Learning in Australian local government: A roadmap for improving education & training

Inquiry-Based Learning: A Model for Improving the Humanities in Iranian Higher education

The humanities in Iran face major challenges: the challenge of graduate unemployment, the challenge of localization, the challenge of the reason for attending classroom and the challenge of dissertations and articles without identifying and structuring real problems. To resolve these challenges, different approaches have been presented by the theorists. This article analyzes the problematic sta...

Mobile Learning for Transforming Education and Improving Learning Outcomes on Agriculture in India

The teledensity in India is estimated at 74.50 per cent (January, 2014) with an increase in subscriber base each day. No other revolution in the mankind has transformed the communication scenario to the extent as done by the mobile technologies. India has the fastest growing telecom network in the world with its high population and development potential base. Education is at a critical juncture...

Roadmap for the Oecd Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes

1. The purpose of this paper is to describe the roadmap for work to be undertaken as part of the Feasibility Study for an OECD Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO). This roadmap was put together following the advice of experts that met on three occasions in 2007 to provide guidance for a strategy [see EDU(2007)8, EDU(2007)9 and EDU(2007)14]. Planning for the AHELO feasibilit...

The Application of Information System in Australian Local Government

Exploring Social Media Adoption in Australian Local Government Organizations

Local government organizations have recently been attracted to social media applications to improve services to their communities. Yet, limited scholarly attention has been devoted to understanding social media adoption across local government. This study addresses this shortcoming by exploring the factors that drive the adoption of social media within Australian local government. The findings ...