Futures in Their Hands

1996 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathy Gunn ◽  
Heather Carpenter ◽  
Paul Left ◽  
Carol Fatialofa
Keyword(s):  
Career Decisions ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Broad Perspective ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Comprehensive Information ◽  
Education Market ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The Many

FUTURES is a computer-based careers information system designed primarily for independent use by individuals, although it is equally valuable in guidance sessions led by an adviser. The program, developed over the past four years at Auckland's UNITEC Institute of Technology, is used there, in schools, in private careers consultancies and has been trialled by The New Zealand Employment Service. Surveys of user reactions suggest that FUTURES has assisted large numbers of students and community members to gain a broad perspective on career opportunities, reflect on their own potential and make well informed career decisions. This is achieved by providing an intuitive, graphical interface to a program that supports the structured exploration of a comprehensive information database and promotes reflection on personal prospects. The objective was to develop a significantly different system from the many computer-based products already available in the education market. The novel design philosophy, based on autonomous enquiry and choice, is believed to be largely responsible for the program's success.

Interactive, Flexible, and Adaptable Decision Support Systems

2009 ◽  
pp. 557-562
Author(s):  
John Wang ◽  
James Yao ◽  
Jeffrey Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support Systems ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Organizational Decision Making ◽  
History Of ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The Many

Over the four decades of its history, decision support systems (DSSs) have moved from a radical movement that changed the way information systems were perceived in business, to a mainstream commercial information technology movement that all organizations engage. This interactive, flexible, and adaptable computer-based information system derives from two main areas of research: the theoretical studies of organizational decision making done at the Carnegie Institute in the 1950s and early 1960s as well as the technical work on interactive computer systems which was mainly performed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Keen & Morton, 1978). DSSs began due to the importance of formalizing a record of ideas, people, systems, and technologies implicated in this sector of applied information technology. But the history of this system is not precise due to the many individuals involved in different stages of DSSs and various industries while claiming to be pioneers of the system (Arnott & Pervan, 2005; Power, 2003). DSSs have become very sophisticated and stylish since these pioneers began their research. Many new systems have expanded the frontiers established by these pioneers yet the core and basis of the system remains the same. Today, DSSs are used in the finance, accounting, marketing, medical, as well as many other fields.

Interactive, Flexible, and Adaptable Decision Support Systems

2010 ◽  
pp. 565-572
Author(s):  
John Wang ◽  
James Yao ◽  
Jeffrey Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support Systems ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Organizational Decision Making ◽  
History Of ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The Many

Over the four decades of its history, decision support systems (DSSs) have moved from a radical movement that changed the way information systems were perceived in business, to a mainstream commercial information technology movement that all organizations engage. This interactive, flexible, and adaptable computer-based information system derives from two main areas of research: the theoretical studies of organizational decision making done at the Carnegie Institute in the 1950s and early 1960s as well as the technical work on interactive computer systems which was mainly performed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Keen & Morton, 1978). DSSs began due to the importance of formalizing a record of ideas, people, systems, and technologies implicated in this sector of applied information technology. But the history of this system is not precise due to the many individuals involved in different stages of DSSs and various industries while claiming to be pioneers of the system (Arnott & Pervan, 2005; Power, 2003). DSSs have become very sophisticated and stylish since these pioneers began their research. Many new systems have expanded the frontiers established by these pioneers yet the core and basis of the system remains the same. Today, DSSs are used in the finance, accounting, marketing, medical, as well as many other fields.

Pathways to a Profession: An Introduction to the Yearbook

2017 ◽  
Vol 119 (14) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Natriello ◽  
Karen Zumwalt
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Effective Teachers ◽  
Teachers College ◽  
Certification Programs ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Alternative Routes

The need for large numbers of individuals who can serve as effective teachers for the nation's young people has generated continuing interest in the recruitment, preparation, and retention of talented teachers for the past half-century, particularly since the civil rights and women's rights revolutions opened a wide range of career opportunities to many for whom teaching was historically one of the few fields available. Among the policy options under development in recent decades have been alternative routes into teaching, typically preparation experiences that differ in form and/or format from the established college-based certification programs. In this Teachers College Record Yearbook, we present the results of a longitudinal examination of one early alternative route program developed by the state of New Jersey. The New Jersey Provisional Teacher Program (or Alternate Route) is of particular interest both because it was the first of a generation of such programs created by various states in the final years of the 20th century and because its creation surfaced a range of issues and tensions that all the programs following in its wake have experienced.

