Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 10 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
| Allwinkle, Sam | 1 |
| Avoseh, Mejai, Ed. | 1 |
| Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed. | 1 |
| Charlier, Bernadette | 1 |
| Cruickshank, Peter | 1 |
| Elliott, Claire | 1 |
| Friesen, N. | 1 |
| Harwood, Chris | 1 |
| Leonard, Andre | 1 |
| Lowe, S. | 1 |
| Luke, Allan | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 8 |
| Reports - Research | 4 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 3 |
| Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
| Reference Materials -… | 1 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
| Adult Education | 12 |
| Higher Education | 5 |
| Postsecondary Education | 5 |
| Adult Basic Education | 1 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Canada | 12 |
| United States | 4 |
| Australia | 3 |
| California | 2 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| South Africa | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 |
| Botswana | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 |
| France | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Program for the International… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full textAvoseh, Mejai, Ed.; Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2020
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. These papers are from the CIAE 2020 Virtual International…
Descriptors: Adult Education, International Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Direct linkAllwinkle, Sam; Cruickshank, Peter – Journal of Urban Technology, 2011
The following offers an overview of what it means for cities to be "smart." It draws the supporting definitions and critical insights into smart cities from a series of papers presented at the 2009 Trans-national Conference on Creating Smart(er) Cities. What the papers all have in common is their desire to overcome the all too often…
Descriptors: City Government, Influence of Technology, Urban Environment, Social Capital
Luke, Allan – Theory Into Practice, 2012
The term "critical literacy" refers to use of the technologies of print and other media of communication to analyze, critique, and transform the norms, rule systems, and practices governing the social fields of everyday life (A. Luke, 2004). Since Freire's (1970) educational projects in Brazil, approaches to critical literacy have been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Literacy, Critical Theory, Critical Reading
Friesen, N.; Lowe, S. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2012
Facebook and other social media have been hailed as delivering the promise of new, socially engaged educational experiences for students in undergraduate, self-directed, and other educational sectors. A theoretical and historical analysis of these media in the light of earlier media transformations, however, helps to situate and qualify this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Electronic Learning, Television
Charlier, Bernadette – American Journal of Distance Education, 2011
This article describes and analyzes actors' experiences of distance learning systems in a wide variety of cultural and organizational contexts. In line with the project of this special series of issues, results of research, much of which is longitudinal, allow us to suggest answers to the following questions: Who are the actors of distance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Educational Trends, Educational Technology
Nazarinia Roy, R. Roudi; Schumm, Walter R. – American Journal of Distance Education, 2011
As noted by Moore (2007, xxiii), the fifth section of the second edition of the "Handbook of Distance Education" focused on "some of the main consumers and suppliers of distance education programs," including elementary and secondary education, community colleges, universities, the corporate sector, continuing professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Distance Education, Audiences
Taylor, Jeffery – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2010
The literature on globally networked learning environments (GNLEs) has predominantly focused on research or classroom partnerships in higher education that usually involve traditional students enrolled in traditional degree programmes. However, the driving motivation behind GNLEs--learning in partnership across institutional and national…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Labor Education, Global Approach
Harwood, Chris – Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
The purpose of the "State of the Literacy and Essential Skills Field" report is to provide an environmental scan showing the state of Literacy and Essential Skills (L/ES) across the country, from the perspective of the Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) and its national network of partners, both within and outside the Literacy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
Rodriguez, C. Osvaldo – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2012
Open online courses (OOC) with a massive number of students have represented an important development for online education in the past years. A course on artificial intelligence, CS221, at the University of Stanford was offered in the fall of 2011 free and online which attracted 160,000 registered students. It was one of three offered as an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
Nleya, Paul T. – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2009
The rapid growth and modernization of economies in developing countries like Botswana creates new and unmet demands for certain kinds of educated and skilled labour. The expansion of secondary and tertiary school systems has also created a problem of unemployed school leavers. The growth of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs),…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Labor Force Development, Trainees, Developing Nations
Elliott, Claire – Centre for Literacy of Quebec, 2005
This bibliography was compiled for The Centre for Literacy's 2005 Summer Institute: "Adult Basic Education & Literacy, Media and Technology." The references and annotations point to relevant research, project, strategy and evaluation reports that describe and analyze the current and future influences of changing technologies on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Influence of Technology, Annotated Bibliographies
Turcotte, Julie; Leonard, Andre; Montmarquette, Claude – Human Resources Development Canada, 2003
This document provides data from the new Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) conducted by Statistics Canada with the support of Human Resources Development Canada. The survey consists of two components: (1) a workplace survey on the adoption of technologies, organizational change, training and other human resource practices, business strategies,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employees, Surveys, Technological Advancement
