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2. Use of Z39.50 To Access Distributed Union Catalogues. Discussion Paper.
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National Library of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario)., Zeeman, J., and Turner, F.
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A distributed union catalog is a network of bibliographic systems that cooperate to enable their users to discover sites that hold copies of known items. Some participating systems will be traditional union catalogs, others will be single sites with comprehensive collections, and others will be local or regional resource sharing systems. A principal goal of the distributed union catalog is to allow the user to obtain a useful number of locations for an item with a minimal number of searches. Z39.50 (an information protocol standard) is a vital tool in enabling libraries and their patrons handle resource sharing in libraries and the computing environment. For Z39.50 to be used effectively for resource sharing, implementors, particularly library system vendors, must begin to support agreed-upon mechanisms transferring locations, holdings, and circulation information in a standardized way. Various approaches and issues surrounding the electronic transfer of library holdings information through union catalogs are discussed. Appendices include a definition of an OPAC record; and USMARC for "holdings" field list. (SWC)
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- 1997
3. Intellectual Property Issues in the Library Network Context. Proceedings of the Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee Meeting (Washington, D.C., March 23-25, 1988). Network Planning Paper Number 17.
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Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Network Development and MARC Standards Office.
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The first half of the proceedings consists of three papers presented during the program session of a Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee (NAC) meeting. The first, a background paper by Robert L. Oakley, identifies some of the problems that modern information technology has created for the intellectual property system in the United States; reviews several alternative proposals for dealing with the problems; briefly examines the ways in which Canada and the United States have approached the same issues; and concludes that these problems are solvable through amendment, new "sui generis" approaches, and expanded roles for an administrative agency, or through the development of voluntary or compulsory licensing mechanisms. In the second paper, Shirley Echelman comments on issues raised by Robert Oakley's report, and summarizes presentations given at a previous program session. The third paper, by Robert J. Kost, interprets an Office of Technology Assessment report about intellectual property rights and explains why the marriage between the law and technology is currently "on the rocks." The second half of the proceedings is a report on the business session of the NAC. Appendixes include the meeting agenda; a list of working groups; criteria for membership in the NAC; a list of suggested and prioritized topics for future research on networking; and a statement from the American Library Association on the phone companies' open network architecture plans filed with the Federal Communications Commission and a request for input on these plans from libraries. (SD)
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- 1989
4. Interaction and Independence: Student Support in Distance Education and Open Learning. Papers from the International Conference Presented by the International Council for Distance Education with the British Open University Regional Academic Services (3rd, Cambridge, England, September 19-22, 1989).
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International Council for Distance Education., Open Univ., Walton, Bletchley, Bucks (England). British Open Univ. Regional Academic Services., and Tait, Alan
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Twenty-five papers presented at the conference include papers on the role of the site coordinator in a distributed education network in Ontario; student support systems in the Open University of Israel; the dilemmas of designing a computer mediated communication support system; interactive libraries; tutoring in technical science in the Open University of the Netherlands; research supervision at a distance; the role of tutoring and group support in distance education; the relationship between interaction and independence; distance education in India; applications of telecommunications for interactive tutoring; and cost effectiveness analysis of projects that increase student interaction in distance education. Most of the papers include references. The individual papers are briefly reviewed in the introduction, and continuity from papers presented at two earlier conferences is discussed. (GL)
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- 1989
5. The Role of Technology in Higher Education in North America: Policy Implication. Understanding the Differences. A Working Paper Series on Higher Education in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Working Paper Number 5.
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Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, CO., Farrell, Glen, Johnstone, Sally, and Lopez del Puerto, Patricio
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This paper describes the current policies and initiatives regarding the application of technology in Canada, Mexico and the United States. It also analyzes the need for policy development regarding technological networks, equipment, and educational content. The report also includes recommendations regarding specific initiatives for tri-national collaboration in the use of technology to improve higher education. The contents include descriptions of the policies and initiatives at the federal, regional, and state (provincial) levels in Mexico, Canada, and the United States. Institutional policies and initiatives are also examined as are collaborations between business and higher education. The paper concludes with a summary of current policy climate in the three countries and suggests opportunities for cross-border collaboration. These include development of tri-national policies regarding accreditation of distance education courses and portability of students' knowledge and skills acquired among institutions and across borders; trinational staff and faculty training in the use of technology; trinational discipline--specific forums for faculty with similar interest; implementation of pilot projects; creation of a mechanism for international and inter-institutional sharing of information and experience; and creation of consortia and partnership models. (JLS)
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- 1996
6. Communications and Information Technologies in Canadian Universities. New Technologies in Canadian Education Series. Paper 4.
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TV Ontario, Toronto. and Rosen, Thelma
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This paper reports information received from responses to a survey questionnaire from the presidents of 46 universities and their affiliated colleges across Canada. The questionnaire (circulated to all member institutions of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada) included queries about the experiences of the universities with communications and information technologies, and about the use of computer technology as a research tool in libraries and for distance education. The first section reports on use of the established technologies of film, television, videotape, radio, and audiotape. The second section explores the uses of computer technologies for instruction, research, networking, and conferencing. Comments on potential changes in higher education resulting from new technologies are discussed in the final section. The research questionnaire and list of responding colleges are provided. (DB)
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- 1984
7. Educational Applications of Videotex/Telidon in Canada. New Technologies in Canadian Education Series. Paper 11.
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TV Ontario, Toronto. and Wilson, Joy
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Videotex is a generic term used to describe computerized two-way information delivery systems designed for simple, mass-market use which provide access to computer-based information via a telecommunications link and an information display, usually a modified home television set. In Canada videotex has become almost synonymous with the name Telidon, which has been described as a high level, efficient communication code for the creation, storage, and transmission of graphics and text. Telidon has been used by both academics and corporations in experiments, field trials, and applications for formal and nonformal education purposes. Flexible enough for use by people of all ages, Telidon has been applied in computer assisted instruction courses, business and information libraries, information databases, supplements to science and museum educational exhibits, distance education and teleconferencing programs, special education programs, TVOntario educational sequences, and many others. Some of the issues surrounding the use of Telidon/videotex are: (1) the need for more research, development, and evaluation in distance education, special education, and in the broader field of computers in education; (2) the need for support materials and resources; (3) the need for local access to page creation facilities (and inexpensive equipment) and the potentially prohibitive cost of the Telidon/videotex system; and (4) the effects of Telidon/videotex on privacy, employment, industrial development, technological change, and other 'social impact' questions. (30 references) (DB)
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- 1984
8. New Solutions, New Barriers: Current Uses of the Web in Higher Education.
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Ruzic, Roxanne
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This paper examines the use of network technologies in higher education and explores how adaptable network tools are for particular learning and teaching environments. The study included a review of the literature describing World Wide Web use to support learning in postsecondary courses in the United States and Canada. Additionally, interviews were conducted with 16 students in three classes at two institutions in which Web technology was used, as well as with four instructors. Data examined included student profiles, class topic, network tool, pedagogical tool, context, adaptable system components, educational purpose, and evaluation. The study found Web-based learning at all levels (undergraduate, graduate, professional) and in many different kinds of institutions, with the majority of courses concentrated in scientific and technical subject areas, which do not include many students with identified special needs. Instructors most often use the Web to enhance communication with students; to provide links to outside resources; and to post course information. Teachers struggle to meet students' differing needs because development of Web-based material is so time-consuming. Appended are a list of the literature reviewed, questions applied to the literature review, and interview protocols. (Contains 35 references.) (SM)
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- 2000
9. Utilizing Web Information Systems for Organizational Knowledge Work: An Investigation of the Information Ecology and Information Behaviors of Users in a Telecommunications Company.
