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"Let's Do Some Jumping Together": Intergenerational Participation in the Use of Remote Technology to Co-Construct Social Relations over Distance
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Kelly, Clare – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2015
This article discusses a small-scale study that explores how members of one family based in Australia and the United Kingdom use remote technology to develop and maintain family relationships across generations and distance. Of particular interest was the manner in which Skype computer software was mediated to develop intersubjectivity between a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software, Family Relationship
Technical Report of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)
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OECD Publishing, 2013
The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) has been planned as an ongoing program of assessment. The first cycle of the assessment has involved two "rounds." The first round, which is covered by this report, took place over the period of January 2008-October 2013. The main features of the first cycle of…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Adults, Skills, Test Construction
PIAAC Technical Standards and Guidelines
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OECD Publishing, 2014
The Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will establish technical standards and guidelines to ensure that the survey design and implementation processes of PIAAC yield high-quality and internationally comparable data. This document provides a revised version of the technical standards and guidelines originally…
Descriptors: Adults, International Assessment, Adult Literacy, Competence
Programs to Generate Individualised Graphical Feed-Back from Time-Series Studies.
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Cummins, Robert A.; And Others – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1989
The paper describes computer programs which can present the results of individualized assessment in a graphical form readily understood by persons unfamiliar with research methodology. A study evaluating an Australian deinstitutionalization project has also produced individual data providing graphical feedback to primary caregivers of the mentally…
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
COMPIC--How To Create and Order Personalized Communication Layouts for Your Clients.
Snelleman, Johanna; Dunne, Louise – 1988
The COMPIC Development Association, an organization based in Victoria, Australia, has developed techniques for publishing pictographic materials for use by individuals with severe communication impairments. The COMPIC (Computer Pictographs for Communication) system comprises a method of electronically publishing customized communication aids and…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Disorders, Computer Software
The Use of Technology in Adult Literacy Programs.
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Anderson, Jonathan; And Others – 1990
This document describes the use of educational technology (including radio, television, computers, telephones, satellites, and optical laser discs) in adult literacy programs in Australia. Chapter 1 describes the scope of the study that resulted in the document and defines both literacy and educational technology. Chapter 2 contains a generalized…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Basic Skills