scholarly journals The corpus-driven revolution in Polish Sign Language: the interview with Dr. Paweł Rutkowski

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-90
Author(s):  
Iztok Kosem ◽  
Victoria Nyst
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Sign Language ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Natural Languages ◽  
Open Access Publication ◽  
Biennial Conference ◽  
Science Centre ◽  
National Science ◽  
The University

Dr. Paweł Rutkowski is head of the Section for Sign Linguistics at the University of Warsaw. He is a general linguist and a specialist in the field of syntax of natural languages, carrying out research on Polish Sign Language (polski język migowy — PJM). He has been awarded a number of prizes, grants and scholarships by such institutions as the Foundation for Polish Science, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, National Science Centre, Poland, Polish–U.S. Fulbright Commission, Kosciuszko Foundation and DAAD.Dr. Rutkowski leads the team developing the Corpus of Polish Sign Language and the Corpus-based Dictionary of Polish Sign Language, the first dictionary of this language prepared in compliance with modern lexicographical standards. The dictionary is an open-access publication, available freely at the following address: www.slownikpjm.uw.edu.pl/en/.This interview took place at eLex 2017, a biennial conference on electronic lexicography, where Dr. Rutkowski was awarded the Adam Kilgarriff Prize and gave a keynote address entitled Sign language as a challenge to electronic lexicography: The Corpus-based Dictionary of Polish Sign Language and beyond. The interview was conducted by Dr. Victoria Nyst from Leiden University, Faculty of Humanities, and Dr. Iztok Kosem from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts.

scholarly journals The corpus-driven revolution in Polish Sign Language: the interview with Dr. Paweł Rutkowski

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-90
Author(s):  
Iztok Kosem ◽  
Victoria Nyst
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Sign Language ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Natural Languages ◽  
Open Access Publication ◽  
Biennial Conference ◽  
Science Centre ◽  
National Science ◽  
The University

Dr. Paweł Rutkowski is head of the Section for Sign Linguistics at the University of Warsaw. He is a general linguist and a specialist in the field of syntax of natural languages, carrying out research on Polish Sign Language (polski język migowy — PJM). He has been awarded a number of prizes, grants and scholarships by such institutions as the Foundation for Polish Science, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, National Science Centre, Poland, Polish–U.S. Fulbright Commission, Kosciuszko Foundation and DAAD.Dr. Rutkowski leads the team developing the Corpus of Polish Sign Language and the Corpus-based Dictionary of Polish Sign Language, the first dictionary of this language prepared in compliance with modern lexicographical standards. The dictionary is an open-access publication, available freely at the following address: www.slownikpjm.uw.edu.pl/en/.This interview took place at eLex 2017, a biennial conference on electronic lexicography, where Dr. Rutkowski was awarded the Adam Kilgarriff Prize and gave a keynote address entitled Sign language as a challenge to electronic lexicography: The Corpus-based Dictionary of Polish Sign Language and beyond. The interview was conducted by Dr. Victoria Nyst from Leiden University, Faculty of Humanities, and Dr. Iztok Kosem from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts.

scholarly journals The necessary requirements needed for employing e. learning in the (teaching staff) in the faculty member of education, from the point of view of the teaching staff in sudan university

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (21) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hatem Abdel Maged El-Sadek , Rehab Bashir Hassan Al-Awad
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Educational Design ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Method

The study aimed to identify the necessary requirements needed for employing e. learning in the (teaching staff) in the faculty memberof education, from the point of view of the teaching staff. In this study the researcher employed the analytical descriptive method and the size of the sample in which the study was applied was (127) individualsof the teaching staff with a degree of Assistant Professorand above The researcher has employed questionnaire technique as a study tool. The most important findings of the study are: The study has come to the fact that the majority of the researchers managed to answer the study areas which are summarized in (the requirements needed for employing e. learning by the teaching staff، which was specified by this study، these requirements are vitally important from the point of view of the teaching staff. The most important requirements for the use of e-learning in the university faculty member. It consists in possessing the competencies of preparing courses electronically, which means designing the content or electronic curriculum in accordance with the principles of educational design. The most important recommendations of the study are: Providing all the requirements needed to put e. learning into practice (for the teaching staff members) which was determine by the study to employ e. learning in the institutions of the higher education in Sudan.  

