scholarly journals Selecting, Training and Evaluating Master Gardeners in the Non-traditional Role of Instructors in the Basic Training Classes of the Program

HortScience ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 874E-875
Author(s):  
Lelia S. Kelly*
Keyword(s):  
Critical Issue ◽  
Training Curriculum ◽  
Basic Training ◽  
Master Gardener ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Extension Services ◽  
The Public ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
New Process

In a time of budgetary constraints, reorganization of many extension services and other changes in the educational system, identifying and implementing non-traditional ways to deliver programming is a critical issue if extension is to continue to deliver quality, timely educational programs to clientele. Innovative methods that can be used to efficiently and economically deliver programming would be desirable and beneficial. This presentation will address how Mississippi State Univ. Extension Service, due to the changes listed above, is addressing the lack of extension instructors to teach the basic training curriculum of the Master Gardener (MG) program. In order to continue to meet the public demand for these classes and safeguard the integrity of the instruction, a new process of identifying, training and evaluating “senior” MG volunteers as instructors in the basic training curriculum of the program has been implemented. How this process was initiated and buy-in of administrators, county extension MG coordinators, volunteers and state specialists was established will be presented. The process of selecting, training, and evaluating of these MG certified educators would also be presented. Difficulties encountered with implementing this new system of program delivery utilizing volunteers in addition to the traditional specialist or agent instructor will be presented as well.

Employing chatbots for data collection in participatory journalism and crisis situations

2020 ◽  
Vol 00 (00) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Andreas Veglis ◽  
Efthimis Kotenidis
Keyword(s):  
Audience Participation ◽  
Conversational Agents ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
New Era ◽  
The Public ◽  
Participatory Journalism ◽  
Audience Interaction ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
Content Producer

The journalistic profession has long since entered an age where technology and audience participation are two of its most defining factors. Changes that were brought about by the advent of WEB 2.0 transformed journalism – among other professions – fundamentally, and opened the gates to a more connected future, one in which the lines between content producer and content consumer are far less defined than they used to be. One of the more promising technologies of this new era is that of chatbots and conversational agents. These multifaceted programs have proven to be extremely useful in many aspects of modern journalism, with some of them getting used in scenarios that go as far as trying to replace the traditional role of the journalist as we know it. As such, the influence of these programs has also spread to the field of audience interaction and participatory journalism. This article aims to underline the integral role that chatbots play within the confines of the journalistic profession, while at the same time explore the significant effects they have in the field of audience participation and communication between the journalist and the public in general. To achieve this goal a model chatbot was created in order to demonstrate the benefits of automating the process of filing and transferring a report on account of the public to the news organization.

scholarly journals Implementation of Gamification to Improve Learning in Museum

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Qr Code ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
The Public ◽  
Purpose Of Education ◽  
Historical Importance ◽  
Kirkpatrick Model ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
Spiral Model ◽  
Game Elements

The traditional role of museum is to collect objects and materials of cultural, religious and historical importance, preserve them, research into them and present them to the public for the purpose of education and enjoyment. However, people have started to avoid going there since the atmosphere offered there is monotonous and people would rather choose to easily search for the wanted information through their mobile device. So, in order to raise people’s motivation and effectiveness in learning through museum, gamification method could be implemented in museum visits. Gamification refers to the use of game elements and gamedesign techniques in non-game contexts. Through this research, a gamification system with QR Code technology approach will be created. In order to achieve the system’s goal, Spiral Model is used to develop the application. While to evaluate the learning aspect, two out of four levels of Kirkpatrick model will be used which are reaction and learning.

Utilizing Volunteered Information for Infectious Disease Surveillance

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaun A. Langley ◽  
Joseph P. Messina ◽  
Sue C. Grady
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Spatial Data Analysis ◽  
Tsetse Flies ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
The Public

With the advent of Web 2.0, the public is becoming increasingly interested in spatial data exploration. The potential for Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) to be adopted for passive disease surveillance and mediated through an enhanced relationship between researchers and non-scientists is of special interest to the authors. In particular, mobile devices and wireless communication permit the public to be more involved in research to a greater degree. Furthermore, the accuracy of these devices is rapidly improving, allowing the authors to address questions of uncertainty and error in data collections. Cooperation between researchers and the public integrates themes common to VGI and PGIS (Participatory Geographic Information), to bring about a new paradigm in GIScience. This paper outlines the prototype for a VGI system that incorporates the traditional role of researchers in spatial data analysis and exploration and the willingness of the public, through traditional PGIS, to be engaged in data collection for the purpose of surveillance of tsetse flies, the primary vector of African Trypanosomiasis. This system allows for two-way communication between researchers and the public for data collection, analysis, and the ultimate dissemination of results. Enhancing the role of the public to participate in these types of projects can improve both the efficacy of disease surveillance as well as stimulating greater interest in science.

