Research into the use of ICT and e-learning for work-based learning in the skills sector

This research has been commissioned by Becta to provide an evidence-based overview of the current use and effectiveness of work-based e-learning and its integration with more traditional learning methods. The specific objectives of the research were to: investigate the known impact of ICT and e-learning on the skills sector; and describe the ways in which ICT and e-learning can support key workforce development issues such as addressing skills gaps and achieving sustainability in training and development

Research into the use of ICT and e-learning for work-based learning in the skills sector

The report provided an overview of the research commissioned by Becta into the use of ICT for learning by SMEs and the public sector, in the context of work-based learning (WBL). The findings were illustrated with a number of case studies and vignettes of good practice. The report was targeted at stakeholders in work-based learning (WBL)

Unlocking the Treasure Chest of Labor Market Information: Crucial Information for Job Seekers, Educators, and Employers in a Tough Economy

Quality labor market data and analysis is critical to developing effective market-driven workforce and economic strategies in states, regions, and localities. Such information can be complex, intimidating, and overwhelming to many users, however. This issue brief offers a framework for understanding workforce information, including a summary of the different types of consumers of information and their need for comprehensive data and analysis about the labor market. It identifies the publicly available information sources that produce the data and provides suggestions on how to identify and address the gaps between user needs and the availability of reliable and timely data and analytical capacity to enable effective and informed decision-making by data consumers. Finally, it recommends ways in which states and local areas can make workforce information more readily available to consumers who must make important decisions

Barriers and Bridges: An Action Plan for Overcoming Obstacles and Unlocking Opportunities for African American Men in Pittsburgh

Among the region's residents, Pittsburgh's African American men have historically and disproportionately faced unprecedented barriers to economic opportunities. This study, supported by The Heinz Endowments, focuses on structural barriers that contribute to persistent racial disparities in the Pittsburgh region. Structural barriers are obstacles that collectively affect a group disproportionately and perpetuate or maintain stark disparities in outcomes. Structural barriers can be policies, practices, and other norms that favor an advantaged group while systematically disadvantaging a marginalized group. A community touched by racebased structural barriers can be identified by the racial and economic stratification of its residents; Pittsburgh, like many large cities in the United States, fits that description

Quality in home care for older people: factors to pay heed to

23 home care providers were interviewed concerning what promotes or impedes quality aspects of service-giving, as defined by older customers – like service from familiar staff or flexible help. The influence of Social Services purchasers and of structures for purchasing care proved notably important. Purchasers affected service quality through the amounts of time which they commissioned and through whether they would purchase help for customers’ quality of life as well as for their physical survival. Quality was affected through whether care was purchased through fixed quantities of time or through the fulfilment of specified tasks. Some purchasers controlled details of everyday care-giving which other purchasers left to providers’ discretion. Also influential was the attitude of providers themselves to giving miscellaneous occasional help like changing light-bulbs, finding reliable private tradesmen or taking customers with them on shopping trips. Some providers readily gave such help and found it unproblematic to do so. Others prohibited it, though this seemed not always implemented earnestly. The most marked differences in willingness to give flexible help occurred between different independent sector providers, rather than between independent and Social Services in-house providers. A third type of influence on quality of home care was ‘economic’ factors like the purchasing power of local home care pay rates within the local labour market, local geography and demography. Some questions are itemised which merit inclusion in any evaluation of the quality of a home care provider

Applying Online: Technological Innovation for Income Support Programs in Four States

A study examining the development, implementation, and best practices for online applications for public benefits programs in California, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Washington based on interviews with state agencies and community-based organizations

Introduction to the theoretical and philosophical basis of modern management

This “Introduction to the theoretical and philosophical basis of modern management” was developed, maintained and expanded by Professor Patrick Boylan between 1992 and 2004 to support teaching on the City University MA Courses in Arts Management, Museum and Gallery Management and Arts Management in Education in what was then the Department of Arts Policy and Management. From 1995 it was also made available on the Department’s resources website, formerly at http://www.city.ac.uk/artspol/, but soon became used much more widely by other institutions and courses to support their own students, particularly after it received a “Best of the Web” Award for Management Education in 1995. By request it was also it was also added to the learning resources website of the International Council of Museums’ International Committee for the Training of Personnel (ICOM-ICTOP). Since the Arts Policy and Management website was finally discontinued following recent major changes in the University’s structure there have been a number of requests from other institutions and individuals who still find the original text of value, it is now being made publicly available again, this time in PDF format, through the University’s new institutional repository, City Research Online: http://www.city.ac.uk/research/research-publications

Voting in 2008: Ten Swing States

Surveys ten battleground states in the 2008 election to assess the progress made since 2006 in improving the voting process, including poll worker training, student voting rights, voter registration and education, and the allocation of voting machines

Subsidizing Sweatshops: How our tax dollars fund the race to the bottom, and what cities and states can do

This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide. Special emphasis is placed on labor rights, working conditions, labor market changes, and union organizing.ilrf_Subsidizing_Sweatshops_hr_color1.pdf: 646 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020