Reality bytes: Education, markets and the information superhighway

1995 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Kenway
Keyword(s):  
Information Superhighway ◽  
Education Markets

A hitchhiker’s guide to microscopy and microanalysis using telecommunications, e-mail, and the Internet

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 390-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nestor J. Zaluzec
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Information Superhighway ◽  
The World ◽  
Exchange Information ◽  
On Line ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Software And Hardware ◽  
Communication Software ◽  
Basic Ideas ◽  
E Mail

The Information SuperHighway, Email, The Internet, FTP, BBS, Modems, : all buzz words which are becoming more and more routine in our daily life. Confusing terminology? Hopefully it won't be in a few minutes, all you need is to have a handle on a few basic concepts and terms and you will be on-line with the rest of the "telecommunication experts". These terms all refer to some type or aspect of tools associated with a range of computer-based communication software and hardware. They are in fact far less complex than the instruments we use on a day to day basis as microscopist's and microanalyst's. The key is for each of us to know what each is and how to make use of the wealth of information which they can make available to us for the asking. Basically all of these items relate to mechanisms and protocols by which we as scientists can easily exchange information rapidly and efficiently to colleagues in the office down the hall, or half-way around the world using computers and various communications media. The purpose of this tutorial/paper is to outline and demonstrate the basic ideas of some of the major information systems available to all of us today. For the sake of simplicity we will break this presentation down into two distinct (but as we shall see later connected) areas: telecommunications over conventional phone lines, and telecommunications by computer networks. Live tutorial/demonstrations of both procedures will be presented in the Computer Workshop/Software Exchange during the course of the meeting.

Choice and Competition in Education Markets

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick J. Bayer ◽  
Robert McMillan
Keyword(s):  
Education Markets

scholarly journals Leading Asia into the Information Superhighway

Media Asia ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 128-130
Author(s):  
Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen
Keyword(s):  
Information Superhighway

New Jersey: Libraries and the information superhighway

1996 ◽  
Vol 14 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 219-219
Author(s):  
John H. Livingstone
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Information Superhighway

Setting standards on the information superhighway

IEEE Micro ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
R.H. Stern
Keyword(s):  
Information Superhighway

scholarly journals Education Policy

2015 ◽  
Vol 231 ◽  
pp. R36-R43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Allen
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Teacher Recruitment ◽  
Traditional Curriculum ◽  
Coalition Partner ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Teacher Workforce ◽  
Education Markets

This article summarises the 2010–15 Coalition government's education policy, contrasting their attempts to liberalise education markets with the desire to impose a highly traditional curriculum. The government's quite radical reforms have not been easy to implement, taking place against severe budgetary constraints and a minority Coalition partner with ambitions to improve the educational outcomes of children from low income families. It could be argued that the reforms have been successfully implemented, and there is little prospect of wholesale reversal by any future government. However, their combative approach to reform leaves a demotivated teacher workforce, a possible impending teacher recruitment crisis as the economy recovers, and a tangled web of accountability structures that will need to be resolved.

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