scholarly journals The The image of Russia in the Kosovo media discourse: comparison between the public and the private media

2019 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 23-40
Author(s):  
Lindita Tahiri ◽  
Muhamet Mavraj
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Daily Newspaper ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Young Audiences ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
The Public ◽  
Ideological Influence ◽  
Dominant Narratives ◽  
Vladimir Putin

Considering the traditional role of Russia in excluding the Kosovo territories from the Albanian state, as well as the recent role of Russia in anti-Kosovo independence diplomatic lobbying, this study aims to identify the dominant narratives in Kosovo media about Russia by comparing three media outlets: the public service broadcaster RTK, the daily newspaper Koha Ditore and the online newspaper Gazeta Express. Different types of framing, such as titles, sources and attitudes are analysed; Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is used to highlight participants and the kind of actions they undertake in the journalistic discourse, raising questions about narrative choices and their ideological influence in the Kosovar audience. The results of the analysis show that the private outlets and in particular the online medium, which is popular amongst young audiences, tend to construct the affirmative image of the Russian leadership, especially regarding the portrayal of Vladimir Putin. While the affirmative reading for the Kosovar audience is privileged, other kinds of readings are suppressed, thus creating the ground for broader intended strategic objectives of political discourse.

scholarly journals National health governance, science and the media: drivers of COVID-19 responses in Germany, Sweden and the UK in 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. e006691
Author(s):  
Claudia Hanson ◽  
Susanne Luedtke ◽  
Neil Spicer ◽  
Jens Stilhoff Sörensen ◽  
Susannah Mayhew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Change ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Technical Capacity ◽  
Second Wave

The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global crisis in which governments had to act in a situation of rapid change and substantial uncertainty. The governments of Germany, Sweden and the UK have taken different paths allowing learning for future pandemic preparedness. To help inform discussions on preparedness, inspired by resilience frameworks, this paper reviews governance structures, and the role of science and the media in the COVID-19 response of Germany, Sweden and the UK in 2020. We mapped legitimacy, interdependence, knowledge generation and the capacity to deal with uncertainty.Our analysis revealed stark differences which were linked to pre-existing governing structures, the traditional role of academia, experience of crisis management and the communication of uncertainty—all of which impacted on how much people trusted their government. Germany leveraged diversity and inclusiveness, a ‘patchwork quilt’, for which it was heavily criticised during the second wave. The Swedish approach avoided plurality and largely excluded academia, while in the UK’s academia played an important role in knowledge generation and in forcing the government to review its strategies. However, the vivant debate left the public with confusing and rapidly changing public health messages. Uncertainty and the lack of evidence on how best to manage the COVID-19 pandemic—the main feature during the first wave—was only communicated explicitly in Germany. All country governments lost trust of their populations during the epidemic due to a mix of communication and transparency failures, and increased questioning of government legitimacy and technical capacity by the public.

scholarly journals Ex Ante Versus Ex Post Justifications for Intellectual Property

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Lemley
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Public Goods ◽  
Patent Law ◽  
Traditional Theory ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
The Public ◽  
Future Reward ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Ante

The traditional theory of IP is that the prospect of future reward providesan ex ante incentive to innovate. An increasingly common justification forlonger and more powerful IP rights is ex post - that IP will be "managed"most efficiently if control is consolidated in a single owner. Thisargument is made, for example, in the prospect and rent dissipationliterature in patent law, in justifications for expansive rights ofpublicity, and in defense of the Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. Takento an extreme, this argument justifies perpetual protection with no realexceptions. Those who rely on this theory take the idea of IP as "property"too seriously, and reason that since individual pieces of property areperpetually managed, IP should be too. But IP isn't just like realproperty; indeed, it gives IP owners control over what others do with theirreal property. The ex post justification is strikingly anti-market. Wewould never say today that the market for paper clips would be "efficientlymanaged" if put into the hands of a single firm. We rely on competition todo that for us. But that is exactly what the ex post theory would do.In this paper, I explore the sub rosa development of this ex post theory ofIP. I argue that the basis for continued control is the assumption that thevalue of IP rights will be dissipated if they are used too much. Thisargument is fundamentally at odds with the public goods nature ofinformation. It stems from a particular sort of myopia about privateordering, in which actions by individual private firms are presumed to beideal and the traditional role of the market in disciplining errant firmsis ignored.

scholarly journals “Homes away from Home” and “Happy Prisoners”: Disabled Veterans, Space, and Masculinity in Britain, 1944–19501

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 698-715
Author(s):  
Julie Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Space ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Gendered Spaces ◽  
Domestic Spaces ◽  
The Public ◽  
Male Roles ◽  
Disabled Veterans ◽  
Second World ◽  
Role Of Men

