Emerging technologies for learning in occupational safety and health: the experience of the videogame “Becoming safe”

[EN] In the paths for transversal skills and orientation (PCTO), italian students are considered like workers and therefore they must receive adequate information and training on occupational safety and health (OSH). These methods allow the students not to be excluded from the preventive measures of the health and safety at work by directing them towards self-protection.Today, this process can be supported through the use of digital tools such as videogames. The study describes a participative research and co-design work in 7 Italian high schools of agricultural, construction and manufacturing sectors, in order to co-create an educational tool (videogame) to promote OSH during the PCTO. The format could be a support for training and usable both in the classroom and in internship, according to the indications for the serious game’s design.The study applied qualitative and quantitative methods: survey (277 students), word cafés/focus groups (50 students), 10 semi-structured interviews and 3 WhatsApp groups (12 students) to facilitate the participation and the engagement of teachers, students and OSH experts. Learning by playing has always been an activity, technologies today make it easy and funny, while gaming can offer cognitive and operational elements suitable for recognizing and therefore preventing the occupational risks.Pietrafesa, E.; Bentivenga, R.; Stabile, S. (2021). Emerging technologies for learning in occupational safety and health: the experience of the videogame “Becoming safe”. En 7th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'21). Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 1011-1018. https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAd21.2021.12936OCS1011101

Geoheritage Management in Areas with Multicultural Interest Contexts

Sites of geo-cultural interest are often included in areas where multicultural contexts (geo and non geo) are present. Cultural heritage dissemination is sometimes mono-contextual, paying little attention to the possibility of inclusion in a wider multicultural context. When these different contexts are linkable to each other following a specific theme, multicultural heritage dissemination will be possible, and often the geo context can represent a fulcrum, a resilient tool in doing that. A portion of the Sinni river’s catchment area (Basilicata region, Southern Italy) has been chosen to test and verify the multi-level/disciplinary approach applicability. The area is located on the southeastern edge of the Pliocene to Pleistocene Sant’Arcangelo basin in the Southern Apennines chain of Italy. Here, both basic observations on the physical geography landscape evolution and specialized observations on river dynamics and on the hydrographic network have been carried out. Educational routes will be proposed with different educational levels along a path that will include the San Giorgio Lucano hypogea. This paper represents the results of a qualitative study providing an overview of the possibility, in a multicultural context, about whether, when, and how the geo context may act as a link between the different disciplines and what is the best way to make it. A relational database, organized in contexts, areas, and themes, is planned at different levels of detail, and is currently being developed in order to make final products easily available. Each level will be provided with basic concepts, territorial contextualization, and of activities/itineraries. The goal is to provide a versatile tool that enhances the territorial multi-cultural heritage to reach a greater number of end users interested in both geo and non geo contexts

Las maestrías en Educación en Argentina : El acceso a ellas por medio de las estadísticas. Un estudio exploratorio

Las maestrías llevan ya 30 años de existencia en nuestro país, sin embargo, los trabajos sobre este grado académico son escasos. Si bien la Ley de Educación Superior establece la obligatoriedad de la acreditación de las carreras de posgrado, tanto la Comisión Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Universitaria (CONEAU) como la Secretaría de Políticas Universitarias (SPU) ninguno de estos organismos disponen de una base de datos actualizada de la totalidad de los posgrados en cuestión. En consecuencia, resulta dificultoso localizar fuentes oficiales que permitan un relevamiento sistemático y detallado. Por lo tanto, este trabajo, de carácter de exploratorio, se propone como objetivo principal suplir estas deficiencias, centrándose en el análisis y la comprensión de la heterogeneidad de la oferta educativa actual de posgrado, con el foco ubicado, específicamente, en las maestrías en educación.Jornadas realizadas junto con el I Encuentro Latinoamericano de Metodología de las Ciencias Sociales.Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

Las maestrías en Educación en Argentina : El acceso a ellas por medio de las estadísticas. Un estudio exploratorio

Las maestrías llevan ya 30 años de existencia en nuestro país, sin embargo, los trabajos sobre este grado académico son escasos. Si bien la Ley de Educación Superior establece la obligatoriedad de la acreditación de las carreras de posgrado, tanto la Comisión Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación Universitaria (CONEAU) como la Secretaría de Políticas Universitarias (SPU) ninguno de estos organismos disponen de una base de datos actualizada de la totalidad de los posgrados en cuestión. En consecuencia, resulta dificultoso localizar fuentes oficiales que permitan un relevamiento sistemático y detallado. Por lo tanto, este trabajo, de carácter de exploratorio, se propone como objetivo principal suplir estas deficiencias, centrándose en el análisis y la comprensión de la heterogeneidad de la oferta educativa actual de posgrado, con el foco ubicado, específicamente, en las maestrías en educación.Jornadas realizadas junto con el I Encuentro Latinoamericano de Metodología de las Ciencias Sociales.Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

