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Knowledge Foundations, Issue 4 - April 2020
Get PDFKnowledge Foundations publication (formally the UCEM e-library e-bulletin) is a compendium of news, views, research and resources relating to the educational sector and the built environment
APC Workshop slides on ethics and professional standards, business planning, data management, accounting principles and procedures, conflict avoidance, conflict management and dispute resolution, RICS Rules of Conduct, sustainability.
No full textA series of 8 RICS APC workshops for level 6 students
Knowledge Foundations, Issue 11 - November 2020
Get PDFKnowledge Foundations publication (formally the UCEM e-library e-bulletin) is a compendium of news, views, research and resources relating to the educational sector and the built environment
A series of bite size webinars on office investment
No full textA series of short webinars with guest speakers discussing the dynamics affecting various cities around the world
Open Badges: A Systematic Review of Peer-Reviewed Published Literature (2011-2015)
No full textOpen badges are a digital representation of skills or accomplishments recorded in a visual symbol that is embedded with verifiable data and evidence. They are created following a defined open standard, so that they can be shared online. Open badges have gained popularity around the world in recent years and have become a standard feature of many learning management systems. This paper presents a systematic literature review of the published open badges literature from 2011 to 2015. Through database searches, searching the internet and chaining from known sources, 135 relevant peer-reviewed papers were identified from a corpus of 247 publications for this review. The authors believe this to be the first effort to systematically review literature relating to open badges. The review categorised publications while also providing quantitative analysis of publications according to publication type, year of publication and contributors. After assessing the literature suggestions for future research directions are presented, based on under-represented areas
Benign changes and building maintenance as a sustainable strategy for refurbishment of historic (Pre-1919) English dwellings
Get PDFImproving productivity of road surfacing operations using value stream mapping and discrete event simulation
No full textMassive Open Online Courses and Economic Sustainability
No full textMillions of users around the world have registered on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) offered by hundreds of universities (and other organizations) worldwide. Creating and offering these courses costs thousands of pounds. However, at present, revenue generated by MOOCs is not sufficient to offset these costs. The sustainability of MOOCs is a pressing concern as they incur not only upfront creation costs but also maintenance costs to keep content relevant, as well as on-going facilitation support costs while a course is running and re-running. At present, charging a fee for certification seems to be a popular business model adopted by leading platform providers. In this position paper, the authors explore possible business models for courses, along with their advantages and disadvantages, by conducting a literature study and applying personal insights gained from attending various MOOC discussion fora. Some business models discussed here are: the Freemium model, sponsorships, initiatives and grants, donations, merchandise, the sale of supplementary material, selective advertising, data-sharing, follow-on events, and revenue from referrals. This paper looks at the sustainability of MOOCS as opposed to the sustainability of MOOC platforms, while observing the tight link between them
UK and Ireland Shopping Centre Management Sentiment Survey 2013
No full textThis paper is a summary analysis of a survey of 131 shopping centre managers across the home market of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The purpose of this survey is to recognise the key challenges currently affecting the role of shopping centre managers in the home market and to identify trends that
will affect this market over the next three years (2014 – 2016)