21st century class meeting : Wesleyan discipleship with software facilitated blended learning

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The Development of Practical Learning Guides for Television Broadcasting Management Course

This research focuses to produce a learning media which is a guidebook of practical learning and complete practical learning media as well as making students easy in doing practical assignments during attending the online tutorial. This research is a survey study by quantitative approach. The quality of the guidebook and practical learning are viewed through the content validity by the expert and through descriptive analysis taken from the questionnaire given to the college students. The number of experts validating the data in this research is 3 (three) experts. Meanwhile, the number of college students assessing the quality of guidebooks and practical learning media in this research is 23 (twenty-three) college students. The data collection technique in this research used two instruments as product assessment instruments by the expert and college students. The technique of data analysis used two ways include 1) content validity and Aiken Formula verification, and 2) using statistics description. The result of the research shows that; 1) the assessment instrument of guidebook quality and practical learning media have occupied valid criteria with the index Aiken score average, which is 0.76, the result includes in the medium category; 2) the quality of guidebook and practical learning media of television broadcasting management show a good result. This case is based on the result of the descriptive analysis that has been done

Análisis de las políticas de enseñanza universitaria en España en tiempos de Covid-19. La presencialidad adaptada

This article analyzes the educational policy proposals that the Spanish public universities have prepared for the new 2020-21 school year conditioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. The study is based on the recommendations offered by the Ministry of Universities of the Government of Spain, as well as the different resolutions or indications that the government teams of different Spanish universities have made. The study tries to answer three basic questions: What are the policies for the implementation of adapted presence? Is there consensus or dissonance in the interpretation of this concept? What strategic visions underlie the policies of Spanish universities on "adapted presence"? The article concludes by noting that there is a similar policy for the Spanish public university system derived from the recommendations of the Ministry of Universities on adapted face-to-face attendance. It is also indicated that this concept does not exist in the academic bibliography, but that it responds to the modality of blended, hybrid or blended learning teaching. It ends by noting that these policies are short-term and that they respond to the health emergency, lacking a strategic vision on the digital transformation of higher education for the post-Covid-19 times.En este artículo se analizan las propuestas de política educativa que las universidades públicas españolas han preparado para el nuevo curso escolar 2020-21 condicionado por la pandemia de la pandemia Covid-19. El estudio se basa en las recomendaciones ofrecidas por el Ministerio de Universidades del Gobierno de España, así como las distintas resoluciones o indicaciones que han realizado los equipos de gobierno de distintas universidades españolas. El estudio pretende dar respuesta a tres cuestiones básicas: ¿En qué consisten las políticas destinadas a la implementación de la presencialidad adaptada? ¿Existe consenso o disonancia en la interpretación de este concepto? ¿Qué visiones pedagógicas y estratégicas subyacen a las políticas de las universidades españolas sobre la “presencialidad adaptada”? El artículo concluye señalando que existe una política similar para el sistema universitario español derivado de las recomendaciones del Ministerio de Universidades sobre la presencialidad adaptada. Asimismo, se indica que dicho concepto no existe en la bibliografía académica, pero que responde a la modalidad de la enseñanza semipresencial, híbrida o de blended learning. Se finaliza señalando que estas políticas son de corto plazo y que responden a la emergencia sanitaria careciendo de una visión estratégica sobre la transformación digital de la educación superior para los tiempos posCovid-19

Design Principles for Generative AI Applications

Generative AI applications present unique design challenges. As generative AI technologies are increasingly being incorporated into mainstream applications, there is an urgent need for guidance on how to design user experiences that foster effective and safe use. We present six principles for the design of generative AI applications that address unique characteristics of generative AI UX and offer new interpretations and extensions of known issues in the design of AI applications. Each principle is coupled with a set of design strategies for implementing that principle via UX capabilities or through the design process. The principles and strategies were developed through an iterative process involving literature review, feedback from design practitioners, validation against real-world generative AI applications, and incorporation into the design process of two generative AI applications. We anticipate the principles to usefully inform the design of generative AI applications by driving actionable design recommendations.Comment: 34 pages, 4 figures. To be published in CHI 202

Sustainable Development Disciplines for Humanity

This Open Access book provides eight problem solving lectures for sustainable development for people, peace, and partnerships. Those are three of the five keywords for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): people, the planet, prosperity, peace, and partnerships or “the 5Ps”. Each of these lectures is classified into one of the keywords for SDGs and based on the history of social thought, human development, law, education, sociology, and peace studies. Further, each lecture delineates the essence of each discipline when it is practically applied to development studies. This book, Sustainable Development Disciplines for Humanity, along with its sister volume related to the planet and prosperity, Society, will be useful in studying development. Interdisciplinary research is necessary to achieve the SDGs advocated by the United Nations. Hence, it is essential to learn the basics of individual disciplines, as they each offer ample knowledge fostering problem solving through the accumulation of existing research. This and its sister volume are the first comprehensive textbooks summarizing the essence of each necessary discipline to approach development studies from an interdisciplinary perspective. In developing countries, this book will provide access to development research for readers aiming to further develop their own nations. Moreover, in developed countries, the book will provide access to problem-solving research for readers seeking holistic solutions to complex social problems

