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Isaacs, Shafika; Mishra, Sanjaya – Commonwealth of Learning, 2022
Information and communication technologies (ICT) have led to the reconsideration of global public policies. In this regard, the creation of universal frameworks has mobilized networks of powerful public, private, and civil society players to scaffold a global agenda on ICT in Education (ICTE), which often combines contradictory rights-based,…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Information Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Policy
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Dodds, Colin B.; Whelan, Alison; Kharrufa, Ahmed; Satar, Müge – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This chapter is based on a workshop at IVEC 2020 which presented a model of Virtual Exchange (VE) facilitated by interactive, digital, and cultural artefacts created using a progressive web app developed by the EU-funded ENACT project team. The model offers an innovative approach to online intercultural exchange through the opportunity to create,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Open Educational Resources
Hanemann, Ulrike, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2014
Different technologies have been used for decades to support adult education and learning. These include radio, television and audio and video cassettes. More recently digital ICTs such as computers, tablets, e-books, and mobile technology have spread at great speed and also found their way into the teaching and learning of literacy and numeracy…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Videoconferencing
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
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Buckingham Shum, Simon; Ferguson, Rebecca – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
We propose that the design and implementation of effective "Social Learning Analytics (SLA)" present significant challenges and opportunities for both research and enterprise, in three important respects. The first is that the learning landscape is extraordinarily turbulent at present, in no small part due to technological drivers.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Social Networks, Web 2.0 Technologies
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Kirkwood, Adrian – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2009
Despite substantial growth in the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) throughout western societies, there is much evidence of technology-led innovations within Higher Education (HE) failing to achieve the anticipated transformations in learning and teaching. This paper reviews evidence from research and evaluation studies…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Teaching Methods, Information Technology
Information Management & Technology, 1997
A survey of 200 organizations in the United Kingdom workflow market found that across a number of markets there was a consistent need for workflow software and that the technology has moved into the mainstream. Discussion includes system implementation; users and future users; interoperability; and workflow applications. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Information Industry, Information Technology
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Browne, Elizabeth – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2002
Data were collected from interviews, questionnaires, and cyber-ethnography in a British further education college and a university implementing information and communications technology. Change management created conflict; some change methods were viewed as top down and coercive, but bottom-up changes raised concerns about structure and course…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries, Information Technology
Rolfe, Martin; Wilson, Lorraine – Learning and Skills Network (NJ1), 2007
This guide offers advice and guidance to key skills managers, coordinators and other practitioners who are responsible for ensuring that the standards of portfolio assessment in their center are consistent across the center and with national standards. It describes and offers advice and guidance on the stages of assessment and internal moderation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Portfolio Assessment, Standards, Program Implementation
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Macpherson, Allan; Homan, Gill; Wilkinson, Krystal – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2005
Purpose: The use of e-learning in corporate universities enables access and broadens the curriculum. This paper assesses the use and implementation of e-learning through case material, and explores some of the challenges and emerging concerns. Design/methodology/approach: The paper reviews the corporate university concept and considers how an…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Program Implementation, Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology
Butler, Steve – Learning and Skills Network (NJ1), 2007
Self-assessment is an integral component in the life of any education and training organisation so as to ensure quality improvement. This publication illustrates an individual self-assessment tool developed by the Learning and Skills Network (LSN) which gives feedback and support to assist staff to enhance their teaching and learning through the…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Educational Technology, Information Technology, Telecommunications
Smith, Ros – Learning and Skills Network (NJ1), 2007
In January 2006 the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) launched its draft publication, "A Professional Development Framework for e-Learning" (ePD) for consultation with the post-16 education and training sector. In March 2006 the Learning and Skills Council funded the Learning and Skills Network (LSN) to run a pilot to…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Foreign Countries, Guides, Training
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Jones, Rob – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2004
In Scotland, national guidelines were laid down for the content of, and the targets to be attained in, Information and Communication Technology, for all 5-14-year-old pupils. This article gives an account of the planning, design, implementation and evaluation within a specialist school for blind and partially-sighted pupils of a teaching programme…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Special Needs Students, Visual Impairments
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Smith, Janice – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2005
This year sees the 40th anniversary of the first policy paper regarding the use of computers in higher education in the United Kingdom. The publication of this paper represented the beginning of the field of learning technology research and practice in higher education. In the past 40 years, policy has at various points drawn from different…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Policy
Wood, Angela – 2000
Intended for outreach workers, community development workers, tutors, managers, and coordinators, this guide focuses on how laptop computers are and could be used innovatively and resourcefully for basic skills, outreach, and widening participation generally. Chapter 1 introduces aims and management of the Laptop Initiative for Adult and Community…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Education, Adult Education, Community Development
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