Looking up in anger: translation practice in the CALL lab

ReCALL ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Talbot
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Teaching Model ◽  
Traditional Practice ◽  
Translation Practice ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The University

Final-year translation teaching in the Italian department at the University of Hull involves modules using a computer-based methodology from Italian into English. These modules are taught using Translt-TIGER and TransLit-TIGER, in the forms in which they are commercially available. The aim of our courses is to use technology in order to enhance the quality of training in translation. The modules are conceived of as a move beyond traditional practice towards a type of teaching model which may be more relevant to best practices in the translation profession. Indeed it may well hasten more students beyond the noise of interlanguage to the quiddities of idiom.

scholarly journals Digitization of historical wind speed observations at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Engström ◽  
Cesar Azorin-Molina ◽  
Lennart Wern ◽  
Sverker Hellström ◽  
Christophe Sturm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Weather Data ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
Intergovernmental Panel ◽  
Wind Speed Data ◽  
Warming Climate ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The University

<p>This contribution presents the first work package (WP1) of the project “Assessing centennial wind speed variability from a historical weather data rescue project in Sweden”, funded by FORMAS – A Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (ref. 2019-00509); previously reported in EGU2019-17792-1. Under a warming climate, one of the major uncertainties on the causes driving the climate variability of winds over land (i.e., the “stilling” phenomenon and the recent “recovery” since the 2010s) is mainly due to short availability (i.e. since the 1960s) and low quality of observed wind records as stated by the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).</p><p>In this study we present the first steps of a joint initiative between the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) and the University of Gothenburg aimed at filling the key gap of short availability and low quality of wind datasets, and improve the limited knowledge on the causes driving wind speed variability in a changing climate across Sweden. The aim of the WP1 is to rescue historical wind speed series available in the old weather archives at SMHI for the 1920s-1930s. 13 stations with daily wind speed data (in meters per second) during the period 1925-1938 have been selected for digitization; i.e., spanning back our records 2 decades more. To get wind observations from paper to screen we will follow the “Guidelines on Best Practices for Climate Data Rescue” of the World Meteorological Organization. Our protocol will consist on (i) designing a template for digitization; (ii) digitizing papers by an imaging process based on scanning and photographs; and (iii) typing numbers of wind speed data into the template. WP2 will ensure the quality and homogeneity of wind speed series rescued.</p>

Document design: Complex evolution

2001 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-32
Author(s):  
Lawrie Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
The United States ◽  
Electronic Communications ◽  
Document Design ◽  
Word And Image ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The University ◽  
E Mail

Karen A. Schriver is the author of dynamics in document design: creating texts for readers, an extensive, multidimensional portrait of what readers need from documents and of ways to integrate word and image in order to better meet those needs. She is the former codirector of the graduate program in technical communication and document design at Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). She has been a visiting professor at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands and at the University of Washington in Seattle. A popular speaker, she has presented her ideas in Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, and across the United States. Winner of five awards for her research, she now heads her own company, KSA Document Design & Research. She helps organizations improve the quality of their paper and electronic communications through strategies based on research and best practices. She is now working on a book about the nature of expertise in information design. When she is not writing, working with clients, or running to catch a plane, she spends time playing with her two crazy dogs: Cody (a Bearded Collie) and Tika (a little Muttley). She can be contacted via e-mail at [email protected]

scholarly journals Attitudes Toward and Implications of the Computer-Based Exams at Arab American University of Palestine

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
Marwan M. A. Abualrob ◽  
Nizar A. A. Asad ◽  
Mohannad A. M. Abu Daqar
Keyword(s):  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Arab American ◽  
American University ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The University

We examine the computer-based exams system at Arab American University-Palestine in terms of teacher and student attitudes as well as the quality of the test items. A three-pronged approach to data collection was used. First, we elicited answers to questionnaires from 704 faculty and student respondents. Second, we conducted eight individual interviews with students and instructors, as well as three focus groups—each comprising 8–10 students—from different majors in the university. Third, we had access to the records of the registrar on the grades of students in different years prior to and after introducing the system. We utilized descriptive statistics to examine the quantitative data and qualitative methods to analyze the interviews. The results suggested that the attitudes of instructors and students, as well as the quality of the exams were not adequately considered by AAUP when it introduced the computer-based exams system. We found significant differences between grades prior to and after adopting the system; yet the changes are not necessarily positive, at least from an academic point of view.

scholarly journals Identify best practices in the quality of educational process elements

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 467
Author(s):  
Basir Khalaf Khazeal ◽  
Younis Mohammed Al-Sabawi
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
College Administration ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Processing Theory ◽  
College Of Engineering ◽  
The University ◽  
Process Elements

