The Personal Computer: An Untapped Source for the United States Army War College

Abstract

This essay examines the dramatic changes made in the use of personal computers in civilian universities, and explores the concept of educational computing. The author presents the idea of an educational computing model and its application in the USAWC. Department of Defense Policy, and Army Information Management Regulations are discussed where applicable. Finally, the author presents some recommendations based on: known fiscal constraints, an analysis of the present computer system at the USAWC, and on lessons learned in business and civilian universities. Keywords: Communications and standards; Open System Interconnection (OSI) Model; Remote interconnection.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 02, 1990
Accession Number
ADA223976

Entities

People

  • Charles E. Persyn

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Digital Communications
  • Electronic Mail
  • Instructors
  • Local Area Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Personal Computers
  • Schools
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Word Processors

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Computer Science.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.