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Direct linkDron, Jon; Boyne, Chris; Mitchell, Richard – International Journal on E-Learning, 2004
This paper describes the use of the CoFIND (Collaborative Filter in N Dimensions) system to evaluate two assessment styles. CoFIND is a resource database which organizes itself around its users' needs. Learners enter resources, categorize, then rate them using "qualities," aspects of resources which learners find worthwhile, the n dimensions of…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Systems Development, Evaluation Methods, Databases
Peer reviewedCollege and University, 1977
Covered in the proceedings of AACRAO's 63rd annual meeting are: basics in systems management; why, when, and how of reporting data; data base management systems; and budgeting. (LBH)
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Planning, Conference Reports, Data Analysis
Rice, Michael L. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1979
Software design is still a craft; techniques are based on the way things have been done, not on basic theorems or design principles. Suggests that academic software design needs to be more like a science or technology and that a taxonomy of design solutions or classification method is required. Describes two case studies. (MLW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classification, Computer Science, Data Analysis
Download full textCooley, William W.; And Others – 1992
A state educational indicator system being developed by the Pennsylvania Educational Policy Studies (PEPS) project at the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) is described. The extensive database that has been established as part of the PEPS project includes thousands of variables that are descriptive of the 500 Pennsylvania school districts.…
Descriptors: Classification, Data Analysis, Databases, Educational Change
Taylor, William H. – 1978
The System for Program Information in Continuing Education (SPICE), an information system being implemented at The University of Calgary (Alberta, Canada), was designed to facilitate the collection, manipulation, and reporting of evaluative data from continuing education program participants. The objectives of the system include the following: to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Data Analysis, Data Collection
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Accounting and Information Management Div. – 1997
This is a report evaluating the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS), which is designed to track federal student financial aid (Title IV) programs and provide research and support functions such as prescreening of aid applicants for eligibility and enrollment status. The report finds that the Department of Education has made only limited…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Database Design, Databases
Harris, James L.; Scarlata, Robert W. – 1977
The project was designed to develop a data interface system which would (1) improve the quality of vocational data, (2) provide vocational data in a more timely manner, (3) provide meaningful analyses of data (particularly in the worker demand-supply area), and (4) provide the capability of interacting different data bases. Procedures were…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Data Analysis, Data Collection
