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Bohonos, Jeremy; Chuma, Phenious; Lutomia, Anne N.; Henderson, Eboni W.; Pittendrigh, Barry Robert; Bello-Bravo, Julia – International Journal of Adult Education and Technology, 2022
This paper reports on a case study that explores how the integrative model of program planning can be applied to better understand the process of mobile learning efforts in diverse African contexts. The authors discuss how, Scientific Animations Without Borders (SAWBO), a Purdue University-based program, creates educational videos accessible in…
Descriptors: Program Development, Animation, Video Technology, International Cooperation
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Tisdell, Elizabeth J.; Wojnar, Margaret; Sinz, Elizabeth – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2016
This chapter focuses on how to negotiate power and interest among multiple stakeholders to develop continuing professional education programs as graduate study for those in the health and medical professions.
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Health Education, Medical Education, Stakeholders
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Göhlich, Michael; Engel, Nicolas; Höhne, Thomas – European Education, 2014
With the processes of migration, globalization and (in our research context: especially) European unification, not only territorial borders but also cultural traditions become fragile (Eberhard et al., 2009). The daily challenges, as well as the opportunities afforded by crossing national, cultural, and linguistic borders, are growing (Beyer &…
Descriptors: Educational Research, International Education, Continuing Education, International Cooperation
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van Tryon; Patricia J. Slagter – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
With an eye toward contemporary skill building to meet community centered economic needs, organizations such as Literacy Volunteers of America are increasingly pressured to examine new avenues in promoting employment readiness skills for the newly literate. These organizations and countless others have come to the realization that being prepared…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Influence of Technology, Partnerships in Education, Adult Literacy
Jacobus, Michelle Vazquez; Tiemann, Maryli; Reed, Erin – Metropolitan Universities, 2011
The Downtown Education Collaborative (DEC) is an innovative collaborative which includes public and private colleges working with community organizations in interdisciplinary community service learning. This article reviews DEC's development, from its inception as a shared vision aspired to by its partners, to a functioning collaborative. We…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Community Organizations, Program Development, Educational Cooperation
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Andes, Laurie – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2009
Since September 2002, business leaders and educators have been examining the differences in business and educational leadership in a professional development partnership, titled, The Academy for Leadership in Education (ALE). This organization was created as a program to encourage the study of leadership and develop the capacity for mentoring new…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Transformational Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Educational Cooperation
Killion, Joellen; Roy, Patricia – National Staff Development Council, 2009
From setting the stage to engaging the community in understanding the purpose of collaborative professional learning teams, this volume covers what leaders need to know to implement more effective professional learning. Chapters focus on changing school culture, scheduling time, planning, using data, designs for professional learning, facilitating…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, School Culture, Central Office Administrators, Time Management
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Manning, Sabine – European Educational Research Journal, 2007
The WIFO Gateway to Research on Education in Europe (http://www.wifo-gate.org) is an Internet portal focusing on vocational education and training and human resource development. Launched 10 years ago by the Research Forum Education and Society (Wissenschaftsforum Bildung und Gesellschaft-WIFO) Berlin, it has developed in several stages in close…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Researchers, Vocational Education
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Knox, Alan B. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2004
Collaboration across the domains of continuing education and organizations advance civil society to address public issues.
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Continuing Education, Citizenship Education, Political Issues
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van Dam-Mieras, M. C. E.; Rikers, J. H. A. N. – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2007
In the context of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), United Nations University (UNU) initiated the creation of a network of Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs) for Education for Sustainable Development. This paper describes the philosophy behind the activities performed by one of those RCEs, RCE Rhine-Meuse, an RCE…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advisory Committees, Sustainable Development, Nonformal Education