MIT Project Athena

ForewordsPrefaceDevelopmentCreating the VisionIdentifying the Visioninitiating ActionThe VisionProject Andrew at Carnegie-Mellon University Obtaining SponsorsCommitment to the ProjectFrom Vision to RealityMajor Goals and StrategiesStrategic DecisionsStart-UpOvercoming Early ShortcomingsArrival of Workstations The CrunchThe Gamble Pays OffAll Students Receive AccountsSummaryPedagogy3 Athena as an instructional System Background Enter Workstations The Computer's Role in Education Learning Problems Teaching with Personal Productivity Software Developing and Using Instructional Courseware Athena Writing Project Fluid Dynamics Civil Engineering Thermodynamics Physiology Membrane Simulation Physics-Special Relativity Chemistry-infrared Spectroscopy Athena Laboratory Data System Courses Using Special Software Lessons Learned Remaining Concerns4 Athena and the Faculty Concept Versus Reality Effects of Strategic Decisions Developmental Issues The Turnaround Outlook for the Future Technology5 Athena as a Distributed System Definitions Models of Distributed Systems Existing Distributed Operating Systems Athena's Unique Aspects Issues in Distributed Systems The Athena Model of Distributed Systems Athena System Design System Software Development6 Athena Tools and Distributed Systems Human Interface Development The Network Network Services Name Service Service Management System Notification Server Palladium Print System File Servers Dial-Up Service7 the Athena Multimedia Workstation Project The Beginning Visual Computing Modules Hardware Muse Human Interface Benefits Current Status and Future Plans Administration8 Workstations in Student Housing Athena's Impact on Living-Group Life Future Plans9 Finance and Organization Finance Organization Faculty Registration and Deployment Restrictions on Use Contracts System Cost Economic Model10 Assessment Surprises Assessment by Accreditation Committee Cac90 Assessment Technical Assessment Implementation Use of Athena by Others Relationship with the Faculty Benefit to Sponsors Pedagogical Assessment Comparing the Futures of Athena and Andrew Concluding Remarks11 Quo Vadis Athena Continuing and New initiatives Desired Workstation Characteristics Future of instructional Computing at CMU Instructional Computing at MIT after 1991Appendixes I Deployment of Athena University of Massachusetts/Amherst Stanford North Carolina State University Iowa State University Nanyang Technical institute II Guidelines for Athena Installation Requirements What You Get and How to Get It Organization Standards Configurations Training Users Physical Security Athena Software Other Considerations Position Descriptions III Other Issues in instructional Computing Alternative System Design Approaches Alternative Ownership Models Role of Private Industry IV Athena Policies Principles of Responsible Use of Project Athena Athena Rules of Use V Athena Donors VI First Athena Press ReleaseBibliographyIndex