scholarly journals Lessons learned from developing online training for humanitarians

2017 ◽  
pp. 419-432 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Online Training ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Practical Guidelines ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
Stock Of Knowledge

A comprehensive online learning programme with more than 200 courses was built by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies between starting with 2009 and 2015, offering development opportunities to the Red Cross and Red Crescent (RCRC) volunteers and staff to broaden their understanding, to strengthen their organisations, and to be better prepared in providing humanitarian aid. While it is difficult to say to what extent factors such as training, job mentoring, and induction programmes contribute to job performance and to an organisation’s efficiency, it is certain that staff and volunteers willing to undertake courses are more open to transformative and creative approaches, more prepared to tackle with new challenges, more likely to have a stock of knowledge and competencies broader than their own specialisation. Learning and “knowing to learn” are conditions for competitiveness and high performance. Over time, generally speaking, implementation of training as a priority personnel policy proved to have the most significant effects on productivity growth, therefore, efforts towards building a learning culture and delivering quality (online) learning are key for developing organisations, their staff, and the quality of services provided. An online training would make a significant difference in learners’ behaviour if it follows several practical guidelines in development, accompanied by thorough checklists to ensure relevance, consistency, alignment and to assist training programmes’ lifecycle.

Physicochemical assessment of branded and generic linezolid injection from different pharmaceutical manufacturers

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Su-hua Zhang ◽  
Shan-shan Wei ◽  
Zhen-yu Zhu ◽  
Ying Chen ◽  
Hua-lin Cai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Ph Value ◽  
Freezing Point ◽  
Generic Drugs ◽  
Treatment Options ◽  
Related Impurities ◽  
Insoluble Particles ◽  
Significant Difference

Background: Up to date, generic linezolid injections produced by Chinese manufacturers were not widely used in clinic in China. Quality evaluation of linezolid injections produced in China is prerequisite, which has rarely been performed. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the quality of branded and generic injections from different manufacturers and to provide a basis for the quality control. Methods: In this study, the content of linezolid, related impurities and enantiomer of linezolid were determined by high performance liquid chromatography. The content of glucose was determined by iodine method. The insoluble particles and visible and sub-visible particles were determined by light blockage and lamp test respectively. Osmotic pressure was determined by freezing point depression method. Standard solution control method was used to check the color of the injection. Linezolid injections from different manufacturers were evaluated uniformly. Results: No significant difference was found in the content of linezolid, glucose, related impurities, visible particles, insoluble particles, pH value, and solution color between branded and generic drugs from different manufacturers in China. Conclusion: The quality of samples from different manufacturers is consistent. Although the physicochemical similarity does not guarantee the bioequivalence of studied branded and generic linezolid injections, the results provide references for further bioequivalence study. Generic injections offer more affordable treatment options for patients with infections than expensive branded drugs.

scholarly journals INVESTIGATIONS ON THE GEOMETRIC QUALITY OF CAMERAS FOR UAV APPLICATIONS USING THE HIGH PRECISION UAV TEST FIELD ZOLLERN COLLIERY

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W13 ◽  
pp. 531-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.-J. Przybilla ◽  
M. Gerke ◽  
I. Dikhoff ◽  
Y. Ghassoun
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Test Field ◽  
Camera System ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Effective System ◽  
Geometric Quality ◽  
Definition Of

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> The geodetic-photogrammetric test field at the industrial monument Zollern colliery in Dortmund offers a scenario for carrying out geometric and radiometric tests of UAV systems. The foundation for this builds a geodetic precision network (position and height accuracy approx. 2&amp;thinsp;mm) with a total of 45 ground control points, distributed over an area of approx. 7 hectares. Within the scope of a campaign carried out in autumn 2017, various UAV sensor systems were tested under comparable conditions. Within this paper geometric investigations of two current DJI cameras, Zenmuse X4S (20 Mpix) and X5S (20.8 Mpix), as well as a Phase One IXU 1000 (100 Mpix) are presented. While the Zenmuse cameras reflect the current state of development of the manufacturer DJI, the medium format camera system from Phase One is primarily settled in the classic aerial segment. However, the desire for increased measurement accuracy (e. g. for engineering applications) also makes such a high-performance sensor interesting for UAV applications.<br />In addition to the configuration of the test field, the system comparison requires identical parameters for flight planning, in particular image overlapping, a complete cross flight configuration at different flight altitudes and the definition of a uniform ground resolution (GSD&amp;thinsp;=&amp;thinsp;14&amp;thinsp;mm).</p><p>The investigations show clear differences in the achievable quality of the cameras. Though the high-priced Phase One system shows the best results, the most cost-effective system, the Zenmuse X4S, delivers only slightly worse results. In contrast, the Zenmuse X5S performs significantly worse than the other systems, mainly resulting from the mechanically unstable camera concept with interchangeable lenses. Finally, the comparison of the software products Pix4D Pix4Dmapper, Inpho UASMaster by Trimble and Agisoft PhotoScan partly shows significant differences in the results of image orientation. In particular in settings with sparse GCP usage the results vary considerably, indicating different strategies on how the residuals are distributed and the datum is defined, mostly Pix4Dmapper outperforms the others. In better GCP configurations there is no significant difference between Pix4mapper and Agisoft PhotoScan, while UASMaster does never deliver the best results.</p>

