Technology Preparedness and the Impact on a High-Quality Remote Learning Experience: Lessons From COVID-19

The COVID-19 crisis necessitated abrupt transition to remote learning in medical schools. We aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on French undergraduate students and teachers, to identify practice changes, and to evaluate successes and areas for improvement of this remote learning experience. Data from 2 online questionnaires were analyzed with 509 participants among students and 189 among teachers from Sorbonne University. Responses to multiple choice, Likert response scale, and open-ended questions were evaluated. COVID-19 had negative impact on teaching continuity. Sixty-seven percent of students were in a dropout situation, and many suffered from psychological stress, leading to set up of a psychological support unit. Although most teachers (81%) and students (72%) had limited knowledge of digital resources, distance learning was quickly implemented, with a predominant use of Zoom. The analysis of several parameters revealed that students were significantly more satisfied than teachers by remote learning. Nevertheless, both students and teachers agreed to replace classical lectures by digital media and to promote in-person teaching in small interactive groups. This paper shares tips for faculty rapidly establishing remote learning. This comparative study of the students’ and teachers’ points of view underlines that new medical curricula should include more digital contents. We make recommendations regarding general university organization, equipment, and curricular development for long-term implementation of digital resources with reinforced relationships between faculty and students.

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Here there Be Tygers: Profit, Non-profit, and Loss in the Age of Disintermediation

Canadian Journal of Communication ◽

10.22230/cjc.1997v22n3a1008 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Michael Jensen

Keyword(s):

Eastern Europe ◽

Social Institutions ◽

Scholarly Publishing ◽

The Political ◽

Quality Information ◽

High Quality ◽

Non Profit ◽

High Quality Information ◽

Europe De L’Est ◽

The Impact

Abstract: Scholarly publishing and access to high-quality information may in fact be threatened, rather than improved, by the revolution in communications, particularly in a fully commercial Internet. The effects of the political revolution in Eastern Europe on scholarship and quality publishing are used as a touchstone of the dangers that occur when naïve revolutionaries make swift changes without fully recognizing the impact upon delicately balanced social institutions such as non-profit organizations. Résumé: La révolution en communications, particulièrement en ce qui regarde un Internet commercialisé, plutôt que d'améliorer l'édition savante et l'accès à de l'information de haute qualité, pourrait en fait poser une menace pour ceux-ci. Cet article examine comment la révolution politique en Europe de l'Est a influé sur la recherche et l'édition de qualité. Il utilise cet exemple pour examiner les dangers que peuvent courir certains révolutionnaires naïfs quand ils instaurent des changements rapides san songer à leur impact sur des institutions sociales à équilibre délicat comme les organisations à but non lucratif.

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Market Reactions to a High-Quality Auditor and Managerial Preference for Audit Quality

Auditing A Journal of Practice & Theory ◽

10.2308/ajpt-52478 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 38 (4) ◽

pp. 131-149 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Patrick J. Hurley ◽

Brian W. Mayhew

Keyword(s):

Loss Aversion ◽

Audit Quality ◽

Data Availability ◽

Quality Competition ◽

High Quality ◽

Market Reactions ◽

Comprehensive Theory ◽

Audit Reports ◽

The Impact ◽

Quality Theory

SUMMARY We insert an automated high-quality (HQ) auditor into established experimental audit markets to test the impact of high-quality competition on other auditors' supply of and managers' demand for audit quality. Theory predicts that managers will demand high levels of audit quality to avoid investors' price-protecting behavior. This demand should result in the HQ auditor dominating the market and increase other auditors' audit quality provision to compete with the HQ auditor. However, we find that the HQ auditor does not dominate the market—despite holding audit costs constant and investors placing a premium on HQ auditor reports. We also find that adding an HQ auditor results in other auditors lowering audit quality. Additional analyses indicate some managers demand lower audit quality to avoid negative audit reports, consistent with loss aversion as a potential explanation. Our findings indicate a need to develop a more comprehensive theory of the demand for auditing. Data Availability: The laboratory market data used in this study are available from the authors upon request.

