ERIC Number: ED280535
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Oct
Pages: 32
Abstractor: N/A
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The Maricopa Story: Expanding Communication to Serve Students and Staff.
Jacobs, Alan; And Others
Executive summaries are provided of a variety of projects undertaken by the Maricopa Community Colleges related to the use of technology, and to the staff and students in the district. Reports are presented for the following activities and plans: (1) Maricopa Community Colleges/Digital Equipment Corporation/Information Associates Partnership, a project to enhance the district's management information system; (2) Telecommunications Improvement Project, Phase I: Needs Assessment, a project designed to review the district's existing telecommunications system and to make recommendations for improvement; (3) Instructional Computing Master Plan, which offers recommendations for enabling the instructor to do instructional computing, provide programmer support, and exert leadership; (4) Library/Media Automation Project, for automating cataloging, public access, circulation, acquisitions, and media booking functions; (5) Center for Instructional Technology Strategic Master Plan, which outlines the center's plans for increasing college access to its resources and support services; and (6) Information Technologies Services Strategic Master Plan, which includes general directions for improving the use of various educational and information technologies. Finally, a list of development projects undertaken by the college between 1983 and 1986 is presented. (LAL)
Descriptors: College Planning, College Programs, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Library Automation, Management Information Systems, Needs Assessment, Organizational Communication, Program Descriptions, Program Implementation, Technological Advancement, Telecommunications, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Maricopa County Community Coll. District, Phoenix, AZ.
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