scholarly journals Informal Learning and Aural Learning in the Instrumental Music Lesson: A Research-And-Development Pilot Project

2017 ◽  
pp. 315-348
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Music Lesson ◽  
Aural Learning

scholarly journals Looking Thru the Nano Lens: Art, Science and Nature

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara O’Reilly ◽  
Alice Motion ◽  
Chiara Neto
Keyword(s):  
Informal Learning ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Set Up ◽  
New Research ◽  
The University ◽  
Opening Up

In 2018, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the School of Chemistry, Sydney Nano and the Department of Art History at the University of Sydney set up a pilot project called the Nano Lens. Our project set out to examine and experiment with what it means to look closely at the natural world and inviting us, as colleagues, into a discussion and collaboration, drawing on our different perspectives. The Nano Lens also gave agency to a group of scientists in training (undergraduate and postgraduate students), and a sense of ownership of the science, which was then transmitted to the public. Taking inspiration from the artwork of the prominent Australian painter Margaret Preston (1875-1963) and the flora she depicted, the Nano Lens has opened up new research that intersects science and the arts; celebrating the value of collaboration and offering opportunities for staff and students to engage in and lead interdisciplinary discussions with the public. This paper will discuss our pilot project and the initial findings of our research together and discuss the benefits that our alliance has had in fostering collaboration and outreach activities where academics and students work together to share their research with the public. We seek to reflect on what we have learnt from the project and from opportunities to share our work and approaches. What does it mean to look like a scientist or to look like an artist and how has this enriched student learning? What value is there in opening up opportunities for informal learning about science and collaboration outside your disciplines?

scholarly journals Method Development for Multimodal Data Corpus Analysis of Expressive Instrumental Music Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Ghelli Visi ◽  
Stefan Östersjö ◽  
Robert Ek ◽  
Ulrik Röijezon
Keyword(s):  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Method Development ◽  
Music Cognition ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Movement Analysis ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Musical Performance ◽  
Multimodal Data ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
High Level

Musical performance is a multimodal experience, for performers and listeners alike. This paper reports on a pilot study which constitutes the first step toward a comprehensive approach to the experience of music as performed. We aim at bridging the gap between qualitative and quantitative approaches, by combining methods for data collection. The purpose is to build a data corpus containing multimodal measures linked to high-level subjective observations. This will allow for a systematic inclusion of the knowledge of music professionals in an analytic framework, which synthesizes methods across established research disciplines. We outline the methods we are currently developing for the creation of a multimodal data corpus dedicated to the analysis and exploration of instrumental music performance from the perspective of embodied music cognition. This will enable the study of the multiple facets of instrumental music performance in great detail, as well as lead to the development of music creation techniques that take advantage of the cross-modal relationships and higher-level qualities emerging from the analysis of this multi-layered, multimodal corpus. The results of the pilot project suggest that qualitative analysis through stimulated recall is an efficient method for generating higher-level understandings of musical performance. Furthermore, the results indicate several directions for further development, regarding observational movement analysis, and computational analysis of coarticulation, chunking, and movement qualities in musical performance. We argue that the development of methods for combining qualitative and quantitative data are required to fully understand expressive musical performance, especially in a broader scenario in which arts, humanities, and science are increasingly entangled. The future work in the project will therefore entail an increasingly multimodal analysis, aiming to become as holistic as is music in performance.

Practice of RBI in Refinery and Chemical Plants of China

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Ma ◽  
Yi Xie
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Pressure Vessel ◽  
Cost Control ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Damage Mechanism ◽  
Chemical Plants ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Pilot Projects ◽  
Process Plant ◽  
Standards Development

An overview of Risk-based Inspection (RBI) practice in Refinery and Chemical Plants of China is presented in this paper, including methodology review and research, pilot project, comprehensive implementation, regulations and standards development. The interest for RBI in China resulted from a need for improved safety, cost control and more effective management of inspections. Since 2000, several inspection institutes and universities took the initiative and started working on research and development of an appropriate RBI implementation in China. Several researches and pilot projects during the last few years led to a progressive acceptance of the RBI technique in the country. The results of these projects are new improved regulations on pressure vessel and piping safety techniques, which have been formally approved. The regulations are accompanied by standards on pressure equipment damage mechanism identification and RBI implementation guidance, which are been preparing by CSEI, HGMRI and JSSEI. RBI studies for almost 300 process plant units have already been conducted in China. This paper also presents the RBI methodology and software ORBIT Onshore which has been used in a significant number of RBI studies in China.

scholarly journals Mobile blogs in language learning: making the most of informal and situated learning opportunities

ReCALL ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Comas-Quinn ◽  
Raquel Mardomingo ◽  
Chris Valentine
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Situated Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
Formal And Informal Learning