scholarly journals Adapting to a Dynamic Higher Education Environment – How the University of Glasgow Library Is Taking Up the Challenge

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Susan Ashworth
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Research Assessment ◽  
Institutional Repository ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Scholarly Communications ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University

The University of Glasgow Library is continuously developing space and services to meet the need of students and researchers in an evolving higher education landscape. We are an evidence-based organisation and have used tools such as ethnography, surveys and focus groups to understand how users interact with the physical and virtual library. We have also introduced new roles and created new partnerships across the University, particularly in the context of the United Kingdom Government’s policy on open access and funder requirements for the management of research data. This paper will focus on how the University of Glasgow Library is adapting to both the dynamic scholarly communications environment and the demands of our national research exercise and evidence from users and changing student needs. Every six years in the UK, there is a national research assessment exercise called the Research Excellence Framework (REF) and measurement of the performance of research outputs is a key part of that exercise. From 1st April 2016, in order to be eligible for the next REF, the accepted final version of journal articles and conference proceedings must have been deposited into an institutional repository within three months of the date of acceptance and made open access. Many research funders, such as the Wellcome Trust, also have policies on open access. The Library, in close partnership with the University’s Research Office, has taken the lead in publicising these policies to ensure that researchers are aware of their responsibilities. It has also developed new functionality in Enlighten, our institutional repository service to support compliance. In 2015, the Library commissioned an in-depth ethnographic study to help us more readily understand the changing needs of students and how they use library space. An overview of the results of this work and our next steps will demonstrate how we are “enabling progress”.

scholarly journals Mapping the Publishing Challenges for an Open Access University Press

Publications ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Open Access Publication ◽  
Marketing Analytics ◽  
University Presses ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University ◽  
Successful Production

Managing a New University Press (NUP) is often a one-person operation and, with limits on time and resources, efficiency and effectiveness are key to having a successful production process and providing a high level of author, editor and reader services. This article looks at the challenges faced by open access (OA) university presses throughout the publishing journey and considers ways in which these challenges can be addressed. In particular, the article focuses on six key stages throughout the lifecycle of an open access publication: commissioning; review; production; discoverability; marketing; analytics. Approached from the point of view of the University of Huddersfield Press, this article also draws on discussions and experiences of other NUPs from community-led forums and events. By highlighting the issues faced, and the potential solutions to them, this research recognises the need for a tailored and formalised production workflow within NUPs and also provides guidance how to begin implementing possible solutions.

The Role of Educational Leaders: A Case for Inclusion in Institutions of Higher Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-15
Author(s):  
Brianna Joseph ◽  
Kelly B. Kearney ◽  
Cynthia L. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Inclusive Practices ◽  
The University

Over the last decade, an increasing number of postsecondary education (PSE) programs have been developed for students with intellectual disability (ID). This case discusses one such program. Along with the courses designed to meet the specific needs of students with ID, the program also permits these students to take courses in the various departments of the university. Faculty were informed that their course(s) might include students from the PSE program for students with ID. One faculty member likes the idea of the program but is not comfortable with students with ID registering for his courses. This case uses discussion prompts and activities to prepare instructors and professors in higher education to foster inclusive practices and ideology throughout the collective university community.

scholarly journals The results of palaeontological excavations in the Sadowa Góra quarry (2012-14)

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawid Surmik ◽  
Sylwia Skreczko ◽  
Mateusz Wolny
Keyword(s):  
Middle Triassic ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Science Centre ◽  
National Science ◽  
Fossil Bones ◽  
Marine Vertebrates ◽  
The University

Abstract Palaeontological fieldwork (2012-14) in the Sadowa Góra quarry carried out under the auspices of the University of Silesia, within the framework of a research project supported by the National Science Centre, helped to document the taxonomic diversity of Middle Triassic marine vertebrates from the Cracow-Silesia region. Accumulations of fossil bones are correlated with storm deposition and are time-averaged

scholarly journals There is an alternative: A report on an action research project to develop a framework for co-operative higher education

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Neary ◽  
Joss Winn
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Science Centre ◽  
The University

