Education is fundamentally important for human advancement. Information and communication technologies (ICT) have potential to contribute to the effectiveness of education but professional development (PD) for all stakeholders is necessary for that potential to be achieved. In building on work from previous EDUsummIT meetings the focus of this theme will be on how to scale successful experience...

On going survey by the Princeton Religion Research Center (PRRC) shows that more than 75% of Americans consider religion very important in their lives. Baril and Mori (1991) reported that 42% of Canadian seniors attended religious services or meetings at least once a week in 1,990 as compared to 31% for those age 45 to 64. They also reported that women tend to be more active in attending religi...

The Irish Medical Practitioners Act 2007 places a statutory obligation on all registered Medical Practitioners to maintain their professional competence by participating in a recognised Professional Competence Scheme. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 48 GPs attending educational meetings to see if doctors had concerns about the Professional Competence Scheme and to ask if they felt th...

paper was prepared for the session on " The Role of Microeconomic Heterogeneity in Macroeconomics " at the meetings of the American Economic Association in January, 2000. I would like to thank the Sloan foundation for financial support while writing this paper, Per Krusell for help in replicating the results in Krusell and Smith (1998), and Kevin Moore for excellent research assistance on very ...