A New Interactive Whiteboard Pedagogy through Transformative Personal Development

2010 ◽  
pp. 179-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen Haldane
Keyword(s):  
Personal Development ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Interactive Whiteboards ◽  
Interactive Whiteboard ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Whole Class ◽  
Phased Development

This chapter examines how teachers acquire proficiency in the use of interactive whiteboards for the enhancement of whole-class teaching. It suggests that teachers are unlikely to make optimal use of the affordances of the technology through preparatory training alone, and that such an expectation could adversely affect the chances of successful implementation. A phased development of teachers’ capability is described during which those with initially limited technical skills can begin to explore the pedagogic potential of the interactive whiteboard and then progressively develop their technical skills in tandem with the evolution of their pedagogy. The author proposes a process of Transformative Personal Development (TPD) within which initial expert interventions demonstrate what is ultimately achievable and set the agenda for a more sustained period of collaborative work-based learning.

scholarly journals LoCoBoard: Low-Cost Interactive Whiteboard Using Computer Vision Algorithms

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christophe Soares ◽  
Rui S. Moreira ◽  
José M. Torres ◽  
Pedro Sobral
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Logical Structure ◽  
Interactive Whiteboards ◽  
Interactive Whiteboard ◽  
Natural Interfaces ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Interactive Tools ◽  
Pointing Device ◽  
Detection Software

In the current digital age, the adoption of natural interfaces between humans and machines is increasingly important. This trend is particularly significant in the education sector where interactive tools and applications can ease the presentation and comprehension of complex concepts, stimulate collaborative work, and improve teaching practices. An important step towards this vision, interactive whiteboards are gaining widespread adoption in various levels of education. Nevertheless, these solutions are usually expensive, making their acceptance slow, especially in countries with more fragile economies. In this context, we present the low-cost interactive whiteboard (LoCoBoard) project, an open-source interactive whiteboard with low-cost hardware requirements, usually accessible in our daily lives, for an easy installation: a webcam-equipped computer, a video projector, and an infrared pointing device. The detection software framework offers five different Pointer Location algorithms with support for the Tangible User Interface Object protocol and also adapts to support multiple operating systems. We discuss the detailed physical and logical structure of LoCoBoard and compare its performance with that of similar systems. We believe that the proposed solution may represent a valuable contribution to ease the access to interactive whiteboards and increase widespread use with obvious benefits.

Informatics and Socio-Technical Challenges when Designing Solutions for Integrated eCare

2017 ◽  
pp. 261-289
Author(s):  
Sabine Koch ◽  
Maria Hägglund ◽  
Isabella Scandurra
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Care ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
System Development ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Technical Challenges ◽  
Definition Of

The central role of eHealth to enable the successful implementation of integrated care is commonly acknowledged today. This is easier said than done. To provide correct, understandable, and timely information at the point of need and to facilitate communication and decision support for a network of actors with different prerequisites and needs are some of the big challenges of integrated care. This book chapter focuses on the specific challenges related to informatics and socio-technical issues when designing solutions for integrated eCare. Methods for requirements elicitation, evaluation, and system development using user-centred design in collaborative environments involving a variety of stakeholders are presented. Case studies in homecare of older patients, in the care of stroke patients, and regarding citizen eHealth services in general illustrate the application of these methods. Possible solutions and pitfalls are discussed based on the experiences drawn from the case studies. To address the main informatics and socio-technical challenges in integrated eCare, namely informatics-supported collaborative work and to provide coordinated continuity for the patient, top-down activities such as health informatics standardisation, and bottom-up activities resulting in the definition of concrete patient journey descriptions, interaction points, information needs (that can be transformed into standardised data sets), as well as visualisation and interaction patterns need to go hand in hand.

scholarly journals Transitioning toward Sustainable Cities—Challenges of Collaboration and Integration

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4509
Author(s):  
Susan van de Meene ◽  
Yvette Bettini ◽  
Brian W. Head
Keyword(s):  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Sustainable Cities ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Initiation Phase

The transition towards sustainable cities cannot be solved by individual stakeholders and organisations acting alone. Better governance for tackling such complex problems, including policy change and innovation adoption, will require purposeful collaboration. This is particularly evident in projects that involve integration across scales. Our case-study research compared six water-related innovations in large cities in Australia, the Netherlands, and the US. We found that government agencies, water utilities, professional organisations, and industry innovators were all vital actors, along with supportive community education. In the initiation phase of innovation, informal networks were used by sustainable innovation champions to galvanise support. As pilot projects emerged, more formal supportive processes and financial incentives were crucial. For large projects and for the mainstreaming of pilot projects, the role of formal coordination and integration mechanisms became vital for coherent and successful implementation. Various forms of network-based collaborative work were utilised, but the designation of a key coordinating organisation was found to be helpful in maintaining focus and momentum. Coordination activities across organisations, scales, and time were enhanced by the strength of core values and culture, such as valuing stakeholder engagement, innovation, flexibility, and having a focus on outcomes. Overall, this research demonstrated the need to continually evaluate the innovation process to ensure that key ingredients (suitable for each context) are implemented in a timely manner to strengthen the process and enable effective and purposeful collaboration.