Sustainable Development Disciplines for Humanity

This Open Access book provides eight problem solving lectures for sustainable development for people, peace, and partnerships. Those are three of the five keywords for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): people, the planet, prosperity, peace, and partnerships or “the 5Ps”. Each of these lectures is classified into one of the keywords for SDGs and based on the history of social thought, human development, law, education, sociology, and peace studies. Further, each lecture delineates the essence of each discipline when it is practically applied to development studies. This book, Sustainable Development Disciplines for Humanity, along with its sister volume related to the planet and prosperity, Society, will be useful in studying development. Interdisciplinary research is necessary to achieve the SDGs advocated by the United Nations. Hence, it is essential to learn the basics of individual disciplines, as they each offer ample knowledge fostering problem solving through the accumulation of existing research. This and its sister volume are the first comprehensive textbooks summarizing the essence of each necessary discipline to approach development studies from an interdisciplinary perspective. In developing countries, this book will provide access to development research for readers aiming to further develop their own nations. Moreover, in developed countries, the book will provide access to problem-solving research for readers seeking holistic solutions to complex social problems

Persian ITAs and Speech Comprehensibility: Using CAPT for Pronunciation Improvement

Abstract It has been shown in the past that International Teaching Assistants (ITAs) struggle with phonological and communication issues in the classroom (Pickering, 1999; 2001). This issue leads to misunderstandings between ITAs and undergraduate students, frustrating them both as well as the parents of the students and the departments. However, studies have shown that with the right training, ITAs can focus on suprasegmental features, improving their speech comprehensibility and intelligibility (Gorusch, 2011). This study investigates the effect of Computer Assisted Pronunciation Teaching (CAPT) via tutorial videos and visual feedback on the improvement of ITAs’ speech comprehensibility. Across 5 US universities, 60 Persian ITAs, a video group (n=20), a visual feedback group(n=21), and a control group (n=19), completed an oral production pretest and recorded five diagnostic sentences plus spontaneous speech files. Over the next six weeks, all groups received in-person non-CAPT instruction, but the video group received and watched extra eight tutorial videos designed to target suprasegmental features and the feedback group was exposed to Praat visual feedback. Participants were also paired with a pronunciation tutor who provided instruction and feedback once a week. A perception posttest was administered, and the same 5 sentences with the spontaneous talk were once again recorded. The pre-and post-treatment sentences were then rated by 169 undergraduate students for comprehensibility. The findings of this study provide a greater understanding of how explicit instruction of pronunciation through CAPT can improve the speech comprehensibility of ITAs. The number of international people in academic and professional contexts is rising, it is necessary to guide them through appropriate instruction to improve their communication quality. The results of this study suggest that even short intervention programs that include targeted in-person tutoring, tutorial videos, and visual feedback may improve ITAs’ communications. Results also imply the need for pronunciation support for ITAs in their respective academic institutions

Crisis Management Beyond the Humanitarian-Development Nexus

In addressing humanitarian crises, the international community has long understood the need to extend beyond providing immediate relief, and to engage with long-term recovery activities and the prevention of similar crises in the future. However, this continuum from short-term relief to rehabilitation and development has often proved difficult to achieve. This book aims to shed light on the continuum of humanitarian crisis management, particularly from the viewpoint of major bilateral donors and agencies. Focusing on cases of armed conflicts and disasters, the authors describe the evolution of approaches and lessons learnt in practice when moving from emergency relief to recovery and prevention of future crises. Drawing on an extensive research project conducted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency Research Institute, this book compares how a range of international organizations, bilateral cooperation agencies, NGOs, and research institutes have approached the continuum in international humanitarian crisis management. The book draws on six humanitarian crises case studies, each resulting from armed conflict or natural disasters: Timor-Leste, South Sudan, the Syrian crisis, Hurricane Mitch in Honduras, the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, and Typhoon Yolanda. The book concludes by proposing a common conceptual framework designed to appeal to different stakeholders involved in crisis management. Following on from the World Humanitarian Summit, where a new way of working on the humanitarian-development nexus was highlighted as one of five major priority trends, this book is a timely contribution to the debate which should interest researchers of humanitarian studies, conflict and peace studies, and disaster risk-management

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Leading Cities

Leading Cities is a global review of the state of city leadership and urban governance today. Drawing on research into 202 cities in 100 countries, the book provides a broad, international evidence base grounded in the experiences of all types of cities. It offers a scholarly but also practical assessment of how cities are led, what challenges their leaders face, and the ways in which this leadership is increasingly connected to global affairs. Arguing that effective leadership is not just something created by an individual, Elizabeth Rapoport, Michele Acuto and Leonora Grcheva focus on three elements of city leadership: leaders, the structures and institutions that underpin them, and the tools used to drive change. Each of these elements are examined in turn, as are the major urban policy issues that leaders confront today on the ground. The book also takes a deep dive into one particular example of tool or instrument of city leadership – the strategic urban plan