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Detlor, Brian
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This paper outlines a detailed research investigation of Web information systems (WIS), such as intranets, extranets, and the World Wide Web, and their capacity to facilitate organizational knowledge work. The objective was to conduct a case study evaluation of WIS usage that examines the information needs and uses of major sets of users and the information ecology in which WIS are utilized. Data collection involved several techniques: namely interviews, Web usage tracking software, field observations, document review, and questionnaires. Both content and transaction log analysis served as primary modes of data analysis. The study hypothesized that as a means to support organizational knowledge work, WIS need to serve three broad functions: (1) foster the context in which information is created, shared, and used across the enterprise; (2) address employee information needs and users; and (3) incorporate features and functions within the interface design that enhance the potential usefulness of information to users. (Contains 33 references.) (Author/AEF)
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- 1999
10. Distributed Learning Environments: Pedagogy, Implementation, and the Early Adopter.
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Bronack, Stephen C. and Riedl, Richard E.
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Pedagogy embodies the beliefs one holds about students, about the various attributes of media technologies, and about the essential qualities of the content at hand. Teachers make decisions based on the interactions of these beliefs. Therefore, it is imperative to begin the process of designing and contemplating instruction with a consideration of the beliefs one holds concerning the components of this instruction. This paper presents observations about the pedagogical implications for teaching and learning gathered from the authors' experiences with the development of two types of distributed learning systems--the North Carolina Information Highway (NCIH) and CaseNET. NCIH is a video-based information delivery system developed by a consortium of state agencies and private industry; a lack of consideration of pedagogical issues has hindered utilization of the system for educational purposes. CaseNET is a set of World Wide Web-based courses jointly organized and offered by institutions of higher education and district professional development teams from the United States, Canada, and Norway. In contrast to NCIH, the developers of CaseNET have gone to great lengths to construct a distributed learning environment that allows for support and encourages cooperation, communication, case-writing, and reflective practice. Contains 12 references. (Author/DLS)
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- 1998
11. Communities of Inquiry among Pre-service Teachers Investigating Mathematics.
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Brett, Clare
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This paper reports preliminary findings from an ongoing longitudinal study of preservice teachers mathematical knowledge and confidence. The subgroup for this study consists of 11 preservice teachers from a group of 60 students enrolled in the 2-year teacher education pilot program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Toronto (Canada). The learning environment is designed to promote a sense of community and includes the following elements: small group discussions in which participants work on math investigations, workshops on cooperative learning techniques, experiences with collaborative learning in a variety of subject areas, and access to shared electronic databases which includes conferences of commentaries on mathematics. There is also a program-wide emphasis on constructivist approaches to learning, and students are introduced to a number of different technology-based and cognitively-oriented approaches to learning. The interpretive framework of community "glue factors" (identity, function, discourse, and shared values) is used to relate the data to the development of a learning community. The preliminary results suggest that the use of a shared electronic database facilitates a learning community for the majority of participants. The different participation patterns also suggest a need for more variety in approaches to accommodate the variety of learning styles and need. (Contains 45 references.) (JLS)
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- 1997
12. Consortium for Educational Telecomputing: Conference Proceedings (Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 18-19, 1991).
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Technical Education Research Center, Cambridge, MA., Tinker, Robert F., and Kapisovsky, Peggy M.
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Over 50 delegates from 32 states and 2 Canadian provinces attended this conference, during which 5 intensive working group sessions discussed, debated, and achieved agreement on a number of relevant issues concerning the role of educational telecomputing in school reform and restructuring. The conference proceedings begins with an overview of the current status of telecomputing in schools; an executive summary which presents seven conclusions and four recommendations for action from the five working groups; and an editorial guide to interpreting telecomputing issues by Robert Tinker, who addresses applications and requirements for educational telecomputing and organizational needs. Reports from each of the five working groups are then presented under these headings: (1,2) The Opportunity and Experience (Working Group I: Education); (3) Overcoming Barriers (Working Group 2: Curriculum and Teacher Support, and Working Group 3: Network Functions); (4) States and the Consortium (Working Group 4: Organizing a Consortium); and (5) Resources (Working Group 5: Implementing Educational Telecomputing). Each report covers the issues discussed and recommendations as well as the findings of a survey of all of the conference participants that relate to that particular group. A glossary, a guide to abbreviations, and a 14-item bibliography are also provided. Three appendixes contain a report on the EduCorp Statewide Survey that was conducted in 1990 to determine the status of K-12 telecomputing networks across the United States and identify the leaders responsible for those networks; a list of CET conference participants; and abstracts of the papers commissioned by the conference (see the related volume for the full text of these papers). (ALF)
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- 1992
13. Developing and Launching an Online Hub to Facilitate the Exchange of Research Knowledge in Education: The Case of the OERE
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Tuters, Stephanie, Read, Robyn, Harris, Shasta Carr, Anwar, Arif, and Levin, Ben
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This paper outlines the process by which the Ontario Education Research Exchange (OERE), part of the Knowledge Network of Applied Education Research, developed and launched an online hub of education research summaries to facilitate greater use of research by stakeholders in the field of education. The project is an effort in knowledge mobilization funded by the Ontario Ministry of Education to help increase the use of research to inform policy and practice in Ontario. The paper begins with an outline of the background and history of the project. Next, the three main components of the project are outlined--collecting/writing the summaries and creating the inventory, putting together the peer review process, and creating the online hub for storing and sharing the summaries and facilitating the peer review process. This paper provides useful information that can be translated to similar projects with the goals of summarizing, storing, and/or sharing research with a broad audience. (Contains 3 footnotes.)
