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Understanding the Past--Illuminating the Future
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Rushby, Nick; Seabrook, Jan – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
This is the report of a project funded by the British Educational Communications and Technology Research Agency (Becta) to identify the key--but forgotten--information and communication technology research projects in the UK between 1980 and 1999 and to review the contribution that these projects can make in informing the current Becta research…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Technology, Research Projects, Research Utilization
Reference, or Advisory, Groups Involving Disabled People: Reflections from Three Contrasting Research Projects
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Lewis, Ann; Parsons, Sarah; Robertson, Christopher; Feiler, Anthony; Tarleton, Beth; Watson, Debby; Byers, Richard; Davies, Jill; Fergusson, Ann; Marvin, Claire – British Journal of Special Education, 2008
Increasingly in recent years, the involvement of disabled people as co-researchers has been regarded as "good practice." This has been informed by growing participatory and emancipatory research paradigms as well as user-focused policy imperatives. The benefits of these shifts apply to the research itself (improved definition, direction,…
Descriptors: Reference Groups, Disabilities, Researchers, Research Projects
Researching across Boundaries and Borders: The Challenges for Research
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Bowl, Marion; Cooke, Sandra; Hockings, Christine – Educational Action Research, 2008
This article explores some of the challenges of conducting action research in higher education. It arises from an ongoing research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council's Teaching and Learning Research Programme (ESRC/TLRP), "Learning and Teaching for Social Diversity and Difference", which examines the dynamics of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Projects, Action Research, Geographic Location
CET and IT in Education and Training. CET Information Sheet 2.
Burton, Jane; Morris, Judith – 1986
This summary of Council for Educational Technology (CET) activities begins with a definition of educational technology and a brief statement on its importance in the learning process. Activities, including involvement in both CET and cooperative projects, are then briefly described in 16 areas: (1) instructional technology (IT) in the curriculum;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Artificial Intelligence, Communications Satellites, Databases
Online Public Access Catalog Research in the United Kingdom: An Overview.
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Kinsella, Janet; Bryant, Philip – Library Trends, 1987
Reviews recent and current research and development projects in the United Kingdom dealing with online information systems. Main areas of research (systems design, impact on user behavior and organizational structure, ergonomics and bibliographic factors) and research techniques (features analysis, transaction log analysis, surveys and comparative…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Evaluation Methods
Researching Workplace Basic Skills Policy in the UK Ways and Means to an End: Towards a Comprehensive Model of Research Methodologies.
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Frank, Fiona – 2000
Possible ways of conducting research examining the changing context of workplace basic skills policy in the United Kingdom were explored. First, workplace literacy was examined from the perspective of its role in the U.K. government's lifelong learning agenda, and existing research in workplace literacy policy and related studies were reviewed.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy