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Glenn, Marie; D'Agostino, Debra, Ed. – New Media Consortium, 2008
On October 20, 2008, the New Media Consortium announced the release of a white paper produced in conjunction with the Economist Magazine and in collaboration with Apple, Inc. This paper reports the results of a study of nearly 300 CIOs and technology leaders inside and outside of education to gain deeper insight into the wider impact of technology…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Consortia, Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education
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Levy, Frank; Murnane, Richard J. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2006
As American educators struggle to meet the unprecedented challenge of preparing all students to master the skills embodied in state learning standards, some wonder whether their efforts make economic sense. After all, the newspapers are full of reports of jobs being outsourced to lower-wage countries and jobs being done by computers. If more and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Global Approach, Economic Development, Labor Force Development
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Willem, Marc, Ed.; Brenner, Bettina, Ed.; da Cruz, Carlos, Ed.; Santos, Maite, Ed.; Waniart, Anne, Ed. – 2002
This first issue of the semi-annual lifelong learning bibliography contains references to output from January to June 2001, a time of intense debate and reflection on lifelong learning in Europe. It also includes monographs, chapters, journal articles, legal texts, Internet sites, and CD-ROMs dealing with lifelong learning at European,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship, Computer Literacy, Developed Nations
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Willem, Marc, Ed.; Brenner, Bettina, Ed.; da Cruz, Carlos, Ed.; Santos, Maite, Ed.; Waniart, Anne, Ed. – 2003
This document presents an annotated bibliography of 419 documents that provide a European perspective on vocational education and training (VET). The first part of the annotated bibliography lists documents devoted to the following key themes: (1) skill development (literacy; computer literacy; learning to learn); (2) human resources development…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Literacy, Distance Education
Workforce Economics Trends, 2001
Technology provides a new and effective tool for accelerating economic growth, and developing countries are embracing technology and education as the means toward attaining economic parity with the United States and other developed nations. Evidence suggests that this strategy is paying off. Developing countries are building a technology…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy, Developing Nations