scholarly journals Reflections from Transitioning Carpentries Workshops Online

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben B. Chiewphasa ◽  
Anna K. Moeller
Keyword(s):  
Formative Assessments ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
R Programming Language ◽  
Online Setting ◽  
R Programming ◽  
The Many ◽  
Interactive Workshop ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

Objectives: As certified Carpentries instructors, the authors organized and co-taught the University of Montana’s first in-person Carpentries workshop focused on the R programming language during early 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a repeated workshop was postponed to the fall of 2020 and was adapted for a fully online setting. The authors share their Carpentries journey from in-person to online instruction, hoping to inspire those interested in organizing Carpentries at their institution for the first time and those interested in improving their existing Carpentries presence. Methods: The authors reflected on their experience facilitating the same Carpentries workshop in-person and online. They used this unique opportunity to compare the effectiveness of a face-to-face environment versus a virtual modality for delivering an interactive workshop. Results: When teaching in the online setting, the authors learned to emphasize the basics, create many opportunities for feedback using formative assessments, reduce the amount of material presented, and include helpers who are familiar with technology and troubleshooting. Conclusions: Although the online environment came with challenges (i.e., Zoom logistics and challenges, the need to further condense curricula, etc.), the instructors were surprised at the many advantages of hosting an online workshop. With some adaptations, Carpentries workshops work well in online delivery.

scholarly journals Work: An Occupational ABC by K. Hatanaka

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Debbie Feisst
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Short Description ◽  
Young Adult Fiction ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
Full Page ◽  
Coffee Table ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

Hatanaka, Kellen. Work: An Occupational ABC. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2014. Print.At first glance, you may look at this book and think it just like the myriad of other ABC books for young children and preschoolers, but you would be delightfully wrong!  Yes, of course, each letter from A to Z is represented and indeed each letter is accompanied by an image that characterizes the letter.  But that is where the similarities end. Toronto-based designer, illustrator and artist Kellen Hatanaka, who can now also call himself a first time author, has created a beautiful and unexpected piece of art for the youngest readers and it is as much a delight to read as it is to behold.  With creamy paper and softly-coloured images, created digitally after first creating ‘hand-drawn patterns and images’, it is reminiscent of a small person’s version of a coffee table book, if said coffee table were in a nursery.It starts out simple enough, with A for Aviator and a full page spread with a boldly-coloured A as well as mountain tops that echo the A’s shape.  The next page, however, alerts the reader to the fun in store – B is for Butcher, shown chasing after a group of raccoons who have absconded with a string of sausages. Yes, there are occupations like Grocer and Tailor but there are also the Ice Cream Vendor, K-9 Officer and the Wedding Singer! What’s wonderful to note are the many alternative occupations, some that you may have not have heard of, and that there is a nice mix of women, men, and cultures taking part. For the curious reader, there is a section of funny ‘Want Ads’ which provides a short description of the occupation.This would make a wonderful new baby gift and is an excellent addition to a home or public library.Highly recommended: 4 stars out of 4 Reviewer: Debbie FeisstDebbie is a Public Services Librarian at the H.T. Coutts Education Library at the University of Alberta.  When not renovating, she enjoys travel, fitness and young adult fiction.

scholarly journals Experience with Online Delivery of an Engineering Technical Elective Course

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Wallace ◽  
Harpreet Dhariwal
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Physical Presence ◽  
Elective Course ◽  
On Line ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

MIE 515, Alternative Energy Systems, an engineering technical elective course open to senior undergraduates and graduate students, was delivered as an on line course for Fall 2011. This is the first time an undergraduate engineering course at the University of Toronto has been offered online. The course is also one of five pilot online courses across the University. The move online is being accomplished in two steps. For Fall 2011, a small lecture section of 25 students was used as a setting for video capture and the remaining 110 students accessed the course lectures online asynchronously. A live tutorial was offered once a week. All students were physically present for the midterm examination and the final examination. For Fall 2012, the course will be delivered entirely online, with the exception of student physical presence for the two examinations. Pedagogical and technical lessons learned during this transition year will be presented. The benefits and drawbacks of online delivery will be discussed from the perspective gained this year and compared with our expectations. Student feedback will also be presented and discussed.

scholarly journals Creating statistics e-assessments using Dewis with embedded R code

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Iain Weir ◽  
Rhys Gwynllyw ◽  
Karen Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Learning Experience ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Learning Modules ◽  
R Programming Language ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Creation ◽  
R Programming ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The University

We report on the creation of statistics e-assessments using the Dewis system with embedded R code. Dewis is a fully algorithmic open-source e-assessment system designed and developed at the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE). Dewis’ ability to communicate with the R programming language greatly facilitates the task of generating bespoke data and its subsequent analysis. This approach has allowed us to successfully test students’ ability to perform involved statistical analyses on individual data sets and led to the creation of a suite of open access online e-learning modules on the UK national statstutor website. Development of a Dewis-R interface allows the creation of sophisticated e-assessments solely by writing an R script file. The goal is to create a community of Dewis-R practitioners who will be able to author and share relevant, authentic and engaging statistics e-assessments that enrich the learning experience of students.

