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Éditorial: Perspectives actuelles sur la formation à l’ère du numérique
Get PDFCe numéro compte trois articles de recherche, un article de praticiens et deux articles de discussions et débats offrant une exploration de divers sujets au cœur de la technologie éducative. D’une part, l’hybridation de l’enseignement, une approche complexe intégrant différentes modalités pour offrir des expériences d’apprentissage optimisées. D’autre part, les pratiques d’interaction en contexte de formation à distance, soulignant l’importance de maintenir des connexions significatives malgré les barrières physiques. Ce numéro explore également la télésurveillance, un outil essentiel pour préserver l’intégrité académique et lutter contre la fraude dans les examens en ligne. De plus, une réflexion approfondie sur le leadership et la stratégie numérique en contexte scolaire émerge de ces pages, mettant en lumière l’importance d’une vision éclairée pour tirer pleinement parti des technologies éducatives. Enfin, l’édition varia 2023 aborde également le lien entre la technologie éducative et la formation en santé, explorant la formation thérapeutique des patients ainsi que la littératie médicale
Prácticas de ingeniería educativa en los organismos públicos de Quebec en tiempos de postpandemia
Get PDFEl objetivo de este estudio es estudiar las transformaciones de los procesos de ingeniería educativa que tuvieron lugar en los ministerios y organismos de la función pública de Quebec en respuesta a la crisis sanitaria provocada por la pandemia de COVID-19, con une perspectiva prospectiva de la postpandemia. Se realizó una investigación de diseño y desarrollo con entrevistas semiestructuradas realizadas a 32 profesionales que trabajan en equipos de desarrollo de capacitaciones en diversas ministerios y organismos de la administración pública de Quebec. Se realizó un análisis temático de contenido con ayuda de un árbol de códigos. Los resultados apuntan a una variabilidad en los enfoques de diseño instruccional, la utilización intensiva del aprendizaje a distancia, una mayor necesidad de formación en competencias digitales y una tendencia hacia un enfoque más individualizado de la formación. Este estudio proporciona una comprensión más profunda de cómo la función pública de Quebec ha adaptado sus prácticas de diseño instruccional en la postpandemia
Lu pour vous : The Man from the Future. The Visionary Ideas of John von Neumann
Get PDFLe chapitre intitulé « Johnny » de l’autobiographie inachevée de Klári von Neumann (née Klára Dán), la seconde épouse de Johnny von Neumann, débute ainsi : « I would like to tell about the man, the strange contradictory and controversial person; childish and good-humoured, sophisticated and savage, brilliantly clever yet with a very limited, almost primitive lack of ability to handle his emotions – an enigma of nature that will have to remain unresolved. » Tenter de cerner l’insaisissable Johnny von Neumann à travers une exploration de son œuvre intellectuelle et des véritables révolutions scientifiques que celle-ci initia est le défi que s’est fixé le londonien Ananyo Bhattacharya, et ce dès sa toute première expérience comme biographe et auteur. Considérant l’incroyable envergure de la contribution de von Neumann à l’avancement de la science, nul biographe ne peut prétendre avoir une maîtrise complète de toutes les subtilités de l’entièreté des sujets devant être traités. Diplômé en physique de University of Oxford, titulaire d’un PhD obtenu au Imperial College London et fort d’une expérience comme journaliste scientifique chez The Economist et Nature, Bhattacharya fait la démonstration dans The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann qu’il est qu’adéquatement outillé pour relever le défi
An introduction to functional analysis
Get PDFThis book covers the material of a standard functional analysis course offered at the end of an undergraduate course or at the beginning of a postgraduate course in mathematics. Key results that are a prerequisite for more in-depth study of specialised or applied branches of mathematical analysis such as harmonic analysis, differential equations or the calculus of variations are presented in an accessible but comprehensive way.
A first noteworthy fact is that no prior knowledge of measure theory or Lebesgue integration is assumed or required. Indeed, Lebesgue spaces are introduced as completions of the space of continuous functions with respect to an appropriate norm, while the usual construction of the Lebesgue integral is described in an appendix. Secondly, Hilbert spaces are not treated as a special case of Banach spaces, whose particular characteristics are mentioned in passing. Instead, the theory of Hilbert spaces is developed on its own before pushing the abstraction a notch higher by then turning to Banach spaces.
Written in the style of lecture notes (i.e., in a simple and concise style, with chapters composed of short sections, and with no attempt to enrich the exposition with comments on the history of the development of the ideas mentioned), this book represents a turnkey solution for anyone who has to teach a two-semester course in functional analysis. That said, it is also suitable, with some judicious pruning, for a one-semester course on Banach spaces.
