scholarly journals Designing a Tool for an Innovative, Interdisciplinary Learning Process Based on a Comprehensive Understanding of Sourcing: A Case Study

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Radim Rybár ◽  
Ľubomíra Gabániová ◽  
Jana Rybárová ◽  
Martin Beer ◽  
Lucia Bednárová
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Interdisciplinary Learning ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
The Status ◽  
Innovative Learning ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Earth Resource

The paper presents a case study describing the process of creating and validating the benefits of two Innovative Learning Tools (ILTs) aimed at more effective knowledge acquisition in the interdisciplinary field of earth resource extraction with links to the status of renewable energy. The philosophy behind the original designs and the design of the two tools, the way they are used, and the results of their application in the educational process are presented in a framework. The opinions and attitudes of both students and educators towards the tools were surveyed, and some research questions related to this form of knowledge acquisition were validated. The presented results show the students’ interest in the educational form as well as the attractive content that goes beyond conventional educational subjects, with its connections.

Formation of ICT-competence of Philology students with the innovative teaching aids in the distance education

2020 ◽  
pp. 120-134
Author(s):  
Lyudmyla PIDKAMINNA
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Ict Competence ◽  
Innovative Learning

The article is devoted to the study of the processes of formation of ICT competence of students of philology with the help of innovative teaching aids in the conditions of distance education. The peculiarities of innovative teaching aids in the process of remote work are clarified, their influence on the formation of ICT competence of students-philologists is studied, the interrelation between the processes of using innovative teaching aids in educational practice and formation of ICT competence of future teachers is analyzed. The study conducted a survey among students on the effectiveness of distance learning, the features of the introduction of information and communication technologies in the educational process and the use of related innovative learning tools, as well as on improving skills and abilities to work with Internet resources, learning platforms. The use of innovative tools for the training of teachers of philology significantly deepens the effectiveness of teaching, creates a ground for the disclosure of their creative potential, teaches to create original educational content, to interact effectively with others.

scholarly journals People and water: understanding integrated systems needs integrated approaches

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (8) ◽  
pp. 819-832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gemma Carr ◽  
Marlies H. Barendrecht ◽  
Liza Debevec ◽  
Linda Kuil ◽  
Günter Blöschl
Keyword(s):  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Water Systems ◽  
Interdisciplinary Learning ◽  
Group Practices ◽  
Sound Theory ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Evidence Based Decision Making ◽  
Modelling Approach

Abstract As we rapidly modify the environment around us, researchers have a critical role to play in raising our understanding of the interactions between people and the world in which they live. Knowledge and understanding of these interactions are essential for evidence based decision-making on resource use and risk management. In this paper, we explore three research case studies that illustrate co-evolution between people and water systems. In each case study, we highlight how different knowledge and understanding, stemming from different disciplines, can be integrated by complementing narratives with a quantitative modelling approach. We identify several important research practices that must be taken into account when modelling people-water systems: transparency, grounding the model in sound theory, supporting it with the most robust data possible, communicating uncertainty, recognising that there is no ‘one true model’ and diversity in the modelling team. To support interdisciplinary research endeavours, we propose a three-point plan: (1) demonstrating and emphasising that interdisciplinary collaboration can both address existing research questions and identify new, previously unknown questions at the interface between the disciplines; (2) supporting individual interdisciplinary learning at all career stages and (3) developing group practices and a culture of interdisciplinary collaboration.

Students’ views on learning French online with Microsoft Teams® during Covid-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-338
Author(s):  
Sercan Alabay ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
User Friendliness ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Software

Technological developments have made online learning tools become a part of educational process. The Covid-19 pandemic has made them a necessity. Learning a foreign language with the help of e-learning software is a debatable subject of 21st century. Microsoft Teams® is one of this software and understanding its effect on learning a foreign language is worth studying. Thus, this study aims to understand students’ views on learning French online with Microsoft Teams. The design of this study is the case study. The participants were 23 students learning French as a foreign language. The data were gathered through semi-structured interview form and the data were analyzed through content analysis. The results of the study reveal three themes on this subject. These themes are the reality of distance learning, the user friendliness of Microsoft Teams, and learning a foreign language online. With these themes, this study tries to compose a deeper understanding about learning a foreign language with a popular software.

scholarly journals The Three Positions for Interorganizational Interventionist Researcher: Navigating in the Supplier‑Customer Dyad

