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Pillinger, Barbara Baxter; Kraack, Thomas A. – NASPA Journal, 1981
Presents a long-range planning model developed from varied approaches to planning and decision making. The model outlines categories representing planning needs and specifies objectives for each category. Categories are also matched with planning agencies. (RC)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Administration, Educational Planning, Formative Evaluation
Hollowell, David E. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1978
A major information systems planning study undertaken by Boston University and recommendations that were made to enable the university to meet the new demands and changing priorities of educational management are discussed. (BH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Planning, Computer Science
Penrod, James I.; Craft, Larry N. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1978
The planning, design, and implementation of an information system at Pepperdine University in California is described. The difficulties of total redesign and new programing of a management information system are explained and recommendations for this process are made. (BH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, Computer Science
Donald, A. Wayne – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1979
The major information systems at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University are described. The use of the feedback and feedforward controls in planning and projecting administrative functions is examined. (Author/BH)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Role, Case Studies, Computers
Balkan, Lore; Sheldon, Philip – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1990
The offices of Information Resource Management and Institutional Research at Virginia Tech developed a set of guidelines for information management. This article describes the historical evolution, the forces that motivated the development of the guidelines, and the consensus-building activities that led to the acceptance of the guidelines.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, College Administration, Computer Software Development, Databases
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Veneziano, Velma – Information Technology and Libraries, 1989
Describes the implementation of a new set of indexes in the NOTIS/LUIS system that provide author, title, and subject access to bibliographic and authority records in the NOTIS/MARC format. The discussion covers index record structure and content, the design philosophy and process, and functions supported by the system. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Computer System Design
Stanat, Ruth – Information Management Review, 1990
Discusses the use of shared information networks within organizations to decrease information hoarding and maximize operating efficiencies. Network development issues discussed include choosing the department responsible for development, selecting information to be included in the network, designing the information format, distribution strategies,…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Competition, Evaluation Criteria, Information Networks
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Daniel, James O. – International Library Review, 1989
Discusses library education in Nigeria and the areas that the curriculum for library automation must cover to enable developing countries to implement automated systems. Topics covered include systems design and planning; technology; critical judgment; terminology; cooperation with peers; and an integrated approach to education for library…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations
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MacGregor, S. Kim; Thomas, Linda B. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1988
This study investigated the effects of manipulating design features of a computer-mediated text system, using 45 hearing-impaired subjects in grades four-six. A system design using motivational activities facilitated vocabulary knowledge and writing performance. Also analyzed were use of extrinsic motivational activities versus intrinsic, and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Design Requirements
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Caro, Denis H. J. – Educational and Training Technology International, 1992
Provides a methodology for selection of an expert support system (ESS) in an emergency management training environment. A decision matrix construct for selection of an ESS for casualty disposition training at Emergency Preparedness Canada is presented, and four system options of simulation models that deal with emergency management are described.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Selection, Decision Making, Emergency Programs
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Useem, Michael; Chipande, Graham – Evaluation Review, 1991
To identify general principles of implementing a system of evaluation, the experience of Malawi in building a national system for agriculture is described. Applying principles of both centralization and decentralization and principles of trial and error has helped translate theories of evaluation into practice in Malawi. (SLD)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Centralization, Decentralization, Developing Nations
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Wentling, Tim L.; Roegge, Chris A. – Evaluation Review, 1991
An outcomes-based model was developed to evaluate vocational education programs in Illinois. The model, which evaluates programs based on six vital signs of program quality, uses a series of computer technology expert systems to give local personnel assistance in exploring program problems and improvement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Expert Systems
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Kensing, Finn; Simonsen, Jesper; Bodker, Keld – Human-Computer Interaction, 1998
Presents a conceptual framework and a coherent method for information-technology design in an organizational context within the participatory-design tradition. The MUST method, developed through projects in Danish and American organizations, is based on thorough participation with users and managers and combines the use of ethnographic techniques…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Cooperative Programs, Designers, Ethnography
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Deal, Lisa W.; Shiono, Patricia H. – Future of Children, 1998
Recently states have increasingly turned to managed care arrangements to finance and deliver health services to Medicaid beneficiaries. As this trend continues, states should carefully monitor changes in program costs and quality and implications for delivery of pediatric services and health outcomes for children. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Financial Support, Health Insurance, Health Maintenance Organizations
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Davis, Tiffany; Yoo, Seong-Moo; Pan, Wendi – T.H.E. Journal, 2005
The Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX; www.alex.state.al.us) is a network-based education system designed and implemented to help improve education in Alabama. It accomplishes this goal by providing a single location for the state's K-12 educators to find information that will help improve their classroom effectiveness. The ALEX system includes…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Resources, Internet, Web Sites
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