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Jenke, Manfred – 1976
This study elaborates on 56 findings and 17 recommendations made in an earlier report about telecommunications by a commission originated by the German Federal Minister for Research and Technology. The commission investigated (1) the needs and demand for telecommunications; (2) technical possibilities, required volume of investment and costs of…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations, Futures (of Society), Needs Assessment
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Casey-Stahmer, Anna – Journal of Communication, 1979
Reviews developments of experimental satellite programs and their relationship to those operational satellite systems in existence or planned for use by private communications corporations and government agencies. Emphasizes issues related to the planning and availability of satellite systems. (JMF)
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Developing Nations, Dropouts, Experimental Programs
Konczal, Edward F. – Training and Development Journal, 1978
Describes a planning system to meet the training requirements of specialized project personnel. This training planning system provides for an organized assessment of personnel training needs and the use of all available training media. It also provides mechanisms to document acquired training and to develop new training resources. (EM)
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Inservice Education, Job Skills, Management Systems
Smith, Elizabeth Brient – Community, Technical, and Junior College Journal, 1991
Discusses characteristics identified by the Center for Occupational Research and Development as indicative of fully functioning advanced technology centers, including the provision of training and retraining in such areas as design, manufacturing, materials science, and electro-optics; technology transfer; demonstration sites; needs assessment;…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Development, Job Training, Needs Assessment
Dyrenfurth, Michael J. – 1984
Given the importance of technology in our society today, it would seem that the hope for a future in which people are in control of their environment lies in universal technological literacy or, in other words, in the ability to do and use technology instead of just being aware of it. The earliest form of collective arguments for technological…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Definitions, Educational Needs
Goodnight, Ron – 1996
The Lifelong Learning Center for the 21st Century was proposed to provide personal renewal and technical training for employees at a major United States automotive manufacturing company when it implemented a new, computer-based Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) machining, robotics, and high technology facility. The employees needed training for…
Descriptors: Computers, Continuing Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Industrial Training
Bennett, Nancy L.; LeGrand, Barbara F. – 1990
This guide highlights the many forces driving professionals to seek continuing education: rapidly changing information; new technological developments; mandated credit to maintain licenses and professional certification; emerging professions struggling to define their competencies; and development changes in adults that affect career practices. In…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Certification, Compulsory Education
Samuelson, Judith A.; And Others – 1987
This guide is intended to assist adult educators in designing and adapting curricula to conform to technological changes in the workplace and to meet the learning needs of adults. The first part deals with the changing workplace and its effect on postsecondary education and with developing programs that respond to change (responses to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Change, Curriculum Development
Gudenberg, Karl A. – 1981
The future of rural America depends on the abilities of diverse interest groups and leaders to piece together educational and economic resources in creative ways, fitted to the needs of their respective regions and communities. It has become essential that rural persons be plugged into national and international production, marketing, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
El Camino Coll., Torrance, CA. – 1992
Almost 180 (22.5 percent) of BP Chemicals/HITCO, Inc. (BPCHI) employees have participated in the basic skills courses offered through the Competitive Skills Project (CSP) at El Camino College (Torrance, California). Workplace basics provide a solid foundation for Total Quality Management (TQM), enabling workers to be globally competitive. Two main…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Computer Literacy, Cooperation
Valencia Community Coll., Orlando, FL. – 1991
A unique training program in high tech obstetrical, neonatal, and pediatric nursing care areas was designed to be offered on site at Orlando (Florida) Regional Medical/Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Women. The training program offered 16 different courses to 355 employees over the 18-month period of the project. A needs assessment was…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Diagnostic Teaching
Denbighshire County Council, Mold (Wales). – 1996
The Public Libraries and Adult Independent Learners (PLAIL) Project was conducted in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and Spain to identify the following: needs of adult independent learners; services required to meet those needs; extent to which those services rely on existing and new technology; and skills and competencies required to provide the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Delivery Systems
Young-Hawkins, La Verne; Mouzes, Maria – 1991
Technology education learning environments should meet the needs of students who will be productive citizens in the year 2000. Eight model technology education programs were studied to provide a basis for strategies and recommendations for learning environments. Each facility was photographed and teachers responded to a survey instrument…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Articulation (Education), Boards of Education, Classroom Observation Techniques
ASPBAE Courier Service, 1982
This journal contains a series of articles dealing with the theme of development in Asia and rural Indonesia. Included in the journal are the following articles: "Nonformal Education in Rural Areas of Developing Countries," by members of the Rural Project Team from the Centre for Continuing Education at Australian National University;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Continuing Education, Developing Nations
Boyd, Aimee M.; Jackson, Melinda L. – 2002
The EnterTech Project was a collaboration of over 80 coalition members (employers, educators, community-based organizations, government entities) whose purpose was to develop a training program to prepare unskilled workers for employment opportunities in Texas high-tech industries. Development of the EnterTech curriculum and instructional design…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Curriculum Development
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