Use Of Electronic Technology Research Articles

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GLOBAL CULTURE AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

This investigation addresses the alteration of the community college from a local institution to one that is more entrepreneurial and corporate as well as more connected to the global community. This multi-case study of seven community colleges in two countries - The United States and Canada - focuses on three cultural aspects of globalization as they pertain to community colleges: (1) the dominant ideology associated with globalization, (2) the involvement and interactions of people in and with other cultures, and (3) the conceptualization of the world as a single place. The first two of these cultural aspects are identified as organizational behaviors within community colleges. The third aspect is viewed as cultural change potentially promulgated by the use of electronic technology.

Development of a PEM fuel cell powered portable field generator for the dismounted soldier

The increasing use of electronic technologies by the dismounted soldier is placing a growing burden on the power sources required to operate them. Battery technology, which is close to the limit of development cannot provide for the soldiers power needs at an acceptable weight. Air breathing proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells in combination with advanced hydrogen generation technologies, are suggested as a viable alternative, providing greatly increased energy densities. An application as a portable field generator is suggested, with the fuel cell system acting as a charger coupled to rechargeable batteries.

Evaluating ITV-Based MSW Programs: A Comparison of ITV and Traditional Graduates' Perceptions of MSW Program Qualities

SUMMARY Traditional and ITV-based MSW graduates at the University of Minnesota are compared on their perceptions of learning, relationships with instructors, adequacy of access to resources, connections with others students, staff support, connection to the school. Possible impacts of ITV exposure on graduates' use of electronic technologies are also examined. ITV graduates generally rated the program's impacts on learning and their satisfaction with various program supports equal to or higher than did graduates of the traditional program, with the exception of students' connections to other students and access to resources such as libraries and computer labs.

How Do We Teach? Results of a National Survey of Instruction in Secondary Art Education

This article summarizes selected questions from a 1999 national survey of instructional strategies used by secondary art teachers in the U.S. Results suggest art teachers most frequently use studio-oriented teaching strategies, and find them most effective in motivation, demonstration, and questioning strategies. Particular note is made of assessment and evaluation, use of electronic technology, and art exhibition.

Making Decisions: The Use of Electronic Technology in Online Classrooms

Professors can consult guidelines to help them choose which electronic technologies to use to promote effective teaching in the online classroom.

Incorporating electronic-based and computer-based strategies: graduate nursing courses in administration.

The use of electronic technology allows faculty to improve their course offerings. Four graduate courses in nursing administration were contemporized to incorporate fundamental computer-based skills that would be expected of graduates in the work setting. Principles of adult learning offered a philosophical foundation that guided course development and revision. Course delivery strategies included computer-assisted instructional modules, e-mail interactive discussion groups, and use of the electronic classroom. Classroom seminar discussions and two-way interactive video conferencing focused on group resolution of problems derived from employment settings and assigned readings. Using these electronic technologies, a variety of courses can be revised to accommodate the learners' needs.

Technological Advances in Agricultural Economics Curricula

AbstractThe potential use of computers and electronic technology have created considerable interest among educators in agricultural economics. This paper provides an overview of the use of electronic technology within agricultural economics curricula; examines areas in which technological development offers promise and examines issues associated with adoption of the technology.

Electronic Information Technologies and Resources: Use by University Faculty and Faculty Preferences for Related Library Services

With support provided by a grant from the Council on Library Resources, the SUNY University Center Libraries conducted a four-campus survey of faculty use of electronic information technologies and resources. The survey and analysis are the first such study including all academic disciplines and a broad range of faculty at several institutions joined in a consortial relationship. The surveys objectives were to determine the availability to faculty of equipment and network connections necessary for access to electronic information resources, to measure use and frequency of use of these resources, to report locations from which faculty access electronic information, and to elicit faculty perceptions of obstacIes to the use of electronic technologies and library services which might stimulate use of such resources. The findings reveal that there are inequities in access to electronic technologies among the disciplines; that the most common obstacle to use of electronic information for faculty is lack of knowledge about resources; and that there is strong interest in initiating various library transactions via e-mail or a campuswide information system (CWIS). The survey results present clear mandates related to information services, training, the allocation of funds for networking, and access to electronic information resources for libraries

THE CD‐ROM network at the Claremont colleges: Implementation, instruction, and remote access

In December 1989, Pomona College and Claremont McKenna College (CMC) received a grant from the Knight Foundation to fund increased availability of, access to, and use of electronic databases. This article will describe the role of the Libraries of the Claremont Colleges in carrying out specifications of the grant through implementation of a CD‐ROM local area network with remote access and through preparation and presentation of instructional sessions focusing on use of the available databases. It will also discuss some of the changes that increased use of electronic technologies has brought to the Libraries.

Copyright Management of Document Supply in an Electronic Age

The growing use of electronic technology for preparing, storing and disseminating documents is welcomed as a great advance on the use of paper, but it also poses many threats to rights owners. Copying, downloading, storing, retransmission and networking are all major threats. Even greater concern is caused by the capability to edit, amend, delete or enlarge a text without the original owner knowing anything about this or being able to control it. The CITED(TM) model offers a standard which can be used to assure owners that their works are being used properly. It also provides a mechanism for allowing access rather than inhibiting it but still recording use and collecting royalties where appropriate. The model is not a piece of software in itself but a conceptual model which can be mapped on to any information in digital format, whether text, broadcasts, sound recordings or visual images. The model has particular application to the role of document supply centres and networking of copyright information.

Electronic conferencing for continuing medical education: a resource survey.

The use of electronic technologies to link participants for education conferences is an option for providers of Continuing Medical Education. In order to profile the kinds of electronic networks currently offering audio- or videoteleconferences for physician audiences, a survey was done during late 1985. The information collected included range of services, fees, and geographic areas served. The results show a broad diversity of providers providing both interactive and didactic programming to both physicians and other health care professionals.

Future dimensions: Where do we go from here?

The future of government information depends on national priorities. Economic considerations seem to be the number one priority at this time. Kadec summarizes and discusses important information actions in the last few years: the Paperwork Reduction Act, OMB circular A-76, and the Grace Commission. More and more agencies will move to electronic production and dissemination. Whether the GPO is organized to make use of electronic technology and benefit depository libraries will depend in large part on the cooperation of the libraries.

A National Status Report On the Use of Electronic Technology in Special Education Management

The impact of technology on special education was initially in the area of computer-assisted instruction. More recently management uses of technology have been rapidly introduced to reduce paperwork, meet federal and state reporting requirements, and track students from referral to placement into special education programs. This study outlines the status of computer use by special education directors in the Council of Administrators of Special Education, which commissioned the survey. The results are organized around seven questions from development to current and future applications. The results are discussed in terms of two competing frameworks that guide technology use in business and education. The authors provide a development process that capitalizes on the knowledge of special education managers and their reported needs.

World War II Films As Propaganda

discuss and respond to the proffered sensory experiences in the free atmosphere of a lighted classroom rather than in the darkened room demanded by cinema. Iftelevision presents any disadvantages they lie largely in the necessarily "lumpy" investment in capital equipment. As in railroad building, one may not lay only one track and expect to profit. The investor must build two tracks in addition to stations, shops, and rolling stock. The television producer cannot start small. He must have two cameras, two videotape recorders, and a studio as a minimal investment. Later on he may think of adding color and any one of several editing systems. As the system grows more sophisticated the services of a fulltime engineer add to the annual budget. Even so, the cost per production may be kept down simply by using the studio with greater frequency and imagination. Nevertheless, the historiantelevision producer may take heart in the relatively smaller operating expenses, editing and processing costs, and the security and comfort that comes with the knowledge that the final product may be pulled together, shaped, and timed and then rerun all in the studio, with no waiting for the results to come back from the lab. In a sense, the low operating costs encourage the historian-producer to consider every program as a work-tape to be modified and reshaped based on the feedback from successive groups ofstudents. All things considered, television provides a medium through which the historians most scholarlyjudgments may be refined and presented in a format that allows the widest range of sources, the most personal editorial control, and the most creative outreach to the student consumer. And it accomplishes its goals, not only without doing violence to other audio-visual expressions, but by giving them- a new editorial dimension through the use of electronic technology. Thomas Cripps is Professor ofHistory at Morgan State College; afrequent contributor to historicaljournals; and co-producer, host, or writer ofmore thanfifty television shows. HISTORY THROUGH FILM With this issue we are expanding our "History Through Film " section to include the archivist'spoint ofview as well as that ofthe teacher. Otherfilm archivists will contribute tofuture issues as well otherprofessionals who have insights to share The Teacher Printed below and on thefollowingpages is the second in a series ofsyllabi of "history throughfilm" courses currently bring offered in American universities. The professors have been asked to supply an introductory statement describing their approach, the goals they have in view and whatever insights they might already have into the "history throughfilm" experience. In subsequent issues ofFilm and History the series will be continued with attach historians and other schools contributing. Ifyou (each a similar course a, have similar experience thatyou would like to share with others, the editors invite you to contribute. 31 World War II Films As Propaganda By Taylor Stults Muskingum College New Concord, Ohio The last several years have seen a growing professional interest in film, both as a teaching device to supplement traditional curricula and especially as a subject ofanalysis in itself. The formation of the Historians Film Committee illustrates this trend. For the past two years I offered a film study course at Muskingum, utilizing the January interim term in our 4-1-4 calendar. In 1971, my interim was "Films of the Thirties," using thirty-five Hollywood feature films to illustrate how movies represent popular culture and to determine what value the films conveyed in Depression-age America. This article describes the structure ofmy January, 1972 interim, "Films ofWorld War II: Movies as Propaganda." Major goals were: first, to provide the student with a deeper appreciation ofthe cinema as an art form and an expression ofpopular culture; second, to isolate and analyze the values contained in the films we saw dealing with a wartime situation; third, to develop an understanding of the meaning and techniques of propaganda; fourth, to determine the extent to which propaganda existed in the films, to increase student comprehension ofWorld War II and its impact upon the American people. We used only motion pictures released between 1940 and the fall of 1945, to see only what war-time Americans were seeing in movie theaters. These twenty-five feature length movies plus a...