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Teaching skills in virtual and blended learning environments
Universities are currently immersed in what is known as the process of European convergence to create the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). The aim is to establish a standardized, compatible and flexible European university system that enables graduates and undergraduates to move easily from one institution to another within Europe. As a result of evaluation mechanisms, the system will be transparent and of high quality, which will make it attractive and competitive internationally in a globalized world. In this paper, we focus on two distance learning modes that will become more important as a result of this change in universities: e-learning and b-learning. These basically involve the virtualization of learning processes through the use of computer equipment. We carried out a qualitative study using the case study method. The results indicate that teaching staff use information and communication technology (ICT) to improve student learning. Similarly, a high percentage (78%) of lecturers use some form of digital platform as a support for teaching. In conclusion, training policies should strengthen university teachers’ skills in the use of ICT equipment, tools and resources related to blended and virtual learning
Teleological structure of scientific and mathematical education
One of the main educational objectives in the current Spanish curricula is to develop mathematical and
scientific competences, understood as the set of skills and abilities needed to apply Mathematics and
Science in situations where are required. This is therefore closely related, on one hand, to the
functionality of the knowledge, in the sense of its usefulness in problem solving and in mathematical
and science modeling problems. And, on the other hand, is related to the understanding of disciplinary
knowledge, a cognitive phenomenon that enables and gives competence to the individual to elaborate
contextualized and accurate answers. These answers involve the use of mathematical and scientific
knowledge in some of the categories of their phenomenological and epistemological dimensions. For
this reason, in this work we carry out a theoretical and reflexive analysis that tries to determine which
aspects of the Mathematics and Science Education should be promoted in order to optimize the
formative dimension of an individual in these disciplines. This dimension, frequently forgotten in
learning and teaching processes, turns out to be, in conjunction with the functional and instrumental
dimensions, necessary to acquire the appropriate knowledge in Mathematics and Science that will
enable future citizens to permanently adapt to the environment and eventually transform it positively.
The results of the analysis show the components of this dimension that should be prioritized in the
Science and Mathematics Education: the intellectual autonomy, understood as the ability to think for
ourselves and to put in use our abilities and skills to generate information to solve real life problems
and to make the right decisions; the moral autonomy, defined as the capacity to face with real life
problems with ethical implications; and the social autonomy, understood as the aptitude to make
decisions using social abilities and skills.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech.“Criterios e instrumentos de evaluación de unidades de enseñanza y aprendizaje” (PPIT.UMA.B1.2017/16) financiado por la Universidad de Málaga en la convocatoria de 2017-2018
A methodology of analysis and selection of Business Development Projects on a Regional Subcontinental Scale
The objective of this paper is to set up, among a group of projects and by means of multivariate techniques, a selection process that allows to choose those with the best performance and to establish the factors and variables characterising successful cases. This way, we can offer a model for the evaluation and selection of development projects. New ideas and approaches for the promotion politics of business services should come out of the extraction of common models and behaviours among the cases with best performance. More specifically, for the empirical development of this research, we have used the project portfolio of business development services of the Inter-American Development Bank between 1995 and 2002. JEL classification: Keywords: business development project, factor, cluster
How do students read on the Internet in the new technological era?
The principal focus of this investigation is to discuss how EFL students read on the Internet after completing a Cybertask. Our main concern is to find out how students read on the Internet in the new technological era. Nowadays we are going through a great technological revolution that makes us being concerned about the English Language as a Foreign Language education. For this reason, we deem necessary to apply our knowledge during the reading process (Schmar-Dobler, 2003) and promote the reading capacity of texts (Luzón & Ruiz-Madrid, 2008; Luzón, Ruiz-Madrid & Villanueva, 2010; Girón-García & Gaspar, 2012). Furthermore, this paper focuses on two features: (a) how students handle the great amount of information they find on the Web; and (b) how they select the most appropriate information according to their task objectives. In order to get relevant results, a group of university students of the English Studies degree at ‘Universitat Jaume I’ (Spain) worked on an English task-based activity (i.e. ‘Cybertask’) during their class regular time. They also took into account a number of Websites provided by the teacher and following they completed a Self-Assessment Questionnaire in order to evaluate both their task process and task result. Finally, the main aim is to analyse how students read (‘Reading Modes’) in a digital context when they face task-based activities (Girón-García, 2013). However, our study goes beyond the classification of Internet users (‘Knowledge Seekers’, ‘Feature Explorers’, and ‘Apathetic Hypertext Users’) (Anderson-Inman & Hoerney, 1993; Bowdish et al., 1994; Lawless & Kulikowich, 1996)
Gibraltar 1914-1918: war and allied shipping in the Mediterranean
El papel jugado por la base naval de Gibraltar durante la Gran
Guerra ha despertado escaso interés tanto en la historiografía internacional sobre
el conflicto, como en la específica sobre la colonia británica. Sin embargo,
la puesta en valor de la plaza en el sistema de operaciones del Almirantazgo reportó
ventajas muy valiosas para la estrategia de la Entente en el Mediterráneo.
En ese plano, este trabajo analiza las funciones desarrolladas por la colonia en
una doble vertiente: logística, atendiendo a su condición de centro redistribuidor
de suministros interaliados a partir de la batalla de Gallipoli; y naval, en la lucha
por mantener abiertas y seguras las comunicaciones marítimas y rutas comerciales
después de la declaración de guerra submarina a ultranza. La contribución de
Gibraltar resultó clave para ganar el combate por la supervivencia sostenido por
ambos bandos contendientes desde el mar.The role played by the naval base of Gibraltar during the First
World War has worth little attention by international historiography of the War and the one specifically focused on the colony. In contrast, the high value of
that position in the Admiralty network offered the allies a full range of strategic
advantages in the Mediterranean. This case study deals with the activities
developed by the base from logistics, providing its condition of allied supplies’
redistribution centre since the Battle of Gallipoli; as well as naval control point,
keeping sea communications and merchant routes safe against submarine aggression.
Therefore, Gibraltar remarkably contributed to the belligerents’ war
struggle to survive
Hacia un nuevo modelo para la investigación en turismo
El objetivo de este trabajo es reflexionar sobre la investigación en turismo y sus distintos
abordajes.
A partir del concepto de nueva investigación en turismo de John Tribe, se esboza un modelo de investigación para los estudios turísticos. Este modelo comprende cuatro elementos: una definición integral del turismo; un abordaje postdisciplinario; una metodología de investigación que involucra un análisis cuantitativo y cualitativo; y, por
último, una construcción de conexiones, relaciones, explicaciones y redes.
El modelo propuesto, se concluye, puede constituir la base para una consolidación teórica de los estudios en turismo. Más aún, puede convertirse en una pieza fundamental para la generación de mejores prácticas en materia de turismo
.Fil: García, Carolina Inés.
Universidad Nacional de La Plat
Teaching and Learning EFL Successfully Through An Online Environment: An Experimental Study With "Legal English" Students
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are developing exponentially and are
having a great impact on the redefinition of learning and literacy in the 21st century. For this reason, experts in the education field have the need and the responsibility to adapt and integrate the curricula into a new digital context , making use of available digital tools in order to ensure that education is relevant to the demands of today’s society ;. This article highlights the role of digital literacy to foster reading comprehension on the Internet in order to solve problems, activities, and tasks.This study has been possible thanks to fundings from
“Pla 2014 de Foment de la Investigació de la UJI” (Ref. P1.1A2014-02).
IULMA (Institut Interuniversitari de Llengües Modernes Aplicades) at Universitat Jaume I de Castelló
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