Crowdsourcing and Education with Relation to the Knowledge Economy

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Scalise
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Design ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Web 2.0 Tools ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Educational Assessments ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Community Based Design ◽  
New Evidence

Crowdsourcing in the development and use of educational materials involves Web 2.0 tools to leverage collaboration and produce materials from user groups and stakeholders. Such a community-based design, sometimes called a participatory design, can help capture, refine, carry out, systematize or evaluate aspects of online learning materials. Here the use of crowdsourcing is discussed in educational assessments. This paper presents new evidence on how examinees respond to use of crowdsourcing. It shows how a “modify” option in the content can lead to the generation of new materials, and new knowledge, through tapping into the wisdom of the group.

Crowdsourcing and Education with Relation to the Knowledge Economy

2012 ◽  
pp. 136-149
Author(s):  
Kathleen Scalise
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Web 2.0 Tools ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Educational Assessments ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Community Based Design ◽  
New Evidence

Crowdsourcing in the development and use of educational materials involves Web 2.0 tools to leverage collaboration and produce materials from user groups and stakeholders. Such a community-based design, sometimes called a participatory design, can help capture, refine, carry out, systematize or evaluate aspects of online learning materials. Here the use of crowdsourcing is discussed in educational assessments. This paper presents new evidence on how examinees respond to use of crowdsourcing. It shows how a “modify” option in the content can lead to the generation of new materials, and new knowledge, through tapping into the wisdom of the group.

Community based design approach as initial stage to promote urban composting from a Hill Station of the Philippines

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelino Jr Lunag ◽  
Jessie C. Elauria ◽  
Juanito D. Burguillos
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
High Population Density ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Hill Station ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Household Members ◽  
Community Based Design

This study confirms that lack of space due to high population density restricts household members and the barangay to comply with the existing law regarding composting. With these, community involvement in the design stage of compost bin as initial stage was done accordingly. The participants were voluntarily interviewed and were given questionnaires, which was endorsed and approved by barangay committee.

The challenge of time in community-based participatory design

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Del Gaudio ◽  
Carlo Franzato ◽  
Alfredo Jefferson de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Design ◽  
Community Based

scholarly journals Definition Extraction from Generic and Mathematical Domains with Deep Ensemble Learning

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (19) ◽  
pp. 2502
Author(s):  
Natalia Vanetik ◽  
Marina Litvak
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Information ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Binary Classification ◽  
Ensemble Model ◽  
Classification Models ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Efficient Learning ◽  
Mathematical Definitions

Definitions are extremely important for efficient learning of new materials. In particular, mathematical definitions are necessary for understanding mathematics-related areas. Automated extraction of definitions could be very useful for automated indexing educational materials, building taxonomies of relevant concepts, and more. For definitions that are contained within a single sentence, this problem can be viewed as a binary classification of sentences into definitions and non-definitions. In this paper, we focus on automatic detection of one-sentence definitions in mathematical and general texts. We experiment with different classification models arranged in an ensemble and applied to a sentence representation containing syntactic and semantic information, to classify sentences. Our ensemble model is applied to the data adjusted with oversampling. Our experiments demonstrate the superiority of our approach over state-of-the-art methods in both general and mathematical domains.

scholarly journals Pleasure and PrEP: Pleasure-Seeking Plays a Role in Prevention Choices and Could Lead to PrEP Initiation

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 155798831982739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Mabire ◽  
Costanza Puppo ◽  
Stéphane Morel ◽  
Marion Mora ◽  
Daniela Rojas Castro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Sexual Quality Of Life ◽  
Major Threat ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Community Based Design ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Exposure Prophylaxis

Pleasure-seeking plays a role in prevention (means choices and use), and in the sexual quality of life of men who have sex with men (MSM). Since HIV is a major threat to MSM health, new means of prevention, like pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), must meet the needs of MSM to be fully efficient. Using a psychosocial approach, we examined how pleasure-seeking plays a role in participation of MSM in “ANRS-IPERGAY,” a community-based trial on sexual health which included sexual on-demand PrEP. Thirteen semistructured collective interviews were conducted with 45 participants. First, we analyzed participants’ search for new prevention means due to previous failures in condom use. We found that participants perceived condoms as a barrier—both materially and symbolically—to pleasure and desire, causing anxiety and stress considering sexual intercourse. Second, we explored representations and attitudes concerning pleasure within the context of PrEP. We found that PrEP allowed participants to freely choose their desired sexual positions and to better enjoy intimacy. Third, we studied the sexual quality of life for PrEP users in ANRS-IPERGAY and found an improvement. Thanks to the community-based design of the trial, this new prevention tool became a means to develop agency and empowerment for participants, not only in negotiating individual prevention but also in opposing the normative and stigmatizing discourse on sexuality and HIV. In conclusion, pleasure-seeking appears to be an essential element of sexual fulfillment that needs to be integrated as a positive notion in the study of HIV prevention.

