Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

This article presents CoMoViWo, an ongoing European project that aims at modernizing education at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), vocational institutions and enterprises in order to meet the needs of virtual and mobile work. The innovative character of this project is embedded in the combination of mobile and virtual communication, new technologies, multiculturalism and collaboration of and with enterprises. The difference phases of the project will undertake a review on communication literacy, the design of the virtual training modules, their piloting and their revision. The project results and outcomes will benefit the various actors dealing with virtual and mobile communication in multicultural environments and will also contribute to improve the employability needs of students and the success of enterprises in the global market.</p

Devising New Kinds of Communication Skills: The European Project CoMoViWo

This article presents CoMoViWo, an ongoing European project that aims at modernizing education at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), vocational institutions and enterprises in order to meet the needs of virtual and mobile work. The innovative character of this project is embedded in the combination of mobile and virtual communication, new technologies, multiculturalism and collaboration of and with enterprises. The difference phases of the project will undertake a review on communication literacy, the design of the virtual training modules, their piloting and their revision. The project results and outcomes will benefit the various actors dealing with virtual and mobile communication in multicultural environments and will also contribute to improve the employability needs of students and the success of enterprises in the global market. © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Lid. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.Pérez Sabater, C.; Varhelahti, M.; Montero Fleta, MB.; García Carbonell, A.; Mac Donald Lightbound, P. (2015). Devising New Kinds of Communication Skills: The European Project CoMoViWo. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences. 197:834-838. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.07.206S83483819

Modernizing Education: The challenge of the European project CoMoViWo

This article will set the theoretical background on which CoMoViWo, an ongoing European project, is based. First, the article critically analyses the concept of workplace language teaching and learning and the trends followed by current workplace language programs. A second focus of research analyses the changes that affect the literacy practices required in the new working context, which imply new ways of writing, speaking, and communicating through different media. A final consideration of the article addresses the role of English as a Lingua Franca, that is, English as a language currently used as a means of communication and interaction by speakers of different first languages. © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.Pérez Sabater, C.; Montero Fleta, MB.; Mac Donald Lightbound, P.; García Carbonell, A. (2015). Modernizing Education: The challenge of the European project CoMoViWo. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences. 197:1647-1652. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.07.214S1647165219

Clonal chromosomal mosaicism and loss of chromosome Y in elderly men increase vulnerability for SARS-CoV-2

The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19) had an estimated overall case fatality ratio of 1.38% (pre-vaccination), being 53% higher in males and increasing exponentially with age. Among 9578 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the SCOURGE study, we found 133 cases (1.42%) with detectable clonal mosaicism for chromosome alterations (mCA) and 226 males (5.08%) with acquired loss of chromosome Y (LOY). Individuals with clonal mosaic events (mCA and/or LOY) showed a 54% increase in the risk of COVID-19 lethality. LOY is associated with transcriptomic biomarkers of immune dysfunction, pro-coagulation activity and cardiovascular risk. Interferon-induced genes involved in the initial immune response to SARS-CoV-2 are also down-regulated in LOY. Thus, mCA and LOY underlie at least part of the sex-biased severity and mortality of COVID-19 in aging patients. Given its potential therapeutic and prognostic relevance, evaluation of clonal mosaicism should be implemented as biomarker of COVID-19 severity in elderly people. Among 9578 individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the SCOURGE study, individuals with clonal mosaic events (clonal mosaicism for chromosome alterations and/or loss of chromosome Y) showed an increased risk of COVID-19 lethality

Perceptions about the integration of two pedagogical models in the teacher training programme: Simulation & Gaming and Flipped Classroom.

La formación de futuros docentes en innovación educativa es de vital importancia para obtener una educación de calidad adaptada al nuevo paradigma educativo. La sociedad actual requiere de profesionales de la educación versátiles, en pos de una mejora en la calidad de la educación ofertada. Durante los cursos 2012-13 y 2013-14, en el programa oficial de postgrado de la Universidad Católica de Valencia ‘San Vicente Mártir’, se lleva a cabo un curso de formación destinado a docentes de educación secundaria sobre recursos didácticos para la enseñanza del inglés como lengua extranjera. En el curso se aborda, desde la experiencia, la implementación de la metodología de la simulación y juego y la clase invertida o flipped classroom, donde los alumnos-docentes experimentan el potencial de la clase invertida. Se parte del marco teórico de la metodología y el estudio de casos de manera no presencial, para dedicar el tiempo de clase a diseñar escenarios que permitan estudiar la literatura en inglés. Un estudio cualitativo sobre percepciones de los profesores en formación permite analizar el potencial de la simulación y juego a través de la clase invertida, en la adquisición de competencias específicas y transversales.Teacher training in educational innovation is of vital importance to obtain quality education adapted to the new educational paradigm. Today’s society requires versatile professionals in education who will pursue improvements in their field. During the academic years 2012-13; 2013-14, the post-graduate program at the Universidad Católica de Valencia ‘San Vicente Mártir’ included a course entitled ‘Didactic Resources for Teaching EFL in Secondary Schools’. The course implemented the simulation and gaming methodology and the flipped classroom model. The student-teachers experienced the potential of flipped learning as they analyzed on their own the theoretical framework of the methodology along with case studies, to go on to designing in class scenarios for studying literature in English. A qualitative study of the perceptions of the student-teachers enabled the analysis of the potential of simulation and gaming through the flipped classroom in the acquisition of core and generic competences.Educació