The Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative: Exploring the Potential Benefits of Using Wikipedia in the University Classroom as a Tool for Innovative E-Pedagogy

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. Obar ◽  
Amy Roth
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Policy Initiative ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The University

scholarly journals Europe 2020 Sl-LAB: A New Center for Economic and Social Development in Sicily

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Provenzano ◽  
Maurizio Carta ◽  
Massimo Arnone
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Inclusive Growth ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
Europe 2020 ◽  
The University

The debate on the determinants of regional and local development has been stimulated recently by the European strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth defined as Europe 2020. We present the objectives and structure of a new laboratory (SI-LAB) for the development of Sicilian economy promoted by the University of Palermo. In particular, we highlight the fundamental issues related to the incoming functioning of the Lab as a new oganization devoted to analyzing public policy issues, and fostering new ways of entrepreurship at the local level.

“You Can Lead the Horse to Water, but … ”

2012 ◽  
pp. 182-199
Author(s):  
Henk Huijser ◽  
Michael Sankey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Learning Management Systems ◽  
Web 2.0 Technologies ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The University

This chapter outlines the potential benefits of incorporating Web 2.0 technologies in a contemporary higher education context, and identifies possible ways of doing this, as well as expected challenges. It uses the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), primarily a distance education provider, as the context for many of its case study examples. In particular, it addresses the important role of the allowances of particular learning management systems (LMSs) in pedagogical applications of Web 2.0 technologies. Overall, this chapter argues that the goals and ideals of Web 2.0/Pedagogy 2.0 can be achieved, or at least stimulated, within an institutional LMS environment, as long as the LMS environment is in alignment with such goals and ideals. It uses the implementation of Moodle at USQ as a case study to reinforce this argument and explore which factors potentially influence a shift in thinking about learning and teaching in a Web 2.0 context.

scholarly journals The Roles of Music in Effecting Change: Considerations about Public Policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 205920432093722
Author(s):  
Elaine C. King
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Culture Media ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
Final Session ◽  
Managing Change ◽  
University Of Cambridge ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University

The aim of this article is to consider questions, issues, and debates about music in public policy, a topic that featured in the final session of the Musics, Selves and Societies workshop at the University of Cambridge in June 2018. The first part of this article provides a backdrop by defining key terminology and describing the political environment in relation to music, specifically in the UK. It deciphers the scope of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) alongside public, professional, and charitable bodies as well as learned societies. The second part highlights three main areas of focus that were identified in the final session of the workshop: considerations about the value of music; considerations about the meaning of music; and considerations about policy-making. Each of these areas are discussed in turn before final remarks are put forward about steps for managing change.

Elevating the Scientific and Public Policy Discourse on Crime Prevention: Taking Stock of the ‘What Works’ Report’s Influence 20 Years on

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-285
Author(s):  
Brandon C Welsh ◽  
Andrea B Wexler
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Crime Prevention ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Policy Discourse ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
University Of Maryland ◽  
What Works ◽  
Prevention Programmes ◽  
The University ◽  
Evidence Based Policing

Abstract In 1997, the Office of Justice Programs published Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn’t, What’s Promising (Sherman, L. W., Gottfredson, D. C., MacKenzie, D. L., Eck, J. E., Reuter, P., and Bushway, S. D. (1997). Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn’t, What’s Promising. Washington, DC: Office of Justice Programs). The report was commissioned by the US Congress and was prepared by a team of criminologists from the University of Maryland. It aspired to be a methodologically rigorous and comprehensive review of the effectiveness of crime prevention programmes, ranging from prenatal home visits to community policing to parole. This 20-year review of the ‘what works’ report finds that it has been influential in elevating both the scientific and public policy discourse on crime prevention. It did this on three main fronts. First, it reaffirmed that not all evaluation designs are equally valid and made clear that only designs that provide confidence in observed effects should contribute to the evidence base. Secondly, it advanced the equally important task of assessing research evidence and, despite some limitations, adopted a more rigorous method for this purpose. Thirdly, undergirding all of this was the report’s commitment to the communication of science for the benefit of all parties: policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and the public. Implications for policy—with special reference to evidence-based policing—and research are discussed.