scholarly journals THREE INSTITUTIONS, THREE APPROACHES, ONE GOAL: ADDRESSING QUALITY ASSURANCE IN ONLINE LEARNING

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marwin Britto ◽  
Cristi Ford ◽  
Jean-Marc Wise
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Academic Programs ◽  
Different Types

The rapid growth of online academic programs in higher education has prompted institutions to develop processes and implement strategies to ensure the quality of their online offerings. Although there is no “one-size-fits-all” approach, there are “quality” standards which institutions can effectively implement regardless of context. This paper examines approaches from three different types of institutions in addressing quality assurance in online education on their respective campuses. Specifically, this paper presents three case studies and describes each institution’s 1) background and overview, 2) quality definition, 3) approach to quality assurance, 4) models and approaches, 5) goals, 6) successes, 7) challenges, and 8) lessons learned. A comparison reveals that despite differences in scope, size, location, mission and extent of online development, there is consistency in the institutions’ strategies to addressing quality assurance in online learning.

scholarly journals QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION ONLINE TRAINING, STUDENT SATISFACTION AND LOYALTY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. A VIETNAMESE PERSPECTIVE

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (S.I.2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thi Hoai Trinh NGUYEN
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Online Training ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Online Students ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Quality Scale ◽  
Training Quality ◽  
Indirect Relationship

The study aims to test the online training quality scale and examine the relationship between training quality, satisfaction, and loyalty of online students. The results of CFA analysis on a survey sample of 300 online students of public and non-public universities in Hanoi city. The online training quality scale includes five components: (1) quality of information systems (2) quality of faculty, (3) effectiveness of online learning, (4) student satisfaction, and (5) student loyalty. Furthermore, the results of SEM analysis show that the quality of the information system, the quality of the lecturers, and the effectiveness of online learning all have an indirect relationship to loyalty, and directly for satisfaction, and anthropological factors are time and place of residence affect learners’ satisfaction.

scholarly journals Assessment of malpractice litigation following spine surgery

2020 ◽  
pp. 179-188
Author(s):  
Gabriel Iacob ◽  
Alexandru Vlad Ciurea
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Spine Surgery ◽  
Spinal Surgery ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Improve Patient Care ◽  
High Volume ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Lessons Learned

Medical litigation in spine surgery is a serious concern today, with a high volume of clinical negligence claims, substantial financial cost and significant burden, who is threatening the future of this surgery. Classical spinal surgery should be performed with very well documented indication, in order to improve the expected results, with clear aims: decompression of the neural elements of the spine from tightness, stabilizing the spine to protect the nerves, eliminate the pain resulting from abnormal loading from the different movements. Spinal surgery today means a wide analysis, understanding and realization of spinal decompression, also osteosynthesis and fusions, using high-performance gestures, with increased addressability especially in the elderly, for a varied pathology, which involves anaesthetic-surgical risks, complications. In such a context, surgical damage does not necessarily result from an error or from surgical misconduct and the surgeon is not always responsible for the damage in the absence of a proven fault in the legal sense. The paper aims to briefly review the main problems, but also useful recommendations to meet various challenges, expectations, maintaining the quality of life of each patient, reducing risks of getting sued, also to increase the odds of a successful defence. In conclusion: education, vigilance, improved patient-safety strategies, investigation, implementation and sharing of lessons learned from litigation claims remain important components of spinal surgeons training, to reduce future cases of negligence and improve patient care, quality of life, as many of the cases of successful litigation had a preventable cause.

