scholarly journals Creating a Community of Data Champions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosie Higman ◽  
Marta Teperek ◽  
Danny Kingsley
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Research Career ◽  
Specific Training ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Data Team ◽  
The University

AbstractResearch Data Management (RDM) presents an unusual challenge for service providers in Higher Education. There is increased awareness of the need for training in this area but the nature of discipline-specific practices involved make it difficult to provide training across a multi-disciplinary organisation. Whilst most UK universities now have a research data team of some description, they are often small and rarely have the resources necessary to provide targeted training to the different disciplines and research career stages that they are increasingly expected to support.This practice paper describes the approach taken at the University of Cambridge to address this problem by creating a community of Data Champions. This collaborative initiative, working with researchers to provide training and advocacy for good RDM practice, allows for more discipline-specific training to be given, researchers to be credited for their expertise and an opportunity for those interested in RDM to exchange knowledge with others. The ‘community of practice’ model has been used in many sectors, including Higher Education, to facilitate collaboration across organisational units and this initiative will adopt some of the same principles to improve communication across a decentralised institution. The Data Champions initiative at Cambridge was launched in September 2016 and this paper reports on the early months, plans for building the community in the future and the possible risks associated with this approach to providing RDM services.

scholarly journals Creating a Community of Data Champions

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosie Higman ◽  
Marta Teperek ◽  
Danny Kingsley
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Research Career ◽  
Specific Training ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Data Team ◽  
The University

Research Data Management (RDM) presents an unusual challenge for service providers in Higher Education. There is increased awareness of the need for training in this area but the nature of the discipline-specific practices involved make it difficult to provide training across a multi-disciplinary organisation. Whilst most UK universities now have a research data team of some description, they are often small and rarely have the resources necessary to provide targeted training to the different disciplines and research career stages that they are increasingly expected to support. This practice paper describes the approach taken at the University of Cambridge to address this problem by creating a community of Data Champions. This collaborative initiative, working with researchers to provide training and advocacy for good RDM practice, allows for more discipline-specific training to be given, researchers to be credited for their expertise and creates an opportunity for those interested in RDM to exchange knowledge with others. The ‘community of practice’ model has been used in many sectors, including Higher Education, to facilitate collaboration across organisational units and this initiative will adopt some of the same principles to improve communication across a decentralised institution. The Data Champions initiative at Cambridge was launched in September 2016 and this paper reports on the early months, plans for building the community in the future and the possible risks associated with this approach to providing RDM services.

New Perspectives on Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022 ◽  
pp. 76-94
Author(s):  
Nicoleta Duță
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

This chapter approaches the problematic of communication in teaching-learning activities in higher education during the crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors have proposed to present a theoretical and practical approach to the effective communication in teaching, with the objective of knowing which are the opinions of students on communication skills and motivation of them in the classroom. The study included a total of 261 students from different faculties at the University of Bucharest, who were a Likert-scale survey in the period May -July 2020. Results of the analysis of research data shows that students have seen their ability to concentrate and motivation to perform tasks affected, but they did not leave university. In this respect, most difficulties were in carrying out teamwork than individual. The adaptations made by the university during confinement have been positively appreciated. The research findings coming according to recent studies confirm that without communication the teaching and learning process will not take place.

scholarly journals Innovate or perish: a new paradigm for academics in the biosciences?: Commercialization of academic research

2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 16-19
Author(s):  
Christopher R. Lowe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Pure Science ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Skilled Manpower ◽  
Science Base ◽  
The University

Europe is striving to become the world's most competitive knowledgebased economy by 2010. The higher education sector will play a key role by providing the ideas and skilled manpower to effect this transition, but will require organizational and cultural change to be truly effective. The Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge is used as an example of how these issues can be addressed in a single organization that is able to provide a seamless mechanism to exploit its pure science base to create knowledge-based business spin-offs.

scholarly journals De la Licenciatura al Grado en Pedagogía: ¿Cambios en las capacidades cognitivas que desarrollan los estudiantes?

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-335
Author(s):  
Maria Luisa García Hernández ◽  
Nicolás Martínez Valcárcel ◽  
Mónica Porto Currás
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Basic Skills ◽  
Research Data ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cognitive Capacities ◽  
Knowledge Domains ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Thinking Process ◽  
The University