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vesa Tiitola ◽  
Jouni Lyly-Yrjänäinen ◽  
Teemu Laine
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Evolutionary Process ◽  
The People ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Robot Technology ◽  
Conducting Research

The paper identifies and examines different positions of an interventionist researcher, facilitating value co‑creation for new technology in customer‑supplier dyads. The paper answers two research questions: (1) "what kind of positions can an interventionist researcher assume in a supplier‑customer dyad?" and (2) "what should an interventionist researcher consider when choosing a suitable position for her research design?" The paper reflects upon a longitudinal interventionist case study (2017‑2020) focused on facilitating and evaluating the value created by new medicine‑dispensing robot technology in home‑care in Nordic countries. The researchers conducted interventionist research in 11 supplier‑customer dyads, with multiple, evolving positions of the researcher(s). As a result, as a contribution to the existing knowledge about the role of the interventionist researchers, the paper proposes three positions that the interventionist researcher can take in an interorganizational supplier‑customer dyad: an auditor, a lawyer or a mediator. The auditor investigates the interface between the supplier and the customer as an outsider. The lawyer position compromises this perceived neutrality (but not independence) for deeper access to empirical data regarding one of the organisations. Thus, the lawyer actively pursues the status of 'one of us' with either the supplier or the customer. The mediator expands the previous positions by trying to achieve a status of 'one of us' in both organisations trying to understand both sides of the same story supporting both the supplier's and customers' activities. Importantly, as an extension to the existing knowledge, the paper argues that not only can an interventionist researcher move between the etic and emic domains, but she can also move within the supplier‑customer dyad under examination. Thus, when conducting research within the customer‑supplier dyads (and within similarly complex contexts), the interventionist researcher needs to be aware of the existence of different positions and her actual position to the subject of interventionist study. Indeed, the interventionist researcher may choose her role, or the role may be a result of an evolutionary process. The role is 'given' by the people the interventionist researcher interacts with and, thus, not something the researcher can completely decide by herself. However, the interventionist researcher can pursue a specific role that fits her research agenda and design. In any case, the researcher needs to be honest and transparent regarding the actually taken position to avoid potential methodological pitfalls arising from complex, novel research settings.

scholarly journals An interdisciplinary learning approach to ecological business

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 133-144
Author(s):  
Marina Valentukevičienė ◽  
Vytis Valatka
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Global Culture ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Holistic Learning ◽  
Interdisciplinary Learning ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
General Scope

It is a widely held view among educationists that the most effective way to facilitate a holistic learning approach is to present visual, ready-to-use, practical examples. Thus, our study follows the general scope of the course “Socially responsible ecological business”, which is currently offered to master students at the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU). We contend that teaching materials should be presented visually using case studies and examples. Indeed, simple guidance is one of the vital learning tools for students. Accordingly, and in line with the aims of the course, the observations and experience of differences in global culture and our inclusion of a wide range of ecological examples were central to the design of our international case study. In particular, students found the case study on ecological business both useful and applicable in the real world.

Networks and Industrial Clusters

2010 ◽  
pp. 1058-1065 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Industrial Clusters ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Industrial Districts ◽  
Observation Model ◽  
Innovative Performance ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Research Questions

On this case study, the aim was to understand the mechanisms for knowledge acquisition and its transformation in innovation performance by eight Portuguese firms of the moulds industrial sector. Emphasis was put on the study of interactions between several external or internal elements of the system. The two main research questions were: (1) If innovation reflects learning (Lundvall, 1992), how do firms learn, how do firms transpose learning, and are able to innovate? (2) What are the reasons for the innovative performance of the moulds sector in Portugal? The study resulted in the creation and proposal of an observation model of the moulds sector, relative to the type of relations that exist between the firms and between firms and other institutions, which permits systematization and generalisation in the analysis of the innovative dynamics of this sector. The innovative performance of the sector is also related with several of its intrinsic characteristics. By studying the firms, and the existing interactions, characteristics that are peculiar to the Italian industrial districts were noticed. This sector possesses some strong characteristics of industrial districts that have influenced and conditioned its innovative performance.

scholarly journals University Kindergarten: The Story of a Little Big School

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 83-99
Author(s):  
Jana Majerčíková ◽  
Anna Rebendová
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
The Status ◽  
The University ◽  
A Company

