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Udoh, Emmanuel E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Advances in grid technology have enabled some organizations to harness enormous computational power on demand. However, the prediction of widespread adoption of the grid technology has not materialized despite the obvious grid advantages. This situation has encouraged intense efforts to close the research gap in the grid adoption process. In this…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Corporations, Internet, Rejection (Psychology)
Yares, Ali Chava Kaufman – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Information is everywhere and finding the best method to manage it is a problem that all types of organizations have to deal with. Schools use Student Information Systems (SIS) to manage Student Data, Financial Information, Development, Human Resources, Admission, Financial Aid, Enrollment, Scheduling, and Health Information. A survey of 107…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Education, Information Systems, Databases
Lauwers, Tom – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This thesis is about a design process for creating "educationally relevant" tools. I submit that the key to creating tools that are educationally relevant is to focus on ensuring a high degree of alignment between the designed tool and the broader educational context into which the tool will be integrated. The thesis presents methods and processes…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Alignment (Education), Educational Technology, Instructional Design
Geist, Lori A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Team collaboration is necessary to fully support school-age students who use assistive technology (AT). Teams should include the student, his or her family, and school professionals. Unfortunately, team collaboration is often not realized due to constraints that range from scheduling conflicts and language barriers to lack of defined roles and…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Computer Mediated Communication, Individualized Education Programs, Disabilities
Larusson, Johann Ari – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Prior research has highlighted the educational benefit of enabling students to participate in collaborative learning activities. Developing technology that extends the physical boundaries of the classroom and enables students to engage in meaningful collaborative learning activities outside class time can be of significant value. For any…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Educational Benefits, Cooperative Learning, Interaction
Sun, Yu-Lin – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The Chinese writing system has traditionally organized the typographic text vertically, with one square-shaped character placed on top of another. With the influence of globalization, an increasing number of reading materials have been presented in the Western horizontal format, including school textbooks for children in Taiwan. This study looked…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Materials, Textbooks, Written Language