E-Constructivism

2021 ◽  
pp. 130-147
Author(s):  
Alina Vagele-Kricina
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Study ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Constructivist Teaching ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
Constructivist Pedagogy ◽  
New Information ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Individual

The constructivist teaching is based on the idea that students actively ‘construct' knowledge – they do not just ‘accumulate' new information, but rather ‘adjust' it to the foundation of the individual experiences, beliefs and assumptions. This chapter examines the constructivist theory in the context of e-learning. Constructivism-based lesson includes multiple modes of activity, such as contextual games or intense social interaction in groups. The nature of embedded learning or ‘learning-while-doing' is best captured in a collaborative study environment, whereby the students negotiate to achieve a corporate goal. There is a bewildering array of ways, in which the constructivist approach might be applied in a modern study environment. First, the chapter describes constructivism as a theoretical concept – and then morphs it into real-live examples from the pedagogical practice. Finally, it comments on the project initiated in Riga Technical University – a new online platform for anonymous peer review sessions created by the author to entwine constructivist pedagogy with digital technologies.

scholarly journals Efficiency of working memory: Theoretical concept and practical application

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-100
Author(s):  
Dejan Lalovic
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Applied Psychology ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Psychological Phenomena ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Individual

Efficiency of working memory is the concept which connects psychology of memory with different fields of cognitive, differential and applied psychology. In this paper, the history of interest for the assessment of the capacity of short-term memory is presented in brief, as well as the different methods used nowadays to assess the individual differences in the efficiency of working memory. What follows is the consideration of studies that indicate the existence of significant links between the efficiency of working memory and general intelligence, the ability of reasoning, personality variables, as well as some socio-psychological phenomena. Special emphasis is placed on the links between the efficiency of working memory and certain aspects of pedagogical practice: acquiring the skill of reading, learning arithmetic and shedding light on the cause of general failure in learning at school. What is also provided are the suggestions that, in the light of knowledge about the development and limitations of working memory at school age, can be useful for teaching practice.

scholarly journals Materialist Perspectives on Digital Technologies

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Pötzsch
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
New Information ◽  
Critical Media ◽  
Information And Communication

Abstract The present article brings critical media research and science and technology studies (STS) into dialogue with approaches to digital literacy and digital competencies in educational contexts. In particular, it focuses on material aspects of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as technical infrastructure, economic conditions, ecological consequences, and code-based as well as embodied forms of impact, and argues that digital applications and devices have ambiguous and often contradictory affordances and effects that need to be addressed in academic literature and pedagogical practice. The main objective is to inform on-going debates on the nature and content of digital literacy and digital competence from a critical materialist vantage point, and to facilitate learning and teaching about, rather than with, digital technologies by highlighting salient issue areas in need of continued critical attention.

Economic and psychological features of using digital technologies in business processes and personnel management

Ergodesign ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Dmitriy Erokhin ◽  
Lydia Vestimaia ◽  
Oleg Trutnev
Keyword(s):  
Personnel Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Foreign Companies ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Psychological Features

Modern digital technologies that are used by domestic and foreign companies in personnel management and business processes are considered. Economic and psychological trends related to HR automation, HR Analytics, HR marketing, Smart recruitment and e-learning are highlighted. The results of digitalization of HR processes in leading domestic and foreign companies are presented, and the possibility of diagnosing changes in business processes under the influence of external and internal factors is justified.

scholarly journals Using the Variable Geometry in a Planar Inductor for an Optimised Performance

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 721
Author(s):  
Maha Aldoumani ◽  
Baris Yuce ◽  
Dibin Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Smart Cities ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Displacement Sensor ◽  
Sensor Systems ◽  
Performance Modelling ◽  
Integrated Sensor ◽  
Complex Information ◽  
Electromagnetic Sensor ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Uncertainty Models

In this paper, the performance, modelling and application of a planar electromagnetic sensor are discussed. Due to the small size profiles and their non-contact nature, planar sensors are widely used due to their simple and basic design. The paper discusses the experimentation and the finite element modelling (FEM) performed for developing the design of planar coils. In addition, the paper investigates the performance of various topologies of planar sensors when they are used in inductive sensing. This technique has been applied to develop a new displacement sensor. The ANSYS Maxwell FEM package has been used to analyse the models while varying the topologies of the coils. For this purpose, different models in FEM were constructed and then tested with topologies such as circular, square and hexagon coil configurations. The described methodology is considered an effective way for the development of sensors based on planar coils with better performance. Moreover, it also confirms a good correlation between the experimental data and the FEM models. Once the best topology is chosen based on performance, an optimisation exercise was then carried out using uncertainty models. That is, the influence of variables such as number of turns and the spacing between the coils on the output inductance has been investigated. This means that the combined effects of these two variables on the output inductance was studied to obtain the optimum values for the number of turns and the spacing between the coils that provided the highest level of inductance from the coils. Integrated sensor systems are a pre-requisite for developing the concept of smart cities in practice due to the fact that the individual sensors can hardly meet the demands of smart cities for complex information. This paper provides an overview of the theoretical concept of smart cities and the integrated sensor systems.

