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ERIC Number: EJ337422
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Should Secondary Schools Buy Local Area Networks?
Hyde, Hartley
Unicorn, Journal of the Australian College of Education, v12 n1 p53-55 Feb 1986
The advantages of microcomputer networks include resource sharing, multiple user communications, and integrating data processing and office automation. This article nonetheless favors stand-alone computers for Australian secondary school classrooms because of unreliable hardware, software design, and copyright problems, and individual progress requirements. (4 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Copyrights, Foreign Countries, Individualized Instruction, Microcomputers, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia
Note: Single copies are available from: Business Manager, The Australian College of Education, 916 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053 Australia ($5.00 Australian).