The first two parts of the book, which cover around one hundred pages, serve to lay the foundations on which the notions of functional analysis which form the heart of this book are then built. Initially, since one of the main aims of this book is to establish infinite-dimensional analogues of familiar results for linear operators between finite-dimensional vector spaces, the author begins by briefly discussing some basic elements of abstract linear algebra. Starting with a reminder of what a vector space is, he goes on to show, using Zorn's lemma, that every vector space has a basis. He then digresses slightly to recall some important notions from the theory of metric spaces, such as the definitions of convergence, continuity, compactness and separability. Finally, the theory of normed vector spaces is explored in more detail, with a number of detailed examples. In this section, the book proceeds at a slower pace, delving into a number of highly important ideas such as those at the heart of Banach's fixed point theorem, Riesz's lemma, Weierstrass's approximation theorem, the Stone-Weierstrass theorem and the Arzelà-Ascoli theorem.
Part III develops the theory of Hilbert spaces in about a hundred pages. The author deals in turn with inner products, the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, induced norms, orthonormal bases, orthogonal projections, the Riesz-Fréchet representation theorem and rudiments of spectral theory. The culminating point of Part III is the Hilbert-Schmidt (or eigenfunction expansion) theorem, which describes how a compact self-adjoint operator defined on a Hilbert space decomposes in terms of its eigenvalues and eigenfunctions. This major theorem is then applied, in the final chapter of Part III, to Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problems.
The fourth and final part, also about a hundred pages long, presents the foundations of the theory of Banach spaces. It covers foundational results such as the Hahn-Banach theorem, the Kreĭn-Milman theorem, Baire's category theorem and its classical applications, Mazur's theorem, Helly's theorem that any bounded sequence in the dual of a separable Banach space has a weakly-* convergent subsequence, and the result that the closed unit ball in a reflexive Banach space is weakly sequentially compact. Three brief appendices totalling around thirty pages present the proofs of a handful of results, such as the Banach-Alaoglu theorem, which are useful but outside the scope of the main part of the book.
There are more than 200 exercises of varying degrees of difficulty in the 27 chapters that make up the book. In addition, complete solutions are presented at the very end of the book. Most of these exercises are fairly standard. A few, of a more uncommon nature, have been borrowed from other sources, in which case due credits are given
Behind-the-scenes: vers l’égalité de genre au sein des présidences syndicales locales?
Get PDFCet article porte sur l’expérience des présidences impliquées dans les
organisations syndicales locales au regard de l'égalité de genre. Dans un contexte
où l’équité, la diversité et l’inclusion de la main-d’oeuvre sont plus que jamais
d’actualité, cet écrit contribue aux réflexions entourant le déficit démocratique de
la représentation des femmes au sein des organisations syndicales. Les résultats
reposent sur une étude de cas qualitative menée auprès des membres de deux
comités syndicaux de la condition féminine et de 16 présidences syndicales
locales travaillant dans le secteur de l’éducation du Québec. En recueillant le
point de vue de ces femmes et de ces hommes, notre recherche fait valoir une
avancée quant à la place longtemps délaissée des femmes siégeant localement
comme présidentes au sein de l’organisation syndicale étudiée. Ce sont les efforts
déployés par les syndicats eux-mêmes qui ont permis peu à peu aux femmes
d’accéder à l’univers syndical traditionnellement masculin. Derrière cette percée
sans précédent, il en ressort néanmoins que cette avancée demeure lacunaire
pour atteindre l’égalité de genre. Outre un certain déficit numérique des femmes
qui résiste au temps qui passe, la difficulté d’articuler une « triple tâche », la
persistance de stéréotypes de genre, la prégnance d’une culture syndicale
masculine, le manque de formation et de mentorat ainsi que le recours à la
sollicitation sont des freins importants qui empêchent les femmes d’accéder aux
postes syndicaux locaux. De plus, la représentation de la diversité des identités
sociales (âge, situation familiale, race, etc.) est encore peu présente au palier
décisionnel local de l’organisation syndicale étudiée, et ce, même parmi les
femmes élues. La diversité et la représentation de l’égalité de genre demeurent
des défis à prioriser pour assurer une organisation syndicale pérenne et
démocratique
Virtual reality at workplace for autistic employees: Preliminary results of physiological-based well-being experience
