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Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs in Data Science
The Park City Math Institute (PCMI) 2016 Summer Undergraduate Faculty Program
met for the purpose of composing guidelines for undergraduate programs in Data
Science. The group consisted of 25 undergraduate faculty from a variety of
institutions in the U.S., primarily from the disciplines of mathematics,
statistics and computer science. These guidelines are meant to provide some
structure for institutions planning for or revising a major in Data Science
Ghent University Technology Park : from a local initiative towards an essential component of the Ghent knowledge innovation ecosystem
Using the case of the Ghent University and its Technology Park, we will illustrate how changing policies and practices at the level of the university concerning research valorization have an impact on our science park. We will also demonstrate how the evolving nature of our science park has a clear impact on the university, as the science park becomes more and more an integral part of the university knowledge eco-system. We will also highlight the involvement of Ghent University in the Korea Songdo Global University Campus Project
Complete LibTech 2013 Print Program
PDF of the complete print program from the 2013 Library Technology Conferenc
Interactive Video: One Monitor or Two?
Interactive video is a rapidly growing technologywhich holds great promise for teachingforeign language and culture. Multimediacontextualization of the language and simulationsof typical cultural situations are powerfultools for language teachers and learners. Interactivevideo is often delivered with alternateworkstation designs: one with a single monitorto present simultaneous video and text, and onewith different monitors for video and computertext and graphics. This study investigates thepossibility that the workstation configurationsmight have a differential impact on studentperformance on a test of Spanish culture. Studentsin second semester college Spanish classesstudied five interactive video Spanish culturesimulations during the semester. Some studentsused a single monitor workstation and others adual monitor design. They were given pre- andpost-tests on Spanish culture and the resultswere analyzed for significant differences. Additionalfactors influencing workstation design(e.g., hardware and software costs, user friendliness)are also discussed
Ready for Tomorrow: Demand-Side Emerging Skills for the 21st Century
As part of the Ready for the Job demand-side skill assessment, the Heldrich Center explored emerging work skills that will affect New Jersey's workforce in the next three to five years. The Heldrich Center identified five specific areas likely to generate new skill demands: biotechnology, security, e-learning, e-commerce, and food/agribusiness. This report explores the study's findings and offers recommendations for improving education and training in New Jersey
A gentle transition from Java programming to Web Services using XML-RPC
Exposing students to leading edge vocational areas of relevance such as Web Services can be difficult. We show a lightweight approach by embedding a key component of Web Services within a Level 3 BSc module in Distributed Computing. We present a ready to use collection of lecture slides and student activities based on XML-RPC. In
addition we show that this material addresses the central topics in the context of web services as identified by Draganova (2003)
Teaching and Professional Fellowship Report 2004/5 : An Investigation into the feasibility of developing a Virtual Newsroom - An e-learning tool for journalism
The aim of my fellowship was to put the idea of developing a Virtual Newsroom – an
online means of teaching journalism -- to the test.
I began work on this idea some six years ago after many years of using computers in
the teaching of journalism. At that time, I developed, together with the IT Research
and Development Unit (ITRDU), at the London Institute (now University of the Arts
London), an e-learning prototype based on the ‘breaking story’ exercise – a
fundamental exercise for journalism teaching.
In tests on students the early prototype proved to be an effective method for learning
journalism skills. The students found the prototype programme a worthwhile and
stimulating experience. Teachers of journalism saw it as an innovative way of
teaching journalism, but were hampered by the fact that there was no way, with the
programme as then developed, they could get behind the scenes to change any of
the content, or other elements of the exercise.
It was essential then, that in any future development, the programme would have to
have enough flexibility to enable journalism teaching staff to easily manipulate the
content.
It also became clear that, six years on, it was necessary to determine if any new
developments in online learning for journalists had superseded my original idea
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Training computer personnel : the problem and possible solution
This document addresses a very serious problem; our present methods of training computer specialists, of all types and levels are inadequate for the task. We are producing too few experts and projections indicate an ever greater gap between supply and demand. This shortage affects computer scientists from B. S. to Ph.D. as well as other computer personnel. ..
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