Voices After Disaster

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Few ◽  
Mythili Madhavan ◽  
Narayanan N.C. ◽  
Kaniska Singh ◽  
Hazel Marsh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indian Institute ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
East Anglia ◽  
Other Information ◽  
The Media ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
The University ◽  
Disaster Narratives

This document is an output from the “Voices After Disaster: narratives and representation following the Kerala floods of August 2018” project supported by the University of East Anglia (UEA)’s GCRF QR funds. The project is carried out by researchers at UEA, the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, and Canalpy, Kerala. In this briefing, we provide an overview of some of the emerging narratives of recovery in Kerala and discuss their significance for post-disaster recovery policy and practice. A key part of the work was a review of reported recovery activities by government and NGOs, as well as accounts and reports of the disaster and subsequent activities in the media and other information sources. This was complemented by fieldwork on the ground in two districts, in which the teams conducted a total of 105 interviews and group discussions with a range of community members and other local stakeholders. We worked in Alleppey district, in the low-lying Kuttanad region, where extreme accumulation of floodwaters had been far in excess of the normal seasonal levels, and in Wayanad district, in the Western Ghats, where there had been a concentration of severe flash floods and landslides.

scholarly journals Is Down Syndrome Doomed? How State Statutes Can Help Expectant Parents Make Informed Decisions about Prenatal Down Syndrome Diagnoses*

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Santin
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
First Amendment ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Current State ◽  
Comprehensive Information ◽  
State Statutes ◽  
Syndrome Diagnosis ◽  
Expectant Mothers ◽  
Federal Laws ◽  
The Many

Giving birth to a child with Down syndrome is a choice and one that should be well-informed. It has become a trend for expectant parents to abort fetuses with Down syndrome before fully weighing their options.[1] Expectant parents may automatically assume that an individual with Down syndrome will not lead a worthwhile life and that raising the child will pose too many challenges for them.[2] In order to minimize the number of fetuses with Down syndrome that are being aborted (which may be greater than 90%),[3] expectant parents need access to up-to-date, comprehensive information about all aspects of raising a child with Down syndrome, including the many positive aspects. Whatever decision a parent makes regarding raising a child with Giving birth to a child with Down syndrome is a choice and one that should be well-informed. It has become a trend for expectant parents to abort fetuses with Down syndrome before fully weighing their options.[1] Expectant parents may automatically assume that an individual with Down syndrome will not lead a worthwhile life and that raising the child will pose too many challenges for them.[2] In order to minimize the number of fetuses with Down syndrome that are being aborted (which may be greater than 90%),[3] expectant parents need access to up-to-date, comprehensive information about all aspects of raising a child with Down syndrome, including the many positive aspects. Whatever decision a parent makes regarding raising a child with consent. Part IV examines current state and federal laws that require healthcare providers to give information to expectant mothers who receive a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis. Part IV also addresses why a law requiring post-Down syndrome diagnosis information is not unduly burdensome. Specifically, Part IV looks closely at the Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act and state statutes in Missouri, New Jersey, Alabama, and Virginia.  Part V discusses why laws already enacted on this issue are inadequate and proposes a model statute that all states can follow in crafting their own similar laws. Finally, Part V addresses potential concerns related to the proposed law like cost, enforcement, and First Amendment rights, and how those issues may be resolved.

