Working together in Dorset to create a lasting legacy among HE students and young people beyond 2012

RELAYS (Regional Educational Legacy in Arts and Youth Sport) is one of the programmes designed to create a positive and lasting legacy beyond 2012. Funded by Legacy Trust UK, an independent charity set up to build a lasting cultural and sporting legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), it is supported by a range of partners, including 13 of the region’s universities (Universities South West, 2010). Here the partnership formed by the RELAYS School Events Coordinator, and the Events and Sports Management tutors from the School of Services Management at Bournemouth University is described. Through this collaboration, opportunities are being created to enhance the student experience both within the curricula and external to it, throughout the period of study

CAN THE APPLICATION OF A LANDSCAPE DESIGNED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ENHANCE EDUCATION?

There is a need for a restructuring the way that a child\u27s learning environment is designed. Currently, the mainstream educational design process ignores the notion that children have different ways of learning. Furthermore, when there are so many distractions, how we successfully reach a child\u27s mind has become a challenge. The current school system is structured in a manner that does not address the presence of these distractions, often causing overstimulation and inattentiveness. Designing for children should be approached in a way that all senses are engaged. Having opportunities for hands-on learning inside and outside of the classroom is important and how we design learning environments needs to be closely examined to see how these environments work as a system that fosters learning. Much research has been done on the effect that nature has on child development, but this research is often lost when it comes to calculating measurements of success within the public school system. Many schools are beginning to use gardens as a way to create direct connections with issues that are important such as sustainability, environmentalism, and global awareness. Including these issues in curriculum and the design of learning environments is an excellent way to expose children to issues that directly affect the society. Education is not a one-dimensional idea. There are many factors and variables that should be addressed when planning a comprehensive plan for a child\u27s education. The design of a learning environment needs to be multi-participatory and include students, parents, teachers, administration, and any other outside support that has a connection directly or indirectly with a child\u27s education. After extensive research in the form of observation; surveys of parents, students, teachers, and administration; and case studies of schools that are using alternative learning environments, this study presents design guidelines and strategies to be utilized within the learning environment design application

Artist-Oriented Surfacing Workflow

Surfacing is the art of creating materials for digital objects, and it is an incredible technical and artistic challenge. Creating materials and textures for 3D meshes involves managing potentially hundreds of image files, moving data between multiple software packages, and building shaders that will work consistently through a digital production hierarchy. All while attempting to create a piece of art that will tell a story of what an object is, how it was made, and where it has been. Balancing these technical and artistic components is an extraordinary challenge, and it is easy for an artist to get overwhelmed or distracted by the technical demands of surfacing at the cost of the quality of their art. The topic of this thesis is a suite of tools designed to allow artists to intuitively manage these technical demands by streamlining the most time-consuming aspects of surfacing into condensed one-click operations

The Clinical Sustainability Assessment Tool: Measuring organizational capacity to promote sustainability in healthcare

BACKGROUND: Few validated assessment tools are available to increase understanding and measure factors associated with sustainment of clinical practices, an increasingly recognized need among clinicians. We describe the development of the Clinical Sustainability Assessment Tool (CSAT), designed to assess factors that contribute to sustainable practices in clinical settings. METHODS: Sixty-four participants from clinical and research fields participated in concept mapping and were recruited to brainstorm factors that lead to sustained clinical practices. Once repeated factors were removed, participants sorted items based on similarity and rated them by importance and feasibility. Using concept mapping analyses, items were grouped into meaningful domains to develop an initial tool. We then recruited pilot sites and early adopters, for a total of 286 practicing clinicians, to pilot and evaluate the tool. Individuals were recruited from clinical settings across pediatric and adult medical and surgical subspecialties. The data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to test hypothesized subscale structure in the instrument. We used root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) and the standardized root mean square residual (SRMR) to assess fit and thus the ability of CSAT to measure the identified domains. RESULTS: The concept mapping produced sorted statements that were edited into items that could be responded to, resulting in the creation of a tool with seven determinant domains and 47 items. The pilot and CFA testing resulted in a final CSAT instrument made up 35 items, five per domain. CFA results demonstrated very good fit of the seven domain structure of the CSAT (RMSEA = 0.049; SRMR = 0.049). Usability testing indicated the CSAT is brief, easy to use, easy to learn, and does not require extensive training. Additionally, the measure scored highly (18/20) on the Psychometric and Pragmatic Evidence Rating Scale (PAPERS). The seven final CSAT domains were engaged staff and leadership, engaged stakeholders, organizational readiness, workflow integration, implementation and training, monitoring and evaluation, and outcomes and effectiveness. CONCLUSIONS: The CSAT is a new reliable assessment tool which allows for greater practical and scientific understanding of contextual factors that enable sustainable clinical practices over time

