scholarly journals Georeferencing skills and student profile. Results from a multivariate regression model

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Gian Pietro Zaccomer ◽  
Maurizia Sigura
Keyword(s):  
Regression Model ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Student Knowledge ◽  
Student Profile ◽  
On Line ◽  
Profile Characteristics ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

Abstract. The currently IT tools provides increased opportunities to organize professional and recreational activities by interactive maps easily accessible for users. An experiment was conducted to understand if the great potential offered by new technologies match with the ability to produce good quality spatial data by users. The goal was to assess whether their knowledge of GIS affected the quality of their mapping activity by online map-based survey with maps as part of on line questionnaire. The attention was paid to university students as target of potential users of these tools, considering different skills acquired during their studies: from theoretical courses of geography, to theoretical and practical courses (dedicated labs) on GIS. The experiment involved more than 200 students of the University of Udine during the academic year 2019–2020. In this framework, a further study was developed investigating factors playing a role in students’ ability to complete the proposed exercises. The analysis was based on a multiple regression model which assumes the number of exercises completed as a dependent variable, and the student profile characteristics (gender, type of student, knowledge of GIS, and other IT skills) as independent variables. The estimated models pointed out both students’ willingness and deep knowledge of GIS as main factors effected the students’ ability to complete the proposed exercises. Fewer effects were associated to their gender and residence.

An UML Profile and SOLAP Datacubes Multidimensional Schemas Transformation Process for Datacubes Risk-Aware Design

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 64-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elodie Edoh-Alove ◽  
Sandro Bimonte ◽  
François Pinet
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Spatial Data Analysis ◽  
Uml Profile ◽  
Previous Proposal ◽  
On Line ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Spatial Vagueness

Spatial Data Warehouses (SDWs) and Spatial On-Line Analytical Processing (SOLAP) systems are new technologies for the integration and the analysis of huge volume of data with spatial reference. Spatial vagueness is often neglected in these types of systems and the data and analysis results are considered reliable. In a previous work, the authors provided a new design method for SOLAP datacubes that allows the handling of vague spatial data analysis issues. The method consists of tailoring SOLAP datacubes schemas to end-users tolerance levels to identified potential risks of misinterpretation they encounter when exploiting datacubes containing vague spatial data. It this paper, the authors further their previous proposal by presenting different formal tools to support their method: it is an UML profile providing stereotypes needed to add vague, risks and tolerance levels information on datacubes schemas plus the formal definition of SOLAP datacubes schemas transformation process and functions.

scholarly journals A multiple regression model for prediction of optimal dose of Moringa Oleifera in faecal sludge dewatering

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Doglas ◽  
Richard Kimwaga ◽  
Aloyce Mayo
Keyword(s):  
Regression Model ◽  
Moringa Oleifera ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Model ◽  
Optimal Dose ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Septic Tank ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Jar Test ◽  
The University

Abstract Moringa Oleifera (MO) is a highly effective conditioner in the dewatering of Fecal sludge (FS). However, the model for the prediction of its optimal dose has not yet been documented. This article presents the results of the developed model for the prediction of MO optimal doses. The developed model was based on assessing the FS parameters and MO stock solution. The FS samples were obtained from a mixture of a pit latrine and septic tank and were analyzed at the water quality laboratory of the University of Dar es Salaam. The multiple linear regression model was used to establish a relationship between MO optimal dose as a function of FS characteristics (pH, Electrical Conductivity, Total Solids and Total Suspended Solids) and concentration of MO stock solution. The results indicated that the main contributing factors which determine the MO optimal dose were the concentration of MO stock solution, followed by pH of FS. The model results showed a good agreement between the predicted and observed MO optimal dose with a coefficient of determination of R2 = 0.72 and 0.9 for calibration and validation respectively. Therefore, the model can be adapted to determine the MO optimal dose without running the Jar-test experiment.

scholarly journals Entornos virtuales de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Evaluación del uso de las herramientas virtuales en el máster de educación para el desarrollo