scholarly journals Dentistry during the COVID-19 Epidemic: An Italian Workflow for the Management of Dental Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 3325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matteo Peditto ◽  
Simone Scapellato ◽  
Antonia Marcianò ◽  
Paola Costa ◽  
Giacomo Oteri
Keyword(s):  
Health Workers ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Dental Procedures ◽  
Dental Practitioners ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University

The COVID-19 outbreak has raised concerns about infection control all over the world. Among health workers, dentists are particularly exposed to the COVID-19 infection risk. The aim of this paper is to present a workflow to manage dental procedures already in use at the Dental Unit of the University Hospital of Messina. The proposed workflow accounts for the many aspects of dental practitioners’ risk in the COVID-19 era, and focuses on the assessment of patient risk level, a two-phase dental procedure management (remote and face-to-face), and the use of specific preventive measures. No cases of COVID-19 infection were detected among patients and staff of the dental unit in a two-month period of time while using this protocol. This workflow seems a promising and effective solution to manage dental procedures during the COVID-19 outbreak, and could be implemented in both public and private practices until the emergency is contained.

The Professional Learning Model (PLM™)

2011 ◽  
pp. 1686-1692
Author(s):  
David E. Leasure ◽  
Amy Peterson ◽  
Richard Kettner-Polley ◽  
Scott Van Tonningen
Keyword(s):  
Professional Learning ◽  
Real World ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
World Knowledge ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Assessment Of Student Learning ◽  
The University

Late in 2003, Colorado Technical University prepared to develop a large number of programs for online delivery. As part of the planning, the university developed its professional learning model (PLM™) to ensure online and face-to-face courses would address student motivation, employ proven teaching techniques, integrate theory with practice, teach real-world knowledge and skills, and support assessment of student learning. PLM™ courses focus on mastery of professional knowledge and skills by applying what is taught in the course to the construction of authentic deliverables that are produced in the professional environment, such as project plans, software programs, or electronic devices. CTU PLM™ engages the student in complex, real-world projects and scenarios that require them to organize, research, and solve problems. Essentially, it allows students to practice skills in real world situations. Professional learning naturally answers the student question, “How will I use this in the real world?” It allows students to easily establish the connection between what they learn in the classroom and real world issues and practices. This learning method encourages students to use higher levels of thinking skills by having them look critically and creatively at problems that don’t have one right answer. Students learn about information in situations that are similar to the professional situations in which they will use the information in the future.

scholarly journals Feasibility of an online platform delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation for individuals with chronic respiratory disease

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. e000880
Author(s):  
Adam Lewis ◽  
Ellena Knight ◽  
Matthew Bland ◽  
Jack Middleton ◽  
Esther Mitchell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Rehabilitation ◽  
Service Evaluation ◽  
Chronic Respiratory Disease ◽  
Outcome Data ◽  
Staff Perceptions ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Participant Engagement ◽  
Sit To Stand ◽  
The University

IntroductionSARS-CoV-2 has restricted access to face-to-face delivery of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR). Evidence suggests that telehealth-PR is non-inferior to outpatient PR. However, it is unknown whether patients who have been referred to face-to-face programmes can feasibly complete an online-PR programme.MethodsThis service evaluation used a mixed-methods approach to investigate a rapid PR service remodelling using the University of Gloucestershire eLearn Moodle platform. Quantitative baseline demographic and PR outcome data were collected from online-PR participants, and semistructured interviews were completed with PR staff and participants.ResultsTwenty-five individuals were eligible from a PR waiting list. Thirteen declined participation and 14 completed PR. Significant pre-post online PR improvements were achieved in 1 min sit-to-stand (CI 2.1 to 9 (p=0.004)), Generalised Anxiety Disorder (CI −0.3 to −2.6 (p=0.023)), Primary Health Questionnaire-9 (CI −0.3 to −5.1 (p=0.029)), Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire dyspnoea (CI 0.5 to 1.3 (p=0.001)), fatigue (CI 0.7 to 2 (p=0.0004)), emotion (CI 0.7 to 1.7 (p=0.0002)), mastery (CI 0.4 to 1.3 (p=0.001)). Interviews indicated that patient PR inclusion was made possible with digital support and a PR introduction session improved participant engagement and safety. Incremental progression of exercise was perceived as more successful online compared with face-to-face PR. However, perceptions were that education sessions were less successful. Online-PR required significant staff time resource.DiscussionOnline-PR improves patient outcomes and is feasible and acceptable for individuals referred for face-to-face PR in the context of a requirement for social distancing. Face-to-face programmes can be adapted in a rapid fashion with both staff and participants perceiving benefit. Future pragmatic trials are now warranted comparing online-PR including remote assessments to centre-based PR with suitably matched outcomes, and patient and staff perceptions sought regarding barriers and facilitators of online delivery.

