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Nair, Uday – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2015
There are two sides to a coin when it comes to implementing technology at universities; on one side, there is the university using technologies via the virtual learning environment that seems to be outdated with the digital needs of the students, and on the other side, while implementing technology at the university learning environment the focus…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Individualized Programs, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
National Association of State Boards of Education, 2009
The movement to strengthen the nation's workforce by redefining what all students need to learn has profound implications for the design of state assessment systems. The confluence of events--the change in the national and international climate, acknowledgment of long-standing inequities in education opportunity and achievement, and the…
Descriptors: Human Capital, State Boards of Education, Student Evaluation, Academic Standards
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Martin, Stephen – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2008
This article explores the impact of the sustainable development (SD) agenda on the occupational and professional needs of those who have undergone educational and training programmes in the environmental field either at the undergraduate or the postgraduate level or through relevant professional institutions' continuing professional development…
Descriptors: Workshops, Sustainable Development, Educational Needs, Educational Practices
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McDougall, Sine; Tyrer, Victoria; Folkard, Simon – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2006
Searching for icons, symbols, or signs is an integral part of tasks involving computer or radar displays, head-up displays in aircraft, or attending to road traffic signs. Icons therefore need to be designed to optimize search times, taking into account the factors likely to slow down visual search. Three factors likely to adversely affect visual…
Descriptors: Signs, Attention, Database Design, Computer Interfaces
Ming-fen, Li – 2000
The significance of design thinking and systems thinking for design has gained much recognition in recent years. In comparison to design thinking, scholarly discussion about systems thinking has a much longer history and includes more multiple and divergent perspectives. This paper reviews and critiques the essence of design thinking and systems…
Descriptors: Design, Design Preferences, Design Requirements, Designers
Simonson, Michael; And Others – 1990
The first phase of the process of developing a plan to promote increased use of educational technology by the instructors and students of the U.S. Navy's Surface Warfare Officers School (SWOS) in Newport, Rhode Island, began with a needs assessment which focused on the mission and organization of the school; the SWOS curriculum and the teaching…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Design Requirements, Educational Technology, Facility Planning