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Menon, Siddhartha Shankar – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Broadband holds a critical position in the progress of economic and social indicators by connecting consumers, businesses and governments. South Korea has consistently been the global leader in broadband deployment since 1999. In the last ten years the Korean government has pursued several strategies for its broadband policy. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Social Indicators, Information Technology, Foreign Countries
Data Quality Campaign, 2010
State education data systems have often been described as data rich but information poor. Historically, these systems were created for compliance purposes and, therefore, designed and managed as information technology projects, but a culture change is under way. Educators and other stakeholders are beginning to value data as a tool to inform…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Information Needs, Stakeholders, Data Collection
Bugeja, Michael J. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2008
Most people have at least secondhand knowledge about Second Life, a virtual-reality world created by Linden Lab, in which avatars (digital characters) lease "islands" for real-life purposes--to sell products, conduct classes, do research, hold conferences, and even recruit for admissions. About nine million avatars reportedly interact on this…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Education
Anderson, Catherine L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Today's interconnected technical environment creates unprecedented opportunities while simultaneously introducing risks. With economic, social and personal interactions increasingly occurring in technology-mediated settings new vulnerabilities are continually being introduced. This dissertation seeks to improve extant understanding of how…
Descriptors: Cues, Health Education, Hospitals, Health Conditions
Atkinson, Robert D. – Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 2010
A decade ago, before the tech boom collapsed and the digital economy bubble burst, it seemed to some that issues surrounding information technology (IT) might be central to the politics of the early 21st century. But after September 11, 2001, with so much else on everyone's minds, "digital politics" seemed a boring sideshow. Technocrats,…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Information Technology, Internet, Classification
Schulz, Lucy; Szekeres, Judy – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2008
One of the challenges facing those responsible for service provision in universities is ensuring that service is provided at the right point in the organisation. Service delivery points can exist at the school/department level, faculty/division level or central unit/university wide level. This does not always follow organisational logic, common…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Delivery Systems, Student Personnel Services, Guidance Centers
Dempsey, Kathy, Comp. – Computers in Libraries, 2007
This is a compilation of 12 primers on important information standards and protocols. These primers are: (1) Atom; (2) COinS; (3) MADS; (4) MARC 21/MARCXML; (5) MIX; (6) MXG; (7) OpenSearch; (8) PREMIS; (9) RESTful HTTP; (10) unAPI; (11) XMPP (aka Jabber); and (12) ZeeRex. The Atom Syndication Format defines a new XML-based syndication format for…
Descriptors: Metadata, Internet, Standard Setting, Expository Writing
Baker, Thomas R. – New Directions for Student Services, 2008
This chapter describes the relationship between federal student privacy laws and state privacy laws, and identifies the changes in the federal law over the last ten years affecting disclosure to parents of college students. Recent litigation on health emergencies is outlined and the limited rights of college students not yet eighteen years of age…
Descriptors: College Students, Access to Information, Privacy, Information Policy
Notley, Tanya – Youth Studies Australia, 2008
Most state governments in Australia have banned popular online networking sites from public schools after these sites were accused of supporting a broad host of threats to young people. This paper questions the effectiveness of these bans in light of recent empirical research that highlights the social and educational benefits that can accrue from…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Information Networks
Seale, Jane; Abbott, Chris – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2007
This paper argues that if education practitioners, policy-makers and researchers are to gain insights from new forms of online self-representations, there is a need to take stock of research involving homepages in order to identify important methodological issues and lessons that need to be addressed in future research. Home page authorship…
Descriptors: Ethics, Classification, Research Methodology, Research Problems
Snow, Richard; Snow, Mary – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to elaborate the need to educate and encourage students to seek an ethical realm in which the researcher not only accurately analyses and documents a problem, but also actually advocates involvement to mitigate negative impacts. Design/methodology/approach: Geographic information systems (GIS) applications are…
Descriptors: Cheating, Scientific Methodology, Integrity, Information Systems

Schlogl, Christian – Review of Information Science, 1997
Argues that the European Union's expectations in building an information society are exaggerated. Summarizes the information and telecommunications policy of the European Union (EU), discusses the EU's understanding of the term "information society," and raises questions about specific EU activities to establish an information society.…
Descriptors: Criticism, Foreign Countries, Information Policy, Telecommunications
Horton, Forest Woody, Jr. – International Forum on Information and Documentation, 1998
Examines basic concepts; policy instruments, language, and processes; information, basic-information, and sector-specific information policies; form, format, and content; information policies related to information resources; policy conflicts; national and government information policies; national information infrastructures; classification of…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, Information Policy, Public Policy
Péter, Lilla; Balázs, Szilvia – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2009
Our paper deals with the relationship between sustainability, media advertisements and their effect on children. This topic is highly actual today, as the children of today, who grow up in front of the TV will be the consumers of tomorrow. The perpetual growth of consuming and gathering material goods is not serving the sustainable development.…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Advertising, Childrens Television
Learning Disability Quarterly, 2007
This report by the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) outlines important concerns about documentation issues related to students with disabilities as they transition from high school to postsecondary settings. These issues center on the "disconnect" between the nature and extent of disability documentation generated during a…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Accessibility (for Disabled), Individualized Transition Plans