Report of the Faculty Working Group on Computers.

Abstract

Many academic institutions are considering or already implementing large scale distributed computing systems to include student owned microcomputers. The potential benefit of these computers to the education process is enormous, but so are the risks. A real danger is the expensive hardware will be underutilized for lack of applications. Faculty involvement with the new computing resources is the key to effective utilization. Committees within the U.S. Air Force Academy are now considering various distributed computing options. A survey of the Academy faculty was conducted to assess their readiness and willingness to use the proposed systems. The survey summarizes the available faculty resources to support distributed computer applications and their opinions concerning implementation plans. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA132706

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Central Processing Units
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Databases
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Local Area Networks
  • Mainframe Computers
  • Operating Systems
  • Personal Computers
  • Students
  • Word Processors

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  • Aerospace Research.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Strategic Security Studies