scholarly journals Transition to virtual education at University of San Carlos of Guatemala 2020

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Ramirez ◽  
Olga Ruiz

The transition from traditional teaching to virtual teaching in public institutions of higher education (PIHE) is a process that began with the first computers in the 20th century, which has been accelerated by the Covid 19 pandemic, forcing the PIHE to adopt new virtual learning environments for which the traditional educational model was not designed at the University of San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC). The global characteristics of the Covid 19 pandemic have affected USAC, who had to adapt various methodologies with the support of ICT to continue the educational process. The implementation and use of these technologies evidenced a digital divide both in cognitive processes and in the use and access of digital tools. The study addressed the trends of use and access to technology in three case studies at the campus of USAC in Guatemala City: Architecture, Humanities and Economic Sciences, with a sample of 2,128 students, who responded through a Google form survey instrument, interviews and a forum, from February to may 2020. The results are that different socioeconomic levels affect the access and use of technology for the educational process, which is why it is necessary for PIHE to adopt policies and strategies that guarantee education.

2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-67
Author(s):  
B. D. Sydykhov ◽  
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D.U. Ydyrysbayev ◽  
Z.A. Batyrkhan ◽  
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...  

Today, education is influenced by many factors. Educational institutions face budget cuts, outdated information technology, data security management, and a push to integrate distance learning. Virtualization technologies offer innovative solutions to the problems that arise in this direction. In particular, the extensive use of virtualization in implementing remote and traditional teaching with the use of various e-learning materials, digital learning resources, educational portals, websites, cloud-based technologies. The article presents the directions of the organization of the original educational infrastructure with the use of virtualization technologies implemented by the university in the educational process. This infrastructure provides students and university staff with access to virtual workstations and applications over the Internet, both for working in computer labs at the university and for extracurricular work. Virtualization technologies that characterize the infrastructure functions are presented, which reflect the advantages of this direction, and the final results of research experiments conducted to identify infrastructure problems are presented.


Author(s):  
Laparra-Galindo Julia Patricia ◽  
Mendez-Valenzuela Carlos Roberto

The goal of this article is to show the most frequent types of differential diagnoses of systemic diseases in canines with ocular signs and lesions. For this purpose, a retrospective study was conducted on 510 medical records from patients of the Companion Animal Veterinary Hospital (HVAC) of the University of San Carlos (USAC) of Guatemala, from August to November 2017. The inclusion criteria were: canine species, having a differential diagnosis established list of possible systemic diseases and an eye examination by specialist. Through a descriptive analysis of the data, it was established that, of the 510 canines examined, 212 (42%) presented signs and ocular alterations, of these there were 550 differential diagnosis, which were categorized using the acronym DAMNIT V; from which it was determined that 40% are infectious / inflammatory, neoplasic (19%) followed by metabolic processes (13%), allergic / autoimmune (10%), degenerative (7%), idiopathic (5%), traumatic / toxic 4% and finally vascular (2%).


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-21
Author(s):  
Ingrid L. Elizondo-Quintanilla ◽  
Jessica P. García-Mirón ◽  
María J, Carranza-Padilla.

La Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (Usac), como única universidad estatal, está obligada a desarrollar procesos que permitan la inclusión de grupos vulnerados en la educación superior. Es necesario monitorear constantemente dichos procesos; por lo que se desarrolló la investigación denominada “Inclusión educativa de estudiantes con discapacidad en la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala: seguimiento y estudio de casos bajo la perspectiva interseccional”, durante el año 2017, con el aval del Instituto Universitario de la Mujer y el financiamiento de la Dirección General de Investigación de la Usac. El tipo de investigación fue no experimental, con un enfoque mixto de investigación, reflejado en las tendencias porcentuales de caracterización y en la valoración cualitativa de las experiencias de los estudiantes. Se utilizó el método interseccional para incorporar factores asociados a la exclusión social, como condición de discapacidad, sexo, pertenencia étnica, edad, grupo socioeconómico y orientación sexual. La muestra no probabilística, fue integrada por estudiantes con y sin discapacidad, así como por personal docente y administrativo. Los resultados evidencian la falta de un registro fidedigno de personas con discapacidad; sin embargo, los participantes brindaron información que cualitativamente puede considerarse útil para implementar acciones que permitan mejorar la inclusión por perspectiva de discapacidad con enfoque de derechos humanos. Así mismo, se busca compartir las experiencias de la comunidad universitaria de la Usac en relación con la accesibilidad en el ámbito universitario.


