Enhancing the Main Characteristics of Active Methodologies: A Case with Micro Flip Teaching and Teamwork

All active methodologies have common objectives and processes. Their mission is to ensure that students participate actively in the learning process, cooperating with other students, reflecting, making decisions and creating knowledge. For this purpose, groups that work in a timely manner to carry out an activity or in a more stable way through work teams are usually formed. In both cases, active learning takes place within the groups. This work proposes fostering an active inter-team learning; that is, forming a meta-team where active learning takes place. The aim is checking if students who follow an active methodology, have the active habit; that is, if the work teams share knowledge among themselves and use it to improve their own knowledge. The proposed model contains a virtual layer that all teams can access, making possible the cooperation, the creation of new knowledge, reflection and decision making. This model is applicable to any active methodology and the proposed model has been applied to the Micro Flip Teaching methodology. This quasi experimental research methodology, based on quantitative and qualitative assessment, shows how the work teams, in an Engineering context, in this case, use this virtual layer and how that use impacts the academic performance of their members. Another conclusion of this work is that feedback must be included in active methodologies

Versión en español de una herramienta para el análisis de la influencia de los factores socioculturales en la aceptación de TIC de los docentes universitarios

Esta investigación se relaciona con los estudios sobre aceptación tecnológica sobre el uso de los dispositivos móviles que el Grupo GRIAL de la Universidad de Salamanca está realizando en el contexto del proyecto de investigación DEFINES [21, 22] en esta ocasión en colaboración de la Facultad de Educación de la Universidad de Macao

Mobile acceptance and learning beliefs

This paper presents the results of a study focused on the factors that condition the acceptance of mobile technologies among university students from China and Spain, paying special attention to the learning beliefs of the students. A total of 808 students from different universities from Spain and China participated in this study filling a questionnaire design and developed through the collaboration of researchers from both countries. The results of the descriptive analysis show a good level of acceptance of mobile technologies among both groups of students although the hypothesis contrast evidences important differences according to the variable country

ICT acceptance among university teachers: A Cross-Cultural comparison between China and Spain

Keywords: Cross-cultural, ICTs, acceptance, university teachers, Hofsted

The Integration of Psychosocial Care into National Dementia Strategies across Europe: Evidence from the Skills in DEmentia Care (SiDECar) Project

There is evidence supporting the use of psychosocial interventions in dementia care. Due to the role of policy in clinical practice, the present study investigates whether and how the issue of psychosocial care and interventions has been addressed in the national dementia plans and strategies across Europe. A total of 26 national documents were found. They were analyzed by content analysis to identify the main pillars associated with the topic of psychosocial care and interventions. Specifically, three categories emerged: (1) Treatment, (2) Education, and (3) Research. The first one was further divided into three subcategories: (1) Person-centred conceptual framework, (2) Psychosocial interventions, and (3) Health and social services networks. Overall, the topic of psychosocial care and interventions has been addressed in all the country policies. However, the amount of information provided differs across the documents, with only the category of 'Treatment' covering all of them. Furthermore, on the basis of the existing policies, how the provision of psychosocial care and interventions would be enabled, and how it would be assessed are not fully apparent yet. Findings highlight the importance of policies based on a comprehensive and well-integrated system of care, where the issue of psychosocial care and interventions is fully embedded

The integration of psychosocial care into national dementia strategies across europe: Evidence from the skills in dementia care (SiDECar) project

There is evidence supporting the use of psychosocial interventions in dementia care. Due to the role of policy in clinical practice, the present study investigates whether and how the issue of psychosocial care and interventions has been addressed in the national dementia plans and strategies across Europe. A total of 26 national documents were found. They were analyzed by content analysis to identify the main pillars associated with the topic of psychosocial care and interventions. Specifically, three categories emerged: (1) Treatment, (2) Education, and (3) Research. The first one was further divided into three subcategories: (1) Person-centred conceptual framework, (2) Psychosocial interventions, and (3) Health and social services networks. Overall, the topic of psychosocial care and interventions has been addressed in all the country policies. However, the amount of in-formation provided differs across the documents, with only the category of \u2018Treatment\u2019 covering all of them. Furthermore, on the basis of the existing policies, how the provision of psychosocial care and interventions would be enabled, and how it would be assessed are not fully apparent yet. Find-ings highlight the importance of policies based on a comprehensive and well-integrated system of care, where the issue of psychosocial care and interventions is fully embedded