scholarly journals Implementation at Hanze University of Applied Sciences

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 240
Author(s):  
Antoinette Bos
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Main Thrust ◽  
Best Value ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
It Project ◽  
The U.S

Best Value PIPS has become popular in the Netherlands and at the Hanze UAS. Hanze UAS started its first BV PIPS project in June 2011 and is currently performing seven projects. The Hanze UAS encountered major difficulties in the clarification period with an IT project. Therefore the main thrust of this paper is to explore the clarification and risk management phase. For this purpose the author uses an IT project as a case study. The conclusion is that it is in the clarification phase that the major paradigm shift takes place. BV practitioners must understand that the clarification phase is critical in the changing of the paradigm. The client and the vendor must continually implement the new BV concepts and lessons learned. This case study is similar to projects in the U.S., where the culture of the organization is the biggest challenge to the BV system.

scholarly journals Challenges when introducing electronic exam

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matti Kuikka ◽  
Markus Kitola ◽  
Mikko-Jussi Laakso
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Learning Management Systems ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Essential Services ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
Learning Management

Time pressures often necessitate the use of more efficient exam tools, such as electronic exams (e-exams), instead of traditional paper exams. However, teachers may face challenges when introducing e-exams in a higher education context. This paper describes what kinds of challenges teachers may face when introducing e-exams, based on experiences in Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) where e-exams have been used since 2012. For this research, the authors used their personal experiences as administrators and teachers of current e-systems used for e-exams in universities in Turku, Finland. Quantitative data were collected by survey from teachers in TUAS (the case study). The learning management systems, Moodle, Optima and ViLLE, and dedicated e-examination systems, Soft Tutor and Tenttis, were also compared to clarify what kind of features are available in order to ease teachers’ work with examinations. The results identified various challenges during e-exam introduction in TUAS. The paper also provides a list of essential services or features for teachers to ease the introduction of e-exams. Among the analysed systems, ViLLE supported most of the required features, and can be used for both learning management and e-examination systems, providing teachers with one single system, which was found to be important to teachers. The key service found by this paper is ‘support for teachers’, which is in line with previous studies.Keywords: e-assessment; e-examination; e-exam; teacher; feature(Published: 8 October 2014)Citation: Research in Learning Technology 2014, 22: 22817 -http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v22.22817

Developing an E-Learning Course for a Global Legal Firm

2012 ◽  
pp. 133-154
Author(s):  
Gemma Baltazar
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Firm Risk ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Overall Risk

This case study describes the considerations, challenges, and lessons learned in developing this online course, which is the foundation of an overall risk management training program for the Firm. Risk management is a very broad, deep, and complex topic which impacts the practice of law in many different ways. Recognizing that it is in meaningful discussions where learning most likely takes place, the project team’s challenge was to design an e-learning course that allows sufficient interactivity to engage the learner and stimulate thinking around issues they encounter in whatever legal area, and at whatever level they practice.

scholarly journals Detecting and Facing Information Demand for New Target Groups such as Start-up Founders – A Case Study at the WHU Library

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 216-222
Author(s):  
Ragna Seidler-de Alwis ◽  
Julia Grefkes
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Target Group ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Target Groups ◽  
Information Demand ◽  
Start Up ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
The Status

AbstractFuture oriented libraries can make use of the current start-up trend. An orientation towards new and unorthodox target groups can lead to an enhanced extension of demand and can emphasize the status of libraries. The library of the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management is considering to involve a new target group, start-up founders amongst their alumni. To that end, a survey was carried out and evaluated in cooperation with the Institute of Information Science at the TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences in form of a bachelor thesis, which this article is based upon. Here, a structured pre-analysis tries to determine the demand of this specific target group (founders) and develops a concept to serve the demand of this target group specifically. The example of the case study illustrates a method for target groups specific information demand and also checks the consequences for libraries and their services who venture out of their regular clientele.

scholarly journals Corporate Governance Principles and Sustainability

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Grove ◽  
Maclyn Clouse
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Financial Analysts ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Short Sellers ◽  
The U.S