Geological and geophysical characterization of the Brindisi di Montagna Scalo landslide (Basilicata, Southern Italy)

The Brindisi di Montagna Scalo Landslide in Southern Italy is an active complex mass movement, which affects the left slope of the Basento River. In the last few decades, this landslide has been continuously monitored, as it directly threatened some of the most important communication routes in the Basilicata Region. Nevertheless, little progresses have been made to prevent further landslide advancement, and continuous maintenance is required. With the aims of better understanding, the main factors controlling the evolution of this landslide, and suggesting the most appropriate countermeasures, a multidisciplinary study, based on the integration of direct and indirect techniques, was carried out. Direct techniques included multi-temporal geomorphological analysis of the slope, alongside geological and structural field observations. Indirect techniques consisted of electrical resistivity tomography acquisition. The combined analyses of the geological and geophysical data showed that Quaternary tectonic processes played a fundamental role as a predisposing factor, whereas seasonal rainfall, and the perpetual undercutting by erosional processes caused by the Basento River at the toe of the landslide are the main triggering mechanisms. The Brindisi di Montagna Scalo Landslide represents an outstanding case-study, concerning the interaction between a flow-like complex landslide and essential linear infrastructure, such as motorways and railways

A Geological Itinerary Through the Southern Apennine Thrust-Belt (Basilicata—Southern Italy)

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Pequeños científicos : Extensión y formación

Se presenta una experiencia en extensión, en formato taller, destinada a niños y niñas de entre 3 y 5 años de edad, llevada a cabo por un grupo de estudiantes de la carrera de Antropología (UNLP). Esta experiencia mostró distintos desafíos, tanto en la planificación del taller como en el desarrollo del mismo, y visibilizó falencias en la formación en extensión. Finalmente, se describe el modo en que se resolvieron los distintos inconvenientes que surgieron y algunas reflexiones respecto a la formación de los estudiantes universitarios de grado, en esta área.This paper presents an extensión experience, in the form of workshop, destined to children between 3 and 5 years old, realized by a team of students from the degree course in Anthropology (UNLP). The experience showed different challenges, both in planning the workshop as during its development, and it made visible the shortcomings in training extensión. Finally, we describe the way in which the various problems that arose were resolved and some reflections regarding the training of university undergraduates in this área.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y MuseoFacultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educació

Obsidian Lithic Technology, Chaîne Opératoire and Symbolic Meaning in the Northern Hualfín Valley (Northwest Argentina) during Late - Inka Period

The main objective of this research is to analyse the lithic technology applied to obsidian, a raw material popular amongst pre-Columbian populations from Northwestern Argentina (NWA) because of its social and symbolic value. The analysed assemblage comes from the archaeological site of Villavil 2 (VV2), located in the Hualfín Valley (Catamarca, Argentina) and distant ca. 100 - 200 kms from the nearest sources of this raw material. VV2 was discovered in 2015 by one of the authors and shows a particular presence of rock art which had not previously been registered in this area. The site was associated to the Late and Inka Period (ca. 10th - 16th centuries CE). So far, we suggest that this was a place of temporal, but periodical use that best fits with what we would call a ceremonial space. The assemblage comprises the totality of obsidian elements collected from both superficial and stratigraphic contexts. It was divided into three typological classes: tools (projectile points), flakes with natural sharp edges (FNSE) and waste products (WP). We did not identify the presence of cores. The analysis considered the following variables: knapping methods and techniques, size, amount of cortex, flake type and edge types. At VV2, points are the only retouched tools made of obsidian. They correspond to the triangular unstemmed concave-based type, very common during the Late-Inka Periods, and they were shaped using the perimetral bifacial pressure technique, possibly from flake blanks. FNSEs’ size is small, and they present scarce cortex. On the other hand, the abundance of very small-sized WPs is remarkable. They were found in the same stratigraphic context and attest a complete finish of the points (edge retouch). The results let us infer that the point-shaping tasks were carried out in situ. Moreover, the implemented technology involved both major production efforts and skills, that contrast with those involved in local raw material knapping. It is possible that this curated strategy was not related to the difficulty of accessing this allochthonous material. Instead, these choices could reflect social and symbolic meanings. According to linguistic and ethnohistoric information, the obsidian brightness and transparency are propitiatory to win the favour of the w'akas. Furthermore, in NWA the obsidian long-distance exchange is an ancient pre-Columbian tradition that lasted for a long time. Obtaining obsidian could display the ability of a social group to access distant resources and legitimize their political status. Nevertheless, we cannot forget that this raw material also was very important for making different artefacts for subsistence activities