scholarly journals Mapping the Transformation of Information into Knowledge in Early Modern Florence

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-31
Author(s):  
Jennifer Mara DeSilva
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Real World ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Student Work ◽  
The University

The recent use of geographic information systems (GIS) to visualize large historical datasets are particularly useful to History instructors who seek real-world platforms that support an open-ended investigation of past societies. The University of Toronto’s DECIMA Project (Digitally Encoded Census and Information Mapping Archive) presents an open-access platform through which anyone can explore census material collected in early modern Florence. This article explores how senior undergraduate students used the DECIMA Project to construct research-based learning assignments that they developed independently. A rubric assessed the resulting student work in order to evaluate several cognitive abilities that students employed during their method design, data analysis, and the contextualization of conclusions. The assignment also drew on central History disciplinary concepts (articulating a question, constructing an argument, evaluating sources, and discerning challenges to the narrative), while introducing students to 'real Florentines.'

The question of university graduates' employability: are the students aware of the employers' preferences

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pambas Tandika ◽  
Laurent Gabriel Ndijuye
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
University Education ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to university students' awareness of the employers preferred competencies and the educational level capable of readying them satisfactory for the demands of the world of work.Design/methodology/approachUsing a qualitative approach exploratory research design, data were gathered in an informal and unstructured manner, researchers identified undergraduate students' awareness of employers' preferred competencies of the graduates.FindingsUndergraduate students overestimated academic credentials while ignoring soft skills as employers' preferences. Nevertheless, they were worried about their capability to compete adequately when seeking employment despite identifying university level of education as the most appropriate for developing and enhancing their employability.Research limitations/implicationsThe study involved mostly second-year students from one college of the seven colleges constituting the University of Dodoma.Practical implicationsThere is a need for university education to integrate and emphasize the non-cognitive skills for adequately and holistically preparing future employees with adequate knowledge and skills to thrive in the world of work demands.Social implicationsThere likelihood that a lack of confidence would impact their participation in academia and work/job. Hence, lower down their productivity and inadequately contribute to social and national economic growth.Originality/valueThe value of these findings is that they identify, inform and can be used to enhance university education programming for improved graduate's employability.

scholarly journals Undergraduate Students Attitudes toward Biotechnology Crop

2020 ◽  
Vol 142 ◽  
pp. 06004
Author(s):  
Evita Soliha Hani ◽  
Mustapit
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Biotechnology Crops ◽  
The University ◽  
Crop Biotechnology

Crop biotechnology is not yet entirely accepted by all of the countries, even though biotechnology can give a lot of benefits in production. This research aims to explain undergraduate students attitudes toward crop biotechnology and to analyse factors affecting their attitudes toward crop biotechnology. This research is carried out at the University of Jember campus with a disproportionate random sampling of 80 respondents consisting of 40 students from the Faculty of Agriculture and 40 students from other faculties. The data analysis technique is logistic regression. The result of this research showed that most of the undergraduate students (61,25%) are agree toward biotechnology crops. While factors that affected their attitudes toward biotechnology crops are information, sex, and knowledge.

scholarly journals Permainan Tradisional Sebagai Upaya Meningkatkan Karakter Disiplin dan Jujur Mahasiswa Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar

INVENTA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Ilham Syahrul Jiwandono
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Study Program ◽  
The Media ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The University

Learning in the 21st century requires teachers to be creative in the learning process. Learning not only focuses on improving students 'cognitive abilities but also shapes students' characters. This study aims to illustrate the use of the game of talik in an effort to shape the character of discipline and honesty of students. The research approach uses a qualitative-descriptive approach by observing and exploring information directly in the field. Data collection using the method of documentation, observation, and structured interviews. Research location at the University of Mataram, Elementary School Teacher Education Study Program. Based on preliminary observations it is known that at that location still does not utilize traditional games optimally. Data collection techniques using interviews, observation, and documentation. Data analysis techniques using data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions or verification. The stages of the research are broadly divided into three parts, namely; 1) Stages of preparation / pre-field, 2) Stages of fieldwork, and 3) Stages of data analysis. The results showed: 1) Nowadays modern games are more widely used compared to traditional games. 2) The game of Swelling as one of the traditional games of the Sasak tribe has succeeded in becoming one of the media to form a disciplined and honest character of students.

scholarly journals Improving the student learning experience through the student-led implementation of interactive features in an online open-access textbook

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-77
Author(s):  
Tanya Sharma ◽  
Rini Lukose ◽  
Jessica E. Shiers-Hanley ◽  
Sanja Hinic-Frlog ◽  
Simone Laughton
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Open Educational Resource ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Animal Physiology ◽  
The University

This case study highlights the work of Students as Partners (SaP) as a balanced approach for implementing and evaluating an online open-access textbook in introductory animal physiology at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Started in 2017 with an eCampus Ontario grant, the project involved undergraduate and graduate students developing and improving an open-access e-textbook to support student learning in a second-year undergraduate introductory animal physiology course. This case study focuses on the 2019–2020 academic term and the work of two undergraduate students working alongside faculty and two librarians. As part of their research, the partners consulted the literature and gathered feedback from students taking the course in which the open e-textbook was used. Student partners added updates and new interactive features to create a more engaging educational resource to support student learning. The partners also reflected on their role in the open educational resource development process.  

scholarly journals Studi Etnomatematika Pada Budaya Masyarakat Larantuka

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ni Ketut Artanti Agustini ◽  
Samuel Igo Leton ◽  
Aloysius J. Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Real World ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
The Subject

