts in…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Cost Effectiveness, Employer Attitudes, Food Service
Kerr, Eugene G. – 1973
Computer-managed instruction (CMI) makes possible education which is individualized, adaptive, multi-mediated and student-controlled. CMI, however, is not yet successful and part of the reason for the failure is that the human aspects of the programs have been poorly managed. This situation can be remedied if the systems designers can learn to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Human Factors Engineering
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