Distance Teaching of Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting to Graduate Students: a Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-154
Author(s):  
Irina Tivyaeva ◽  
◽  
Albina Vodyanitskaya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Online Instruction ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Online Student ◽  
Simultaneous Interpreting ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Systematic Description ◽  
Pros And Cons

The goal of the paper is an attempt to offer a systematic description of the authors’ experience in distance teaching of a consecutive and simultaneous interpreting course to graduate students of linguistics within the concept of transitioning to online instruction. The paper provides a review of distance interpreting programs available online and focuses on a particular case of adjusting an on-campus course in consecutive and simultaneous interpreting to online instruction. Preliminary results highlight technical and didactic specifics of teaching an online course in consecutive and simultaneous interpreting and make prominent pros and cons of online student teamwork. Drawing from the case study, the authors discuss possible solutions for online interpreter training.

scholarly journals The 12 Apps of Christmas: an innovative and effective online student and educator support

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Boylan
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Graduate Study ◽  
Third Place ◽  
Online Student ◽  
Dublin Institute ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Institute Of Technology

The 12 Apps of Christmas course is a free open online course that has run at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland in both 2014 and 2015. The 2014 iteration of this course was aimed specifically at instructors and went on to win the Mobile Learning Division of the International E-Learning Award (iELA), and come joint third-place at the eLearning Excellence Awards run as part of the 14th European Conference on eLearning. The 2015 iteration was aimed primarily at students of all ages undertaking further education, third level education, and/or post-graduate study, but also included additional supporting information for educators. This case study sets out our experiences of designing and delivering the 2015 iteration of this innovative and effective student and educator support.

Using Asynchronous Activities to Promote Sense of Community and Learning in an Online Course

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Trespalacios ◽  
Jennifer Rand
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Course Evaluation ◽  
Asynchronous Communication ◽  
Community Survey ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Online Learning Environment ◽  
Effective Design ◽  
Analyze Data

The purpose of this case study was to explore three asynchronous communication activities with graduate students in an online course. Asynchronous discussions transcripts, a sense of community survey, and a course evaluation questionnaire were used to collect and analyze data. The results of this study may have implications for an effective design of asynchronous communication and interactions between student and instructor, student and student, and students and content. Results indicate that well-designed asynchronous activities can help to promote sense of community among online students. Implications and challenges in implementing asynchronous activities to foster sense of community and learning in an online learning environment are also discussed.

Case Study of HyFlex Course Design

2018 ◽  
pp. 298-317
Author(s):  
Mariam Mousa Matta Abdelmalak ◽  
Julia Lynn Parra
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Student Attendance ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Differentiating Instruction ◽  
Class Meetings ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
And Control

The purpose of this qualitative comparative multiple-case study was to explore students' perspectives regarding implementation of HyFlex course design in a graduate level course. The main feature of HyFlex is related to hybrid and flexible student attendance: students choose how and when they achieve attendance. The data collection sources in this case study included interviews of six graduate students, class observations, recordings of class meetings, and related online course artifacts. Results indicated that participants perceived both benefits and challenges related to HyFlex implementation. Benefits included (1) accommodating for students' needs and life circumstances, (2) differentiating instruction, (3) increasing access to course content and instruction, and (4) encouraging student choice and control. Challenges included (1) students taking advantage of the flexibility and (2) technical difficulties. Additionally, for this chapter, the instructor in this study provides an update of HyFlex implementation.

scholarly journals An Optimization Workflow in Design for Additive Manufacturing

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 2572
Author(s):  
Stefano Rosso ◽  
Federico Uriati ◽  
Luca Grigolato ◽  
Roberto Meneghello ◽  
Gianmaria Concheri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Structural Optimization ◽  
Geometric Model ◽  
Complex Geometries ◽  
Design Phase ◽  
Design For Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Engineering Software ◽  
Embodiment Design ◽  
Pros And Cons

Additive Manufacturing (AM) brought a revolution in parts design and production. It enables the possibility to obtain objects with complex geometries and to exploit structural optimization algorithms. Nevertheless, AM is far from being a mature technology and advances are still needed from different perspectives. Among these, the literature highlights the need of improving the frameworks that describe the design process and taking full advantage of the possibilities offered by AM. This work aims to propose a workflow for AM guiding the designer during the embodiment design phase, from the engineering requirements to the production of the final part. The main aspects are the optimization of the dimensions and the topology of the parts, to take into consideration functional and manufacturing requirements, and to validate the geometric model by computer-aided engineering software. Moreover, a case study dealing with the redesign of a piston rod is presented, in which the proposed workflow is adopted. Results show the effectiveness of the workflow when applied to cases in which structural optimization could bring an advantage in the design of a part and the pros and cons of the choices made during the design phases were highlighted.

Pros and cons of time-dependent hybrid density functional approach to optical spectra of solids: a case study of CeO2

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huai-Yang Sun ◽  
Shuo-Xue Li ◽  
Hong Jiang
Keyword(s):  
First Principles ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Computational Cost ◽  
Optical Spectra ◽  
First Principles Calculation ◽  
Many Body ◽  
Many Body Perturbation Theory ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Hybrid Density Functional

Prediction of optical spectra of complex solids remains a great challenge for first-principles calculation due to the huge computational cost of the state-of-the-art many-body perturbation theory based GW-Bethe Salpeter equation...

Improving music teaching and learning through online service: A case study of a synchronous online teaching internship

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela D. Pike
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Underserved Populations ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Service Learning Projects ◽  
Musical Understanding ◽  
Synchronous Online

This case study explored the potential for using a synchronous online piano teaching internship as a service-learning project for graduate pedagogy interns. In partnership with the university, a local music retailer, and a local middle school, three pedagogy interns taught beginning piano to underprivileged teenaged students for 8 weeks. All instruction took place in the synchronous online environment using acoustic Disklavier pianos, Internet MIDI, Facetime, and traditional method books. As a result of the experience, the students demonstrated musical understanding and the pedagogy interns developed teaching techniques, displayed improved comprehension of course content, learned about current distance teaching technology, and considered the role of music education in society. Based on these results, it might be feasible to provide piano lessons to underserved populations in remote locations while offering meaningful internship experiences to pedagogy students through distance service-learning projects.

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