The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of our lives, including instruction in the higher education system. In this sudden and stressful change, faculty had to explore different opportunities and technologies to continue to deliver quality instruction to their students. Instructional design has always been an important topic for education…

This research aimed to develop and evaluate an Information System for Personnel Management (ISPM) tailored for schools under the Surat Thani Primary Educational Service Area Office. Employing a research and development (R&D) methodology, the study was conducted in three phases: (1) a needs analysis through in-depth interviews with 12 school…

The adoption of Information and Communication Technology in Tanzanian higher education institutions has led to the implementation of different but equivalent Academic Information Systems to support the management of different activities of students. However, these systems are not well used to support decision-making in those institutions. This…

The Ministry of Advanced Education, post secondary institutions, and others require data for a variety of purposes, including research and analysis, as a basis for decision-making, and to satisfy accountability requirements. The Central Data Warehouse (CDW) was developed to serve those purposes by collecting a standard set of data from public…

A rise in data availability gives educators the opportunity to tailor instructional practices and interventions to student needs and invest resources in areas where students require the most support. Massachusetts developed the Early Warning Indicator System (EWIS), which synthesizes the wealth of student data available in the state, including…

In this paper, we describe a framework for data analysis that can be embedded into a base application. Since it is important to analyze the data directly inside the application where the data is entered, a tool that allows the scientists to easily work with their data, supports and motivates the execution of further analysis of their data, which…

The National College Access Network (NCAN) and Exponent Partners have teamed up on a two-part report series aimed at helping organizations to become more data-driven. NCAN members have increasingly incorporated research, data, and evaluation into their critical work of serving low-income, first-generation students on their way to postsecondary…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the implementation of the flipped classroom method in teaching the course and to investigate the student's perceived helpfulness, learning outcomes and satisfaction in respect of the pre-class learning videos. Design/methodology/approach: Pre-class learning videos were integrated into a course to…

Online training is rapidly being adopted by universities. It is important to contemplate how to effectively support the development of the techno-pedagogical skills of online instructors, particularly when using a synchronous delivery method. A descriptive research project with a convenience sample of 14 professors and lecturers was used to test a…

In today's changing and intensely competitive global environment, postsecondary educational programs must find ways to adapt their method of delivery to meet the educational expectations of students and talent needs of "real-world" employers. This is especially true in the evolving field of supply chain management (SCM). The purpose of…

Research on the role of institutions in influencing students' readiness for college has so far focused primarily on the school level and the state policy context, with only little attention to the district. This case study, based on interview data and documents collected over the course of a year, analyzes an urban district's attempt to create a…

The Facial Emotion Recognizer (FER) detection technology in the education field is in the early stage. Objective, to investigate the classroom emotion and the effectiveness of the Microsoft cloud-based FER interpretations The randomly selected 29 international students who enrolled the fundamental Chinese language course were investigated during…

"The Virginia Plan for Higher Education" articulates the objective that the Commonwealth will be the best-educated state by 2030. To achieve this objective, Virginia not only must increase educational-attainment rates, but also close the gaps in the differing rates of attainment that exist across its population and its regions. The…

In this study, we empirically examine the diffusion of enterprise systems (ES) systems, and the influence of competency factors on firm performance. A model, based on systems and innovation diffusion theories, was developed and a survey instrument used to gather data from a sample of production firms to test the hypothesized model relationships.…

School websites are not only sources of information and documentation, but also means of communication that are increasingly being accessed by members of society, especially by the different educational communities, thanks to the democratisation of Internet access. This paper deals with a qualitative research project in which information and…