19 research outputs found
O e-portefólio em contextos de aprendizagem: potencialidades do Mahara
No full textA ligeireza com que a tecnologia se desenvolve e a concorrência geral que se
estabeleceram nos últimos anos na nossa sociedade, conduzem a uma exigência crescente de
cidadãos mais capazes, criadores e inovadores. A sedução e o fascínio causados por essa mesma
tecnologia nos jovens estudantes levam a uma distância frequentemente da sala de aula, sempre
que esta persiste em resistir às mudanças do exterior.
O importante é que haja uma articulação entre as preferências e as capacidades dos
estudantes, em relação à tecnologia, através de práticas pedagógicas que permitam um “saber
ensinar” mais aliciante e que despertem o interesse intelectual e a desejo para aprender.
Este projecto centrou-se na pesquisa do e-Portefólio reflexivo e na contribuição das
potencialidades do software Mahara para uma aprendizagem activa e reflexiva.
Optamos por esta temática por ser a que melhor se adequa às
necessidades/especificidades dos nossos alunos, e porque o Mahara permite que cada autor
controle a informação (artefactos) que deseja conter no seu e-portefólio e partilhar com os outros
usuários, o que o torna diferente de outros softwares de e-portefólios.The speed with which technology develops and the overall competition who settled in
recent years in our society, leading to a growing demand for more capable citizens, creators and
innovators. The allure and fascination caused by the same technology in young students often
take a distance from the classroom where that persists in resisting change from outside.
The important thing is that there is a link between preferences and abilities of students in
relation to technology, through teaching practices that allow a "knowing how to teach" the most
attractive and capture the intellectual interest and desire to learn.
This project focused on the research of e-Portfolio and reflective of the potential
contribution of software Mahara for active learning and reflective.
We chose this theme because it is the one that best suits the needs / characteristics of
our students, and because the Mahara allows every author to control the information (articles)
you want to include in your e-portfolio and share with other users, which makes it different from
other software e-portfolios
Design heuristics to consider when transitioning across ePortfolio systems (Mahara vs PebblePad): Wins, losses and reflections
No full textIn recently changing universities the author has had to transition from being a regular Mahara user to now being a regular PebblePad user. In making this transition there have been a number of insights gained as to the affordances, or otherwise, of each of these systems. This presentation will attempt to offer an unbiased view of each system, from the users' perspective, with a view to providing advice and guidance as to the different approaches required for each system. However, as an experienced user of an ePortfolio, the author, in making this transition, has developed a suite of design heuristics that can be adopted for use by other users' (of either system), as a way to generate, promote and maintain a significant public profile.An Unassigned Group, An Unassigned DepartmentFull Tex
A New Similarity Measure Based on Mean Measure of Divergence for Collaborative Filtering in Sparse Environment
No full textAbstractMemory based algorithms, often referred to as similarity based Collaborative Filtering (CF) is one of the most popular and successful approaches to provide service recommendations. It provides automated and personalized suggestions to consumers to select variety of products. Typically, the core of similarity based CF which greatly affect the performance of recommendation system is to finding similar users to a target user. Conventional similarity measures like Cosine, Pearson correlation coefficient, Jaccard similarity suffer from accuracy problem under sparse environment. Hence in this paper, we propose a new similarity approach based on Mean Measure of Divergence that takes rating habits of a user into account. The quality of recommendation of proposed approach is analyzed on benchmark datasets: ML 100K, ML-1M and Each Movie for various sparsity levels. The results depict that the proposed similarity measure outperforms existing measures in terms of prediction accuracy
National Fitness or Failure? Heredity, Vice and Racial Decline in New Zealand Psychiatry: A Case Study of the Auckland Mental Hospital, 1868-99
No full textThis thesis examines anxieties about national fitness and efficiency in nineteenth-century New Zealand through a detailed study of medical and popular ideas about the causes of mental illness. In particular, it foregrounds the perceived roles played by heredity and vice in medical diagnoses both inside institutions and in wider discussions about mental illness. The thesis draws upon medical journals, popular newspaper articles, government reports and debates, and patient case notes from the Auckland Mental Hospital between 1868 and 1899 to investigate discourses about the mentally ill, and to highlight the relationships between anxieties about this ‘problem’ section of the population and contemporary social concerns. This methodology demonstrates how a range of texts helped to produce a discursive association between heredity and vice, mental illness, and a feared decline in the ‘fitness’ of the ‘British’ race in New Zealand and in the wider British World, and also that the mentally ill in nineteenth-century New Zealand were often depicted as living consequences of a family history of indulgence in various forms of vice, or of the procreation of the mentally unfit. Medical and popular ideas about general paralysis and puerperal insanity, in particular, were strongly related to gender and class norms, and throughout this thesis, ideals of class and gender are explored as shaping influences on medical and popular theories about the aetiology of mental illness in general.
