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Gebre, Engida H.; Morales, Esteban – Information and Learning Sciences, 2020
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the nature and sufficiency of descriptive information included in open datasets and the nature of comments and questions users write in relation to specific datasets. Open datasets are provided to facilitate civic engagement and government transparency. However, making the data available does not guarantee…
Descriptors: Data Use, Access to Information, Users (Information), Information Utilization
Hora, Matthew T.; Bouwma-Gearhart, Jana; Park, Hyoung Joon – Review of Higher Education, 2017
In this article the authors report findings from a practice-based study that examines the cultural practices of data use among 59 science and engineering faculty from three large, public research universities. In this exploratory study they documented how faculty use teaching-related data "in the wild" using interviews and classroom…
Descriptors: Data, Decision Making, Accountability, College Faculty
Poon, Brenda T.; Simmons, Noreen R. – Deafness & Education International, 2016
Population-based outcome monitoring could provide useful information about factors that differentially influence the developmental trajectories of deaf or hard-of-hearing children. A strong basis for population-based outcome monitoring is a coordinated, longitudinal data collection, and management infrastructure that includes quality local…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Data Collection, Deafness
OECD Publishing, 2016
Digitalisation, globalisation, demographic shifts and other changes in work organisation are constantly reshaping skill needs. This can lead to persistent skill shortages and mismatch which are costly for individuals, firms and society in terms of lost wages and lower productivity and growth. These costs can be reduced through better assessment…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Skill Analysis, Needs Assessment, Labor Market
Copp, Derek T. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
In the quest to improve measured educational outcomes national governments across the The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and beyond have instituted large-scale assessment (LSA) policies in their public schools. Controversy almost universally follows the implementation of such testing, related to such topics as: a)…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Instructional Improvement, Information Utilization
Kutsyuruba, Benjamin; Christou, Theodore; Heggie, Lindsay; Murray, James; Deluca, Christopher – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2015
Collaborative inquiry (CI) has emerged as a dominant structure for educators' professional learning in the 21st century. The purpose of this paper is to analyze publicly available documents and policies related to CI in Ontario in order to better understand the documentary scope and spread of this professional learning model in the province. We…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Collaboration, Inquiry, Educational Policy
Schoenfeld, Gregg – Graduate Management Admission Council, 2012
This 2012 mba.com Prospective Students Survey Report explores the motivations, behaviors, program choices, and intended career outcomes of individuals who expressed a desire to further their education in a graduate business program. More than 16,000 prospective business school students who registered on mba.com shared their opinions, preferences,…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Admission (School), Graduate Study, Motivation
Manitoba Educational Research Council, Ft. Garry. – 1977
Good information is essential to making intelligent policy decisions. The availability of information about education in Manitoba is hampered both by the questionable validity of much of the data and by the lack of centralized sources. Without attempting to be exhaustive, this booklet briefly analyzes the types of information available on…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Statistics Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). Education, Science, and Culture Div. – 1979
Instructions for using the computerized Canadian University Student Information System created by Statistics Canada are presented in this manual. The data base includes information on all students registered in Canadian universities, affiliates, and degree-granting colleges. A complete list of all available data elements and column headings that…
Descriptors: College Students, Computers, Data Processing, Databases
Tracz, G. S.; Burtnyk, W. A. – 1973
The authors provide a brief description of Teacher Cost Models--a computerized mathematical model that allows educational officials, using a specified set of input information, to forecast the provincial (or regional) teacher wage-bill at the operating level (1-year) and multi-year planning level (five years). The model has been successfully…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Estimates, Data Collection, Educational Planning
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2010
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, National Surveys, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students
Humphreys, Edward H.; Elwood, Bryan C. – 1976
Results of a study conducted for the Ministry of Education (Ontario) and designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Ontario School Record System (OSR) as revised in 1973 are reported in this paper. In order to evaluate the OSR's effectiveness, the study team examined educators', parents and students' perceived needs for student information,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Confidential Records, Confidentiality, Counselor Attitudes
Auster, Ethel; Choo, Chun Wei – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1993
Discusses results of the final part of a study of the environmental scanning behavior of chief executive officers in two Canadian industries--publishing and telecommunications. The results of personal interviews were analyzed to determine their main sources of environmental information and how they made use of the information in decision making.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Information Sources
Science Council of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1969
A number of large information systems operating in countries other than Canada were investigated. Some of these systems or combinations of them can be used as models for pilot applications in Canada. Some research and considerable development are required, however, to enable them to meet specific Canadian requirements. To create regional and…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Foreign Countries, Information Networks, Information Processing
Science Council of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1969
Canada can not afford to have valuable information restricted to a few users or to have it lie dormant and unused. A freer flow of information could reduce duplication and unnecessary research and will expedite innovation. Modern methods of storage, retrieval, and dissemination could be utilized to provide information that is timely, appropriate…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Foreign Countries, Industry, Information Dissemination
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