Get PDFEmotional health problems in the workplace often hinder the integration and retention of autistic employees (AE), a challenge identified in many sectors. Recent literature highlights the consequences of these problems, such as burnout leading to reduced productivity and resignation. Previous research supports the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) for training a variety of specific skills (e.g. riding a bus or plane travel), as well as more complex social skills, such as emotion recognition and functional communication. In addition, existing studies on using physiological self-monitoring in AE training offer a promising approach to promoting improved emotional health. The present paper reports on implementing a VR system that simulates workplace training and integration and enables real-time monitoring of three physiological signals, in five post-secondary autistic students. Using an Oculus Quest 2 and non-clinical grade sensors, the researchers delivered the VR intervention over three days to each participant. At the end of these interventions, the researchers measured the perceived satisfaction of these integrated systems, based on several technological criteria, on a 5-point scale. The integrated system received an overall rating of 4, suggesting its likelihood of acceptance and use. A preliminary analysis of a participant’s physiological responses to this VR intervention is also presented. This preliminary report suggests the efficacy of a VR workplace simulation and physiological self-monitoring in promoting emotional well-being and basic task training for post-secondary AE. The researchers’ observations and the proposal of a theoretical framework to enhance real-time emotional communication based on physiological markers for AE are also discussed
Developing the Digital Literacy of People with Cognitive Limitations in the Workplace
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In Quebec, Canada, “adapted companies” offer working environments and employment suitable for persons living with disabilities. This study was done in response to a request from an adapted company that offers its employees workplace training sessions to help them to overcome their (largely cognitive) functional limitations with the help of digital technology. According to a Quebec study, 31% of people with cognitive limitations (PCLs) lack basic digital competencies. Despite this, researchers do not often investigate the needs of this clientele related to technology.
Purpose
To increase the autonomy of PCLs in activities requiring the use of the Internet via a tablet, the objectives of our study were (1) to establish a frame of reference for designers and teachers developing online training for this specific population, and (2) to validate it by creating and refining, with feedback from PCLs, a digital training environment incorporating an educational game.
Methods
We used an inclusive design approach based on user-centered design (UCD) to put learners at the heart of the creation process. To do this, we validated the design, usability, and pedagogical readability of learning environment and game prototypes with PCLs through a series of individual interviews.
Results
Our findings led to recommendations for the design and validation of online training for PCLs, notably the addition of navigation indicators and contextual aids, simplification of screen pages both graphically and textually, simplification of game features, the predominant use of video-based content, and the use of individual interviews to obtain user feedback.
Conclusion
Inclusive design is a promising approach to adapting digital learning technologies to the needs of PCLs in the workplace
Instrumental dialogue and the ethics of expressing solicitude for each other’s existence
Get PDFDialogue is about forgoing control and possession when interacting with the Other. In comparison, the notion of instrumentality appears contrary to the very notion of dialogue. This paper suggests, however, that mutual instrumentalization is necessary for dialogue to be a space where participants express solicitude for each other and promote each other’s voice, action, and existence. Building on the work of French philosopher Étienne Souriau, we argue that promoting another’s existence requires taking their actions and speech into our own. This enables them to also exist through us, as we allow them to instrumentalize us. Such a view better accounts for what goes on in tangible dialogue situations, as we show by revisiting an empirical case. Our proposal extends current research on the conditions of productive dialogue, invites being careful about who or what populates the dialogical scene, and turns our attention to what they may need to pursue their existence
Tensions communicationnelles et mouvements sociaux : étude intersectionnelle de #BalanceTaStartUp
No full textDans ce chapitre, nous proposons une étude de cas concernant la manière paradoxale dont les médias sociaux habilitent et contraignent la capacité des mouvements sociaux à s’organiser et à contribuer véritablement à une transformation sociale. Ces dernières années, les luttes collectives au profit de la réduction des inégalités et des injustices sociales ont pris un essor particulier à l’aune d’une horizontalité et d’une fluidité des relations sociales que les réseaux sociaux paraissent habiliter (#MeToo, #BlackLivesMatter, etc.). Ces luttes ont entraîné des mouvements forts de questionnements, de dénonciations et de déconstruction de certaines structures d’oppression ainsi que la diffusion massive de savoirs critiques, intersectionnels, féministes et décoloniaux qui encouragent la prise de parole de certains groupes historiquement délégitimés comme les femmes, les personnes racisées et les communautés LGBTQ+, par exemple. En même temps que ces mouvements collectifs se déploient sur les réseaux sociaux, ils rencontrent certaines limites en ce que, par exemple, ils doivent faire face à des contre-mouvements virulents qui mobilisent habilement les caractéristiques liées aux réseaux sociaux, à la fluidité organisationnelle de ces mouvements contestataires et à l’hétérogénéité qui les caractérise