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Andrew J. Collins; Christopher Lynch; Jim Leathrum; Gayane Grigoryan; T. Stephen Cotter; Ross Gore; Brandon Butler – Adult Learning, 2025
Higher education programs are rapidly transitioning online in support of a broader geographic base, working professionals, and, recently, emergency contingencies such as COVID-19. The flexibility of online courses makes them attractive to adult learners; as such, there is much academic discussion about online learning for adult learners and the…
Descriptors: Minicourses, Online Courses, Adult Students, Professional Education
Daniel, Ben – Educational Technology, 2017
The increasing availability of digital data in higher education provides an extraordinary resource for researchers to undertake educational research, targeted at understanding challenges facing the sector. Big data can stimulate new ways to transform processes relating to learning and teaching, and helps identify useful data, sources of evidence…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, Information Utilization, Data
Global Partnership for Education, 2015
It is the aim of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) to improve access, equity, and learning outcomes for all. It seeks to contribute to improvements in the number of children completing primary and lower secondary levels of school in GPE partner countries; to lower the number of children out of school; and to improve education quality, as…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Partnerships in Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Change
Data Quality Campaign, 2011
States should use this roadmap to identify and leverage federal funding sources for data-related activities. This roadmap presents such opportunities for FY 2011, and provides guidance on some of the ways the funds may be used.
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Identification, State Government, Data
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Waters, John K. – T.H.E. Journal, 2009
This article introduces Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF), a specification for data sharing among educational software applications that has grown to 10 disparate software applications. This new version (code name Columbus) is likely to give districts more vendors to choose from--maybe a lot more--because it will be arriving with a profound…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Technology Uses in Education
Peterson, Kristy – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The capability of organizations to operate on the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework is reliant on ITIL process measurements. Appropriate ITIL process measurements help ensure desired outcomes, enable corrective actions to take place prior to process failure, and direct process activities towards continuous improvement.…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Correlation, Measurement Objectives, Measurement Techniques
Watson, John F. – North American Council for Online Learning, 2007
Online learning is growing rapidly across the United States within all levels of education, as more and more students and educators become familiar with the benefits of learning unconstrained by time and place. Across most states and all grade levels, students are finding increased opportunity, flexibility, and convenience through online learning.…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Resources, Student Evaluation, Educational Assessment