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Sharman, Alison – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2014
Emanating from the ground-breaking Library Impact Data Project, the aim of the Roving Librarian project first initiated in 2011 was to offer personalized help outside of the traditional library to library non-users in social or academic settings using Android and the iPad tablets. It was thought that the portability and flexibility of these…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Library Services, Access to Information, Individual Needs
Dewitt, Carl – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Our society has a great need for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) professionals and educational institutions are currently having difficulty keeping up with society's demand (Carnevale, 2011). Outreach efforts are a key strategy to encouraging young people to pursue STEM careers and evaluation methods need to be used to…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Instruction, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
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Evangelou, Maria; Coxon, Kate; Sylva, Kathy; Smith, Sally; Chan, Lydia L. S. – Children & Society, 2013
This paper describes an exploratory evaluation of the Peers Early Education Partnership "Room to Play", an innovative and experimental "drop-in" service seeking to attract and engage "hard-to-reach" families in one of the most deprived areas of a Midlands city. Located in a shop unit of a busy community shopping…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Outreach Programs, Urban Areas, Play
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Jones, Norah; Lau, Alice Man Sze – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2010
Widening participation has increased in emphasis in Higher Education over recent years. While there has been some progress in making higher education more accessible to students who have traditionally been excluded, widening participation is still being described as one of the major challenges facing Higher Education Institutions. Likewise…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Focus Groups, Online Courses, Questionnaires
Hutinger, Patricia; Johanson, Joyce; Potter, Judy; Schneider, Carol – Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education, 2005
The Expressive Arts Outreach (EAO) project, housed at the Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood (the Center) at Western Illinois University, was funded in 2000 by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) as a 3-year outreach project. The target population was 3-8 year old children with a wide range of…
Descriptors: Young Children, Disabilities, Outreach Programs, Visual Arts