scholarly journals DEVELOPING GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES USING A SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT PROJECT

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Buchal ◽  
Emmanuel Songsore
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Systematic Framework

Ashby’s sustainability assessment method provides a systematic framework for dealing with complex, multidisciplinary problems. It also provides a framework for helping graduate students develop many desired graduate attributes. In this study, Ashby’s method was used in a third-year group sustainability assessment project, after which the development of three Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board graduate attributes (i.e., professionalism, impact on society and the environment, and life-long learning) were assessed. Students were surveyed to self-assess their level of competence in selected graduate attribute indicators, using Western Engineering programs’ Graduate Attributes indicators and rubric. After completing the project, most students assessed their abilities to be good to excellent under most indicators. Students also rated the project as being effective in developing these attributes.

scholarly journals Computer-supported collaborative knowledge building using a sustainability assessment framework and Microsoft Teams

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Buchal
Keyword(s):  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Knowledge Building ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge Building ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge ◽  
Systematic Framework

Ashby’s sustainability assessment method provides a systematic framework for dealing with complex, multidisciplinary problems. It explicitly addresses many desired graduate attributes, and is an excellent framework to provide scaffolding for computer-supported collaborative knowledge building. This paper describes experience using Ashby’s method in conjunction with the Microsoft Teams collaboration platform in a third-year group sustainability assessment project. Students found Teams to be effective and easy to use, and the resulting group reports demonstrated development and application of most CEAB graduate attributes, particularly professionalism, impact on society and the environment, and life-long learning.

scholarly journals Sustainability Assessment of Public Transport, Part I—A Multi-Criteria Assessment Method to Compare Different Bus Technologies

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 825
Author(s):  
Jonas Ammenberg ◽  
Sofia Dahlgren
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
County Level ◽  
Participatory Process ◽  
Problem Context ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sustainability Performance ◽  
Sustainability Assessments

This article departs from the perspective of Swedish regional transport authorities and focuses on the public procurement of bus transports. Many of these public organizations on the county level have the ambition to contribute to a transition involving the continued marginalization of fossil fuels and improved sustainability performance. However, there are several renewable bus technologies to choose between and it can be difficult to know what alternative (or combination) is preferable. Prior research and the authors’ experiences indicate a need for improved knowledge and supportive methods on how sustainability assessments can support public procurement processes. The purpose of this article is to develop a multi-criteria assessment (MCA) method to support assessments of public bus technologies’ sustainability. The method, which was established in an iterative and participatory process, consists of four key areas and 12 indicators. The article introduces the problem context and reviews selected prior research of relevance dealing with green or sustainable public procurement and sustainability assessments. Further on, the process and MCA method are presented and discussed based on advice for effective and efficient sustainability assessments. In the companion article (Part II), the MCA method is applied to assess several bus technologies involving biodiesel, biomethane, diesel, electricity, ethanol and natural gas.

scholarly journals Correction: Optimal sustainability assessment method selection: a practitioner perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Koppiahraj ◽  
S. Bathrinath ◽  
V. G. Venkatesh ◽  
Venkatesh Mani ◽  
Yangyan Shi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Method Selection

A checklist to help students analyze published articles in basic medical sciences.

1995 ◽  
Vol 268 (6) ◽  
pp. S21 ◽  
Author(s):  
P K Rangachari ◽  
S Mierson
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Reading Textbooks ◽  
Scientific Life ◽  
Basic Medical

Because critical analysis of published information is an essential component of scientific life, it is important that students be trained in its practice. Undergraduate students who are more accustomed to reading textbooks and taking lecture notes find it difficult to appreciate primary publications. To help such students, we have developed a checklist that helps them analyze different components of a research article in basic biomedical sciences. Students used the checklist to analyze critically a published article. The students were assigned an article and asked to write a paper (maximum 2 pages of single-spaced type) assessing it. This assignment has been found useful to both undergraduate and graduate students in pharmacology and physiology. Student responses to a questionnaire were highly favorable; students thought the exercise provided them with some of the essential skills for life-long learning.

scholarly journals Cohort Analysis and Reporting for Graduate Attribute Assessment

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aneta George ◽  
Liam Peyton
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Cohort Analysis ◽  
Information Analysis ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Historic Data ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
The University

The Graduate Attribute Information Analysis system (GAIA) was developed at the University of Ottawa to support data collection and performance management of graduate attributes for engineering programs at the program level and at the course level [10]. This paper reports on our research to develop support for cohort analysis and reporting by providing a single consistent view of graduate attributes (GA) and performance indicators for groups of students who started and finished an engineering program at the same time. This is supported by two special purpose reports: Graduate Attribute Report per Cohort (GAR/C) and Course Progression Report per Cohort (CPR/C). The former shows average GA data per attribute, the latter tracks student achievement as students progress in their program. It also adds to the historic data trend analysis for a program. Furthermore, a COOP Progress Report per cohort (COOPR/C) is generated.

scholarly journals USING MICROSOFT TEAMS TO SUPPORT COLLABORATIVE KNOWLEDGE BUILDING IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph Buchal ◽  
Emmanuel Songsore
Keyword(s):  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Knowledge Building ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Group Project ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Student Collaboration ◽  
The Past ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge Building ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge ◽  
Better Than

The current study investigates students’ use of Microsoft Teams as a collaborative knowledge building platform for a group sustainability assessment project. Ashby’s sustainability assessment method was used to provide scaffolding. Surveys (n=16) were administered to assess the nature of student collaboration, including students’ experiences using collaboration tools in the past, the activities students engaged in while working on the group project in MS Teams, self-assessment of collaborative abilities, comfort with giving, receiving and sharing comments and feedback, assessment of the effectiveness of Ashby’s sustainability assessment method in developing these abilities, and their overall assessment of MS Teams as a collaborative knowledge building tool. Students rated their collaborative abilities to be good to excellent and felt that the project was effective in developing those abilities. They are comfortable providing and receiving feedback and sharing their contributions openly. They found MS Teams to be extremely useful, and better than alternative platforms for key tasks including messaging, file sharing and collaborative authoring.

