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Linking Educational Research Activities across Europe: A Review of the WIFO Gateway to Research on Education in Europe
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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
The Monash Portal: More Than Just a Virtual Gateway.
Kennedy, David; Webster, Len; Benson, Robyn; James, Di; Bailey, Nathan – 2001
The My Monash Portal (Portal) at Monash University (Australia) provides a virtual gateway to support student-centered flexible learning by coordinating several of the university's key resources to meet the needs of students and staff. The Portal is intended to help deliver innovative learning programs, foster opportunities to undertake research,…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Programs, Foreign Countries, Gateway Systems
MUST: A Method for Participatory Design.
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Kensing, Finn; Simonsen, Jesper; Bodker, Keld – Human-Computer Interaction, 1998
Presents a conceptual framework and a coherent method for information-technology design in an organizational context within the participatory-design tradition. The MUST method, developed through projects in Danish and American organizations, is based on thorough participation with users and managers and combines the use of ethnographic techniques…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Cooperative Programs, Designers, Ethnography
DISSAnet: Development of an Information Science Research Network in the Republic of South Africa 1998-2000
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Wormell, Irene; Bothma, Theo J. D.; Ralebipi, Rocky M. D. – Education for Information, 2002
Based on the concept of the NORDIC academic cooperation model (NorFa), in 1998-2000 Danish and international information scientists initiated a co-operative effort to build an education and research network among LIS institutions in South Africa. The paper reports the successful completion of the project, with 20 MA and Ph.D. students selected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Scientists, Information Science Education, Information Networks
The Role of Partnerships in Economic Development and Labor Markets in the United States. Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper.
Eberts, Randall W.; Erickcek, George – 2002
This paper describes the role of local partnerships between public and private organizations in the delivery of workforce and economic development services in the United States. The paper grew out of a study tour, conducted by the Upjohn Institute in conjunction with the Local Employment and Economic Development Committee of the Organization for…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
Distributed Learning Environments: Pedagogy, Implementation, and the Early Adopter.
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Bronack, Stephen C.; Riedl, Richard E. – 1998
Pedagogy embodies the beliefs one holds about students, about the various attributes of media technologies, and about the essential qualities of the content at hand. Teachers make decisions based on the interactions of these beliefs. Therefore, it is imperative to begin the process of designing and contemplating instruction with a consideration of…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Programs