AbstractThe application of mobile technologies to learning has the potential to facilitate the active participation of learners in the creation and delivery of content. Mobile technologies can also provide a powerful connection between a variety of formal and informal learning contexts and can help to build a community of learners. However these versatile tools present challenges to educators and learners alike. The paper discusses the pedagogical challenges that result from the introduction of mobile technologies in language learning in the context of an intensive week of study abroad. We describe and evaluate a pilot project that uses mobile blogging to promote a constructivist, situated and informal learning experience of the foreign language and culture based on theories of active learning. We aim to encourage interaction and a sense of community among learners outside formal educational environments and in different locations as we ask them to engage with the foreign culture by capturing, sharing and reflecting on their experiences for their peers.

scholarly journals Development and Implementation of Students' Scientific Argumentation Skills Test in Acid-Base Chemistry

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-190
Author(s):  
Parlan Parlan ◽  
Umi Latifah ◽  
Muntholib Muntholib
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Chemistry Education ◽  
Expert Judgment ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Scientific Argumentation ◽  
Acid Base ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Expert Assessments ◽  
11Th Grade

This study aimed to develop and validate Scientific Argumentation Skills Test (SAST) and investigate the 11th-grade students' performance in scientific argumentation skills on acid-base chemistry. The research design used was research and development, followed by descriptive research. Research and development were carried out to obtain an instrument of SAST, and descriptive research was used to describe students' argumentation skills in acid-base chemistry. Participants in this study were 328 11th-grade students of state high schools in East Java, Indonesia. The research and development of SAST consisted of five steps, namely literature review, items development, expert judgment, pilot project, and finalization of instruments. Expert judgment involved three chemistry education experts, while the pilot project involved 151 students, and the identification of students' scientific argumentation skills involved 177 students. Data about expert assessments, student responses to the pilot project, and student answers to the application of SAST were analyzed descriptively. The SAST produced in the research and development steps consisted of parts A (10 items) and part B (7 items), with Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients of 0.888 and 0.758. The students' performance in scientific argumentation skills showed that the average score of students' performance to determine the argument's components was 80.53% (excellent category). The average score of students' performance to write an argument was 55.42% (moderate category). The implication of the study that the students' scientific argumentation skills must be explicitly trained in learning.

scholarly journals Pengembangan Model Pembelajaran Kesadaran Bencana Di Sekolah Dasar

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syahrial Ayubi ◽  
I Wayan Gunada ◽  
Endang P Handayani
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Pilot Project

Mengajar adalah pekerjaan guru sehari-hari. Namun demikian, mengajar bagaimana siswa belajar, ternyata tidaklah mudah. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian dan pengembangan (Research and Development) yang bertujuan memberikan contoh nyata bagaimana cara mengajar dan menanamkan kesadaran bencana pada masyarakat sekolah secara sederhana dan menyenangkan dengan model pembelajaran kesadaran bencana. Hasil penelitian berupa desain model pembelajaran kesadaran bencana dan struktur pembelajaran yang merupakan penerapan pendekatan saintifik pada kesadaran bencana. Penelitian ini berdasarkan pengembangan dan pengalaman tim peneliti dalam mengajar dan melakukan penelitian pada kepala sekolah, guru dan peserta didik di SD Negeri 6 Mataram dan. SD Negeri 6 Mataram merupakan pilot project dari penelitian ini dan akan diterapkan pada sekolah-sekolah lain di daerah kota, pesisir dan pegunungan di pulau Lombok. Respon kepala sekolah dan bapak ibu guru terhadap model pembelajaran kesadaran ini sangat positif, dimana 95 % menyatakan sangat tertarik dan hanya 5 % yang menyatakan tertarik. Peserta didik sangat antusias dan terlibat aktif selama proses pembelajaran dan mereka merasakan manfaat yang berarti dari pembelajaran kesadaran ini. Hal ini mengindikasikan bahwa model pembelajaran kesadaran ini dapat menjadi acuan dalam menanamkan kesadaran bencana pada masyarakat sekolah.

scholarly journals Development of auditory and palpatory educational media on pregnancy danger signs for visually impaired mothers

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Dian Furwasyih ◽  
Sunesni Sunesni ◽  
Ilham Akerda Edyyul
Keyword(s):  
Health Education ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Educational Media ◽  
Danger Signs ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
Pregnant Mothers

HIGHLIGHTS1. Pregnancy dangers should be known by any pregnant mothers, including those with visual impairment. 2. Educational media for visually impaired pregnant mothers can be in the form of auditory and palpatory media. 3. Auditory and palpatory media has been researched and developed in this study.4. The auditory and palpatory media increase the knowledge in health education of visually impaired pregnant mothers as they overcoming difficulties the often found. ABSTRACTObjectives: This study was a preliminary study (pilot project) on auditory and palpatory educational media of pregnancy danger signs for blind mothers. With the development of auditory and palpatory educational media, it was hoped that it helps blind mothers to understand pregnancy danger signs.Materials and Methods: The design of the study was a research and development study adapted into two stages, namely the needs analysis and the product design stages.Results: The results of the development of auditory and palpatory educational media included braille-lettered health education media and audio mp4 media which contained material on the danger signs of pregnancy in blind mothers.Conclusion: Auditory and palpatory media can increase the knowledge in health education because of their function to help overcoming many problems of difficulties in understanding and facilitating the reception of information by blind mothers.