The environment can become a source of learning in a process of mathematical learning related to the real world. One source learning in the environment is cultural. Mathematical lessons that studied educated participants at school are sometimes different to important transatic problems that encountered in everyday life, makes it more difficult learning participants linking the links of furatic concepts  that  are  formal  with  issues  of  culture.  Etnomathematics  connects cultures with mathematics learning. The purpose of this research is to obtain the description of the value of the impostor’s value and growing up to the cultural society of  Waibalun. This type of  research  is a  qualitative research  with  the Etnographic  design.  Data  collection  by  observation,  interviews  and documentation. The subject in this study is three person taken Purposive against public figures who learn and understand well about indigenous homes. The object of this  research is the Waibalun indigenous home. The results of data analysis show that a) Etnomathematical activity in the process of making Waibalun indigenous   homes,   that   is   measuring,   counting   and   designing;   b)   The mathematical values were found in the Waibalun indigenous home consist of, the angle, rectangle, triangle, trapezium, tube and reflections.

scholarly journals Publications en libre accès des universités du Burkina Faso: analyse d’impact et visibilité internationale

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-64
Author(s):  
Pier Luigi Rossi ◽  
Minata Traore ◽  
Fatoumata Maïga Diallo
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
International Visibility ◽  
Bobo Dioulasso ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
University Of Ouagadougou

Nous avons rendu disponibles, en libre accès sur internet, les collections de mémoires et de thèses soutenues à l’Université de Bobo Dioulasso et à l’Université de Ouagadougou 1 (Burkina Faso). L’analyse des données de consultation (« fichiers de log » présents sur le serveur hôte) permet de produire plusieurs indicateurs concernant l’impact et la visibilité internationale des documents constituants les collections. Nous présentons la répartition temporelle et géographique des consultations, les fréquences des accès spécifiques à chaque document, la nature des questions, l’impact des moteurs de recherche. Ces résultats montrent qu’en mettant à disposition sur Internet des documents scientifiques produits par des institutions africaines, l’importance de leur visibilité et de leur impact peuvent être démontrés en utilisant les données de consultation disponibles sur le serveur. La comparaison de ces données avec celles disponibles pour les documents en libre accès de l’Institut français pour le développement (IRD) permet de conclure que les niveaux de consultation pour les publications scientifiques des pays du « Nord » et du « Sud » sont assez similaires.Two major collections of dissertations and theses defended at the University of Bobo Dioulasso and the University of Ouagadougou 1 have been made available open access on the Internet. The data analysis of accesses available via the host server makes it possible to produce several indicators concerning the impact and the international visibility of the available documents. We will present the temporal and geographical distribution of the consultations, the specific frequencies for each document, the nature of the questions, the impact of the search engines. These results seem to show that by making available on the Internet scientific documents produced by African institutions their visibility and impact are demonstrable with the data collected by the server. A comparison of these data with those available for the open access documents of the French Institute for Development (IRD) show that the levels of consultation for scientific publications from "Northern" and "Southern" countries are quite similar.

scholarly journals Academic course: About and around curating: The technology of an exhibition process: The realization of project "Real World"

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 330-343
Author(s):  
Andrej Bereta ◽  
Srđan Tunić
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Real World ◽  
Fine Arts ◽  
Team Working ◽  
Art Historians ◽  
The University ◽  
Curatorial Studies ◽  
Low Rate

As an extended part of independent curatorial project About and Around Curating/Kustosiranje, art historians and freelance curators Bereta and Tunić developed a special academic course for the University of Belgrade, Faculties of Architecture and Fine Arts during the autumn semester 2012/13. Rooted in experience based methodology and inspired by contemporary curatorial studies in Europe, the official course curriculum gathered undergraduate students of Architecture, Fine Arts (Department of Sculpture) and Art Historians. The aim of the course was to encourage team working of students of different backgrounds in order to create newly produced artworks, as part of a group exhibition. The course itself was intended to be a reaction and constructive critique towards the lack of cooperation between art faculties, low rate of practical activities during studies and seeing curatorial studies solely as a world of ideas.

User Evaluation of an Integrated Medical Workstation for Clinical Data Analysis

1993 ◽  
Vol 32 (05) ◽  
pp. 365-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Timmeis ◽  
J. H. van Bemmel ◽  
E. M. van Mulligen
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Clinical Data ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
User Evaluation ◽  
Scientific Staff ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
Clinical Data Analysis ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
The University

AbstractResults are presented of the user evaluation of an integrated medical workstation for support of clinical research. Twenty-seven users were recruited from medical and scientific staff of the University Hospital Dijkzigt, the Faculty of Medicine of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and from other Dutch medical institutions; and all were given a written, self-contained tutorial. Subsequently, an experiment was done in which six clinical data analysis problems had to be solved and an evaluation form was filled out. The aim of this user evaluation was to obtain insight in the benefits of integration for support of clinical data analysis for clinicians and biomedical researchers. The problems were divided into two sets, with gradually more complex problems. In the first set users were guided in a stepwise fashion to solve the problems. In the second set each stepwise problem had an open counterpart. During the evaluation, the workstation continuously recorded the user’s actions. From these results significant differences became apparent between clinicians and non-clinicians for the correctness (means 54% and 81%, respectively, p = 0.04), completeness (means 64% and 88%, respectively, p = 0.01), and number of problems solved (means 67% and 90%, respectively, p = 0.02). These differences were absent for the stepwise problems. Physicians tend to skip more problems than biomedical researchers. No statistically significant differences were found between users with and without clinical data analysis experience, for correctness (means 74% and 72%, respectively, p = 0.95), and completeness (means 82% and 79%, respectively, p = 0.40). It appeared that various clinical research problems can be solved easily with support of the workstation; the results of this experiment can be used as guidance for the development of the successor of this prototype workstation and serve as a reference for the assessment of next versions.

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