scholarly journals Present and Future of the E-Learning in Economics Schools and Faculties

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
T. Casasús Estellés ◽  
A. Ivars Escortell ◽  
M.I. López Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
University Mathematics ◽  
Multimedia Material ◽  
Before And After ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
The Bologna Process

<p class="Textoindependiente21">The goal of this paper is to justify/motivate the existence of MOOCs of quantitative subjects, particularly of Mathematics and Statistics, in the degrees taught in Faculties of Economics and Business, complementary to the standard university courses. The changes in curricula carried out in Spain in the last decade have boosted access to these faculties’ degrees for all kind of students. However, some of these students lack skills and abilities enough to successfully tackle the first university Mathematics and Statistics courses, as these are currently designed. Empirical studies support the use of multimedia material as a very effective supporting tool for successful learning.</p><p>Thus, after assessing the student’s academic performance in quantitative subjects before and after the introduction of the Bologna process, and obtaining worrying results, the implementation of the use ICTs on a regular basis is proposed in order to optimize the teaching-learning process.</p><p class="Textoindependiente21">The data used in the study correspond to those obtained for students of the degree of Tourism and the degree in International Business, two degrees with very different characteristics and that, therefore, reflect a great diversity of the students of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Valencia.</p>

scholarly journals Digitisation and Language Technologies in the Learning Process of Information Sciences

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Hrvoje Stančić ◽  
Sanja Seljan ◽  
Jadranka Lasic-Lazic
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Automatic Translation ◽  
E Learning ◽  
University Level ◽  
The University ◽  
The Bologna Process ◽  
Information Sciences

The authors discuss the need for digital content that represents the basis for multilingual and multi­cul­tural environment enabling multilingual information retrieval and computer-assisted translation. The authors examine the learning process of information sciences at Croatian university level education in correlation with the European context. The problem of multilingualism in the information society has been investigated in the context of the Bologna process and the requirement of the student mobility as well as in the context of different EU standards, action plans, and framework programmes. Further, the authors describe e-learning environment implemented at the university level, give the results of the re­search made among the users of the system, and discuss the potential problems considering the digitisa­tion in the process of preparation of the materials in order to enable the application of language technolo­gies for automatic translation suitable in the student mobility environment.

scholarly journals What are the factors influencing the aversion of students towards reptiles?

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moacyr Xavier Gomes da Silva ◽  
Franciany Braga-Pereira ◽  
Mikaela Clotilde da Silva ◽  
José Valberto de Oliveira ◽  
Sérgio de Faria Lopes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Society ◽  
Mathematics Students ◽  
Biology Students ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
University Mathematics ◽  
Reptile Species ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Paraphyletic Group ◽  
Behavioural Factors ◽  
The University

Abstract Background Reptiles form a paraphyletic group with significant roles for human society, including species that are considered important for food, medicinal and mystical use and as pets. Some species are considered to be aversive, whereas others are captivating among people. Aversion is an important factor which should be considered in the conservation policies of these animals. As such, here, we investigate the demographic, educational, perceptives and behavioural factors of students related to their aversion and non-conservationist attitudes directed towards different reptile species and evaluated the effect of educational exhibition of animals as a strategy of mitigating these attitudes. Methods The data were obtained through forms on the aversion and conservation of reptiles represented by three species, a chelonian, a snake and a lizard. The form was given in two instances, before and after a visit to a private zoo (Museu Vivo Répteis da Caatinga), where the students had contact with the aforementioned species. A total of 133 students participated in the study, among these, 43 from elementary school (21 females and 22 males), 29 from high school (16 females and 13 males), 37 from university biology students (22 females and 15 males) and 24 university mathematics students (6 females and 18 males). Results Among all evaluated species, snakes were considered to be the most aversive species. The aversion attitudes differed between the three evaluated species when correlated to age and type of university courses. However, this pattern did not differ between student sexes. Older students had a lower aversion to the chelonian compared to the younger ones, but for snakes and lizards, the aversion was high among students of all ages. The university biology students had a lower aversion compared to the university mathematics students for the three species. The recognition and handle of the tested species and previous visits to educational exhibitions of animals were negatively related to aversion. The comparative analysis of the forms applied before and after the visit to the Museu Vivo Répteis da Caatinga showed that this visit influenced the decrease of aversion, but not in non-conservationist attitudes, for which the attitude scores had always been low. Conclusions We conclude that reptile aversion varies in accordance with the taxon, being snakes the most disliked by students. The visit to the educational exhibition of animals contributed to the reduction of the observed aversion. This is especially true when the acquisition of educational information about species is associated with practical activities which includes contact with the animals. Finally, the fact that non-conservationist attitudes had been low towards all species perhaps demonstrates a conservationist tendency even for the most aversive species.

