Influence of social networks on communication and culture

Má bakalářská práce je zaměřena na problematiku sociálních sítí a jejich vliv na dnešní společnost. Zabývá se jejich historií od prvotních pokusů až po nejnovější globální sociání sítě. Poté práce vysvětluje základní myšlenku vedoucí k vytvoření sociálních sítí i jejich charakteristické znaky. Dále nastiňuje problémy související se snadnou dostupností a nadměrným využíváním sociálních sítí, které následně ovlivňuje lidskou společnost. Práce se věnuje vlivu sociálních sítí na jazyk, mezilidskou komunikaci a kulturní adaptaci.My bachelor thesis is focused on issues with social networking services and their influence on modern society. It addresses their history from the very first attempts to create a social networking service to the modern global ones. Later the thesis provides an explanation of the creation of a social networking service and its characteristic traits. Furthermore it outlines problems connected with the availability and overuse of social networking services that are subsequently influencing the human society. The thesis also analyzes the influence of social networks on language, interpersonal communication and cultural adaptation.

The perceived meaning and benefits of people analytics in selected organisations in South Africa

Regardless of the widespread application of analytics to a variety of business measurements, it is noteworthy that the use of people analytics is still no place close where it could be. The main aim of this study is to examine the perceived meaning and benefits of people analytics in selected South African organisations. People analytics is a burning-fresh topic in HR field aiming at using data to make organisational decisions and little has been done in this area especially in the South African context. The study employed qualitative-exploratory design which comprised of 10 senior HR officers from selected organisations in South Africa. From the findings, it shows that the employment of people analytics in South African context is in its early stage and its conception and repercussions are little understood. In addition, there is an accord on its usefulness, however the workforce analytic skills have found to be the major difficulty to foster its successful implementation and adoption by organisations. Because of its qualitative nature, this study had a limitation that it lack representativeness hence the findings cannot be generalised. Research opportunities for future can be quantitative and longitudinal research to objectively ascertain the extent future employability of people analytics

The perceived meaning and benefits of people analytics in selected organisations in South Africa

Regardless of the widespread application of analytics to a variety of business measurements, it is noteworthy that the use of people analytics is still no place close where it could be. The main aim of this study is to examine the perceived meaning and benefits of people analytics in selected South African organisations. People analytics is a burning-fresh topic in HR field aiming at using data to make organisational decisions and little has been done in this area especially in the South African context. The study employed qualitative-exploratory design which comprised of 10 senior HR officers from selected organisations in South Africa. From the findings, it shows that the employment of people analytics in South African context is in its early stage and its conception and repercussions are little understood. In addition, there is an accord on its usefulness, however the workforce analytic skills have found to be the major difficulty to foster its successful implementation and adoption by organisations. Because of its qualitative nature, this study had a limitation that it lack representativeness hence the findings cannot be generalised. Research opportunities for future can be quantitative and longitudinal research to objectively ascertain the extent future employability of people analytics

Bridging the gap: building better tools for game development

The following thesis is about questioning how we design game making tools, and how developers may build easier tools to use. It is about the highlighting the inadequacies of current game making programs as well as introducing Goal-Oriented Design as a possible solution. It is also about the processes of digital product development, and reflecting on the necessity for both design and development methods to work cohesively for meaningful results. Interaction Design is in essence the abstracting of key relations that matter to the contextual environment. The result of attempting to tie the Interaction Design principles, Game Design issues together with Software Development practices has led to the production of the User-Centred game engine, PlayBoard

