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Direct linkThurab-Nkhosi, Dianne; Marshall, Stewart – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2009
Purpose: In 2004, the University of the West Indies Distance Education Centre (UWIDEC) began incorporating the use of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the delivery of its programmes and courses, taking a "blended learning" approach. There is a recognition, however, of the need to ensure the quality of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Distance Education, Quality Control, Foreign Countries
Malik, Ashish – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that drive a firm's decision to invest in training in India's IT-enabled services/business process outsourcing (ITeS/BPO) sector. It aims to consider a much-neglected area and an often-cited need to consider external factors, especially the needs of an organisation's clients in a firm's…
Descriptors: Observation, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Training
Download full textButler, Norman L. – Online Submission, 2006
This article is the product of the writer's deliberations about the impact of Poland's 1990 Bill on Schools of Higher Education using an information technology theoretical model consisting of three parts: (1) participation; (2) feedback; and (3) partnership. The main findings of the investigation revealed that: (1) there is wide participation in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Schools, Quality Control, Information Technology
Peer reviewedTolsma, Robert S. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
Examines issues in the management of information and support services for distance education, including identification of instructional objectives and strategies and desired outcomes; nature, scope, and locus of organizational responsibility; quality standards; competing service values; logistics of service provision; costs and benefits; and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Ancillary School Services, Cost Effectiveness, Distance Education
Tight, Malcolm, Ed.; Mok, Ka Ho, Ed.; Huisman, Jeroen, Ed.; Morphew, Christopher, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
This volume is a detailed and up-to-date reference work providing an authoritative overview of the main issues in higher education around the world today. Consisting of newly commissioned chapters and impressive journal articles, it surveys the state of the discipline and includes the examination and discussion of emerging, controversial and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Progress, Higher Education, Political Science
Martin, Michaela, Ed. – International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) UNESCO, 2007
The main objective of this research is to analyze the current status, the existing mechanisms for the regulation and quality assurance, and the impact of transnational commercial provision on the higher education system in six developing countries and a country in transition. The case-study research: (1) analyzed the principal forms and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Offer, Marcus; Watts, Tony – 2000
This report records the main themes of the discussions and recommendations made at a policy consultation on the Connexions Service. Section 1 examines the current use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in relation to relevant forms of personal information, advice, and guidance leading to personal development for young people aged…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Access to Information, Adolescents, Articulation (Education)
Atkinson, Robert D. – 2001
This paper presents specific steps elected officials, program managers, and other policymakers can take to craft a more effective workforce development system intended to give workers the tools they need to succeed in the new economy. First, the new labor market and work systems are discussed. The paper then lays out eight principles for all…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Charter Schools, Curriculum Design, Economic Development
Farrell, Glen M., Ed. – 2001
This document contains eight papers on the changing faces of virtual education. "Introduction" (Glen M. Farrell) presents an overview of the study during which the papers originated. "The Changing Venues for Learning" (Vis Naidoo) discusses innovative learning venues and forces driving and constraining their development.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Delivery Systems
