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Direct linkSwallow, Meredith – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2015
Reports on one-to-one (1:1) technology initiatives emphasize overall favorable results; however, comprehensive multiyear studies looked at understate the progressive experiences of teachers and students. A small body of research suggested the second year of 1:1 technology programs manifested difficulties and struggles which significantly…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Case Studies
Download full textBhandigadi, Phalachandra; Abeywardena, Ishan Sudeera – Open Praxis, 2014
Wawasan Open University (WOU) was established in 2007 with the sole aim of providing affordable and accessible higher education opportunities to working adults in the fields of business, technology, education and liberal studies. As part of its Open Distance Learning (ODL) delivery, WOU provides tutorial support for students every semester through…
Descriptors: Tutorial Programs, Case Studies, Open Universities, Access to Education
Vanderlinde, R.; Van Braak, J.; Tondeur, J. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2010
An important step towards the successful integration of information and communication technology (ICT) in schools is to facilitate their capacity to develop a school-based ICT policy resulting in an ICT policy plan. Such a plan can be defined as a school document containing strategic and operational elements concerning the integration of ICT in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, School Policy, Policy Formation
Stubbs, Mark; Range, Phil – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The need to establish more flexible and adaptable university curricula has been recognised as a strategic priority in recent years and has been supported by a number of initiatives including the Curriculum Design and Delivery programme funded by the Joint Information System Committee (JISC) in the UK. The challenges of addressing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Design, College Curriculum, Information Systems
Claybaugh, Craig C. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Technology upgrades are an inevitable part of dealing with any man-made invention utilized for productive gain. One key technology used for productive gain within a firm is enterprise software, specifically a firm's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. After the adoption of an ERP system, an organization is perpetually faced with the…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Program Effectiveness, Environmental Influences, Technological Advancement
Cave, Jonathan; van Oranje-Nassau, Constantijn; Schindler, Helen Rebecca; Shehabi, Ala'a; Brutscher, Philipp-Bastian; Robinson, Neil – RAND Corporation, 2009
This report is intended to inform the European Commission's DG Information Society and Media in developing its policies for the period 2010-2020. It is targeted to policymakers with expert knowledge of the field. The report summarises the work conducted in the study: "Policy Options for the Ubiquitous Internet Society". It builds on…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Trend Analysis, Foreign Countries, Internet
Capuano, Marcia; Knoderer, Troy – New Directions for Youth Development, 2006
In November 2000, the Lilly Endowment of Indianapolis, Indiana, issued a request for grant proposals from public school districts in Marion County, Indiana. It called for school districts to develop innovative, systemic, and transforming approaches to preparing students to thrive in an increasingly competitive, high-tech, global society. The…
Descriptors: School Districts, Case Studies, Strategic Planning, Technology Planning
Richardson, Alison Mead – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
This paper reports on a longitudinal, ethnomethodological case study of the development towards flexible delivery of the Botswana Technical Education Programme (BTEP), offered by Francistown College of Technical & Vocational Education (FCTVE). Data collection methods included documentary analysis, naturalistic participant observation, and…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Participant Observation, Staff Utilization, Interviews
Sawyer, Edward A.; Howard, Caroline – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2007
The nation's social agenda for improving education and training has converged with national economic forces (Hornbeck & Salamon, 1991). The emphasis on lifelong learning of the workforce through education, training and development, demands for ever-improving productivity and significant technological advancements have required new tools to…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Strategic Planning, Organizational Culture, Lifelong Learning
van Reijswoud, Victor; Mulo, Emmanuel – E-Learning, 2006
Over recent years the issue of free and open source software (FOSS) for development in less developed countries (LDCs) has received increasing attention. In the beginning the benefits of FOSS for lower developed countries was only stressed by small groups of idealists like Richard Stallman. Now, however, it is moving into the hands of large…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Organizations, Case Studies, Developing Nations
Al-Gattoufi, Said; Al-Naabi, Salem; Gattoufi, Bechir – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2007
The Ministry of Higher Education in the Sultanate of Oman initiated recently a restructuring program for the General Directorate Colleges of Education aiming to replace the existing six colleges with more applied and highly IT assisted institutions. A particular emphasis is directed towards improving the learning methods by developing and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Schools of Education, Learning Resources Centers
Materi, Ramona R.; Fahy, Patrick J. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004
This is a report of the role of Distance education (DE) in enhancing education and training in developing countries. As countries compete in an ever more challenging international marketplace, they recognize the need to continually train and upgrade their citizenry. As national leaders struggle to cope with increasing populations and decreasing…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Program Development, Internet
Williams, Roy – 2000
The Diffusion of Appropriate Educational Technology in Open and Distance Learning in Developing Countries project was designed to determine awareness and use of educational technologies and communications media in developing countries, to identify factors constraining wider use of educational technologies by developing nations, and to explore…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Appropriate Technology, Attitude Change