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- 2012
14. Personal Devices in Public Settings: Lessons Learned from an iPod Touch/iPad Project
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Crichton, Susan, Pegler, Karen, and White, Duncan
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Our paper reports findings from a two-phase deployment of iPod Touch and iPad devices in a large, urban Canadian school board. The purpose of the study was to gain an understanding of the infrastructure required to support handheld devices in classrooms; the opportunities and challenges teachers face as they begin to use handheld devices for teaching and learning; and the opportunities, challenges and temptations students face when gaining access to handheld devices and wireless networks in K-12 schools. A mixed method approach was used: online survey, monthly professional development activities with teachers, collected samples of lesson plans and student work, and regular classroom observations. Phase 1 findings (exploring only the use of the iPod Touch devices) suggest participants (students, teachers, and IT support staff) preferred a range of devices for a variety of commonplace tasks. They indicated they would select the iPod Touch for recording voices/sounds, listening to podcasts, and playing games. They preferred a laptop for searching the Internet, creating media, and checking email, and they selected paper or traditional options for drawing, reading, and tracking work/maintaining an agenda. Sixty percent had never used the device prior to the project. Despite that surprising finding, 70% of respondents felt it took less than hour to become familiar with it. However, this question did not probe comfort levels with the syncing/charging, iTunes' account management side of use, and herein lay a challenge. In order to use personal devices in school settings, the school/district needed to create a common iTUNEs account and dedicate a computer to sync, share, and organize applications (apps), content, and system settings. This common account formed a "digital commons" of sorts; a place where participants had to negotiate what apps to share and permissions and access protocols. Participation in the commons required an ongoing exploration of what digital citizenship meant in classrooms and how this impacted teacher's work, parental responsibility and changes in disciplinary approaches for administrators. Year 1 of Phase 1 yielded a wealth of data. Specifically, the iPod Touch devices were well received and well used by the majority of participants in the elementary and junior high settings. The high school students and teachers were more critical, as both appeared to struggle to find educational uses for the devices. Further, high school students initially appeared to "resent" the intrusion of school issued personal devices. Phase 2 continued to work with the Phase 1 participants and added the deployment of the iPad devices in three additional schools. Probably the most interesting finding was the lack of familiarity of these devices by all the participants. We anticipated many would have owned similar devices and be proficient in their use--this was not the case. (Contains 1 table.)
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- 2012
15. Distance Learning '99. Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning (15th, Madison, Wisconsin, August 4-6, 1999).
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Wisconsin Univ. System, Madison.
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This document contains 71 papers and 11 workshop presentations on distance teaching and learning from a conference on educational research. The following are among the papers included: "Bridging Distances and Differences" (Nancy Anderson); "The Role of Site Directors in Faculty and Student Success" (Edith M. Barnett, Jeanie P. Kline); "Potential Benefits and Limitations of Investing in Telelearning" (Silvia Bartolic-Zlomislic); "Discussion Diagrams: A Method for Illustrating and Quantifying the Interactive Environment of Discussion-Based On-Line Courses" (Kathryn A. Bickel); "Using Distance Technology in Professional Development and Training" (Donald A. Bille); "The National Guard Distributed Learning Initiative: A Systems Approach" (Craig Bond, Fred Poker, Joseph Pugh); "The Use of Learning Technologies in Modern Business Organizations" (Theresa J. Bowen); "Designing a Web-Based Program in Clinical Bioethics: Strategies and Procedures" (Elizabeth Buchanan, Nancy Morris); "Interactive Satellite Training: More Than Just a Talking Head" (Melissa Buscho, Beth Knutson); "The Assessment of Distance Learning Evaluations" (Matthew V. Champagne, Robert A. Wisher, Jennifer L. Pawluk, Christina K. Curnow); "Creating Accessible Content for the World Wide Web and Distance Education" (Wendy Chisholm); "Constructivist Approach to Satellite Instruction" (Tom Cody, Andrew Kerr); "Using a Collaborative Model of Instruction for the Development of a Distance Education Course and Faculty Training" (Simone Conceicao-Runlee, Ann Hains, Patricia Caro, Rosemary Lehman, Bruce Dewey);"Developing Learner Self-Direction in a Webcentric Learning Environment" (Rita-Marie Conrad); "Evolution of Distance Delivery in a 10-University Consortium Providing a Nurse Practitioner Program" (Betty Cragg, Suzanne Doucette); "Piloting the Psychosocial Model of Faculty Development" (Patricia Cravener); "Strategies for Online Student Learning and Advising" (Shirley M. Davis, Christopher Reese); "How the Internet Will Change How We Learn" (William A. Draves); "Virtual Conversations: A Modest Means for Engaging Faculty at a Distance" (Margarete Epstein); "Transforming Faculty for Distance Learning" (Nancy Franklin, Donald E. Kaufman); "The Care and Feeding of an Online MBA Consortium" (Corbett Gaulden, Jr., Darcy W. Hardy, Jennifer Rees); "Distance Learning Instructor Training" (John H. Gebhardt); "Fine Tuning Interactive Delivery for High School Students in a Rapidly Growing College and Distance Learning System" (Ron J. Hammond); "The Virtual Teacher and the Classroom of the Future" (Richard A. Harrison); "Collaboration Tools" (Denise L. Henderson, Linda B. Ryder); and "Strategies for Addressing 'Cut-and-Paste' Plagiarism in Networked Environments" (Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe). (MN)
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- 1999
16. Passion and Politics: 99 Years of Adult Education. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (18th, Montreal, Canada, June 10-12, 1999) = Passion et Politique: 99 Ans d'Education des Adultes. Actes Annuel de L'Association Canadienne pour L'Etude de L'Education des Adultes (18e, Montreal, Canada, 10-12 Juin, 1999).
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Hrimech, Moham
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This document contains 35 papers and 4 symposia/poster sessions presented at a Canadian conference on the study of adult education. The following papers are among those included: "Adult Education on the Internet: New Dawn Breaking or Sky Falling?" (Archer); "'Shapeshifting': Negotiating Identity in First Nations Adult Education" (Atleo, Atleo); "Beginning to Unravel Our Conceptions of Reflective Practice: Reflecting On A Definition of Reflective Practice" (Benjamin et al.); "A Critical History of National Adult Literacy Policy in Tanzania and Recent Canadian Project Experience" (Blunt); "The Impossible Issue of Professionalization for Adult Educators in Quebec" (Bouchard); "Identities and The Changing Community College Landscape" (Brewer); "The Sound of Clashing Cultures: Coordinating External Training In An Academic Department" (Church, Foth); "Lost in Space: Reinventing Ourselves as Learners on The New Frontier" (Conrad); "Spiritual Possibilities of Informal Learning" (English); "Experiential Learning Revisited" (Brillinger); "Good Work! Redefining Academic Values From a Critical Feminist Perspective" (Gouthro); "Canadian and US Academic Adult Education (1917-1970)" (Grace); "Experiential Learning: Who Benefits Who Loses?" (Grosjean); "Social Movements and Professional Cadre: The Formation Of An Aboriginal Teacher Education Program" (Hesch); "'But I'm Not A Therapist': The Challenge of Creating Effective Literarcy Learning For Survivors of Trauma" (Horsman); "Knowledge Construction In The Virtual Classroom" (Kanuka, Kreber); "Response-ability For Writing Research That Honors Practitioners' Ways of Knowing" (Lander); "Can We Design Culturally Sensitive Interactive Distance Education? Maybe" (Lauzon); "Reducing Communicative Distortion in the Cyber-Learning Paradigm" (Petlock); "Mapping the Fault Line: The Rise of Professionalization and the Fall of Social Policy in North American Adult Education" (Quigley); "A Framework for a Cultural Materialist Approach to Adult Learning" (Sawchuk); "Public and Private Relationships for Adult Educators" (Scott); "From Learning to Credential: PLAR (Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition)" (Spencer et al.); "It Takes Two to Tango: Defining the Century as a Discourse Between Learning and Education" (Thomas); "A New Initiative for Continuing Professional Development" (Wright, Einsiedel, Jr.). Most papers contain author abstracts in both English and French. (AJ)
