Disruptive Unicorn of Digital Innovations

2022 ◽  
pp. 25-44
Author(s):  
Flory A. Dieck-Assad
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Power Shifts ◽  
Educational Challenge ◽  
Business Power ◽  
The World ◽  
Disruptive Innovations ◽  
Technological World ◽  
The University

This chapter analyzes the disruptive unicorn of the 21st century, characterized by six of the most important digital disruptive innovations that will dominate the business ecosystem. A survey was applied to undergraduate students at Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico in 2019 to identify the students' perception of the unicorn. The hypothesis to be evaluated is that the undergraduate student has an unclear perception of the existence of the unicorn that could generate risks related to ethics and business power shifts in the world. An educational challenge is the need to develop the transversal competence of critical thinking related to digital disruptive innovations in the students. The educational strategies must evolve as fast as these digital disruptive innovations in order for the world to have citizens of a technological world in favor of humanity with the power of critical thinking and discernment. This is the challenge for the university educator.

The question of university graduates' employability: are the students aware of the employers' preferences

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pambas Tandika ◽  
Laurent Gabriel Ndijuye
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
University Education ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to university students' awareness of the employers preferred competencies and the educational level capable of readying them satisfactory for the demands of the world of work.Design/methodology/approachUsing a qualitative approach exploratory research design, data were gathered in an informal and unstructured manner, researchers identified undergraduate students' awareness of employers' preferred competencies of the graduates.FindingsUndergraduate students overestimated academic credentials while ignoring soft skills as employers' preferences. Nevertheless, they were worried about their capability to compete adequately when seeking employment despite identifying university level of education as the most appropriate for developing and enhancing their employability.Research limitations/implicationsThe study involved mostly second-year students from one college of the seven colleges constituting the University of Dodoma.Practical implicationsThere is a need for university education to integrate and emphasize the non-cognitive skills for adequately and holistically preparing future employees with adequate knowledge and skills to thrive in the world of work demands.Social implicationsThere likelihood that a lack of confidence would impact their participation in academia and work/job. Hence, lower down their productivity and inadequately contribute to social and national economic growth.Originality/valueThe value of these findings is that they identify, inform and can be used to enhance university education programming for improved graduate's employability.

Escalated Suicidal Rate of the Undergraduate Students of Bangladesh - Social Impact and Recommendations to Overcome

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahman MA ◽  
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Islam MT ◽  
Rahmani N ◽  
Sultana E ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
University Undergraduate Students

Suicide has become one of the leading causes of deaths all over the world. It is considered as a global public health problem and a deviant behavior. People of different ages are committing suicide every day around the world for different reasons. University students, who are supposed to be the future of a country, are also accepting this path of deaths. Bangladeshi undergraduate students are also becoming the victims of suicide every day. In recent times, suicide ideation among the university undergraduate students is increasing. This article reveals the prevalence of suicide among the university undergraduate students and the factors associated with suicide ideation among the university undergraduate students of Bangladesh. It also focuses on the impact of these suicides on the family and society. To overcome this grave situation, some precautionary steps have been recommended at the end of this article. Keywords: Behavioral health; Mental disorder; Psychology; Public health; Suicide

The Effect of Flipped Education on Undergraduate Student Critical Thinking Ability

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 59-67
Author(s):  
Chantana Viriyavejakul
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Thinking Ability ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
Established Norm ◽  
Critical Thinker

As much as we do not like to admit it, the world we live in is nothing like the world of 50 years ago. A visitor from 1940 would not recognize the place he had come from, in styles of dress, doing things, and architecture too. People have had to adapt their lives as technology advanced, and in the last 50 years, more technological advancements happened than in 300 years before that. In our world where everything is perpetually changing, each person must make dynamic changes to be an effective agent for a better future. With all the changes that have occurred over the years of education, the one thing that has almost never changed is the need for all people to be critical thinking people and aware of everything else around them. Human beings are probably the only creatures in the world that are capable of critical thinking, and therefore are the sole agents of future changes. The likely candidates who are ready to take over this role of critical thinking is the group of undergraduate students who are soon to enter the world's economy. This paper will closely scrutinize the role of the critical thinker and elaborate on the methods to measure which can be suitable for all students to learn from so that they in turn can become critical thinkers. This will help affect the ever more necessary future changes for the continual betterment of the world and elucidate the critical thinking measurement methods that will be suitable to use with undergraduate students of all places and levels making it able to reveal, grade, and assess this skillset, which is ultimately important, but difficult to quantify. In this study, the author introduces the addition of a reversed system, the flipped classroom, in conjunction with the established norm of teaching methods.

scholarly journals SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA EN LOS HOGARES DESDE LA PERSPECTIVA DE UNA POBLACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA

e-CUCBA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 65-71
Author(s):  
Delia Guillermina González-Aguilar ◽  
◽  
Zoila Gómez-Cruz ◽  
Patricia Landeros-Ramírez ◽  
Kenya Regina Morales-Ángel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
University Center ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
Latin American And Caribbean

Food insecurity is a public health problem throughout the world, since a growing number of households present this situation of vulnerability. The objective of this study was to carry out a diagnosis of the situation regarding food security in The homes of the students of the University Center for Biological and Agricultural Sciences of the University of Guadalajara, in Mexico. An online survey was applied to 225 undergraduate students through a platform based on the Latin American and Caribbean Scale of Food Security. 52% of the households present some level of food insecurity, of which 76 present mild insecurity (33.77%), 30 moderate insecurity (13.33%) and 11 severe insecurity (4.88%). The largest number of “yes” answers (85) was for the question “Have you ever worried that food would run out at home?”. The data presented suggest a worrying reality regarding food security in the families of the University Center students, five out of 10 students live in families with food insecurity, that is, the students are suffering from hunger and malnutrition and are concerned about it.

