CRISP-DM/SMEs: A Data Analytics Methodology for Non-profit SMEs

It is generally assumed that edtech providers aim to erase power and politics from contemporary education. To explore the discourse on digital education, this paper draws on discourse analysis of ethnographic interviews with for-profit and non-profit organizations in the field. It asks (i) what industry insiders describe as driving change in contemporary educational technology (edtech), and (ii) whether new actors/technologies are shaping a novel educational hegemony, and if so, what this hegemony looks like. This paper presents initial findings from an ongoing project. It observes a shift in who/what drives change: The teacher used to be seen as key. Today, three different drivers are named: (1) learners (individual dimension), (2) schools (systemic dimension), (3) data (analytics dimension). Overall, the paper suggests that power and politics are not at all erased from the edtech industry’s accounts of digital technologies. It illustrates how the socio-material affordances engineered into contemporary technologies effect a change from "education" to "learning", invite particular teaching practices, and thus affect power relations in education.

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Analyzing a Decade of Wind Turbine Accident News with Topic Modeling

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su132212757 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (22) ◽

pp. 12757

Author(s):

Gürdal Ertek ◽

Lakshmi Kailas

Keyword(s):

Wind Energy ◽

Wind Turbine ◽

Topic Modeling ◽

Data Analytics ◽

Service Providers ◽

Insurance Companies ◽

Limited Attention ◽

Association Mining ◽

Non Profit ◽

News Reports

Despite the significance and growth of wind energy as a major source of renewable energy, research on the risks of wind turbines in the form of accidents and failures has attracted limited attention. Research that applies data analytics methodologically in this context is scarce. The research presented here, upon construction of a text corpus of 721 selected wind turbine accident and failure news reports, develops and applies a custom-developed data analytics framework that integrates tabular analysis, visualization, text mining, and machine learning. Topic modeling was applied for the first time to identify and classify recurring themes in wind turbine accident news, and association mining was applied to identify contextual terms associated with death and injury. The tabular and visual analyses relate accidents to location (offshore vs. onshore), wind turbine life cycle phases (transportation, construction, operation, and maintenance), and the incidence of death and injury. As one of the insights, more incidents were found to occur during operation and transportation. Through topic modeling, topics associated most with deaths and injuries were revealed. The results could benefit wind turbine manufacturers, service providers, energy companies, insurance companies, government bodies, non-profit organizations, researchers, and other stakeholders in the wind energy sector.

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An Overview of Facilities Providing Clinical Services for Persons Who Stutter in Kuwait

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/persp1.sig4.79 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 79-95

Author(s):

Latifa Alsalmi ◽

Robert Mayo

Keyword(s):

Special Education ◽

Department Heads ◽

Clinical Services ◽

Medical Settings ◽

Non Profit ◽

Future Studies ◽

Language Services ◽

Medical Centers ◽

Clinical Directors

Presently, no clear picture is available about the facilities providing clinical services for persons who stutter (PWS) in Kuwait. This information is crucial for any awareness program to be established in the future. The purpose of this study was to identify clinical facilities and speech-language personnel that provide services for PWS in Kuwait. Participants consisted of 21 clinical directors of governmental medical centers, non-profit clinics, and private clinics as well as department heads of governmental school clinics where speech-language services were provided. Participants were interviewed regarding the availability of speech-language services within their centers and whether or not PWS receive services. The results revealed that four out of five governmental medical centers with a total of 32 speech-language pathologists (SLPs) provided services for PWS. Additionally, 12 schools of special education were found to have 62 SLPs on their staff providing fluency services for students. Finally, two stand-alone private clinics and one non-profit clinic provided services for PWS. Results indicated an overall shortage of SLPs in the country, especially in medical settings. This study sets the foundation for a series of future studies investigating the type and quality of stuttering services provided by the identified facilities in Kuwait.

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Tests und Tools

Zeitschrift für Personalpsychologie ◽

10.1026/1617-6391.5.2.68 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 68-71 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Simone Kauffeld

Keyword(s):

Ad Hoc ◽

Non Profit

Zusammenfassung. Der FEO, der in Kooperation mit betrieblichen Praktikern entwickelt wurde, dient der Erfassung des Organisationsklimas. Er umfasst 82 Items und bildet 12 Skalen ab. Eine Stärke des FEO im Gegensatz zu ad hoc entwickelten Befragungsinstrumenten sind die Vergleichsdaten, die für Profit- und Non-Profit-Organisationen bereit gestellt werden. Kritisch diskutiert wird die theoretische Verortung, die Anwenderfreundlichkeit sowie der Nutzen der individuellen Auswertung. Die konsensuale, konvergente, diskriminante und kriterienbezogene Validierung steht aus.

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