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- 1999
17. Dog Sleds to Satellites: Library Service in the Land of the Midnight Sun.
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Canadian National Inst. for the Blind, Ottawa (Ontario). and Herie, Euclid J.
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The role of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) in serving the aboriginal (indigenous) peoples of Canada, especially those in the Northwest Territories (NWT), is described, and the possibilities for future library delivery systems are discussed. The right of these peoples, and of all blind and visually impaired persons, to self-determination is a guiding principle in the CNIB service-delivery system. CNIB, which has provided vision services that are called eye patrols in the NWT since the 1930s, established the CNIB Library for the Blind in 1918. This privately funded library is the largest national production and distribution network for information to blind and visually impaired Canadians. Works are distributed in English and French because a comprehensive braille code has not been developed for the aboriginal languages. Funding and access problems mean that blind and visually impaired people in the NWT are not well served. Recognizing the potential of the electronic highway for improving services, CNIB has responded by establishing an Information Resource Center to serve as a library without walls that uses computer terminals and telephones to increase access to information for those who are unable to read print. Two maps illustrate the service areas. An eye test chart is included. (SLD)
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- 1994
18. Resource Sharing: New Technologies as a Must for Universal Availability of Information. International Essen Symposium (16th, Essen, Germany, October 18-21, 1993). Festschrift in Honor of Hans-Peter Geh.
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Essen Univ. (Germany). Library., Helal, Ahmed H., Weiss, Joachim W., Helal, Ahmed H., Weiss, Joachim W., and Essen Univ. (Germany). Library.
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This proceedings includes the following papers presented at the 16th International Essen Symposium: "Electronic Resource Sharing: It May Seem Obvious, But It's Not as Simple as it Looks" (Herbert S. White); "Resource Sharing through OCLC: A Comprehensive Approach" (Janet Mitchell); "The Business Information Network: Improving European Enterprise through Resource Sharing" (Sheila Corrall); "Cooperative Acquisition and New Technologies for Resource Management and Resource Sharing: An American Model" (Suzanne Fedunok and Sharon Bonk); "Information Networking Issues and Initiatives: The North Texas Experience" (Mary M. Huston and Robert Skinner); "Evaluating Electronic Resources: A Study Using Three Concurrent Methods" (Beth Sandore and Kathleen Ryan); "IT and Resource Sharing in Scottish Libraries together with a Note on Image Compression Standards" (Bernard Gallivan); "The Consortium of Academic Libraries in Manchester (CALIM): Strategic and Development Planning of a New Consortium" (John Blunden-Ellis); "Information Networking in the Nordic Countries: A Swedish Perspective" (Goran Skogmar); "The Nordic SR-net Project: Implementation of the SR/Z39.50 Standards in the Nordic Countries" (Jan A Laegreid); "New Developments in Standard Numbering" (Hartmut Walravens); "The Philosophical and Practical Dimensions of Resource Sharing" (David R. McDonald); "Resource Sharing in a Changing Library Environment: Strategies and Policies in a Canadian Research Library" (Frances K. Groen); "The International Library Market for CD-ROM Publications" (Klaus G. Saur); "Group on Electronic Document Interchange (GEDI): International Co-operation for the Electronic Exchange of Documents" (David Buckle); "Retrospective Conversion of Catalogues in European Co-operative Systems" (Michael McLellan); "Fuzzy Logic: Is It a Better Bibliographical Retrieval Method for End-Users?" (Peter Ahrens); "Advances in OPACs in Europe: An Overview" (Gitte Larsen); "Improving Data Quality in an OPAC from the '70s" (Sten Hedberg); "Integrating Images into the OPAC: Issues in Distributed Multimedia Libraries" (Jack Bazuzi and Ruth Wust); "An Image Is not an Object: But It Can Help" (David L. Austin); and "Conference Summary" (Kate T. Noerr). Most of the papers contain references. Abstracts only of the following two papers are contained: "High Performance CD-ROM Network Computing" (Gerold Ritter) and "New Ways for the Delivery of Information: IT, Networks, SGML, Multimedia and So on" (Arnoud de Kemp). The seminar agenda, lists of participants and participating vendors, and an index are also included. (MES)
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- 1994
19. The Emerging Information Infrastructure: Players, Issues, Technology, and Strategies. Proceedings of Part I of the Meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (123rd, Arlington, Virginia, October 20-22, 1993).
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Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. and Mogge, Dru
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The topic of the 123rd meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is the information infrastructure. The ARL is seeking to influence the policies that will form the backbone of the emerging information infrastructure. The first session concentrated on government roles and initiatives and included the following papers: "Opening Remarks" (Susan K. Nutter); "Canadian Information Policy" (Jocelyn Ghent Mallett); "Developing the National Information Infrastructure (NII)" (Michael Nelson); and "North Carolina's Information Highway" (Jane Smith Patterson). The stakeholders in the emerging information infrastructure are examined in the papers in the second session: "Introduction" (Hiram Davis); "The Public Interest Community: The Social and Legal Costs of the Information Superhighway" (Sonia Jarvis); "The Computer Industry's Assessment of the NII" (Kenneth Kay); "The Telecommunications Industry's Cooperative Role in the National Information Infrastructure (NII)" (Thomas Spacek); and "How the Information Network will Affect the Research and Education Communities" (Paul Evan Peters). Finally, papers concerned with the issues and technology of the infrastructure are presented in the third session: "Introduction" (James Neal); "Convergence and Higher Education" (Richard Taylor); and "Technological Change and the Public Interest" (Frederick Weingarten). (JLB)
