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Akinbode, Rahmon O. Onaolapo; Nwalo, Kenneth Ivo Ngozi – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
This study investigates serials management in university libraries, determines the extent to which serials are accessed and used and appraises the influence of availability, accessibility and use of serials on publications output of lecturers in federal universities in Nigeria. Questionnaire administration method was adopted to accumulate data for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Publications, Access to Information
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Lawal, B. O.; Viatonu, Olumuyiwa – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The study investigated students' access to and utilization of some learning resources in selected public and private universities in southwest Nigeria. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 585 (295 public and 290 private) students from 12 (six public and six private) universities in southwest Nigeria. Two instruments--Cost and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Access to Information, Information Utilization
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Moyne, Martina M.; Herman, Maxwell; Gajos, Krzysztof Z.; Walsh, Conor J.; Holland, Donal P. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2018
This article describes the development of the Design Evaluation and Feedback Tool (DEFT), a custom-built web-based system that collects and reports data to support teaching, learning, and research in project-based engineering design education. The DEFT system collects data through short weekly questionnaires for students and instructors in…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Design, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Van Gasse, Roos; Vanlommel, Kristin; Vanhoof, Jan; Van Petegem, Peter – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2017
Research considers collaboration to be a significant factor in terms of how teachers use data to improve their practice. Nevertheless, the effects of teacher collaboration with regard to teachers' individual data use has remained largely underexplored. Moreover, little attention has been paid to the interplay between collaboration and the personal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Collaboration, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
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Huvila, Isto; Daniels, Mats; Cajander, Åsa; Åhlfeldt, Rose-Mharie – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2016
Introduction: We report results of a study of how ordering and reading of printouts of medical records by regular and inexperienced readers relate to how the records are used, to the health information practices of patients, and to their expectations of the usefulness of new e-Health services and online access to medical records. Method: The study…
Descriptors: Patients, Records (Forms), Experience, Attitudes
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Onivehu, Adams Ogirima; Adegunju, Adewale Kabir; Ohawuiro, Emilia Onyinyechi; Oyeniran, Juliana Bunmi – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2018
This study investigated the relationship among Information Communication Technology utilization, self-regulated learning and academic performance of prospective teachers. The ex-post facto design (correlation method) was employed for the study. The research subjects were 580 prospective teachers who were drawn using multi-stage sampling technique…
Descriptors: Correlation, Information Technology, Information Utilization, Academic Achievement
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Courtney, Arielle; Schneider, Ingrid E. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2016
Effective science delivery to practitioners can improve recreation experiences and environmental educational outcomes. This project explored U.S. Department of Agriculture-Forest Service recreation personnel's research-based information sources, constraints to access and use of research, and opinions about how to improve science delivery to…
Descriptors: Technology Transfer, Recreation, Government Employees, Information Sources
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Santosh, Sujata; Panda, Santosh – Open Praxis, 2016
Developments in ICTs and knowledge societies have revolutionized the traditional paradigms of education. There is a lot of emphasis on a culture of sharing and collaboration in the education scenario of today though educators have certain inhibitions about sharing of knowledge, ideas and resources. The present study was undertaken to explore the…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Knowledge Management, Sharing Behavior, Barriers
OECD Publishing, 2016
Digitalisation, globalisation, demographic shifts and other changes in work organisation are constantly reshaping skill needs. This can lead to persistent skill shortages and mismatch which are costly for individuals, firms and society in terms of lost wages and lower productivity and growth. These costs can be reduced through better assessment…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Skill Analysis, Needs Assessment, Labor Market
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Ebbeler, Johanna; Poortman, Cindy L.; Schildkamp, Kim; Pieters, Jules M. – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2017
Schools in many different countries are increasingly expected to use data for school improvement. However, schools struggle with the implementation of data use, because building human capacity around data use in education has not received enough attention. Educators urgently need to develop data literacy skills for being able to use data. For…
Descriptors: Intervention, Information Literacy, Information Utilization, Data
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Owolabi, Sola; Idowu, Oluwafemi A.; Okocha, Foluke; Ogundare, Atinuke Omotayo – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The study evaluated utilization of electronic information resources by undergraduates in the Faculties of Education and the Social Sciences in University of Ibadan. The study adopted a descriptive survey design with a study population of 1872 undergraduates in the Faculties of Education and the Social Sciences in University of Ibadan, from which a…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Electronic Libraries, Information Utilization, Student Surveys
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Maxwell, Nan L.; Rotz, Dana; Garcia, Christina – American Journal of Evaluation, 2016
This study examines the perceptions of data-driven decision making (DDDM) activities and culture in organizations driven by a social mission. Analysis of survey information from multiple stakeholders in each of eight social enterprises highlights the wide divergence in views of DDDM. Within an organization, managerial and nonmanagerial staff…
Descriptors: Data, Decision Making, Organizational Climate, Organizational Culture