The research targeted to identify best practices in the quality of the elements of the educational process in the University of Kirkuk, to motivation the university to adopt one's practices, dissemination and publication of the associate colleges, by means a necessary step for excellence in educational performance and improve the quality of it's educational system outputs. The research use a descriptive approach and analytical processing theory to identify best practices in the educational elements of the process, Based on a questionnaire for collecting necessary data to determine the level of best practices elements importance of the educational process quality (students, teachers, curriculum), Then build a tool for measure the level of availability of one's practices at the university surveyed, it was chosen as a random sample amounted (50) respondents in Kirkuk University, The (25) respondents in the College of Education and Human Sciences, The (25) respondents in the College of Engineering. The Research has concluded a number of conclusions the most important, the possibility of identifying best practices for the quality of educational elements and measurement through weights contribute in follow up practices and development, as well as there is a high importance degree of availability for the best Practices involved in the colleges surveyed. In light of the findings made a number of proposals, among which was the need to increase the interest of the university administration under discussion to deepen the awareness of the college administration about the best quality educational elements practices importance by pursuit applications and measure the weights of each of them continuously and take advantage of the distinct practices to each other in an easy way and fast, and thus save time, effort and material resources.

scholarly journals SISTEM PENDUKUNG KEPUTUSAN PEMILIHAN KARYAWAN TELADAN DI UNIVERSITAS BANTEN JAYA MENGGUNAKAN METODE SIMPLE ADDITIVE WEIGHTING (SAW)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-72
Author(s):  
Raden Kania ◽  
Rustam Effendi ◽  
Anggun Risdiansyah
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Work System ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Simple Additive Weighting ◽  
The University

Banten Jaya University (UNBAJA) is one of the educational institutions engaged in technology and information, which part of the system has been computerized. But in development there is still a work system that is done manually. Data processing from information that is done manually can be said to be far from the goal, given the importance of effectiveness and efficiency of employee performance. Therefore, Banten Jaya University must be able to improve the quality and quality of employee performance by holding a Decision Support System using the simple addinue weight (SAW) method, which is a computer-based information system and also includes a system with a knowledge management basis, used to support decision making in an organization or company. The decision support system for selecting exemplary employees at the University of Banten Jaya (UNBAJA) can be run well. The development model used is Waterfall. The stage of the process of making a decision support system for selecting exemplary employees at the University of Banten Jaya (UNBAJA) begins with making a design, determining the flow of the work system, making a coding program, making a design view. The decision support system for selecting exemplary employees at the University of Banten Jaya (UNBAJA) uses a PHP MySQL database server. From the test results using the Black Box, the results show that the system testing decision support system for selecting exemplary employees at the University of Banten Jaya (UNBAJA) is successful and can be used and operated well.

Epistemic and relational conflicts in sharing identical vs. complementary information during cooperative learning

2002 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Céline Darnon ◽  
Céline Buchs ◽  
Fabrizio Butera
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Learning Task ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Complementary Information ◽  
Relational Conflict ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University

When interacting on a learning task, which is typical of several academic situations, individuals may experience two different motives: Understanding the problem, or showing their competences. When a conflict (confrontation of divergent propositions) emerges from this interaction, it can be solved either in an epistemic way (focused on the task) or in a relational way (focused on the social comparison of competences). The latter is believed to be detrimental for learning. Moreover, research on cooperative learning shows that when they share identical information, partners are led to compare to each other, and are less encouraged to cooperate than when they share complementary information. An epistemic vs. relational conflict vs. no conflict was provoked in dyads composed by a participant and a confederate, working either on identical or on complementary information (N = 122). Results showed that, if relational and epistemic conflicts both entailed more perceived interactions and divergence than the control group, only relational conflict entailed more perceived comparison activities and a less positive relationship than the control group. Epistemic conflict resulted in a more positive perceived relationship than the control group. As far as performance is concerned, relational conflict led to a worse learning than epistemic conflict, and - after a delay - than the control group. An interaction between the two variables on delayed performance showed that epistemic and relational conflicts were different only when working with complementary information. This study shows the importance of the quality of relationship when sharing information during cooperative learning, a crucial factor to be taken into account when planning educational settings at the university.

Evaluation of the Academic Setting in Spain 1This study was financed by the University of Oviedo.

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Fernández ◽  
Miguel A. Mateo ◽  
José Muñiz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Climate ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Academic Setting ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Evaluation Questionnaire ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
The University

The conditions are investigated in which Spanish university teachers carry out their teaching and research functions. 655 teachers from the University of Oviedo took part in this study by completing the Academic Setting Evaluation Questionnaire (ASEQ). Of the three dimensions assessed in the ASEQ, Satisfaction received the lowest ratings, Social Climate was rated higher, and Relations with students was rated the highest. These results are similar to those found in two studies carried out in the academic years 1986/87 and 1989/90. Their relevance for higher education is twofold because these data can be used as a complement of those obtained by means of students' opinions, and the crossing of both types of data can facilitate decision making in order to improve the quality of the work (teaching and research) of the university institutions.

Development of the University of Toronto Skull Base Inventory (UT-SBI) Quality-of-Life Questionnaire

Skull Base ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
John de Almeida ◽  
Allan Vescan ◽  
Jolie Ringash ◽  
Patrick Gullane ◽  
Fred Gentili ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Skull Base ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Quality Of Life Questionnaire ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The University

Teaching Computer Based Historical Data Analysis

1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Anderson ◽  
Robert J. Morris
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Social History ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Historical Data Analysis ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The University

A case study ofa third year course in the Department of Economic and Social History in the University of Edinburgh isusedto considerandhighlightaspects of good practice in the teaching of computer-assisted historical data analysis.

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