This report provides an interim account of a participatory action research project undertaken during 2015–16. The research brought together scholars, students and expert members of the co-operative movement to design a theoretically informed and practically grounded framework for co-operative higher education that activists, educators and the co-operative movement could take forward into implementation. Our dual roles in the research were as founding members of the Social Science Centre, Lincoln, an autonomous co-operative for higher education constituted in 2011 (Social Science Centre 2013), and as professional researchers working at the University of Lincoln. The immediate context for the research was, and remains, the ‘assault’ on universities in the U.K. (Bailey and Freedman 2011), the ‘gamble’ being taken with the future of higher education (McGettigan 2013), and the ‘pedagogy of debt’ (Williams 2006) that has been imposed through the removal of public funding of teaching and the concurrent tripling of tuition fees (Sutton Trust 2016).

scholarly journals Sustainability Education in the Spanish Higher Education System: Faculty Practice, Concerns and Needs

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8389
Author(s):  
Pere Busquets ◽  
Jordi Segalas ◽  
Antonio Gomera ◽  
Miguel Antúnez ◽  
Jorge Ruiz-Morales ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Education System ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Spanish Higher Education ◽  
The University

This article presents the results of the EDINSOST project in relation to the university faculty’s practice concerns and the need to embed sustainability education in the Spanish Higher Education system. Four questions were devised to determine (1) which conceptions the university faculty has about sustainability in the context of the Spanish higher education (2) what sustainability competencies the university faculty holds (3) the ways in which sustainability teaching strategies are implemented and (4) the ways in which practical coursework related to sustainability is undertaken in a Spanish university context. The methodology that was applied was comprised of a discourse analysis of faculty focus groups. To that end, a category system and a focus group implementation protocol were designed and validated, as well as processes of construct elaboration based on the analysis of the focus groups’ discourses. Among the most relevant contributions stemming from the research questions regarding the faculty’s assumptions was the evidence that the holistic conception of sustainability is not addressed in all its dimensions and the environmental dimension is overemphasised. The need for training to teach sustainability competencies and the faculty’s lack of awareness were also identified. As far as sustainability teaching strategies are concerned, project-based learning prevails, with service-learning emerging as the most effective strategy, even though its application is hindered by faculty training gaps. Finally, the absence of sustainability in teaching guides and study plans and the scarce institutional support for establishing sustainability as a strategic subject in the university were significant findings.

scholarly journals Competences needed for the university faculty in view of pedagogy students

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 205
Author(s):  
Sanita Baranova ◽  
Baiba Kaļķe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Didactic Literature ◽  
Professional Development Needs ◽  
Study Process ◽  
The University ◽  
To Receive

Diverse evaluation of the study process and the activities of all participants involved in it is a significant element in the context of introducing quality culture at the higher education institutions (HEI). It is a common practice in HEI to carry out students’ surveys in order to receive students’ evaluation on the quality of the study process as such, the study curriculum, the content and organization of particular subjects. On the basis of the performed analysis of the scientific and didactic literature, the article describes students’ survey and the possibilities of applying its results in assessing the quality of the university faculty’s professional activities. The survey of pedagogy students was performed in the empirical study which helped to find out students’ understanding about the competences needed for the university faculty in their professional activities in the study process at higher education institution and the professional development needs of the university faculty in view of pedagogy students are defined.

scholarly journals Aristotle and His Commentators: Studies in Memory of Paraskevi Kotzia edit­ed by Pantelis Golitsis and Katerina Ierodiakonou

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Allan Aubin
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Access Publication ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Humboldt University ◽  
The University

This commemorative volume, dedicated to the late scholar of Greek antiquity and onetime scientific coordinator of the Center of Aristotelian Studies at the University of Thessaloniki, Paraskevi Kotzia, draws together 12 important essays on various aspects of Aristotle’s thought and the late ancient and Byzantine tradition of commentary, nine of which were presented at an international and interdisciplinary conference held in her memory in September 2014. Reviewed by: Nicholas Allan Aubin, Published Online (2021-08-31)Copyright © 2021 by Nicholas Allan AubinThis open access publication is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND) Article PDF Link: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/aestimatio/article/view/37712/28722 Corresponding Author: Nicholas Allan Aubin, Humboldt University, BerlinE-Mail: [email protected]

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