Tackling Acceptability Issues in Communities of Practice by Providing a Lightweight Email-Based Interface to Social Software

2010 ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Chiu Man Yu ◽  
Denis Gillet ◽  
Sandy El Helou ◽  
Christophe Salzmann
Keyword(s):  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Social Software ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Joint Activities ◽  
Federal Institute ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Asset Management System

In the framework of the PALETTE European research project, the Swiss federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) is designing and experimenting with eLogbook, a Web-based collaborative environment designed for communities of practice. It enables users to manage joint activities, share related assets and get contextual awareness. In addition to the original Web-based access, an email-based eLogbook interface is developed. The purpose of this lightweight interface is twofold. First, it eases eLogbook access when using smart phones or PDA. Second, it eases eLogbook acceptance for community members hesitating to learn an additional Web environment. Thanks to the proposed interface, members of a community can benefit from the ease of use of an email client combined with the power of an activity and asset management system without burden. The Web-based eLogbook access can be kept for supporting further community evolutions, when participation becomes more regular and activities become more complex. This chapter presents the motivation, the design and the incentives of the emailbased eLogbook interface.

Decision Support Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 197-202
Author(s):  
John Wang ◽  
David J. Radosevich
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support Systems ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Theoretical Studies ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Organizational Decision Making ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Radical Movement

Over the four decades of its history, decision support systems (DSSs) have moved from a radical movement that changed the way information systems were perceived in business, to a mainstream commercial information technology movement that all organizations engage. This interactive, flexible, and adaptable computer-based information system derives from two main areas of research: the theoretical studies of organizational decision making done at the Carnegie Institute in the 1950’s and early 1960’s as well as the technical work on interactive computer systems which was mainly performed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Keen & Morton, 1978).

DSS for Web Mining Using Recommendation System

2017 ◽  
pp. 22-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Varaprasad Rao M ◽  
Vishnu Murthy G
Keyword(s):  
Recommender Systems ◽  
Web Mining ◽  
Recommendation System ◽  
User Behavior ◽  
Web Content ◽  
Web Structure ◽  
Web Structure Mining ◽  
Content Mining ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
The Many

Decision Supports Systems (DSS) are computer-based information systems designed to help managers to select one of the many alternative solutions to a problem. A DSS is an interactive computer based information system with an organized collection of models, people, procedures, software, databases, telecommunication, and devices, which helps decision makers to solve unstructured or semi-structured business problems. Web mining is the application of data mining techniques to discover patterns from the World Wide Web. Web mining can be divided into three different types – Web usage mining, Web content mining and Web structure mining. Recommender systems (RS) aim to capture the user behavior by suggesting/recommending users with relevant items or services that they find interesting in. Recommender systems have gained prominence in the field of information technology, e-commerce, etc., by inferring personalized recommendations by effectively pruning from a universal set of choices that directed users to identify content of interest.

An Improved Undergraduate Human Factors Course: Three Results

1983 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 455-458
Author(s):  
Richard Halstead-Nussloch ◽  
Mark C. Detweiler ◽  
M. Peter Jurkat ◽  
Elissa L.A. Hamilton ◽  
Leon S. Gold
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Experimental Methods ◽  
Design Solution ◽  
Course Enrollment ◽  
Stevens Institute ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Institute Of Technology

The undergraduate human factors course was improved at the Stevens Institute of Technology. The objectives of the course improvement were twofold: 1) to increase the quality of the course, and 2) to increase enrollment. Computer-based modules were developed and implemented to achieve these objectives. Three primary findings emerged from their use. First, students finished the course with a firm grounding in the empirical and experimental methods of human factors. Second, students generated more design solution alternatives by using the modules. Third, course enrollment increased by seventy-five percent.

Observations on the gregarine Rotundula gammari (Diesing, 1859), Goodrich, 1949

Parasitology ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. C. Narasimhamurti
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Stage ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Gammarus Pulex ◽  
Taxonomic Relationship ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Many ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Infected Material

1. A local population of Gammarus pulex, infected with Heliospora longissima and Rotundula gammari, was found to have an intracellular developmental stage.2. Experimental infections of G. pulex were made with the two species of gregarines. In the case of R. gammari infections, large numbers of intracellular developmental stages were found.3. The taxonomic relationship of the genera Cephaloidophora and Rotundula is discussed.Thanks are due to Dr P. Tate for constant encouragement and guidance during the course of this work and for the many helpful suggestions in the preparation of the manuscript. Thanks are also due to Mr D. W. T. Crompton for kindly giving me the infected material. The work was completed during the tenure of a Royal Society and Nuffield Foundation Commonwealth Bursary.

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