The Iowa Homemaker vol.5, no.6

Table of Contents The Thanksgiving Dinner by Barbara Dewell, page 1 Safe and Adequate Food Supply by Mildred Rodgers, page 2 Real Lace by Grace Bonnell, page 3 When in Doubt – Try Apples by Beth Bailey McLean, page 4 “In the Candle Light”, page 5 With Iowa State Home Economics Association, page 6 The Mechanical Maid by Grace Heidbreder, page 7 Girls’ 4-H Clubs, page 8 Editorial, page 9 Who’s There and Where, page 10 The Eternal Question, page 12 New Faculty Members by Virginia Reck, page 14 Birch Hall by Margaret Ericson, page 15 Recipes – Old and New by Muriel Moore, page 1

Portfolio Vol. III N 2

Timrud, David. Brain Fever. Prose. 3-5. X, Mister. Shadows. Poetry. 6. Fox, Thomas. Purgatory of The Gods. Prose. 7-8. Deeds, Ed. The Messiah. Prose. 9-10. Maxwell, Robert. Haunted. Poetry. 10. Maxwell, Bob. Fortune Teller. Prose. 11-12. Russell, Mark. Illustration. Picture. 6. Thomas, Roland. \u27Tween Classes. Picture. 2. Bailey, Bernard. Boy and Instructor. Prose. 15. Gratza, Margaret. Three Poets. Poetry. 16. Phillips, Alison. Nasturtiums. Poetry. 16. B.J.W. Restlessness. Poetry. 16. Russell, Mark. Still Life. Picture. 16. Martindale, Virginia. The Boat In The Bayou. Prose. 17-18. Deane, Dorothy. Review of New Books. 19. Deane, Dorothy. Review of New Recordings. 19. Koos, Betty. Still Life. Picture. 20. Bonnett, Elizabeth. Portrait of Betty Jeager. Picture. 20. Franke, Ruth. Still Life. Picture. 20. Pritchard, Dorothy. Portrait of Jean Ebaugh. Picture. 21. Martindale, Virginia. Study of Lilies. Picture. 21

A scoping review of de-implementation frameworks and models

BACKGROUND: Reduction or elimination of inappropriate, ineffective, or potentially harmful healthcare services and public health programs can help to ensure limited resources are used effectively. Frameworks and models (FM) are valuable tools in conceptualizing and guiding the study of de-implementation. This scoping review sought to identify and characterize FM that can be used to study de-implementation as a phenomenon and identify gaps in the literature to inform future model development and application for research. METHODS: We searched nine databases and eleven journals from a broad array of disciplines (e.g., healthcare, public health, public policy) for de-implementation studies published between 1990 and June 2020. Two raters independently screened titles and abstracts, and then a pair of raters screened all full text records. We extracted information related to setting, discipline, study design, methodology, and FM characteristics from included studies. RESULTS: The final search yielded 1860 records, from which we screened 126 full text records. We extracted data from 27 articles containing 27 unique FM. Most FM (n = 21) were applicable to two or more levels of the Socio-Ecological Framework, and most commonly assessed constructs were at the organization level (n = 18). Most FM (n = 18) depicted a linear relationship between constructs, few depicted a more complex structure, such as a nested or cyclical relationship. Thirteen studies applied FM in empirical investigations of de-implementation, while 14 articles were commentary or review papers that included FM. CONCLUSION: De-implementation is a process studied in a broad array of disciplines, yet implementation science has thus far been limited in the integration of learnings from other fields. This review offers an overview of visual representations of FM that implementation researchers and practitioners can use to inform their work. Additional work is needed to test and refine existing FM and to determine the extent to which FM developed in one setting or for a particular topic can be applied to other contexts. Given the extensive availability of FM in implementation science, we suggest researchers build from existing FM rather than recreating novel FM. REGISTRATION: Not registered