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How Different Fermentation Type Affects Volatile Composition of Plum Jerkums

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11104658 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (10) ◽

pp. 4658

Author(s):

Magdalena Januszek ◽

Paweł Satora

Keyword(s):

Volatile Compounds ◽

Current Paper ◽

Higher Alcohols ◽

High Quality ◽

Volatile Composition ◽

Spontaneous Fermentation ◽

Fermentation Efficiency ◽

Yeast Strains ◽

The Impact

Quality of plum jerkum is significantly associated to the profile of volatile compounds. Therefore, we decided to assess the impact of various fermentation types on selected properties of plum jerkums, especially compounds which contribute to the aroma of the finished product. We used the following yeast strains: S. cerevisiae S1, H. uvarum H2, and Ethanol RED (S. cerevisiae). Moreover, we considered spontaneous fermentation. S. cerevisiae and H. uvarum strains were isolated during the fermentation of Čačanska Lepotica or Węgierka Dąbrowicka (plum cultivars), respectively. As for fermentation type, spontaneous fermentation of H. uvarum H2 provided the best results. It could be associated to the fact that plum juices fermented with H. uvarum H2 presented the highest concentration of terpenoids, esters, or some higher alcohols. In the current paper, application of indigenous strains of yeasts resulted in the required oenological characteristics, e.g., highest fermentation efficiency and concentration of ethanol was determined in juices fermented with Ethanol RED (S. cerevisiae) and also with S. cerevisiae S1. Our results suggested that indigenous strains of yeasts present in plums demonstrate great potential for the production of plum jerkums of high quality.

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Promoting the Quality of Life of Elderly during the COVID-19 Pandemic

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18136813 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (13) ◽

pp. 6813

Author(s):

Chia-Jung Lee ◽

Yen Hsu

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Learning Experience ◽

The Elderly ◽

Learning Approach ◽

Learning Center ◽

Learning Centers ◽

Technology Learning ◽

The Impact

This study explored the technology learning model of the elderly in a senior learning center under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many senior learning centers were closed during the pandemic, and many of them adopted the mode of online education. However, problems such as decreased motivation and a lack of peer interaction still exist. To solve these problems, this study used the easy-to-implement calligraphy AR approach and E-book approach to conduct a quasi-experiment on the elderly of a calligraphy course offered by a senior learning center. The results show a higher learning motivation among the elderly who use calligraphy AR. The learning effectiveness and technology acceptance of the elderly in the E-book learning group were higher than those in the calligraphy AR group. The elderly mentioned that the E-book learning approach is more user-friendly. In general, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the suspension of classes in senior centers, education through the development of technology has stimulated the growth of education in advanced learning centers. Through this kind of scientific and technological learning method, it will bring a whole new experience to the elderly. It can improve the stress relief methods, mental health, and quality of life of the elderly during the COVID-19 emergency shutdown, and provide a novel calligraphy technique learning experience for the elderly. Therefore, we believe that the calligraphy AR learning approach and the calligraphy E-book learning approach are practical and may promote quality of life and mental health of the elderly during the emergency closures due to COVID-19, providing elderly attendees with a novel calligraphy technology learning experience.

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The Use of Twitter as an Interactive Learning Tool Within a Postgraduate Public Health Course: A Pilot Study

Pedagogy in Health Promotion ◽

10.1177/2373379920978429 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 237337992097842

Author(s):

Rimante Ronto ◽

Alexandra Bhatti ◽

Josephine Chau

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Online Survey ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Teaching Staff ◽

Learning Tool ◽

Interactive Approach ◽

Master Of Public Health ◽

Use Of Social Media ◽

The Impact

Twitter has gained attention in recent years as a tool to use in higher education to enhance students’ learning, engagement, and reflective writing. This study explored public health students’ perceptions on the usefulness of Twitter as a learning tool, engagement with their peers, staff, and the broader public health community. Participants were Master of Public Health students from a public university based in Sydney, Australia. A mixed methods approach was used combining content analysis of tweets, an online survey and two focus groups. Students were asked to engage with Twitter by reflecting on each week’s teaching content and by liking and replying to their peers’ tweets. Participation and engagement in this task were high initially and declined toward the end of semester. Most student tweets aligned with topics taught during the semester. Survey and focus group data indicated most students had positive views on using Twitter and reported finding engagement with Twitter beneficial in obtaining current information on health promotion news and trends, increasing their professional networks and allowing them to connect with their peers and teaching staff. Results indicate Twitter is a promising interactive approach to enhance public health students’ engagement and overall learning experience, as well as being useful for professional networking. Larger scale empirical studies are needed to investigate the impact of the use of social media platforms such as Twitter to various learning outcomes longitudinally and beyond this course.

