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Fostering informal learning in the workplace through digital platforms and information infrastructures
No full textIncreasing attention is paid to organisational learning with the success of contemporary organisations strongly contingent on its ability to learn and grow. Importantly, informal learning is argued to be even more significant than formal learning initiatives. Given the widespread use of digital technologies in the workplace, what requires further attention is how digital technologies enable informal learning processes. Drawing from Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) theory, in this paper we advance a conceptual model for examining this important topic. The two dimensional matrix presented provides a framework for both further research on digital artefacts used in informal learning, as well as the design of formative contexts for learning to occur
Organisational learning as an emerging process: The generative role of digital tools in informal learning practices
No full textIncreasing attention is paid to organisational learning, with the success of contemporary organisations strongly contingent on their ability to learn and grow. Importantly, informal learning is argued to be even more significant than formal learning initiatives. Given the widespread use of digital technologies in the workplace, what requires further attention is how digital technologies (eg, massive open online courses-MOOC) enable informal learning processes. Drawing from Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) theory, in this paper we advance a conceptual model for examining this important topic. The two dimensional matrix and the micro-level description of informal learning activities presented provide a framework for both further research on technology-mediated practices for informal learning, as well as the design of formative contexts for learning to occur
Indogenous agricultural products and biodiversity for the development of regional areas. Italy calls Bosnia and Herzegovina
No full textIn 1992, the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro considered "biological diversity" by introducing the term "agricultural biodiversity" or "agro-biodiversity", conceived as the set of varieties that each farmer recognizes and considers as part of the collective heritage of his land of origin. Italy holds a record of biodiversity for almost all the most important crops used for food, only partly due to physical and geographical factors. Apulia, in Southern Italy, is witnessed by numerous small details such as the countless units of land surface and quantity of agricultural products, the thousand dialects, habits and customs of the small towns. Apulia seems to be “a happy island” for biodiversity and needs to be protected with about 500 agricultural varieties between horticulture products and vegetables (“Polignano” carrots, onions from Acquaviva, and so on).
The Southern part of Bosnia and Hercegovina, region of Herzegovina, is administratively divided to Western and Eastern Hercegovina having Neretva river as natural border between two. Due to difficult post-conflict transitional period, disputable approaches undertaken in revitalization of the agriculture and ongoing political disagreements, the rich agro-biodiversity of the area has been partially lost. But regardless all difficulties, Herzegovina farmers, holding a strong cultural identity with food, helped saving from disappearance some of the oldest and most traditional products such as cheese in sack, kajmak (creamy cheese) in sack, “roga” green bean or “poljak” bean, all of them recognized by Slow Food movement to be “arc of taste” products.
The contribution, in addition to verifying the state of the art, intends to evaluate the different approaches regarding the subject outlined with regard to management and practices in Italy and in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Applying Media Synchronicity Theory to distance learning in Virtual Worlds: a Design Science approach
No full textThe use of 3D virtual world platforms in learning is growing in
popularity. While there are many learning affordances for such environments, including the possibility of doing things impossible in reality, there are some noted drawbacks. In particular the way they can be used for distance learning deserves consideration. In this paper, we focus on the issue of synchronicity and on how it limits the flexibility that distance learning affords. We use e-learning theory and media synchronicity theory to propose an explanatory design theory for distance learning using 3D virtual world to address the problem of synchronicity
Square-planar copper(II) complexes with tetradentate amido-carboxylate ligands. Crystal structure of Na2[Cu(obap)]2.H2O. Strain and spectral assignments of complexes
No full textNovel N–N–N–O-type of tetradentate ligands H3obap (H3obap = oxamido-N-aminopropyl-N0-benzoic acid) and H3maeb
(H3maeb = malamido-N-aminoethyl-N0-benzoic acid) and the corresponding square-planar copper(II) complexes have been prepared
and characterized. The obap3 and maeb3 ligands coordinate to the copper(II) ion via four ligating atoms (three deprotonated
atoms: one carboxylate oxygen and two deprotonated amide nitrogens; one amine nitrogen) with in-plane square chelation. A
four coordinate, square-planar geometry has been established crystallographically for the binuclear Na2[Cu(obap)]2 Æ 2H2O complex.
Structural data correlating the square-planar geometry of the [Cu(obap)] unit and an extensive strain analysis are discussed
in relation to the information obtained for similar complexes. The infrared and electronic absorption spectra of the complexes are
discussed in comparison to the related complexes of known geometries. Antibacterial activity of ligands and copper(II) complexes
towards common Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria are reported as well
Bibliographie Hilarion G. Petzold 1958 – 2009 mit Anhang als Einführung
No full textDieses Archiv enthält die Gesamtbibliographie der Werke des Autors nebst einiger Texte „Über H. G. Petzold“ im Schlussteil der Bibliographie sowie einen Anhang mit einer Einführung in die Architektur des Werkes in seinem wissenslogischen Aufbau als Ausarbeitung seines „Tree of Science Modells“ (2007).This archive contains the complete bibliography of the author and some texts about H. G. Petzold, moreover an epilogue with an introduction to the architecture of the works in its epistemological structure and composition and as an elaborations of Petzold’s „Tree of Science Modell (2007).https://www.fpi-publikation.de/polyloge/01-2009-petzold-h-g-gesamtbibliographie-h-g-petzold-1958-2009-updating-november2009/peerReviewedpublishedVersio
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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No full textPhotograph of author Samuel G. Freedman, at NT Daily Slash meeting in the Mayborn School of Journalism at UNT
The Right to Strike under the United States Constitution: Theory, Practice, and Possible Implications for Canada
No full textAnswering critics of the Canadian Supreme Court's judgment in B.C. Health, the author argues that the Court laid the foundation for a principled and durable doctrine protecting constitutional labour rights, one that goes directly to the heart of the matter — the inequality of workers’ power in the employment relation. In the author’s view, two paths could lead from B.C. Health to the recognition of Charter protec- tion for a right to strike: one that treats the right as an accessory to col- lective bargaining, and one that upholds the right directly on the basis of the Charter values of equality and participation. The author supports the latter approach, contending that constitutional rights should be defined in relation to fundamental values, in a way that is not contingent on time-bound or fact-sensitive assessments about the role of strikes within a particular collective bargaining regime. Although a Charter right to strike may involve the courts in difficult choices about when to defer to legislative policy decisions, and courts may lack the institutional capac- ity to deal effectively with labour law issues, the author points out that judges can look to ILO standards for expert guidance. Noting that the U.S. experience in this area might be of considerable use to Canadians, the author concludes by providing an overview of American case law concerning a constitutional right to strike.Peer reviewe
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