Assessing emerging trends in Library space usage for sustainable library design: A case study of Kano State Library - H. Ibrahim; S.M. Ali (“First International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment in the Tropics (ICONSBET) at the Department of Architecture, 2021)
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Assessing learning: How can classroom-based teachers assess students’ competencies in numeracy? - Ngware, Moses W.; Hungi, Njora; Mutisya, Maurice (Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2019)
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Assessing organizational implementation context in the education sector: confirmatory factor analysis of measures of implementation leadership, climate, and citizenship - Lyon, Aaron R.; Cook, Clayton R.; Brown, Eric C.; Locke, Jill; Davis, Chayna; Ehrhart, Mark; Aarons, Gregory A. (Implementation Science, 2018)
A substantial literature has established the role of the inner organizational setting on the implementation of evidence-based practices in community contexts, but very little of this research has been extended to the education sector, one of the most common settings for the delivery of mental and behavioral health services to children and adolescents. The current study examined the factor structure, psychometric properties, and interrelations of an adapted set of pragmatic organizational instruments measuring key aspects of the organizational implementation context in schools: (1) strategic implementation leadership, (2) strategic implementation climate, and (3) implementation citizenship behavior.
Keywords: Education; Implementation citizenship; Implementation climate; Implementation leadership; Reliability; Schools; Structural validity

Assessing pre-service English language teachers' learning using e-portfolios: benefits, challenges and competencies gained - Kabilan, Muhammad Kamarul; Khan, Mahbub Ahsan (Computers & Education, 2012)
Assessment in learning is always of interest to practitioners, academics and researchers, and is always evolving with new implications. Alternative forms of assessment such as e-portfolios have gained recognition in documenting students' learning, as it is synchronous with both product and process. Vast amount of literature narrates the relative advantages of e-portfolios across disciplines, institutions, and applications. In Malaysia, such alternative assessment practices are less explored so far in teacher education. In this study, 55 pre-service TESOL teachers from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) are required to create and maintain a personal e-portfolio. The aim of the study is to ascertain the future teachers' practices with e-portfolios in their learning and to determine if these practices lead to teaching competencies. In addition, the study also aims to identify the benefits and challenges of using an e-portfolio as a tool for learning and self-assessment. Findings indicate that participants are appreciative of e-portfolios, as their performance and achievements are traced over time. It is also found that e-portfolios function as a monitoring tool, which helps the teachers recognize their learning and identify their strengths and weaknesses. Challenges are also noted, which include validity and reliability, interrupted Internet connection, negative attitudes participants, time constraints, workload and ethical issues. In terms of teacher competencies, it is found that six competencies emerge from the teachers' practices of e-portfolios–(1) developing understanding of an effective teacher's role; (2) developing teaching approaches/activities; (3) improving linguistic abilities; (4) comprehending content knowledge; (5) gaining ICT skills and; (6) the realization of the need to change mindsets. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
Publisher: Elsevier, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, FL 32887-4800 Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/964181150?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.11.011 2405685:HWXIFTD8 2534378:5FY5U4RS 2534378:IBJ6BDNN
Keywords: Academic Achievement; Alternative Assessment; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Electronic Publishing; English (Second Language); Ethics; Evaluation; Faculty Workload; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Information Technology; Internet; Language Teachers; Malaysia; Negative Attitudes; Portfolios (Background Materials); Preservice Teachers; Reliability; Teacher Competencies; Teacher Education; Teaching Methods; Validity; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2097613; __finaldtb

Assessing student–teacher relationship quality in cross-cultural contexts: Psychometric properties of student–teacher relationship drawings - Chen, Mengdi; Zee, Marjolein; Roorda, Debora L. (European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2021)
The present study examined the psychometric properties of Student–Teacher Relationship Drawings (STRDs) to assess student–teacher relationship quality in a cross-cultural context. A sample of upper elementary school students from both the Netherlands (N = 752) and China (N = 574) was included. Results showed sufficient inter-rater reliabilities of all drawing dimensions for both the Dutch (.68 < ICC < .84) and Chinese samples (.72 < ICC < .85). Multiple group analyses supported partially strong invariance of STRD-dimensions across the Dutch and Chinese samples. Relationship drawing dimensions also showed moderate associations with student-reported relationship quality and engagement across both the Dutch and Chinese sample. Future cross-cultural research may therefore employ STRDs to assess students’ relationship experiences.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2021.1952862 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/17405629.2021.1952862 2129771:PGDZREX2 2486141:ULZ3624B
Keywords: Cross-cultural research; measurement invariance; student–teacher relationship drawings; student–teacher relationships

Assessing the impact of the trauma team training program in Tanzania - Bergman, Simon; Deckelbaum, Dan; Lett, Ronald; Haas, Barbara; Demyttenaere, Sebastian; Munthali, Victoria; Mbembati, Naboth; Museru, Lawrence; Razek, Tarek; Razek, Tarek (Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care, 2008)
BACKGROUND:: In sub-Saharan Africa, injury is responsible for more deaths and disability-adjusted life years than AIDS and malaria combined. The trauma team training (TTT) program is a low-cost course designed to teach a multidisciplinary team approach to trauma evaluation and resuscitation. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of TTT on trauma knowledge and performance of Tanzanian physicians and nurses; and to demonstrate the validity of a questionnaire assessing trauma knowledge. METHODS:: This is a prospective study of physicians and nurses from Dar es Salaam undergoing TTT (n ≤ 20). Subjects received a precourse test and, after the course, an alternate postcourse test. The equivalence and construct validity of these 15-item multiple-choice questionnaires was previously demonstrated. After the course, subjects were divided into four teams and underwent a multiple injuries simulation, which was scored with a trauma resuscitation simulation assessment checklist. A satisfaction questionnaire was then administered. Test data are expressed as median score (interquartile ratio) and were analyzed with the Wilcoxon's signed rank test. RESULTS:: After the TTT course, subjects improved their scores from 9 (5-12) to 13 (9-13), p ≤ 0.0004. Team performance scores for the simulation were all >80%. Seventy-five percent of subjects were very satisfied with TTT and 90% would strongly recommend it to others and would agree to teach future courses. CONCLUSIONS:: After completion of TTT, there was a significant improvement in trauma resuscitation knowledge, based on results from a validated questionnaire. Trauma team performance was excellent when assessed with a novel trauma simulation assessment tool. Participants were very supportive of the course. © 2008 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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Assessing the Impact of Training on Lowland Rice Productivity in an African Setting: Evidence from Uganda - Kijima, Yoko; Ito, Yukinori; Otsuka, Keijiro (World Development, 2012)
Summary This study attempts to assess the impacts of a training program on the adoption of improved cultivation practices, the productivity of rice farming, and the income and profit from rice production by using ex-post non-experimental data in Uganda. We found that participation in the training program increased the adoption of the improved cultivation practices. Furthermore, the profit from rice production was also found to have increased by the training program. These findings support the hypothesis that one of the major constraints on the growth in productivity of rice farming in sub-Saharan Africa is the absence of effective extension systems.
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Assessing the potential of AI–ML in urban climate change adaptation and sustainable development - Srivastava, Aman; Maity, Rajib (Sustainability, 2023)
Publisher: MDPI

Assessing the Strength of Evidence in the Education Sector - Hinton, Dr Rachel; Robinson, Mark (2015)
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Assessing the value-added effects of literacy collaborative professional development on student learning - Biancarosa, G.; Bryk, A.S.; Dexter, E.R. (The Elementary School Journal, 2010)

ASSESSMENT-AS-LEARNING FOR COGNITIVE ACTIVATION. ISSUES FOR EFFECTIVE USE OF LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CLASSROOM - Trinchero, Roberto (Italian Journal of Educational Technology, 2018)
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Assessment For Learning Without Limits - Peacock, Alison (Open University Press, 2016)
This book explores assessment practices that offer an enlightening and enabling view of all learners. Following the demise of national curriculum levels the book embraces a unique opportunity to change how children are assessed. Rather than simply replacing the old structure with a new one it focuses instead on enabling children to learn in meaningful ways so that assessment becomes a tool for improvement rather than judgment. Building on two influential research studies Learning without Limits (Hart et al 2004) and Creating Learning without Limits (Swann et al 2012) the book continues the story of an alternative ‘learning without limits’ pedagogy. Inspired by a relentless focus on every child’s capacity to learn the book explores what can be achieved when we remove limits on learning. School leaders and teachers struggling against practices that seeks to define label and rank explore the opportunity to view assessment reform as a means of reducing inequity through ‘learning without limits’ principles of collaboration professional learning and inquiry. Children share their views and offer powerful insights into what may be achieved when limits are lifted on their learning. Consequently a liberating and alternative view of assessment is presented achieved through children and adults working in partnership. Throughout the book practical examples are offered illustrated by real life stories often about children who have achieved more than their teachers thought possible.At a time when schools are in pursuit of new assessment practices and reporting of progress the insights in this book about what is possible are highly pertinent for individual teachers school leaders and teacher educators wondering how best to foster children’s learning capacity.

Assessment of Farmers Socio – economic Characteristics in the Karfi Sector of KRIP Kano State, Nigeria - Tudunwada, I.Y.; S.S, Khalifa (Wudil Journal of Earth & Environmental Sciences, WUJEES, 2020)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Assessment of medical waste management in seven hospitals in Lagos, Nigeria - Awodele, Olufunsho; Adewoye, Aishat Abiodun; Oparah, Azuka Cyril (BMC Public Health, 2016)
Medical waste (MW) can be generated in hospitals, clinics and places where diagnosis and treatment are conducted. The management of these wastes is an issue of great concern and importance in view of potential public health risks associated with such wastes. The study assessed the medical waste management practices in selected hospitals and also determined the impact of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) intervention programs. A descriptive cross-sectional survey method was used.
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Keywords: Environmental hazards; Healthcare workers; LAWMA and Lagos; Medical waste; Waste management

Assessment of perceived attributes and instructional use of information communication technology by lecturers in technical training institutions in Kenya - Agufana, PB (Moi University, 2015)
In the past ten years, Information Communication Technology (ICT) has become an essential part of our learning and development in education. Today it is no longer an option to learn the basic skills of ICT but rather a prerequisite for academic qualifications. The rapid development of these new technologies coupled with the worldwide challenge to educate all children has led to a global reform and development of teacher education and motivated educational institutions to redesign and restructure their teaching methods to enable students equip themselves for the future. The main purpose of this study therefore was to explore the relationship between Perceived Attributes and instructional use of ICT by Lecturers in Technical Training institutions in Kenya. The specific objectives of this study were, to establish the relationship between Perceived Attributes (ease of use, usefulness, cultural relevance, and government policy) and instructional use of ICT. The study adopted the quantitative research design. A sample size of 629 respondents was drawn from a total population of 2909 Lecturers in Technical Training institutions in Kenya. The sampling frame was obtained from a list provided by the Ministry of Education Science and Technology 2013. Data was collected using questionnaires. Piloting of the research tools was conducted and the sample obtained was subjected to the Cronbach‟s alpha. The quantitative data obtained from the administrated questionnaires was analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The study determined that ICT use has created a new platform for instruction. The findings also indicated that use of ICT by lecturers‟ greatly improved instruction. The study found out that; use of ICT improved ones relationship with others, and was fashionable. The study further found out that ICT policies enhanced use of ICT. The study concludes that perceived attributes are critical in instructional use of ICT. The study recommends that higher education qualifications are to be preferred for lecturers as it enables skilled use of available ICT technology. The study recommends the provision of Cisco Networking Academy Programme to provide more ICT exposure to students and staff. The study recommends that lecturers be encouraged to use ICT to access current and upto date information resources. The study recommends that the government should operationalize, the ICT lecturers competencies framework to enable lecturers have policy direction when planning for competence training. Lecturers are encouraged to use ICT for instructional purposes because it is the trend in modern communication, and has globalized the world. Lastly, the study recommends use of ICT for instruction as it greatly improves the instruction.
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Assessment of Perceived Ease of Use and Instructional Use of ICT by Lecturers in Technical Training Institutions in Kenya - Agufana, PB; Too, JK; Mukwa, CW (African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2018)
In the past ten years, Information Communication Technology (ICT) has become an essential part of our learning and development in education. The rapid development of these new technologies coupled with the worldwide challenge to educate all children has led to a global reform and development of teacher education and motivated educational Institutions to redesign and restructure their teaching methods to enable students equip themselves for the future. The main purpose of this study therefore was to explore the relationship between Perceived Ease of Use and instructional use of ICT by Lecturers in Technical Training Institutions in Kenya. The study adopted the quantitative research design. A sample size of 629 respondents was drawn from a total population of 2909 Lecturers in Technical Training Institutions in Kenya. Data were collected using questionnaires. The quantitative data obtained from the administrated questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings indicated that use of ICT by lecturers’ is perceived to greatly improve instruction. The study recommends that lecturers be encouraged to use ICT for instructional purposes because it greatly improves the passage of instruction.
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Assessment of policies to improve teacher quality and reduce teacher absenteeism - Suryahadi, Asep; Sambodho, Prio (SMERU Research Institute, 2013)
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Assessment of school Learning Continuity Plan (LCP) implementation: Basis for policy formulation - Peregrino, Lilia P.; Javillonar, Mark G.; Caballes, Dennis G.; Necio, Chona R.; Ramirez, Amor B. (Journal of Social, Humanity, and Education, 2022)
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Assessment of students’ digital competences in primary school: a systematic review - Godaert, Eline; Aesaert, Koen; Voogt, Joke; Van Braak, Johan (Education and Information Technologies, 2022)
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Keywords: Final_citation

Assistive technology for students with visual disability in schools for the blind in Delhi - Senjam, Suraj Singh; Foster, Allen; Bascaran, Covadonga; Vashist, Praveen; Gupta, Vivek (Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 2020)
Background: To understand the awareness and utilization of assistive technology in students at schools for the blind in Delhi.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 250 students selected randomly from 10 blind schools in Delhi. Binocular distance presenting and pinhole vision acuity were assessed using Snellen “E” chart and a multiple pinhole occluder. Students were also interviewed using a questionnaire about 42 assistive devices to understand their awareness and use.Results: Male participants were 72.8%. Of the total, 27.6% students had best corrected visual acuity <6/18 to 1/60, and the rest had <1/60 vision. The awareness about tactile and sound-based technology was good among students: Braille books (98%), Braille slate and stylus (99.2%), handheld audio recorders (77.6%) and screen readers (77.2%). Good awareness was reported for abacus (88.8%), walking long canes (94.4%) and smart cane (89.6%), audible balls (96%), Braille chess (82.8%) and talking watch (98%). Among the students with <6/18 to 1/60 vision, the awareness of visual based technology ranged from 0.8% (typoscope) to 43.6% (video magnifiers). Braille technology was used for reading by 96.4% (books) and for writing by 96.8% (Braille slate and stylus) irrespective of visual status. Other devices were poorly used ranging from nil (typoscope) to 55% (screen readers). The use of math and science learning devices was poor (<20%). Walking canes were used by 59% of students whereas 87.2% students used audible ball for games.Conclusion: The results showed that majority of students used tactile based technology irrespective of visual status.Implications for rehabilitationStudents with visual disability need assistive technology for a wide range of activities including academic learning.Students in schools for the blind who have binocular best corrected vision acuity of 1/60 or better should be encouraged to use visual based assistive technology instead of tactile based.Students with binocular best corrected vision acuity less than1/60 should be encouraged to use other available tactile and sound-based assistive technologies as well as Braille books and Braille slate and stylus for their academic activities including maths and sciences.Teachers should be trained in the use of various assistive technologies for reading, writing, maths, sciences, sports, mobility and activities of daily living.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2019.1604829 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/17483107.2019.1604829 2129771:URCS73JL 2339240:4RW4RDTW 2405685:W56E2AD8
Keywords: Assistive technology; awareness; blind schools; utilization; visual disability

