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Mentoring and Professional Development in Careers Services in Higher Education.
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Graham, Barbara – British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 1994
Describes mentoring as a support mechanism for trainees undertaking new in-service professional qualifications for the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (UK). Presents the selection procedure for mentors, the process of matching them with trainees, the regional network for induction training and support, and the documentation…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselor Training, Counselors, Graduate Students
The Norwegian JITOL Experience and NITOL as a National Extension.
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Ask, B.; Haugen, H. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1995
Norwegian participation in the JITOL (Just in Time Open Learning) professional training project provided experience with electronic networks and distribution of learning material. A national project, NITOL (Norwaynet with Information Technology for Open Learning), was established that applies JITOL to higher education. Four Norwegian universities…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Dialogic Knowledge Construction as the Crucial Issue in Network-Based Learning in Vocational Education.
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Aarnio, Helena; Enqvist, Jouni – 2001
The VETO-project is part of the National Strategy's goals for providing learning opportunities through the use of networks in vocational education in Finland. The National Board of Education, University of Tampere and Hame Polytechnic, Vocational Teacher Education College, and several vocational pilot institutes located at different regions in…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, National Programs
Software Auditing: A New Task for U.K. Universities.
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Fletcher, Mark – T.H.E. Journal, 1997
Based on a pilot project at Exeter University (Devon, England) a software audit, comparing number of copies of software installed with number of license agreements, is described. Discussion includes auditing budgets, workstation questionnaires, the scanner program which detects the hardware configuration and staff training, analysis and…
Descriptors: Budgets, Computer Software, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Television for Higher Technical Education of the Employed; A First Report on a Pilot Project in Poland. Reports and Papers in Mass Communication, 55.
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1969
Undertaken on a national scale in Poland, this 1966 pilot project provided lectures by television for those who, because of employment or location, could not attend intramural courses in higher technical education. The television lectures embraced subjects from the first two years of extramural technical studies together with aspects of general…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiovisual Aids, Educational Television, Followup Studies
Proceedings of the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA) (Madrid, Spain, October 19-21, 2012)
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International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers