Mapping the World of Education

Mapping the World of Education
Author: E. Stephen Hunt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1994
Genre: Comparative education
ISBN:

The Comparative Database System (CDS) provides a means for coding and using data on U.S. and international postsecondary educational activity and behavior. CDS permits education-data users to obtain accurate and reliable comparative data on postsecondary education questions. This document contains a discussion of the development of CDS, a detailed technical description of CDS and its relation to other databases, and advice about its use. CDS was developed as a systematic means for reporting and analyzing data provided by respondents to the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), but it can be used whenever comparative and international institutional or individual data need to be organized and analyzed. Section 1 is the overview and description background and development; concepts, definitions, and methodology; and implementation), while Section 2 (half the document) contains the data codes used in CDS (geographical regions, countries, country subdivisions, primary language of instructor, standard program types, institutional types, and standard program completion awards and institutional levels (Contains 245 references.) (SLD)

Digital Knowledge Maps in Education

Digital Knowledge Maps in Education
Author: Dirk Ifenthaler
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1461431786

Digital knowledge maps are ‘at a glance’ visual representations that enable enriching, imaginative and transformative ways for teaching and learning, with the potential to enhance positive educational outcomes. The use of such maps has generated much attention and interest among tertiary education practitioners and researchers over the last few years as higher education institutions around the world begin to invest heavily into new technologies designed to provide online spaces within which to build resources and conduct activities. The key elements of this edited volume will comprise original and innovative contributions to existing scholarship in this field, with examples of pedagogical possibilities as they are currently practiced across a range of contexts. It will contain chapters that address, theory, research and practical issues related to the use of digital knowledge maps in all aspects of tertiary education and draws predominantly on international perspectives with a diverse group of invited contributors. Reports on empirical studies as well as theoretical/conceptual chapters that engage deeply with pertinent questions and issues raised from a pedagogical, social, cultural, philosophical, and/or ethical standpoint are included. Systematic literature reviews dealing with digital knowledge mapping in education are also an integral part of the volume.