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Opportunity-oriented user research emphasizes the “Insight”. The insight is the clue that extracted from the data, and can be exported for further opportunities discovering. It serves as the link between data and design opportunities. On one side, it comes from the survey data and summarized observation output; on the other side, it serves as the basis of opportunities and design directions, achieving...
The focus of this study is to investigate the Chinese students' conception of a Finnish Design Management Education. This study reveals 10 reflective themes of students' conception on their learning experience, which shows the success of implanting a Finnish design management education in China via joint effort. The findings of this study have practical implications for Finnish design management education...
This paper studies two master -level project courses in two universities that use design thinking processes and problem-based learning as the main educational approach in the courses in question. One of the courses has been under development since 1969 and another one was launched during 2012. Both are interdisciplinary and multicultural by nature and have an ill-defined and open-ended real-life problem...
A course in communication skills in technical courses usually receives minimal attention from students and teachers alike. However its importance is realized only when students are required to compile practical research or experiments into a written assignment for submission, or a presentation, proposal for research, dissertation or a thesis. This may occur at both the under graduate as well as post-graduate...
This qualitative study aims to explore and describe the types of knowledge shared among academicians in a Malaysian public academic institution. The strategy used is a single case study which aims to gather deeper insights on the types of knowledge. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. A total of 15 renowned academicians were interviewed. Content analysis method was used to extract...
While student motivation has been intensively researched, only a few studies cover motivation at doctoral level and even less focus on doctoral education in Computer Science. In this paper we investigate the motivation of graduate students to pursue doctoral studies specifically in Computer Science. We interviewed 63 doctoral students, from two different doctoral models (traditional and structured)...
Nowadays, The present study tries to explore three aspects concerning teacher professional identity construction and answer three questions: 1. How do university EFL teachers in China understand their professional identity? 2. How do university EFL teachers in China construct their professional identity in community of practice? 3. How do the teachers differ in the process of shaping and constructing...
In the present study the training program of four in-service secondary educators to undertake the role of e-tutor is presented. The training program was based on the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework and realized via a blended learning environment. After the completion of the training program the educators acted as e-tutors in a pilot e-tutoring program. Once the pilot...
This study describes the complexity and diversities in the process of teacher learning. It examines a harmonious and supporting group learning through the construction of teachers'community of practice. Education reform in the era of knowledge economy requires teachers to be education practitioners, researchers, and innovators. Teacher learning is not only of practical importance but also of theoretical...
This text introduces the results of the first phase in the characterization of the teachers in a school, where a process of shared reflection was initiated, with a view to developing a digital culture in the school community's day to day. Although it may well be assumed that we are dealing with a process of transformation which involves different dimensions and, at this diagnostic stage, that other...
Australia is in the grip of a teacher shortage. One way to assist in the supply of sufficient qualified school teachers is through the provision of initial teacher education (ITE) at a distance. Advancements in learning technologies are rapidly transforming distance-delivered ITE, enabling the reimagining and redesigning of open and distance learning (ODL). Unsurprisingly, the new and flexible teaching...
This paper reported two case studies that explored the construction of personal learning environment (PLE) to enhance learning engagement of university students. Students participating in two case studies were provided with different PLEs that were developed through use of two popular educational social networking platforms-Elgg and Edmodo-to respectively support student-centered pedagogical activities...
This paper focuses on the emergence factors and themes that surfaced as result of cyberbullying activities among adolescents in Malaysia that have never been reported prior to this one. The actual research attempted to fill the knowledge gap in cyberbullying phenomenon by focusing on factors that contribute to its activities among adolescents in Malaysia. In addition, the research seeks to understand...
Computers have become a huge and indispensable gadget in supporting the daily activities of all human beings. One of the areas which seem to benefit a lot from computers is the educational sector. Using computers, lessons are made simple through printing work in bulk, searching for information, communicating with learners and so on. This study sought to establish the availability of computers in Zambian...
Schools have seen an exponential increase in the range of Information Communication Technology (ICT) being utilised for learning and teaching over the past decade, especially with the advent of the internet. What is exciting is not just more technology but that there are more types of technology which teachers can pick and choose from, based on their own pedagogical preferences. Set in the context...
My research explores how the human interaction of greeting can be analysed through a digital graphic visualisation process to reveal nonverbal dimensions such as personal space, touch and other movement patterns. Previous systems of visualization devised by anthropologists for the study of greetings have stopped short of using contemporary digital technology. I aim to show how the use of digital techniques...
Competitiveness of the graduates of engineering education programs is an important criterion in the evaluation of the quality of education acquired in the university. The high level of fundamental and professional competencies of a young engineer is a necessary but not sufficient condition for the successful employment at the modern labour market. During an interview with a university graduate the...
With the growing acceptance of the role of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in teaching and learning, it is expected that recent graduates from teacher education would be adequately prepared to integrate the ICTs into their teaching. Nonetheless, research and anecdotal evidence show that many newly qualified teachers feel under-prepared to teach with the technologies. This paper explores...
A theatre production of a play illustrating the functionality, social and ethical aspects of robots helping with aspects of elderly care was presented at a residential care home. The audience consisted of mainly elderly residents and carers. The residents suffered from various physical and mental disabilities which impaired their ability to provide responses through standard questionnaires. Therefore,...
Agile teams advocates face-to-face conversation, frequent communication and close collaboration between team members in order to work together as one team. In distributed software development, however, separation through space, time and culture affects the ability of the members of a distributed team to work together as one team. Through a Grounded Theory study that involved 55 participants from 38...
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