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- 1993
20. Computer Assisted Instruction (ILS) for Adults.
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Moore, Andrew
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In 1991, the Cumberland Campus of Nova Scotia Community College established a literacy research and development project to survey local industries and the community regarding training needs and to develop workplace and community-based programs to meet those needs. One effort involved the implementation of a computer-assisted learning program to help the area's adult learners. The college purchased the INVEST Computer Assisted Learning System, a networked system of basic instructional software offering lessons in reading, writing, mathematics, and life skills and arranged a pilot project to evaluate the system. Specifically, the project sought to determine whether a heterogeneous group of adult learners could make significant gains in academic achievement over an 11-week period, and how such gains would compare to more traditional learning approaches. In the project, student journals were used, one private to encourage writing and a second to converse privately with the teacher. Results of standardized skills tests and evaluation questionnaires indicated the following: (1) positive gains were made in all areas of reading and math, with gains of more than 1.5 years realized for mathematical concepts and problem-solving; (2) 73% of the participants felt the project should have been longer; (3) 80% indicated that they became more highly motivated; (4) 73% felt that they were better and more confident learners; and (5) 80% indicated that they wanted more instructor input. The overall consensus was that there were many positive features to the program which could serve as a successful adjunct to traditional models. (KP)
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- 1993
21. Teaching Teachers to Teach Together between High Schools
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Stevens, Ken
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The proliferation of Internet-based networks linking small schools in rural communities in some countries challenges the appropriateness of teaching exclusively in the closed environments of traditional classrooms. The development of Internet-based school networks, facilitating the creation of virtual classes, has implications for the professional education of teachers who will, it is argued in this article, increasingly teach both face-to-face and on-line, or virtually and actually. Internet-based networks of schools provide opportunities for teachers to collaborate with their colleagues in the open learning spaces between sites that are academically and administratively linked. This paper outlines four ways in which pre-service Canadian teachers are encouraged to collaborate in preparation for teaching together across dispersed sites.
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- 2013
22. Teaching Teachers to Teach Together Between High Schools
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Stevens, Ken
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The proliferation of Internet-based networks linking small schools in rural communities in some countries challenges the appropriateness of teaching exclusively in the closed environments of traditional classrooms. The development of Internet-based school networks, facilitating the creation of virtual classes, has implications for the professional education of teachers who will, it is argued in this article, increasingly teach both face-to-face and on-line, or virtually and actually. Internet-based networks of schools provide opportunities for teachers to collaborate with their colleagues in the open learning spaces between sites that are academically and administratively linked. This paper outlines four ways in which pre-service Canadian teachers are encouraged to collaborate in preparation for teaching together across dispersed sites.
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- 2013
23. Education Network of Ontario: Content/Curriculum Models for the Internet-Connected Classroom.
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Beam, Mary
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The Education Network of Ontario (ENO) is a telecommunications corporation creating an access and applications network for and by Ontario's 130,000-member education community. When educators register with ENO, they receive full industry-standard Internet and Intranet services in English and French. ENO/REO works from school or home. Statistics such as 100,000 teacher members, over 23,000 logins a day, 250,000,000 minutes a month of online time, and over 100,000 mail or news messages per day are commonplace. Self-nominating teachers lead projects that deal with content creation, classroom projects and technology exploration. Results are as varied as a database of parent letters to go with report cards, solutions to keep small children exercised and content in ultra-cold winter months, an Internet radio station and investigation of video and voice technologies as well as pedagogical practices to support professional development. ENO trains teachers who now understand the need for, and use of, a sophisticated variety of applications and content to support and motivate students in the online environment. The result of this support is a classroom project model that is firmly based in curriculum but created in a way that the students and teachers use access to the Internet and other technologies to enhance learning of subject matter and processes, and not the technology itself. The ENO project model is supported by an automated application so teachers need not become involved in Web functions and software operations themselves. They do not need to understand Web site creation or even negotiate Web hosting with their school or District School Board. In this way, they work from the outset with the skills and experience they already have and they add knowledge of online processes and course management only as they need them in practice. Many project leaders graduate from this initial template to major Web site creation. Because ENO is its own Internet and Intranet Service Provider, it has enabled teachers to create and use a continuously evolving "bootstrap" model to support diverse, creative activities--projects, group work, lessons and student-to-student exchanges at every level of instruction. (Author)
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- 2002
24. Finding Space for Technology: Pedagogical Observations on the Organization of Computers in School Environments
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Jenson, Jennifer and Rose, Chloë Brushwood
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With the large-scale acquisition and installation of computer and networking hardware in schools across Canada, a major concern has been where to locate these new technologies and whether and how the structure of the school might itself be made to accommodate these new technologies. In this paper, we suggest that the physical location and organization of computer technologies, whether in the lab, classroom, library, or even school hallway, delimits and shapes the ways in which teachers talk about and make use of computers in their schools. As with the distribution of and access to any kind of resource, the distribution and organization of computers has an impact on the frequency and quality of teachers' integration/implementation efforts. We focus on three case studies that highlight how the structuring and re-structuring of space in schools can be a significant factor in whether and how this technology is used by teachers and students.
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- 2006
25. The Information Society: Friendly to Families by Design or by Accident?
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Vanier Inst. of the Family, Ottawa (Ontario). and Mirabelli, Alan
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Optimistic, "computopian" scenarios of the new information age emphasize the possibility of radically reversing the central tendencies of industrialization through the implementation of computer technologies that increase the ability to recognize and accommodate the needs of individuals. Pessimistic, dystopian scenarios, in contrast, point out that microelectronic technologies have been introduced as a way to greater efficiency in industrial production. Historical antecedents suggest that microelectronic innovation is not the precursor of a radically new form of social organization, but, rather, is the logical extension of the historical trend to rationalize production processes and to counter the declining rate of profit by substituting equipment and machinery for labor and wages. Whereas computopian and dystopian views recognize the capacity of the new technologies to increase differentiation, it is evident that increased social differentiation has increased social disintegration. At a time of crisis in the welfare state, governments now hope, unrealistically, to find within a compassionate community the resources needed to compensate for the loss of institutional supports and services. As the price of estrangement in society becomes increasingly apparent, public policy must be focused on the reintegration of society. In that effort, technological innovation has an as yet unrealized role to play. (RH)
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- 1985
26. Computer Network Security: Best Practices for Alberta School Jurisdictions.
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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton.
