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Duarte, Vannessa; Cleveland-Slimming, Margareth; Vidal, Cristian; Contreras, Sergio – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2023
Contribution: This is one of the first studies that evaluated the combination of an Agile framework (i.e., Scrum) along with the Service-Learning methodologies applied to education settlement. Another tool that would help improve educational delivery quality is the Service-Learning methodology that enables students to experience hands-on learning…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Information Systems, Systems Development, Methods
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Dhukaram, Anandhi Vivekanandan; Sgouropoulou, Cleo; Feldman, Gerald; Amini, Ardavan – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
The purpose of this paper is to highlight the complexities involved in higher education provision and how systems thinking and socio-technical systems (STS) thinking approach can be used to understand the education ecosystem. Systems thinking perspective is provided using two case studies: the development of European Learner Mobility (EuroLM)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Systems Approach, Delivery Systems
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Berta, Whitney; Virani, Tazim; Bajnok, Irmajean; Edwards, Nancy; Rowan, Margo – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2014
Our study responds to calls for theory-driven approaches to studying innovation diffusion processes in health care. While most research on diffusion in health care is situated at the service delivery level, we study innovations and associated processes that have diffused to the system level, and refer to work on complex adaptive systems and whole…
Descriptors: Health Services, Nursing, Delivery Systems, Innovation
Hodas, Steven – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2015
In this paper, we look at the inner workings of a school district through the lens of the "district operating system (DOS)," a set of interlocking mutually-reinforcing modules that includes functions like procurement, contracting, data and IT policy, the general counsel's office, human resources, and the systems for employee and family…
Descriptors: School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education, School Administration, Administrative Organization
Lake, Robin; Hill, Paul T.; Maas, Tricia – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2015
Every sector of the U.S. economy is working on ways to deliver services in a more customized manner. If all goes well, education is headed in the same direction. Personalized learning and globally benchmarked academic standards (a.k.a. Common Core) are the focus of most major school districts and charter school networks. Educators and parents know…
Descriptors: School Districts, Common Core State Standards, Educational Change, Delivery Systems
Daly, Edward William – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Effective leadership is an important factor contributing to the successful implementation and operation of information products and services. The quantitative study examined the thoughts of IT upper management and employees in the private, public, and nonprofits institutions. The study assessed the memberships of the Association of Information…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Delivery Systems, Systems Development, Leadership Effectiveness
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Mukerjee, Sheila – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2012
This paper presents a practitioner's view on student system implementations in the Australian university sector. A student information system is a core system of any university and integral to its operations and services to students. These systems are constantly on the list of major projects and at any point in time, a university is either…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Information Systems, Program Implementation, Change Strategies
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Ipsen, Catherine; Seekins, Tom; Ravesloot, Craig – Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2010
Research studies report a negative relationship between employment and secondary conditions. Access to health promotion programs to manage secondary conditions, however, is limited for people with disabilities due to employment, financial, and insurance barriers. Vocational rehabilitation (VR) is one possible delivery point to overcome these…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Health Promotion, Health Services, Access to Health Care
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Hellin, Jon – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2012
Purpose: New approaches to extension service delivery are needed that stimulate increased agricultural production, contribute to collective action and which also foster the emergence of agricultural innovation systems. Research in Peru and Mexico explores some of these new approaches. Design/methodology/approach: In both countries, a qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Rural Extension, Agricultural Production
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Cobb, Chris – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2012
Most UK universities can trace their current management information systems back to significant investments made in the 1990s, largely fuelled by concerns about the millenium bug and a change from character interfaces to graphical user interfaces following the introduction of the personal computer. It was during this period that institutions also…
Descriptors: Management Information Systems, Foreign Countries, Computer Interfaces, Technology Uses in Education
Sutherland, Michael; Clark, Jason – Computers in Libraries, 2009
Montana State University (MSU) Libraries (where the authors serve as web services librarian and digital initiatives librarian, respectively) is perhaps unique because it has no current periodicals room due to lack of space. As a result, finding current journals for research is difficult for its patrons, who do not always know how or where to…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Computer Networks
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Barnes, Jessica V.; Altimare, Emily L.; Farrell, Patricia A.; Brown, Robert E.; Burnett, C. Richard, III; Gamble, LaDonna; Davis, James – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2009
This article presents the unique approach to university-community partnerships developed and practiced at Michigan State University (MSU). We have established a model of campus-community partnerships that builds a wide-reaching system of networks connecting the university to communities. Our approach is "developmental",…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Group Dynamics, School Community Programs
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Tolley, Hilary; Shulruf, Boaz – Computers & Education, 2009
No school is an island; it is a part of a continuum or a pipeline of institutions which together form an educational pipeline through which groups of students pass. To turn a body of data into useful information for knowledge-based decision-making at any level, data must be collected, organised, analysed and reflected upon. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Database Management Systems, Information Management, Management Information Systems
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Abdous, M'hammed; He, Wu – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2008
In this paper, we propose a conceptual and operational framework for process reengineering (PR) in higher education (HE) institutions. Using a case study aimed at streamlining exam scheduling and distribution in a distance learning (DL) unit, we outline a sequential and non-linear four-step framework designed to reengineer processes. The first two…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Scheduling, Distance Education, Total Quality Management
Ewell, Peter; L'Orange, Hans – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2009
A rapidly changing global economy, shifting demographics, and concerns about our ability to maintain a competitive workforce have focused national attention on the educational systems of America's states, highlighting their critical role in ensuring a productive and creative future for our country. As a result, Americas colleges and universities…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Management, Design Requirements
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