Assistive Technology in the African Region: Results of an Online Rapid Assistive Technology Capacity Survey - World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (2018)
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Assistive technology interventions for adolescents and adults with learning disabilities: An evidence-based systematic review and meta-analysis - Perelmutter, Bogi; McGregor, Karla K.; Gordon, Katherine R. (Computers & education, 2017)
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Keywords: __C:filed:1; literature / systematic review

Association between Ambient Noise Exposure and School Performance of Children Living in An Urban Area: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study - Pujol, Sophie; Levain, Jean-Pierre; Houot, Hélène; Petit, Rémy; Berthillier, Marc; Defrance, Jérôme; Lardiès, Joseph; Masselot, Cyril; Mauny, Frédéric (Journal of Urban Health, 2013)
Most of the studies investigating the effects of the external noise on children’s school performance have concerned pupils in schools exposed to high levels due to aircraft or freeway traffic noise. However, little is known about the consequences of the chronic ambient noise exposure at a level commonly encountered in residential urban areas. This study aimed to assess the relationship between the school performance of 8- to 9-year-old-children living in an urban environment and their chronic ambient noise exposure at home and at school. The children’s school performances on the national standardized assessment test in French and mathematics were compared with the environmental noise levels. Children’s exposure to ambient noise was calculated in front of their bedrooms (Lden) and schools (LAeq,day) using noise prediction modeling. Questionnaires were distributed to the families to collect potential confounding factors. Among the 746 respondent children, 586 were included in multilevel analyses. On average, the LAeq,day at school was 51.5 dB (SD= 4.5 dB; range = 38–58 dB) and the outdoor Lden at home was 56.4 dB (SD= 4.4 dB; range = 44–69 dB). LAeq,day at school was associated with impaired mathematics score (p = 0.02) or impaired French score (p = 0.01). For a + 10 dB gap, the French and mathematics scores were on average lower by about 5.5 points. Lden at home was significantly associated with impaired French performance when considered alone (p < 10−3) and was borderline significant when the combined home-school exposure was considered (p = 0.06). The magnitude of the observed effect on school performance may appear modest, but should be considered in light of the number of people who are potentially chronically exposed to similar environmental noise levels.
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Keywords: C:France; openalex:import; openalex:yes

Assuring and improving quality public digital learning for all - United Nations (United Nations, 2022)
Publisher: United Nations KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 4804264:TVKZT89C
Keywords: Final_citation

At last: Recent applications of new literacy studies in educational contexts - Street, B V (Research in the Teaching of English, 2005)
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Attitude towards One-to-One Technology among Student Academic Achievement in Ninth Grade STEM Classes - Ishmael, Brenda Patterson (2020)
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Keywords: _C:Austria AUT; _C:Greece GRC; _C:India IND; _C:Korea; Republic KOR; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:Peru PER; _C:Turkey TUR; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Audio-described educational materials: Ugandan teachers' experiences - Wormnaes, Siri; Sellaeg, Nina (British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2013)
This article describes and discusses a qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory study of how 12 visually impaired teachers in Uganda experienced audio-described educational video material for teachers and student teachers. The study is based upon interviews with these teachers and observations while they were using the material either individually, in pairs, or in small groups along with sighted teachers. The findings demonstrate that audio-described material was highly appreciated by the teachers, contributing to their involvement and emotional engagement with the situation for learners with disabilities. The teachers also benefited from the opportunity of participating in the discussion sessions that followed the viewing. In this article, questions regarding what and how to audio describe are discussed in the light of educational objectives and cultural relevance. The overall aim of the study is to make a contribution to knowledge about how audio-described educational videos may assist inclusive and reflective learning processes among blind teachers and student teachers in an East African context. (Contains 1 note.)
Publisher: SAGE Publications, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 Extra URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0264619613485029 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1177/0264619613485029 2405685:IR6UNF66 2405685:W293NXX6 2534378:JDCGUHUG 2534378:YXS3JJVS
Keywords: Access to Education; Cultural Relevance; Culturally Relevant Education; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Objectives; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Inclusion; Instructional Materials; Interviews; Learning Processes; Postsecondary Education; Qualitative Research; Reflection; Student Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Education; Teachers; Uganda; Video Technology; Visual Impairments; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2098573; __finaldtb

Augmented Education in the Global Age: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Learning and Work - Araya, Daniel; Marber, Peter (Taylor & Francis, 2023)
Augmented Education in the Global Age: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Learning and Work is an edited collection that explores the social impact of Artificial Intelligence over the coming decades, specifically how this emerging technology will transform and disrupt our contemporary institutions. Chapters in this book discuss the history of technological revolutions and consider the anxieties and social challenges of lost occupations, as well as the evolution of new industries overlapping robotics, biotechnology, space exploration, and clean energy. Chapter authors unpack the nature of augmented education, from revamping curriculum and personalizing education, to redesigning workplace learning for an algorithmic era. Ultimately the book discusses policy and planning for an augmented future, arguing that work and learning are undergoing a metamorphosis around creativity and innovation amid a new global era and the race against automating technologies. Bringing together expert perspectives from around the world, this exciting, informative collection of research and analysis helps educators, policymakers and analysts navigate the future of work and learning amid rapid and accelerating technological change.
Accepted: 2023-03-08T12:37:34Z KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.4324/9781003230762 2486141:TUEKXX36
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Learning and Work; Augmented Education in the Global Age; Daniel Araya; Education; Education administration; Education policy; Peter Marber; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies & policy; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNK Organization & management of education; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNV Educational equipment & technology; computer-aided learning (CAL); computers and technology; education reform

'Aung Sung Tsu Yi on House Arrest' The Boston literary magazine - Ajadi, S.B. (The Boston Press, 2010)
Place: Boston

AusbEignV 2009 - nichtamtliches Inhaltsverzeichnis (2009)
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Automated, adaptive guidance for K-12 education - Gerard, Libby; Matuk, Camillia; McElhaney, Kevin; Linn, Marcia C. (Educational Research Review, 2015)
This paper distinguishes features of automated adaptive guidance used in K-12 instructional settings and recommends directions for design. We use meta-analysis to synthesize 24 independent comparisons between automated adaptive guidance and guidance provided during typical teacher-led instruction, and 29 comparisons that isolate the effects of specific adaptive guidance design features in computer-based instruction. We find automated adaptive guidance to be significantly more effective than guidance provided in typical instruction, particularly for students with low prior knowledge. Automated adaptive guidance is most effective when students are generating and integrating ideas (e.g. writing essays, making concept diagrams) as opposed to selecting from the given options. Guidance that promoted self-monitoring was more likely to improve learning outcomes than guidance that addressed only content knowledge. Our findings have implications for researchers who investigate K-12 teaching and learning, designers who create and refine instructional materials using automated guidance, and practitioners who deliver or customize instruction featuring automated guidance.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.edurev.2015.04.001 2129771:WW4EH6IE 2486141:8ITYUTNJ
Keywords: Assessment; Automated guidance; Automated scoring; Pre-college education; Technology

Automated Knowledge Extraction from IS Research Articles Combining Sentence Classification and Ontological Annotation - Huettemann, Sebastian (2023)
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Keywords: _Added-ailr-2024; ⛔ No DOI found

Automated teller machines (ATMs) (per 100,000 adults) - Sierra Leone - World Bank (2012)
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Automated vulnerability detection in source code using deep representation learning - Russell, Rebecca; Kim, Louis; Hamilton, Lei; Lazovich, Tomo; Harer, Jacob; Ozdemir, Onur; Ellingwood, Paul; McConley, Marc (2018 17th IEEE international conference on machine learning and applications (ICMLA), 2018)
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Keywords: Final_citation

Automatic Teacher Modeling from Live Classroom Audio - Donnelly, Patrick J.; Blanchard, Nathan; Samei, Borhan; Olney, Andrew M.; Sun, Xiaoyi; Ward, Brooke; Kelly, Sean; Nystran, Martin; D'Mello, Sidney K. (Proceedings of the 2016 Conference on User Modeling Adaptation and Personalization, 2016)
We investigate automatic analysis of teachers' instructional strategies from audio recordings collected in live classrooms. We collected a data set of teacher audio and human-coded instructional activities (e.g., lecture, question and answer, group work) in 76 middle school literature, language arts, and civics classes from eleven teachers across six schools. We automatically segment teacher audio to analyze speech vs. rest patterns, generate automatic transcripts of the teachers' speech to extract natural language features, and compute low-level acoustic features. We train supervised machine learning models to identify occurrences of five key instructional segments (Question & Answer, Procedures and Directions, Supervised Seatwork, Small Group Work, and Lecture) that collectively comprise 76% of the data. Models are validated independently of teacher in order to increase generalizability to new teachers from the same sample. We were able to identify the five instructional segments above chance levels with F1 scores ranging from 0.64 to 0.78. We discuss key findings in the context of teacher modeling for formative assessment and professional development.
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Keywords: _C:Canada CAN; _C:Congo; Republic COG; _C:United States USA; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; automatic feedback; classroom discourse; dialogic instruction; educational data mining; speech recognition

Automating data extraction in systematic reviews: a systematic review - Jonnalagadda, Siddhartha R.; Goyal, Pawan; Huffman, Mark D. (Systematic Reviews, 2015)
Automation of the parts of systematic review process, specifically the data extraction step, may be an important strategy to reduce the time necessary to complete a systematic review. However, the state of the science of automatically extracting data elements from full texts has not been well described. This paper performs a systematic review of published and unpublished methods to automate data extraction for systematic reviews.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1186/s13643-015-0066-7 2129771:6NZPFHQD 2129771:Y6RS89XH 2405685:QJYZ8NIZ 2486141:GXAXBYC9 2486141:XDDV9J4H
Keywords: Conditional Random Field; Data Element; PubMed Abstract; Support Vector Machine; Systematic Review Process; _Added-ailr-2024

Automation of systematic literature reviews: A systematic literature review - van Dinter, Raymon; Tekinerdogan, Bedir; Catal, Cagatay (Information and Software Technology, 2021)
Objective: This study aims to collect and synthesize the studies that focus on the automation of SLR to pave the way for further research. Method: A systematic literature review is conducted on published primary studies on the automation of SLR studies, in which 41 primary studies have been analyzed. Results: This SLR identifies the objectives of automation studies, application domains, automated steps of the SLR, automation techniques, and challenges and solution directions. Conclusion: According to our study, the leading automated step is the Selection of Primary Studies. Although many studies have provided automation approaches for systematic literature reviews, no study has been found to apply automation techniques in the planning and reporting phase. Further research is needed to support the auto mation of the other activities of the SLR process.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.infsof.2021.106589 2129771:P55BB4MK 2129771:R2JF2FUU 2129771:V5QAPNYM 2405685:D5JR22C8 2486141:MUGRSX6T 2486141:QPY7S6XW 2486141:R4RYX3PY
Keywords: Automation; Machine learning; Natural language processing; Review; Systematic literature review (SLR); Text mining; _Added-ailr-2024

Availability, Access and Utilization of E-Resources among Pre-Service Teacher Trainees by Distance - Olaniran, Sunday O.; Duma, M. A. N.; Nzima, D. R.; Kumar, V; Murthy, S; Kinshuk (IEEE 8TH International Conference on Technology for Education, 2016)
The study investigated accessibility to and utilization of electronic resources among pre-service teachers in the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). Survey research design was used to carry out the study. Two hundred and thirty eighty (238) undergraduate students studying to obtain Bachelor of Education (B. Ed.) by distance were purposively sampled from Ibadan Study Centre of the institution. The results from the survey revealed that electronic resources in different forms like radio broadcast, e-journals, e-books, and CD-ROM, among others, are available and accessible to the pre-service teacher trainees by distance. However, limited internet connectivity and inadequate access to electricity were shown as major factors constraining most of the participants from accessing and utilizing the available electronic resources. The study recommends for the distance learning providers in developing nations to partner with telecommunication firms and internet service providers with a view to providing constant and affordable internet services to their learners, especially those that are studying to become classroom teachers.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1109/T4E.2016.55 2129771:NRBGSNFD 2317526:YD6P9NHZ
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; AA:Africa; C:Nigeria; CA:AandC; CL:en; CL:fr; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:D; CT:F; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:R; CT:T; D:developing nation; F:access; P:electro; P:service industry; P:teachers; Q:ICT; Q:distance learning; Q:e-learning; R:research design; R:survey; T:trainee; Z:E-Learning; Z:E-Resources; Z:ICT; Z:ODL; Z:Pre-Service Teachers; publicImportV1; ⚠️ Invalid DOI

Availability and usage of information communication technology facilities in secondary schools in Zambia - Nsama, Peggy; Masaiti, Gift; Akakandelwa, Akakandelwa (Zambian Journal of Educational Management, Administration and Leadership (ZJEMAL)(ISSN-Print: 2706-7416, Online: 2709-1864), 2020)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Availability of digital object identifiers in publications archived by PubMed - Boudry, Christophe; Chartron, Ghislaine (Scientometrics, 2017)
Digital object identifiers (DOIs) were launched in 1997 to facilitate the long-term access and identification of objects in digital environments. The objective of the present investigation is to assess the DOI availability of articles in biomedical journals indexed in the PubMed database and to complete this investigation with a geographical analysis of journals by the country of publisher. Articles were randomly selected from PubMed using their PubMed identifier and were downloaded from and processed through developed Hypertext Preprocessor language scripts. The first part of the analysis focuses on the period 1966–2015 (50 years). Of the 496,665 articles studied over this period, 201,055 have DOIs (40.48%). Results showed that the percentage of articles with DOIs began to increase for articles published in the 2000s, with spectacular growth in the years 2002–2003, then reached a peak in 2015. Data on countries showed that some countries gradually implemented DOIs over the period 1966 to 2015 (the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands), while some did not (Russia, the Czech Republic, and Romania). The second part of the analysis focuses on the year 2015 and includes 268,790 articles published in 2015, randomly selected to evaluate the current implementation of DOIs. In 2015, 86.42% of articles had DOIs. The geographical analysis of countries of publishers showed that some countries (Russia, Thailand, and Ukraine) still assigned few DOIs to articles in 2015. Thus, if the scientific community aims to increase the number and the usefulness of services rendered by DOIs, efforts must be made to generalize their use by all persons involved in scientific publication, particularly publishers.