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This paper provides a snapshot of the computer network security industry and addresses specific issues related to network security in public education. The following topics are covered: (1) security policy, including reasons for establishing a policy, risk assessment, areas to consider, audit tools; (2) workstations, including physical security, protecting workstation components, and computer viruses; (3) the local network, including the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) reference model, protocols, network segmentation, network management, network sniffing, and data encryption; (4) servers, including UNIX and other server operating systems; (5) remote access, including technologies, remote access servers, protocols, and authentication/authorization; (6) crackers and hackers, including threats and hacking tools/techniques; (7) Internet firewalls, including functions, issues and problems, types, rules, logs, firewall accessories, buying a firewall, and firewall administration; and (8) applications, including e-mail, directory services, the World Wide Web, and single sign on. Each section highlights unique requirements of school jurisdictions and contains a list of relevant web sites. A glossary of terms is provided, and appendices include descriptions of Windows NT Workstation and Server, Novell NetWare, and Apple Macintosh, as well as a security checklist and evaluation form and a list of related Alberta Education resources. (AEF)
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- 1999
27. Awakening Sleepy Knowledge: Transformative Learning in Action. Final Report of the Transformative Learning through Environmental Action Project.
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York Univ., Toronto (Ontario). and Ontario Inst. for Studies in Education, Toronto.
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This document summarizes and presents materials produced during a qualitative international study of the role of transformative learning in achieving sustainable societies and global responsibility that included the following activities: case studies of experiences with transformative learning in seven countries; international survey and workshop; and establishment of an electronic computer-based network for administration of the project. The document begins with an overview of the project's objectives, methodology, and findings. Presented next are the following case study and working reports: "Transformative Learning through Environmental Action: Berlin and Brandenburg as Centers of Environmental Activism, Organic Food Consumption and Organic Gardening and Farming" (Elisabeth Meyer-Renschhausen); "Case Study from Sudan-Africa" (Naila Babiker Hijazi); "Case Study Brazil: Women in Citizen's Action: In the Struggle against Hunger and Poverty and in Defense of Life" (Morma Viezzer and Teriza Moreira); "Transformative Learning in Marginal Areas of Indigenous Migrants in an Amazon City [Aprendizaje Transformativo en Areas Marginales de Migrantes Indigenas en Una Ciudad Amazonica]" (Geog Omar Ovalles); "People's Rights, Environmental Education and Ecological Action for Sustainability: El Salvador" (Marta Benavides); "Community-Based Rural Development Project as a Vehicle to Community Ownership, Empowerment and Cultural Recovery--A Draft Working Paper of the Case Study" (Jose Zarate); "'Navdanya'--A Grass Roots Movement to Conserve Biodiversity and Sustain Food Security" (Vanaja Ramprasad); "Transformative Learning: Contexts and Practices--A Working Paper" (Budd Hall, Ed Sullivan); "Gender, Transformative Learning, and Environmental Action" (Darlene Clover); and "Food for Thought and Sustenance" (Leesa Fawcett). Concluding the document are a 28-item reference list, a 99-item annotated bibliography, and the proceedings of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) workshop. (MN)
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- 1995
28. A Fabric of Intelligence--How Our Supercomputing Network Is Weaving the Next Human Renaissance.
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Fierheller, George
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Provides the text of the 1993 Ian P. Sharp Lecture on Information Science that discussed issues concerning the global information network, particularly as they affect Canada. Highlights include the economic value of knowledge; information technology; effects on business; the global marketplace; effects on work practices; collaboration; social changes; and human interactions. (LRW)
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- 1994
29. Issues Related to the Use of Z39.50 To Emulate a Centralized Union Catalogue.
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National Library of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario)., Lunau, Carrol, and Turner, Fay
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The virtual Canadian union catalog (vCuc) project is a project among Canadian libraries to use Z39.50 (an information protocol standard) for searching distributed individual library catalogs and union catalogs. This paper summarizes the major technical, vendor, bibliographic data, and administrative issues that must be resolved before the distributed catalog environment will be able to provide the functionality which is available with a centralized union catalog. Solutions and the parties who are responsible for implementing them (librarians, vendors, national libraries and library organizations, library customers, or a combination) are identified. Issues discussed include: retrieval of locations and holdings information; the variety of attributes supported by vendors; inconsistency in vendor and library mapping of use attributes; ability to link from client system to other applications; merging result records of multiple systems; non-standardized use of library symbols; searches for specific serials issues; item level data and need for linkage of circulation and bibliographic records; incomplete cataloging; search terms supported by library; placement of location information and ease of user retrieval; description of Z39.50 features and options available in target system; and charging for the service. Vendors, technical developers, and librarians must continue to work together to find solutions which will assist libraries in providing service to their clients. (SWC)
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- 1997
30. Research and Education Networking Transcripts.
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Walsh, Taylor
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Edited transcripts of three talks presented at the 1991 Research and Education Networking (R&EN) Conference address municipal information systems, including descriptions of local networks, privacy issues, and future possibilities; networking in Canada, including CA*net, regional networks, and federal activities; and Canadian reactions to conference issues, including accessibility to information and library services. (MES)
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- 1992
31. Information Technology: A Model for Brandon University.
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Brandon Univ. (Manitoba). and Bazillion, Richard J.
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Information technology is having a profound effect on higher education in North America, and Brandon University in Manitoba (Canada) is in a position to join this movement in its early stages. The case for integrating information technology into the curriculum is argued, and the potential role of the new library complex in the teaching function is outlined. The recent expansion of the campus information network, MONET, has enhanced opportunities for faculty members, but this technology has yet to be extended to students. The new library is planned to allow the incorporation of information technology into the curriculum, should the university and the community elect to move students into the information technology age. Practical suggestions are offered to accomplish this. A first step is to begin developing courses that apply information technology to the specific research assignments required of students. A second, longer-range task is to create new courses on the history, sociology, and psychology of the information society, so that students gain an intellectual context in which to place contemporary events. It will also be essential to ensure that the technological infrastructure of the campus does not become progressively obsolete because of financial constraints. An appendix provides an annotated bibliography that lists 45 sources of additional information. (Contains 42 references.) (SLD)
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- 1993
32. Recommendations on Distance Education to the Northern Education Project of the Ministry of Education of the Government of Ontario. Submitted by the Distance Education Secondary School Committee of Northern Ontario.