scholarly journals Adaptation of the SBTool for Sustainability Assessment of High School Buildings in Portugal—SAHSBPT

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (13) ◽  
pp. 2664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saraiva ◽  
de Almeida ◽  
Bragança
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Sustainable Building ◽  
K 12

The European Union objectives in the Horizon 2020 program aim to reduce environmental impact through strategies such as the improvement of energy efficiency and the use of renewable technologies. With regard to the goal of sustainable development—which integrates environmental, social, and economic dimensions relating to the preservation of the planet and the integrity of consumers—several types of sustainability certification tools are currently used in the construction industry e.g., Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), and the Sustainable Building Tool (SBTool) There are international sustainability methodologies designed specifically for high schools and methodologies specific to the Portuguese reality, such as Natura Domus, LiderA (Liderar pelo Ambiente para a construção sustentável, Leading the Environment for Sustainable Construction) and SBtoolPT (Sustainable Building Tool, Portugal). Currently, with the concern in Portugal to requalify schools, it has become necessary to develop a specific methodology for school buildings according to the Portuguese reality. This work highlights the SBTool methodology that is employed in several countries and can be adapted to basic education institutions as the basis for the formulation of responsible citizens and the development of a country. The main aim of this study is to adapt an already existing assessment tool of sustainability (SBToolPT), maintaining some indicators while modifying and adding others, in order to develop a methodology specifically for conducting a Sustainability Assessment of High School Buildings in Portugal—SAHSBPT. In order to achieve this goal, other methodologies that already incorporate parameters relating to the school environment are analyzed, such as LEED BD + C Schools (LEED Building Design and Construction School), BREEAM Education 2008, and the SBTool for K–12 schools.

scholarly journals Implications of BREEAM Sustainability Assessment on the Design of Hotels

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 6550 ◽  
Author(s):  
María M. Serrano-Baena ◽  
Paula Triviño-Tarradas ◽  
Carlos Ruiz-Díaz ◽  
Rafael E. Hidalgo Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Early Design Stage ◽  
Agenda 2030 ◽  
Original Research Paper ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
The Right

This original research paper analyses the actual and important topic of the implications of BREEAM sustainability assessment on the design of hotels and it is a personal response to “The Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development” and its influence on the Tourism and Hospitality Industry. The paper aims to examine the influence of the sustainable assessment method BREEAM on the design of hotels by using seven case studies and studying the changes that were implemented in order to achieve their targets. Qualitative data were obtained by conducting in-depth interviews and analyzing the supplied documentation. The authors notice that the results revealed that a BREEAM approach might limit the design of the hotels but, including the right measures at the early design stage of the project, the target can be easily achieved.

scholarly journals A Method for an Integrated Sustainability Assessment of RFID Technology

Resources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Bartlomiej Gladysz ◽  
Krzysztof Ejsmont ◽  
Aldona Kluczek ◽  
Donatella Corti ◽  
Stanislaw Marciniak
Keyword(s):  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Assessment Procedure ◽  
Rfid Technology ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Frequency Identification ◽  
Current Assessment ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Integrated Sustainability

Industry 4.0 (I4.0) has become a widely accepted manufacturing paradigm across a wide range of industries. It includes an array of various approaches, tools, techniques, and methods. They were known to researchers before, but when combined they build a new reality, which needs procedures for the assessment of technologies and manufacturing processes. Current assessment methods often fail to incorporate economic, environmental, and social impacts simultaneously in an integrated way. The potential implementation of a sustainability assessment procedure on a larger scale is seen for (well-developed) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology. The measures for assessment were identified through a literature review and validated by expert panels. Validation measures were quantified using multi-criteria decision making (AHP). Criteria ranking was used for reasoning if the assumed modular structure responded to the experts’ needs. To connect the existing research gap, a holistic and integrated assessment method for I4.0 applications, depicted in a structured way and tailored for RFID technology, is developed, which constitutes a research gap in current literature on this topic. Results showed that a modularized structure of approach (module—group of measures—measures [as indicators]) for RFID sustainability assessment, which depends on the complexity of this technology, may be a convenient method for assessment of I4.0 technologies. It was confirmed that all sustainability perspectives are important due to their contributions to supporting decisions and should be considered in the assessment of RFID. On the other hand, it can help managers and practitioners implement the assessment method in their practice to reduce pollution and save the environment.

scholarly journals Three Birds, One Stone: A Pedagogy and Accreditation Driven Redesign

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryson Robertson ◽  
Margaret Gwyn ◽  
LillAnne Jackson ◽  
Peter Wild
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Technical Writing ◽  
Writing Development ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Writing Competency ◽  
The University

This paper describes a proposed redesign of the instruction and assessment of the Co-operative (Co-op) Education (or work term) components of the University of Victoria Engineering program. The redesign ensures instruction and assessment of the higher-level Graduate Attributes (GAs), such as individual and teamwork, communication skills, professionalism, impact on society, ethics and equity, economics and project management, and life-long learning, that may not be included in all of the technical courses in a traditional Engineering curriculum. Concurrently, the redesign includes a renewed emphasis on improving the technical writing competency of graduating engineers by: ‘laddering’ student technical writing development; introduction a new grading scheme; increased timeframes for report revisions; and, finally, reducing the number of pedagogically ineffective reports required to graduate.

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