scholarly journals Prediction of Heart Disease and Diabetes Using Naive Bayes Algorithm

2021 ◽  
pp. 447-453
Author(s):  
Ninad Marathe ◽  
Sushopti Gawade ◽  
Adarsh Kanekar
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Potential Problem ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Test Report ◽  
Ui Design ◽  
R Programming Language ◽  
R Shiny ◽  
R Programming ◽  
Bayes Algorithm ◽  
The University

Based on the test report values, diagnose a potential problem. The patient's report can be entered as feedback by the doctors (Sugar level, Age, Blood pressure, etc.). Through evaluating the available data collection, we can predict whether the patient has heart disease or diabetes using the method. Apart from that, we use Rstudio's R shiny addon for Web UI design. As a coding language, we use the R programming language. The Rstudio IDE was used. The datasets were obtained from the University of California at Irvine's repository.

scholarly journals Erving Goffman

Communication ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz
Keyword(s):  
Human Interaction ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Interactional Sociolinguistics ◽  
Multiple Selves ◽  
Erving Goffman ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Interaction Order ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University

Erving Goffman (1922–1982) was the sociologist who first proposed investigating the “interaction order,” that is, the organization underlying relationships in everyday life, as a serious topic. He was a social theorist of large ideas which have served as the basis of studies of language and social interaction ever since. His explanations of identity, multiple selves, and social roles have shaped current discussion on these subjects across disciplines, but especially in sociology, communication, and psychology. While at the University of California, Berkeley, he taught Emanuel Schegloff and Harvey Sacks, thus contributing to the development of conversation analysis, though that was not his own focus and he sometimes critiqued the ways in which it developed. At Berkeley he was a colleague of John Gumperz, and thus part of early discussions that led to interactional sociolinguistics. Both at Berkeley and later at the University of Pennsylvania, he was a colleague of Dell Hymes, and thus part of the development of the ethnography of communication. Goffman is often classified as a symbolic interactionist, but he rejected this label (as he rejected all labels). His concerns were uncommonly broad: he wanted to understand human interaction, starting with mundane, everyday behavior, most frequently focusing on how strangers interact. His influence has been felt across a wide array of topics within communication, ranging from health to organizational, from legal to political, from analysis of face-to-face interaction to media and performance studies. Decades after his publications appeared, they have become standard references. Within communication, he is often best known for his dramaturgical approach, but the analogy of life as theater was only one of the many fruitful ideas he proposed.

scholarly journals An Academic Performance Indicator Using Flexible Multi-Criteria Methods

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (19) ◽  
pp. 2396
Author(s):  
Olga Blasco-Blasco ◽  
Marina Liern-García ◽  
Aarón López-García ◽  
Sandra E. Parada-Rico
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Performance Indicator ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Semester ◽  
R Programming Language ◽  
Recent Method ◽  
Overall Performance ◽  
Support Policy ◽  
R Programming ◽  
The University

Composite indicators are a very useful tool for conveying summary information on the overall performance of institutions and facilitating decision-making. Increasingly, there is a demand for indicators that allow performance to be assessed after the implementation of a strategy. This has several difficulties, and in this paper, we address three of them: how to evaluate at different points in time, how to estimate the weighting of the criteria and how to normalize the data. Our proposal is based on multicriteria techniques, using a recent method, uwTOPSIS, and is applied to data collected from 2975 students enrolled in the first year of science and engineering at the Industrial University of Santander (Colombia) from the first semester of 2016 to the first semester of 2019. In the paper, we show that our proposal makes it possible to measure and evaluate the academic performance of students at two points in time, and this allows the University to know whether its student support policy has been successful and to what degree it has been effective. Due to the large amount of data handled, data management has been done using R programming language, and model implementation has been done with Python.

Adam Zalužanský’s “De sexu plantarum” (1592): an early pioneering chapter on plant sexuality

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Funk
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
English Translation ◽  
History Of Botany ◽  
Main Work ◽  
Botanical History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time

In the history of botany, Adam Zalužanský (d. 1613), a Bohemian physician, apothecary, botanist and professor at the University of Prague, is a little-known personality. Linnaeus's first biographers, for example, only knew Zalužanský from hearsay and suspected he was a native of Poland. This ignorance still pervades botanical history. Zalužanský is mentioned only peripherally or not at all. As late as the nineteenth century, a researcher would be unaware that Zalužanský’s main work Methodi herbariae libri tres actually existed in two editions from two different publishers (1592, Prague; 1604, Frankfurt). This paper introduces the life and work of Zalužanský. Special attention is paid to the chapter “De sexu plantarum” of Zalužanský’s Methodus, in which, more than one hundred years before the well-known De sexu plantarum epistola of R. J. Camerarius, the sexuality of plants is suggested. Additionally, for the first time, an English translation of Zalužanský’s chapter on plant sexuality is provided.

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