International education quality

Stephen P. Heyneman

Economics of Education Review Vol. 23, No. 4 (August 2004) pp. 441–452

Education is linked with economic productivity and growth in personal income. But what is it about education which creates this linkage? Have nations with high rates of enrollment achieved the maximum educational productivity?This note will argue...

Language: English

OECD international education indicators

Norberto Bottani

International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 25, No. 3 pp. 279–288

In this chapter three sets of international education indicators produced by OECD in the INES project are briefly compared and the nature and composition of these sets is analyzed. The policy relevance of the indicator set is discussed and finally...

Language: English

International Cooperation in Distance Education

Magnus John

This paper addresses some of the general issues of international cooperation within the context of distance education. Examples of the types of international cooperation are introduced in order to explain some of the pitfalls that can occur when...

Simulation in International Relations Education

Brigid A. Starkey; Elizabeth L. Blake

Simulation & Gaming Vol. 32, No. 4 (2001) pp. 537–51

Discusses the educational implications of simulations in international relations. Highlights include the development of international relations simulations; the role of technology; the International Communication and Negotiation Simulations (ICONS)...

International Education Online: Project THRO

Howard Tolley

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2002 (2002) pp. 1967–1971

Teaching Human Rights Online http://oz.uc.edu/thro provides: 1) interactive cases that give students immediate feedback at any hour they answer questions; 2) collaborative problem solving exercises for multi-national teams; 3) structured formats for ...

Topics: Internet, Students

International Coproduction

H J. L. Jongbloed

Educational Media International Vol. 4 (1971) pp. 7–14

A look at international coproduction of educational films in Europe. (HB)

Open Source Best Practices in International Education

Andrew Ilnicki

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 590–591

With increasing levels of familiarity and adoption of open source technologies in higher education - new and innovative IT solutions have never been easier to implement. As a result, international partnerships and collaboration in education has...

AG*SAT: An International Distance Education Alternative

Blannie E. Bowen; Joan S. Thomson

Journal of Agricultural Education Vol. 36, No. 1 (1995) pp. 15–23

Responses from affiliates and nonaffiliates of AG*SAT, a consortium of land-grant universities, indicated a desire to deliver more instruction via satellite; satellite courses focus primarily on emerging topics for which there is presently limited...

Trends in Engineering Education--An International Perspective

F A. Kulacki; E R. Krueger

Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Engineering Education 1998 (August 1998)

This paper presents a critical overview of contemporary international trends in engineering education. An analysis is presented of engineering curricula, educational delivery systems, engineering programs in developed and developing nations, and...

Collaborative International Education: Reaching across Borders

Michael G. Hilgers; Barry B. Flachsbart; Cassandra C. Elrod

Multicultural Education & Technology Journal Vol. 6, No. 1 (2012) pp. 45–56

Purpose: As international boundaries fade and financial pressures increase, universities are redefining the norm in educational models. The move from a synchronous classroom to a blended classroom or a completely asynchronous environment has forced...

The International Council for Distance Education

Marian Croft

European Journal of Engineering Education Vol. 20, No. 2 (1995) pp. 235–36

Contains a brief overview of the history and activities of the International Council for Distance Education (ICDE). The ICDE represents the full spectrum of technological advancement with over 70 member nations. Objectives include promoting...

International Collaboration in Secondary Level Education

Tom Loveland; Hidetoshi Miyakawa; Yoshitaka Hirayama

Journal of Technology Studies Vol. 30, No. 3 (2004) pp. 10–19

Global education is the means to teach the world's citizens about the globalization trends. High school students are preparing themselves for college and future careers. Students in discrete subject courses are not given the bigger picture about the ...

International Education: A Tertiary-Level Industry Update

Vikash Naidoo

Journal of Research in International Education Vol. 5, No. 3 (2006) pp. 323–345

Recent developments in the international education industry are notable in three respects. First, international student mobility has more than doubled in the last two decades or so. Second, programme mobility encompassing distance education has also ...

Professional Accreditation for International Continuing Education

Paul Jay Edelson

Association Mexicana Educacion Continua Conference 2002 (September 2002)

It is reasonable to argue that the members of a profession are the only ones who can directly address issues of accreditation. In the context of accreditation for international continuing education, it may be argued that professional organizations...

A Model for International Education and Cooperation

Patrick J. Casey

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 1995 (1995) pp. 23–25

The rapid development of computer technology and its introduction into the process of schooling has caused great concern among educational leaders, particularly in third world and developing countries. These educators fear that children in their...

International rankings: Universities vs. higher education systems

Benoit Millot

International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 40, No. 1 (January 2015) pp. 156–165

International university rankings are an integral part of the higher education landscape. However, they focus only on a few hundred universities out of the more than 20,000 higher education institutions worldwide. Instead, system rankings attempt to ...

