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"Stop Talking about My Disability, I Am a Mother": Adapting Video Interaction Guidance to Increase Sensitive Parenting in a Young Mother with Intellectual Disability
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Pethica, Stefania; Bigham, Katie – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
Background: Parenting can be challenging for people with intellectual disabilities. The nature of the parents' intellectual disability as well as past experiences of institutionalisation, insensitive care and inadequate support can interfere with parents' capacity to provide responsive and appropriate parenting to their own children. This can…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Interaction, Parent Education, Parenting Styles
An Architecture Combining IMS-LD and Web Services for Flexible Data-Transfer in CSCL
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Magnisalis, Ioannis; Demetriadis, Stavros – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2017
This article presents evaluation data regarding the MAPIS3 architecture which is proposed as a solution for the data-transfer among various tools to promote flexible collaborative learning designs. We describe the problem that this architecture deals with as "tool orchestration" in collaborative learning settings. This term refers to a…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Computer System Design, Internet
Is Extension Ready to Adopt Technology for Delivering Programs and Reaching New Audiences?
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Diem, Keith G.; Hino, Jeff; Martin, Dana; Meisenbach, Terry – Journal of Extension, 2011
The Cooperative Extension System is at a crossroads regarding educational program delivery and clientele relationships in a digital age. To "help prepare counties for a future that demands increased use of technology for improving work efficiencies and expanding audience outreach," an assessment team was appointed to conduct a case study to…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Program Evaluation, Counties, Technology Integration
Learner Support Requirements for Online Workplace Training in the South African Furniture Industry
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MacDonald, Iain S.; Bullen, Mark; Kozak, Robert A. – Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, 2010
A qualitative research project was conducted to evaluate the suitability of e-learning as a means of delivering training to workplace learners in the South African furniture manufacturing sector. Twenty learners participated in a three-month pilot e-learning course and were monitored throughout. While the study was designed primarily to…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Manufacturing, Workplace Learning
The Effects of an Internet2 Implementation at the Food and Drug Administration: A Case Study
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Chen, Melinda Elena – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study is to determine the potential effects of an Internet2 implementation at the FDA. Because Internet2 does not currently exist in the FDA, research will be made to compare the tools used today to transmit data to what may develop with an Internet2 presence. These effects will be assessed from the point-of-view of the…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Public Agencies, Interviews, Industrial Psychology
Integrating Development Education into Adult Education Using Active Citizenship as a Focus
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Bailey, Natasha – AONTAS The National Adult Learning Organisation, 2009
This research was commissioned by AONTAS-the National Adult Learning Organisation, in partnership with Irish Aid, the Irish Government's programme of assistance to developing countries. To date, a strategic focus on the integration of development education into adult learning has been missing at both State level and across the development…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Adult Learning, Community Education, Foreign Countries