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This paper describes the experience in the development of the course “Thermal Energy Technology” for the fourth level of the Chemical Engineering career under the Curriculum Design established by the UTN for the career and with a focus on the development of transferable skills and competencies to the future professional performance of students. Strategies were applied with an emphasis on active student...
This article discusses the processes of planning and pedagogical evaluation of distance education conducted by the educational coordination of the course of Public Administration of the Department of General and Applied Administration of the Federal University of Parana, Brazil. The study shows that the particularities of distance education require a collective effort by all stakeholders so that one...
Many studies have widely accepted the assumption that learning processes can be promoted when teaching styles and learning styles are well matched. In this study, the synergy between learning styles, learning patterns, and gender as a selected demographic feature and learners' performance were quantitatively investigated in a blended learning setting. This environment adopts a traditional teaching...
Higher education is at a crossroads. Universities face a combination of increased costs, increased competition, changing enrollments, and the introduction of new disruptive technologies with the potential to threaten their core product offerings. In response to these challenges, universities across the country are moving rapidly toward offering more online courses and programs. But in doing so, they...
Classical theory “Lotka's Law” has been proven in many fields that the number of persons who contribute n outputs is about 1/nα of those who contribute one output, where the exponent α is a parameter about 2 to 3 in the most cases reported previously. Our analysis on patent productivity of inventors in Japan shows different characteristics from the results of previous studies on US and European firms...
ICT (Information & Communication Technology) has been touted as having the potential to solve a number of educational issues faced in rural parts of developing countries, however little research has been done to assess the impact of ICT based education on teacher student relationship and interaction. An action research approach is used to explore the impact of introducing ICT as a new learning...
Firms rely more and more on external collaboration partners to reduce the R&D cost as well as shorten the product life cycle. Open innovation become a new paradigm for firms to become competitive in a highly dynamic business environment. Firm's collaboration partner extents from customers, suppliers to university, research institute, and even competitors, the resource based view hold that different...
Interdisciplinary research has recently been emphasised in science and technology policies throughout the world. Numerous organisational approaches are directed at accelerating interdisciplinary research; consequently, new research institutes have been established at the university level or as public institutions. However, principles of management regarding evaluation of interdisciplinary research...
The research mainly uses the case studies method, the qualitative research method and the comparison study method to analyze whether social organizations participate in science communication in China is valid. About the contents of the research, the study firstly introduces the establishment of the Activity Center in the First Senior High School in Hong he county, Yunnan province. Secondly, the study...
We study free vibrations of a circular AT-cut quartz resonator using the two-dimensional scalar differential equation by Tiersten and Smythe in conjunction with COMSOL. Resonant frequencies and mode shapes are obtained and compared with available experimental results as well as available analytical solutions of the scalar equation. The accuracy of various analytical solutions is examined.
A construction of laboratory apparatus for heat treatment of titanium implants by high-frequency currents is described. Dependencies of heating of titanium implant samples at different power consumption were defined. Novel matrix coatings of titanium dioxide with colloidal hydroxyapatite (nanophase filler) were produced on the surface of medical items, which are made of commercially pure titanium...
In this paper we present a new gamified learning system called Reflex which builds on our previous research, placing greater emphasis on variation in learner motivation and associated behaviour, having a particular focus on gamification typologies. Reflex comprises a browser based 3D virtual world that embeds both learning content and learner feedback. In this way the topography of the virtual world...
The purpose of this study is to explore the acceptance of Tablet PCs in K-12 education among parents and communities. Because of the obstacles and controversies existed in world-wide "One Tablet PC per Child" projects, the authors used the Technology Acceptance Model to identify the potential factors that may influence the acceptance of Tablet PCs from the perspectives of parents and communities,...
The demand for engineers has always been high in growing countries, however, the world's seventh largest economy, Brazil, is still far from being one of the places with highest development in engineering. Through the normal curricula, high school students often learn theory only and investment is not made in the practical part, as a consequence the interest in engineering is low. Creating a design...
With the rapid progress of mobile technologies and the popularity of wireless networks, educational settings and strategies have changed significantly. Learning environments are no longer limited to classrooms, instead, the importance of conducting learning activities for knowledge construction through interaction with physical environments has been emphasized. In the meantime, researchers have indicated...
In order to answer questions arising from the deeper application of flipped classroom, our study proposed an instructional design framework of "flipped classroom on the basis of understanding". In pursuit of facilitating students' understanding, teachers could combine the theory of teaching for understanding with the flipped classroom pattern, reform their teaching beyond flipping classroom...
MOOC as a type of online education, it integrates the connectivity of social networking, and a collection of freely accessible online resources. Now the online education has entered Post-MOOC era, when various types of online education emerge and improve the development of education. In this paper, we present a new hybrid learning mode based on the concept of MOOC, CH-SPOC, which is applicable for...
In the presented report it is considered a scientifically substantiated criterion for assessing the “goodness” of the optimal individual preferences density distribution for a common continuous alternative. On the basis of the “Subjective Entropy Extremization Principle”, the proposed measure allows choosing the appropriate control in an active system with some elements of artificial intelligence...
The design of online learning environments is the blueprint of its construction, and it is also the key factor that affects the learning results. But current design is often based on traditional instructional design theory, ignoring the particularity of online context, there was hardly any specific theory to direct online learning environments design. Under traditional design concept, all the environments...
The ongoing KOM Project is researching how to construct affordable and sustainable mosquito-free zones, in malaria endemic sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere. Mosquitoes are vectors for several diseases malaria, Chikungunya, dengue fever, lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), Ross River fever, West Nile virus disease and yellow fever. Isolating mosquitoes from hosts also breaks disease transmission...
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