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Stamas, Paul J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This case study research followed the two-year transition of a medium-sized manufacturing firm towards a service-oriented enterprise. A service-oriented enterprise is an emerging architecture of the firm that leverages the paradigm of services computing to integrate the capabilities of the firm with the complementary competencies of business…
Descriptors: Manufacturing, Organizational Change, Internet, Information Storage
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Crippen, Kent J.; Archambault, Leanna – Computers in the Schools, 2012
Inquiry-based instruction has become a hallmark of science education and increasingly of integrated content areas, including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Because inquiry-based instruction very clearly contains surface, deep, and implicit structures as well as engages students to think and act like scientists,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Active Learning, Science Instruction, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Rushby, Nick; Twining, John; Twining, Nick; Devitt, Thomas – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
This is the report of a five month study, undertaken by Sundridge Park Training Technologies in association with Guildford Educational Services to assess the potential of smart card technology to support learning and the management of learning. The study had two strands--the state of the art of the technology and its potential for supporting,…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Technological Advancement, Computer Storage Devices, Case Studies
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Genova, Gina L. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2010
The 20th-century office is dead. According to "Telework Trendlines 2009," WorldatWork's new survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults, the number of Americans working remotely at least once a month jumped 39%, from 12.4 million in 2006 to 17.2 million in 2008. Last year Congress even introduced bills that would encourage and expand telework programs…
Descriptors: Working Hours, Teleworking, Employees, Courts
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Fitzgerald, Mike – Tech Directions, 2006
Communication spreads knowledge worldwide. It could be argued that "communication" is one of the greatest human achievements. In this article, the author briefly describes some key technologies associated with the archiving and communication of information. Since communication technologies continue to evolve at a fast pace, he simply focuses on…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Communications, Audio Equipment, Photography
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St. George, Art – EDUCAUSE Review, 2007
Today, at the end of 2007, there are evident consolidations in wireless, storage, and virtualization and the path forward seems clearer now than previously. Trends from last year continue strongly, particularly Web 2.0 and the shift to user-driven environments and Internet sites where significant data and video processing is available to those…
Descriptors: Internet, Educational Trends, Information Technology, Technology Integration
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Wang, Shujen – Policy Futures in Education, 2006
This article uses three case studies to examine the intersecting developments of technology, capitalism, and globalization through the contradictions and paradoxes of copyright governance and piracy. China is used as a case study to investigate the relations among the state, law, and global capitalism. (Contains 7 tables and 9 notes.)
Descriptors: Social Systems, Copyrights, Global Approach, Foreign Countries