Abstract This article examines the changing nature of home for disabled ex-servicemen in the Second World War. It explores the function of institutional and domestic space in the restoration of traditional male roles. Masculine activities were encouraged in the long-stay institution, as men attempted to overcome their disability and be found suitable to resume a place in a traditional domestic home. Owing to war damage, finding housing was particularly challenging for disabled men, but a combination of the influence of the British Legion, donations from the public, and their preference to memorialize the war through the building of homes increased the possibility of living in a traditional domestic space. The building, alteration, and occupation of homes reinforced certain modes of behavior and expectations of disabled veterans, cementing the central, traditional role of men in postwar Britain. Importantly, freedom from institutional living came through traditional relationships with women and the production of children. This analysis of the home in its many configurations offers insight into disabled ex-servicemen, demonstrating that the institutional and domestic spaces that constitute home are as important in understanding masculinity as other traditionally gendered spaces such as the workplace.

Wives of College and University Presidents

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Trotman Reid ◽  
Ellen Cole ◽  
Margaret L. Kern
Keyword(s):  
University Presidents ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Career Preparation ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
The Public ◽  
College And University ◽  
Public Role ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Cluster Analytic

How does a modern woman react to being defined by the role of wife? In our study, the authors examined the experiences, benefits, and challenges encountered by wives of college and university presidents. In a relationship where the husband has a prestigious and well-defined role, the female partner may still be expected to play a traditional role on a regular basis, bringing both benefits and challenges. Through focus groups, interviews, and a survey, women shared their experiences. Cluster analytic techniques identified six groups of women that were involved in, adjusted to, or conflicted by serving in the presidential spouse role. The authors employ the voices of the women themselves to illuminate their experiences, satisfactions, challenges, and frustrations. Wives indicated that they had to deal with loss of privacy, conflicted personal relationships, and increased ambiguity about their own identity. Interestingly, wives did not allow these challenges to undermine their marriage; instead, for those who had difficulty meeting these demands, the loss was to their own sense of self-worth. The results suggest that the role of presidential wife should be examined through the intersectional lens of gender and class. This intersection can be seen to shape the expectations of the wife herself, as well as the demands made by her spouse and others in her community. Her previous experiences, education, and career preparation provide insights into how she approaches the public role. Recognizing and giving voice to the complex sociocultural issues involved may help wives thrive in their roles as a college or university president’s wife. Additional online materials for this article are available to PWQ subscribers on PWQ’s website at http://pwq.sagepub.com/supplemental

The Expanding Responsibilities of the Speech and Hearing Clinician in the Public Schools

1971 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 538-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Clinton Bown
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Learning Disability ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Improvement Program ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sensory Motor ◽  
Educational Implications

The expanding responsibilities of the speech and hearing clinician in the public schools are discussed within the framework of (1) his role in defining his own educational responsibilities; (2) the emerging duties of the resource, remedial, and learning disability teachers and speech and hearing clinicians, and educational implications; (3) the traditional role of the sensory-motor technician as contrasted to his emerging role as a specialist in communication disorders; (4) evaluating and remediating communication and achievement problems with regard to channels, processes, and levels of communication; (5) important guidelines for planning remedial activities; (6) defining responsibilities for a team approach; (7) his responsibilities toward a speech improvement program in the classroom; and (8) the necessity for him to expand his role from that of a sensory-motor technician to that of a specialist in the area of communication disorders.

Extending Ethnolinguistic Democracy in Europe: The Case of Wales

2000 ◽  
Vol 48 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 147-172
Author(s):  
Stephen May
Keyword(s):  
Minority Languages ◽  
Traditional Role ◽  
Regional Autonomy ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
The Public ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Welsh Language ◽  
Minority Language Rights ◽  
British State

The recent establishment of political devolution in Scotland and Wales would appear to herald far greater national, and eventually regional autonomy within a British state long dominated by England. However, support for devolution in Wales remains, at best, ambivalent; in contrast to Scotland where devolution is far more strongly supported. Much of this can be explained by the fact that Wales, unlike Scotland, is almost indistinguishable from England with respect to its institutional structure. As such, Wales has historically sought a distinctive identity from England principally through the promotion and retention of Welsh language and culture within rather than outside these shared institutional arrangements. This, in turn, has led in recent years to a significantly increased role for the Welsh language in the public domain in Wales, after centuries of proscription, and the emergence of a nascent Welsh bilingual state. The prospect of greater self-government is likely to solidify these developments. However, it can be argued that the contribution of Wales is most significant here not as an example of political devolution but as a model of ethnolinguistic democracy. In this latter respect, Wales provides us with a democratic model that specifically accommodates and promotes bilingualism and minority language rights while, in so doing, redefining the traditional role of language(s) in the nation-state. Both these aspects offer important lessons for the rest of Europe's nation-states which, despite moves to greater political devolution and regionalism, often remain reluctant to protect, let alone foster the minority languages still spoken within their borders.

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