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Cai, Yuzhuo; Zhang, Han; Pinheiro, Rómulo – European Journal of Higher Education, 2015
There is a lack of in-depth studies on how technology transfer organizations (TTOs) are organized and developed. This paper examines the evolution/institutionalization of TTOs in Tsinghua University (TU), as a microcosm of the development of TTOs in Chinese universities. It explores two issues in particular: what kinds of TTOs have been developed…
Descriptors: Technology Transfer, Higher Education, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Ngimwa, Pauline; Wilson, Tina – Learning, Media and Technology, 2012
In the past few years, Africa has joined the rest of the world as an active participant in the Open Educational Resource (OER) movement with a number of home-grown and externally driven initiatives. These have the potential to make an immense contribution to teaching and learning in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, certain barriers prevent full…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Educational Resources
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Hyclak, Thomas; Barakat, Shima – Industry and Higher Education, 2010
This paper examines the evolution of programmes of enterprise education and technology transfer at the University of Cambridge in response to the growth of the Cambridge Cluster and public policy programmes designed to enhance the economic impact of higher education institutions. The authors highlight the way education programmes developed by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Public Policy, Economic Impact
Jacobsen, Michele – 1997
This paper examines characteristics of early and later adopters of educational technology among college faculty and suggests models for encouraging wider diffusion of technology for teaching and learning. Using Rogers' (1995) theory of diffusion of innovations, the paper examines: (1) the characteristics which distinguish early adopters from…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Diffusion (Communication), Educational Technology
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Falconer, Isobel – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2007
The slow uptake by teachers in post-compulsory education of new technological tools and technology-enhanced teaching methods may be symptomatic of a general split in the e-learning community between development of tools, services and standards, and research into how teachers can use these most effectively (i.e. between the teaching practitioner…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This March 12, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Fewer Stem Cells Available, NIH Says" (Brainard, Jeffrey); (2)…
Descriptors: Current Events, World Affairs, Higher Education, Scientific Research