scholarly journals Collaborative Forest Management in Nepal: Tenure, Governance and Contestations

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sindhu P. Dhungana ◽  
Poshendra Satyal ◽  
Nagendra P. Yadav ◽  
Bhola Bhattarai
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Benefit Sharing ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Tenure Reform ◽  
Forest Tenure ◽  
History Of ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Financial Arrangements

 Collaborative forest management (CFM) is a ‘community-based’ forest tenure regime that works in partnership between the central government, local government and local forest user groups in Nepal’s Terai, particularly in the management of large, contiguous forests. It has been in practice since the early 2000s in the form of ‘pilot initiatives’ and is gradually receiving greater legal attention. Through our own experiences, available literature and review of policies, we document the evolutionary history of Terai forest and CFM’s current issues. We found that the management aspects of Terai forests have been weak throughout its history. We also found a number of issues and challenges in the implementation of CFM. Some of the prominent issues include ambiguity in tenure rights and security, lack of appropriate and uncontested policy provisions for cost and benefit sharing among collaborators, limited decision-making space for forest-managing communities and local governments, and limited capacity of collaborators for the productive management of forests. We suggest tenure reform in terms of legal, institutional, technical and financial arrangements, so as to make CFM an effective forest management model in the Terai.

scholarly journals Barbershop Communications on Prostate Cancer Screening Using Barber Health Advisers

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
John S. Luque ◽  
Brian M. Rivers ◽  
Clement K. Gwede ◽  
Maisha Kambon ◽  
B. Lee Green ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
African American ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Prostate Cancer Screening ◽  
Cultural Consensus ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Pilot Intervention ◽  
Priority Population

Objective: The authors report the outcomes of a community-based, barber health adviser pilot intervention that aims to develop customized educational materials to promote knowledge and awareness of prostate cancer (CaP) and informed decision making about prostate cancer screening (PCS) among a predominantly African American clientele. Method: First, the authors implemented a series of learner verification processes with barbershop clients ( n = 15) to adapt existing CaP health promotion materials. Following intervention implementation in the barbershop, they conducted structured surveys with barbershop clients ( n = 40) to evaluate the intervention. Results: Findings from the posttest showed both a significant increase in barbershop clients’ self-reported knowledge of CaP and in the likelihood of discussing PCS with a health care provider ( p < .001). The client’s cultural model of CaP risk factors revealed cultural consensus (eigenratio = 3.3) and mirrored the biomedical model. All clients surveyed reported positively on the contents of the educational materials, and more than half (53%) had discussed CaP at least twice with their barber in the last month. Conclusion: Based on the pilot results, the barber-administered intervention was an appropriate and viable communication channel for promoting CaP knowledge and awareness in a priority population, African American men.

scholarly journals HIV and STD Prevention Needs of Bisexual Women: Results from Projet Polyvalence

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Viviane Namaste ◽  
T. H. Vukov ◽  
Nada Saghie ◽  
Joseph Jean-Gilles ◽  
M. Lafrenière ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Bisexual Women ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Prevention Campaign ◽  
Santé Sexuelle ◽  
Std Prevention

Abstract: This article presents the findings from a community-based action research project seeking to contribute to HIV/AIDS and STD prevention by addressing the often marginalized sexual health needs of people with bisexual practices. Projet Polyvalence conducted 30 interviews with bisexual women in Montréal, employing participatory-action research methods to gather their perspectives on the gaps in existing prevention information. The action component of the project built on the needs identified in the interviews to develop relevant educational materials that will constitute the first participatory prevention campaign on HIV/STDs for people with bisexual practices in Canada. Résumé : Cet article présente les résultats d’un projet de recherche-action communautaire dont l’objectif est d’apporter une nouvelle contribution à la prévention du VIH/SIDA et des MTS en se centrant sur un aspect souvent ignoré, les besoins en matière de santé sexuelle des personnes ayant des pratiques bisexuelles. Projet Polyvalence a mené 30 entrevues avec des femmes bisexuelles à Montréal, en employant des méthodes de recherche-action participative pour comprendre quelles lacunes existent, selon ces personnes, dans l’information disponible sur la prévention. En fonction des résultats obtenus lors de ces entrevues, le volet action de ce projet consiste à développer des matériaux d’éducation pertinents qui constitueraient la première campagne de prévention participative sur les VIH/ MTS pour les personnes qui ont des pratiques bisexuelles au Canada.

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