Assessment of Students by a Teacher with a Handheld Device and a Networkable Database

2009 ◽  
pp. 1309-1319
Author(s):  
C. Paul Newhouse
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Personal Digital Assistant ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Learning Outcome ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Portable Devices ◽  
Major Difficulty ◽  
Handheld Device ◽  
Approach To Teaching

For more than a decade, Australian educational systems have been trying to implement curriculum based on an outcomes approach to teaching and learning. A major difficulty in this process has been in applying the approach to the assessment of students’ learning. It has been recognized that teachers require considerably more support in access to information, collection of data, and analysis of data. Much of this support will need to be provided through appropriate computer systems, more than likely using networkable portable devices. Unfortunately research and development into the implementation of such support is in its infancy although the technology is widely available. This chapter describes a pilot project that tested the use of personal digital assistant to collect and analyze assessment data at the point of demonstration of the learning outcome by the student and then provides a background and rationale for continuing research in the area.

scholarly journals MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KESIAPSIAGAAN BENCANA GEMPABUMI DI SEKOLAH DASAR

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Syahrial Ayub ◽  
Kosim Kosim ◽  
I Wayan Gunada ◽  
Muhammad Zuhdi
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Teachers And Students

ABSTRAKMengajar adalah pekerjaan guru sehari-hari. Namun demikian, mengajar bagaimana siswa belajar, ternyata tidaklah mudah. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian dan pengembangan (Research and Development) atau  yang biasa disebut  dengan RnD, yang bertujuan memberikan contoh nyata bagaimana cara mengajar dan menanamkan kesiapsiagaan bencana gempabumi pada masyarakat sekolah secara sederhana dan menyenangkan dengan model pembelajaran kesiapsiagaan bencana. Hasil penelitian berupa desain model pembelajaran kesiapsiagaan  bencana gempabumi dan struktur pembelajaran yang merupakan penerapan pendekatan saintifik pada kesiapsiagaan bencana. Penelitian ini berdasarkan pengembangan dan pengalaman tim peneliti dalam mengajar dan melakukan penelitian pada kepala sekolah, guru dan peserta didik di SD Negeri 6 Mataram. SD Negeri 6 Mataram merupakan pilot project dari penelitian ini dan akan diterapkan pada sekolah-sekolah lain di daerah kota, pesisir dan pegunungan di pulau Lombok. Respon kepala sekolah dan bapak ibu guru terhadap model pembelajaran kesiapsigaan ini sangat positif, dimana 95% menyatakan sangat tertarik dan hanya 5% yang menyatakan tertarik. Peserta didik sangat antusias dan terlibat aktif selama proses pembelajaran dan mereka merasakan manfaat yang berarti dari pembelajaran kesiapsigaan ini. Hal ini mengindikasikan bahwa model pembelajaran kesiapsigaan ini dapat menjadi acuan dalam menanamkan kesiapsigaan bencana pada masyarakat sekolah. Kata Kunci : model pembelajaran kesiapsiagaan gempabumi; sekolah dasar; pulau Lombok; bencana ABSTRACTTeaching is every teacher’s daily job. Despite this, though, teaching in the way that students learn is not an easy thing to do. This research is a Research and Development—also known as RnD—study, aimed to give a real life example of how a teacher can teach and embed the awareness about natural disaster in an uncomplicated and fun way, by using disaster mitigation model of teaching. The study results in one design of disaster mitigation model of teaching and a teaching structure implementing scientific approach on disaster mitigation. This research is based on the development and real life experience of the researcher team in teaching and doing observation and research on the headmaster, teachers, and students of SD Negeri 6 Mataram. SD Negeri 6 Mataram is the pilot project of this study, which in return will be implemented in other schools in the urban, coastal area, as well as mountanious area in Lombok Island. The result shows that the headmaster and the teachers’ response towards disaster mitigation model of teaching had been really positive, with only 5% of the teachers claims that they are interested, whilst the other 95% claims that the study is extremely interesting for them. The students were very enthusiastic and active during the learning process. In addition, the claim to have meaningful benefit from this mitigation learning. This thus indicated that this disaster model of teaching and learning can be used as a guide or reference in embedding the awareness for natural disaster among school community. Keywords: model of learning; disaster awareness; primary school; earthquake

Assessment of Students by a Teacher with a Hand Held Device and a Networkable Database

2011 ◽  
pp. 220-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Paul Newhouse
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Personal Digital Assistant ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Learning Outcome ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Portable Devices ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Major Difficulty ◽  
Approach To Teaching

For more than a decade, Australian educational systems have been trying to implement curriculum based on an outcomes approach to teaching and learning. A major difficulty in this process has been in applying the approach to the assessment of students’ learning. It has been recognized that teachers require considerably more support in access to information, collection of data, and analysis of data. Much of this support will need to be provided through appropriate computer systems, more than likely using networkable portable devices. Unfortunately research and development into the implementation of such support is in its infancy although the technology is widely available. This chapter describes a pilot project that tested the use of personal digital assistant to collect and analyze assessment data at the point of demonstration of the learning outcome by the student and then provides a background and rationale for continuing research in the area.

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