Rehabilitation Counselling Distance Education on the Internet: Avoiding the Black Spots on the Information Highway

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
Sandra Bentley
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Staff Development ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Instructional Medium ◽  
Teaching Standards ◽  
Black Spots ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Time Distance

This article describes the development of the current part-time distance education Post graduate and Masters in Rehabilitation Counselling course offered by the School of Community Health, University of Sydney Cumberland Campus, into an online/multimedia instructional medium.. A literature review explored factors involved in the educational technology design process utilising an ACTIONS framework proposed by Bates (1995). The findings confirm that it is appropriate to utilise selected mediums to improve access and maintain teaching standards. However, the review highlights the need to offer a combination of presentation mediums, adequate technical support, and staff development/training. Formative evaluation must be part of the design process, supported by a responsive organisational infrastructure. Evaluation of the first unit of study to be offered online in 2000, Counselling, will form the basis for a follow-up article.

scholarly journals Investigating Remote Pair Programming In Part-Time Distance Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adeola Adeliyi ◽  
Michel Wermelinger ◽  
Karen Kear ◽  
Jon Rosewell
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Pair Programming ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Time Distance

scholarly journals Giving a Voice to Students with Disabilities to Design Library Experiences: An Ethnographic Study

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Monica Cerdan Chiscano
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Management Style ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Experience Design ◽  
Research Project

Although librarians generally display an inclusive management style, barriers to students with disabilities remain widespread. Against this backdrop, a collaborative research project called Inclusive Library was launched in 2019 in Catalonia, Spain. This study empirically tests how involving students with disabilities in the experience design process can lead to new improvements in users’ library experience. A mix of qualitative techniques, namely focus groups, ethnographic techniques and post-experience surveys, were used to gain insights from the 20 libraries and 20 students with disabilities collaborating in the project. Based on the participants’ voices and follow-up experiences, the study makes several suggestions on how libraries can improve their accessibility. Results indicate that ensuring proper resource allocation for accessibility improves students with disabilities’ library experience. Recommendations for library managers are also provided.

scholarly journals Investigating the Concerns of First-Time Distance Education Instructors

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Halil Kayaduman ◽  
Turgay Demirel
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Stages Of Concern ◽  
Concerns Based Adoption Model ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Time Distance ◽  
Adaptation Processes ◽  
First Time ◽  
Ongoing Concern

The purpose of the study is to investigate the concern developments of first-time distance education instructors using the concerns-based adoption model (CBAM). This study used stages of concern (SoC), a component of CBAM, as its theoretical framework. A descriptive case study was implemented, which focused on the adaptation processes of nine instructors lecturing for the first time via distance education. The instructors attended a two-day training, which was designed based on their initial concerns. Then instructors implemented their courses for four weeks via distance education. While the informational and personal stages (self-concerns) decreased compared to the initial findings, the consequence stage increased in intensity. However, self-concerns remained predominant in the process despite the reduction in self-concerns and increase in the consequence stage. Based on the findings, the implications for distance education and recommendations for addressing the instructors’ concerns are discussed. Recommendations for alleviating the concerns of first-time distance education instructors include: the provision of ongoing concern-based interventions that incorporate technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge; providing working examples related to distance education from which instructors can learn vicariously; and encouraging collaboration among instructors.

Yacht Design with Computers: New Methods for New Tools

1983 ◽  
Author(s):  
George S. Hazen ◽  
Steve Killing
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Preliminary Design ◽  
Original Design ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Design Office ◽  
Final Design ◽  
Cad Cam

From the perspective of the design office, this paper examines the manner in which computers are streamlining and changing the design process for today's sailing yachts. Starting with preliminary design and progressing through the more detailed aspects of final design, the computer's varying roles in the design process are traced with examples drawn from currently implemented programs. In addition to its customary role as a bookkeeper, the computer's remarkable graphics capabilities are highlighted. The authors offer a glimpse of what programs and hardware tomorrow's yacht designer will use as frequently as his curves and battens. The paper covers such subjects as design follow-up, sailing analysis and feedback into the original design process. Since designers are not the only ones to benefit from the computer revolution, the authors have included sections on computer generated sailing aids for the yachtsman and possible CAD/CAM applications for the boatbuilder.

scholarly journals Nyutdannede jordmødres vurdering av utdanning, klinisk kompetanse og arbeidsforhold

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mari Landsverk Hagtvedt ◽  
Tine Schauer Eri
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Clinical Competence ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Time Position

<p>Newly qualified midwives’ self-assessment of education, clinical competence and working conditions</p><p>In Norway, post-graduate nursing programmes are being transformed into master programmes. This occurs without previous evaluation of the study programmes. The level of competence and the requirements of newly qualified are being discussed, and a mentoring programme has been suggested to ensure follow-up and development of clinical competence. In central parts of the country, newly qualified midwives have difficulties getting a permanent full time position, which affects their possibilities to develop clinical competence. An evaluation study of the midwifery program at Vestfold University College has been performed to assess its relevance for professional work, as well as mapping the respondents’ working conditions and their self-assessment of clinical competence. The method used was a survey. The respondents rate the program as good. They lack competence to manage complicated conditions related to the perinatal period, and are inadequate when it comes to issues related to women’s sexual heath. These midwives work part-time, and it may take years to get a permanent position. They rate the follow-up as newly qualified as satisfying, yet they do not feel sufficiently confident during clinical practice. Comprehensive national midwifery competence will require more full time positions and better follow-up of newly qualified. To lay the basis for the content in master programmes, there is a need for a national evaluation of the midwifery programmes and a review of the professional competence of newly qualified.</p>

THE SARS-CoV-2 PANDEMIC IN BULGARIA AND THE CHALLENGES OF REAL-TIME DISTANCE LEARNING FOR TOURISM UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Obreshkov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Time Distance ◽  
First Time ◽  
Educational Field

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic brought changes in various aspects of life, including educational field. The present study reveals some of the challenges related to real-time distance learning for university students majoring in tourism in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The study includes Bulgarian and international students in full-time and part-time bachelor's and master's tourism programs, in which real-time distance education was introduced for the first time. The current study could be a starting point for improving the organization and quality of education of Tourism students, as well as for faster overcoming of related difficulties in communication with students.

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