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Millett, Stephan; O'Leary, Peter – Research Ethics, 2015
This paper argues that specific individual informed consent and other forms of consent predicated on a right to autonomy may not in all circumstances be appropriate for the establishment and use of large data sets of health information. We suggest that there are inherent failings in such an approach, shortcomings that we analyse below. We argue…
Descriptors: Informed Consent, Access to Information, Databases, Health
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Hillier, Mathew – Distance Education, 2018
This paper explores a proposal for an off-line e-learning platform that will provide a bridge for digitally unconnected students and educators to join the contemporary information and communications technology (ICT) intensive world. Individual remote and unconnected learners face a chicken and egg problem for engagement with contemporary…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Program Proposals, Systems Approach
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Selwyn, Neil; Henderson, Michael; Chao, Shu-Hua – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2017
Large quantities of data are now being generated, collated and processed within schools through computerised systems and other digital technologies. In response to growing concerns over the efficiency and equity of how these data are used, the concept of "open data" has emerged as a potential means of using digital technology to…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, School Statistics, Access to Information, Information Management
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MacKenzie, Andrew; Muminovic, Milica; Oerlemans, Karin – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2017
At the University of Canberra, Australia, the design and architecture faculty are trialling a range of approaches to incorporating learning technologies in the first year foundation studio to improve student learning outcomes. For this study researchers collected information on students' access to their assignment information and feedback from the…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Courseware, Intention, Educational Improvement
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Schendel, Diana E.; Bresnahan, Michaeline; Carter, Kim W.; Francis, Richard W.; Gissler, Mika; Grønborg, Therese K.; Gross, Raz; Gunnes, Nina; Hornig, Mady; Hultman, Christina M.; Langridge, Amanda; Lauritsen, Marlene B.; Leonard, Helen; Parner, Erik T.; Reichenberg, Abraham; Sandin, Sven; Sourander, Andre; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Suominen, Auli; Surén, Pål; Susser, Ezra – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
The International Collaboration for Autism Registry Epidemiology (iCARE) is the first multinational research consortium (Australia, Denmark, Finland, Israel, Norway, Sweden, USA) to promote research in autism geographical and temporal heterogeneity, phenotype, family and life course patterns, and etiology. iCARE devised solutions to challenges in…
Descriptors: Autism, Epidemiology, International Cooperation, Consortia
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Garside, Ruth; Pearson, Mark; Moxham, Tiffany – Health Education Research, 2010
Skin cancer is an increasing problem in Europe, America and Australasia, although largely preventable by avoiding excessive ultraviolet (UV) exposure. This paper presents the findings of a systematic review of qualitative research about the prevention of skin cancer attributable to UV exposure. The aim is to understand elements that may contribute…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cues, Health Education, Self Efficacy
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Davis, Mari – Australian Library Journal, 1987
Discusses the difficulties encountered in accessing online information on women and women's issues that results from the indexing of relevant items across several databases. A project designed to index literature on employment, equality, and gender within a single database is described. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Developed Nations
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Costello, Diane – Information Technology and Libraries, 1999
Describes CAUL (The Council of Australian University Librarians) which is dedicated to improving access by the staff and students of Australian universities to scholarly information resources. Discusses funding, access to databases, electronic information resources, information infrastructure and network information support, and electronic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Consortia
Wong, Ian – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2006
Imagine being able to engage students in learning statistics. Teachers would need their students to have access to a large database of real data, preferably about students. It would be even better if students were part of the database. Ideally, the data would enable students to ask questions of interest to them. For a teacher, it would be…
Descriptors: Motivation Techniques, Foreign Countries, Databases, Investigations
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Sheffield, P. W. – Education Libraries Journal, 1995
Describes the release of the British Education Index on CD-ROM, summarizing the deliberations leading to the conjunction of the Australian, British, and Canadian education index databases on the International ERIC CD-ROM. Considers the impact of CD-ROM availability on traditional print media and how it may affect the future development of the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Educational Resources, Foreign Countries
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Cleary, Jim – Australian Library Journal, 1994
Discusses the impact of information technology and networking on higher education with particular reference to academic libraries, based on experiences in Australia and New Zealand. Highlights include technology and learning; open learning and the virtual campus; network infrastructure; database access; electronic publishing; information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Computers, Access to Information, Computer Networks
Haddad, Peter – 1999
The foundations of national bibliography remain an effective legal deposit regime and the use of widely accepted bibliographic standards, but its nature, format, presentation, and way in which national bibliographies are produced are evolving to reflect changes in technology and user expectations. This paper presents experiences in Australia,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Utilities, Bibliographies
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Missingham, Roxanne; Walls, Robert – Australian Library Journal, 2003
In 2002, the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST), Higher Education Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee commissioned the National Library of Australia to analyse the uniqueness and overlap of Australian university library collections, comparing library collections in each state, using the National Bibliographic Database…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Advisory Committees, Foreign Countries
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1986
Four papers on information technology were presented at the 1986 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference. In the paper "Optical Disc Technology Used for Large-Scale Data Base," Naoto Nakayama (Japan) considers the rapid development of optical technology and the role of applications such as optical discs,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries
Pattie, Ling-yuh W., Ed.; Cox, Bonnie Jean, Ed. – 1996
This book is a baseline guide for professionals and library school students on issues that concern the selection and bibliographic control of electronic resources, from both conceptual and pragmatic standpoints. The book includes the following articles: (1) "Foreward" (Lois Mai Chan); (2) "Introduction" (Ling-yuh W. (Miko)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Authority Control (Information), Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records
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