TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND TEACHING METHODS: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE

2001 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 501-504
Author(s):  
MARIA CRISTINA RIBOLI
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Educational Technologist ◽  
Diffusion Of Information ◽  
Set Up ◽  
University Of Florence ◽  
The University

The wide diffusion of information technology brins generally changes in any field of society. In universities, the teaching approach must conform itself to these new needs adding the information technology tools into the learning process. A multi-disciplinary technical team of Florence University was set up a project involving technical staff developer, educational technologist and web developer and has pointed out issues concerning hardware, software, technical methods and knowledge required by these innovations.

Diffusion of Information Technology Innovations within Retail Banking

2011 ◽  
pp. 235-255
Author(s):  
Bernardo Batiz-Lazo ◽  
Douglas Wood
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Internet Banking ◽  
Major Effect ◽  
Retail Banking ◽  
Banking And Finance ◽  
Diffusion Of Information ◽  
Technology Innovations ◽  
Early Adoption ◽  
Front Office

Technological innovation in general and information technology (IT) applications in particular have had a major effect in banking and finance. Following Garbade and Silber (1978), this research reviews the effects on banking organisations with reference to front office or external changes as described by the nature of product and service offerings. Following Morris (1986), Quintás (1991) and Fincham et al. (1994), the research also considers innovations in the back office or internal (operational function) changes brought about to banking organisations. Outstanding IT-based innovations are considered and grouped into four distinct periods: early adoption (1864-1945), specific application (1945-1965), emergence (1965-1980) and diffusion (1980-1995). The research then discusses the potential impact of more recent innovations (i.e., electronic purses, digital cash and Internet banking). As a result, the research provides an historical perspective on the main drivers determining the adoption of technological innovation in retail banking.

scholarly journals Computer-aided instruction on an MBA programme

1982 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-125
Author(s):  
Jonathan Miller
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Computer Aided Instruction ◽  
Business Software ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
University Of Cape Town ◽  
The University

The Graduate School of Business of the University of Cape Town (UCT) recently acquired a powerful mini-computer with interactive terminals and a range of educational and business software. This paper applies a particular model of the learning process in order to choose the most effective computer-based teaching methods for the MBA programme. It is argued that this choice must take into account characteristics of the learner, the learning environment, the material being learned and the stage of the learning process. These elements and the current status of computer-aided instruction on the UCT MBA programme are described and basic policy guidelines are presented.

scholarly journals Enrico Fermi’s IEEE Milestone in Florence. For his Major Contribution to Semiconductor Statistics, 1924-1926

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Nobel Laureate ◽  
Professional Association ◽  
Global History ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Electronic Engineering ◽  
The World ◽  
Network Program ◽  
University Of Florence ◽  
The University

Enrico Fermi, Nobel Laureate in Physics in 1938, taught at the University of Florence just for two academic years (1924-25 and 1925-26). His research activity in these two years saw the publication of the statistics bearing his name (the two original 1926 papers by E. Fermi are reproduced in full in this book), which is at the basis of semiconductors, and hence of modern electronics. This volume is printed for the placement, at the School of Engineering in Florence, of an IEEE Milestone, within the ‘IEEE Global History Network program’, commemorating the event. The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) is the largest professional association in the world devoted to advancing technological innovation in electrical, electronic engineering, and related fields.

Using e-assessment to support flipped-style teaching

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
First Year ◽  
Mathematics Students ◽  
The West ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Reading Material ◽  
The University

We show how weekly formative e-assessments are used to support flipped-style teaching of a module delivered to all first year Mathematics students at the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE). The flip lecture approach places students at the centre of the learning process. For the module described here, a highly scaffolded approach was employed. A workbook containing gapped lecture notes was created as well as a handbook containing exercise sheets and extra reading material. Each week students were expected to independently: watch screencasts and fill in the relevant gaps in their workbooks; take a formative e-assessment; try some basic questions from the exercise sheet and optionally do some extra reading and/or work through a Maple file. During the following two hour class, TurningPoint questions and group activities were used to encourage active learning. Student feedback of this new teaching approach has been very positive.

scholarly journals EFFECTIVENESS OF TRADITIONAL TEACHING AUGMENTED WITH INTERACTIVE SESSIONS AS A NEW APPROACH IN BIOCHEMISTRY TEACHING

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2021) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
sadia qureshi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
New Approach

In medical education, different teaching methods are being used, and it is believed that methods involving active learning are usually stronger, motivate learners as they can control their learning process. So, the study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of traditional teaching augmented with interactive sessions (TT+IS) as a new teaching approach in Biochemistry teaching.

scholarly journals CROWDSOURCING, A GESTÃO DE UM NOVO PRODUTO E UM NOVO MODELO DE NEGÓCIO: A INTRODUÇÃO DO SOFTWARE LIVRE NO BRASIL DOI:10.7444/fsrj.v3i1.64

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-168
Author(s):  
Ana Elisa Pacheco de Castro
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
New Product ◽  
Free Software ◽  
Complex Environment ◽  
Cause And Effect ◽  
New Business ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Information Technology Companies