Averting an Education Catastrophe for the World’s Children - Save Our Future (2020)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:M3JMIDZW

Awareness and use of a mobile phone as a potential pedagogical tool among secondary school teachers in Tanzania - Mfaume, Hamisi (International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT), 2019)
The government of Tanzania through its ICT Policy for Basic Education, has indicated a commitment to use of mobile phones among other ICTs, as a strategy to enhance the quality of education. It is from this fact that this study determined teachers’ awareness of the educational benefits of the device, their use and barriers towards their educational use. The study was qualitative in nature, using a sample of twenty one (21) teachers who were purposefully selected from three secondary schools. Data were sought through semi-structured interviews and were thematically analysed. The findings revealed that teachers are well informed of the benefits, but they hardly utilize it for educational purposes. Lack of knowledge and skills, a negative attitude, lack of awareness of the ICT policy, age and low motivation emerged as key barriers. In light of the findings, the study concluded that the government’s commitment to integrate the device in the promotion of quality education has not yet moved beyond policy statements. Thus, a concerted effort is needed to train teachers on pedagogical utilization of the device.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2339240:NILQKHAU 2405685:RZS5MRR5 2405685:T44EMRPB 2534378:CWRHE7XH 2534378:HJAYR2JU Place: Bridgetown Publisher: University of the West Indies Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2255700979?accountid=9851
Keywords: Bali; Bangkok Thailand; Cellular telephones; Education; Educational technology; Japan; Learning; Pedagogy; Secondary school teachers; Students; Tanzania; Teaching; United Kingdom–UK; United States–US; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096774; __finaldtb; ⛔ No DOI found

Baby knows best? The impact of weaning style on food preferences and body mass index in early childhood in a case–controlled sample - Townsend, Ellen; Pitchford, Nicola J. (BMJ open, 2012)
Publisher: British Medical Journal Publishing Group KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000298 2129771:9UR9FJG4

Back Doors, Trap Doors, and Fourth-Party Deals: How You End up with Harmful Academic Surveillance Technology on Your Campus without Even Knowing - Caines, Autumm; Silverman, Sarah (The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, 2021)
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Keywords: Final_citation; Issue Twenty; anystyle; existing; ⛔ No DOI found

Back to Business and (Re)employing Workers? Labor Market Activity During State COVID-19 Reopenings - Cheng, Wei; Carlin, Patrick; Carroll, Joanna; Gupta, Sumedha; Rojas, Felipe Lozano; Montenovo, Laura; Nguyen, Thuy; Schmutte, Ian; Scrivner, Olga; Simon, Kosali; Wing, Coady; Weinberg, Bruce (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020)
In the early phases of the COVID-19 epidemic labor markets exhibited considerable churn, which we relate to three primary findings. First, reopening policies generated asymmetrically large increases in reemployment of those out of work, compared to modest decreases in job loss among those employed. Second, most people who were reemployed appear to have returned to their previous employers, but the rate of reemployment decreases with time since job loss. Lastly, the groups that had the highest unemployment rates in April also tended to have the lowest reemployment rates, potentially making churn harmful to people and groups with more and/or longer job losses. Taken together, these estimates suggest that employment relationships are durable in the short run, but raise concerns that employment gains requiring new employment matches may not be as rapid and may be particularly slow for hard-hit groups including Hispanic and Black workers, youngest and oldest workers, and women.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.3386/w27419 2129771:9Z5S9V9S

Back-to-School Campaigns Following Disruptions to Education - Chuang, Rachel; Kaye, Tom; Moss Coflan, Caitlin; Haßler, Björn (2020)
EdTechHub.Source: 2405685:DS66UGW4 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.5281/zenodo.3878423 2129771:GKIQY5RP 2339240:29BIZJM5 2339240:WSA5X76N 2405685:DS66UGW4 2405685:IS587WTH
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; Björn-CV-OECS; COV:COVID and reopening of schools; F: Helpdesk response; LP: English; _C:Afghanistan AFG; _C:Bangladesh BGD; _C:Bolivia BOL; _C:Congo XCO; _C:Congo; Democratic Republic COD; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Guinea GIN; _C:India IND; _C:Lebanon LBN; _C:Liberia LBR; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Mozambique MOZ; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Rwanda RWA; _C:Sierra Leone SLE; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Sri Lanka LKA; _C:Zambia ZMB; _EdTechHub_Output; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _cover:v1; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; _zenodoETH; docs.opendeved.net; dode_eth-src-eth; dode_eth-trf2-dode

Balancing Fidelity with Flexibility and Fit: What Do We Really Know about Fidelity of Implementation in Schools? - Harn, Beth; Parisi, Danielle; Stoolmiller, Mike (Exceptional Children, 2013)
Treatment fidelity, or the application of an intervention as it is designed, is a critical issue for the successful implementation of evidence-based practices. Typically it is assumed that evidence-based practices implemented with high fidelity will result in improved outcomes, whereas low fidelity will lead to poorer outcomes. These assumptions presume agreement across researchers and practitioners on what fidelity is, how to measure it, and what level of fidelity optimizes outcomes; however, there is no widespread agreement on any of these issues. This article discusses the dimensions and nuances of treatment fidelity as well as the implications for measuring and analyzing it in relation to student outcomes. The authors review research demonstrating the differential relationship of fidelity across schools, program type, and impact on student outcomes that special educators should consider when designing intervention studies and implementing evidence-based practices. Special educators should prioritize practices and programs with clearly identified components that are empirically validated yet designed flexibly to match various contexts and student populations. Suggestions to support schools in implementing and sustaining evidence-based practices are provided.
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1177/001440291307900204 2129771:2TSVHKTP 2486141:HBAYERET

Bandwidth management in universities in Zimbabwe: Towards a responsible user base through effective policy implementation - Chitanana, Lockias (International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology; Bridgetown, 2012)
This research was undertaken to investigate the issue of how to maximise or make efficient use of bandwidth. In particular, the research sought to find out about what universities in Zimbabwe are doing to manage their bandwidth. It was, therefore, appropriate to survey a sample of five universities and to catalogue their experiences. Results show that most universities in our sample did not have an official Acceptance Use Policy (AUP) to assist with bandwidth management. Successful provision of managed network bandwidth within a university is likely to involve the application of many tools encompassing a number of different techniques. These products are often expensive and are rarely available for loan. Fortunately, a cost-effective solution exists for all universities that can be deployed regardless of the campus' existing network configuration or installed devices. The authors recommend that using Quality of Service (QoS) and Bandwidth management will enable network administrators to control network traffic flow so that appropriate users and applications get priority during the allocation of network resources. Also, universities must contain in their IT policies a meaningful AUP which will help universities to develop and refine usage and access as well as plan for network resource allocation. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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Keywords: Bandwidths; College campuses; Computers; Education; Internet access; Internet resources; Product introduction; Research; __C:filed:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Bangladesh Back-to-School Campaign - Kaye, Tom; Chuang, Rachel; Moss Coflan, Caitlin; Haßler, Björn (2020)
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Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; Björn-CV-OECS; C:Bangladesh; COV:COVID and reopening of schools; E:Pedagogy; E:Teacher education (pre-service and in-service); F: Helpdesk response; LP: English; _C:Afghanistan AFG; _C:Bangladesh BGD; _C:Congo XCO; _C:Congo; Democratic Republic COD; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Guinea GIN; _C:India IND; _C:Lebanon LBN; _C:Liberia LBR; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Mozambique MOZ; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Rwanda RWA; _C:Sierra Leone SLE; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:Sri Lanka LKA; _C:Zambia ZMB; _EdTechHub_Output; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _cover:v1; _publish; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; _yl:g; _zenodoETH; _zenodoODE; docs.opendeved.net; dode_eth-src-eth; dode_eth-trf2-dode

Bar dissolution in prolate halos - Ideta, Makoto; Hozumi, Shunsuke (The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2000)
Publisher: IOP Publishing KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1086/312709 2129771:88XVQIBP
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Bar Dissolution in Prolate Halos (In: The Physics of Galaxy Formation) - Ideta, Makoto; Hozumi, Shunsuke (The Physics of Galaxy Formation, 2001)
EdTechHub.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:EQ6YQ8M9
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Barbados: Safe Education Sector Plan - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Moustafa, Nariman; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
ZenodoArchiveID: 10260182 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.53832/opendeved.1042 ZenodoArchiveConcept: 10260181
Keywords: _internal; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Barbados: Safe Education Sector Plan - Vijil-Morin, Alejandra; Villavicencio, Xuzel; Moustafa, Nariman; Haßler, Björn (Open Development & Education, 2022)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/

Barns och lärares aktiviteter med datorplattor och appar i förskolan - Nilsen, Malin (2018)
EdTechHub.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:YIQVVGCJ
Keywords: __C:filed:1; ⛔ No DOI found

Barriers to and facilitators of the inclusion of learners with special education needs: An appraisal of the education systems of the islands of the Eastern Caribbean - Hodge, Carel Eulena; Bennett, Cary; Harrington, Ingrid; Zafarullah, Habib M. (2017)
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Keywords: _Added to LR; _G:reviewed; ⛔ No DOI found

Barriers to Education for Girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo - Bolton, Laura (2020)
There was little published literature on the barriers to girls’ education in the DRC. The main findings of the research suggest that cultural history, economic lack, and the coexistence of these are the main factors hindering access to girls’ education. Limited data suggest that inequality is less significant at primary age so looking at problems for both boys and girls is likely to be relevant. At adolescence the gap is wider and the barriers are more gendered. This review synthesises evidence on barriers hindering access to education the reasons for low attainment or achievement levels for girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Other barriers identified include: early/forced marriage, parents’ lack of interest in childrens’ activities and low value placed on schooling, and children’s disinterest in school due to lack of school quality. The research provides a very useful insight but there is agreement1 that there are distinct regional differences in the DRC. For example, rural areas have more children out of school than urban areas. Recommendations for improved learning outcomes from DFID Girls’ Education Challenge include: coaching for teachers alongside structured teaching materials, extra-curricular clubs and activities, collection of data for planning, working with boys and men to improve gender inequality, and promoting change at all levels (community, school and national).
Accepted: 2020-03-30T13:32:46Z Publisher: IDS KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:BFEFTX62 4869029:ZM499KP7
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Barriers to online learning in the time of COVID-19: A national survey of medical students in the Philippines - Baticulon, Ronnie E.; Alberto, Nicole Rose I.; Baron, Maria Beatriz C.; Mabulay, Robert Earl C.; Rizada, Lloyd Gabriel T.; Sy, Jinno Jenkin; Tiu, Christl Jan S.; Clarion, Charlie A.; Reyes, John Carlo B. (medRxiv, 2020)
Transgenic mice expressing genetically encoded activity indicators are an attractive means of mapping mesoscopic regional functional cortical connectivity given widespread stable and cell-specific expression compatible with chronic recordings. Cortical functional connectivity was evaluated using wide-field imaging in lightly anesthetized Emx1-creXRosa26-GCaMP3 mice expressing calcium sensor in cortical neurons. Challenges exist because green fluorescence signals overlap with endogenous activity-dependent autofluorescence and are affected by changes in blood volume and oxygenation. Under the conditions used for imaging and analysis (0.1–1 Hz frequency band), autofluorescence and hemodynamic effects contributed 3% and 8% of the SD of spontaneous activity-dependent GCaMP3 fluorescence when signals were recorded through intact bone. To evaluate the accuracy and sensitivity of this approach, the topology of functional connections between somatomotor cortex (primary S1 and secondary S2 somatosensory, and primary motor cortex M1) was estimated. During sequences of spontaneous activity, calcium signals recorded at each location of area S1 were correlated with activity in contralateral area S1, ipsilateral area S2, and bilateral areas M1. Reciprocal results were observed when “seed pixels” were placed in S2 and M1. Coactivation of areas implies functional connections but could also be attributed to both regions receiving common upstream drive. These apparent connections revealed during spontaneous activity coactivation by GCaMP3 were confirmed by intracortical microstimulation but were more difficult to detect using intrinsic signals from reflected red light. We anticipate GCAMP wide-field imaging will enable longitudinal studies during plasticity paradigms or after models of CNS disease, such as stroke, where the weighting within these connectivity maps may be altered.
Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1101/2020.07.16.20155747 2129771:KXKYVMK5 2405685:GFX8VVRS
Keywords: _COVID_DEAA-List; __C:filed:1

Barriers to the Quality of Emergency Online Pedagogies in Higher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from the University of Namibia: - Kadhila, Ngepathimo; Nyambe, John (Journal of Learning for Development, 2021)
Using the TIPEC framework, this study undertook a critical literature analysis, and student survey to explore challenges experienced by higher education institutions during emergency online pedagogies because of disruptions from the COVID-19 outbreak. The study revealed that most higher education institutions are still grappling with getting technicalities in place such as reliable network connectivity, IT capacity, clear navigation to learning content, timetabling, and session scheduling, and reliable hardware and software required to access online learning platforms to keep teaching and learning afloat. However, little attention is placed on the provision of quality online learning. Therefore, there is a need to move towards enabling epistemological access through the use of online tools in a pedagogically sound and inclusive manner to enable students to develop critical thinking skills. The current quality assurance practices also need to transform to effectively respond to the learning needs of the new normal. Students also need to be equipped with skills that will empower them to effectively use the online system.
Number: 3 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:6G97D7PE
Keywords: Africa; COVID-19; Namibia; _genre:PR-primary_research; higher education institutions; online pedagogies; quality assurance; ⛔ No DOI found

Barriers to the successful integration of ICT in teaching and learning environments: A review of the literature - Bingimlas, Khalid Abdullah (Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, science and technology education, 2009)
Publisher: Modestum KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.12973/ejmste/75275 4804264:WZGKG6R7
Keywords: Final_citation

Baseline Study for Distance Technical and Professional Education in Mozambique - Romiszowski, A (2015)
This baseline study has been undertaken to describe and analyse the current situation with respect to TVET, in order to evaluate the needs and the viability of employing open and distance Learning (ODL), and in particular eLearning in a flexible and blended approach. The main focus of the study is directed to that part of the system that is under the responsibility of the National Directorate for Technical and Professional Education (DINET) – namely the pre-tertiary level public-sector TVET institutions. These institutions are classified into three levels, equivalent to the subdivisions of the general education system: elementary, basic and medium, the last being equivalent to high school – the 11th and 12th grades. Elementary level courses are offered in 36 technical schools, 28 offer basic level courses and 19 offer courses at the medium level, a total of 85.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:EI9BPEQX 2317526:UK28UYUK
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; C:Mozambique; CA:AandC; CL:en; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:P; CT:Q; CT:T; P:manufacture; P:teachers; P:technology; Q:ICT; Q:ODEL; Q:distance education; Q:open education; T:Ausbildung; T:Educação Profissional Técnica de Nível Médio; T:TVET; T:competency-based training; T:professional and vocational education; T:trainee; publicImportV1

Baseline Study on the Current State of Open and Distance Learning in Cameroon - Ndongfack, Michael N. (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016)
Meeting in Mauritius in May 2014, COL Focal Points from Africa and the Mediterranean Regions reviewed the state of ODL in their respective countries and proceeded to map out their strategic plans for 2015–2018. The report from Cameroon demonstrated that although the country is making some progress in the domain of ODL, it lacks an ODL policy framework, a national body to manage distance education and expertise in the field of ODL. To address the issues raised, it was important to establish the baseline situation. The general objective of this study was to establish the current situation of ODL in Cameroon.
Accepted: 2016-12-01T18:29:24Z KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:75QE2PMH

Basic Education and Employment - Grant, Catherine (2016)
This review provides a summary of existing research on: What are the different employment outcomes and cost effectiveness differences between public vs. private basic education (primary and lower secondary) in low and middle income countries and what accounts for any difference (disaggregated by gender as appropriate)? Do either private or public education systems focus more greatly on providing students with foundation skills (literacy and numeracy skills) and does this have an impact on employment outcomes? What is the relative value for money of basic child education (primary and lower secondary) vs. programmes focusing on providing foundation skills e.g. to out of school youth, if the main benefit measure is higher skilled/waged employment? This report is not a systematic review, but aims to capture a substantial portion of the literature offering evidence on this topic, including the most important and useful papers to guide policy-making. It provides an annotated bibliography of the literature, followed by an evidence summary table assessing the literature according to DFID’s ‘strength of evidence’ guidelines
Accepted: 2017-07-06T10:47:22Z Publisher: Institute of Development Studies KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:8RCVTK3K 4869029:B9LC52CU
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Bateson, Patrick, and Paul Martin. 2000. Design for a Life: How Behavior and Personality Develop - Bateson, Paul Patrick Gordon; Martin, Paul (Simon & Schuster, 2000)
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Battle for the thermostat: Gender and the effect of temperature on cognitive performance - Chang, Tom Y.; Kajackaite, Agne (PLoS ONE, 2019)
This paper studies differences in the effect of temperature on cognitive performance by gender in a large controlled lab experiment (N = 543). We study performance in math, verbal and cognitive reflection tasks and find that the effects of temperature vary significantly across men and women. At higher temperatures, women perform better on a math and verbal task while the reverse effect is observed for men. The increase in female performance in response to higher temperature is significantly larger and more precisely estimated than the corresponding decrease in male performance. In contrast to math and verbal tasks, temperature has no impact on a measure of cognitive reflection for either gender. Our findings suggest that gender mixed workplaces may be able to increase productivity by setting the thermostat higher than current standards.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216362 2129771:EYIA5AKI