UB Breakthroughs Fall 2012

The UB Breakthroughs newsletter for fall of 2012. This issue contains articles discussing Dr. Sobh's robotics research in the Robotics, Intelligence Sensing and Control (RISC) Laboratory, Dr. Elleithy's and UB's involvement in developing a camera system for a new small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), professor Noe's research in Cherokee healing practices and indigenous plant use for cancer and HIV treatment, professor Gary Munch's creation of fonts for the Cherokee Nation's written language, how UB's new transmission electron microscope (TEM) is helping UB collaborate with other research institutions, research projects in biomedical engineering, Dr. Queenan's research on the incorporation of science content and reading comprehension instruction, Dr. Kongar's research on the recycling and remanufacturing of electronic components, Dr. Engelmann's research into plant genetic variation in thermal tolerance, professor Funk's research examining the link between proprioception and pain, Dr. Benjamin's research into international corruption, Director Brett's study in an integrated team treating patients across health disciplines, Dr. Zhang's work in renewable energy and the creation of the Renewable Energy Research Laboratory at UB, Dr. Wu's research analyzing the differences between the US and Chinese financial markets, professor Risom's study in the use of video tutorials to supplement the instruction of instrument skills, and UB's CTech IncUBator program for incubating the creation of high-tech start-up companies

Application of flipped classroom to enhance the reading skill in efl students with unfinished schooling at Monseñor Leonidas Proaño Fiscomisional School in Carchi province

To analyze the application of flipped classroom for the enhancement of the reading skill in senior year EFL students with unfinished schooling at Monseñor Leonidas Proaño Fiscomisional High School in Carchi province during 2021-2022.This research work regarding the application of Flipped Classroom to improve the reading ability in students with unfinished schooling was carried out with the senior year students of the Monseñor Leonidas Proaño Fiscomisional Educational High School PCEI in Carchi Province. This investigation was conducted because the student population of this High School has student lag. The flipped classroom provides the opportunity to work with students with prior preparation at home before arriving to the classroom. The use of technological tools is very important since with this aforementioned teaching method, a lot of the pages, applications and tools that are offered to us online are used, in order to be able to apply within the learning of the second language such as English. Acquiring a second language has become so essential today that this pedagogical model was implemented for students, framed in reading skills and thus, encouraging students to read more in an interactive and attractive way for them. To achieve the proposed objectives, the best methodology according to the student population was implemented. A type 4 mixed methodology was used. In this methodology, the exploratory study was carried out applying the qualitative method and statistical analysis of what was collected through the data collection instruments. These instruments were applied to teachers through the Zoom platform and a survey was applied to the students virtually using Google forms, once the data from the interviews and surveys were collected, the quantitative method was used to tabulate the data and obtain the results. The results evidenced that both teachers and students consider learning a foreign language important and the little importance given to the ability to read within the teaching-learning process. To help students and teachers, a didactic guide was created with strategies focused on the use of the flipped class to improve reading in learning English.Maestrí

The influence of digital storytelling in EFL/ESL students’ writing skills

Digital Storytelling (DS) es una herramienta tecnológica que se ha implementado en la educación del inglés como lengua extranjera y como segunda lengua en los años recientes. En efecto, los investigadores han comenzado a explorar profundamente cómo este instrumento mejora las habilidades de escritura de los estudiantes. Al recopilar, analizar e interpretar veinte estudios primarios, esta síntesis de investigación tiene como objetivo determinar la influencia de DS en la producción de textos escritos en contextos de inglés como lengua extranjera y segunda lengua. Además, este trabajo examina las percepciones de instructores y alumnos y los beneficios que tiene DS en las micro habilidades de escritura. Por lo tanto, solo se consideraron para la investigación los estudios escritos en inglés, publicados a partir del año 2014 y con un enfoque pedagógico en el contexto de inglés como lengua extranjera y segunda lengua. Los resultados han revelado efectos positivos al aplicar DS en la producción escrita de los educandos. De hecho, los hallazgos demuestran que es un instrumento que ayuda a corregir errores de puntuación, gramática, vocabulario y otros. Asimismo, esta síntesis de investigación adopta el análisis de estudios cualitativos, cuantitativos y mixtos, con mayor relevancia a los cualitativos, con el propósito de interpretar las percepciones de los aprendices y profesores sobre DS. En consecuencia, DS es considerada una herramienta que mejora las macro y micro habilidades de escritura de los aprendientes a través de la motivación, a la vez que facilita, el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje del inglés en sus contextos de lengua extranjera y segunda lengua, respectivamente.Digital Storytelling (DS) is a technological tool which has been implemented in English as a Foreign Language and as a Second Language (EFL, ESL) educational field in recent years. Indeed, researchers have deeply begun to explore how this instrument improves and enhances students' writing skills. By collecting, analyzing, and interpreting twenty primary studies, this research synthesis aims to determine the influence of DS on the production of students' written texts in EFL/ESL contexts. Additionally, this work examines the instructors' and pupils' perceptions and the benefits DS has caused in writing micro-skills. Therefore, only studies written in English, published from 2014 onwards, and with a pedagogical approach in an EFL/ESL context were considered for proper research. The results have revealed positive outcomes by applying DS in students' written production. In fact, findings show that it is an instrument that aids in correcting mistakes in punctuation, grammar, vocabulary, and others. Moreover, this research synthesis adopts the analysis of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed studies with greater relevance to the qualitative ones to interpret learners' and teachers' perceptions regarding DS. Consequently, DS is considered a tool that improves students' writing macro and micro-skills by means of motivation and facilitates the teaching-learning process in an EFL, ESL contextLicenciado en Pedagogía del Idioma InglésCuenc