This research shall analyse the implementation of a new product and an entrepreneurial business model in Brazil of the ´90s and endeavour to trace cause and effect relations by means of the elaboration of scenarios. To ensure effectiveness, the methodology foresees a combination of inductive and deductive techniques. This choice arises from an understanding that it this is the best way to analyse a complex environment such as that of Brazil which, despite linguistic unity, comprises significant distinctions in each of its five regions. It is herein expected to bring forth an improved understanding of studies, related to the set up of information technology companies in the Brazilian territory, and pinpoint this market´s peculiarities to possible entrants, regardless of their segment.Key words: Free software. Technological innovation. Crowdsourcing in Brazil. Scenarios and new business.

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING THE LOGISTICS DECISION GAMES IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS – THE ANALYSIS OF THE EMPIRICAL STUDIES

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (0) ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Blanka Tundys ◽  
Andrzej Rzeczycki
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Competence ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Educational Decision ◽  
Modern Methods ◽  
The University

The development of information technology has contributed to changes in the approach to the learning process. Increasingly, in the framework of teaching is using modern methods of activating education. These can include: hardware simulators, educational decision games, and simulation. They can be classified into the so-called group: serious games. Numerous studies show the effectiveness of this type of solution, not only in the teaching process, as the element is diversified activities, but also in developing and improving social competence, skills and knowledge of the participant. The submitted considerations present the effectiveness of this kind of technology in the educational process of students of Logistics the University of Szczecin. The aim is not only to acquire the skills and taking quick decisions by using the environment and IT tools, but also to check the effectiveness of this type of solution, in terms of changes to knowledge skills and social competence. In addition, the teachers during the classes, carry out the surveys (input at the semester beginning and output at the end of the semester), whose purpose is to indicate the extent to which, during a 15-hour module are changed competence of students.

scholarly journals Il Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze. Le collezioni mineralogiche e litologiche | The Museum of Natural History of the University of Florence.The Mineralogical and Lithological Collections

2012 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
Fourth Volume ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
Set Up ◽  
University Of Florence ◽  
The University ◽  
Rock Specimens

The Museum of Natural History of the University of Florence, founded in 1775 by Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo d'Asburgo Lorena, is one of the oldest and most prestigious scientific museums in the world. The fourth volume on the Collections of the Mineralogy and Lithology Section, published like the previous volumes by the Firenze University Press, fits perfectly in the series dedicated to the collections of the University's Museum System. The first part of the book describes in great detail the paths that led to the formation of the collections, starting with those dating to the Medici period and arriving at the specimens collected during recent expeditions. The second part illustrates and documents the extraordinary specimens of minerals, hardstone carvings and meteorites which represent the material patrimony of this section. Particular attention is given to the holotypes, the Elban Collection and the minerals of pegmatites, as well as the methods and solutions adopted to realize the project of the new museum exhibition set-up. The third and last part describes the studies carried out on the materials: from the minerals of the systematic collections to the rock specimens that recount not only the geodiversity of a region but also the history of a city.

scholarly journals Analyzing the Reality of the Education Process at Najran University in Light of the Theory of Multiple Intelligences among Faculty Members

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 5842-5863
Author(s):  
Raafat Abd-el baast Kabil, Yahay Mohammed Bani Abduh
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Multiple Intelligences ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Theory Of Multiple Intelligences ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
Education Process

The current study aimed to identify the reality of the education process at the University of Najran in light of the theory of multiple intelligences among faculty members by analyzing aspects of the education process according to the theory of multiple intelligences, and a questionnaire was used to assess aspects of the education process, The study sample consisted of (480) faculty members, and the results of the study showed that the faculty members evaluation of the reality of the learning process at Najran University was moderate, and the results showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the reality of the educational process at the University of Najran in light of the theory of multiple intelligences according to the gender variable. The results also found that there were statistically significant differences in the reality of the educational process at the University of Najran in light of the theory of multiple intelligences according to the variable of the type of college in favor of the practical colleges, and a vision for the development of the education process at Najran University was also developed in light of the theory of multiple intelligences, The study recommended the need to take into account the individual differences between students in their multiple intelligences, and the necessity to encourage students to discover their multiple intelligences, which helps the teacher to define appropriate teaching methods and strategies and educational activities, and to adopt new evaluation methods based on assessing the multiple aspects of intelligence.

scholarly journals Student Work Sheet Development Based on Cooperative Learning Course Statistics and Probability in the University Pembinaan Masyarakat Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Rini ST, MT ◽  
Yulia Tanjung Tiara
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Group Structure ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Learning Achievement ◽  
Student Work ◽  
Statistics And Probability ◽  
The University

To enhance the learning achievement of each student the lecturer of the course are required to find and implement appropriate teaching methods and effective in each of the learning process so that every learning objectives and teaching can work as expected. Cooperative learning is a form of learning by students to learn and work collaboratively in small groups whose members consist of four to six people with a heterogeneous group structure.

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