BBiG - nichtamtliches Inhaltsverzeichnis (2005)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:Y5FS7F97

Beginning literacy with language: Young children learning at home and school. - Dickinson, David K; Tabors, Patton O (Brookes Publishing Co., 2000)
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:4GIZSMYM

Behaviour change approaches for social norms regarding gender - Grant, Catherine (2017)
This report aims to inform a project which will set up self-help groups for young men from deprived urban areas in developing countries. The project will deliver an open-source course or set of materials using the most appropriate format for community level mobilisers to equip themselves to facilitate a series of ‘courageous conversations’ amongst young men to spur critical thinking about gender roles and social norms. It aims to equip them to lead their own groups looking at harmful masculinities and the impact this has on their behaviour. A literature search was conducted looking for examples of community level support programmes which effectively used dissemination methods to enable these programmes to be self-managed and self-led. The subject area was widened to include self-help groups with other purposes using a variety of methods. There are many different ways in which different groups equip people to lead their own development and learning with others, thus enabling peer support and development without requiring trained facilitators to be physically present. This report considers social norms to be ‘shared beliefs about what is typical and appropriate behaviour in a valued reference group.
Accepted: 2017-07-06T10:49:15Z Publisher: Institute of Development Studies KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:KIBPA7P3 4869029:YVJ6LTMT
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Behaviour change key principles for EdTech | MASTER framework - Rahman, Asad; Carter, Alice; Wambûi Kuria, Catherine; Mbugua, Ciku; Simpson, Lea; Kably, Nathan (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Behaviour change key principles for EdTech | MASTER framework - Rahman, Asad; Carter, Alice; WambûiKuria, Catherine; Mbugua, Ciku; Simpson, Lea; Kably, Nathan (EdTech Hub, 2022)
An EdTech Hub sandbox fast-tracks promising EdTech interventions by providing funding, tools, and access to evidence. It provides a space for partners to test and grow ideas in conditions of uncertainty. Since 2020, EdTech Hub has worked with partners in eight countries, to test and grow EdTech based on our sandbox methodology. When testing and growing EdTech, this tool aims to help you get started with ways to design for innovation behaviours or mindsets and make them stick. Keywords: behavioural change; behavioural design; behavioural innovation; EdTech; innovation; sandbox; intervention design An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Behavioural Innovation: embracing behavioural science for lasting impact - Simpson, Lea (Brink blog, 2019)
Behavioural Innovation applies classic innovation methodologies along with psychological, cognitive, emotional, cultural and social…
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Benchmarking the digital divide using a multi-level outranking framework: Evidence from EBRD countries of operation - Petrović, Marijana; Bojković, Nataša; Anić, Ivan; Petrović, Dalibor (Government Information Quarterly, 2012)
The paper proposes an innovative procedure for benchmarking the digital divide. The study demonstrates the potential of an outranking approach as an alternative to the commonly used ranking models based on Composite Indices (CIs). To fulfill the objectives of the benchmarking process, an ELECTRE-based (ELimination Et Choix Traduisant la REalité; Elimination and Choice Corresponding to Reality) multi-level outranking (ELECTRE MLO) method is developed. The proposed approach improves on previous methods of benchmarking the digital divide in two ways: by classifying countries into hierarchical levels of performance and by identifying corresponding benchmarks for less successful ones. The method is applied to 29 EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) countries of operation. The results are visualized in the form of a relation tree, thus providing clear insights for policy-makers regarding how countries stand relative to each other.
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Keywords: Benchmarking; Digital divide; EBRD countries; ELECTRE; Multi-level outranking

Benefits and Challenges of the Freetown Teachers College Distance Education Programme for Serving Primary and Junior Secondary School Teachers in Sierra Leone - Shaw, Mohamed; Mansaray, Alpha Bassie (International Journal of Advanced Research, 2019)
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Keywords: _C:Sierra Leone SLE

Benefits and Limitations of iPads in the High School Science Classroom and a Trophic Cascade Lesson Plan - Ward, Nicholas D; Finley, Rachel J; Keil, Richard G; Clay, Tansy G (Journal of Geoscience Education, 2013)
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Benefits and Pitfalls of Multimedia and Interactive Features in Technology-Enhanced Storybooks: A Meta-Analysis - Takacs, Zsofia K.; Swart, Elise K.; Bus, Adriana G. (Review of Educational Research, 2015)
A meta-analysis was conducted on the effects of technology-enhanced stories for young children’s literacy development when compared to listening to stories in more traditional settings like storybook reading. A small but significant additional benefit of technology was found for story comprehension (g+ = 0.17) and expressive vocabulary (g+ = 0.20), based on data from 2,147 children in 43 studies. When investigating the different characteristics of technology-enhanced stories, multimedia features like animated pictures, music, and sound effects were found beneficial. In contrast, interactive elements like hotspots, games, and dictionaries were found to be distracting. Especially for children disadvantaged because of less stimulating family environments, multimedia features were helpful and interactive features were detrimental. Findings are discussed from the perspective of cognitive processing theories.
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Benefits and Pitfalls of Multimedia and Interactive Features in Technology-Enhanced Storybooks: A Meta-Analysis - Takacs, Zsofia K.; Swart, Elise K.; Bus, Adriana G. (Review of Educational Research, 2015)
A meta-analysis was conducted on the effects of technology-enhanced stories for young children’s literacy development when compared to listening to stories in more traditional settings like storybook reading. A small but significant additional benefit of technology was found for story comprehension (g+ = 0.17) and expressive vocabulary (g+ = 0.20), based on data from 2,147 children in 43 studies. When investigating the different characteristics of technology-enhanced stories, multimedia features like animated pictures, music, and sound effects were found beneficial. In contrast, interactive elements like hotspots, games, and dictionaries were found to be distracting. Especially for children disadvantaged because of less stimulating family environments, multimedia features were helpful and interactive features were detrimental. Findings are discussed from the perspective of cognitive processing theories.
Publisher: American Educational Research Association KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.3102/0034654314566989 2129771:CLHZEHYI 2486141:WYE6VGNR

Benefits and Pitfalls of Multimedia and Interactive Features in Technology-Enhanced Storybooks: A Meta-Analysis - Takacs, Zsofia K.; Swart, Elise K.; Bus, Adriana G. (Review of Educational Research, 2015)
A meta-analysis was conducted on the effects of technology-enhanced stories for young children’s literacy development when compared to listening to stories in more traditional settings like storybook reading. A small but significant additional benefit of technology was found for story comprehension (g+ = 0.17) and expressive vocabulary (g+ = 0.20), based on data from 2,147 children in 43 studies. When investigating the different characteristics of technology-enhanced stories, multimedia features like animated pictures, music, and sound effects were found beneficial. In contrast, interactive elements like hotspots, games, and dictionaries were found to be distracting. Especially for children disadvantaged because of less stimulating family environments, multimedia features were helpful and interactive features were detrimental. Findings are discussed from the perspective of cognitive processing theories.
Publisher: American Educational Research Association KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.3102/0034654314566989 2129771:9LS8BP3N 2486141:I9NBLP9N

Benefits of STEM Education - Ismail, Zenobia (2018)
The literature on STEM education in developing countries focuses on the challenges many young people face with regard to access to secondary and tertiary education in general as well as the gender gaps in STEM education. It therefore proposes strategies for overcoming these difficulties. Studies on STEM education usually adopt a regional focus such as Africa or Asia and therefore the reports amalgamate data from middle-income and low-income countries. There is some literature on the benefits of science and technology (as a sector) on economic growth or combating diseases such as HIV or malaria. The literature does not discuss the benefits of STEM education beyond the general view that STEM facilitates economic growth and competitiveness. Given that the literature does not address the query directly, the following approach is used in this rapid literature review: literature from developed and developing countries is used to discuss the rationale for STEM education and the key trends in this field. Statistics relating to the gender gap are presented and the impact of some programmes which aim to improve female participation in STEM in developing countries is discussed. Since much of the literature on STEM education mentions teacher training, this is discussed as a benefit of STEM education, together with meeting the demand for skills and innovations for secondary education. Case studies of STEM education projects in Rwanda, a low-income country which has prioritised education and undertaken several initiatives to improve STEM education, are used to highlight the benefits of STEM education.
Accepted: 2019-01-11T10:28:54Z Publisher: IDS KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:AC6P2YA9 4869029:QKTSYDWP
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Benefits of using ISSB in school buildings - Nambatya, Mauricia (Open Development & Education, 2023)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
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Bericht zur tQMP Studie - Haßler, Björn; Haseloff, Gesine; Dreischmeier, Wido (OpenDevEd, 2022)
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Berufliche Hochschule Hamburg soll 2021 starten - HIBB (Pressestelle des Senats, 2019)
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Berufsausbildung in einer Einwanderungsgesellschaft - Euler, Dieter; Eckart, Severing (2016)
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Berufsbildung in Sub-Sahara Afrika: Stand der Forschung - Haßler, Björn; Stock, Inka; Schaffer, Jens; Winkler, Enno; Kagambèga, Assèta; Haseloff, Gesine; Marsden, Melissa; Watson, Joe; Gordon, Rebecca; Damani, Kalifa (VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany, 2019)
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Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; AuthorFirst:Haßler; Björn-CV-OECS; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; _yl:c

Berufsbildung in Sub-Sahara Afrika: Stand der Forschung [ZIP Archive] (VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany, 2019)
This is a zip archive of the InDesign Files for Haßler, B., Stock, I., Schaffer, J., Winkler, E., Kagambèga, A., Haseloff, G., Marsden, M., Watson, J., Gordon, R., & Damani, K. (2019). Berufsbildung in Sub-Sahara Afrika: Stand der Forschung (Berufsbildung in SSA). VET Repository, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn, Germany. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3334690 Available from: https://docs.opendeved.net/lib/GEELRK57
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Berufsbildung und Kultur – Ein Beitrag zur Theorie der Berufsbildung in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit - Wolf, Stefan (2009)
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Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; publicImportV1; ⛔ No DOI found

Berufsbildungsgesetz (BBiG) (2020)
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Best Practice for Scaling Up Efforts to Improve English Language Skills - Amonoo-Kuafi, Esi Fenyiwa (2019)
This rapid review drew primarily on academic and grey literature published in the last 10 years. Presently, there is a paucity of literature which explores comparable national experiences of implementing large‐scale English language programs and which provide: (i) documentation of the critical components and conditions of the programme designs that affect the likelihood of successfully transitioning from pilot to scale; (ii) review of the design, deployment, and effectiveness of each pilot programme; and (iii) the scale, design, duration, enabling conditions, and initial effectiveness results of the scaled language programmes. The most insightful case study from which there are several recommendations for future language programmes was that of the English in Action (EIA) programme in Bangladesh. Many of the recommendations from this study are listed above and expanded upon in Section 4 of this report. This report is organised into six sections. Section 1 provided an overview of the report findings; Section 2 seeks to give a brief review of some of the background literature on language acquisition and language practice; Section 3 then considers scaling up of national programmes – firstly with an overview of the main lessons regarding scaling up, then looking at lessons learnt for scaling up education programmes more generally; Section 4 focus is on lessons specifically learnt from English language programmes; Section 5 provides the full list of references used.
Accepted: 2019-04-05T09:27:59Z Publisher: IDS KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:F93AS5SI 4869029:CWPR9KAS
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Best Practices in Middle Level Quaranteaching: Strategies, Tips and Resources Amidst COVID-19 - Pace, Christi; Pettit, Stacie; Barker, Kim (Becoming: Journal of the Georgia Association for Middle Level Education, 2020)
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Betriebliche Integration von Pflegefachkräften aus dem Ausland: Innenansichten zu Herausforderungen globalisierter Arbeitsmärkte - Pütz, Robert; Kontos, Maria; Larsen, Christa; Rand, Sigrid; Ruokonen-Engler, Minna-Kristiina (2019)
OCLC: 1090118904 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:GE8MQNG8 2486141:X4QAUZTA

Between Level Up and Game Over: A Systematic Literature Review of Gamification in Education - Manzano-León, Ana; Camacho-Lazarraga, Pablo; Guerrero, Miguel A.; Guerrero-Puerta, Laura; Aguilar-Parra, José M.; Trigueros, Rubén; Alias, Antonio (Sustainability, 2021)
Educational gamification consists of the use of game elements and game design techniques in the educational context. The objective of this study is to examine the existing evidence on the impact of educational gamification on student motivation and academic performance in the last five years in order to analyze its distribution over time, educational level, variables, and most used game elements, and know the advantages of its implementation in the classroom. For this, a systematic review is proposed through the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology in three multidisciplinary databases, through an exhaustive search with inclusion and exclusion criteria on quantitative experimental studies that explore gamification in educational centers, which provide information about the most current lines of research. Fourteen studies were included in this review. These used experimental or quasi-experimental designs. Most of them report gamification as a valid learning strategy. The results support the conclusion that educational gamification has a potential impact on the academic performance, commitment, and motivation of students. Therefore, this study implies the need to expand research on the needs and challenges of students when learning with gamified techniques.
Number: 4 Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Keywords: academic achievement; engagement; gamification; motivation; systematic literature review

Between Social Justice and Decolonisation: Exploring South African MOOC Designers’ Conceptualisations and Approaches to Addressing Injustices [journal article] - Adam, Taskeen (Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2020)
As social justice and decolonisation discussions fill the physical and virtual corridors of universities in South Africa, educators, and in this case, MOOC designers, are inevitably influenced by them. They are prompted to reflect on such topics, whether in agreement or with scepticism. Provoked by one interviewee’s comment that ‘you could decolonise and still have an enormous amount of injustice’, this paper investigates how South African MOOC designers conceptualise (in)justice, and how they attempt to address these injustices in and through their MOOCs. As notions such as ‘social justice’ and ‘decolonisation’ have multiple meanings and connotations, a framework was created to unpack the ‘Dimensions of Human Injustice’ namely, material, cultural-epistemic, and political/geopolitical injustices. These dimensions of injustice were used to analyse semi-structured interviews with 27 South African MOOC designers. MOOC designers who stressed cultural-epistemic injustices, focused on relevance, inclusive processes and the geopolitics of knowledge production. Those who stressed material injustices, focused on socio-economic disparities, infrastructural inequalities and the need to tackle these systemic problems at a societal level. Through illustrating that MOOC designers attempt to address injustices based on their different conceptualisations of (in)justice, this study argues that a multi-pronged approach to tackling the various dimensions of injustice perpetuated in and through MOOCs can lead to more holistic justice-oriented MOOCs that better enable learners. Additionally, justice-oriented efforts by South African MOOC designers, highlighted in this paper, can be seen as a guide for the MOOC space in general to take greater strides in creating MOOCs in more justice-oriented ways.
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Between Social Justice and Decolonisation: Exploring South African MOOC designers’ conceptualisations and approaches to addressing injustices [presentation, O-143] - Adam, Taskeen (OER20, 2020)
As social justice and decolonisation discussions fill the physical and virtual corridors of university spaces in South Africa, educators, and in this case, MOOC designers, are inevitably influenced by them. They are prompted to reflect on such topics, whether in agreement or with scepticism. Provoked by one interviewee’s comment that ‘you could decolonise and still have an enormous amount of injustice’, this paper investigates how South African MOOC designers conceptualise justices, and how they attempt to address these injustices in and through their MOOCs. As terminology from these discourses at times misconstrued MOOC designers’ opinions, an analytical framework was created to shift focus to addressing injustices, namely: material injustices, cultural-epistemic injustices, and political/geopolitical injustices. These Dimensions of Human Injustice were used to analyse semi-structured interviews with 27 MOOC South African designers. It was found that they formed opinions based on the aforementioned discourses, which impacted their engagement with injustice in their designs. Those who stressed cultural-epistemic injustices, focused on relevance, inclusive processes and the geopolitics of knowledge production. Those who stressed material injustices, focused on socio-economic disparities, infrastructural inequalities and the need to tackle these systemic problems at a societal level. Through highlighting MOOC designers’ attempts at addressing injustices, it is envisioned this will lead to more multi-dimensional, justice-oriented approaches to MOOC design that better enable learners. Additionally, efforts by South African MOOC designers, highlighted in this paper, can be seen as a guide for the MOOC space in general to take greater strides in creating MOOCs in more justice-oriented ways.
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Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd

Beyond COVID-19 supernova. Is another education coming? - Azorín, Cecilia (Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 2020)
Purpose This article explores social and educational responses to COVID-19 as seen through the lens of the Spanish education, in which professional capital and community is at the epicenter of the fight against the pandemic. Design/methodology/approach This is a reflective and forward-thinking piece in which educators are presented as first responders to the crisis. The article is structured in four parts. First, the opportunities and barriers that COVID-19 is encountering in 21st-century education are commented on. Second, there is recognition of the need to be connected more than ever; and the vital role of networks. Third, the article discusses the effort to realize the maxim “not to leave anyone behind.” Fourth, the last section summarizes the key points related to the aspects to which education should devote its efforts in the coming months and years in Spain. Findings There is a set of reasons why the Spanish education system is extremely vulnerable to the consequences caused by COVID-19, and these include, among others: the high rates of socioeconomic segregation, of school dropouts and of academic failure; poor culture of networking and collaboration; overcrowded classrooms that hinders quality education; an obsolete curriculum; the consideration of education as a political currency; the need to strengthen bimodal education; and teachers' obligation to update their digital competences. Originality/value The article questions whether another education is possible beyond the pandemic and promotes a deep reflection in this particular context for practitioners and policymakers on which topics more attention could be focused during this time of turmoil.
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Keywords: Collective capacity; Community engagement; Educational change; Networks; __C:filed:1

Beyond Data - Mantelero, Alessandro (Beyond Data: Human Rights, Ethical and Social Impact Assessment in AI, 2022)
In a technology context dominated by data-intensive AI systems, the consequences of data processing are no longer restricted to the well-known privacy and data protection issues but encompass prejudices against a broader array of fundamental rights. Moreover, the tension between the extensive use of these systems, on the one hand, and the growing demand for ethically and socially responsible data use on the other, reveals the lack of a framework that can fully address the societal issues raised by AI.
Keywords: AI; Data protection; Ethical Impact Assessment; Human rights; Privacy Impact Assessment; Risk-based approach; Self-determination; Social Impact Assessment

Beyond Data: Human Rights, Ethical and Social Impact Assessment in AI - Mantelero, Alessandro (T.M.C. Asser Press, 2022)
Keywords: AI Regulation; Artificial Intelligence; Data Protection; Ethics; Fundamental Rights; Human Rights; Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA); Impact Assessment; Open Access

"Beyond Free Textbooks" - Jasmine Roberts live from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library (2020)
Jasmine Roberts [Ohio State University] presents "Beyond Free Textbooks: How OER Addresses Access, Inclusion, and Academic Excellence" in a talk given in Main Library 220 at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Beyond sex and gender analysis: an intersectional view of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and response - Hankivsky, Olena; Kapilashrami, Anuj (2020)
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Beyond Short-Term Learning Gains: The Impact of Outsourcing Schools in Liberia after Three Years - Sandefur, Justin; Romero, Mauricio (Center for Global Development, 2019)
After three years, outsourcing management of public schools to private providers raised test scores by 0.21 standard deviations in math and 0.16 standard deviations in English (equivalent to 4 words per minute additional reading fluency for the cohort that started in first grade). Looking beyond learning gains, the program reduced corporal punishment (by 4.6 percentage points from a base of 51%), but increased dropout (by 3.3 percentage points from a base of 15%) and failed to reduce sexual abuse. Results vary by provider: some produced uniformly positive results, while others present stark trade-offs between learning gains and other outcomes.
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Big data, big insights? Advancing service innovation and design with machine learning - Antons, D; Breidbach, CF (Journal of Service Research, 2017)
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Keywords: _Added-ailr-2024

Big Data in Climate: Opportunities and Challenges for Machine Learning - Karpatne, Anuj; Kumar, Vipin (Proceedings of the 23rd ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, 2017)

Big EdTech - Williamson, Ben (Learning, Media and Technology, 2022)
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2022.2063888 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/17439884.2022.2063888 4804264:97I8AQB4
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Big Sisters - Jakiela, Pamela; Ozier, Owen; Fernald,, Lia; Knauer, Heather (2020)
We model household investments in young children when parents and older siblings share caregiving responsibilities and when investments by older siblings contribute to young children’s human capital accumulation. To test the predictions of our model, we estimate the impact of having one older sister (as opposed to one older brother) on early childhood development in a sample of rural Kenyan households with otherwise similar family structures. Older sibling gender is not related to household structure, subsequent birth spacing, or other observable characteristics, so we treat the presence of an older girl (as opposed to an older boy) as plausibly exogenous. Having an older sister rather than an older brother improves younger siblings’ vocabulary and fine motor skills by more than 0.1 standard deviations. Viewed through the lens of our model, the empirical pattern we observe suggests that: (i) older siblings’ investments in young children contribute to their human capital accumulation, and (ii) households perceive lower returns to investing in older girls than in older boys.
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'Big things at a small stadium' Off the coast international poetry journal - Ajadi, S.B. (Resolute Bear Press, 2011)

Bioclimatic Strategies to Reduce Energy Consumption in Mixed-Used Buildings in Abuja, Nigeria - Ali, S.M.; Buhari, K.A. (at the “Second International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment in the Tropics (ICONSBET) at the Department of Architecture, 2024)
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Biometric applications in education - Hernandez-de-Menendez, Marcela; Morales-Menendez, Ruben; Escobar, Carlos A.; Arinez, Jorge (International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), 2021)
Educational institutions are acquiring novel technologies to help make their processes more efficient and services more attractive for both students and faculty. Biometric technology is one such example that has been implemented in educational institutions with excellent results. In addition to identifying students, access control, and personal data management, it has critical applications to improve the academic domain's teaching/learning processes. Identity management system, class attendance, e-evaluation, security, student motivations, and learning analytics are areas in which biometric technology is most heavily employed. A literature review is performed to present an overview of biometric technology applications for educational purposes, challenges that must overcome to implement biometric technology, and potentially foreshadowing trends effectively. The future seems promising for biometric technology; the biometric technology market is expected to reach a value of USD 94 billion by 2025 at a compound annual growth rate of 36%. New characteristics are under development for commercial applications, such as vascular pattern recognition, ear shape recognition, facial thermography, odor sensing, gait recognition, heartbeat authentication, brain waves, and human body bioacoustics. The biggest challenge this technology must overcome is security and privacy issues, which must be addressed to fully develop the technology to its full potential. It is desirable that this literature review can provide researchers with a sound vision of the potential that biometric technology will have in education.
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Keywords: Biometrics; Educational innovation; Final_citation; Higher education; State of the art; anystyle; existing

Bitcoin price evolution versus energy consumption; trend analysis - Bejan, Crina Anina; Bucerzan, Dominic; Crăciun, Mihaela Daciana (Applied Economics, 2023)
Digital technology developments shape the behaviour, performances, standards of society, organizations and individuals imposing new ways of payments and new forms of money. In this environment in 2008 was developed a new type of currency, namely Bitcoin. Cryptocurrency, as this new form of money has been generically called, puts pressure on the traditional concept of money. Today, the economic value of cryptocurrencies is attested by their circulation and acceptance by user communities for trade. However, establishing this value raises debates in the literature. The research from this paper investigates and analyses if there is a strong enough connectedness between Bitcoin price evolution and energy consumption tendency (for mining), to influence Bitcoin value. Public data from January 2014 to July 2021 is used. An Artificial Neural Network (ANN) was used to study and predict the tendency of Bitcoin price and energy consumption. A comparison between the forecasting trend and the real trend (the evolution of energy consumption and Bitcoin price) was made. The conducted research starts with a quantitative one and ends with a qualitative one (trends). The obtained results show that qualitatively, there is a good correlation between monthly average values of BTC prices and electricity consumption for mining.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2022.2097194
Keywords: Artificial Neural Network (ANN); B23; C53; Cryptocurrency; E37; bitcoin; blockchain; energy consumption

Bitcoin's growing energy problem - De Vries, Alex (Joule, 2018)
Publisher: Elsevier

bjohas/kanbantool-bookmarklets - Haßler, Björn (2019)
original-date: 2019-04-13T08:57:17Z KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:4NP84ITR
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; AuthorFirst:Haßler; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; _yl:o

bjohas/OSM-Wikipedia-Monkey - Haßler, Björn (2017)
original-date: 2017-04-30T10:17:37Z KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:DBK6YRNR
Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Black Caribbean girls in England ‘twice as likely to be excluded from schools as white girls’ - Mohdin, Aamna (The Guardian, 2021)
Data also shows that school exclusions for girls are growing at higher rate than for boys
Keywords: Education; Exclusions; Inequality; Race; Schools; UK news; Women

Blended and Hybrid Learning Initiatives: A curated list for El Salvador - Villavicencio, Xuzel; Coflan, Caitlin Moss (EdTech Hub, 2022)
This document was produced in response to a request from the UNICEF country office and Ministry of Education team of El Salvador that was submitted to the EdTech Hub Helpdesk in November 2021. The UNICEF team requested a curated list of global blended and hybrid initiatives with a focus on initiatives that have used a multimodal strategy, highlighting effective and ineffective practices. This report does not aim to cover every leading and innovative blended / hybrid initiative with relevance to the Salvadoran context. Rather, it presents a list of curated resources with examples of challenges, lessons learned, and teacher training approaches that can be used as a guide when designing a multimodal strategy for the education sector. Keywords: hybrid; blended; El Salvador; multimodal; teacher training; remote learning An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org
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Blended Learning Approach to Develop the Teachers’ TPACK - Qasem, Arwa Ahmad Abdo; Viswanathappa, Gandla (Contemporary Educational Technology, 2016)
A theoretical framework has emerged recently to guide research in the teachers’ use of ICT and it is the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK). Early research indicates that Blended learning is increasingly being adopted at all levels of educational system. It is considered as a way to foster engaging in interactive learning experiences. The purpose of this article was to determine the levels of ICT knowledge on e-course design through blended learning approach among science teachers of secondary schools in Yemen. The study was conducted on the sample of 60 science teacher trainees in Ibb city. The ICT knowledge scale was used based on TPACK. To analyze the data t-test was used. The findings in this study indicated that TPACK has provided a valuable tool for assessing teacher knowledge in the area of technology integration, the teachers’ ICT knowledge was above average in two groups, and there is significant difference between experimental and control groups on ICT knowledge scale. Recommendations are made for future research on online collaboration activities to raise awareness of factors related to online group work and to determine the in-service training needs of teachers on ICT use to follow-up support and to ensure successful utilization of new technologies.
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Keywords: Blended Learning; Computer Assisted Instruction; Control Groups; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Experimental Groups; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Information Technology; Instructional Design; Instructional Effectiveness; Knowledge Level; Likert Scales; Online Courses; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Postsecondary Education; Preservice Teachers; Pretests Posttests; Quasiexperimental Design; Science Teachers; Secondary Education; Secondary School Teachers; Technological Literacy; Technology Uses in Education; Trainees; Yemen; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2096173; __finaldtb

Blended learning implementation in secondary education for girls: case study Tatweer project Saudi Arabia - Bukhari, Eman Gasim (International Journal of Academic Research and Reflection, 2016)
Blended learning (BL) has been the subject of much research recently, and the present research adds to this growing body of knowledge as the first substantial study on BL in secondary education for girls in Saudi Arabia. Based on field work comprising interviews and questionnaires this research reports the results of an exploratory, empirical case study of a large-scale programme (Tatweer project) for the introduction of blended learning into 25 traditional secondary girls' schools in Saudi Arabia. Adopting the interpretive research paradigm the objective of the study is to gain rich insight into blended learning guided by the effect of BL on female education. The study demonstrates a number of positive effects of BL on students' engagement and self-development, however, problems with the workloads of students and the failure of teachers to integrate face-to-face learning with e-learning are also observed. Throughout the research Sharpe et al.'s (2006) 8-dimensional framework of BL is applied in a new way to assess the implementation level of BL. This results in the recommendation to extend this framework with an ethical dimension. Further recommendations of the work are to actively seek feedback from key stakeholder groups during BL implementation, to use BL for teacher training in BL, and to measure performance indicators like students' workloads during the transition of traditional schools to BL.
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Blended Learning in the Vocational Education and Training System in Tanzania: Understanding Vocational Educators' Perceptions - Machumu, HJ; Zhu, C; Sesabo, JK (International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding, 2016)
In a constructivist world of teaching and learning, opportunities to acquire and develop the knowledge and practical skills necessary to design, establish, and deploy blended learning in vocational education and training (VET) programs delivery is a labour-market-driven. The paper examines VET educator’s pleas about the need for the design, adoption and deployment of blended learning in VET programs delivery in Tanzania. A single case study design with an in-depth interview and focus group discussion was conducted with 15 VET educators in three VET colleges in both Morogoro and Dar es Salaam regions. Snowball and purposive sampling were used to obtain sample respondents. For the data analysis, content analysis was employed to condense data obtained from interviews and focus group discussion. It was found that continuous professional development, institutional arrangements, and support should be provided online to facilitate the design, adoption and use of blended learning in VET. We recommend that locally designed blended learning should be relevant to the environment of both students and teachers. In reality, the interplay between blended learning, imparting knowledge and practical skills remain the key focus of future research.
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Blended learning methods in introduction to teaching and sociology of education courses at a university of education - Ololube, Nwachukwu Prince (Advancing technology and educational development through blended learning in emerging economies, 2014)
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Blended learning vid lärares professionella lärande - Nilsson, Malin (2017)
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Blog-based professional development of English teachers in Mumbai: the potential of innovative practice under scrutiny - Khan, Atiya (Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2017)
The professional development of teachers in India is still, by and large, based on formal and outdated professional learning traditions, often characterised by crash courses and one-off workshops. In education, blogs have proven to be an effective means of establishing and maintaining collaborative learning networks and helping members reflect on their professional practices. Information and communications technology (ICT) enabled practices of teacher professional development is still in its infancy in India. Moreover, there is limited research in India to secure foundational understanding of how and in what ways teachers of English in India use blogs for their professional development. This study explores the use of teacher reflective practice, teacher networking, and teacher collaboration, beyond formal ICT training, through blog-based professional development of English teachers in the Mumbai region of India. Using data collected from 32 teachers from three private schools in Mumbai, through ICT interactive workshop observations, questionnaires, interviews, and blog comments, this action case study explains whether and why blogging, as a learning community, has the potential to add significant value to existing professional development of English teachers in Mumbai.
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Blogging as critical praxis: becoming a critical teacher educator in the age of participatory culture - Pascarella, John (McGill University, 2009)
This self-study of becoming a critical teacher educator extends the research on blogs as a vehicle of critical self-reflection in teaching and teacher education. While the primary focus of this thesis is a self-study of the process of becoming a teacher educator, the author presents findings based on discursive data collected from blogs produced by teacher candidates in two case studies, which inform this process of becoming. The case studies are represented as two “strands”: one carried out in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, at McGill University, and the other carried out near Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Like prior studies involving the use of blogs in teacher preparation, this study examines pre-service teachers’ critical engagement with topics and issues endemic to their current field experiences and future careers in K-12 classrooms. The instructional techniques deployed in the case studies adhered to principles of modeling technology integration in order to transform teaching and learning activities by facilitating a learning environment for pre-service teacher candidates informed by the tenets of critical pedagogy. In this vein, this study examines the implementation of a particular instructional strategy, problem-posing pedagogy, as a practice that integrates the use of blogs to aid the achievement of pre-service teacher candidates’ “critical self-engagement” as well as contribute to the author’s development as a critical teacher educator.
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Blueprint for Inclusive Research & Development in Education: A Data-Driven Approach to Organize and Articulate Research Data Needs for Equitable Evaluation - Pratihast, Susmita; Mote, Erin (2022)
In the field of education, there is a gap between research and practice. Lack of data standardization and collection inhibits comparability and generalizability of findings in the context of population heterogeneity. Mapping of education research inquiries to local heterogeneous data representations from different repositories is expensive and creates barriers for content comprehensiveness in research. The paper focuses on design and usability of the Blueprint, an organizing data framework that summarizes key elements to represent education data needs to improve articulation of data needs and allow practitioners to be part of an inclusive research and development process in collaboration with the research community. The design process included an exhaustive landscape analysis of established data standards, conceptual frameworks in education domains as well as publicly available databases and indicators. This was supported by the analysis of current evidence and research base with the use of natural language processing techniques and topic modeling approaches. This methodology was used to validate and inform the inclusion of different elements in the Blueprint. A large stakeholder review process was adopted to further enhance and refine the Blueprint. With a generalizability score of 77% across multiple pilot studies, the paper focuses on the results of the pilot studies and demonstrates the real-world use cases for widespread applicability and scalability in the sector.
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BNVQF - Botswana National Vocational Qualifications Framework - Government of Botswana (2005)
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Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; CC:Botswana; Qualification Framework; publicImportV1

