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Ligon, Glynn; Baenen, Nancy R. – 1990
GENESYS is the GENeric Evaluation SYStem of the Office of Research and Evaluation, Austin (Texas) Independent School District. It is a method of streamlining data collection and evaluation for a variety of projects. GENESYS gathers data from the school system's data bases and reports the following information (characteristics and outcomes) on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Computer Uses in Education, Credits
Rohwedder, W. J., Ed. – 1990
With creativity and innovation, environmental educators have begun wielding the ever increasing power of computers to promote and enhance environmental education. These pioneering programs and applications are the focus of this publication. This monograph is a sampling of the potential, problems and promises of this field. The four major content…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Simulation, Databases
Association for the Development of Computer-based Instructional Systems. – 1986
This volume is divided into full formal paper manuscripts and 200-word abstracts of presentations that were made without submitting formal papers. The 73 papers presented in full represent recent research and applications in the field of computer-based instruction. They are organized into 13 sections by special interest group: (1) Computer-Based…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation
Williams, O'Neal – 1986
Because of the poor response rate to St. Johns River Community College's follow-up surveys on program completers, the college decided to develop a postcard format survey form in the hope of improving survey response rates. After reviewing a similar follow-up survey postcard used by another two-year college in Florida, the project staff settled on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Collection, Databases, Educational Legislation
Lilly, Edward R. – 1986
In the past decade significant advances have taken place in the development of management information systems (MIS) to support managerial decision making. Recent literature has shown, however, that educators have yet to make full and efficient use of these computer-based systems. A number of authors have discussed factors that may affect…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
Reynolds, Carl L. – 1986
Rural teachers of vocational agriculture, realizing the need for access to current information in their field, obtained funds for initiating the use of a computerized telecommunications service. The service selected, AgriData Network, includes reports of news, markets, and trends; a collection of over 500 teaching plans in all subject areas in…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agricultural Education, Computer Networks, Current Events
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
Kohonen, V.; And Others – 1988
A collection of papers on evaluation and testing in language learning and teaching for communicative competence includes: "Evaluation in Relation to Communicative Language Teaching" (Viljo Kohonen); "On Determining the Function and Quality of Language Tests" (Jan van Weeren); "On the Trail of Everyday Experience...The Individual Learner's…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Databases, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1988
Eight papers from the 1987 CAUSE conference's Track VII, Outstanding Applications, are presented. They include: "Image Databases in the University" (Reid Kaplan and Gordon Mathieson); "Using Information Technology for Travel Management at the University of Michigan" (Robert E. Russell and John C. Hufziger); "On-Line Access…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Budgeting, College Administration, Databases
Bassett, Roger – 1979
Experiences of pilot-test state agencies in developing an information system are summarized, as part of the State Level Information Base project. The background and functions of each of the eight pilot-test state agencies are described, along with the information systems approach, and planning responsibilities (comprehensive planning, budgeting,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, College Planning, Continuing Education
Green, Diana M., Ed. – 1982
Institutional research that focuses on professional development is addressed in 35 papers from the 1982 meeting of the North East Association for Institutional Research. Titles and authors include the following: "Modeling College Student Adjustment and Retention for the Individual Institution" (Norman D. Aitken); "The Development…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Career Choice, College Faculty, College Students
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., Dublin, OH. – 1988
The projects reviewed in this annual report of the Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC) focus on four strategic areas: (1) enhancing the use of the OCLC Online Union Catalog; (2) investigating full document storage, retrieval, and presentation; (3) strengthening the interface between patron and system; and (4) providing statistical…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Bibliographic Utilities, Database Management Systems
Cutright, Patricia J.; Edvalson, Terry – 1988
The Online Reference and Document Delivery Service Library Network developed at Eastern Oregon State College and operated in Eastern Oregon provides rural east Oregonians improved access to information sources via computers, telefacsimile, and telecommunications. Microcomputers have been placed in public, school, community college, and hospital…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Distance Education
Nassar, Nancy – 1988
A review of the literature was undertaken to determine whether purchasing DIALOG in the CD-ROM format or subscribing to the DIALOG online format would be the better solution for middle school students interested in information retrieval. This report begins by stating the problem and defining common computer terms. A review of the related…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy, Databases
Buchholz, James L. – 1987
This document summarizes the selection, configuration, implementation, and evaluation of BiblioFile, a CD-ROM based bibliographic retrieval system used to catalog and process library materials for 103 school centers in the Palm Beach County Schools (Florida). Technical processing included the production of spine labels, check-out cards and…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
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