Resumen:El momento de cambio en el que se encuentra inmersa la Educación Superior ha provocado la aparición de numerosos términos (objetivos, competencias, habilidades, capacidades, etc.), que pueden ser evaluados con la finalidad de conocer cómo es el aprendizaje del estudiante.En este sentido, uno de los objetivos de este artículo es mostrar cuáles son las capacidades cognitivas que, según las experiencias de los estudiantes, se han potenciado a lo largo de su formación. Concretamente, para este estudio se han recogido datos vinculados con la titulación de Pedagogía de la Universidad de Murcia, trabajando con tres promociones distintas (dos de ellas de Licenciatura y una de Grado). Asimismo, destacar que la información recogida proviene de la experiencia y vivencia del alumnado, que ha recordado cuáles habían sido las capacidades cognitivas fomentadas en cada materia, por lo que se ha tomado al estudiante como fuente primaria. Para el análisis e interpretación de la información obtenida se ha tomado como referencia el trabajo de Marzano y Kendall (2007), quienes elaboran una taxonomía de capacidades cognitivas partiendo de diferentes propuestas sobre los procesos de pensamiento y los dominios del conocimiento. Por último, del análisis elaborado podemos reseñar, por un lado, el fomento de las capacidades más básicas -la recuperación, comprensión y análisis- en ambos Planes de Estudios. Y, por otro lado, el incremento de capacidades más complejas en el Grado con respecto a la Licenciatura.Abstract:The moment of change in which Higher Education is involved has caused the appearance of multiple concepts (goals, competences, skills, capacities and so on) which can be evaluated with the purpose of knowing in depth the learning process of our students.In this sense, one of the goals of this article is to show, according to the students experiences, which cognitive capacities have been powered in their learning process. More concretely, for this research, data linked with the degree of Pedagogy in the University of Murcia have been collected, working with three different promotions (two of the belong to the Bachelor in Pedagogy and the other one the current degree). In this way we have to highlight that the information collected comes from the experiences and livings of our students, which has remembered the cognitive capacities promoted in each subject, so the student has been taken as a primary source.For the analysis and interpretation of the information collected, the research made by Marzano and Kendall (2007) has been taken as a reference. These two authors elaborated a taxonomy of cognitive capacities taking different proposals about the thinking process and knowledge domains as a starting point. Finally, we can outline from our analysis the promotion of the most basic skills, recovery, comprehension and analysis in both teaching plans. On the other hand, the increase of more complex capacities is more present in the Degree in Pedagogy than in the Bachelor in Pedagogy.

scholarly journals THE FRAMEWORK MODEL OF DIGITAL COOPERATIVE TO EXPLORE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL IN HIGHER EDUCATION

SINERGI ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Hasbullah Hasbullah ◽  
Salleh Ahmad Bareduan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Private University ◽  
Value Capture ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Framework Model ◽  
The Government ◽  
The University ◽  
Huge Challenge

In February 2020, the Indonesian Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs noted that in the last four years, 81,686 cooperatives were dissolved, leaving 123,048 active cooperatives. This case is a huge challenge for the government to overcome.  Indonesian Internet Service Providers Association (APJII) stated that the number of internet users in Indonesia reached 196.7 million in the middle of 2020. Meanwhile, data from Google & Temasek showed purchasing products via e-Commerce in Indonesia reached US$ 10.9 billion in 2017 and continuously increased in 2020. Most cooperatives in Indonesia run business conventionally with manual transactions, limited time, traditional logistics, and conventional membership administration. Nowadays, the institution with tens of thousands of members no longer effectively runs cooperative conventionally in a disruptive era. A conventional cooperative at a private university in Jakarta was observed in the study. There are tens of thousands of students and staff at the university. Three research questions arise, such as what can not be adequately solved in a traditional cooperative, what tools are used in digital cooperatives, and what shape can be used in the digital cooperative system model to solve issues. This study proposes a framework model in developing a digital cooperative to accommodate a huge amount of membership and enhance business scope. The research identified technology needed to overcome matters cannot be dealt with in a conventional cooperative. It provided a  digital cooperative frameworks model that impacts value creation, value capture, and value delivery, especially in higher education.    

scholarly journals Better together: building a new support site for bachelor's students in nursing

Seminar.net ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Karen Marie Øvern ◽  
Astrid Kilvik
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Joint Project ◽  
E Learning ◽  
User Groups ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University

This study consists of two separate, but overlapping cases. As a consequence of a merger of four different higher education institutions in Norway, the [University name] got several nursing study programmes in different campuses. To get a more formal collaboration started, three university libraries decided to start a joint project. Case one was to build a product or service specifically designed for nursing students. Case two was to form a community of practice between librarians at the three libraries supporting these study programmes. Findings show that collaboration between different campus libraries is not always easy, even with online collaboration tools, but that a community of practice can be rewarding and an efficient way to collaborate. E-learning has been a way to serve both off-campus and campus students alike, and findings also show that building a product specifically designed for one user group can be exiting and worth the effort. The many mergers in higher education means that many librarians in Norway has become a part of much bigger units, and finding common ground, good collaboration methods and joint services to user groups are important issues. 

scholarly journals Getting the Central RDM Message Across: A Case Study of Central versus Discipline-Specific Research Data Services (RDS) at the University of Cambridge

Libri ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-116
Author(s):  
Clair Castle
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
The University

