Effectiveness of hierarchical, diversified soft skills training in clinical nursing training

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinghui Pang ◽  
Qiaoling Wu ◽  
Jinhua Bi ◽  
Jing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Soft Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Clinical Nursing ◽  
Nursing Training

What are the risks of Virtual Reality data? Learning Analytics, Algorithmic Bias and a Fantasy of Perfect Data

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482110127
Author(s):  
Marcus Carter ◽  
Ben Egliston
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Education Technology ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Emerging Technology ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Vr Training ◽  
Algorithmic Bias

Virtual reality (VR) is an emerging technology with the potential to extract significantly more data about learners and the learning process. In this article, we present an analysis of how VR education technology companies frame, use and analyse this data. We found both an expansion and acceleration of what data are being collected about learners and how these data are being mobilised in potentially discriminatory and problematic ways. Beyond providing evidence for how VR represents an intensification of the datafication of education, we discuss three interrelated critical issues that are specific to VR: the fantasy that VR data is ‘perfect’, the datafication of soft-skills training, and the commercialisation and commodification of VR data. In the context of the issues identified, we caution the unregulated and uncritical application of learning analytics to the data that are collected from VR training.

Empowering Technical and Soft Skills in Students and Young Professionals of the Oil&Gas Industry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Enrique Ardila Díaz ◽  
William Genghini Galvís ◽  
Sandra Juliana Jaramillo Medina ◽  
Alejandro Sanchéz ◽  
Sergio Velásquez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Enhanced Recovery ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Petroleum Engineering ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Young Professionals ◽  
Training Stage ◽  
Technological Tool

Abstract To contribute to the construction of young professionals with an integral profile in which the competitive spirit is promoted through the resolution of a technological challenge applied to the Oil & Gas industry, under a scenario that demands a high degree of commitment and with the accompaniment of professionals with great experience in the industry. In accordance with the data acquired and the program's target population, an appropriate methodology has been established for the development and strengthening of technical and soft skills. This methodology consists of four main phases: 1. Challenge construction 2. Best Teams selection 3. Challenge Resolution and 4. Results presentation. During the challenge resolution phase, participants have multiple technical and soft skills training sessions where experienced professionals share their knowledge and experiences related to the challenge theme in an environment of generational knowledge transfer. During the last 4 years, around 120 participants from different cities of the country have managed to potentiate their soft skills and strengthen their knowledge in areas of the Oil & Gas industry such as unconventional, enhanced recovery, heavy oil, huff & puff, combustion had tests, wettability, waterflooding, among others and materialize it with the construction of an innovative technological tool. The best of each version was rewarded with their first work experience in the Oil & Gas industry where they were able to put into practice what they had learned during the program. Likewise, the continuous acquisition of valuable information about variables at the end of the program such as the knowledge areas of greatest interest for students and young professionals, the level of knowledge related to oil engineering and programming, the handling of a second language, and the skills acquired during the university training stage, has allowed strengthening the methodology of the"SPE en Sinergia" program, adjusting it to the current needs of the industry and placing the participants outside their comfort zone. The development of the program and the results obtained are based on the identification of the strengths and weaknesses currently displayed by students in their final semesters and young professionals in careers related to petroleum engineering in Colombia and that in one way or another have become part of the reasons why their link to the professional world has become more difficult. This has enabled a way to identify opportunities for improvement and establish lines of action to promote the professional fast-track development of the new generations in a joint effort between industry and academia.

scholarly journals Career Counselling – Essential Part of the Personal and Professional Development Process for the Students and Young Reserchers in the Engineering Field

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (0) ◽  
pp. 71-77
Author(s):  
Simona Magdalena Hainagiu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Career Counselling ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Professional Profile ◽  
The Impact

Career counselling is an important process in the personal and professional development of young professionals. In a continuously changing labour market, the graduates in the engineering field have been rapidly become conscious that the technical abilities are only the core of their professional profile, and the need to add a wide range of soft skills become mandatory prerequisites imposed by the human resources services in the recruiting companies. Our research investigated the impact of a soft skills training programme developed in the framework of a European Union funding project. The results revealed a vivid interest of young researcher in the engineering filed for the personal and professional growth especially for the development of communication and teamwork abilities. The professional counselling activities are a largely integrated component among the activities and the general intervention directions proposed by the European funding projects revealing a real need for the sustainable development of these support activites.

scholarly journals Values and Sex Behavior Attitude among Engineering College Students in Relation to Socio-economic Status