scholarly journals “The Road Not Taken” – Israeli Teachers’ Reactions to Top-Down Educational Reform

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxana Reichman ◽  
Shlomit Artzi
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Teacher Educator ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Internet Forum ◽  
The Road ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Teachers Attitudes ◽  
Master Of Education

The authors have investigated teachers’ reactions towards an imposed reform initiated by the Israeli Ministry of Education in collaboration with one of two teachers’ unions based on the messages and letters sent by high school teachers to an internet forum during a teachers’ strike which took place between October and December of 2007. This study is the result of collaborative work between a teacher educator and a veteran teacher studying towards her Master of Education degree in Learning and Instruction. The research question was: What were the teachers’ attitudes regarding the “New Horizon” reform as conveyed on an internet forum during the strike? The article focuses on the teachers’ opposition to the proposed reform. The authors explore the use of the internet for sustaining this strike while also discussing the methodological issues related to this type of analysis and relation to collaborative research. Recommendations are suggested for successful implementation of educational reforms.

scholarly journals PENGGUNAAN PAPAN TULIS INTERAKTIF DI KELAS THE USE OF INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD IN CLASSROOM

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Purwanto Purwanto
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Interactive Whiteboards ◽  
Interactive Whiteboard ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Literature Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
World Report ◽  
Teacher's Perception

Tulisan ini merupakan hasil studi literatur tentang penelitian pemanfaatan papan tulis interaktif (PTI) di berbagai negara yang ada di dunia. Laporan hasil penelitian yang dikaji adalah yang dimuat dalam jurnal teknologi pendidikan dan diterbitkan antara 2009- 2013 dan didata oleh EdITLib. Pertanyaan penelitiannya adalah 1) bagaimana perkembangan atau inovasi PTI?, 2) bagaimana persepsi guru terhadap PTI?, dan 3) bagaimana model pemanfaatannya yang terbaik? Kesimpulannya, pertama, perkembangan papan tulis interaktif (PTI) telah mencapai kemajuan yang menakjubkan berkat berbagai inovasi yang memungkinkannya menjadi produk teknologi pembelajaran yang sangat membantu proses pembelajaran interaktif di kelas, kedua guru merasa nyaman menggunakannya dan siswa merasa antusias untuk memanfaatkannya, ketiga masih perlu penelitian lebih lanjut mengenai model pemanfataannya yang didukung oleh teori belajar, yang menghasilkan perubahan proses pembelajaran yang efektif, dan perubahan pada penggunanya yaitu guru mengajar dan siswa belajar. This article is the result of the literature research on the use of interactive whiteboards (Papan Tulis Interaktif) in various countries in the world. Report of the results of studies being reviewed were those published within 2009 and 2013 and recorded by EdITlib. This article tries to answer the following questions:1)  how is the development or inovation of interactive whiteboard? 2) what is the teacher’s perception on the interactive whiteboard? and 3) what is the best model of the utilization of interactive whiteboard? The research conclusions are: firstly, the development or innovation of interactive whiteboard (PTI) has achieved amazing progress, as a result of a variety of innovations that enable it to become a product of educational technology that greatly assists the process of interactive learning in classroom; secondly, both teachers and students feel comfortable and are excited to use it; thirdly, further research is needed on the utilization of interactive whiteboard that is supported by learning theory, which will influence the effectiveness of learning process, and change of teaching and learning method in both teachers and students.

scholarly journals Connecting classrooms in rural communities through interactive whiteboards

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Mitchell ◽  
Jane Hunter ◽  
Nicole Mockler
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Interactive Whiteboards ◽  
Interactive Whiteboard ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Video Conference ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Connected Classroom

<span>This paper reports on the uses of interactive whiteboards in 'connected classrooms' in rural New South Wales, Australia. The research specifically focuses on the e</span><sup>2</sup><span> program, a senior school initiative among five schools that seeks to extend the range of curriculum options available for students by connecting classrooms using video conference and interactive whiteboard technology. Teachers working in these environments have created specific sets of pedagogical practices. Through a series of focus group interviews and observations of classrooms, the research has sought to document core features of the teaching practice in the connected classroom environment. The research details the ways in which the interactive whiteboard provides a key visual focus for all lessons in the connected classroom; how the interactive whiteboard is used alongside a video conference screen; and reasons why teachers are committed to working with these technologies.</span>

scholarly journals RESPONSIBLE PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR OF THE PROFESSION OF SOCIAL PROFILE: ACMEOLOGICAL ASPECTS

