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Panoutsopoulos, Hercules; Donert, Karl; Papoutsis, Panos; Kotsanis, Ioannis – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
During the last few years, ongoing developments in the technological field of Cloud computing have initiated discourse on the potential of the Cloud to be systematically exploited in educational contexts. Research interest has been stimulated by a range of advantages of Cloud technologies (e.g. adaptability, flexibility, scalability,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Internet, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Software
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Johnson, Maggie; Senges, Max – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2010
Purpose: This paper seeks to analyse the effectiveness and impact of how Google currently trains its new software engineers ("Nooglers") to become productive in the software engineering community. The research focuses on the institutions and support for practice-based learning and cognitive apprenticeship in the Google environment.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Programming, Professional Continuing Education, Workplace Learning
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McAndrew, Patrick; Clow, Doug; Taylor, Josie; Aczel, James – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2004
Knowledge Management (KM) and knowledge sharing are important factors that support lifelong learning, and enable people to continue developing throughout their careers. The concept of a Community of Practice ( Wenger, 2000) is attractive in drawing together people whose work shares similar aspects, and consideration is given here to how technology…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Software, Lifelong Learning, Systems Development
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Matoria, Ram Kumar; Upadhyay, P. K. – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2005
Purpose: To share the experiences gained during the migration of library data from one library management system (LibSys[TM]) to another (e-Granthalaya[TM]). Design/methodology/approach: The paper describes the step-by-step approach taken to migrate the existing library data to the new software. The paper also discusses the peculiarities of the…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
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Nguyen, Frank – Performance Improvement, 2005
How many times have you attended a marathon training class only to return to your job and promptly forget what you learned? How many times have you programmed your VCR, only to find yourself searching for the manual six months later? The reality is that humans accumulate a vast amount of life experience and knowledge. Adult learning theory…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, On the Job Training, Adult Learning, Information Management
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Gardner, Joel; Jeon, Tae – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2010
Merrill proposes First Principles of Instruction, including a problem- or task-centered strategy for designing instruction. However, when the tasks or problems are ill-defined or complex, task-centered instruction can be difficult to design. We describe an online task-centered training at a land-grant university designed to train employees to use…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Land Grant Universities, Web Based Instruction, Instructional Design
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Crawford, Margaret, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2005
For the twenty-eighth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the National AECT Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Communications, Computer Uses in Education, Word Problems (Mathematics)