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Forster, Christina L.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1990
This paper describes a six-month service-coordination pilot project (SCPP) designed to improve coordination activities among mental health service providers in a Canadian city. The aim of the project was to improve information sharing and joint treatment planning. Data show no effect of the SCPP, but service providers perceived improvements. (TJH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation
Fenwick, Tara J. – 1996
A consortium is the most advanced form of collaboration, in which two or more institutions create a new mechanism to undertake "programs and projects of mutual interest" (Konrad and Small 1989, p. 200). This paper describes three distance-education consortia that were developed among Alberta, Canada, school districts. It describes the…
Descriptors: Consortia, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Watson, Wendy; Bate, Barbara – 1991
This document addresses literacy partnerships and presents a guide for community organization and program development. Section 1, "Developing a Community Literacy Organization," provides a framework for planning. It covers getting started, becoming a society, building a strong board, conducting effective meetings, accessing the media,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Cooperation, Community Organizations, Community Programs
Hardy, Marcelle; Grossmann, Sophie – 1995
The theoretical and socioeconomic context surrounding collaboration among government, schools, and the workplace, as well as cooperative education, is in keeping with a shift in the relationship between schools and the workplace. In this relationship, schools aim to meet the labor force demands of the workplace and to encourage youth in the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Education Work Relationship
Richardson, Don – 1999
A Virtual Research and Extension Communication Network (VRECN) is a set of networked electronic tools facilitating improvement in communication processes and information sharing among stakeholders involved in agricultural development. In developing countries, research and extension personnel within a ministry of agriculture, in consultation and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agriculture
Savoie-Zajc, Lorraine; Dolbec, Andre – 2002
A study identified students' perspectives on quality and nature of learning achieved in a vocational program using a cooperative learning approach. The theoretical framework for analysis of the implementation of a vocational program included Lave and Wenger's (1991) concept of situated learning and the Guile and Griffiths' (2001) model of work…
Descriptors: Action Research, Context Effect, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs
Dedrick, Angie; Mitchell, Graham – 1994
This document explains the use of a model for mapping community capacity and resources that was developed by the community development office of a health group in Edmonton, Alberta, and applied in a collaborative pilot project in preparation for development of a community health plan. A brief discussion of the factors leading to development of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Action, Community Coordination, Community Development