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McGreal, Rory
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This report of the Distance Education Secondary School Committee of Northern Ontario, which is composed of representatives of the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Independent Learning Centre, Native and French language components of the MOE, and Contact North, discusses the role that the Contact North distance education network can play in the achievement of the goals of the Ontario government. Government priorities are listed, and contributions of Contact North in providing residents of isolated communities increased access to formal and informal educational opportunities are summarized. Contact North services to delivering institutions are listed, and curriculum support potential is identified. Benefits for students, teachers, and school board personnel are considered, including increased curriculum options, course enhancement, cultural enrichment, guidance and career planning, educational upgrading, inservice training, and development of local programs. Background on Contact North participants, funding considerations, course delivery, and the advantages of centralization is provided. The benefits of collaboration are discussed, including cost-efficiency, a universal timetable, participation by provincially-funded schools, large school participation, stability, and minimized local differences; and recommendations are offered for release time for teachers to deliver courses on the Contact North system and funding for smaller school boards to provide inservice training, curriculum development, and supervisory services through distance education. (ALF)
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- 1992
33. The Status of Computing in Public Schools in the West Kootenay Region of British Columbia.
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Perra, Leonel L.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the status of the use of computers in the schools within the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia (Canada). Thirty teachers, librarians, principals, and senior district administrators were interviewed to determine the computing background of the interviewees and how they were using computers in education. Results indicated that computers are being used quite extensively in the schools; the ratio of computers to students in the school ranged from 1:6 to 1:10; the equipment in use varied; the most common software applications were word processing, spreadsheets, and database and communications applications; computers were in use in all grade levels from kindergarten to grade 12; and CD-ROMs and electronic catalog systems were common in primary, elementary, and secondary school libraries. This report is presented in five sections: (1) Introduction--problem statement, purpose of the study, significance, assumptions, limitations and definitions; (2) Review of the Literature--importance, current status, uses, benefits, and future role of computers in education, and barriers to computer use in education; (3) Research Methodology--problem restatement, population and sample, research design, description of the interview questionnaire, administration and analysis of interviews; (4) Results and Analyses--selection of interviewees, interview process, question summaries, findings, status of computers in West Kootenay schools; and (5) Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations. Appendixes contain the interview questionnaire and a list of interviewees with background data. (Contains 19 references.) (ALF)
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- 1992
34. The York Digital Journals Project: Strategies for Institutional Open Journal Systems Implementations
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Kosavic, Andrea
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Embarking on a universitywide journal-hosting initiative can be a resource-intensive undertaking. Providing such a service, however, can be equally rewarding, as it positions the library as both partner and colleague in the publishing process. This paper discusses ideas and strategies for institutional journal hosting gleaned over two years by the York Digital Journals Project. Suggestions for startup including policy considerations and service models are discussed. Ideas for advertising and networking are explored as well as the question of project sustainability.
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- 2010
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35. AACR2R Use in Canadian Libraries and Implications for Bibliographic Databases.
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Howarth, Lynne C. and Weihs, Jean
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Discusses results from a 1992 survey of various types and sizes of Canadian libraries that was conducted to establish a baseline profile of libraries contributing to shared databases, and to determine the nature and extent of AACR2R use for creating original records being contributed to bibliographic utilities or other networks. (LRW)
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- 1995
36. Librarians and the Free-Net Movement.
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Mattison, David
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Describes free-nets as free public access community-based computer systems; explains how libraries and librarians participate in the free-net movement; discusses Canadian free-nets; considers the public library/free-net analogy; and provides a survey of library services on Internet-accessible free-nets and civic networks. (Contains four references.) (LRW)
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- 1994
37. OJAC: An Electronic Document Delivery System for British Columbia Post-Secondary Students.
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Copeland, Lynn
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Describes the Online Journal Access Citation (OJAC) project developed with the British Columbia Electronic Library Network and Simon Fraser University to demonstrate the feasibility of an electronic document delivery system. Topics discussed include publicity, training, and documentation; telecommunications; effects on regular interlibrary loans; user satisfaction; and borrowing and lending costs. (Contains two references.) (LRW)
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- 1993
38. A Case Study of an FSL Senior Secondary Course Integrating Computer Networking.
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Sanaoui, Razika and Lapkin, Sharon
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Acknowledging that students learning a second language need opportunities for extended spoken and written interactions with native speakers, this paper describes instructional computer networking that links grade 12 Anglophone students of French in Toronto with native French-speaking peers in Montreal. Focus is on writing skills. (25 references) (Author/LB)
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- 1992
39. Facilitating Resource Sharing in an Automated Environment: An Update on the National Library's Interlibrary Loan Protocol.
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Turner, Fay
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Describes an international interlibrary loan (ILL) protocol that was developed by the National Library of Canada to permit the exchange of ILL messages between bibliographic institutions that use different computers, systems, and communications services. Standardization is discussed, protocol testing is described, and international ILL protocol activities are related. (nine references) (LRW)
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- 1990
40. Scientific sinkhole: The pernicious price of formatting.
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LeBlanc, Allana G., Barnes, Joel D., Saunders, Travis J., Tremblay, Mark S., and Chaput, Jean-Philippe
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SINKHOLES ,INTERNET surveys ,SCIENCE publishing ,SCHOLARLY periodicals ,LABOR economics ,ORES - Abstract
Objective: To conduct a time-cost analysis of formatting in scientific publishing. Design: International, cross-sectional study (one-time survey). Setting: Internet-based self-report survey, live between September 2018 and January 2019. Participants: Anyone working in research, science, or academia and who submitted at least one peer-reviewed manuscript for consideration for publication in 2017. Completed surveys were available for 372 participants from 41 countries (60% of respondents were from Canada). Main outcome measure: Time (hours) and cost (wage per hour x time) associated with formatting a research paper for publication in a peer-reviewed academic journal. Results: The median annual income category was US$61,000–80,999, and the median number of publications formatted per year was four. Manuscripts required a median of two attempts before they were accepted for publication. The median formatting time was 14 hours per manuscript, or 52 hours per person, per year. This resulted in a median calculated cost of US$477 per manuscript or US$1,908 per person, per year. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first study to analyze the cost of manuscript formatting in scientific publishing. Our results suggest that scientific formatting represents a loss of 52 hours, costing the equivalent of US$1,908 per researcher per year. These results identify the hidden and pernicious price associated with scientific publishing and provide evidence to advocate for the elimination of strict formatting guidelines, at least prior to acceptance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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41. Academic Libraries: Issues and Trends.
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O'Brien, Leacy
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Discusses issues and trends affecting Canadian academic libraries that were major themes at the 1996 Canadian Library Association annual conference in Halifax (Nova Scotia). Topics include government funding decreases; restructuring in education and library services; consortia; library cooperation and collaboration; computer networks; interlibrary loans; partnerships with government agencies; and distance education projects. (LRW)
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- 1996
42. Student Drivers on the Information Highway.
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Hanson, William R.
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Describes high school students' use of the Internet based on experiences at a Canadian high school, including its use to obtain information for classroom assignments. Topics discussed include Internet Relay Chat; gender bias; collaboration; hackers and ethics agreements; control on the Internet; students teaching teachers; listservs and discussion groups; and equity of access. (LRW)
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- 1994
43. Linking Teachers to the World of Technology.
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Marker, Gerald and Ehman, Lee
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Discusses how to prepare teachers to use educational technology and how to affect their attitudes toward change. Technology in public schools in Indiana is examined, and the international Long Distance Learning Network Project (LDLN), which was designed to determine the effectiveness of long-distance learning in elementary and secondary schools, is described. (LRW)
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- 1989
44. Multilevel governance and broadband infrastructure development: Evidence from Canada.
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Rajabiun, Reza and Middleton, Catherine A.