2012 ◽  
pp. a193
Author(s):  
Luisa Torres Barzabal ◽  
Esther Prieto Jiménez ◽  
Luis López Catalán
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Virtual Tools ◽  
Teaching Resource ◽  
Learning Evaluation ◽  
On Line ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Master Of Education ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Entornos Virtuales

El uso de las plataformas virtuales como recurso docente en el ámbito universitario, es una realidad cada vez más generalizada. A lo largo de este artículo realizaremos una evaluación de la puesta en marcha del Máster Universitario en Educación para el Desarrollo (EpD), implementado en la Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, y realizado on-line en su totalidad. Todo ello lo llevaremos a cabo con el análisis de los datos extraídos del curso académico 2009-2010.Virtual environments for teaching-learning. Evaluation of the use of virtual tools in the master of education for sustainable developmentAbstractThe use of virtual platforms as a teaching resource in the university, is an increasingly common reality. Throughout this article we will evaluate the implementation of the Master's Degree in Education for Development (EPD), implemented at the University Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, and performed on-line in its entirety. This will make it to the analysis of data from the 2009-2010 academic year.

Present and Future of the Senior Education in Slovakia

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Selecký
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Active Aging ◽  
Third Age ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Future ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

The main goal of this paper is to define the basic terms and functions in the field of seniors education. We analyse the Slovak Government politics concerning active aging and we relate it to economical issues. Another section focuses on senior education by means of the University of the Third Age in Slovakia. Actual statistics of the academic year 2012/2013 are provided here. In the final part, the present situation and the future of senior education in Slovakia are compared, and we also discuss the issue of new technologies in senior education.

L’apprentissage confiné

2021 ◽  
pp. 165-172
Author(s):  
Martine VERJANS
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
Classroom Teaching ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Directed Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

The University of Hasselt or UHasselt has a long tradition of didactic innovation. From its inception in 1972, the academic year was divided into six six-week periods with only a few courses in each period ending with a final assessment. Subsequently, internships were scheduled from the beginning of the course so that students would have the most concrete picture possible of their future working environment. In the early 2000s, it was decided that the training of students should prepare them as well as possible for a professional life integrating lifelong learning. In addition, their training should make maximum use of the possibilities offered by new technologies. At the same time, the university was instructed to examine how much and how different disciplines could use self-directed learning while reducing the volume of on-campus courses. The proposed target was one third face-to-face and two thirds self-directed. The calculation tool was the ECTS where one credit could only count for 27 hours. For a subject such as "Business French", which weighed six ECTS, this meant 54 hours of classroom teaching and 108 hours of autonomous teaching.

scholarly journals Child Friendly Architectures. Design Spaces for Children and Adolescents

2021 ◽  
pp. 353-358
Author(s):  
Marco d’Annuntiis ◽  
Sara Cipolletti
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Training Course ◽  
Child Friendly ◽  
Architecture And Design ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Tools And Methods

AbstractThis paper presents the educational and laboratory experience of the course entitled “Child Friendly Architectures”, taught during the 2019 academic year at the School of Architecture and Design (SAAD) of the University of Camerino, in collaboration with UNICEF Italia. The training course is the first in Italy to build a dialogue between the discipline of architecture and the protection and promotion of children and adolescents’ rights. The course was offered to the university’s students and was structured as two modules. In a series of training seminars, the first module, Teaching Activity, addressed the design of spaces for children and adolescents while looking closely at good practices and case studies. The second module, Application Activity, was a practical laboratory which guided students in a participatory process of planning. The students experimented with reading and planning a specific context in which they live, using specially structured tools and methods. The Child Friendly Architectures training course theorizes a way of thinking about the design of spaces for children and adolescents, taking into consideration their rights, and promoting the learning of tools, design techniques and new technologies. The competences involved in participatory planning—which can be learned—strengthen team work through important networking and listening opportunities. This helps young people to develop a critical awareness of children and adolescents’ rights, and the quality of the spaces dedicated to them.