By drawing on medical discourses from Britain and New Zealand, this thesis also demonstrates the transnational nature of psychiatric medical theories deployed in Britain and New Zealand. This transnational transmission of ideas occurred through the migration of British born and educated psychiatrists to New Zealand, the context of British medical journals (such as the British Medical Journal and the Journal of Mental Science) which circulated in New Zealand, and attendance at Intercolonial Medical Congresses, shared between New Zealand and the Australian colonies from 1892. Transactions from these congresses, along with medical journal articles and popular sources, reveal that the period from 1868 until the end of the nineteenth century was an intellectual environment ripe for the emergence of concerns about racial decline, a trend highlighted by the presence of the mentally ill, in a ‘new’ society
Writing reflexively to illuminate the meanings in cultural safety
No full textWith the introduction of cultural safety into nursing curricula, educators are grappling with ways to take their own understanding of the concept to create culturally safe places in their educational environments. The purpose of this paper is to share a process of writing as inquiry to surface new meanings in what might ontologically be understood as culturally safe environments. The writing illuminates individual and collective meanings of cultural safety from the perspectives of eight Canadian nurse educators. Using aesthetic texts and hermeneutic approaches, the meaning of cultural safety is exposed. Fluid depictions of the self as other, along with politicized taken for granted practices and multiple fields of meaning, bring clarity to a view that knowledge is always partial. Since knowledge is co-constructed, situated and socially produced, the representations of our evolving stories and cycles of reflection hold to an element of partiality in epistemological privilege The various texts shared offer insight into thinking about culturally safe spaces as horizons of new meaning. The implications for nursing education are in recognizing locations for both the educators and the learners. These writing and interpretive processes can be integrated into curricula to strengthen reflexive and relational practice.Peer reviewedFinal article published.cultural safetywriting as inquiryconsciousness raisinghermeneuticsaesthetic textsreflexivit
Creating e-portfolios using online journal management system Open Journal Systems
No full textKäesolevas töös käsitleti e-portfoolioid kui õppetööd mitmekesistada aitavaid vahendeid. Töö käigus täideti kõik püstitatud eesmärgid.
E-portfooliote teemat uurides selgus, et ühest e-portfooliote definitsiooni pole ning võimalikud on erinevad interpretatsioonid. Seetõttu on toodud käesolevas töös läbivale definitsioonile lisaks mõned enamlevinud e-portfoolio mõiste käsitlused.
Autorile tundus, et kuigi näiliselt on e-portfooliote teemal palju kirjutatud, on senised käsitlused siiski suhteliselt sarnased. Autor arvab, et e-portfooliod leiavad õppetöös järjest enam kasutust ning nende kasutamine muutub Eestis ühel ajahetkel õppeprotsessi loomulikuks osaks.
Magistritöös on vaadeldud e-portfooliote loomisel kasutatavaid standardeid, neist lähtuvat e-portfooliote jagunemist eri liikidesse, toodi juhiseid e-portfooliote loomiseks, katsetati standarditel baseeruvate e-portfooliote loomist süsteemis Open Journal Systems (OJS). Toodud e-portfooliote standardeid, jagunemist eri liikidesse ning juhiseid e-portfooliote loomiseks kasutati õppematerjalina ainetes Informaatika didaktika ja Infotehnoloogia koolis. Neis ainetes osalenud üliõpilaste tagasiside oli magistritöö valmimisel väga suureks abiks ning aitab õpetatavaid aineid edaspidi paremaks ning õppetöös kasutatavaid materjale huvitavamaks muuta. Loodetavasti aitas autori loodud õppematerjal ka üliõpilaste silmaringi laiendada.