With 21st century U.S. frauds destroying well over one trillion of market capitalization and now with Valeant’s 2016 market cap destruction of $86 billion, the question must again be asked: where were the gatekeepers (boards of directors, regulators, sell-side financial analysts, and auditors) to protect investors? Many of these frauds were caught only by short sellers, such as Jim Chanos (shorting Enron in 2000 and Valeant in 2014), Andrew Left (shorting Valeant in 2015), and buy-side financial analysts. Sir David Tweedy, the former chair of the International Accounting Standards Board, has commented: “The scandals that we have seen in recent years are often attributed to accounting although, in fact, I think the U.S. cases are corporate governance scandals involving fraud” (Tweedy, 2007). This paper is a case study using the Valeant $86 billion market cap destruction in 2016 to emphasize the timeless nature of such corporate governance scandals. This scandal was even larger than the infamous $78 billion market cap destruction scandal of Enron which occurred 15 years earlier in 2001. These scandals appear here to stay as the new normal so these gatekeepers should be doing everything they can to analyze the ongoing fraud problems. Accordingly, as a case study, this paper develops lessons learned from this $86 billion Valeant scandal to emphasize the importance of sustainable corporate governance principles as a pathway to avoid malpractices in the future.

scholarly journals Problem-Based Learning at a Learning University: A View from the Field

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Heuchemer ◽  
Elena Martins ◽  
Birgit Szczyrba
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Real Life Setting ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences

Innovative teaching concepts such as problem-based learning (PBL) can make a difference in an academic setting, particularly when dealing with diversity, and support the successful completion of students’ studies. Introducing new approaches to teaching requires the professionalization of the teaching staff and the development of new tools. As a view from the field, this contribution describes the steps taken at TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences to introduce PBL and discusses empirical and practical aspects of a university-wide implementation. It offers lessons learned from the practical application of PBL theories in a real-life setting.

How to Put the Translation Test to the Test?

2019 ◽  
pp. 26-56
Author(s):  
Gys-Walt van Egdom ◽  
Heidi Verplaetse ◽  
Iris Schrijver ◽  
Hendrik J. Kockaert ◽  
Winibert Segers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Applied Sciences ◽  
Product Quality ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Valid Measurement ◽  
University Of Applied Sciences ◽  
The University

Reliable and valid evaluation of translation quality is one of the fundamental thrusts in present-day applied translation studies. In this chapter, a thumbnail sketch is provided of the developments, in and outside of translation studies, that have contributed to the ubiquity of quality in translation discourse. This sketch reveals that we will probably never stand poised to reliably and validly measure the quality of translation in all its complexity and its ramifications. Therefore, the authors have only sought to address the issue of product quality evaluation. After an introduction of evaluation methods, the authors present the preselected items evaluation method (PIE method) as a perturbative testing technique developed to evaluate the quality of the target text (TT). This presentation is flanked by a case study that has been carried out at the University of Antwerp, KU Leuven, and Zuyd University of Applied Sciences. The case study shows that, on account of its perturbative qualities, PIE allows for more reliable and more valid measurement of product quality.

Combat Social Work in Vietnam, 1968–1969

2020 ◽  
pp. 65-92
Author(s):  
Raymond Mansour Scurfield
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
Combat Veterans ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Military Career ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
The U.S

This chapter presents combat social work in the U.S. Vietnam war. The author discusses his military career, the special challenges and lessons from his year-long tour of duty and a combat social worker’s view of the realities on the ground. This chapter provides a case study of how behavioral health practitioners in-country were confronted with what the author refers to as the psychiatric paradox—Was a psychiatric casualty “too sane” to be medially evacuated or “too sick” to be returned to duty?—coupled with significant pressure to return psych casualties to duty. The author describes his personal experiences and how he came home changed and interested in helping fellow combat veterans. He describes the lessons learned from his further mental health services to hundreds of war veterans postwar and the pervasive impact of war on those exposed to war, directly or indirectly, and their long-term recovery.

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