WordPress for education [[electronic resource] ] : create interactive and engaging e-learning websites with WordPress / / Adam D. Scott

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790490903321
• Autore: Scott Adam D
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Birmingham, : Packt Pub. Ltd., 2012
• ISBN: 1-280-87292-6; 9786613714237; 1-84951-821-1
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (144 p.)
• Collana: Open source : community education distilled
• Disciplina: 006.7
• Soggetti: Educational Web sites; Internet in education
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Installing and Configuring WordPress; Installing WordPress; Purchased hosting; Installing WordPress with purchased hosting; Finishing the installation; Manually installing WordPress; WordPress overview; Creating posts and pages; Writing a new post; Creating a page; Settings; General Settings; Writing Settings; Reading Settings; Discussion Settings; Media Settings; Privacy Settings; Permalinks; Summary; Chapter 2: Setting up our Class Site; Basics of post and page editing; Previewing and publishing optionsPages; Creating a home page; Making the Home page static; Syllabus page; Deleting the sample page; Posts; Adding a video to a post; Categories and tags; Edit an existing post and add an image; Adding an image; Editing post categories; Themes; Widgets; Menus; Summary; Chapter 3: Enhancing WordPress with Plugins; Finding and installing plugins; Managing plugins; Plugins; Pre-installed WordPress plugins; Hello Dolly; Akismet; Education plugins; ScholarPress Courseware; WP Survey and Quiz Tool; Grader; Conversation and communication plugins; Contact Form 7; Semi-Private CommentsIntenseDebate Comments; Disqus; bbPress; Social plugins; WP to Twitter; Simple Facebook Connect; Other Plugins; Jetpack; Calendar; WordPress Mobile Pack; Add Multiple Users for ; WordPress; Anthologize; Updating plugins; Uninstalling plugins; Summary; Chapter 4: Enabling a Multisite Network; Before installing; Creating the network; Exploring the Network Admin area; Creating a new site; Installing themes and plugins; Network Enabled themes; Network Enabled plugins; Network administrator plugins; New Blog Templates; Multisite Plugin Manager; ThreeWP Activity Monitor; Network contentDisplaying a list of network sites; Displaying network posts; Summary; Chapter 5: Creating a Social Network with BuddyPress; WordPress, Multisite, and BuddyPress; Installing BuddyPress; Components; Pages; Permalinks; Theme; Finish; Registering student accounts; Individually registering students; Enabling student self registration; Activity; Friend connections; Groups; Forums; Group forums; Sitewide forums; Protecting student privacy; Summary; Chapter 6: BuddyPress Courseware; Installing and configuring BP Courseware; BuddyPress Courseware settings; Global settings; Collaboration settingsMake assignment responses private; Gradebook default grade format; Webservices API integration; Customization; Renaming the groups page; Setting Courses as the site home page; Creating a course; Enabling BP Courseware; Courseware dashboard; Adding course content; Lectures; Assignments; Posting assignments as a teacher; Submitting assignments as a student; Viewing student responses; Gradebook; Bibliography; Schedule and calendar; Teacher and student roles; Help and support; Summary; Chapter 7: Site Management; Site backups; Site performance; WP Super Cache; Better WP Minify
• Sommario/riassunto: Create interactive and engaging elearning websites with WordPress

