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Ely, Donald P. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1990
Describes eight conditions that facilitate the adoption, implementation, and institutionalization of educational technology innovations and suggests applications to the transfer of portable software. Applications of these conditions involving educational technology in Indonesia, Chile, and Peru are evaluated, and guidelines for successful…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Developing Nations
Furter, Pierre – 1977
The three sections making up the main body of this publication look at lifelong education from three successive approaches at different levels. An introduction briefly reviews factors influencing the rapid spread of lifelong education--anthropological, socioeconomic, and political. Through a series of questions emerges the idea that lifelong…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developing Nations, Educational Anthropology, Educational Change
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Stephenson, Helen – ELT Journal, 1994
This article examines parallels between participatory development projects and English language teaching (ELT) projects in the developing world, focusing on the need to involve local teachers and administrators in ELT development projects. Ten strategies for managers of innovation in ELT projects are included. (12 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Developing Nations, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Schiefelbein, Ernesto – 1990
Seven strategies for improving the quality and efficiency of educational system in Latin American are delineated within the context of background information on the coverage and efficiency of school systems from 1970 to 1980, technical and institutional limitations to educational progress, and an estimate of the impact of the strategies.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Data Collection, Developing Nations, Educational Finance
Blume, Stuart; And Others – 1984
Ways that university-industry networks begin and then operate are discussed, based on 14 country reports. The various types of collaborative networks are considered, with particular focus on networks and industrial development. New forms of university-industry relations are also categorized by the function that they are intended to fulfill:…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Ahmad, Fazel – 1978
By 1973 there were very great disparities between the opportunities for education in the urban and rural areas of Afghanistan. This case study concerns provincial school construction programs for hundreds of small buildings in the remotest areas of what is one of the most mountainous countries of the world. A study proposed alternative building…
Descriptors: Building Innovation, Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Construction Management