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Birdthistle, Naomi; Fleming, Patricia – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2005
Purpose--The purpose of this paper is to investigate how a learning organisation can be created within the framework of the family SME in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach--No comprehensive list of independent family businesses in Ireland was available. To overcome this problem a pragmatic approach was taken in the construction of a sampling…
Descriptors: Business, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Systems Development
Learning and Skills Network (NJ1), 2007
The topics outlined here have been developed to complement the policies and methodologies outlined in the professional development framework for e-learning. They include: (1) a core topic: e-learning fundamentals; (2) pedagogically based practitioner topics; (3) specialist e-learning developer topics; and (4) leadership topics (developed by the…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Activity Units, Learning Modules, Fundamental Concepts
Shillady, Amy, Ed. – US Department of Health and Human Services, 2007
The "Child Care Bulletin" is published quarterly and includes practical, informative articles based on current literature regarding topics important to policy-makers, child care providers, and parents. The Bulletin includes short articles, tips sheets, policy updates, interviews with leaders in the child care field, information from child…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Professional Development, Low Income Groups, Child Care
Kugle, Cherry; Smith, Nancy – Data Quality Campaign, 2007
The Data Quality Campaign (DQC) is a national, collaborative effort to encourage and support state policymakers to improve the collection, availability and use of high-quality education data and to implement state longitudinal data systems to improve student achievement. The campaign aims to provide tools and resources that will assist state…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies, Management Information Systems, Student Records
Gustafson, Kent L.; Powell, Gary C. – 1991
This paper, which updates and expands on the first edition (1981), begins by presenting a definition of instructional development (ID) and a discussion of its origins. A taxonomy for classifying ID models is then suggested, and it is noted that most ID models have been subjected to only a limited degree of testing. The 12 ID models that are…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Instructional Development, Instructional Systems
Morris, Betty – 1988
Intended to enable an individual to converse with satellite antenna dealers and to select a dealer and acquire an antenna to suit his/her needs at the lowest cost, this edited version of a final project report provides detailed guidelines for purchasing of communications satellites distance education delivery systems and specific technical…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communications Satellites, Delivery Systems, Distance Education
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Litwack, Lawrence – Nursing Outlook, 1976
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Ohlsson, Stellan – 1985
Arguing that the main promise of computers lies in their potential for moment-by-moment adaptation of instructional content and form to the changing cognitive needs of individual learners, this paper clarifies the implications of this potential for tutoring research, and points out overlooked relations between different strands of research…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Diagnostic Teaching, Epistemology
Salisbury, David F. – 1988
The use of general systems theory in the field of instructional systems design (ISD) is explored in this paper. Drawing on work by Young, the writings of 12 representative ISD writers and researchers were surveyed to determine the use of 60 general systems theory concepts by the individual authors. The average number of concepts used by these…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Instructional Design, Interdisciplinary Approach, Models
New Brunswick Dept. of Advanced Education and Training, Fredericton. Interprovincial Standards Program Coordinating Committee. – 1987
In January 1985, Employment and Immigration Canada funded a pilot project in New Brunswick for the development and testing of an Interprovincial Computerized Examination Management (ICEM) System. The resulting system is comprised of a dual interprovincial and provincial item bank facility, a software component offering the option of computerized…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Graphics, Foreign Countries, Item Banks
Bond, David K. – 1983
A new search feature has been developed and implemented to enhance online information retrieval from the ABI/INFORM database, which includes abstracts from more than 500 journals covering all aspects of business and management. Published by Data Courier Inc., it includes material dating back to 1971. Because of the diverse nature of the database…
Descriptors: Administration, Business, Classification, Databases
Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1989
The first of two program sessions at this semiannual meeting addressed the agenda of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) for the 1990s, and the report provides summaries of remarks by Elaine Sloan on the background; D. Kaye Gapen on a report from the Task Force on Review of the ARL Five-Year Plan; and Duane E. Webster on the ARL framework…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Networks, Cooperative Programs, Futures (of Society)
Batty, David; Hitchens, Christopher – 1981
Recent work on the development of Synthesized User Based Terminology Index Languages (SUBTIL), i.e., index and query languages for information systems which employ vocabulary elicited from potential users of the system, is described in this paper. Following a brief review of the literature on thesaurus construction and index languages is a…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
Hecht, Myron; And Others – 1984
This introduction to microcomputers and their implementation and use in federal agencies discusses both basic concepts in microcomputers and their specific uses by clerical, administrative, professional, and technical federal personnel. Issues concerned with the use of specialized application software and integrated packages--word processing, data…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Use, Costs, Design Requirements
Ruthberg, Zella G.; Neugent, William – 1984
Primarily intended to familiarize ADP (automatic data processing) policy and information resource managers with the approach to computer security certification and accreditation found in "Guideline to Computer Security Certification and Accreditation," Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS-PUB) 102, this overview…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Certification, Computers, Guidelines
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