Evaluation and Poverty Reduction / / Osvaldo N. Feinstein

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780329303321
• Autore: Feinstein Osvaldo N.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2017
• ISBN: 1-351-32531-0; 1-351-32532-9; 1-351-32530-2
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 382 p. ) : ill.
• Collana: World Bank Series on Evaluation and Development ; ; Volume 3; World Bank series on evaluation and development ; ; v. 3
• Disciplina: 339.4/6
• Soggetti: Poverty - Evaluation - Methodology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part, I Introduction: Identifying the Challenges / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter Synthesis and Overview / Osvaldo Feinstein Detlev Puetz -- part, II Evaluation: A Macro Perspective / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 1 Valuation and Evaluation / Partha Dasgupta -- chapter Floor Discussion: Valuation and Evaluation / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter Floor Discussion: Evaluation in a World of Complexity and Information Failures -- chapter 2 Evaluation in a World of Complexity and Information Failures / Joseph Stiglitz -- chapter 3 Panel Discussion: Evaluation Perspectives on Poverty Reduction / Vinod Thomas Alison Evans Moise Mensah Niels Dabelstein -- chapter Floor Discussion: Evaluation Perspectives on Poverty Reduction / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- part, III Methodological Issues in Evaluation / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 4 Impact Evaluation: Concepts and Methods / Kene Ezemenari Anders Rudqvist Kalamdhi Subbarao -- chapter Comments: Impact Evaluation: Concepts and Methods / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter Floor Discussion: Impact Evaluation: Concepts and Methods / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 5 Panel ; Discussion: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Evaluation / Timothy Marchant Sarah Gavian John Eriksson -- chapter Floor Discussion: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Evaluation / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 6 Theory-Based Evaluation: Theories of Change for Poverty Reduction Programs / Carol H. Weiss -- part, IV Participatory Evaluation: Costs and Benefits / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 7 The Front-End Costs and Downstream Benefits of Participatory Evaluation / Edward T. Jackson -- chapter Comments: The Strategic Choices of Stakeholders: The Front-End Costs and Downstream Benefits of Participatory Evaluation / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter Floor Discussion: Front-End Costs and Downstream Benefits of Participatory Evaluations / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 8 Building Local Capacity for Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation / Rolf Sartorius -- chapter Comments: Building Local Capacity for Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation / David Marsden -- chapter Floor Discussion: Building Local Capacities for Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- part, V Poverty-Reducing Growth / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 9 Africa and Asia: Evaluation of the Poverty Alleviation Impact of Alternative Development Strategies and Adjustment Responses / Erik Thorbecke -- chapter Comments: Africa and Asia: Evaluation of the Poverty Alleviation Impact of Alternative Development Strategies and Adjustment Responses / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter Floor discussion: Africa and Asia: Evaluation of the Poverty Alleviation Impact of Alternative Development Strategies and Adjustment Responses / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 10 Lessons Learned from Evaluation of DFID's Aid Program / Andrew Shepherd -- chapter Comments: Lessons Learned from Evaluation of DFID's Aid Program / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter Floor Discussion: Lessons Learned from Evaluation DFID's Aid Program / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- part, VI Sectoral and Microlevel Interventions / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 11 Evaluating Microfinance's Impact: Going Down Market / Monique Cohen -- chapter Comments: Microfinance Impact Evaluation: Going Down Market / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- part, VII Social Funds and Safety Nets / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 12 Evaluating Targeted Versus Nontargeted Approaches to Poverty Reduction / Joachim von Braun Mona Bishay Sohail J. Malik -- chapter Floor Discussion: Evaluating Targeted Versus Nontargeted Approaches to Poverty Reduction / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 13 What Are Social Funds Really Telling Us? / Judith Tendler -- chapter Comments: What Are Social Funds Really Telling Us? / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter Floor Discussion: What Are Social Funds Really Telling Us? / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 14 Economic Crises and Social Protection for the Poor: The Latin American Experience / Nora Lustig Arianna Legovim -- chapter Comments: Economic Crises and Social Protection for the Poor: The Latin American Experience / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter Floor Discussion: Economic Crises and Social Protection for the Poor: The Latin American Experience / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- part, VIII Developm ent Effectiveness in Health, Nutrition, and Population ; Services / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 15 Delivering Social Services: Lessons on Health, Nutrition, and Population / Susan Stout -- chapter Comments: Delivering Social Services Lessons on Health, Nutrition, and Population / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter Floor Discussion: Delivering Social Services: Lessons on Health, Nutrition, and Population / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- part, IX Crisis Prevention / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 16 Tackling Horizontal Inequalities / Frances Stewart -- chapter Comments: Tackling Horizontal Inequalities / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter Floor Discussion: Tackling Horizontal Inequalities / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 17 Governance and Anticorruption: New Insights and Challenges / Daniel Kaufmann -- chapter Comments: Governance and Anticorruption: New Insights and Challenges / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter Floor Discussion: Governance and Anticorruption / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 18 Panel Discussion: Combatting Public Corruption / Jack Titsworth Navin Girishankar El Sayed Zaki -- part, X Social Inclusion and Civil Society / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 19 Nongovernmental Organizations and Evaluation: The BRAC Experience / Salehuddin Ahmed Mohammad Rafi -- chapter Comments: NGOs and Evaluation: The BRAC Experience / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter Floor Discussion: NGOs and Evaluation: The BRAC Experience / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 20 Social Exclusion and Rural Underdevelopment / Adolfo Figueroa -- chapter Comments: Social Exclusion and Rural Underdevelopment / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter Floor Discussion: Social Exclusion and Rural Underdevelopment / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- part, XI Conclusions / Osvaldo N. Feinstein Robert Picciotto James D. Wolfensohn -- chapter 21 Panel Discussion: Final Roundtable / Francos Stewart Ravi Kanbur Joachim von Braun Nora Lustig -- chapter 22 Concluding Remarks / Robert Picciotto.
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