Modern field courses and problem-based learning; a comparison between industry and academia

Problem-based learning (PBL) can provide an attractive learning situation in relation to field courses. Combined with information technology, the learning effect can be enhanced compared with more traditional courses that use lecture-based learning and no advanced technological aids. However, the use of information technology in field courses requires the consideration of fundamental pedagogic principles. In May 2003, two separate geological field courses were run at locations in Utah and Colorado, one for students and the other for industry employees. Both students and industry employees participated in a pre-field course before going into the field. In the field the participants worked in groups, solving both general and location-specific problems. Several geosimulators (advanced flight simulators) based on digital terrain models for Utah and Colorado were used both prior to and during the field course. Satellite images, photographs and maps where incorporated into the models in order to provide students and industry employees with a complex technological learning environment. Also, the courses made extensive use of interactive multimedia learning modules that could be accessed both before and after the field course. A specially designed learning management system was used for the administration of the field courses. The highly positive feedback from both students and industry employees documents the effectiveness of the course form and use of information technology in conjunction with field work

Spreading the Word:: How to Increase Interest in a Career Development Course for University Students

The purpose of this research is to identify ways in which MacEwan’s CDEL Navigating MyCareer Journey program can better reach students and increase enrollment and completion rates. This paper addresses these goals by looking at ways to improve the programs current marketing strategies and the features that effect its overall appeal. First, we researched fifteen scholarly articles regarding career development and student learning preferences. Next, we conducted three in-depth interviews with MacEwan students; one currently enrolled in the program and two not enrolled. After our analysis, we formulated a questionnaire aimed at solving the programs main areas of concern. A total of 126 respondents from the target group completed the survey.             The research indicates that CDEL should focus its marketing efforts on posters, friends, MyMacEwan website, and Blackboard. It also showed that CDEL should focus on creating awareness through friends, parents, online forums, and professors. Our research indicates that networking skills, career/life opportunities, and developing a career mindset are the most important topics to students and that CDEL should focus on those. Our research also identified that making a comprehensive, for-credit course might be the best way to increase their completion rate. We recommend that CDEL develop these key features of the program and modify the course to make it warrant credits

Hvordan kan bedrifter i hotellbransjen rekruttere og beholde medarbeidere fra generasjon Z?

Hensikten med oppgaven er å tilegne seg kunnskap på temaet, for å kunne løse oppgavens problemstilling, «Hvordan kan bedrifter i hotellbransjen rekruttere og beholde medarbeidere fra generasjon Z?». Ved å svare på oppgaven er det samlet inn tidligere forskning på temaet, som er anvendt for å kunne komme frem til svaret. Artiklene som blir presentert i oppgaven er alle om forskjellig forskning på generasjon Z, og består av fagfellevurderte artikler og annen litteratur. Ved valg av metode, endte det på kvalitativ metode. Ut fra oppgavens struktur, måten den er bygget opp og hva den bygger på, passer denne type metode for å løse oppgaven. Strukturen i oppgaven er bygget opp på IMRoD modellen og er en case-studie. Resultatene i oppgaven består av rekrutteringstaktikker for generasjonen, og informasjon på hvordan bedrifter i hotellbransjen skal kunne holde på sine ansatte fra generasjon Z. Resultatet er fremstilt ved bruk av den tidligere forskningen som oppgaven er bygget på, hvor det er kommet frem til åtte rekrutteringstaktikker som bygger på hva som kjennetegner generasjonen og behovene deres. Videre kommer det også eksempler på hvilke tiltak bedriften kan gjøre, eller iverksette for at deres ansatte fra gen Z skal ha et ønske om å bli værende på arbeidsplassen

Genesis and geometry of tilted blocks in the Theban Hills, near Luxor (Upper Egypt)

Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2011. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Elsevier B.V. for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of African Earth Sciences 61 (2011): 245-267, doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.06.001.The desertic Theban hills between the edge of the alluvial plain of the Nile and the prominent cliffs at the eastern edge of the Theban Plateau consist of imbricated tilted blocks organized in parallel groups representing successive generations of gravitational collapse structures (or slumps). The older (distal) generations correspond to low, rounded hills farther from the Theban cliffs. The youngest (proximal) generation forms higher hills with young relief. Reverse faults occur at the contact between proximal and distal tilted blocks whereas the proximal tilted blocks rest along listric faults on the substratum (Tarawan Chalk and Esna Shale Formations) and against the Theban cliffs. We hypothesize that the emplacements of the tilted blocks were related to major Pleistocene pluvial episodes, each marked by active flow of the Nile River and significant recess of the Theban cliffs. Tectonic thinning and intensive erosion of the Esna Shale Formation were determinant in shaping the Theban landscape.National Geographic Society for its continued support of our geological research on the Theban Mountain

Modeling and discretization of flow in porous media with thin, full-tensor permeability inclusions