Book Review: Dede & Richards, Eds., The 60-Year Curriculum: New Models for Lifelong Learning in the Digital Economy - Jr, Don Olcott (Journal of Learning for Development, 2022)
Number: 1
Keywords: digital economy; lifelong learning; ⛔ No DOI found

Book Review: McNaught & Gravett, Eds., Embedding Social Justice in Teacher Education and Development in South Africa - Gentles, Carol Hordatt (Journal of Learning for Development, 2022)
Number: 1
Keywords: Book Review; ⛔ No DOI found

Book Review: Transforming Universities with Digital Distance Education: The Future of Formal Learning - Olcott, D. J. (Journal of Learning for Development, 2020)
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Keywords: Ddigital distance education; ⛔ No DOI found

Bouncing forward: a resilience approach to dealing with COVID-19 and future systemic shocks - Hynes, William; Trump, Benjamin; Love, Patrick; Linkov, Igor (Environment Systems and Decisions, 2020)
Policy questions are often framed in popular discussion as situations where pulling the right levers will get the economy and society back on track after shocks and crises. This approach ignores how systems interact and how their systemic properties shape socioeconomic outcomes, leading to an over-emphasis on a limited set of characteristics, notably efficiency. We argue that this emphasis on efficiency in the operation, management and outcomes of various economic and social systems is not a conscious collective choice, but rather the response of the whole system to the incentives that individual components face. This has brought much of the world to rely upon complex, nested, and interconnected systems to deliver goods and services around the globe. While this approach has many benefits, the Covid-19 crisis shows how it has also reduced the resilience of key systems to shocks, and allowed failures to cascade from one system to others. This paper reviews the impact of COVID-19 on socioeconomic systems, discusses the notion of resilience, and provides specific recommendations on both integrating resilience analytics for recovery from the current crisis as well as on building resilient infrastructure to address future systemic challenges.
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'Boy', The writers' block magazine - Ajadi, S.B. (The Press, 2012)
Edition: p.50 Fall Place: New York

Boycott e-learning until all students are brought on board - Sascoc - Mokhoali, Veronica (2020)
The move to migrate to learning online has been met with a backlash from student organisations; with many accusing institutions of side-lining those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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BQA Act - Botswana Qualifications Authority Act Nº 24 - Government of Botswana (2013)
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Brainwash: a data system for feature engineering - Anderson, M.R.; Antenucci, D.; Bittorf, V. (Proceedings of the biennial conference on innovative data systems research, 2013, 2013)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Brazil : The SOL-ution for Smart Community Procurement (World Bank, 2022)
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Keywords: Final_citation

Breaking: DFID merged with FCO - Worley, William (Devex, 2020)
Opponents say the announcement marks the culmination of a slow-drain on DFID's influence, and worry about what it means for the future direction of U.K. aid.
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Breaking old habits and adopting new ones: how to change teaching practice when change is hard - World Bank (2021)
The types of skills an effective educator hasare: being skilled in developing safe and supportive learning environments, checking for student understanding, adjusting instruction according to needs, developing socio- and emotional competences in their learners, among others.

Breaking Open: Ethics, Epistemology, Equity, and Power - Bali, Maha; Adam, Taskeen; Cronin, Catherine; Friedrich, Christian; Walji, Sukaina; Hendricks, Christina (Open at the Margins, 2020)
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Keywords: Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Breaking Through Limitations: Enhanced Systematic Literature Reviews With Large Language Models - Reason, Tim; Langham, Julia; Gimblett, Andy; Malcolm, Bill; Klijn, Sven (Population, 2023)
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Breaking Through Limitations: Enhanced Systematic Literature Reviews With Large Language Models - Reason, Tim; Langham, Julia; Gimblett, Andy; Malcolm, Bill; Klijn, Sven (Population, 2023)
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Keywords: _Added-ailr-2024; ⛔ No DOI found

Bridge or Barrier – Does generative AI contribute to more culturally inclusive higher education and research? - Atanasova, Dimitrinka (Bridge or Barrier – Does generative AI contribute to more culturally inclusive higher education and research?, 2023)
Whilst the ability of generative AI to produce text in English has been widely covered, the implications of its ability to translate and act as a cultural broker into English have received less att…
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Bridging research and practice: models for dissemination and implementation research - Tabak, Rachel G.; Khoong, Elaine C.; Chambers, David A.; Brownson, Ross C. (American journal of preventive medicine, 2012)
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Bridging the Bandwidth Gap: Open Educational Resources and the Digital Divide - Haßler, Björn; Jackson, Alan McNeil (IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2010)
http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TLT.2010.8
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Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; Björn-CV-OECS; _C:Brazil BRA; _C:Guatemala GTM; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Rwanda RWA; _C:Sudan SDN; _C:United States USA; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _bjoern_cv; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence

Bridging the chasm - study of the realities of edtech use among trainee teachers - Atherton, Pete (Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 2019)
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Keywords: Stefanie; ⛔ No DOI found

Bridging the Digital Divide: Rethinking Open Learning for a Global Audience - Haßler, Björn (2007)
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Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; ⛔ No DOI found

Bridging the gap between research and practice: Implementation science - Olswang, Lesley B.; Prelock, Patricia A. (Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2015)
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Bridging the Human Rights Implementation Gap: A Commonwealth Survey - Secretariat, Commonwealth (Commonwealth iLibrary, 2023)
In January 2022, the Commonwealth Secretariat launched a survey of national frameworks for the implementation of international human rights obligations in Commonwealth member states. The primary objectives of the survey were to: a. Contribute to the body of knowledge, such as studies conducted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and other organisations, on the role and effectiveness of National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting and Follow-up (NMIRFs). Recent OHCHR studies have shown that NMIRFs are vital for improved implementation and reporting on human rights. They have identified several essential ‘capacities’ for enhanced performance, including engagement, co-ordination, consultation and information management. b. Map existing national systems for implementation, reporting and follow-up to understand how they implement their mandates, and thereby facilitate an exchange of good practice and lessons learnt. c. Understand specific needs for further technical assistance for Commonwealth member states to establish and/or strengthen NMIRFs. d. Provide information to be used in advocacy for formulating common guiding principles on NMIRFs.

BRIEF Implementation Science and Practice in the Education Sector - Lyon, Aaron R (2017)
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Keywords: education; ⛔ No DOI found

Bright and Early: How financing pre-primary education gives every child a fair start in life - Zubairi, Asma; Rose, Pauline (University of Cambridge, 2017)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Bring your own device? - Hynes, Paul; Younie, Sarah (Debates in Computing and ICT Education, 2017)
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Bringing Education to Afghan Girls: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Village-Based Schools. - Burde, D.; Linden, L. (American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013)
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Bringing Human Rights Education to US Classrooms: Exemplary Models from Elementary Grades to University - Katz, Susan Roberta (Palgrave, 2015)
Bringing Human Rights Education to US Classrooms presents ten research-based human rights projects powerfully implemented in a range of U.S. classrooms, from elementary school through community college and university. In these classrooms, the students-pri

Bringing Learning to Light: The Role of Citizen-Led Assessments in Shifting the Education Agenda - Plaut, Daniel; Jamieson Eberhardt, Molly (Results for Development, 2015)
"Are children learning?" is a question that should inform all education policymaking. Yet in many countries, the answer to this question has remained
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Bringing Out the Best of Leaders, Teachers, and Students in the midst of COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Russell County, Alabama - Kilcrease, Adam (Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education, 2020)
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Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Broadcasting education: The long-term effects of Mexico’s telesecundarias - Fabregas, Raissa (Working Paper, 2019)
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Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Broadening access to science events by using the internet - Haßler, Björn (Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2006)
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Keywords: Author:Haßler; Author:OpenDevEd; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; ⛔ No DOI found

Broadening artificial intelligence education in K-12: where to start? - Wong, Gary K. W.; Ma, Xiaojuan; Dillenbourg, Pierre; Huan, John (ACM Inroads, 2020)

Broadening borders to build better schools: Virtual professional learning communities - Carpenter, Daniel; Munshower, Paul (International Journal of Educational Management, 2019)
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how rural teachers provided a PLC by leveraging virtual technologies to connect educators of like subject disciplines from several schools, foreign and domestic. Design/methodology/approach A phenomenological case study-based approach was leveraged to investigate established vPLCs at schools (Creswell, 2013; Stake, 2010). Qualitative data were collected from multiple sources to obtain rural teacher perceptions on the impact vPLCs had on their practice (Creswell, 2013). Findings Teacher collaborative teams build relationships comparable to teams that met face to face as part of a similar PLC and PD experience. Participant reflections in this investigation showed that rural educators favored face-to-face meetings; however, vPLCs provided similar teacher experiences to that of the face-to-face PBL model. Results indicated that educators recognized virtual collaboration just as valuable a tool for enabling PLCs than face-to-face collaborations while still offering similarities to improved teacher practice. Research limitations/implications The research was limited to teachers in rural settings in the USA (Texas) and in the Dominican Republic. The research was limited to teacher perceptions of change, and observed changes as part of their participation in a research-based virtual PLC model. The research was limited to the school setting over an academic year. Practical implications The findings from this study have practical implications for rural teachers and school implementation of a professional learning community model. Originality/value The promise provided by this study is that vPLCs may provide opportunity for rural schools to provide a job-embedded professional development model (Croft et al., 2010) for otherwise isolated teachers (Barrett et al., 2015).
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Keywords: Collaboration; Communities of Practice; Computer Mediated Communication; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Education; Educational technology; Faculty Development; Learning; Meetings; Preferences; Professional development; Professional learning communities; Rural Schools; Rural schools; School districts; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Collaboration; Teacher collaboration; Teachers; Teaching; Virtual professional learning communities; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2095794; __finaldtb

BTVET Act - Business, Technical, Vocational Education Act and Training Act - Government of Uganda (2008)
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Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -GeneralCitations; CC:Uganda; publicImportV1

Build Back Better: our plan for growth - Great Britain; Treasury (2021)
OCLC: 1246508765

Building a Better Mousetrap: How Design-Based Research was Used to Improve Homemade PowerPoint Games - Siko, Jason; Barbour, Michael (TechTrends, 2016)
This paper is a review of a three-cycle, design-based research study that explored the relationship between the pedagogical research and the actual implementation of a game design project using Microsoft PowerPoint. Much of the initial literature on using homemade PowerPoint games showed no significant improvement in test scores when students created these low-tech games, despite the fact that the game project was grounded in sound pedagogical strategies. After each iteration changes were made to better reflect the recommendations from the literature, and at the end of the study, students creating games were performing statistically higher on tests than their counterparts who did not create games. Limitations of the study are discussed, as well as ideas for future research in the area of student-generated games as an instructional approach. Retrieved from http://rdcu.be/ne9S
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Building a high-quality teaching profession: lessons from around the world - Schleicher, Andreas (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2011)
This report presents the best current evidence about what can make teacher-oriented reforms effective and points to examples of reforms that have produced specific results, show promise or illustrate imaginative ways of implementing change. Its four chapters cover recruitment and initial preparation of teachers; teacher development, support, careers and employment conditions; teacher evaluation and compensation; and teacher engagement in education reform.
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Building a More Sustainable Future in Uganda: One Brick at a Time - Nambatya, Margret Mauricia (2022)
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found

Building an online community: student teachers' perceptions on the advantages of using social networking services in a teacher education program - Habibi, Akhmad; Mukinin, Amirul; Riyanto, Yatim; Prasohjo, Lantip Diat; Sulistiyo, Urip; Sofwan, Muhammad; Saudagar, Ferdiaz (Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018)
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Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Building an online community: student teachers' perceptions on the advantages of using social networking services in a teacher education program - Habibi, Akhmad; Mukinin, Amirul; Riyanto, Yatim; Prasohjo, Lantip Diat; Sulistiyo, Urip; Sofwan, Muhammad; Saudagar, Ferdiaz (Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018)
This inquiry examined student teachers' perceptions on the advantages of using Social Networking Services (SNS) in an English teacher education program at a public university in Jambi, Indonesia to ease the communication, supervision, discussion, and report submissions between supervisors and student teachers. The networking types included in the program are Whatsapp, Telegram, Email, and Google Form. The method of the research was qualitative through using focus group discussions as the technique of collecting data involving forty-two student teachers. We organized our analysis and discussion around their perceptions and the contexts in which the advantages they perceived emerge. The analyses of the texts revealed that two salient themes with their sub-themes related to the advantages of using Social Networking Services (SNS) in a teacher education program were social interaction (peer discussion and platform to interact with supervisors or lecturers) and learning motivation and experience supports (self-directed learning, promotes critical thinking, content engagement). Some pedagogical and social implications are also discussed.
Publisher: Anadolu University, Office of the Rector, Eskisehir, 26470, Turkey Cam URL: https://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/2013525781?accountid=9851 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.17718/tojde.382663 2405685:J6BE7A45 2534378:E9ZSB7L9 2534378:MCTX9ZFS
Keywords: Case Studies; College Students; Computer Mediated Communication; Critical Thinking; Data Analysis; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Benefits; Focus Groups; Foreign Countries; Group Discussion; Higher Education; Independent Study; Indonesia; Interpersonal Communication; Learner Engagement; Learning Motivation; Practicums; Preservice Teacher Education; Qualitative Research; Social Networks; Student Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Education Programs; __:import:01; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2097353; __finaldtb