Conceptual maps in e-learning

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 171-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacopo Armani ◽  
Andrea Rocci
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Design Strategy ◽  
Context Aware ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Communication Problems ◽  
New Information ◽  
Conceptual Maps ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Hypermedia Applications ◽  
Linguistic Means

The paper presents a design strategy for e-learning hypermedia interfaces based on the notion of conceptual-navigational map. It proposes to analyze the cognitive and communication problems that arise in the use of hypermedia applications with specific goals, such as e-learning courseware modules, with the linguistic tools of pragmatics and discourse analysis, and shows how this can help in identifying specific communication problems related to the grounding and contextualization of new information, and how it can lead to new insights for design and to interfaces inspired by the linguistic means used in verbal communication to manage analogous problems. The implementation of such a design strategy in the SWISSLING courseware modules is discussed, and future directions of development towards context- aware adaptive hypermedia are briefly outlined.

scholarly journals Management of workplace health & safety risks in new disability care arrangements

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Stavropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Training Models ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Direct Guidance ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Types Of Information

The NDIS introduces changes to the level of control, choice and flexibility that persons with a disability can exercise over the services they require to support their individual needs. One of the main stays of NDIS is the ability for persons with a disability to utilise allocated funding how and with whom they choose to create a package of supports. Coinciding with the move towards the NDIS has been the introduction of the NSW WHS Act 2011. This Act introduces and broader new definitions relating to persons with responsibilities for ensuring health and safety at work. In some circumstances the individual person with a disability will be a direct employer, or an “other” in the workplace, and will take on responsibilities for health and safety for persons working in their home. For government organisations making funding decisions and allocating funds for the purchase of support services, there continues to be an obligation to ensure that services are conducted safely with risks to health adequately managed. NSW FACS can not “contract” out of their obligations. Instead we must work in partnership with all stakeholders to manage WHS risks as far as is reasonably practicable. Our role in government means we have the resources, experience, and must respond to the community expectation that we will support persons with a disability to understand and discharge their WHS obligations as far as is reasonably practicable. This is a way of operating presents the following questions: Do persons with disability understand the WHS obligations and risks associated with their care and supports? How to individuals with disability obtain sound advice and information on WHS risks that may be associated with their care arrangements? Can WHS information and resources that organisations like NSW Department of Family and Community Services (Ageing Disability and Home Care) have established be leverages to share with our “clients”? As Government partners in NDIS are we obligated to share our knowledge and information? What is the best way to bridge the gap in understanding and what types of information, tools and training can be made available on WHS for persons with a disability.A Joint WHS project currently underway within NSW FACS seeks to address the information and resources gap for all clients who participate in self directed funding arrangements (including NDIS). Our project will demonstrate how products and advice developed for internal staff use can be “reframed” and made accessible to persons with disability, their carers and individual service providers. The approach being applied within NSW FACS will potentially reduce costs in persons with disability being required to engage additional services to seek and develop WHS direct guidance and tools. The project being undertaken will deliver face to face training models, e-learning components and online information and tools to assist stakeholders in the NDIS and other Direct Funding Arrangements within NSW, to make informed decisions regarding WHS risk in the provision of care and support services. Guidance and information is provided on key risk areas utilising tested tools & WHS resources within the disability sector. E-learning solutions are made available to inform and train stakeholders of WHS obligations and potential risk management approaches. NSW FACS works with NGO stakeholders to ensure consistent advice and assistance is provided in the area of WHS obligations and performance expectations.

scholarly journals Collaborative study to evaluate the indigestible neutral detergent fiber and indigestible acid detergent fiber contents in feeds by in situ procedure

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4Supl1) ◽  
pp. 2589
Author(s):  
Marjorrie Augusto de Souza ◽  
Edenio Detmann ◽  
Gabriel Cipriano Rocha ◽  
Marcia De Oliveira Franco ◽  
Erick Darlisson Batista ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soybean Meal ◽  
Collaborative Study ◽  
Neutral Detergent Fiber ◽  
Acid Detergent Fiber ◽  
Animal Science ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Individual Evaluation ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Standardization Of Procedures

The objective of this collaborative study was to evaluate the indigestible neutral detergent fiber (iNDF) and indigestible acid detergent fiber (iADF) content in feeds in six laboratories from institutions linked to the National Institute of Science and Technology in Animal Science (INCT-CA). Six feeds were evaluated: signal grass hay, sugarcane, corn silage, soybean meal, corn and citrus pulp. Estimated levels of iNDF and iADF proved to be dependent on the laboratory in which the analysis was performed. It was found that differences between laboratories ranged from 2.40 percentage points for soybean meal to 8.05 percentage points for sugarcane for iNDF analysis and from 1.79 percentage points for corn to 10.06 percentage points for hay for iADF analysis. It was observed that the individual evaluation of each material, the total random variation of the results between laboratories ranged from 88.75 to 96.77% and 88.75 to 98.40% for iNDF and iADF analysis, respectively. The iNDF and iADF levels are dependent on the interaction effect between the evaluated material and laboratory and have low reproducibility; this may be a consequence of the differences between the methods practiced by each laboratory, demonstrating lack of standardization of procedures used by the laboratories.