An interview study about the use of logs in embedded software engineering

Context: Execution logs capture the run-time behavior of software systems. To assist developers in their maintenance tasks, many studies have proposed tools to analyze execution information from logs. However, it is as yet unknown how industry developers use logs in embedded software engineering. Objective: In this study, we aim to understand how developers use logs in an embedded software engineering context. Specifically, we would like to gain insights into the type of logs developers analyze, the purposes for which developers analyze logs, the information developers need from logs and their expectation on tool support. Method: In order to achieve the aim, we conducted these interview studies. First, we interviewed 25 software developers from ASML, which is a leading company in developing lithography machines. This exploratory case study provides the preliminary findings. Next, we validated and refined our findings by conducting a replication study. We involved 14 interviewees from four companies who have different software engineering roles in their daily work. Results: As the result of our first study, we compile a preliminary taxonomy which consists of four types of logs used by developers in practice, 18 purposes of using logs, 13 types of information developers search in logs, 13 challenges faced by developers in log analysis and three suggestions for tool support provided by developers. This taxonomy is refined in the replication study with three additional purposes, one additional information need, four additional challenges and three additional suggestions of tool support. In addition, with these two studies, we observed that text-based editors and self-made scripts are commonly used when it comes to tooling in log analysis practice. As indicated by the interviewees, the development of automatic analysis tools is hindered by the quality of the logs, which further suggests several challenges in log instrumentation and management. Conclusions: Based on our study, we provide suggestions for practitioners on logging practices. We provide implications for tool builders on how to further improve tools based on existing techniques. Finally, we suggest some research directions and studies for researchers to further study software logging.</p

Awareness of new payment technologies in the digital banking transformation - Accelerated by the COVID 19 pandemia

Dissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Statistics and Information Management, specialization in Risk Analysis and ManagementThis dissertation intends to determine and identify the consumer’s level of awareness and acceptance of payment methods and digital transformation in the Banking Sector. Consumers demand new tools to face the new challenges in the market as fast adapting competition and new players arise. Banks provide to consumers, products and means to access accounts and cash that follow the need for a growing internet-based economy cross-borders, demonetization of the currencies, and fast pacing need for more direct access between supply and demand. Financial and credit institutions play a critical role in the economy within the multiple Line of business (further called LoB) and provide services, being payment methods the scope of our study. The world economy, companies, and corporations have pursued the e-commerce trend, as technology has become a standard tool in the everyday living of world societies. The competition was a driving force compelling banks to move forward to improve their offer in payment products and resort to new technology. Consumers are also the driver of these breakthroughs and have a faster adhesion for cheaper payment solutions, creating the need for different solutions incorporating technological development