Building and indoor environmental quality assessment of Nigerian primary schools: A pilot study - Toyinbo, Oluyemi; Phipatanakul, Wanda; Shaughnessy, Richard; Haverinen-Shaughnessy, Ulla (Indoor Air, 2019)
A total of 15 classrooms went through on-site assessments/inspections, including measurements of temperature (T), and concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2). In addition, the level of surface biocontamination/cleaning effectiveness was assessed by measuring adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels on students' desks. Based on the data, the quality of facilities in the buildings was low. Classroom occupancy exceeded ASHRAE 50 person/100 m2 standard in all cases indicating overcrowding. However, concentrations of CO2 remained below 1000 ppm in most classrooms. On the other hand, indoor T was above the recommended levels for thermal comfort in all classrooms. Maximum indoor CO was 6 ppm. Median ATP concentrations on the desk tops were moderately high in all schools. The use of open incinerators and power generator sets near classrooms, which was suspected to be the main source of CO, should be discouraged. Improved hygiene could be achieved by providing the students access to functioning bathroom facilities and cafeteria, and by effective cleaning of high contact surfaces such as desks. Although ventilation seems adequate based on CO2 concentrations, thermal comfort was not attained especially in the afternoon during extreme sunlight. Therefore, installing passive and/or mechanical cooling systems should be considered in this regard.
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Building and Strengthening National Systems for Early Childhood Development - Vargas-Barón, Emily (Handbook of early childhood development research and its impact on global policy, 2014)

Building and Sustaining National Educational Technology Agencies : Lessons, Models and Case Studies from Around the World - Trucano, Michael; Dykes, Gavin (World Bank Education, 2017)
National ICT/education agencies (and their functional equivalents) play important roles in the implementation and oversight of large scale initiatives related to the use of information and communication technologies in education in many countries. That said, little is known at a global level about the way these organizations operate, how they are structured, and how they typically evolve over time. Through an examination of lessons from the development and history of a set of representative ICT/education agencies in East Asia, and, to better understand East Asian experience, other countries around the work, this paper seeks to identify common challenges and issues and potential relevance to leaders of such institutions.
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Building and Sustaining National ICT Education Agencies : Lessons from International Experiences - Trucano, Michael; Dykes, Gavin (World Bank Education, 2016)
National ICT/education agencies (and their functional equivalents) play important roles in the implementation and oversight of large scale initiatives related to the use of information and communication technologies in education in many countries. That said, little is known at a global level about the way these organizations operate, how they are structured, and how they typically evolve over time. Through an examination of lessons from the development and history of a set of representative ICT/education agencies in East Asia, and, to better understand East Asian experience, other countries around the work, this paper seeks to identify common challenges and issues and potential relevance to leaders of such institutions.
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Building back better to avert a learning catastrophe: Estimating learning loss from COVID-19 school shutdowns in Africa and facilitating short-term and long-term learning recovery - Angrist, Noam; de Barros, Andreas; Bhula, Radhika; Chakera, Shiraz; Cummiskey, Chris; DeStefano, Joseph; Floretta, John; Kaffenberger, Michelle; Piper, Benjamin; Stern, Jonathan (International Journal of Educational Development, 2021)
We model learning losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential for cost-effective strategies to build back better. Data from Early Grade Reading Assessments in Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Tanzania, and Uganda suggest half to over a year’s worth of learning loss. In modeling losses over time, we found that learning deficits for a child in grade 3 could lead to 2.8 years of lost learning by grade 10. While COVID-19 has stymied learning, bold, learning-focused reform consistent with the literature reviewed in this paper—specifically reform on targeted instruction and structured pedagogy—could improve learning even beyond pre-COVID-19 levels.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:2XDI3FGY 2129771:STJ6QKNQ 2129771:WVS47RMH
Keywords: COVID-19; Education; Foundational skills; Learning loss; Recovery

Building capacity for professional development: the development of teachers as facilitators in Ghana - Perry, Emily; Bevins, Stuart (Professional Development in Education, 2018)
In low- and middle-income countries, cascade models of teacher professional development are often used as routes to educational reform. In these models, external agents deliver professional development, which is then disseminated by in-country facilitators. However, little is known about how to support facilitators of professional development, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In this study, we report on a model of capacity building for professional development in Ghana. In the context of a large-scale programme of science teacher professional development, a group of Ghanaian teachers gradually assumed responsibility for professional development facilitation, working alongside experienced facilitators from the UK. Using interviews focussed on a storyline technique, we explore the experiences of the Ghanaian teachers as they reflected on their roles. We found the teachers’ epistemological beliefs about teaching were coherent with those of the programme and suggest that this may be an important factor in the success of cascade models of professional development. The teachers gained self-confidence and improved their knowledge and skills of teaching and of professional development facilitation. We propose that this is useful learning for all facilitators and that the model described here is one which is potentially useful for capacity building in other contexts.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/19415257.2018.1474489 10/gf62g8 2129771:ZSW9GMBF
Keywords: CPD; Ghana; Professional development; _C:Benin BEN; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:India IND; _C:Kenya KEN; _C:Lesotho LSO; _C:Netherlands NLD; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Singapore SGP; _C:Somalia SOM; _C:Somaliland XSMLD; _C:Tanzania TZA; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:United States USA; _C:Zambia ZMB; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; capacity building; facilitation; professional learning; science education

Building capacity of teachers and trainers in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in Sudan (Case of Khartoum State University). - Ahmed, Hashim (Technische Universität Dresden, 2011)
The purpose of this research was to do applied study to investigate TVET teacher education in Sudan in a bid to rebuild and raise the capacity of the teachers and trainers who are working in the technical schools and vocational training centers in Khartoum state, and to generalize the overall results throughout the Sudan. Specifically, many research questions were addressed to target the main purpose of the study: To what extent the practical components of curriculum are applied in and outside TVET institutions? To what extent the in-service training’s programs meet the professional development of teachers and trainers? Is the private sector contributes to the training programs? Which approaches could be implemented to improve the teacher training? To what extent the integration of ICTs in learning and teaching process improves competence of TVET teachers? Is there re-training program for old teachers? Is there need to train teacher in private sector workshop? Moreover: the following concepts are relevant to raising the capacity building of teachers are studied: teacher professional development, capacity building, integration of suitable level of information and communication technology (ICT) to teacher education and the connectivity of training process to world of work. In order to collect convenient information, the study used the questionnaire and interview as instruments to achieve the objectives of the research. The main population of the study is teachers, trainers, administrators and employers. With respect to data analysis, the study used the SPSS program and the Chi-square to test some hypotheses. The results of the study showed that essential innovations and reforms on the initial and in service training programs should be done especially, respect to practical components of the initial and in-service training to reach the professional development for teachers. Since most of interviewees confirmed old curricula of the initial education of teacher and there was no retraining program for the teacher on the job: the linkage of the training to world of work is needed to keep the teacher up-to date. Integration of ICT into learning/teaching process is very important factor because it’s one of the modernization requirements; hence if we do not do this now it should be urgent necessity at the near future. Major result of the study the proposed training approach for TVET teachers in Sudan, whereas implementation of this approach depends on three levels: macro- level the political commitment by undertaking ii clear national policy and conceptual framework for technical and vocational education and improving the image of teachers, their work conditions and media involvement. Meso level:(public and private sector): since a moral contribution towards training of TVET teachers should be realized, by providing real opportunity to make a success to this new training approach by means of offering technical support, technical consultation, advanced knowledge, specialized seminars and contributing of all training policies especially the financial cost. Micro-level (TVET institutions): there is vital role of administrators to play to attract best candidates not only students of low grades to TVET domain. For example, integrate simple level technology into curricula. Improve initial and in-service training programs based on training needs assessment. Create good internship, and improving the work environment and incentives for teachers
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Building Educational Foundations through Innovation & Technology (BEFIT) Malawi Scale-Up Program Overview - Imagine WorldWide, Hon Agnes (2022)
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Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Building effective COVID-19 Education Response Plans: Insights from Africa and Asia - Kimenyi, Eric; Otieno, Jennifer; Kaye, Tom (2020)
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Keywords: COV:COVID and reopening of schools; F: Helpdesk response; LP: English; _C:Afghanistan AFG; _C:Bhutan BTN; _C:Gambia GMB; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Malawi MWI; _C:Nepal NPL; _C:Nigeria NGA; _C:Pakistan PAK; _C:Rwanda RWA; _C:Somalia SOM; _C:South Sudan SSD; _C:Sudan SDN; _C:Uganda UGA; _C:Zambia ZMB; _C:Zimbabwe ZWE; _EdTechHub_Output; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; _cover:v1; _r:ImportedToMyEducationEvidence; _zenodoETH; docs.opendeved.net; dode_eth-src-eth; dode_eth-trf2-dode

Building mental health workforce capacity through training and retention of psychiatrists in Zimbabwe - Abas, Melanie A.; Nhiwatiwa, Sekai M.; Mangezi, Walter; Jack, Helen; Piette, Angharad; Cowan, Frances M.; Barley, Elizabeth; Chingono, Alfred; Iversen, Amy; Chibanda, Dixon; Barley, Elizabeth; Barley, Elizabeth; et al. (International Review of Psychiatry, 2014)
Despite the need to improve the quantity and quality of psychiatry training in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), very little is known about the experiences of psychiatric trainees in the region. This is the first study examining psychiatric trainees in a low-income country in SSA. It was carried out as part of the needs assessment for a unique Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) programme to find African solutions for medical shortages in Africa. We approached all doctors who had trained in post-graduate psychiatry in Zimbabwe in 2010 and conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with all except one (n = 6). We analysed the data using constant comparison and thematic analysis. Trainees described the apprenticeship model as the programme's primary strength, through providing clinical exposure and role models. Programme weaknesses included shortages in information sources, trainee salaries, trainers, public health education, and in the mental health service. Most respondents were, however, eager to continue practising psychiatry in Zimbabwe, motivated by family ties, national commitment and helping vulnerable, stigmatized individuals. Respondents called for sub-speciality training and for infrastructure and training to do research. Resources need to be made available for psychiatric trainees in more SSA settings to develop public health competencies. However, investment in psychiatry training programmes must balance service provision with trainees' educational needs. Directing investment towards needs identified by trainees may be a cost-effective, context-sensitive way to increase retention and learning outcomes. © 2014 Institute of Psychiatry.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.3109/09540261.2014.924487 10/gf62pv 2129771:S37KJPZJ 2317526:H7G6FTSU
Keywords: -FullBiblioUHMLgen; -RRQ:H:final; -RRQ:U:final; A:Africa; A:Sub-Saharan Africa; C:Zimbabwe; CA:AandC; CL:en; CL:pt; CLL:en; CLS:en; CT:A; CT:C; CT:D; CT:F; CT:P; CT:R; CT:T; D:low-income country; F:assessment; F:learning; F:outcomes; F:salary; P:health; P:measurement; P:media; P:services; R:interview; R:qualitative; T:Lehrlingsausbildung; T:Training; T:trainee; _C:Canada CAN; _C:Ghana GHA; _C:Mexico MEX; _C:Nicaragua NIC; _C:South Africa ZAF; _C:United Kingdom GBR; _C:Zimbabwe ZWE; __C:filed:1; __C:scheme:1; publicImportV1

Building on Solid Foundations: Prioritizing Universal, Early, Conceptual and Procedural Mastery of Foundational Skills - Belafi, Carmen; Hwa, Yue-Yi; Kaffenberger, MIchelle (Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), 2020)
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Building Quality in Summer Learning Programs: Approaches and Recommendations - McLaughlin, Brenda; Pitcock, Sarah (The Wallace Foundation, 2009)
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Building resilience in education to the impact of climate change - Anderson, Allison (Brookings, 2019)
The Bahamas and other countries can learn from work in Nepal to keep learners safe by reducing disaster risk to natural and manmade disasters.
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Building State Capability: Evidence, Analysis, Action - Andrews, Matt; Pritchett, Lant; Woolcock, Michael (Oxford University Press, 2017)
Governments play a major role in the development process, and constantly introduce reforms and policies to achieve developmental objectives. Many of these interventions have limited impact, however; schools get built but children don't learn, IT systems are introduced but not used, plans are written but not implemented. These achievement deficiencies reveal gaps in capabilities, and weaknesses in the process of building state capability. 00This book addresses these weaknesses and gaps. It starts by providing evidence of the capability shortfalls that currently exist in many countries, showing that many governments lack basic capacities even after decades of reforms and capacity building efforts. The book then analyses this evidence, identifying capability traps that hold many governments back - particularly related to isomorphic mimicry (where governments copy best practice solutions from other countries that make them look more capable even if they are not more capable) and premature load bearing (where governments adopt new mechanisms that they cannot actually make work, given weak extant capacities). The book then describes a process that governments can use to escape these capability traps.
OCLC: 973570652 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:E3ZS94X8 2129771:IR6XVT4I 2292090:ZB6XGIKX 4869029:UEMMWQJT

Burkina Faso: Why some West African architects are choosing mud over concrete (National Geographic) (Barza Wire, 2021)
A group of architects in West Africa are pushing to use mud over concrete to build houses. In countries such as Burkina Faso, as people have become wealthier, they have transitioned to using …
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bwallace/abstrackr-web - wallace, byron (2023)
web-based citation screening tool
original-date: 2010-11-23T17:57:59Z KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:QMER44B4 2405685:E5ERD9TQ 2486141:AQSINRND

Cadre stratégique pour l'alphabétisation numérique des citoyens en Afrique - Smart Africa Alliance (Smart Africa Alliance, 2024)
An output of the Open Development & Education, https://opendeved.net/
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Keywords: Coming soon; _r:AddedByMyEducationEvidence

Calculating the Educational Impact of COVID-19: Closed Schools, Lost learning, Unequal Impact | SharEd - DeStefano, Joe (2020)
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Calculating the Educational Impact of COVID-19 (Part II): Using Data from Successive Grades to Estimate Learning Loss | SharEd - Cummiskey, Chris (2020)
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Keywords: _COVID_DEAA-List

Call for solidarity with students - People's Coalition (C19 People's Coalition, 2020)
Click here to add your voice Educators, students, administrators, parents, student organisations, unions and concerned members of the public. Help us ensure that no one is excluded or left behind due to universities and other institutions’ push toward online and remote learning. The COVID-19 crisis places all in grave jeopardy. Yet, institutions of higher learning […]
Library Catalog: c19peoplescoalition.org.za KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:HKQKZFV9

Call Me Educated: Evidence from a Mobile Monitoring Experiment in Niger - Aker, Jenny C; Ksoll, Christopher (2015)
In rural areas of developing countries, education programs are often implemented through community teachers. While teachers are a crucial part of the education production function, observing their effort remains a challenge for the public sector. This paper tests whether a simple monitoring system, implemented via the mobile phone, can improve student learning as part of an adult education program. Using a randomized control trial in 160 villages in Niger, we randomly assigned villages to a mobile phone monitoring component, whereby teachers, students and the village chief were called on a weekly basis. There was no incentive component to the program. The monitoring intervention dramatically affected student performance: During the first year of the program, reading and math test scores were .15-.30 s.d. higher in monitoring villages than in non-monitoring villages, with relatively stronger effects in the region where monitoring was weakest and for teachers for whom the outside option was lowest. We provide more speculative evidence on the mechanisms behind these effects, namely, teacher and student effort and motivation.
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Keywords: C:Niger

Cambodia teacher professional development policy options brief. Prepared for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Cambodia under All Children Reading – Asia (ACR–Asia), All Children Reading – Cambodia, Contract No - Piper, B.; Spratt, J. (RTI International, 2017)
Issue: 17 Pages: 00017

Cambodian Secondary School Teachers' Readiness for Online Teaching During the Covid-19 Pandemic - Chea, Phal; Chankoulika, Bo; Minami, Ryuto (2022)
This study intends to review alternative teaching methods during the Covid-19 pandemic and examine teacher readiness in adopting educational technology (edtech) for online teaching as well as factors associated with readiness in the context of secondary schools in Cambodia. To assess teacher readiness, we adopted the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), a framework developed by Mishra and Koehler (2006). Data analysis draws on the surveys of 687 teachers at 43 secondary schools in 10 Cambodian provinces collected in November 2021. The findings show that nearly all the sampled teachers experienced teaching online during the school closure, although about a third of them had completely returned to physical in-person teaching at the time of the interview. Although a good share of teachers adopted both synchronous and asynchronous teaching approaches for their online teaching, more than half of teachers who taught online used only one approach (either synchronous or asynchronous). Cambodian secondary teachers think their pedagogical and content knowledge is relatively high at 3.92 and 3.88 respectively. However, their technological knowledge is low at 2.87. The regression analysis suggests that at the individual level, factors that influence teacher readiness include gender, age, perceived challenge and perceived effectiveness of online teaching. Experience teaching at private schools and level of student-teacher interaction are also found to be positively associated with teacher readiness, while initial pre-service and in-service training are found to have little to no influence on teacher readiness. Teachers with access to computers seem to demonstrate a higher level of readiness for online teaching. As expected, teachers in Phnom Penh are likely to be more ready for online teaching, but to our surprise, teachers at resource schools exhibit a lower level of readiness than their peers at general schools.

Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives Stage 9 Learner's Skills Book - Laycock, Keely (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
This series has been developed for the Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives Curriculum Framework (1129). This Stage 9 learner's skills book helps students develop key 21st century skills, including research, analysis and more. Written by experienced teacher and author, Keely Laycock, learners are encouraged to reflect on your chosen topics – such as sport and recreation or language and communication – at a personal, national and global level. This series enables students to develop skills for their future in a scaffolded and measurable way, and has been produced with feedback from teachers and students all around the world.

Can Big Bird Fight Terrorism?: Children's Television and Globalized Multicultural Education - Moland, Naomi A. (Oxford University Press, 2019)
Sesame Street has taught generations of Americans their letters and numbers, and also how to better understand and get along with people of different races, faiths, ethnicities, and temperaments. But the show has a global reach as well, with more than thirty co-productions of Sesame Street that are viewed in over 150 countries. In recent years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided funding to the New York-based Sesame Workshop to create international versions of Sesame Street. Many of these programs teach children to respect diversity and tolerate others, which some hope will ultimately help to build peace in conflict-affected societies. In fact, the U.S. government has funded local versions of the show in several countries enmeshed in conflict, including Afghanistan, Kosovo, Pakistan, Jordan, and Nigeria.Can Big Bird Fight Terrorism? takes an in-depth look at the Nigerian version, Sesame Square, which began airing in 2011. In addition to teaching preschool-level academic skills, Sesame Square seeks to promote peaceful coexistence-a daunting task in Nigeria, where escalating ethno-religious tensions and terrorism threaten to fracture the nation. After a year of interviewing Sesame creators, observing their production processes, conducting episode analysis, and talking to local educators who use the program in classrooms, Naomi Moland found that this child-focused use of soft power raised complex questions about how multicultural ideals translate into different settings. In Nigeria, where segregation, state fragility, and escalating conflict raise the stakes of peacebuilding efforts, multicultural education may be ineffective at best, and possibly even divisive. This book offers rare insights into the complexities, challenges, and dilemmas inherent in soft power attempts to teach theideals of diversity and tolerance in countries suffering from internal conflicts.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 4804264:IJJVUC7C
Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Can children benefit from early internet exposure? Short- and long-term links between internet use, digital skill, and academic performance - Hurwitz, Lisa B.; Schmitt, Kelly L. (Computers & Education, 2020)
Educational policymakers are optimistic that providing young children access to technology can catalyze academic achievement and eventual positive labor market outcomes. However, possessing digital skill – or the ability to use technology effectively – might be necessary for young children to realize measurable benefits from the Internet. In the present longitudinal study, we explored whether Internet use and digital skill in early childhood predicted academic performance in middle childhood. We surveyed 101 US parents when their children were roughly 5 years and 11 years, collecting data on children's Internet use, digital skill, and academic performance. Structural equation modeling revealed that children's time online in early childhood was a marginally significant negative predictor of middle childhood academic performance, but digital skill in early childhood was a marginally significant positive predictor (ps < .1). Moreover, digital skill in early childhood indirectly influenced middle childhood academic performance via middle childhood digital skill. Early childhood digital skill significantly predicted middle childhood digital skill, which was significantly and positively associated with school performance. These findings suggest that allowing young children to engage with digital technologies for some amount of can be beneficial, provided that children use that time fruitfully to acquire digital skill.
Keywords: 21st century abilities; Early years education; Elementary education

Can computers increase human capital in developing countries? An evaluation of Nepal’s one laptop per child program. - Sharma, Uttam (Annual Meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 2014)

Can cost-effectiveness analysis integrate concerns for equity? Systematic review - Johri, Mira; Norheim, Ole Frithjof (International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2012)
Objectives: The aim of this study was to promote approaches to health technology assessment (HTA) that are both evidence-based and values-based. We conducted a systematic review of published studies describing formal methods to consider equity in the context of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA).Methods: Candidate studies were identified through an unrestricted search of the Pub Med and EMBASE databases. The search closed on January 20, 2011. We identified additional studies by consulting experts and checking article bibliographies. Two authors independently reviewed each candidate study to determine inclusion and extracted data from studies retained for review. In addition to documenting methods, data extraction identified implicit and explicit notions of fairness. Data were synthesized in narrative form. Study quality was not assessed.Results: Of the 695 candidate articles, 51 were retained for review. We identified three broad methods to facilitate quantitative consideration of equity concerns in economic evaluation: integration of distributional concerns through equity weights and social welfare functions, exploration of the opportunity costs of alternative policy options through mathematical programming, and multi-criteria decision analysis.Conclusions: Several viable techniques to integrate equity concerns within CEA now exist, ranging from descriptive approaches to the quantitative methods studied in this review. Two obstacles at the normative level have impeded their use in decision making to date: the multiplicity of concepts and values discussed under the rubric of equity, and the lack of a widely accepted normative source on which to ground controversial value choices. Clarification of equity concepts and attention to procedural fairness may strengthen use of these techniques in HTA decision making.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1017/S0266462312000050 2129771:Q8R99L4I 4869029:GPR85WG6 4869029:VRBI9SA5
Keywords: Cost-benefit analysis; Health care; Quality-adjusted life-years; Resource allocation; equity; health priorities; rationing

Can Facebook groups enhance continuing professional development of teachers? Lessons from Kenya - Bett, Harry; Makewa, Lazarus (Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2020)
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Keywords: Final_citation; cited; existing

Can Facebook groups enhance continuing professional development of teachers? Lessons from Kenya - Bett, Harry; Makewa, Lazarus (Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2020)
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for teachers in Kenya suffers from challenges such as inadequate resources, poor planning, competing interests, among others. Besides being traditional in approach, most CPD sessions are far between to be meaningfully helpful. With increasing uptake of technology and number of social media users in Kenya, Facebook can be a potential platform to enhance teachers’ professional development. This exploratory cross-sectional survey focussed on discussions teachers had in the month of February 2015 on one Facebook Group named ‘Teachers of English’. A directed content analysis of the 647 posts following Shulman’s category of teacher knowledge base revealed that interactions on the group centred on the teaching of English and Literature, as well as on other education-related matters. This study concludes that that Facebook Groups can be fertile avenues for teachers’ ongoing professional development, especially in developing countries where such opportunities are scarce.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2018.1542662 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/1359866X.2018.1542662 10.1080/1359866x.2018.1542662 10/gg3988 2339240:FPKG4LA8 2405685:9BBCI3GD 2405685:9EFWDEUR 2534378:BJ75PKH4 2534378:F8XIDPG4 2534378:FNUR2CDH 2534378:N4ZG4GTY
Keywords: Content analysis; Education–Teaching Methods And Curriculum; English teachers; Facebook Groups; Kenya; Professional development; Social networks; Teacher education; Teachers; __:import:02; __:match:final; __:matched; __:study_id:2425933; __finaldtb; professional development

Can free primary education meet the needs of the poor?: evidence from Malawi - Kadzamira, Esme; Rose, Pauline (International journal of educational development, 2003)
Publisher: Elsevier KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/S0738-0593(03)00026-9 2129771:M2EHYB38 4752638:8TDII7DK 4752638:D93KEYV7 4752638:DMWN8TZW 4752638:EHU53VGE 4752638:IVIEUYBN 4752638:JCDDJ3J2 4752638:MM2RDPIM 4752638:R6CUTJLH 4752638:YN4B8AXC 4752638:ZX5CFRQ9
Keywords: _C:Malawi MWI

Can maternal education sustain or enhance the benefits of early life interventions? Evidence from the Young Lives Longitudinal Study - Sabates, Ricardo; Di Cesare, Mariachiara (Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2021)
This paper provides evidence on the predicted benefits of maternal education, in terms of reduced child malnutrition at ages 1 and 5, focusing specifically on the complementarities with early life interventions across contexts. Using data from the Young Lives Longitudinal Study for Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam, results show the expected association of maternal education with reduced likelihood of malnutrition both at ages 1 and 5. However, the benefits of maternal education via access to an early life intervention (antenatal care), are found only in some countries and for some levels of maternal education. Inequalities in the risk of malnutrition between those with the highest endowments of maternal education and access to antenatal services, and those without these, are significant within countries. We conclude that programmes which aim to reduce the risks of malnutrition should consider local knowledge and realities in order to understand more fully the expected benefits.
Publisher: Routledge _eprint: https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2019.1653171 KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/03057925.2019.1653171 2129771:WSICB8HM
Keywords: Maternal education; Young Lives; antenatal care; child nutrition; quantitative methods

Can Mobile Phones Improve Learning? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Niger. - Aker, Jenny C.; Ksoll, Christopher; Lybbert, Travis J. (American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012)

Can new modes of digital learning help resolve the teacher crisis in sub-Saharan Africa? - Moon, Bob; Villet, Charmaine (Journal of Learning for Development, 2017)
Sub-Saharan Africa, more than any other part of the world, is experiencing a crisis in finding sufficiently qualified teachers to meet the needs of expanding school systems. The professional development support provided to serving teachers is also inadequate in most countries. The most recent data on learner outcomes has revealed a worrying picture of significant under-achievement across the region. This paper argues that the teacher education and training structures of the last century will never be able to meet urgent contemporary needs. Given population growth, especially among the young, large-scale expansion of the teaching force and the associated teacher education systems will be the norm through to the middle years of the century and beyond. In this context the paper argues for a significant policy shift to expand quality teacher education and professional support at scale through a more school-based and digitally supported network model of provision. Examples of current digital programmes within the region are considered as well as the new technologies that are emerging with relevance to teacher education. The paper suggests a three-phase process through which national governments might move in making the necessary changes in policy and practice.
Publisher: Commonwealth of Learning, 4710 Kingsway Suite 2500, Burnaby, BC V5H 4M2 Canada KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:C4EES7UW 2534378:LSYA2A2W
Keywords: Africa; Computer Uses in Education; ERIC; Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE); Educational Change; Educational Policy; Electronic Learning; Faculty Development; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Inservice Teacher Education; Online Courses; Postsecondary Education; Preservice Teacher Education; Resource Units; Teacher Shortage; ⛔ No DOI found

Can online learning communities achieve the goals of traditional professional learning communities? What the literature says - Blitz, Cynthia L (2013)
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Can online learning communities foster professional development? - Beach, Richard (Language Arts, 2012)
ISBN: 0360-9170 Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English
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Can professional environments in schools promote teacher development? Explaining heterogeneity in returns to teaching experience - Kraft, M.A.; Papay, J.P. (Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2014)
Place: Charlottesville, VA Publisher: University of Virginia

Can Public Rankings Improve School Performance? Evidence from a Nationwide Reform in Tanzania - Cilliers, Jacobus; Mbiti, Isaac; Zeitlin, Andrew (Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), 2019)
In 2013, Tanzania introduced “Big Results Now in Education”, a low-stakes accountability program that published both nationwide and within-district school rankings. Using data from the universe of school performance from 2011-2016, we identify the impacts of the reform using a diﬀerence-in-diﬀerences estimator that exploits the diﬀerential pressure exerted on schools at the top and bottom of their respective district rankings. We ﬁnd that BRN improved learning outcomes for schools in the bottom two deciles of their districts. However, the program also led schools to strategically exclude students from the terminal year of primary school.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.35489/BSG-RISE-WP_2019/027 2129771:HH3I2TUN

Can’t Wait to Learn: A quasi-experimental mixed-methods evaluation of a digital game-based learning programme for out-of-school children in Sudan - Brown, Felicity L; Farag, Alawia I; Hussein Abd Alla, Faiza; Radford, Kate; Miller, Laura; Neijenhuijs, Koen; Stubbé, Hester; de Hoop, Thomas; Abdullatif Abbadi, Ahmed; Turner, Jasmine S.; Jetten, Andrea; Jordans, Mark J.D. (Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2020)
Innovations are needed to address the global issue of access to highquality education, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This paper shows quasi-experimental evidence that a digital game-based learning programme (‘Can’t Wait to Learn’) led to significantly greater improvements in mathematics competency, Arabic literacy competency, and psychological wellbeing of children aged 7–9 in Sudan, compared to state-provided education for out-of-school children, 6 months after the start of the programme implementation (n = 221). These findings were corroborated and extended by qualitative data from 33 focus group discussions and key informant interviews with children, learning directors, caregivers, community leaders, and supervisory staff. We found no differ ence between groups on child-reported hope, and we found evidence for a significant negative intervention effect on child-reported self-esteem, though the psychometric properties of these instruments were not ade quate. We report several considerations related to the experience of local facilitators, programme implementation challenges, and the importance of community acceptance and engagement for fidelity of implementation.

Can tablet apps support the learning of handwriting? An investigation of learning outcomes in kindergarten classroom - Bonneton-Botté, Nathalie; Fleury, Sylvain; Girard, Nathalie; Le Magadou, Maëlys; Cherbonnier, Anthony; Renault, Mickaël; Anquetil, Eric; Jamet, Eric (Computers & Education, 2020)
Publisher: Elsevier KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1016/j.compedu.2020.103831 2129771:QS64JRJK
Keywords: __C:filed:1

Can technology help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on education systems in Europe and Central Asia? - Patrinos, Harry; Shmis, Tigran (World Bank, 2020)
With the need to contain the virus, many countries are implementing measures to reduce gatherings of large crowds.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:B9649GK7

Can the Kenyan Jua Kali Mechanic be Trusted in Servicing the New Technology Rich Vehicles? | African Journal of Education,Science and Technology - Wanyeki, Paul; Kitainge, Kisilu; Ferej, A (African Journal of Education,Science and Technology, 2018)
Mechanics in automotive garages need to keep pace with the ever evolving technological changes in the industry in order to provide relevant service to their clients. The formal garage mechanics have their training provided by vehicle suppliers on every critical technological innovation introduced in their automobiles. But the Jua Kali mechanics on the other hand do not have this symbiotic connection with suppliers. This paper tries to answer the question: can the jua kali mechanic be trusted in servicing the new technology rich vehicles? The study used a descriptive survey research design. The study population consisted of Jua Kali practitioners who deal with repairs and servicing of automobiles within Eldoret town. Data was analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) software and content analysis techniques. The study found that the Jua Kali mechanics cannot be trusted in handling the new technology rich vehicle as they mostly relied on trial and error which more often than not leads to more damages.
KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2129771:NIWHC8V5 2317526:LML9UX8P
Keywords: ⛔ No DOI found