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mr. Ashok B. Patil ◽  
Dr. G. B. Chaudhari
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Sex Behavior ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Attitude Inventory ◽  
Management Students

Chakraborty T, Gupta D, Saha R (2017), Role of Psychological Predisposition on Employability of Management Students: Moderation Analysis through Soft Skills Training, International Journal of Indian Psychology, Volume 4, Issue 2,DIP: 18.01.172/20170402, DOI: 10.25215/0402.172In this era, the value and sex behaviour attitude of the Youth plays important role for the healthy society. The present study is conducted to investigate the values and sex behaviour attitude among engineering college students of Jalgaon city. Kamal Dvivedi and Shagufta Hafeez (1995) Values Scale and Dr Yashvir Singh (2004) Sex Behavior Attitude Inventory is used for the for the sample of 40 students of age group 18-22 years from engineering college of  Jalgaon City.

scholarly journals PENGARUH ANALISIS KINERJA DAN PEMETAAN KOMPETENSI PEGAWAI TERHADAP KEBUTUHAN PELATIHAN (STUDI TERHADAP PEGAWAI TINGKAT MANAJER DAN SUPERVISOR DI KANTOR PT PLN (PERSERO) DISTRIBUSI JAWA BARAT DAN BANTEN

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-62
Author(s):  
Sendianto Sendianto
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
Job Description ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Employee Competencies

The purpose of this study was to measure the effect of performance analysis and mapping of employee competencies on the training needs of managerial and supervisory level employees in the offices of PT PLN (Persero) Distribution of West Java and Banten. The research method used was explanatory and verificative explanation, with 79 respondents, and data analysis used path analysis to determine the influence between the variables. The results of the path analysis test partially show that there is a positive and significant influence from: (1) Performance analysis of the training needs of 90.25%; (2) mapping employee competencies to training needs by 0.25%; (3) Simultaneously performance analysis and mapping of employee competencies influence training needs of 98.01%. Suggestions, measurement tools for performance appraisal are continuously improved, soft competency of continuous learning and relationship building is improved through soft skills training, and job analysis through job description and job specifications needs to be reviewed.

Quality higher education drives employability in the Middle East

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (9) ◽  
pp. 1057-1069 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Nauffal ◽  
Jennifer Skulte-Ouaiss
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse and explain the high rates of employability of one group of Middle East youth by focussing on liberal arts and soft skills education as an integral part of quality higher education. Design/methodology/approach This paper employs the survey research method using questionnaires, focus groups and interviews to understand the labour market dynamics in Lebanon and explore factors that correlate positively with gainful employment with a special focus on the graduates of an institution that emphasises the liberal arts and soft skills training. Findings The paper finds that quality higher education – particularly with a focus on soft skills and internships – boosts the potential of graduates to secure their first jobs after graduation. Research limitations/implications Reliable data on higher education, employability and youth are scarce in Lebanon and the region. The paper is based on one labour market study in Lebanon while seeking to extrapolate to Lebanese youth as a whole as well as reflect on employability and youth in the Middle East region. Practical implications The paper demonstrates support for improving quality in higher education as well as making soft skills training and the liberal arts critical components for increased employability of youth in Lebanon and the Middle East. Originality/value The paper is innovative in its reliance on primary data from a labour market survey as such data are scarce in Lebanon. In addition, advocacy for soft skills training and the liberal arts in the midst of focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics and other professional education at the university level is rare in the Middle East.

Returns to Soft-Skills Training for Recent Graduates in Rwanda

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
DIEGO UBFAL ◽  
Jean Leodomir Habarimana Mfura ◽  
Andrew Brudevold-Newman
Keyword(s):  
Soft Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Recent Graduates

A Future Focus of Gaming

2016 ◽  
pp. 566-585
Author(s):  
DeAnna Proctor ◽  
Lenora Jean Justice
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Response ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Military Medicine ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Hard Skills ◽  
Inherent Nature ◽  
Games And Simulations ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
The Military

The authors discuss the instruction of soft skills by games and simulations as a future direction for the use of educational gaming in P-12 education. Technical or hard skills are taught in the educational curriculum; however, soft skills training, such as communication, collaboration, decision-making, problem-solving, negotiation, and leadership, are lacking. Soft skills training through games and simulations have been successful in areas such as the military, medicine, business, and disaster response, as well as those individuals with learning disabilities; therefore, the authors investigate the potential for soft skills training using games and simulations. In addition to instruction of soft skills, this article also addresses the inherent nature of games and simulations as teaching and assessment tools.

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