There is a significant amount of data available about students and their learning activities in many educational systems today. However, these datasets are frequently spread across several different digital services, making it challenging to use them strategically. In addition, there are no established standards for collecting, processing,…

The authors' team has been working with virtual worlds since 2006, deploying them in diverse contexts including secondary schools, special schools, vocational education and training, higher education and the community sector. Here the authors outline their operational experience of the complex web of interrelated factors involved in running…

The authors report the results of a cross-class project involving sophomore-level students in an Operations Analysis (OA) class with junior-level students in an Operations Management (OM) class. The students formed virtual teams and developed a simulation model of a call center. The OM students provided the management expertise, while the OA…

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software does what school leaders have always wanted their computer systems to do: It sees all. By integrating every IT application an organization has--from purchasing and inventory control to payroll--ERPs create a single unified system. Not only does this give IT managers a holistic view to what is happening…

The universities and faculties which educate teachers of mathematics for teaching pupils/students of any age group from pre-school age to higher education carefully monitor and compare valuable results of this research, detect the areas in which the mathematical achievements of pupils should be improved at the national level and propose the ways…

A book is a presenter of data, an explicator of relationships among the data, an illustrator, and an exerciser. Using the techniques of operations analysis, educators may be able to compare, on a cost-effectiveness basis, various methods of achieving stated objectives. An adequate identification of the values and limitations of the new media does…

The general question addressed is what technology leadership attributes make what kind of difference in the success of various technology-related programs. First, this article has integrated the prescriptive literature on technology leadership with the National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators (NETS-A) and then has…

Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to summarize the findings of a survey of UK universities about how their websites are managed and resourced, which technologies are in use, and what are seen as the main issues and priorities. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on a web-based questionnaire distributed in summer 2006, which received…

CONCERN OVER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS LED TO A CONFERENCE HELD APRIL 2-4, 1964 AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY--(1) WHAT POTENTIAL DO NEW TECHNOLOGIES HAVE FOR SOLVING SOME OF THE URGENT PROBLEMS IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION AND (2) HOW CAN AN AUTOMATED SYSTEMS APPROACH, SPECIFICALLY OPERATIONS RESEARCH, BE APPLIED TO DEVELOP NEW DIMENSIONS FOR RESEARCH THAT…

This book is a collection of more than 5,000 abstracts on mathematics and arithmetic techniques related to computer science and to information processing. This collection is compiled from "Computer and Information Systems" and is a continuation of a previous series of books of computer abstracts--"Cumulative Computer Abstracts." (Author/FL)

SUCH QUESTIONS AS WHY AND HOW OPERATIONS RESEARCH (OR) AND SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ORIGINATED, WHAT THEY ARE, AND WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MIGHT MAKE TO INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA PROGRAMS ARE ANSWERED. "OR" ORIGINATED AT THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II WHEN MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH HAD BEEN DEVELOPING THEIR TECHNOLOGY FASTER THAN IT COULD BE…

A segment of a longitudinal study of the changing management philosophy of a public school organization involves the introduction of a new technology--the use of an integrated information system--in an environment that was to have been prepared for change. The administrators and staff of the organization had participated in a feasibility study…

Learning objects (LOs), generally understood as digital learning resources shared through the Internet and reused in multiple learning contexts, have aroused worldwide enthusiasm in the field of educational technology during the last years. Although LOs and LO systems offer tremendous possibilities to improve educational practices, there are many…

The Open University (OU), an advanced multimedia instructional system, was established by the British government to provide university and professional education to those with the ability to continue their education by study in their own time, and particularly to those who could not otherwise obtain education at a university. This overview…

A TWO-PART STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY THE FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO SUCCESSFUL MEDIA INNOVATION AND INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND TO ESTABLISH GUIDELINES TO SERVE OTHERS. IN PART A, THE OPERATION OF MEDIA SUPPORT AGENCIES AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELECTED COURSES OF STUDY EMPLOYING THE NEWER MEDIA WERE REVIEWED.…