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Crunching the Numbers
The analysis and use of data to develop and share knowledge are continuous learning practices that can help teachers and school administrators to shape reforms that fit the needs of their schools. Key elements of continuous learning practices are outlined, and...
Open Educational Resources: Toward a New Educational Paradigm
For teachers and learners, the proliferation of open educational resources (OER) in combination with advances in information technologies has meant centralized access to materials and the possibility of creating, using, and reusing OER globally, collaboratively, and...
Accountability and Information Practices in the California Community Colleges: Toward Effective Use of Information in Decision-Making
Higher education institutions in general are facing an increasing number of challenges that are forcing them to reexamine how they are accountable to external demands as well as how to improve internal accountability. Due to rising public accountability pressures and...
Knowledge Management, Information Systems, and Organizations
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Costs and Benefits of the Workaround: Inventive Solution or Costly Alternative
In the current climate of increased accountability in higher education, many colleges and universities are considering ways to improve their collection and analysis of data and information to achieve organizational improvement. While there has been much written about...