scholarly journals Implementation of an Open Science Instruction Program for Undergraduates

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-161
Author(s):  
Sharon Hanna ◽  
Jason Pither ◽  
Mathew Vis-Dunbar
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Open Science ◽  
First Year ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
Research Cycle ◽  
The World ◽  
Attitudinal Survey ◽  
The University

The scientific, social, and economic advantages that accrue from Open Science (OS) practices—ways of doing research that emphasize reproducibility, transparency, and accessibility at all stages of the research cycle—are now widely recognized in nations around the world and by international bodies such as the United Nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. However, program wide or coordinated instruction of undergraduate students in OS practices remains uncommon. At the University of British Columbia in Canada, we have started to develop a comprehensive undergraduate OS program that can be adapted to and woven into diverse subject curricula. We report on the context and planning of the pilot module of the program, “Open Science 101”, its implementation in first-year Biology in Fall 2019, and qualitative results of an attitudinal survey of students following their course.

Forming Judgements and Contributing to Debates: Religion and Contemporary Society

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 494-508
Author(s):  
Lucas Carmichael
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
University Of Colorado ◽  
Lower Division ◽  
The University ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Academic Study

Abstract This essay explores the materials, assignments, and approaches of a lower-division introductory undergraduate course, Religion and Contemporary Society. Based on my experiences at the University of Colorado at Boulder, I propose that, with support, sustained engagement with theory enriches more traditional approaches by cultivating critical thinking skills and inviting undergraduate students to learn about and participate in ongoing conversations and debates in the academic study of religion.

scholarly journals Cinema, literature and technology in favour of the teacher education

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
Alexandre H.T Guimarães ◽  
Valéria B Martins ◽  
Nickolas M. de Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
The World ◽  
Education Needs ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Technological World

It is discussed that the Brazilian teacher education needs to be reformulated due to the world has changed and also the school clientele. According to a technological world and the increasing widespread use of media, the proposal, which will be described here, emerged. Through the movie I, Frankenstein (2014), a media rereading of the book has been proposed. It is a fact that the cinema is a tool that mobilizes mental schemes and one of its characteristics is to appropriate a spontaneous pleasure. Consequently, the project aimed at develops proposals that the undergraduate students could use with their future students in the classroom. Then, the project gathered media, literature and technology, demonstrating that the cross-cutting themes can be significantly developed, considering the reality of the students' lives.

scholarly journals Critical thinking - An essential skill for English pedagogical major students: Review and applications

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Vu Thi Hong Van ◽  
Nguyen Van My
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Academic Language ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
University Curriculum ◽  
The University

In the international integration and globalization context and the strong influences of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), critical thinking (CT) is becoming a more and more important skill that students need to be trained. To undergraduate students, critical thinking is not only a key study skill to meet the targets of the university curriculum but also the individuals’ ability to think independently and make appropriate decisions in real-life situations. Consequently, preparing students to utilize the widest range of academic language skills through analysis, synthesis, and problem-solving facilitates them to the highest levels of academic achievement and the future continuous professional development. This article analyses the crucial roles of critical thinking skills in teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) and developing practical professionals for English pedagogical major students. For practical purposes, examples of activities and steps of implementation are given to enhance critical thinking skills for students at HCM City University of Education, Vietnam.

scholarly journals Fostering critical thinking and motivation through digital escape rooms: preliminary observations

2020 ◽  
pp. 157-164
Author(s):  
Julie Stephens de Jonge ◽  
Belén Labrador
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Exchange Students ◽  
The World ◽  
Access To Knowledge ◽  
The University

This paper reports our preliminary observations of a pilot project carried out from February to April 2019 with a group of students learning Spanish at the University of Central Missouri and students learning English at the University of León. The project combines challenging escape room activities with intercultural and interlinguistic interaction in a virtual exchange. Students learned of the premise of the activity through a video that set the context in a dystopian future with an authoritarian dictator who had hidden and controlled access to knowledge. The contextual narrative also explained that a hacker was leaking information that the students could retrieve. Therefore, they needed to collaborate with their partners in order to save the world by solving different types of enigmas that involved knowledge about geography, culture, and language. In addition to these problem-solving activities, they were also required to discuss cultural topics and comment on different habits, traditions, and stereotypes. This combination might enhance the students’ motivation, foster their communication skills, and help them develop critical thinking skills and learn more about each other’s language, country, and culture.

scholarly journals Implementation of an Open Science Instruction Program for Undergraduates

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Hanna ◽  
Jason Pither ◽  
Mathew Vis-Dunbar
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Open Science ◽  
First Year ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Science Practices ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
Research Cycle ◽  
The World ◽  
Attitudinal Survey ◽  
The University

Submitted to Data Intelligence on August 15, 2020. The scientific, social, and economic advantages that accrue from Open Science practices—ways of doing research that emphasize reproducibility, transparency and accessibility at all stages of the research cycle—are now widely recognized in nations around the world and by international bodies such as the United Nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. However, program wide or coordinated instruction of undergraduate students in Open Science practices remains uncommon. At the University of British Columbia in Canada, we have started to develop a comprehensive undergraduate Open Science program that can be adapted to and woven into diverse subject curricula. We report on the context and planning of the pilot module of the program, “Open Science 101”, its implementation in first-year Biology in Fall 2019, and qualitative results of an attitudinal survey of students following their course.

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