Töö käigus autori tehtud joonised on tema isiklikud käsitlused ning sellega ei väideta, et joonistel kujutatu ainuõige lähenemisviis on. Pigem pakutakse nende abil välja viise, kuidas erinevaid mõisteid ühendada võiks.
Magistritöös toodud e-portfooliote osa saab kasutada õppematerjalidena ainetes Informaatika didaktika ja Infotehnoloogia Koolis. Koos loodud joonistega pakub koostatud õppematerjal võimalust edaspidi algatada ainetes Informaatika didaktika ja Infotehnoloogia koolis osalevate üliõpilaste seas diskussiooni õppeprotsessiga seotud teemadel, mille hulka e-portfooliod kahtlemata kuuluvad.
Töö raames valmis autoril Open Journal Systems’i kasutusjuhend e-portfooliote loomiseks, mida üliõpilased lisaks eelpool nimetatud õppematerjalile isiklike e-portfooliote loomiseks kasutasid. Töö kirjutamise ajal alustas autor OJSi tõlkimist inglise keelest eesti keelde ning loodab sellega peatselt valmis jõuda.
Lisaks magistritöö jooksul katsetatud süsteemile Open Journal Systems vaatles autor spetsiaalselt e-portfooliote loomiseks ja haldamiseks arendatud süsteemi Mahara ning võrdles seda magistritöö käigus e-portfooliote loomiseks kasutatud süsteemi Open Journal Systems’ga.
Töö lõpuosas kirjeldati OJSi sihipärast kasutamist ajakirjade loomise süsteemina ning toodi välja ajakirjade kui õppeprotsessi mitmekesistavate vahendite kasutamise eelised ja puudused.An e-portfolio is a way to collect, describe and publish user’s materials on the web. Constantly adding new data to the older, describing the connections between the old and new information and presenting the overall outcome on the web so that other users can reach it, makes an e-portfolio a valuable and intelligent way to present author’s thoughts, academic and working skills. In Estonia, e-portfolios have been used relatively rarely used as a part of regular study activities in the educational field.
The preliminary idea of this thesis was to discuss repositories as a whole, but during the research period the topic was narrowed down to e-portfolios – a special kind of repository.
The five main objectives of this Master’s thesis are:
- to give an overview of e-portfolios as a way to diversify the study process;
- to give an overview of the most often used standards and to describe the classification of e-portfolios into different subtypes;
- to give five main guidelines which help the process of e-portfolio creation;
- to compare Open Journal Systems with special e-portfolio software;
- to describe and analyze the creation of e-portfolios during the course Information Technology in School.
The main focus of the first three objectives was to get acquainted with the term e-portfolio and the most often used standards according to which e-portfolios could be formed and used in order to give the best results for the author of the e-portfolio. To achieve that, the author did extensive research into e-portfolios: found how e-portfolios are defined and used both in daily learning processes and in other user activities. Based on these findings the author comprised a general overview of the e-portfolio topic.
The last two objectives are more practical and based on the theoretical part of the thesis. The attainment of these goals allowed the author to be more creative and gave the chance to test and compare different systems from the aspect of e-portfolios. They also presented some previously unexpected linguistic challenges.
The greatest value of this thesis is that the section on e-portfolios, more precisely, various terms of e-portfolios, main standards and the classification into subtypes based on common standards and guidelines how to make personal e-portfolios, was used and can be used as a learning material in the courses Didactics of Informatics and Information Technology in School. Based on the information about e-portfolios collected and presented by the author, students had to make their own personal e-portfolios using the system Open Journal Systems (OJS), which in reality is a system for maintaining online journals. To make the usage of OJS convenient for students, the author provided a shorter overview. Based on that tutorial and the learning materials about e-portfolios the students developed their personal portfolios to which they added the assignments completed during the course Information Technology in School.
