Data mining refers to the technique of obtaining hidden, previously unknown and possibly significant knowledge from humongous amount of data. Data mining uses a combination of a vast knowledge base, advanced analytical skills, and domain knowledge to unveil hidden trends and patterns which can be applied in almost any sector ranging from business to medicine, then to Engineering. Nonetheless ed...

This document presents research findings concerning Critical Success Factors (CSF)—those few activity areas that deserve special attention to success—implementing multimedia case-based teacher professional development in school districts where this is an educational innovation. Our findings emerge from data collected during the first pilot implementation of the Seeing Math Telecommunications pr...

Driving innovation and continuous improvement with regard to ecological, environmental and human sustainability is essential for win–win globalization. That calls for research on strategic and monitoring planning to manage globalization and technological and scientific change. This paper describes a new basic function of the university institution ‘to teach students to be critical about any kin...

Cultivating collective innovation while preserving the interest of the individual contributors is one of the main challenges collaborative innovation networks face. This challenge is riddled with difficulties in managing individuals’ co-innovation risks. The first step toward understanding co-innovation risks is the development of a valid and reliable model to measure the actors’ perception of ...

Government and industry depend on educational institutions to play a pivotal role in preparing the future workforce for careers in innovation. Yet students learn how to innovate through practice, and opportunities for practice are limited in higher education. This paper addresses this challenge by presenting a new student-led approach to innovation education called Extracurricular Design-Based ...

This paper explains how we have contributed to the development of an open learning infrastructure that manages and makes available Open Educational Resources. By removing friction between people and resources, we can leverage the long tail of learning resources, so that the abundance of learning resources will act as a platform for innovation.

r Reid Bates, Associate Professor, School of Human Resource Education and Workforce Development, 107 Old Forestry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, Tel 225 578 2457, Fax 225 578 5755 [email protected]; Samer Khasawneh, Assistant Professor, School of Educational Sciences, The Hashemite University, PO Box 150459, Zarqa, Jordan 13115, [email protected]. Organizational learning c...

Synthesise, standardise and productionise CERIF for Higher Educational Institutions. In: Jeffery, Keith G; Dvořák, Jan (eds.): E-Infrastructures for Research and Innovation: Linking Information Systems to Improve Scientific Knowledge Production: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Current Research Information Systems (June 6-9, 2012, Prague, Czech Republic). Pp. 279-288. ISBN 97...

The paper explores some of the key themes and discussion points that were aired at the Association of Learning Technology conference in 2004. It discusses the findings of several of the keynote speakers and presenters within the context of the relationship between technology, practice and innovation. It references the papers presented in the technology infrastructure and new technology strands ...

The need for higher educational systems to undergo a radical process of innovation is recognized worldwide, but how such a process has to be triggered, managed and sustained is far from being fixed. The paper illustrates the case study of a small Italian online university where a number of actions (i.e. a preliminary analysis of the existing system, the development of a new platform, a training...