Case Studies: Driving an Innovative Process of Self-Study on Practice Standards and Research Agenda

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Behrens
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Innovative Process ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Practice Standards

scholarly journals ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC EXPENSES: AN INTEGRATIVE LITERATURE REVIEW AND FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 209-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
LARISSA MARCHIORI PACHECO ◽  
MARINA KOLLAND DANTAS ◽  
CLÁUDIA SOUZA PASSADOR ◽  
LARA BARTOCCI LIBONI-AMUI
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Public Expenditures ◽  
Public Action ◽  
Future Research Agenda

Abstract Several studies analysed the environmental public expenditures, its allocation and role as an instrument for public action. However, there is still a gap in the literature, since there are no works that integrate and systematize the existing knowledge. Therefore, we conducted an integrative literature review, and selected thirty articles for synthesis, classification and coding based on a system proposed by the authors. We identified that researches on this field are still recent and publications are concentrated in Europe and Latin America. Regarding the research methods, the qualitative approach based on case studies was used to develop the majority of the studies. Also, the studies in general combined different spheres of analysis, discussing topics on performance and description of expenses. The results showed that there is a need for studies that promote themes such as transparency, accounting organization and the creation of indicators, enabling deeper analysis. An agenda with eight research suggestions was proposed based on observed theoretical limitations.

Engineering AI Systems

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Bosch ◽  
Helena Holmström Olsson ◽  
Ivica Crnkovic
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Machine Learning ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Production Quality ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Engineering Approach ◽  
Quality Design

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are increasingly broadly adopted in industry. However, based on well over a dozen case studies, we have learned that deploying industry-strength, production quality ML models in systems proves to be challenging. Companies experience challenges related to data quality, design methods and processes, performance of models as well as deployment and compliance. We learned that a new, structured engineering approach is required to construct and evolve systems that contain ML/DL components. In this chapter, the authors provide a conceptualization of the typical evolution patterns that companies experience when employing ML as well as an overview of the key problems experienced by the companies that they have studied. The main contribution of the chapter is a research agenda for AI engineering that provides an overview of the key engineering challenges surrounding ML solutions and an overview of open items that need to be addressed by the research community at large.

scholarly journals Design- and Craft thinking analysed as Embodied Cognition

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla Groth
Keyword(s):  
Embodied Cognition ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Tactile Sense ◽  
Intellectual Activity ◽  
Study Report ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Design Students

Through the concept of design thinking the act of designing is presented as an intellectual activity, and the act of planning the design is elevated over the making process. However, the importance of materiality and the embodied sense-making that occurs in this context should not be forgotten. In this study, embodied cognition in design and craft practices was investigated through three case studies. The study takes on an enhanced tactile perspective as a methodological platform; thus, the cases involve 1) deafblind makers in ceramics, 2) a practice-led self-study report on tactile experiences while working with clay and 3) a study on design students’ use of their tactile sense during material exploration. The results show that the act of thinking design involves the body as a knowledge provider.

scholarly journals Advancing the m-learning research agenda for active, experiential learning: Four case studies

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurel Evelyn Dyson ◽  
Andrew Litchfield ◽  
Elaine Lawrence ◽  
Ryszard Raban ◽  
Peter Leijdekkers
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Economic Sustainability ◽  
Student Body ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Learning Research

<span>This article reports on an m-learning research agenda instituted at our university in order to explore how mobile technology can enhance active, experiential learning. Details of the implementation and results of four areas of m-learning are presented: mobile supported fieldwork, fostering interactivity in large lectures with mobile technology, using mobile devices to learn about mobile technology and, finally, podcasting. These directions are informed by a concern for achieving m-learning practices consistent with sound educational theory and the needs of the contemporary, technologically aware student body. All four implementations have been successfully embedded in mainstream subjects on a continuing basis. Therefore they represent a departure from the project based approach of much m-learning reported in the literature. This outcome was achieved through a focus on the economic sustainability and feasibility of each case. An evaluation focusing on how well each case assisted students' learning found that, with the exception of lecture podcasting, all supported high quality experiential learning.</span>

scholarly journals Atmospheric dimensions of architecture

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-192
Author(s):  
Anđela Karabašević
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Computational Simulation ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Architectural Research ◽  
Research And Design ◽  
The Invisible

This paper proposes four methodological tools for investigating architectural atmospheres: objective experience, holistic measure, computational simulation and atmospheric visualization. These tools have emerged from a broader PhD research agenda based on the hypothesis that ephemeral effects of light, heat, sound, odor, carried on or in the air, present a scientific basis for precise construction of atmospheres in architecture. By describing my own atmospheric methodology over a series of individual case studies, I will argue that architectural atmospheres can be scientifically investigated and precisely constructed, and that atmospheric approach to architectural research and design offers new invaluable knowledge about the invisible aerial behaviors that determine basic human experience of space.