2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Geraldine D. Villaluz, RSCJ

This paper is aimed at presenting an implemented community engagement of the University of San Carlos School of Education with the communities of Agusan del Sur, Philipines, in close partnership with the Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation-IDC, (JPIC-IDC) Incorporated of Agusan del Sur as a response to a felt need in the early childhood education program of the province. In 2004, JPIC pooled together concerted resources from provincial and local government units, non-government organization and academe to create and develop a cul-ture-based curriculum guide for early childhood education that is appropriate and responsive to the needs of indigenous groups in Agusan del Sur, Southern Philippines. To address these needs, an ethnographic commu-nity engagement framework was utilized and initiated by JPIC-IDC team and the University Of San Carlos School Of Education. The community engagement framework facilitated the partnership of Agusan del Sur government leaders, a non-government organization in Germany, community cultural masters, Day Care Teachers and the University of San Carlos School of Education to create a developmentally appropriate and culture-based cur-riculum for Day Care with a supporting handbook for mother-teachers in early childhood education. As a result of this framework, children drop-out decreased from 80% to 10% while parent-community involvement in-creased from 30% to 90% in 2009 (JPIC-IDC, 2007). Ongoing teacher trainings and community orientations on the culture-based curriculum have been extended to 42 additional communities in 2012-2018 from 35 com-munities in 2007 upon request from the provincial governor. Two editions of a culture-based handbook have been published and a third edition is currently prepared for District 2 communities with guided participation by Day Care teachers as co-authors. This community engagement framework, initiated by the Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation of Agusan del Sur Philippines involving all stakeholders from the provincial leaders to the recipients of early childhood education, serves as a model to community extension service programs (CES) of schools and universities as well as to curriculum practitioners and administrators. Three principles involved in this particular community engagement concretely demonstrate that program sustainability is a product of partnership, sensitivity to culture and context and relevance to community’s need.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 593
Author(s):  
Makbulenur Bekar ◽  
Zeynep Sadıklar ◽  
Bahar Küçük Karakaş ◽  
Alessandro Camiz

<p><strong>ABSTRACT</strong></p><p>Design studios have a multi-layered and integrative structure that involves different thinking and learning approaches. Outcomes are quite numerous and diverse in terms of the students. Therefore, various seminars, workshops, and many other events are organized by universities for this purpose in the education process. These activities help students to be successful in both the educational process and the business life. In this process, developing and changing technology has entered into education processes and has become a part of education. Thus, over time, the use of technology, as well as traditional methods, has become a necessity in architectural education institutions. Lessons with digital technologies have been added to current course contents. For students, these technologies are used as subsidiary tools in making the presentations. The international research and design seminar and workshop activity was held in Kyrenia on May 6-13, 2018, was organised by the Girne American University (GAU) Department of Interior Architecture and the International Centre for Heritage Studies for the first time. The event was carried out in collaboration with the University of Florence, the Sapienza University of Rome, the Özyeğin University and the Department of Antiquities and Museums (TRNC). The workshop consists of 11 scientific committee members<sup>1</sup>, 7 scientific coordinators<sup>2</sup>, 5 organization committee members<sup>3</sup> and 16 studio trainers<sup>4</sup>, who observed and led the process and studies during 8 days. The workshop trainers consist of 16 faculty member and PhD students totally, 13 of whom are from these universities and 3<sup>5</sup> of whom are from the Karadeniz Technical University. The aim of this study is to measure and evaluate the technological achievements provided to the students through this international workshop activity. The survey technique was used to find out what extent students benefit from the technology while expressing their projects and to question the achievements based on the technology through the workshop activity. The survey was conducted with 36 students who participated in this event. In the direction of the survey results, the most effective factors and variables were determined to put forward the technology achievements on the students. At the end of the study, the achievements of the students from the workshop activity, one of the informal training methods, were examined. SPSS 23.0 program was used for the statistical analyzes, which is based on the data of the survey.</p><p><strong>ÖZ</strong></p><p>Tasarım atölyeleri farklı düşünme ve öğrenme yaklaşımlarını barındıran çok katmanlı ve bütüncül bir yapıya sahiptir. Kazanımları ise öğrenciler açısından oldukça fazla ve çeşitlidir. Bu amaçla eğitim sürecinde, çeşitli seminerler, atölye çalışmaları ve daha benzeri birçok etkinlik üniversitelerce düzenlenmektedir. Bu etkinlikler öğrencilerin, hem eğitim sürecinde hem de iş hayatında başarılı olabilmelerine yardımcı olmaktadır. Bu süreçte gelişen ve değişen teknoloji eğitim süreçlerine de girmiş ve eğitimin bir parçası haline gelmiştir. Böylece mimarlık eğitim kurumlarında zamanla geleneksel yöntemlerin yanında teknoloji kullanımı bir ihtiyaç haline gelmiştir. Mevcut ders içeriklerine dijital teknolojileri içeren dersler eklenmiştir. Bu teknolojiler ise, öğrencilerin sunumlarını gerçekleştirmelerinde, yardımcı araçlar olarak kullanılmaktadır. 6-13 Mayıs 2018 tarihinde Girne’de gerçekleşen ‘Reading and Designing the Kyrenia Castle: Enhancing Heritage in The Historical Landscape’ uluslararası araştırma, tasarım semineri ve atölye etkinliği, Girne Amerikan Üniversitesi (GAU) İç Mimarlık Bölümü ve Uluslararası Kültürel Miras Çalışmaları Merkezi tarafından ilk kez düzenlenmiştir.  Etkinlik, Floransa Üniversitesi, Roma Sapienza Üniversitesi, Özyeğin Üniversitesi ve Eski Eserler ve Müzeler Dairesi (KKTC) işbirliği ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. 11 bilimsel komite üyesi, 7 bilimsel koordinatör, 5 organizasyon komitesi üyesi ve 16 stüdyo eğitmeni tarafından yapılan atölye çalışması, 8 günlük gözlem, deneyim ve uygulama sürecini kapsamaktadır. Atölye eğitmenleri, söz konusu üniversitelerden 13, Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi’nden 3 olmak üzere toplam 16 öğretim elemanı ve doktora öğrencisinden oluşmaktadır. Yapılan bu çalışmanın amacı, gerçekleştirilen uluslararası etkinliğin öğrencilere sağladığı teknolojiye dayalı kazanımların ölçülmesi ve değerlendirilmesidir. Atölye çalışmaları sürecinde öğrencilerin projelerini ifade etme biçimlerinde teknolojiden ne derece yararlandıkları ve teknolojiye dayalı kazanımlarının sorgulanması için anket (survey) tekniği kullanılmıştır. Anket çalışması etkinliğe katılan 36 öğrenci ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Anket sonuçları doğrultusunda etkinliğin öğrenciler üzerindeki teknoloji kazanımlarını belirlemede en etkili faktörler ve değişkenler ortaya konulmaya çalışılmıştır. Çalışmanın son aşamasında, informal eğitim metotlarından biri olan atölye çalışmasından öğrencilerin teknolojiye dayalı kazanımları irdelenmiştir. Araştırmada oluşturulan verilerle gerçekleştirilen istatistiksel analizler için SPSS 23.0 programı kullanılmıştır.</p><div><div><p> </p></div></div>