Language: English

International E-learning experience in Teacher Education

Isabel Alvarez; Brent Kilbourn; George Olson

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 496–502

This project used an asynchronous electronic group workspace to enable pre-service teachers in Barcelona, Spain, to communicate with their peers in Chicago, USA, about issues of teaching and culture. This qualitative paper reports on the nature of...

International Conference Examines Technology in Education

Donald J. Senese

T.H.E. Journal Vol. 12, No. 5 (1985) pp. 94–97

Nearly 200 experts in education from 24 countries met in Paris during July 1984 to discuss the new information technology and what it means to education in Western society. The chairperson of the United States delegation gives first-hand account of...

International Experience in Teacher Education Programs

Mehmet Sahin

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 2610–2611

The poster will give an overview of an ongoing research study on the effects of student-teaching abroad on the professional development of preservice teachers. The study is focusing on a two-month teacher internship program funded by the Fulbright...

Topics: Teachers, Professional Development, Mentoring

World Languages and International Education--Perfect Together

Roseanne Zeppieri; Priscilla Russel

Learning Languages Vol. 13, No. 2 (2008) pp. 38–40

Several decades ago, New Jersey adopted the slogan "New Jersey and You--perfect together!" A catchy phrase, the state used this for years to attract people to the state and to highlight all that this combination has to offer. When the International...

Religion, Education, and Secularism in International Agencies

Amy Stambach; Katherine Marshall; Matthew J. Nelson; Liviu Andreescu; Aikande C. Kwayu; Philip Wexler; Yotam Hotam; Shlomo Fischer; Hassan El Bilawi

Comparative Education Review Vol. 55, No. 1 (February 2011) pp. 111–142

During the interwar years of the early twentieth century, and through at least the 1980s, education was seen by scholars, state leaders, and international agency representatives alike as a way to modernize and secularize underdeveloped communities....

A Hybrid Distributed Education Model for International Graduate Engineering Education

Dena Haritos Tsamitis

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) p. 1217

The Hybrid Distributed Education Model used to deliver the Carnegie Mellon Master of Science in Information Networking (MSIN) in Athens, Greece consists of three main components: core courses taught over synchronous distance learning technologies,...

Topics: Information Sciences, Networking Technologies, Distance Education, Educational Technology

The International Multimedia University

Umberto Sulpasso

Higher Education in Europe Vol. 23, No. 2 (1998) pp. 227–31

The advent of new technologies is revolutionizing possibilities for distance education. International Multimedia University (Italy), a commercial enterprise, was established as a clearinghouse for electronic delivery of courses taught by experts...

The International Information Revolution

Harlan Cleveland

Certain characteristics of information make it a crucial resource in today's world. Unlike material resources such as coal and steel, information is expandable, easily transportable, diffusive, and shareable. Because of these properties of...

Wiki Time International eLearning

Ronald Aust; Allen Quesada

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (Mar 29, 2010) pp. 2871–2874

Continuing improvements in information technologies and worldwide access to the Internet are rapidly improving the capacity of universities to engage in international collaborative eLearning. In this paper we evaluate some of the evolving eLearning ...

International Editorial Advisory Board

P Raju

Journal of STEM Education Vol. 17, No. 1 (Mar 05, 2016)

International Editorial Advisory Board

International Student Media Festival

Johanna Riddle

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 4201–4203

Since 1974, the International Student Media Festival has celebrated the power of learning through student produced media. Sponsored by the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT), this annual event offers opportunities...

International Children's Literature

Paulin Davey Zeece; Noirin Hayes

Early Childhood Education Journal Vol. 32, No. 3 (December 2004) pp. 191–197

This article discusses the definition and contributions of international children's literature. The authors also present an overview of the International Board on Books for Young Children (IBBY), the Hans Christian Andersen Award and 2004 nominees,...

International Advisory Board Members

Journal of STEM Education Vol. 9, No. 1 (Jul 02, 2008)

International Editorial Board Members

Journal of STEM Education Vol. 10, No. 2 (Sep 04, 2009)

International Professional learning Communities

Stephanie Edwards

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (Mar 05, 2017) pp. 1522–1534

Four years ago, the Utrecht university of Applied Sciences embraced the idea of Blended Leaning for all its teaching courses, with the learning team at its core. This concept has been extended to include not just students and their teacher but also...

Topics: Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies

International Advisory Board

P Raju

Journal of STEM Education Vol. 15, No. 2 (Oct 10, 2014)

International Advisory Board

International E-learning Specifications

Norm Friesen; Rory McGreal

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Vol. 3, No. 2 (Oct 01, 2002)

How international is AJET?

Eva Heinrich; Michael Henderson; Petrea Redmond

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 34, No. 4 (Sep 16, 2018)

While carrying ‘Australasia’ in its name, our journal aims to achieve a strong global presence in the English-speaking world. In this editorial we examine data collected by our journal management software OJS to ascertain the outreach of AJET beyond ...