University of East Africa Conferences on Public Policy: II. East African Federation

1964 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-122
Author(s):  
Ronald Watts
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
The United States ◽  
London School ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
Public Issues ◽  
Southern Rhodesia ◽  
London School Of Economics ◽  
The University

This was the second in a series of three conferences on public policy, organised by the University of East Africa and financed by the Ford Foundation, whose aim is to bring together policy-makers and academics for discussions on major public issues.In attendance were delegations, of at least a dozen each, from Uganda, Kenya, and Tanganyika, consisting mainly of Cabinet Ministers, parliamentary secretaries, other M.P.s, and civil servants, as well as representatives of public corporations, political parties, and trade unions. Small delegations from Ethiopia, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Southern Rhodesia, and Zanzibar were also invited. A group of 10 ‘visiting specialists’ from overseas with experience of federal systems and problems elsewhere were invited to take part. Among these were six economists: Ursula Hicks and Arthur Hazlewood from Oxford, Pitamber Pant of the Indian Planning Commission, Vladimir Kollontai from Moscow, Jan Auerhan from Prague, and Benton Massell (who was unable to attend but contributed a paper) from the United States. The others were a lawyer, S. A. de Smith from the London School of Economics, and three political scientists, Arthur MacMahon of Columbia University, A. H. Birch from Hull University, and myself. A group of a dozen ‘local specialists’ drawn mainly from E.A.C.S.O. and from the economists, lawyers, and political scientists at the University Colleges in East Africa also presented papers and played a significant role in the discussions. The total number of participants, including 22 observers, amounted to over 90.

Overview: Perspectives on the WTO Doha Development Agenda Multilateral Trade Negotiations

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1850054 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M Stern
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Guest Editor ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Trade Negotiations ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Multilateral Trade ◽  
The University

Overview of the Special Issue prepared under the direction of Guest Editor Robert Stern. Robert M. Stern, the Guest Editor of this special issue of the Global Economy Journal, is Professor of Economics and Public Policy (Emeritus) in the Department of Economics and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University in 1958. He was a Fulbright scholar in the Netherlands in 1958-59, taught at Columbia University for two years, and joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in 1961. He has been an active contributor to international economic research and policy for more than four decades. He has published numerous papers and books on a wide variety of topics, including international commodity problems, the determinants of comparative advantage, price behavior in international trade, balance-of-payments policies, the computer modeling of international trade and trade policies, trade and labor standards, and services liberalization. He has collaborated with Alan Deardorff (University of Michigan) since the early 1970s and with Drusilla Brown (Tufts University) since the mid-1980s in developing the Michigan Model of World Production and Trade. He is currently working with Drusilla Brown and Kozo Kiyota (Yokohama National University) on the computational modeling and analysis of preferential and multilateral trade negotiations, and issues relating to the scope of the WTO and concepts of fairness in the global trading system with Andrew Brown.

Public policy and the university-industry R&D nexus

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 499-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joao Faria ◽  
Franklin Mixon ◽  
Kamal Upadhyaya
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
The University ◽  
University Industry

scholarly journals An artificial intelligence approach for optimizing pumping in sewer systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Ostojin ◽  
S. R. Mounce ◽  
J. B. Boxall
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Cost Savings ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Base Case ◽  
Energy Costs ◽  
Pumping Station ◽  
Sewer Systems ◽  
Pumping Stations ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
The University

This paper presents details of a fuzzy logic system developed for the control of sewer pumping stations for energy costs savings. This is part of an ongoing collaborative project between Anglian Water and the University of Sheffield. The model rules and operation are developed for one representative pumping station in order to enable the identification of potential benefits and inhibitors to Anglian Water. Results are included that demonstrate the potential for energy cost-savings by application to a single pumping station for dry weather flow conditions and through comparison to current on/off switching rules. The fuzzy system is shown to be robust to changes in flow pattern (using both modelled inflow data and real data from a flow survey), but sensitive to changes in price structures. Application of a genetic algorithm (GA) search technique was used to adjust the parameters that define the membership functions in the fuzzy rules, in order to provide automated minimization of the energy costs towards an optimal solution. The GA system is shown to be transferable to another pumping station with different pump sizes, wet well capacity and inflow pattern. The GA solution outperformed the base case in terms of energy costs and switching totals.

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