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-136
Author(s):  
Cindy Arranguez Velasquez

Maria Alcordo Kabigon’s column “Ang Panid ni Manding Karya” in Bisaya from the late 1940s to the 1950s is considered as one of the momentous contributions of the Philippines’ oldest Cebuano language magazine. Kabigon used the pen name Manding Karya to advise letter senders, and the letter and advice were published after the war in Bisaya. On average, she received 20 letters per day for her column, with most letter senders being men. This article aims to expand the scope of Kabigon’s creative abilities by demonstrating her metaphorical language in her advice column, providing a variety of approaches to experience her poetic genius, and allowing her to connect more with her readers, particularly those from Visayas and Mindanao. By examining Kabigon’s writing style, it can answer how she epitomizes the popularity of her column as she is recognized as a professional adviser as well as a writer in Cebuano literature. The article investigates Kabigon’s pasumbingay or Cebuano poetics. Also, the advice of Kabigon was examined to convey its integration into Edith Tiempo’s restoration context: preserving the individual’s integrity, confirming ultimate values, defining significant purpose, and developing a reasonable worldview. This article used a qualitative research method that included descriptive research that conveyed a content analysis. The main source of the study, Kabigon’s “Panid ni Manding Karya,” can be found at the University of San Carlos, specifically at the Cebuano Studies Center. Kabigon makes use of nature to improve the poetic quality of her advice. When responding to a letter, she employs metaphors and symbolism to provide a brief but profound response. However, due to the limited space in her advice column, her responses are short. Despite the magazine’s limited space, her use of figurative language and symbolism suggests her solution to continue providing effective advice. As a result, her writing style promotes critical thinking as well as imagination.


2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-58
Author(s):  
M.V. Pashkov ◽  
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S.D. Savin ◽  

A problem of the dual role of information technologies’ introduction to the educational process and its institutionalization in the higher education system are analyzed in the article. From sociological perspective the authors distinguish the factors of the influence of globalization and commercialization on structure of higher education, as well as to its implementation approaches. Such crucial social problems as social inequality and "digital divide", "managerialism" of the university structure with lack of creative selforganization, and the strengthening of ethical concerns of academic integrity standards in education are highlighted.


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