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Cross-linking maths: Using keynotes to structure a curriculum for future teachers
2018
International audience; The paper gives an outline of a concept for university maths teacher education, that is based on three keynotes, which are central scientific notions, history and language. Amongst other benefits, the keynotes serve as cross-links between the different courses the students go through in their studies.
Will Second Life Help Me Survive in Italy?
2010
This paper aims at sharing the experience we had in the design and implementation of a short pilot course of Italian in Second Life® (SL). The paper will provide a description of the course mentioning preliminary findings, discussed in relation to the theories adopted by the two researchers. The paper is the result of the course, La Lingua in gioco: dire, fare e giocare in SL, that had a strong focus on the development of Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) and Oral Language Proficiency and was aimed at a group of third-level Irish students of Italian in the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), who will spend the third year of their degree in Italy (Erasmus programme). SL was used…
DEVELOPING A 3D ROAD CADASTRAL SYSTEM: COMPARING LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND USER NEEDS
2018
Abstract. Road transport has always played an important role in a country’s growth and, in order to manage road networks and ensure a high standard of road performance (e.g. durability, efficiency and safety), both public and private road inventories have been implemented using databases and Geographical Information Systems. They enable registering and managing significant amounts of different road information, but to date do not focus on 3D road information, data integration and interoperability. In an increasingly complex 3D urban environment, and in the age of smart cities, however, applications including intelligent transport systems, mobility and traffic management, road maintenance an…
Do Software Firms Collaborate or Compete? A Model of Coopetition in Community-initiated OSS Projects
2019
[Background] An increasing number of commercial firms are participating in Open Source Software (OSS) projects to reduce their development cost and increase technical innovativeness. When collaborating with other firms whose sought values are conflicts of interests, firms may behave uncooperatively leading to harmful impacts on the common goal. [Aim] This study explores how software firms both collaborate and compete in OSS projects. [Method] We adopted a mixed research method on three OSS projects. [Result] We found that commercial firms participating in community-initiated OSS projects collaborate in various ways across the organizational boundaries. While most of firms contribute little,…
Analysis and Performance Evaluation of the IEEE 802.16 ARQ Mechanism
2008
The IEEE 802.16 standard defines the ARQ mechanismas a part of the MAC layer. The functioning of the ARQmechanism depends on a number of parameters. The IEEE802.16 specification defines them but it does not provide concrete values and solutions. This paper studies the key features and parameters of the 802.16 ARQ mechanism. In particular, we consider a choice for the ARQ feedback type, an algorithm to build block sequences, the ARQ feedback intensity, a scheduling of the ARQ feedbacks and retransmissions, the ARQ block rearrangement, ARQ transmission window and the ARQ block size. We ran simulation scenarios to study these parameters and how they impact the performance of application protoc…
La formación docente en línea: experiencias con MOOCs en Sonora (México)
2019
espanolEl proposito de este estudio fue conocer las perspectivas que un grupo de profesores del estado de Sonora (Mexico) tienen sobre la formacion en linea y sobre los cursos en linea masivos y abiertos (MOOCs, por sus siglas en ingles) “Coleccion de Aprendizajes Clave”. Estos MOOCs fueron disenados para dar a conocer a los profesores de educacion basica los planteamientos del nuevo modelo educativo derivado de la reforma de 2013. El enfoque aplicado en la investigacion fue el cualitativo; los datos se colectaron por medio de entrevistas semiestructuradas a seis profesoras de primaria. Las perspectivas de las profesoras en cuanto a la formacion en linea se concentraron en las categorias de…
Impacto de la implementación de un modelo ecoformativo a través de proyectos estratégicos : el caso de la Universidad Castro Carazo (Costa Rica)
2020
La Universidad Castro Carazo ha adoptado un modelo educativo de ecoformación desde el año 2016. Para esto, ha sido necesaria la incorporación de buenas prácticas y estrategias de innovación pedagógica y curricular, como parte integral de sus procesos educativos y administrativos. En este artículo se detallan las prácticas y estrategias más relevantes: el diseño e implementación de un programa de especialización en docencia universitaria, la inauguración de un laboratorio de aprendizaje para el fomento del aprendizaje mediante la fabricación digital, los multientornos, y los mapas conceptuales, así como el fortalecimiento de un equipo de innovación curricular. Estos procesos disruptivos han …
La innovación educativa en la evolución de las profesiones. El caso de las Ciencias Laborales. Reflexiones y avances
2020
Las profesiones están en continuo cambio y adaptación, y ello requiere de un permanente ajuste de las competencias que los/las profesionales precisan en cada momento. La Universidad actual debe asumir un papel activo que permita dicho ajuste. Es por tanto necesario que el estamento universitario tenga un amplio conocimiento de la realidad de la profesión, así como incorporar a sus dinámicas estas necesidades. En el presente texto proponemos una aproximación a la realidad de la profesión de Graduado Social –egresado/a actual en Ciencias Laborales -como contexto de estudio, planteando el papel que la Universidad debería asumir en la actualidad como uno de sus elementos constitutivos. La impor…
Preparation of speciality-integrated assignments in informatics study courses at the higher education level
2012
Information and communications technologies today are used in virtually any university course when students prepare their papers. ICT is also needed after people are graduated from university and enter the job market. This author is an instructor in the field of informatics related to health care and social sciences at the Riga Stradins University. In practice, he has found that after completing informatics courses (IC) at the university level, students and practicing specialists at various levels find it hard to decide on what data processing method to use in order to interpret extracted results in the relevant area of specialisation. There are various data processing methods in the litera…
Primetime learning: collaborative and technology-enhanced studying with genuine teacher presence.
2017
Background Productive learning processes and good learning outcomes can be attained by applying the basic elements of active learning. The basic elements include fostering discussions and disputations, facing alternative conceptions, and focusing on conceptual understanding. However, in the face of poor course retention and high dropout rates, even learning outcomes can become of secondary importance. To address these challenges, we developed a research-based instructional strategy, the primetime learning model. We devised the model by organizing the basic elements of active learning into a theory-based four-step study process. The model is based on collaborative and technology-enhanced lea…