New developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) to support learning have brought about increasing interest by both academic and non-academic institutions in e-learning. These developments in ICT are principally multimedia and the Internet with its World Wide Web. Interest in ICT supported learning is also fuelled by the…

Two years ago, the then North American Council for Online Learning released the initial "Snapshot State of the Nation: K-12 Online Learning in Canada" report. This study was the first systematic examination of K-12 distance education policies and activities in each of the thirteen Canadian provinces and territories. One year ago, the…

The present report follows an ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) Workshop on Quality Assurance and Postgraduate Education, hosted by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS) in Brasov, Romania on 12-13 March 2009. The workshop was an excellent opportunity for ENQA members to exchange…

The annual meeting of the ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) IQA (internal quality assurance) Group gathered some 60 participants in the premises of the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) in The Hague in June 2009. This seminar was a successful follow-up to the first ENQA IQA…

Quality assurance of teacher training has become of a great concern nowadays. This paper addresses the quality of BEd programme of the University of Education (UE) Lahore. The main purpose of the study was to evaluate the quality of BEd programme with regard to the internal efficiency of Government Colleges for Elementary Teachers (GCETs), the…

Presents tips from a superintendent of buildings and grounds who visited various colleges to see what worked -- and what didn't -- in dormitory windows. (Author)

Article defined the meaning of the CP Seal and how it affects the art materials that children purchase. (RK)

This guide is designed for federal executives and managers who have a responsibility for the planning and management of software projects and for federal staff members who are affected by, or involved in, making software changes, and who need to be aware of steps that can reduce both the difficulty and cost of software maintenance. Organized in a…

The article explains how McDonald's manages to maintain uniform quality and service standards internationally, at all outlets, through their efficient training techniques. (BP)

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WAS PREPARED TO PROVIDE A SOURCE MANUAL ON TRAINING QUALITY CONTROL. REFERENCES ARE DIVIDED INTO FIVE CATEGORIES--(1) GENERAL PAPERS ON PROFICIENCY MEASUREMENT, ACHIEVEMENT TESTING, RATIONALES, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES, (2) COMPLETE MANUALS FOR TESTING PROGRAMS OR PERFORMANCE TESTS, (3) STUDIES EVALUATING OR DESCRIBING TEST METHODS,…

As a community service and continuing adult education program, the Graduate School of the U. S. Department of Agriculture sponsors a series of public lectures. This book contains the texts and reactions to one of the lecture series entitled "Environmental Improvement." Given in May, 1966, the series presented "Man and His Environment - Scope,…

Computer viruses are programs that propagate themselves from disk to disk and destroy programs or information files. Several universities have recently reported virus outbreaks. Some suggestions for avoiding the viruses are provided. (MLW)

Quality assurance is defined and some of the tools of the quality assurance analyst and how they are being used at the Division of Administrative Programming Services at Clemson University are described. Customer involvement and training of the data processing staff to ensure quality products are discussed. (Author/MLW)