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentyna Hladkova
Keyword(s):  
Personal Development ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Professional Responsibility ◽  
Self Organization ◽  
Professional Behavior ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Self Development

The article deals with the acmeological aspects of responsible behavior of a specialist in the sociological profile. The professionalism of a specialist in the sociological profile is the high level of development of professional competence, individual qualities and personality traits. Professionalism is an inalienable degree to its highest quality – the level of skill in a particular activity. A specialist in the sociological profile is a mature person by all means. Acmeology considers maturity as the ability to self-improvement (physical, moral, psychic, professional) by means of self-education, self-design, self-planning, self-organization and self-organization, self-control, self-correction by a person of his own activities. The main factor of creative development of a person (specialist of sociological profile), an indispensable condition for internal education, readiness for responsible and successful activity, e education. For all representatives of socio-economic occupations inherent desire to reach the peaks in their profession through self-development. In the course of self-development on the basis of professionalism, through the strategies of cooperation, responsibility is formed: oneself, close people, microsotsium, mesosotsium, macrosiums. Responsibility is programmed by certain actions. Professional responsibility is an acmeological invariant of the specialist of the «man-man» system. The article describes the types of professional and personal development: altercentered, conventional, dominant, and research (cognitivized). The professional ethics as a system of moral requirements for the professional activity of a person are analyzed. The categories of professional ethics are: professional duty, professional responsibility, professional conscience, professional honor, professional dignity, etc. The basis of professional compliance is the actual relationship between the result of professional activity (pragmatic and psychological) and its consequences for the individual and society. Professional deprivation implies a conscientious attitude to work. A professionally responsible specialist performs his professional duties in a qualitative way. A very important factor in the successful implementation of the professional activity of a specialist in the sociological field is his responsible professional behavior, in the process of formation of which considerable factors are acquired such factors as joy – gloom, pessimism – optimism, euphoria – wisdom.

The Educational Contribution of Interactive Whiteboards

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-76
Author(s):  
James W. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Interactive Whiteboards ◽  
Interactive Whiteboard ◽  
Educational Setting ◽  
Smart Technology ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Perceptions Of Students ◽  
Teacher And Student Perceptions ◽  
The Cost

Interactive whiteboards (IWBs) are a key element of smart technology being used in classrooms. The principal concern when using interactive whiteboards in an educational setting is how effectively IWB's serve the student and the instructor. A key question is whether the high cost of interactive whiteboards is providing enough value to justify the cost. The purpose of this article is to provide a preliminary exploration of the perceptions of students and teachers regarding their use of IWBs. The study also discusses the factor of bias that might influence these perceptions. This study reported preliminary results of what will be a larger report on the full content analysis. However, preliminary results showed wide variance between teacher and student perceptions of interactive whiteboard use that suggests a need for further research.

Modelling Fault Detection Using SRGM in Agile Environment and Ranking of Models

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abhishek Srivastava ◽  
P. K. Kapur ◽  
Deepti Mehrotra ◽  
Rana Majumdar
Keyword(s):  
Fault Detection ◽  
Mahalanobis Distance ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Priority List ◽  
Agile Methodology ◽  
Technology Advancement ◽  
A Priority

Today's software applications deployed in an enterprise to cater to the complex business processes, integrate various business units and address requirements of a global customer base. The traditional methodology of software engineering succumbs to the changing need of customer and technology advancement. On the behest of the customer, a software system should be designed in a way that it goes in concert with the present user needs. Agile methodology targets complex systems with its iterative, incremental, and evolutionary approach. There are numerous factors attributing towards the successful implementation of agile methodology. This led to adopting an approach of agile based on ‘lean' principles over the traditional software development life cycle (SDLC) approach. Collaborative work is done with the project team on a priority list. The implementation is done through “SCRUM” an empirical framework for learning. It has multiple sprints which are deliverable products. This idea has substantially reduced the ‘time to market' as the customer can decide which features of the software they would like to be delivered on a priority basis. To model trends of fault detection in each sprint, a growth model of software reliability is used. This research article presents a framework to analyze and measure the cumulative errors in an Agile Testing Process, the authors have applied modeling on various SRGMs to prove acceptability in an agile development process and finally compares these models using the Mahalanobis Distance Formula for Model ranking. The Mahalanobis distance criteria is easy to compute and that can be utilized to get the ranks and select the best model in view of an arrangement of contributing criteria.

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