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MULTI-level governance (Theory) , *BROADBAND communication systems , *INFRASTRUCTURE (Economics) , *TELECOMMUNICATION policy , *COMPUTER networks , *PROVINCIAL governments - Abstract
Abstract: This paper investigates the contributions of digital infrastructure policies of provincial governments in Canada to the development of broadband networks. Using measurements of broadband network speeds between 2007 and 2011, the paper analyzes potential causes for observed differences in network performance growth across the provinces, including geography, Internet use intensity, platform competition, and provincial broadband policies. The analysis suggests provincial policies that employed public sector procurement power to open access to essential facilities and channeled public investments in Internet backbone infrastructure were associated with the emergence of relatively high quality broadband networks. However, a weak essential facilities regime and regulatory barriers to entry at the national level limit the scope for decentralized policy solutions. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2013
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45. Interactive Inclusive Cross-cultural Encounters Online: The Virtual Museum of Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage and the Sagittarius-ORION Project.
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Kay Li
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VIRTUAL museums ,ASIANS ,CANADIANS ,CULTURAL property ,VIRTUAL classrooms ,CURRICULUM ,DIGITIZATION of library materials ,COMPUTER networks ,INTERNET in education - Abstract
The aim of this paper is to report on how interactive inclusive cross-cultural encounters are facilitated in our two online projects and how these projects make possible HOPE (Harmony Opportunity Peace and Equity). Last year , Asian Heritage Month--Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc. prepared the Virtual Museum of Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage (VMACCH). This project was made possible with the support of Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy. The museum showcases the cultural experiences and expressions of Asian Canadians in a variety of capacities from across Canada. It strives to provide insight into how this demographic experiences life in Canada, how Asian Canadians choose to express their traditional culture and heritage, and what these expressions and experiences mean to Asian Canadian communities. The SAGITTARIUS-ORION projects provide literature online so that students and teachers can have access to newly digitized and interactive resources on George Bernard Shaw and his works. We are expanding the project to African Canadian Literature this year . Students and teachers will be able to access annotated texts and resources for the plays directly from their classrooms connected to the ORION network. There are online classroom resources including production details, contextual documents, research materials, quizzes and activities, a search engine. More importantly, there are study guides tailored to the Ontario school curriculum, and reference materials by world renowned Shaw scholars. This project was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada and ORION. Through these projects, we work out the ways to foster interactive inclusive cross-cultural encounters among multicultural users. We look at how cultural expressions can be presented to encourage interactions with culture in the rest of Canada in open access websites, and how to digitize literature on restricted ultra high speed optical network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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46. Your Website: Greater Visibility and Return of Investment through Search Engine Marketing.
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Arsenaut, Thierry and Feeny, Daniel
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WEBSITES , *EXHIBITIONS , *WEB search engines , *VIRTUAL reality , *COMPUTER networks , *COMPUTER network resources - Abstract
Nowadays, the majority of the people find out the required websites information including virtual exhibitions through web search engines. The most commonly used search engines in the market are Google, Yahoo and MSN. This paper basically provides tips to the developers of virtual exhibition websites to make their sites more visible to the public. This is one of the marketing strategies of the web search engines are following to get best returns on their investment. This is a short paper based on the research work done at Canadian Heritage Information Network and their results are communicated in form of short paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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47. Straining the Standards: How Cataloging Websites for Curriculum Support Poses Fresh Problems for the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules.
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Campbell, D. Grant
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CATALOGING ,TEACHING aids ,COMPUTER network resources ,CURRICULUM ,WEBSITES ,EDUCATIONAL resources ,COMPUTER networks ,VIDEO games - Abstract
This paper discusses two primary issues that arose from cataloging educational sites as part of the Cataloguing Internet Resources Project in Canada. First, the complex hierarchies in which many education-related resources are found is discussed-along with the need for new policies to determine ''extent'' for documents embedded in the interlinked bibliographic universe. Second, the concept of and the need to re-evaluate the definition of the ''edition statement'' in the Web environment are discussed. Overall, further communication is needed between the educational and cataloguing community to provide access to educational resources in the electronic environment. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2000
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48. Computer Communications in Cross-Border Coalition-Building North American NGO Networking Against NAFTA.
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FREDERICK, HOWARD H.
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COMPUTER networks ,NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations ,INTERNATIONAL agencies ,NORTH American Free Trade Agreement - Abstract
This article begins by outlining John Locke's concept of global civil society and how it is embodied in the global non-governmental movements for peace, human rights, social justice, and environmental preservation and sustainabiity. The article then summarizes the role that new globe-girdling communications technologies are now playing within the NGO movements and describes the emergence of one global computer network known as the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) which links more than 15.000 NGO computers in 95 countries. As one case in this dramatic trend, the paper then examines North American Free Trade Agreement, a market- and government-imposed plan to unite the economies of Mexico, the United States, and Canada. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1992
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49. Open Systems Interconnection and the National Library of Australia: A Personal View
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Cathro, Warwick
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- 1986
50. A Systematic Review of Social Media Use to Discuss and View Deliberate Self-Harm Acts.
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Dyson, Michele P., Hartling, Lisa, Shulhan, Jocelyn, Chisholm, Annabritt, Milne, Andrea, Sundar, Purnima, Scott, Shannon D., and Newton, Amanda S.
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SELF-mutilation ,SOCIAL media in medicine ,MEDICAL databases ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,MEDICAL literature - Abstract
Objective: To conduct a systematic review of studies of social media platforms used by young people to discuss and view deliberate self-harm. Study Design: 11 electronic databases were searched from January 2000 to January 2012 for primary research; in June 2014 an updated search of Medline was conducted. Grey literature sources were also searched. Search results were screened by two reviewers. Data were extracted by one reviewer and verified by another. Methodological quality was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. Results: Due to heterogeneity in study objectives and outcomes, results were not pooled; a narrative analysis is presented. 26 studies were included. Most were conducted in Canada or the UK (30.8% each), used qualitative designs (42.3%), and evaluated discussion forums (73.1%). Participants were most often aged 19–21 years (69.2%), female (mean 68.6%), and 19.2% had a documented history of depression. The social media platforms evaluated were commonly supportive and provided a sense of community among users. Support included suggestions for formal treatment, advice on stopping self-harming behavior, and encouragement. Harms included normalizing and accepting self-harming behavior; discussion of motivation or triggers, concealment, suicidal ideation or plans; and live depictions of self-harm acts. Conclusions: Although this evidence is limited by its descriptive nature, studies identify beneficial and detrimental effects for young people using social media to discuss and view deliberate self-harm. The connections users make online may be valuable to explore for therapeutic benefit. Prospective, longitudinal investigations are needed to identify short- and long-term potential harms associated with use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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