Considers the implications of the technological innovation literature for possible national strategies for innovation. Sketches highly generalized innovation strategies for nations at various levels of technological development. (Author/IRT)

A total of 171 adopted children aged 4-12 were assessed on how their participation in the adoption process influenced their understanding of adoption, general self-worth, satisfaction with the level of openness, and curiosity about birth parents. Results indicated that greater openness about birth parents did not confuse children about the meaning…

Explains the development of standardized coding for digital text, especially for multilingual text, that has culminated in the Unicode standard. Topics include the University of Michigan's Humanities Text Initiative (HTI); a history of character sets; transliteration; non-Roman languages; fonts; and barriers to adoption of the Unicode standard. A…

Reviews family leave policies in Canadian universities through March 2002. Analysis of pregnancy, adoption, and partner (paternity) leave policies reveal that most Canadian university policies produce income loss and disruption and are characterized by gender regulation and familialism. The paper proposes that improving faculty family leave…

Responses from 115 of 203 Louisiana secondary agriscience teachers identified the level of technology integration in their programs. They were most active in exploring its potential for teaching/learning and adopting for instruction; less active in experimentation and advanced integration. Level of technological anxiety and perceptions of barriers…

Discussion of faculty adoption of technology innovations suggests that faculty need to believe in the inherent ability of technology to achieve desired learning outcomes, based on their own needs and values. Describes a faculty development and support system that considers diffusion of innovations. (LRW)

Studied behavioral problems that 19 Scottish adoptive families experienced with their adopted children. Also studied families' experiences with, views on, and suggestions for postadoption services. Discusses implications for adoption practices. (BG)

An effort to introduce the plow to Timor farmers faced following barriers: nature of the land and climate, strongly demarcated traditional system, tensions among ethnic groups, cattlelords system, necessary time to place/retain trainers in villages. Positive factors were concrete results, use of small groups and native trainers, age of adopters,…

Discusses teletraining as an instructional delivery system and provides recommendations for making it more effective. Topics discussed include distance education; research on teletraining; instructional effectiveness; motivational factors; acceptance of technological innovations; perception of teletraining by adult learners; and the importance of…

Offers a framework for conceptualizing the events that follow adoption of innovation. Surveys of home users of microcomputers are described that examined three outcomes of adoption: (1) degree of usage; (2) satisfaction; and (3) attitude toward the technology. Variations in the outcomes are examined, and further research needs are suggested. (46…

Because of Korean attitudes towards adoption and other reasons, attempts to promote intracountry adoption have met with limited success, and intercountry adoption is used as an alternative way of meeting children's needs. (RJC)

Studies 72 small nonprofit organizations over a 2-year period that began with their initial adoption of computer technology. Finds that, even among these relatively resource-poor groups, those who were better off were better able to take advantage of the computer for internal office tasks and group networking. (SR)

This article argues that if educators refuse to accept the reality that electronic tools for learning and teaching are reinventing schools, then others will take charge of bringing this technology to the classroom. (IAH)

Investigates the relationship between shared communication links and the process of organizational innovation, finding no support for the hypothesis that the nature and content of an individual's communication links with others could predict individual innovation adoption. (SR)

Research shows that farmers are the most important influence on the adoption of new methods by other farmers. Results reaffirm the importance of targeting beyond actual participants in designing and evaluating extension programs. (JOW)