International section intro

Dee Anna Willis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2002 (2002) p. 1014

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International Editorial Board Members

Journal of STEM Education Vol. 10, No. 1 (2009)

DIVERSITY AND INTERNATIONAL

Madeline Justice

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2001 (2001) pp. 310–311

This year's overriding theme for this section is making connections through technology. Technology is connecting teachers to students from universities to public schools, urban areas to farm settings, and countries to countries. The papers...

Topics: Teachers, Students

Global linguistic capital, global cultural capital: International student migrants in China’s two-track international education market

Claire Seungeun Lee

International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 67, No. 1 (May 2019) pp. 94–102

While China is one of the major source countries of students abroad, it is increasingly also becoming an educational destination. China receives the largest share of international students in Asia, through the government’s strong initiative to bring ...

Language: English

Pilot Project in International Distance Education in Russia

Ludwig Slusky

T.H.E. Journal Vol. 24, No. 6 (1997) pp. 61–66

Describes a joint project in which California State University, Los Angeles delivered an advanced course to students at Tomsk Polytechnic University in Tomsk, Russia using Telnet communications. Discusses the technology, course alterations, the role ...

International Online Cooperation among courses in higher Education

Petra Bauer

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 1232–1236

This paper describes the international cooperation of three universities from Germany, Finland and Greece in one Seminar in the field of Lifelong Learning and Media Education. In the context of the master program several e-learning-tools e.g. LMS,...

Topics: cooperative/collaborative learning, New Roles for Teachers/Learners

International Education, the Internet, and the "Three Kings" Experiment

Jaap Kooijman; Jude Davies; Linda Berg-Cross; Laura Copier; Aisha Asby

Journal of Studies in International Education Vol. 8, No. 2 (2004) pp. 207–223

The current project linked students in three universities in a guided discussion of the movie, "Three Kings." The goals were to assess the viability of having students from three different courses, in three different universities, in three different ...

Collaboration in Distance Education: From Local to International Perspectives

Liz Thach; Karen L. Murphy

American Journal of Distance Education Vol. 8, No. 3 (1994) pp. 5–21

Explores the levels of collaboration required for successful distance education applications. Discussion includes a description of a continuum outlining the local (micro) to international (macro) levels of collaboration, a graphical depiction of...

Video use in teacher education: An international survey of practices

Tanya Christ; Poonam Arya; Ming Ming Chiu

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 63, No. 1 (April 2017) pp. 22–35

Video use in teacher education can improve teacher/student learning, but teacher educators' extent/uses of video, or what supports or hinders their uses, have not been documented. This study explores these issues. 208 teacher educators’' survey...

Language: English

Introduction, background, and international perspectives: Korean history, culture, and education

Susan J. Paik

International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 35, No. 6 pp. 535–607

Ogbu's (1988) “cultural model of success” guides us in understanding one's success through historical, cultural, structural (normative), and situational factors. Perceptions of schooling and achievement are related and affected by these important...

Language: English

An international comparison of community engagement in higher education

Maria Aurora Correa Bernardo; Jude Butcher; Peter Howard

International Journal of Educational Development Vol. 32, No. 1 pp. 187–192

Community engagement in higher education is a shift beyond the traditional roles of instruction and research. This paper presents a transnational view of community engagement developed from two case studies of universities in the Philippines and...

Language: English

International Education and Innovative Approaches to University Teaching

Sid Morris; Wayne Hudson

Australian Universities' Review Vol. 38, No. 2 (1995) pp. 70–74

It is suggested that Australian higher education must change as student exchange increases. Issues discussed include a broader array of delivery methods for instruction, cooperative learning, teaching of generic skills (critical thinking, weighing...

Global and International Education on the World Wide Web

C Frederick Risinger

Social Education Vol. 60, No. 7 (1996) pp. 447–48

Reviews World Wide Websites related to global and international education. Discusses their merits, specific coverage, and links to other sites. Examines Websites maintained by the Christian Science Monitor, US Department of State, Global SchoolNet...

Computers in Education: Some International Comparative Research Perspectives

Willem J. Pelgrum; Tjeerd Plomp

Studies in Educational Evaluation Vol. 19, No. 2 (1993) pp. 97–232

Six articles analyze 1989 data from the Computers in Education Study of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), a cross-national elementary and secondary education assessment. A seventh paper describes the...

GLOBE--The Science Behind Launching an International Environmental Education Program

Dave Howland; Mimi Larsen Becker

Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 11, No. 3 (2002) pp. 199–210

Explains the work of the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program which is an international science and environmental education curriculum program that enables school children to learn about the environment by...

E-Learning and International Education in The Netherlands

Henk Frencken; Ria Jacobi; Karen Jager

Educause Quarterly Vol. 29, No. 2 (2006) pp. 72–73

European education today is characterized by two dominant trends. First, e-learning has made impressive advances in the past five years. Second, European higher education has become increasingly internationalized. The authors wanted to determine how ...