scholarly journals Information Guided Exploration of Scalar Values and Isocontours in Ensemble Datasets

Entropy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhashis Hazarika ◽  
Ayan Biswas ◽  
Soumya Dutta ◽  
Han-Wei Shen
Keyword(s):  
Weather Forecasting ◽  
Conditional Entropy ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Theoretic Approach ◽  
Information Theoretic ◽  
Information Measures ◽  
New Information ◽  
Real World Datasets ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Information Theoretic Approach

Uncertainty of scalar values in an ensemble dataset is often represented by the collection of their corresponding isocontours. Various techniques such as contour-boxplot, contour variability plot, glyphs and probabilistic marching-cubes have been proposed to analyze and visualize ensemble isocontours. All these techniques assume that a scalar value of interest is already known to the user. Not much work has been done in guiding users to select the scalar values for such uncertainty analysis. Moreover, analyzing and visualizing a large collection of ensemble isocontours for a selected scalar value has its own challenges. Interpreting the visualizations of such large collections of isocontours is also a difficult task. In this work, we propose a new information-theoretic approach towards addressing these issues. Using specific information measures that estimate the predictability and surprise of specific scalar values, we evaluate the overall uncertainty associated with all the scalar values in an ensemble system. This helps the scientist to understand the effects of uncertainty on different data features. To understand in finer details the contribution of individual members towards the uncertainty of the ensemble isocontours of a selected scalar value, we propose a conditional entropy based algorithm to quantify the individual contributions. This can help simplify analysis and visualization for systems with more members by identifying the members contributing the most towards overall uncertainty. We demonstrate the efficacy of our method by applying it on real-world datasets from material sciences, weather forecasting and ocean simulation experiments.

scholarly journals Multi-level Governance and Energy Specifics of the V4 Countries within the Context of European Integration

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 525-546
Author(s):  
Helena Bauerová ◽  
Milan Vošta
Keyword(s):  
European Integration ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
State Level ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Energy Mix ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Eu

AbstractThe topic of energy is still one of the most sensitive policy areas. The aim of this article is to examine the multi-level governance and energy specifics of the V4 countries within the context of European integration by analyzing selected the specifics of the energy mix of the V4 group countries. This will be carried out within the context of applying the theory of multilevel governance. The paper shows how energy policy is formed at state, and/or non-state level, as well as how these levels are influenced by the EU. The article also looks at the efforts taken to shape a common energy policy. A closer examination of the individual countries‘ levels lies outside the scope of this article. Therefore, the framework was chosen with regard to the particular features within the context of the functioning of the V4 group of countries. Using multi-level governance as a theoretical concept, the authors considered the limits arising from the determination of levels and the subjects of the survey, as well as having distinguished three levels of analysis. The first is the supranational level. This is represented by the EU. The second level is represented by the V4 states. The third level is the state as the actor that formulates energy policy, sets the energy mix and subsequently manifests itself in relation to the EU and the V4 group. Energy policy is significantly influenced by states, especially in the area of energy security of fuel supplies, or that of setting the energy mix. With the gradual communitarization of energy policy, the EU’s influence is growing and it is debatable how the evaluation of existing strategic plans, presented by individual states, will be done. The role of the V4 group is the weakest of the three levels of analysis which were examined. However, its increasing influence can be predicted mainly in the case of coal depletion and the perception of nuclear energy as a renewable source.

scholarly journals Analysis of the impact of plastic on the theme of Environmental Education for application in Brazilian public schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 78-89
Author(s):  
Diovana Napoleão ◽  
Letícia Alvarenga de Paula Eduardo ◽  
Roberta Veloso Garcia ◽  
Estaner Claro Romão
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Aquatic Environments ◽  
Pedagogical Practice ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

Environmental issues have been a prominent issue worldwide and the increase in plastic production and the lack of post-consumer waste management programs result in inadequate disposal and deposition in terrestrial and aquatic environments, causing environmental impacts. This paper was developed through the analysis of aspects of pedagogical practice in relation to environmental education with the plastic theme and its environmental impact on the environment. In this perspective, environmental education through the individual and the collectivity builds social values, knowledge, skills and competences aimed at the conservation of the environment. However, it was observed that addressing environmental issues should be considered a challenge for teachers, as it is a broad and diverse subject, as they are not prepared for the development of these activities and schools do not have the infrastructure to meet the needs of approaches to environmental issues.

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