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Zainudin, Fadzliaton; Ismail, Kamarulzaman – International Association of School Librarianship, 2010
The Ministry of Education has come up with an innovative way to monitor the progress of 9,843 School Resource Centers (SRCs) using an online management information system called iQ-PSS (Quality Index of SRC). This paper aims to describe the data collection method and analyze the current state of SRCs in Malaysia and explain how the results can be…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Intelligence Quotient, Resource Centers, Management Information Systems
Yao, Engui; Perry, John F.; Anderson, Larry S.; Brook, R. Dan; Hare, R. Dwight; Moore, Arnold J.; Xu, Xiaohe – 1998
This study examined the relationships between ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) adoption in universities and four organizational variables: university size, type, finances, and information processing maturity. Another purpose of the study was to identify the current status of ATM adoption in campus networking. Subjects were university domain LAN…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Correlation, Educational Technology
Tibbs, Peggy; Jordan, Susan; Sherrill, Donna – 1997
This paper discusses different ways of using statistics more creatively. One method begins with two conflicting headlines from newspapers and analyzes them statistically by using a graphing calculator. Other activities using graphing calculators are also presented. (ASK)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Graphing Calculators
Morlan, John E.; Lu, Mei-Yan – 1991
Questionnaires were sent to teachers of grades K-6 in the Silicon Valley area in November 1990 to obtain current information on the utilization and production of media by teachers at this level. This report is based on usable survey instruments returned by 110 teachers, who represented more than 15 different elementary schools. This information…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Elementary Education
Rodriguez, Adolfo – 2001
This paper discusses the digital divide from the perspective of Latin America and the Caribbean. Highlights include: new issues that make access to electronic resources difficult for users; differences in technological infrastructure among countries; how Internet users are distributed worldwide; Internet access in Africa; the number of students…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Information Technology
Chaudhry, Abdus Sattar; Higgins, Susan Ellen – 2001
This paper looks at the state of education in knowledge management (KM). It reports findings from a study of knowledge management courses included in the curriculum of academic disciplines of business, computing, and information that was conducted at the Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). Based on a review of course descriptions…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Wang, Xiaoping; Wang, Tingyu; Ye, Renmin – 2002
Based on the recommendations of previous research, this study discusses and analyzes the usage of technology and instructional materials in a broad level in the United States. The National Education Longitudinal Study: 1988-96 (NELS88) is a longitudinal study of the 1988 eighth graders by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, Data Analysis, Educational Technology
Cakiroglu, Erdinc; Cagiltay, Kursat; Cakiroglu, Jale Us; Cagiltay, Nergiz – 2001
The purpose of this study was to find out how teachers use computers in education, and how they perceive the use of computers in education in Turkey. Data was obtained through a 90-item questionnaire, from 202 teachers working in the schools of one mid-sized and three major Turkish cities. The following questions were addressed in the study:…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Needs
Thevar, Suriya Mayandi; Schinzel, Britta; Ben, Esther Ruiz – 2001
This study evaluates the extent to which the escalation of the labor demand, the transformation of work culture, and the diversification of the professional characteristics of the World Wide Web profession have attracted women to enter in to this new branch of information technology (IT) occupations. The study focuses on Web designers at the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Beile, Penny – Online Submission, 2005
No population exists where it is more important to produce information literate individuals than teacher candidates, yet few would suggest that practitioners newly entering the field are adequately prepared to model and teach information literacy to their students. Consequently, information literacy has recently been established as a key outcome…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Information Literacy, Preservice Teachers, Academic Standards
Denton, Jon J.; Strader, Arlen – 2000
A Technology in Texas Public Schools 1998 Survey instrument was integrated into a Web-based response system enabling the instrument to be accessed, completed, submitted, and instantaneously analyzed over the Internet. A mark-sense or optical scan paper version of the instrument was also developed for mail-out distribution to each school district…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Manmart, Lampang – 2001
This paper looks at how the Internet has impacted library and information science (LIS) schools in Thailand, focusing on how it has been used and changes in the teaching/learning process, curriculum, and programs. Data were collected by questionnaires sent to 146 academic staff in 16 LIS schools, interviews with 16 heads of LIS schools, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Keyser, Amy B., Ed.; LaMoure, Lawrence, Ed. – 1991
This booklet presents statistical tables and graphs which were compiled to assist the delegates to the White House Conference on Library and Information Services in formulating their arguments. The tables and graphs have been assigned to one or more of the 10 topic areas, but may also be applied to the three conference themes of Literacy,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education