How Do Home Educating Families’ Experiences of Information Literacy Relate to Existing Models?

In this paper the researcher discusses the findings of a small research project which explored the information literacy experiences of five home educating families and shows how these findings can be related t o existing research on information literacy. The research was constructivist with a grounded approach to data analysis and involved in-depth inte rviews with family groups. This paper suggests that models of information literacy tha t focus on the situated and the transformative have resonance for the experiences of home educating families

Exploring the Information Literacy Experiences of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Learners: A Discussion of Methods

The paper shares the early stages of doctoral research; discussing the research questions, methods and pilot study findings . The full research will be a longitudinal case study of three community ESOL classes in England. ESOL learners are adult migrants who are learning English and are typically very different from the higher education student who is the focus of much information literacy research. The paper discusses the challenges of the pilot study and look s forward to the full data collection which will use a range of participatory methods

An airport wind shear detection and warning system using Doppler radar: A feasibility study

A feasibility study was conducted to determine whether ground based Doppler radar could measure the wind along the path of an approaching aircraft with sufficient accuracy to predict aircraft performance. Forty-three PAR approaches were conducted, with 16 examined in detail. In each, Doppler derived longitudinal winds were compared to aircraft measured winds; in approximately 75 percent of the cases, the Doppler and aircraft winds were in acceptable agreement. In the remaining cases, errors may have been due to a lack of Doppler resolution, a lack of co-location of the two sampling volumes, the presence of eddy or vortex like disturbances within the pulse volume, or the presence of point targets in antenna side lobes. It was further concluded that shrouding techniques would have reduced the side lobe problem. A ground based Doppler radar operating in the optically clear air, provides the appropriate longitudinal winds along an aircraft's intended flight path

Hannibal and Scipio\u27s war: The Second Punic War

The Second Punic War (218-201 BC), setting Rome against its rival state Carthage, is remembered because of the strategic maneuverings between Hannibal of Carthage and Scipio of Rome which would determine the master of the Mediterranean, laying the ground works for eventual plans for empire. Rome would eventually beat Carthage and historians since antiquity have tried to understand how Rome did so. Nigel Bagnall, in his book on the second Punic war describes the war in its entirety, making it a good overview. Polybius, a source written during the time of the Third Punic War, is one of the main sources the paper will use for he was present at the burning of Carthage; this means his information is the closest to the primary source of the war. Livy’s account will be very useful to use as well, for this author focuses on battles in depth as well as give overviews to the whole war. The first two case studies will focus on the use of strategies and tactics, respectively. The last case study will focus on the political struggles that Hannibal and Scipio had during the war. This paper shall focus on the individuals and their dealings in the war, as well as the fighting that took place. It is important to write about because many have forgotten the role that the war and the generals have played in the history of the Mediterranean and the ancient world

CLASSIFYING EMOTION USING STREAMING OF PHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF EMOTION

The ability for a computer to recognize emotions would have many uses. In the field of human-computer interaction, it would be useful if computers could sense if a user is frustrated and offer help (Lisetti & Nasoz, 2002), or it could be used in cars to predict stress or road rage (Nasoz, Lisetti, & Vasilakos, 2010). Also, it has uses in the medical field with emotional therapy or monitoring patients (Rebenitsch, Owen, Brohil, Biocca, & Ferydiansyah, 2010). Emotion recognition is a complex subject that combines psychology and computer science, but it is not a new problem. When the question was first posed, researchers examined at physiological signals that could help differentiate an emotion (Schachter & Singer, 1962). As the research progressed, researchers examined ways in which computers could recognize emotions, many of which were successful. Previous research has not yet looked at the emotional data as streaming data, or attempted to classify emotion in real time. This thesis extracts features from a window of simulated streaming data to attempt to classify emotions in real time. As a corollary, this method can also be used to attempt to identify the earliest point an emotion can be predicted. The results show that emotions can be classified in real time, and applying a window and feature extraction leads to better classification success. It shows that this method may be used to determine if an emotion could be predicted before it is cognitively experienced, but it could not predict the emotion transitional state. More research is required before that goal can be achieved

An exploration of the information literacy experiences of home educating families

Background and aims There is limited existing research on the information literacy experiences of home educating families. This study aims to explore these experiences, providing a framework and context for their experiences and finding parallels in the existing literature on information literacy. Methodology This is a qualitative study consisting of five in-depth interviews with families. The findings were analysed using a grounded, interpretive approach. Results and conclusion The findings suggested that digital aspects of information literacy were significant for these families and that communities of practices were a useful way to understand their information literacy. The importance of reflection for information literacy was also demonstrated. There was some evidence that the information literacy of home educating families could be seen as challenging the orthodoxy of more formal educational models