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Pombo, Lúcia; Carlos, Vânia; Loureiro, Maria João – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2016
The AGIRE project is a partnership between the University of Aveiro, a consortium comprising 26 companies related to teaching and learning, and one School Grouping, with the financial support of QREN. The project is embedded into the Edulab concept (school laboratories with technological equipment, as tablets, laptops, whiteboards, and educational…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Partnerships in Education, Consortia, School Business Relationship
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Young, David; Weinert, Clarann; Spring, Amber – Journal of Extension, 2012
The demographic and socioeconomic impacts of the baby boomer generation turning 65 in 2011 will be magnified in rural areas where elderly are already disproportionately represented. The overall goal of a collaborative, community-based project was to improve the health literacy, health outcomes, and overall well-being of rural elderly in four…
Descriptors: Well Being, Older Adults, Rural Extension, Health Education
Coplin, Jennifer – 1992
In a pilot project, Vance-Granville Community College in North Carolina and a local roofing manufacturer jointly developed the SKILL (Skills and Knowledge in Lifelong Learning) training program. The 63 employees enrolled in the voluntary program thus far have received weekly instruction in functional, learning, and computer skills, as well as…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Community Colleges, Computer Literacy
DeBerg, Curtis L.; Thornton, Kelby – 1999
An innovative entrepreneurship education program was developed and delivered during summer 1998. The program was conceived by the youth program coordinator of the Butte County, California, Private Industry Council (PIC), who had been impressed by the results of a program during which the PIC hired three students from the California State…
Descriptors: Business Education, College School Cooperation, College Students, Computer Literacy