scholarly journals From Technology Enhanced Learning to Ethics and Critical Thinking as part of the Engineering Education: Skill Driven with Humanities Comprehension Editorial

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Manuel Castro ◽  
Elio Sancristobal
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Great Pleasure ◽  
Future Evolution ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
The Future ◽  
Enhanced Learning

It is a great pleasure to contribute some words to the debate about Engineering Education as well as to broaden the discussion about the future evolution of this discipline in which we were involved in the last fifteen years. One of us is in his last period of a professional life full of research and the other one still in the early stages of a career in engineering education. Both of us come from different backgrounds and have different visions which are complementing each other. Therefore, we are striving to develop new actions and activities inside this amazing discipline.

Electronic publishing: The future convergence of many disciplines

1984 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Gibbins
Keyword(s):  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Information Industry ◽  
Complex Material ◽  
Future Evolution ◽  
The Future ◽  
Information Products ◽  
Electronic Delivery ◽  
New Generation

Much confusion exists about what is meant by 'electronic publishing'. Practitioners in the emerging information industry regard it as a description of the means of delivery. Publishers and printers, on the other hand, emphasise the use of com puters in organising information in a form in which it can be easily manipulated for both printed and electronic delivery. A gap in understanding is identified in the need for designing information products in a form independent of their ultimate form of delivery. Repackaging information in a number of forms offers hope for the future evolution of the publishing industry. A new generation of systems is envisaged which is capable of addressing the problems of databasing complex material such as mathematics and graphics.

scholarly journals Technology enhanced learning environments in higher education: A cross-discipline study on teacher and student perceptions

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 147-168
Author(s):  
Sue Downie ◽  
◽  
Xiaoping Gao ◽  
Simon Bedford ◽  
Kenton Bell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Education Student ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
The Future ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Teacher And Student Perceptions ◽  
Enhanced Learning

Teacher and student perceptions of using technology enhanced learning (TEL) in higher education have received growing attention, particularly during COVID-19, however existing studies are mainly disciplinespecific. This study adopts a holistic cross-disciplinary approach. It compares teacher and student perceptions on defining TEL, promotors and barriers for its use, and solutions offered for better use of TEL in the future. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from an Australian university. A total of 75 teachers and 48 students completed an online survey, and of these participants, 24 teachers and 29 students participated in follow-up focus group interviews that included Kahoot! surveys. Quantitative results show that teacher and student perceptions on TEL were generally aligned except that self-reported technology savviness and confidence was rated higher than how students and staff rated each other. Qualitative analyses reveal that both teachers and students identified the main promoters for TEL as being: modern and expected in higher education, while being equalising, efficient, engaging, authentic, collaborative and flexible. The common barriers for using TEL were identified as fear, time, organisational culture, knowledge and technical/support issues, along with the perceived pitfalls of distraction, and superficial student learning. Solutions offered for TEL in the future from staff focused on the institution and a desire for strategic, pedagogical and holistic approaches, while students focussed on the accessibility, flexibility and collaborative potential of TEL. This cross-discipline pre-COVID-19 study of TEL perceptions offered by teachers and students has contributed to knowledge in this area by identifying barriers and solutions for TEL common to all disciplines that have the potential to be applied to whole of institution strategic approaches for the more effective use of TEL in teaching and learning in higher education. Student accessibility to TEL and the development of pedagogically sound digital learning resources bringing together educational developers and discipline experts are of particular relevance during and post-COVID-19.

scholarly journals Implementing an Effective Support Model for Innovation in Engineering Education and Technology-Enhanced Learning

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Helman ◽  
Ryan Kershner ◽  
Diana MA-LIS ◽  
Amy Kindschi ◽  
Steven Cramer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Education And Technology ◽  
Enhanced Learning ◽  
Support Model

scholarly journals The LCOE Evolution and Grid Parity Analysis of Centralized Solar Photovoltaic: A Case Study of Ningxia, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingling Mu ◽  
Yidan Gu ◽  
Yafeng Guo ◽  
Ping Liu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
The Other ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Future Evolution ◽  
Power Stations ◽  
Grid Parity ◽  
The Future ◽  
Presence And Absence ◽  
Installed Capacity

Achieving grid parity in 2021 is the goal of China’s photovoltaic development, which is not only on the user side but also on the generation side. Relevant studies indicated that distributed PV has realized grid parity basically in China, while centralized PV, which belongs to the generation side, still has some difficulties in achieving grid parity. Therefore, this paper takes Ningxia Province, which is abundant in solar resources, as the research object and compares LCOE with the traditional coal-fired price to analyze the situation of grid parity of the Pingluo project. It is found that this project cannot reach the goal of grid parity. Then, the future evolution of the local LCOE is analyzed, so as to determine the time of grid parity of Ningxia’s centralized PV power stations. In the calculation of LCOE, the presence and absence of environmental benefits and the general and optimistic forecast of cumulative installed capacity are combined into four scenarios. The results show that the centralized PV in Ningxia cannot achieve grid parity in 2021 under the four scenarios. However, in addition to the scenario that there are no environmental benefits and the cumulative installed capacity is generally forecasted and will reach grid parity of the generation side in 2023, the other three situations can achieve the goal in 2022. Moreover, the LCOE value is the lowest under the scenario of considering environmental benefits and the optimistic forecast of future installed capacity.

scholarly journals Post-national belongings, cosmopolitan becomings and mediating mobilities

2021 ◽  
pp. 144078332098763
Author(s):  
Noel B Salazar
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
The Other ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Cultural Processes ◽  
The Future ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

In this commentary piece, I combine insights gained from the various contributions to this special issue with my own research and understanding to trace the (dis)connections between, on the one hand, (post-)nationalism and its underlying concept of belonging and, on the other hand, cosmopolitanism and its underlying concept of becoming. I pay special attention to the human (im)mobilities mediating these processes. This critical thinking exercise confirms that the relationship between place, collective identity and socio-cultural processes of identification is a contested aspect of social theory. In the discussion, I suggest four points to be addressed in the future if we want to make existing theories about post-national formations and processes of cosmopolitanization more robust against the huge and complex challenges humankind is facing.

scholarly journals Experience is a Dear Teacher

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rod Wetsel
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Original Condition ◽  
The Future

As is well known among both my students and colleagues, my professional life as a lawyer (and later as a law professor) took a monumental turn in 1999 when I reviewed and drafted my first wind lease in Nolan County, Texas. That lease, as well as all of the other wind leases at the time, contained contractional “clean up and restoration” clauses similar to many oil and gas leases then in use. Simply put, the leases provided that upon expiration or termination of the lease (which for a wind lease, unlike an oil and gas lease, might be fifty or more years in the future), the lessee would remove its equipment and restore the surface “to as near as reasonably possible to its original condition” prior to the lease.

Aramid, Carbon, and PBO Fibers/Yarns in Engineered Fabrics or Membranes

2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Doyle
Keyword(s):  
High Strength ◽  
The Other ◽  
Great Promise ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
The Future ◽  
Near Future

PBO delivers low stretch, high strength, but degrades rapidly in outdoor light. Carbon also has low stretch and high strength but not quite as high as PBO. Carbon does not degrade in UV but is more brittle in flexing than PBO. Both of these fibers are in the early stages of development as sail materials. Both show great promise for the future if development continues. For a number of reasons, some racing classes and organizations have restricted the use of one or both of these fibers in sails. While restricting both may be appropriate in some classes, picking one in favor of the other seems inappropriate and surely will stifle development that could lead to better sail materials in the near future.

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