When modeling fluid flow in fractured reservoirs, it is common to represent the fractures as lower-dimensional inclusions embedded in the host medium. Existing discretizations of flow in porous media with thin inclusions assume that the principal directions of the inclusion permeability tensor are aligned with the inclusion orientation. While this modeling assumption works well with tensile fractures, it may fail in the context of faults, where the damage zone surrounding the main slip surface may introduce anisotropy that is not aligned with the main fault orientation. In this article, we introduce a generalized dimensional reduced model which preserves full-tensor permeability effects also in the out-of-plane direction of the inclusion. The governing equations of flow for the lower-dimensional objects are obtained through vertical averaging. We present a framework for discretization of the resulting mixed-dimensional problem, aimed at easy adaptation of existing simulation tools. We give numerical examples that show the failure of existing formulations when applied to anisotropic faulted porous media, and go on to show the convergence of our method in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional.publishedVersio

Seismic geomorphology of cretaceous megaslides offshore Namibia (Orange Basin):Insights into segmentation and degradation of gravity-driven linked systems

This study applies modern seismic geomorphology techniques to deep-water collapse features in the Orange Basin (Namibian margin, Southwest Africa) in order to provide unprecedented insights into the segmentation and degradation processes of gravity-driven linked systems. The seismic analysis was carried out using a high-quality, depth-migrated 3D volume that images the Upper Cretaceous post-rift succession of the basin, where two buried collapse features with strongly contrasting seismic expression are observed. The lower Megaslide Complex is a typical margin-scale, extensional-contractional gravity-driven linked system that deformed at least 2 km of post-rift section. The complex is laterally segmented into scoop-shaped megaslides up to 20 km wide that extend downdip for distances in excess of 30 km. The megaslides comprise extensional headwall fault systems with associated 3D rollover structures and thrust imbricates at their toes. Lateral segmentation occurs along sidewall fault systems which, in the proximal part of the megaslides, exhibit oblique extensional motion and define horst structures up to 6 km wide between individual megaslides. In the toe areas, reverse slip along these same sidewall faults, creates lateral ramps with hanging wall thrust-related folds up to 2 km wide. Headwall rollover anticlines, sidewall horsts and ramp anticlines may represent novel traps for hydrocarbon exploration on the Namibian margin.The Megaslide Complex is unconformably overlain by few hundreds of metres of highly contorted strata which define an upper Slump Complex. Combined seismic attributes and detailed seismic facies analysis allowed mapping of headscarps, thrust imbrications and longitudinal shear zones within the Slump Complex that indicate a dominantly downslope movement of a number of coalesced collapse systems. Spatial and stratal relationships between these shallow failures and the underlying megaslides suggest that the Slump Complex was likely triggered by the development of topography created by the activation of the main structural elements of the lower Megaslide Complex. This study reveals that gravity-driven linked systems undergo lateral segmentation during their evolution, and that their upper section can become unstable, favouring the initiation of a number of shallow failures that produce widespread degradation of the underlying megaslide structures. Gravity-driven linked systems along other margins are likely to share similar processes of segmentation and degradation, implying that the megaslide-related, hydrocarbon trapping structures discovered in the Namibian margin may be common elsewhere, making megaslides an attractive element of deep-water exploration along other gravitationally unstable margins

Modern field courses and problem-based learning; a comparison between industry and academia

Problem-based learning (PBL) can provide an attractive learning situation in relation to field courses. Combined with information technology, the learning effect can be enhanced compared with more traditional courses that use lecture-based learning and no advanced technological aids. However, the use of information technology in field courses requires the consideration of fundamental pedagogic principles. In May 2003, two separate geological field courses were run at locations in Utah and Colorado, one for students and the other for industry employees. Both students and industry employees participated in a pre-field course before going into the field. In the field the participants worked in groups, solving both general and location-specific problems. Several geosimulators (advanced flight simulators) based on digital terrain models for Utah and Colorado were used both prior to and during the field course. Satellite images, photographs and maps where incorporated into the models in order to provide students and industry employees with a complex technological learning environment. Also, the courses made extensive use of interactive multimedia learning modules that could be accessed both before and after the field course. A specially designed learning management system was used for the administration of the field courses. The highly positive feedback from both students and industry employees documents the effectiveness of the course form and use of information technology in conjunction with field work

Utviklingen av ulikhet over tid i Norge. Et samspill av en rekke komplekse økonomiske krefter.

Siden midten av 1980-tallet har inntektsforskjellen i Norge økt, noe som fremgår av den vedvarende økningen i Gini-koeffisienten og andre ulikhetsmål. Selv om en viss grad av ulikhet kan øke effektiviteten ved å styrke incentivene til å arbeide og investere, finnes det flere negative sider ved høy ulikhet. Økende konsentrasjon av inntekt på toppen av fordelingen er ikke kun et normativt problem, men også et økonomisk problem. Nettopp derfor er det viktig å forstå hva som driver ulikhetsutviklingen. Denne oppgaven gir en oversikt over utviklingen av inntektsulikhet i Norge de siste tre tiårene og et rammeverk for å forstå denne utviklingen. Her trekkes teknologisk endring, internasjonal handel og fagorganisering frem som sentrale faktorer