Abstract RDS are usually cross-disciplinary, centralised services, which are increasingly provided at a university by the academic library and in collaboration with other RDM stakeholders, such as the Research Office. At research-intensive universities, research data is generated in a wide range of disciplines and sub-disciplines. This paper will discuss how providing discipline-specific RDM support is approached by such universities and academic libraries, and the advantages and disadvantages of these central and discipline-specific approaches. A descriptive case study on the author’s experiences of collaborating with a central RDS at the University of Cambridge, as a subject librarian embedded in an academic department, is a major component of this paper. The case study describes how centralised RDM services offered by the Office of Scholarly Communication (OSC) have been adapted to meet discipline-specific needs in the Department of Chemistry. It will introduce the department and the OSC, and describe the author’s role in delivering RDM training, as well as the Data Champions programme, and their membership of the RDM Project Group. It will describe the outcomes of this collaboration for the Department of Chemistry, and for the centralised service. Centralised and discipline-specific approaches to RDS provision have their own advantages and disadvantages. Supporting the discipline-specific RDM needs of researchers is proving particularly challenging for universities to address sustainably: it requires adequate financial resources and staff skilled (or re-skilled) in RDM. A mixed approach is the most desirable, cost-effective way of providing RDS, but this still has constraints.

scholarly journals FLIPPING THE CLASSROOM REMOTELY: IMPLEMENTATION OF A FLIPPED CLASSROOM COURSE IN HIGHER EDUCATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thanassis Karalis ◽  
Natassa Raikou
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
First Semester ◽  
New Learning Environments ◽  
New Learning ◽  
Pilot Implementation ◽  
The University

In this article we present the results of a pilot implementation of the flipped classroom methodology during the second semester of the COVID-19 pandemic. We suggest the term Remote Flipped Classroom for the flipped classroom mode in online environments, especially in case of emergency. This implementation was carried out in a Department of Education at the University of Patras, Greece after the first semester and the initial familiarization of students with the new learning environments due to COVID-19 pandemic. The research data presented here lead us to the conclusion that both the traditional form of the flipped classroom and the remote flipped classroom may contribute to the teaching and learning in higher education, based on the role differentiation of instructors and students, to the promotion of active participation and engagement of students and to the improvement of the learning experiences they have. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0756/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

scholarly journals A Model for Decision-Makers’ Adoption of Big Data in the Education Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13995
Author(s):  
Maria Ijaz Baig ◽  
Liyana Shuib ◽  
Elaheh Yadegaridehkordi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
The University

: Big Data Adoption (BDA) has already gained tremendous attention from executives in various fields. However, it is still not well explored in the education sector, where a large amount of academic data is being produced. Therefore, integrating Technology Organization Environment (TOE) and Diffusion of Innovation (DOI), this study aims to develop a theoretical model to identify the factors that influence BDA in the higher education sector. To do so, significant technology-, organization-, and environment-related factors have been extracted from previous BDA studies. Meanwhile, the moderating effects of the university size and the university age are added into the developed model. A sample of 195 data was collected from the managerial side of virtual university (VU) campuses in Pakistan using an online survey questionnaire. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the research model and developed hypotheses. The results showed that relative advantage, complexity, compatibility, top management support, financial resources, human expertise and skills, competitive pressure, security and privacy, and government policies are significant determinants of BDA. However, the results did not support the influence of IT infrastructure on BDA. Based on the findings, this study provides guidelines for the successful adoption of big data in higher education sector. This study can serve as a piece of help to the ministry of education, administrators, and big data service providers for the smooth adoption of big data.

scholarly journals Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in a UK university identifies dynamics of transmission

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinesh Aggarwal ◽  
Ben Warne ◽  
Aminu Jahun ◽  
William Hamilton ◽  
Thomas Fieldman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Genetic Cluster ◽  
Genomic Epidemiology ◽  
Infection Control Measures ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
At Risk Populations ◽  
The University

Abstract Understanding the drivers for spread of SARS-CoV-2 in higher education settings is important to limit transmission between students, and onward spread into at-risk populations. In this study, we prospectively sequenced 482 SARS-CoV-2 isolates derived from asymptomatic student screening and symptomatic testing of students and staff at the University of Cambridge from 5 October to 6 December 2020. We performed a detailed phylogenetic comparison with 972 isolates from the surrounding community, complemented with epidemiological and contact tracing data, to determine transmission dynamics. After a limited number of viral introductions into the university, the majority of student cases were linked to a single genetic cluster, likely dispersed across the university following social gatherings at a venue outside the university. We identified considerable onward transmission associated with student accommodation and courses; this was effectively contained using local infection control measures and dramatically reduced following a national lockdown. We observed that transmission clusters were largely segregated within the university or within the community. This study highlights key determinants of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and effective interventions in a higher education setting that will inform public health policy during pandemics.

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