Conversational Pragmatics and Learning in Virtual Organizations

2011 ◽  
pp. 337-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocci Luppicini
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Virtual Organizations ◽  
Prior Work ◽  
Online Learning Communities ◽  
Practical Guidelines ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Conversations ◽  
Conversation Theory

There is growing recognition of the important role conversational quality has in online learning, particularly within virtual organizations. Discerning the quality of online conversations poses a serious challenge for online designers and researchers. The purpose of this article is threefold, namely to: (1) provide an overview of conversation theory and conversational pragmatics, (2) identify a taxonomy of conversations and key conversational competencies for online learning conversations within virtual organizations, and (3) offer practical guidelines for evaluating online learning conversations within virtual organizations using conversational pragmatics. This article is based on prior work supporting that a disciplined approach to conversation can offer virtual organizations a tool for gauging online learning communities. It should be useful to those who study, develop, evaluate and moderate online communities for e-learning, e-business, e-government and other related domains.

scholarly journals Learning from a rapid transition to emergency remote teaching: Developing a typology of online business education designs

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Huber ◽  
Celina McEwen ◽  
Peter Bryant ◽  
Matthew Taylor ◽  
Natasha Arthars ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Online Business ◽  
Rapid Transition

Many universities had to pivot their teaching into an online space in response to the COVID-19 health crisis. How can we leverage the lessons learned from our design of these spaces to provide superior student learning experiences? This study describes the development of a classification system to appraise our rapidly transitioned online units of study. Underpinned by active learning pedagogy, 234 online learning sites from a leading Australian Business School were reviewed and three types of sites emerged, content, student and teacher-centred. The quality of these online sites were evaluated using a modified framework from the literature focusing on elements of design across five domains. Findings indicated that the overall range of quality of sites was mirrored across all three types, with the majority categorised as ‘good’. Analysis of the design elements of this typology will help build capacity in the design of online learning environments and guide pedagogical practice in business education.

THE FEATURES OF ORGANIZING BLENDED LEARNING USING LMS MOODLE

2018 ◽  
pp. 43-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. V. Karmanova
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Online Training ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
The World

The technology of blended learning is one of the modern trends in education both in the world and in Russia. The article explores the various possibilities of blended learning technology. As a means of implementing online learning, it is proposed to use LMS Moodle, which is widely used among educational organizations. The categorization of the main elements of Moodle from the perspective of the organization of pedagogical control, forms of presentation of teaching materials is presented. Examples of the use of basic resources and elements of Moodle in the educational process are given. The interactive properties of individual elements those allow you to more effectively implement online learning in blended learning technology are revealed. An approach is proposed to understand the essence of blended learning technology as a technology that allows to activate a student’s activities in the framework of full-time education by using online training and transferring (from full-time education) those activities that students are able to implement in the absence of a teacher.

Covid-19 Pandemic And Sustainabilitystudy At Madrasah Ibtidaiyyahpsm Sulursewu, Teguhan, Ngawi, East Java

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (02) ◽  
pp. 103-114
Author(s):  
Moh. Toriqul Chaer ◽  
Muhammad Atabiqul As'ad ◽  
Qusnul Khorimah ◽  
Erik Sujarwanto
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Government

The continuity of learning programs during the COVID-19 pandemic found educational institutions, especially Madrasah Ibtidaiyyah (MI) temporarily closed the learning process in schools. To prevent the spread of COVID-19 that is currently engulfing Indonesia. Lack of preparation, readiness and learning strategies have a psychological impact on teachers and students. Declining quality of skills, lack of supporting facilities and infrastructure. Learning from home (online) is an effort by the government program to ensure the continuity of learning in the pandemic period. The research method uses participatory action research (PAR), which focuses on understanding social phenomena that occur in the community and mentoring efforts on the problems faced. The assistance effort is to help the children of MI Sulursewu, Ngawi in participating in online learning related to; 1). Preparation of activities, 2). Counselling participants offline method, 3). Offline activities method. Results of the study show that the mentoring activities following the target of achievement; first, the activity can be carried out following the schedule that has been set. Second, students are always on time for the online learning hours that have been set. Offline methods show that efforts can help ease the burden on parents, but can also make it easier for students to receive subject matter.  

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