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Health-Related Quality of Life of Elderly Women with Fall Experiences

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18157804 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (15) ◽

pp. 7804

Author(s):

Jiyoung Song ◽

Eunwon Lee

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Elderly Women ◽

The Elderly ◽

Basic Data ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

High Quality ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related ◽

The Impact

This study aimed to describe the health-related quality of life of elderly women with experience in fall treatment as well as to prepare basic data for the development of interventions to improve the quality of life for this group. The study was based on raw data from the 2019 Korea Community Health Survey. Using the SPSS program, the characteristics of the subjects were tested by frequency, percentage, and chi-square test. To establish the impact of fall experience on the health-related quality of life of elderly women, the OR and 95% CI were calculated using multiple logistic regression analysis. Of the 4260 people surveyed, 44.7% of the elderly women said they had a high quality of life, whereas 55.3% of the elderly women said they had a low quality of life. A younger age was associated with a better-rated health-related quality of life. Those who lived in a city and had a high level of education tended to describe a high quality of life. The quality of life was considered high by those who exercised, but low by those who were obese or diabetic. The results of this study can lead to a better understanding of the experiences of elderly women who have experienced falls, and they can be used as basic data for the development of related health programs.

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The Impact of Live Cases on Student Skill Development in Marketing Courses

Journal of Marketing Education ◽

10.1177/02734753211034553 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 027347532110345

Author(s):

Shannon Cummins ◽

Jeff S. Johnson

Keyword(s):

Time Management ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Skill Development ◽

Handling Time ◽

Thinking Skills ◽

Critical Thinking Skills ◽

Small Samples ◽

Conflict Handling ◽

Student Skill ◽

The Impact

Live cases, where students work directly with an outside organization to solve real-world problems, can be an immersive learning experience for marketing students. Current scholarship on live case usage in marketing is limited to small samples from a handful of live case devotees. This article draws from a large, international sample of 169 marketing educators to investigate the perceived educational impacts of live cases on student skill development. Specifically, the paper explores student teamwork, conflict handling, time management, presentation, communication, and critical thinking skills. Additionally, the article explores how student skill development is affected by the amount of course time dedicated to the live case as well as faculty experience with live cases.

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Initial coin offerings and the cryptocurrency hype - the moderating role of exogenous and endogenous signals

Electronic Markets ◽

10.1007/s12525-021-00460-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ferdinand Thies ◽

Sören Wallbach ◽

Michael Wessel ◽

Markus Besler ◽

Alexander Benlian

Keyword(s):

Least Squares ◽

Ordinary Least Squares ◽

High Quality ◽

Academic Interest ◽

Entrepreneurial Ventures ◽

Asset Class ◽

The Impact ◽

Moderating Role ◽

Initial Coin Offerings

AbstractInitial coin offerings (ICOs) have recently emerged as a new financing instrument for entrepreneurial ventures, spurring economic and academic interest. Nevertheless, the impact of exogenous and endogenous signals on the performance of ICOs as well as the effects of the cryptocurrency hype and subsequent downfall of Bitcoin between 2016 and 2019 remain underexplored. We applied ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions based on a dataset containing 1597 ICOs that covers almost 2.5 years. The results show that exogenous and endogenous signals have a significant effect on the funds raised in ICOs. We also find that the Bitcoin price heavily drives the performance of ICOs. However, this hype effect is moderated, as high-quality ICOs are not pegged to these price developments. Revealing the interplay between hypes and signals in the ICO’s asset class should broaden the discussion of this emerging digital phenomenon.

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A High Rigidity and Precision Scanning Tunneling Microscope with Decoupled XY and Z Scans

Scanning ◽

10.1155/2017/1020476 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Xu Chen ◽

Tengfei Guo ◽

Yubin Hou ◽

Jing Zhang ◽

Wenjie Meng ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Scanning Tunneling Microscope ◽

Atomic Resolution ◽

Scanning Tunneling ◽

Electronic Noise ◽

High Quality ◽

Tunneling Microscope ◽

The Core ◽

High Rigidity ◽

The Common ◽

The Impact

A new scan-head structure for the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is proposed, featuring high scan precision and rigidity. The core structure consists of a piezoelectric tube scanner of quadrant type (for XY scans) coaxially housed in a piezoelectric tube with single inner and outer electrodes (for Z scan). They are fixed at one end (called common end). A hollow tantalum shaft is coaxially housed in the XY-scan tube and they are mutually fixed at both ends. When the XY scanner scans, its free end will bring the shaft to scan and the tip which is coaxially inserted in the shaft at the common end will scan a smaller area if the tip protrudes short enough from the common end. The decoupled XY and Z scans are desired for less image distortion and the mechanically reduced scan range has the superiority of reducing the impact of the background electronic noise on the scanner and enhancing the tip positioning precision. High quality atomic resolution images are also shown.

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