Independent Educational Activity of Bachelors of Linguistics as Basis of Innovative Process of Self-Training To the Foreign Language

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
О. Рожкова ◽  
O. Rozhkova ◽  
И. Демидова ◽  
I. Demidova
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Academic Competence ◽  
Learner Autonomy ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Innovative Process ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Directed Learning

The article deals with the issues related to the independent educational activity of bachelor studentsmajoring in Linguistics, namely, the pedagogical conditions for self-study(learner autonomy and autonomous/ self-directed learning), academic competence, the creation of student centered programs, accounting of the components of educational autonomy. In addition, a review of the scientific literature on the phenomenon under study is also being conducted.

scholarly journals Country, sector and method effects in studying remunicipalization: a meta-analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 002085232110079
Author(s):  
Bart Voorn
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Large Range ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Local Public Services ◽  
Method Effects ◽  
Large Period

A growing literature demonstrates increasing remunicipalization of local public services. Yet, while this literature is becoming extensive, many debates still exist about remunicipalization’s causes. This article reports the findings of a meta-analysis of the remunicipalization literature, focusing on the question: how do country, sector and method effects affect the findings of remunicipalization studies? I include articles on remunicipalization under different terms (‘remunicipalization’, ‘reverse privatization’, ‘insourcing’ and ‘contracting in’), using a large range of methods (case studies, surveys and document analysis) and covering a large period (1995–2019). I find 30 causes of remunicipalization that are considered and found in the literature. Political and pragmatic factors appear to be most frequently considered and found as causes of remunicipalization in the literature; environmental factors are less often considered but seem highly relevant. Moreover, I uncover large differences between the qualitative and quantitative literatures. I offer a research agenda to allow greater future synthesis in the remunicipalization literature. Points for practitioners The literature on remunicipalization is highly fragmented and remunicipalization can have many different causes. Remunicipalization appears to be both a political and a pragmatic trend, but the literature is still too fragmented to know for sure. Be aware of the potential biases and limitations in current research on (causes of) remunicipalization.

Worlding and provincialising smart cities: From individual case studies to a global comparative research agenda

Urban Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 655-673
Author(s):  
Byron Miller ◽  
Kevin Ward ◽  
Ryan Burns ◽  
Victoria Fast ◽  
Anthony Levenda
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Complex Power ◽  
Global North ◽  
America South

The diversity of smart city case studies presented in this special issue demonstrates the need for provincialised understandings of smart cities that account for cities’ worlding strategies. Case studies drawn from North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia show that ‘the smart city’ takes very diverse forms, serves very diverse objectives, and is embedded in complex power geometries that vary from city to city. Case studies are a critical strategy for understanding phenomena in context, yet they present their own epistemological and ontological limitations. We argue for a more-than-Global-North smart city research agenda focused on the comparative analysis of smart cities, an agenda that foregrounds the conjunctural geographies of relationships and processes shaping these cities.

scholarly journals Defense economics: Achievements and challenges

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Hartley
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Research Journal ◽  
Defense Economics ◽  
International Peacekeeping

Defense economics is now an established part of economics. This article reviews its achievements as represented by papers published in the research journal Defense and Peace Economics. The range of topics in the journal is reviewed, especially since 2000, and major gaps in coverage are identified. A changing research agenda reflects new developments such as terrorism and international peacekeeping. Gaps remain such as the need for good quality case studies of conflict (e.g., Iraq) and of major weapons projects (e.g., F-22 Raptor). Some challenges are outlined, namely, the choices resulting from the defense economics problem, the U.K.'s nuclear weapons policy, project case studies (e.g., Eurofighter Typhoon), military outsourcing, and data problems.

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