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Many academic spin-off firms experience resource deficiencies that slow down their growth. In this paper, we investigate the critical resources that are missing and knowledge retrieved from networks to solve or prevent missing resources, to better understand the causes of slow growth. In a sample of 105 spin-offs from Norway and the Netherlands, it is found that spin-off firms most frequently lack...
Knowledge transfer is an important type of knowledge service. Based on existing studies on knowledge transfer between employees, this paper builds a research model of factors affecting the pre-retiree's intention to transfer knowledge to the younger employee. Data collected from 4 leaders and 7 pre-retirees in different industries through face-to-face interview is used to test and improve the model,...
The industry of IT is an important service section in the macro economy. This study evaluated the efficiency of IT teams and carried on a series of effective measurements for IT projects. We are interested in two aspects that are team structure and human factors of IT project team. Based on a live project supported by Xishanju, a sub company of Jinshan Software Corporation, we did some research by...
Hive computing has gone by many names and has been used for various applications from simple business to complex scientific problems, over the years. In the modern world, Hive Computing and Virtualization have been put in use to accomplish various tasks[1]. The benefit of using the Virtualization technique is that it allows creation of a virtual version like a virtual hardware platform, operating...
Education has become one of the biggest challenges within the African nation of Burkina Faso where teachers are often confronted with material shortages, lack of content, lack of equipment, and lack of opportunity for self-conducted learning (United Nations, 2013). In order to face these challenges educators are turning to Emerging Learning Technologies (ELTs) to help improve the quality of teaching...
This paper explains audit of information systems as a preparation of the implementation e-health management system (EHMS) especially in health-centers information system (SIMPUS). SIMPUS is used for manage health data and information which are supported by the application of information technology (IT). The proposed method is implemented in one of health agency in Ciparay Health Center which is one...
We determined the effect of a multifaceted stroke telerehabilitation (STeleR) intervention on falls-related self-efficacy and satisfaction with care in stroke patients. We conducted a prospective, randomized, multisite, single-blinded trial in 52 veterans with stroke from 3 Veterans Affairs medical centers. Individuals who experienced a stroke in the past 24 months were randomized to the STeleR intervention...
In this paper, we report a survey that gathered the opinions on electronic student services by implementing the iKnow system. The methodology to evaluate user satisfaction was based on realization of questionnaires, and surveys with students, as well as interviews with the teaching and administration staff. We have realized several surveys and questionnaires, not just during the development cycle,...
The emerging cloud computing technology provides a compelling prospect for Institutions of Higher Learning to outsource their Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Although its reputation is escalating quickly, there are concerns that must be taken into account. The goal of this paper is to explore the potential of cloud computing in transforming and automating the operations of Higher...
During the transition to professional universities, it is normal that students bring preconceptions with them from many domains of knowledge as well as misconceptions and numerous other idiosyncrasies based on their previous learning experiences. Knowing how our students think will help us to understand their mathematical thinking skills, to make sense of their errors and to improve our instruction...
Scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) refers to an active, conscious and continuous act of research in teaching by lecturers with specific aims to share it with other fellow lecturers later on through scholarly writing or publication [24]. It is proposed that scholarship of teaching and learning is fundamental to improve the teaching practice of lecturers which will influence students' learning...
To what extent is students' understanding of computer science culturally situated? This, possibly philosophical question, has come to the surface at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, where many Chinese students study computer science together with the local students. We did an exploratory study using email interviews to see if our intuitions could be relied on. We collected data from Chinese students...
On the policy level, Tanzania has strongly committed to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) supported education on all levels of education. National policy documents give ICT a high priority in development of the country's educational system. Curricula have been revamped to accommodate for increased role of ICT in the society and education. Also educational institutions have explicated...
This paper evaluates the impact on participants and members of their households of access to a free computer and internet at home. Graduates of the Computers in Homes (CiH) programme in Porirua were used for this study. This programme is a Digital Literacy initiative that operates in conjunction with the National Computers in Homes project in New Zealand. This research followed a qualitative approach...
One of the most prominent issues in engineering education is the proper preparation of prospective engineering students in the subjects of mathematics, physics, and English during their senior secondary school years. South Africa is particularly disadvantaged in this regard as international assessments have shown South African secondary students have consistently been shown to perform poorly in this...
Agile methods are widely adopted in software development. They are based on agile principles that sharply contrast to traditional command-and-control management methods. Such methods emphasize the importance of highly interactive self-organizing teams and close collaboration of all stakeholders, as well as values like courage, openness and respect. However, recent studies show that graduates and undergraduates...
In practical courses on software-intensive business systems, students work in teams to acquire practical skills in systems acquisition and provisioning. However, we do not yet have an established method to determine the optimal team composition to achieve maximum educational effectiveness. In this study, we quantitatively and qualitatively investigate how personal characteristics and the learning...
Universities are under increasing pressure to decrease operation costs to reduce increasing tuition and to maintain or improve enrollment rates. These two conflicting pressures come to a head with the University Admissions Department, which must meet target enrollment rates within their budget. The admissions department at George Mason University must currently hire outside application readers in...
Mathematics is considered a fundamental component of engineering education, thus it is important to determine the mathematical competencies (MCs) attained by engineering undergraduate students so that they will be able to use these competencies to support their professional engineering work. The MCs were identified based on Niss's work, namely, thinking mathematically, reasoning, problem posing and...
Pioneered in Scandinavia in the 1970s, participatory design (PD) has been recognized as an empowering, sensitive and inclusive approach. Thus it has been applied in a wide variety of fields, from architecture to teaching to game design. One of the goals of PD is to challenge the power imbalance, with the aim of reducing the power differential between researchers and participants. This paper borrows...
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