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Lifting up Attendance in Rural Districts: A Multi-Site Trial of a Personalized Messaging Campaign. EdWorkingPaper No. 25-1189
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Elise Swanson; Sativa Thompson; Jennifer Ash; Hayley Didriksen; Thomas J. Kane; Douglas O. Staiger; Lisa Sanbonmatsu – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
Student absenteeism has remained high following the COVID-19 pandemic and districts need low-cost strategies to improve attendance. In 2020-21, the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks piloted a promising personalized messaging intervention in 8 rural districts in New York and Ohio. We worked with a student information system…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Attendance, Intervention, Information Systems
The Challenges of Implementing Bring Your Own Device
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DeShield, Leslie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Research conducted by Tech Pro (2014) indicated that the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) concept is gaining momentum with 74% of organizations already having some BYOD program or planning to implement one. While BYOD offers several benefits, it also presents challenges that concern information technology leaders and information security managers.…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
Rebuilding Haiti's Educational Access: A Phenomenological Study of Technology Use in Education Delivery
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Sandiford, Gladwyn A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
There is a lack of access to technology blended with face-to-face instruction and learning in Haiti. Despite this lack of access, some Haitian college students have nevertheless leveraged technology to overcome the obstacles of poverty and obtain a higher education. This phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of 20 adult…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Conventional Instruction, College Students
To Txt or Not to Txt: That's the Puzzle
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Goh, Tiong-Thye; Hooper, Val – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2007
This paper describes the potential use of a mobile phone Short Message Service (SMS) crossword puzzle system to promote interaction through learning activities in a large classroom environment. While personal response systems (PRS) have been used in the classroom environment to foster interaction, it is not an ideal tool with respect to cost and…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Puzzles, Motivation, Information Systems
Top 10 IT Issues, 2007
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Camp, John S.; DeBlois, Peter B. – EDUCAUSE Review, 2007
The EDUCAUSE Current Issues Committee, whose members review and recommend the set of IT issues to be presented each year, conducted a Web-based survey in December 2006 to identify the five of thirty-one IT issues in each of four areas: (1) issues that are critical for strategic success; (2) issues that are expected to increase in significance; (3)…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Telecommunications, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Development and Integration of WWW-Based Services in an Existing University Environment.
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Garofalakis, John; Kappos, Panagiotis; Tsakalidis, Athanasios; Tsaknakis, John; Tzimas, Giannis; Vassiliadis, Vassilios – 1997
This paper describes the experience and the problems solved in the process of developing and integrating advanced World Wide Web-based services into the University of Patras (Greece) system. In addition to basic network services (e.g., e-mail, file transfer protocol), the final system will integrate the following set of advanced services: a…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Distance Education, Foreign Countries