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Evaluation of Policy and Research Interventions in Science and Technology: Consequence Assessment of Regulatory and Technology Transfer Programs
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Dias, Mary Beatrice – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This research contributes to efforts in assessment studies related to science and technology interventions. The work presented in this thesis focuses on understanding the effects of policies that influence science and technology interventions, and determining the impact of science and technology interventions themselves. Chapter 1 explores how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology
Multimedia as an Interactive Platform in Learning Volcanoes in Social Sciences among Upper Primary Students--An Experiment
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Ravi, R.; Malathy, V. A. – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2010
Instructional technology is a growing field which uses technology as a means to solve teaching and learning challenges, both in the classroom and outside the classroom that is in distance learning environments. Multimedia is an interactive instructional technology used in the classroom for teaching learning process has a wide significance to the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Social Sciences, Interaction, Multimedia Materials
Cost-Effective Science Education: The Role of Educational Technology.
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Sane, K. V. – Staff and Educational Development International, 1999
Reviews a pilot project (teaching science) in India. Objectives included the following: developing reliable locally-produced low-cost equipment; finding experiments compatible with the equipment that illustrate principles and practice of modern chemistry; providing teachers with workshops, manuals, and videotapes; establishing a production unit to…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Educational Equipment
Using Mobile Phones to Improve Educational Outcomes: An Analysis of Evidence from Asia
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Valk, John-Harmen; Rashid, Ahmed T.; Elder, Laurent – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2010
Despite improvements in educational indicators, such as enrolment, significant challenges remain with regard to the delivery of quality education in developing countries, particularly in rural and remote regions. In the attempt to find viable solutions to these challenges, much hope has been placed in new information and communication technologies…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Outcomes of Education, Educational Quality, Educational Indicators
Planning for Satellite Broadcasting: The Indian Instructional Television Experiment.
Chander, Romesh; Karnik, Kiran – 1976
This document reports on the technical and programmatic planning stages of the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE), which was undertaken by India in 1975-76 utilizing the first satellite capable of transmitting television programs directly to community receivers. Programmatic planning includes program objectives, the mechanics of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Broadcast Reception Equipment, Communications Satellites, Cooperative Planning
India: From SITE to INSAT.
Chaudhri, M. M. – Media in Education and Development, 1986
Identifies core of India's illiteracy problem and describes use of educational technology to educate rural children. Highlights include descriptions of the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment (SITE) project; motivation behind low-cost educational aids development in rural areas; an educational radio pilot project; and development and…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Developing Nations, Educational Administration, Educational Development