Due to the fact that the user interface of the OJS and the terms used in that system are somewhat complex to understand for Estonians, the author of this thesis started translating the system to the Estonian language. Through the translation process the author contributes to the development of Open Journal Systems. In addition, after the translation has been finished, the system can be used more and more in Estonia.
This thesis also describes a special system Mahara, which is designed for developing learning e-portfolios in an easy manner. The system is very interesting, easy to use and gives outstanding results in the process of making students’ e-portfolios. Also in the section of Mahara is given a comparison of Mahara and Open Journal Systems as a system of creating and maintaining e-portfolios. The author has compared these two systems from the aspect of the student, the teacher and the system administrator.
In addition to e-portfolios and information about Mahara, at the end of the thesis is given an overview of using journals in the classroom as a part of learning activities. This topic is closely related to Open Journal Systems, which as discussed is a system of maintaining electronic journals
リンショウ ゲンバ カラ ノ テイゲン
No full textThe author found a new rickettsial disease clinically in 1984, and named it Japanese spottedfever in 1987.For more than 20 years, the investigations concerning this emerging infectious disease hasrequired the collaborative studies with many researchers, such as internal medicine, infection controlmedicine, dermatology, microbiology, pathology, entomology, zoology, veterinary medicine subsequently.This article presented the current status of Japanese spotted fever and the process of solutionabout clinical based question by cooperation of the basic medical scientist.The cases presented were as follows ;1）Research for the vector study2）Development of the new histopathological diagnostic method3）Discussion about the clinical studies on Japanese spotted fever among medical studentsand pathologist, at the summer school which is organized by the society of pathology.It is a great pleasure to share the intellectual curiosity based on the prominent insight withhigh technology between clinical and basic medicine investigators.That must be attractive to young power and inspires the scientist.journal articl
Possible benefits of adventure therapy on those with Alzheimer's and dementia
No full textThis project examines the potential of adventure therapy as an adjunct treatment to medication for those with Alzheimer’s and dementia as a way to positively impact their quality of life. The research identifies common underlying mechanisms of adventure therapy that that correspond with therapeutic considerations for those living with Alzheimer’s and dementia. It is proposed that adventure therapy shows significant potential for being a beneficial form of therapy for those with Alzheimer’s and dementia. This literature review also provides the foundation for developing and implementing a tailor made Alzheimer’s adventure therapy program in Canada and future research designs
Indigenous women with heart failure in the Interior of British Columbia: Implications for health care system change
No full textDisparities in outcomes for Indigenous women with heart failure (HF) are well documented and clearly linked to: colonization, racism,and discrimination, determinants of health, and a lack of cultural safety in Western health care. The purpose of this research was to center the voices of Indigenous women themselves to inform actions for health system change which has the potential to improve their health outcomes. By utilizing conversational methods within an Indigenous research paradigm, the unique experiences of six Indigenous women within the Interior Health region of BC were explored, providing insight into what Indigenous women need to live well with HF, challenges and barriers to their wellness, and strategies to move forward in a good way.The researcher’s personal reflexive work is woven throughout to demonstrate the journey to decolonize herself and her nursing practice as a non-Indigenous settler-nurse researcher.health system changeIndigenous womenheart failureIndigenous research methodologyconversational methodscultural safet
Direct Synthesis of Lactams from Keto Acids, Nitriles, and H-2 by Heterogeneous Pt Catalysts
No full textWe report herein the first general catalytic system for the direct synthesis of N-substituted gamma- and delta-lactams by reductive amination/cyclization of keto acids (including levulinic acid) with nitriles and H-2 under mild conditions (7bar H-2, 110 degrees C, solvent free). The most effective catalyst, Pt and MoOx co-loaded TiO2 (Pt-MoOx/TiO2), shows a wide substrate scope, high turnover number (TON), and good reusability