Abstract The study is of empirical character. It presents a story of a kindergarten which is a private, a company and a university kindergarten. The establishing authority is a university that can preferentially accept children of its employees. The parents of the children financially contribute to running the kindergarten.The research was based on the strategy of a one-case study. This integrated quantitative and qualitative research approach. Data from two types of questionnaires were used in the study presenting interviews with parents, teachers, students in teacher training and members of the school board, as well as data from observations of the educational process and from the analyses of the available school documentation. The aim was to describe the kindergarten and the contexts in which it operates, explain its operation and clarify the mechanics, circumstances and subjects it is most influenced by. Three basic factors influencing the school’s operation and fulfilling its function emerged from the collected data: the relations with the establishing authority, the community of university-educated parents and the status of a faculty school providing space for practical training of the students in teacher training. The major conclusion that emerged from the study is: The kindergarten works in specific conditions with strong contextual conditioning linked to the university environment and the authority’s conditions.

scholarly journals Knowledge Acquisition System of Traditional Crafts in Bida and Gusau Towns in Northern Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-21
Author(s):  
Jibril Attahiru Alhassan ◽  
Lawal Abubakar ◽  
Musa Majaidu Ndayako ◽  
Fatimah Jibril Abduldayan ◽  
Katamba Abubakar Saka
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Northern Nigeria ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Sources Of Knowledge ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
Frequency Counts

This study investigated knowledge acquisition and transfer system among traditional crafts in Bida and Gusau towns in Northern Nigeria. Five research questions guided the study and include variables such as types of crafts practiced, sources of knowledge and skills; people involved sustainability and challenges to traditional crafts in the two towns. Case study was used with population of all traditional craftsmen in Bida and Gusau (Niger and Zamfara States) respectively. A sample size of 90 craftsmen was drawn through stratified random sampling. Descriptive statistics involving frequency counts and percentages were used to analyze the collected data. Results showed that embroidery and blacksmithing were the major crafts practiced; knowledge and skills were obtained through inheritance/initiation and that the unemployed were the major craftsmen. Other findings include ‘no alternative’ jobs as a factor that sustain traditional crafts and that limited capital was the major obstacle to traditional crafts in the two towns. The study recommended amongst others the inclusion of limitless type of crafts to various skills through formal education, vocational training, apprenticeship, etc. Keywords: Traditional crafts, Apprenticeship, Knowledge, Skills, Nigeria

PERSONIFICATION OF STUDENTS INDEPENDENT WORK ON THE FORMATION OF THE ABILITY TO SOLVE COMPUTATIONAL PROBLEMS ON THE BASIS OF AUTOMATED TRAINING AND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM

2018 ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
N. I. Pak ◽  
E. V. Asaulenko
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic System ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Box Model ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Theoretical Rationale ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Independent Work ◽  
Selection Of

The relevance of the study under consideration is due to the need to increase the efficiency of students independent work in solving computational problems. A theoretical rationale is proposed and the practical implementation of an automated training and diagnostic system for the formation of skills to solve problems according to the “white box” model is described. The leading idea of the study is the construction of mental schemes for a given topic, which allow to visualize the dynamics of changes in the learner’s level of ability to solve computational problems. The methods of accounting for forgetting educational information and methods of personalized selection of tasks are substantiated. The site for self-management of user independent work is available at the link: http://msbx.ru. The materials of the article are of practical value for teachers who use e-learning tools in the educational process.

FOSTERING STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN ENGLISH WRITING WITH MICROBLOGGING IN TWITTER

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Pham Thi Thu Hien
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology

Twitter and Microblogging are two separate entities but completes each other. Both of them can be used as language learning tools and their potential has been proved by several scholars. This study tries to examine students’ experiences in integrating microblogging with twitter. It is also study about the beneficial roles of microblogging with Twitter in language learning, its relation to writing, and its appropriateness in language learning. This study employs a qualitative research methodology, and case study as its research design. Semi-structured interviews and questionnaires were employed in this study to find out about participants' views about microblogging and Twitter. From this study, it can be concluded that the participants of the study underwent various experiences during the implementation of microblogging with Twitter. They also felt that microblogging with Twitter at some point advantages them to systematically arrange their ideas, and allows them to choose appropriate diction of their ideas. They also stated that Twitter can be an appropriate means in language learning, especially in English writing<em>.</em>

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