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Howard, Joanne; Howard, Diane; Dotson, Ebbin – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2015
The infrastructure, financial, and human resource histories of health and education are offered as key components of future strategic planning initiatives in learning cities, and 10 key components of strategic planning initiatives designed to enhance the health and wealth of citizens of learning cities are discussed.
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Educational Resources
Lavoie, Brian; Malpas, Constance – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2015
The long-term future of the scholarly record in its fullest expression cannot be effectively secured with stewardship strategies designed for print materials. The features of the evolving scholarly record suggest that traditional stewardship strategies, built on an "invisible hand" approach that relies on the uncoordinated,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Development, Library Materials, Library Networks
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Pasek, Judith E. – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2017
Sharing scientific research data has become increasingly important for knowledge advancement in today's networked, digital world. This article describes the evolution of access to United States government information in relation to scientific research funded by federal grants. It analyzes the data sharing policy of the National Science Foundation,…
Descriptors: Grants, Data, Information Management, Scientific Research
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Selver, M. Alper – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2016
Medical imaging systems (MIS) constitute an important emergent subdiscipline of engineering studies. In the context of electrical and electronics engineering (EEE) education, MIS courses cover physics, instrumentation, data acquisition, image formation, modeling, and quality assessment of various modalities. Many well-structured MIS courses are…
Descriptors: Design, Medical Education, Laboratory Experiments, Engineering Technology
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Themistokleous, Sotiris; Avraamidou, Lucy – Educational Media International, 2016
In this review, we present an argument for the need to support young adult's civic engagement and we explore the role of online games in supporting such engagement. In doing so, in the first section of the paper, we offer a definition for civic education and citizenship alongside a discussion for the pedagogical frameworks that better support…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Young Adults, Role Perception, Citizen Participation
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Rosenberg, Joshua M.; Terry, Colin A.; Bell, John; Hiltz, Virginia; Russo, Tracy E. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
Social media provides a promising platform for members of informal and formal educational communities to build community, collaborate, and support institutional goals such as student recruitment. Despite burgeoning research on the educational uses of social media, we are not aware of any to guide graduate program social media use. In order to…
Descriptors: Social Media, Graduate Study, Design Requirements, Organizational Objectives
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Krämer, Andreas; Böhrs, Sandra – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
This article explores the future potential for the development of online courses. The findings are based on an empirical study with 3 sample groups: (1) B2C segment in Germany, (2) B2C segment in the United States, and (3) B2B segment (international). In the first step the status quo of the use of e-learning in general and online courses in…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Expectation, Trend Analysis, Electronic Learning
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Harris, Ranida; Harris, Ken; Eplion, David – Information Systems Education Journal, 2013
This case describes the situation of Smile Land Academy (SLA), a real-world based childcare center. SLA has grown from a very small company to a fairly large-sized organization (30 employees with 150 children). Unfortunately, its system for record-keeping, summarization of data, and reporting has not kept pace. The hard copies and spreadsheet…
Descriptors: Databases, Child Care Centers, Design Requirements, Database Design
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Clarke, Linda; Winch, Christopher – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2015
This paper considers how far Anglo Saxon conceptions of vocational education and training have influenced European Union vocational education and training policy, especially given the disparate approaches to vocational education and training across Europe. Two dominant approaches can be identified: the dual system (exemplified by Germany); and…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Educational Policy, Vocational Education, Influences
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Libbrecht, Paul – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2015
Learning resources have been created to represent digital units of exchangeable materials that teachers and learners can pull from in order to support the learning processes. They resource themselves. Leveraging the web, one can often find these resources. But what characteristics do they need in order to be easily exchangeable? Although several…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Educational Resources, Teacher Competencies, Educational Practices
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Bogetoft, Peter; Wittrup, Jesper – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2017
This paper discusses methods for benchmarking vocational education and training colleges and presents results from a number of models. It is conceptually difficult to benchmark vocational colleges. The colleges typically offer a wide range of course programmes, and the students come from different socioeconomic backgrounds. We solve the…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Vocational Education, Models, Postsecondary Education
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Willging, Cathleen E.; Trott, Elise M.; Fettes, Danielle; Gunderson, Lara; Green, Amy E.; Hurlburt, Michael S.; Aarons, Gregory A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Objective: We examine how frontline workers and supervisors delivering a research-supported intervention (RSI) to reduce child neglect negotiated system-related challenges, the pragmatics of RSI implementation, and their professional identities and relationships with clients. Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews, small group…
Descriptors: Intervention, Home Visits, Evidence Based Practice, Child Neglect
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Baker, Courtney; Galanti, Terrie; Birkhead, Sara – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2017
This research highlights a university-school division collaboration to pilot a professional development framework for integrating STEM in K-8 mathematics classrooms. The university researchers worked with mathematics coaches to construct a realistic and reasonable vision of STEM integration built upon the design principles of model-eliciting…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Reflection, Instructional Design, Problem Solving
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Henning, John E.; Erb, Dorothy J.; Randles, Halle Schoener; Fults, Nanette; Webb, Kathy – Issues in Teacher Education, 2016
The purpose of this article is to describe a collaborative effort among five teacher preparation programs to create a conceptual tool designed to put clinical experiences at the center of our programs. The authors refer to the resulting product as a clinical curriculum. The clinical curriculum describes a developmental sequence of clinical…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Clinical Experience, Teacher Education Curriculum
Girardi, Amy; Crew, Rachel – Jobs For the Future, 2016
Competency-based education (CBE) is widely viewed as an innovative alternative to traditional higher education, yet most programs serve only a narrow slice of the postsecondary population. Few are intended for adults who need to boost basic skills in order to succeed in college coursework. However, if designed with the needs of a broader range of…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Access to Education, Interviews, Developmental Programs
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