scholarly journals The Effect of Distance Teaching on Academic Achievement in the Online Course of Introduction to Computers Science

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. p23
Author(s):  
Ying-Sheng Kuo
Keyword(s):  
Regression Model ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Model ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Final Test ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Model Combining ◽  
On Line

For distance teaching, if the teacher can obtain the predicted scores that students may obtain in the final exam at this time, the students whose predicted scores do not meet the standard can be found. Teachers can strengthen the teaching of this type of students in the teaching process, which will greatly improve the overall teaching efficiency of teachers. The target of this research is the students of the course of the “Introduction to Computers Science” at Open University of Kaohsiung. This course is a distance teaching based on online teaching, and the questionnaire and final test are also completed on line. A total of 95 students filled out the questionnaire online, accounting for 77.24% of the electives. This study aims to assess the measurement of students’ pre-learning computer experience, software operation ability, learning motivation, and computer attitude, and analyze their relationship with the performance of subsequent distance teaching on the course of the “Introduction to Computers Science”, and find a multiple regression model to predict student performance. It was found that a multiple linear regression model combining 7 independent variables was statistically significantly related to the final test scores.

Gamification of University Subjects

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Miguel Ángel Montañés-Del Río ◽  
Vanessa Rodríguez Cornejo ◽  
Margarita Ruiz Rodríguez ◽  
Jaime Sánchez Ortiz
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Attendance Rates ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Lack Of Commitment ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Passive Attitude

The masterly lesson, tedious and lacking in motivation for today's university students, provokes a passive attitude from them in the classroom. If they also use their mobile phones to escape from the classroom, the situation seems to get worse. Low attendance rates and poor academic results are some of the consequences of a serious problem: the lack of commitment of students to their learning process. Incorporating elements of games, together with new technologies, may be a possible solution. Thus, in the academic year 2018/2019 the classes of the subject Operations Management II taught throughout the fourth year of Business Administration and Management Degree offered by the University of Cadiz were gamified with Kahoot! The students felt more motivated and their grades improved in comparison to the previous year. In addition, a comparison was made with the results shown in the exams of the academic year after the gamified activity.

A Local Area Network for Medical Research; Planning, Realization and Experience

1991 ◽  
Vol 30 (01) ◽  
pp. 53-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Schosser ◽  
C. Weiss ◽  
K. Messmer
Keyword(s):  
Medical Research ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Local Area Network ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Test Installation ◽  
Cost Performance ◽  
The Public ◽  
On Line ◽  
The University

This report focusses on the planning and realization of an interdisciplinary local area network (LAN) for medical research at the University of Heidelberg. After a detailed requirements analysis, several networks were evaluated by means of a test installation, and a cost-performance analysis was carried out. At present, the LAN connects 45 (IBM-compatible) PCs, several heterogeneous mainframes (IBM, DEC and Siemens) and provides access to the public X.25 network and to wide-area networks for research (EARN, BITNET). The network supports application software that is frequently needed in medical research (word processing, statistics, graphics, literature databases and services, etc.). Compliance with existing “official” (e.g., IEEE 802.3) and “de facto” standards (e.g., PostScript) was considered to be extremely important for the selection of both hardware and software. Customized programs were developed to improve access control, user interface and on-line help. Wide acceptance of the LAN was achieved through extensive education and maintenance facilities, e.g., teaching courses, customized manuals and a hotline service. Since requirements of clinical routine differ substantially from medical research needs, two separate networks (with a gateway in between) are proposed as a solution to optimally satisfy the users’ demands.

Interdepartmental BIM-elective of the university as a basis for the implementation of the new technologies in the educational process

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alena Vsevolodovna Gavrilova ◽  
Liubov Leonidovna Kniazeva ◽  
Vadim Viacheslavovich Koykov ◽  
Oleg Pavlovich Fyodorov
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
The University
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