ORGANIZATION OF INTERUNIVERSITY COOPERATION AS ONE OF THE STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF UNIVERSITY

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 50-60
Author(s):  
SVETLANA KOBACHEVSKAYA
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
State Pedagogical ◽  
Current Article ◽  
International Activities ◽  
The University ◽  
The Bologna Process

In the current article, the viewpoints of the Belarusian and foreign scientists and experts on the organization of international cooperation in Higher Education Institutions within the Bologna process are analyzed, the directions of organization of interuniversity cooperation of the university are considered, the experience of Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank in this direction and the objectives of interuniversity development are defined.

scholarly journals Impact of a teacher development programme on approaches to teaching in higher education

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Luis González-Geraldo ◽  
Fuensanta Monroy
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Development ◽  
Strategic Change ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Teaching Development ◽  
La Mancha ◽  
The University ◽  
The Bologna Process ◽  
The Impact

The Bologna process involved a strategic change that included in its policy agenda a move towards a student-centred scenario. In addition, a reasonable association may be assumed to exist between teaching development programmes and student learning outcomes. This research study focused on the impact that a brief yet intense formal and non-qualifying teaching programme, delivered as a seminar and supported by the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) in Spain, had on teachers’ approaches to teaching measured by the most recent Spanish adaptation of the Approaches to Teaching Inventory (S-ATI-20). Results showed that there was a positive and statistically significant impact of the training programme on approaches to teaching measured by the information transmission/teacher-focused scale (ITTF). The poor attendance rate to this non-compulsory programme, course duration, participant profile, psychometric structure of the questionnaire used, and the relationship between teaching development programmes and approaches to teaching are discussed.

ETHWorld - Implementation of a Virtual Campus Infrastructure and E-Learning at ETH Zurich

2003 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Anders Hagstrom ◽  
Walter Schaufelberger
Keyword(s):  
Technological Development ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Academic Planning ◽  
Virtual Campus ◽  
Federal Institute ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
And Control

ETH World is a strategic initiative for establishing a new virtual campus at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. ETH World will provide services in the areas of research, teaching, learning and infrastructure for the established disciplines in technology and natural science at ETH. The initiative aims to develop the excellence of ETH Zurich, making use of the new facilities and infrastructure instruments and methods that technological development offers. It is an integral part of the university, supporting its academic planning, infrastructure and financing processes. In its first part this paper describes the background of ETH World and an international conceptual competition organized in 2000 to seek ideas for the “infostructure” of this new academic environment. Some results of the competition are presented along with other projects that have been launched as building blocks of ETH World. The second part looks in some detail at e-learning as one of the focal points of ETH World, presenting two cases studies in architecture and control engineering education.

A framework for quality assurance for archives and records management education in an open distance e-learning environment in Eswatini

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vusi Tsabedze ◽  
Mpho Ngoepe
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Scientific Databases ◽  
National Archives ◽  
Adequate Quality ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Conceptual Study ◽  
The University

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine quality assurance for archives and records management (ARM) education in an open distance e-learning (ODeL) environment in Eswatini with a view to conceptualise a framework for quality assurance in the development and implementation of an ARM programme in the context of ODeL.Design/methodology/approachThe study is anchored on the interpretive research paradigm, which surrounds a systematic literature review. The researcher searched for literature online, using scientific databases such as Ebsco, Scopus and Google Scholar. The search applied the publications from 2005 to 2019. The main search keywords are “archives”, “records management”, “open distance e-learning” and “quality assurance”. A total of 15 articles, which included documents, journal articles, reports, web pages and monographs, were retrieved, reviewed and analysed in this study. This conceptual study was preliminary, and the researcher hopes that further empirical studies based on the findings of this study could be pursued in future.FindingsARM as a form of study and delivered on ODeL platforms have been proposed in Eswatini. The major concern among stakeholders is how to ensure the quality of such programmes.Research limitations/implicationsThis conceptual study was preliminary, and the researcher hopes that further empirical studies based on the findings of this study could be pursued in future.Practical implicationsThe findings and recommendations will help in the development of ARM programmes to be offered effectively by way of ODeL, there is a need to develop a transparent quality assurance framework for such an application and its implementation.Originality/valueThis is the first study on quality assurance for ARM education in an ODeL environment in Eswatini. As part of the study, a quality assurance framework was designed for the implementation of ARM education on an ODeL platform. This quality assurance framework is intended to help higher education institutions in Eswatini such as the University of Eswatini as well as stakeholders such as the Eswatini National Archives and others to design ARM education and deliver it on an ODeL platform in a manner that guarantees adequate quality.

Obraz współczesnej akademickości w Polsce

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 30-38
Author(s):  
Andrzej Chodubski
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
European Union ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Scientific Communities ◽  
The University ◽  
The Bologna Process

It is indicated in the lecture that higher education (universities) is one of the fundamentalentities that change the image of cultural and civilizational life. Nowadays, its existence in Poland is based on the European Union projects, including rules of so called the Bologna process. Changes in theimage and development of the Polish academicism that have been taking place, became subject of deep criticism made by scientific communities, as well as broad publicopinion. In the process of these changes a clash between traditional values and information society creation was revealed. A particularly critical attitude towards the present development of academicism at the University is presented by representatives of humanities and social sciences.

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