The Promise of Open Educational Resources

This whitepaper defines OER, discusses what underlies the open educational resources movement and the current status of open educational resources, presents MIT's OpenCourseware project as a case-study, and concludes with future visions for teaching and learning, challenges, and observations

Creating a Foundation for Open Knowledge: Technology Assessment of Web-based Learning

Presentation that covers:* Problems of Access and Quality of Academic Content* Basic Strategy and Assumptions including Theory of Action* Hewlett Grantees and Demonstrations* Challenge

California's Community Colleges: Hewlett Foundation Education Technology

A powerpoint presentation addressing problems with using academic content on the web, basic strategy, challenges to open knowledge, funding examples, and possible community college models

The Power of Open

Catherine Casserly y Joi Ito, dicen en la introducción a The Power of Open, "El mundo ha experimentado una explosión de apertura. Desde artistas individuales que abren sus creaciones a la participación de otros,hasta gobiernos que exigen que las obras realizadas con financiación pública quede a disposición del público, el espíritu y la práctica de compartir está cobrando velocidad y dando resultados. Creative Commons comenzó a ofrecer licencias para compartir contenidos abiertamente hace solo una década. En la actualidad más de 400 millones de obras con licencias CC se encuentran disponibles en internet, desde música y fotografías, hasta resultados de investigación y cursos universitarios completos. Creative Commons creó la infraestructura técnica y legal que permite el intercambio eficaz de conocimiento, arte y datos por parte de individuos, organizaciones y gobiernos. Y lo que es más importante, millones de creadores han aprovechado esa infraestructura para compartir obras que enriquecen el procomún mundial de la humanidad.

Valeurs canadiennes associées au travail

Cette analyse résume la documentation canadienne utilisée pour mettre au point l'Inventaire canadien des valeurs canadiennes associées au travail. Les recherches reliées à la construction de cet instrument, qui s'insère dans le cadre d'un projet international dirigé par Donald E. Super pour examiner le rôle et l'importance du travail dans la vie des gens, soulignent le fait que: quoique les Canadiens partagent plusieurs valeurs avec d'autres pays industrialisés, ils accordent une importance spéciale à certaines de ces valeurs, telles que: le développement de leurs habiletés, l'identité culturelle, la prise de risques et la possibilité d'impact. Cette étude s'intéresse aux recherches effectuées au Canada sur les différences liées à la classe sociale, à la culture, au sexe à l'âge ainsi qu'à la satisfaction professionnelle globale

Canadian Work-Related Values

This paper summarizes the Canadian literature used in the development of the Canadian Work Values Survey. This is an instrument which is being designed to identify work-related values In Canada. The research related to the test development is part of an international project led by Donald E. Super to examine the role and importance of work in people's lives. The literature highlights that while Canadians hold many values in common with other industrialized countries, they place special emphasis on such work-related values as ability development, cultural identity, risk-taking and the opportunity for impact. It focuses on research dealing with class, cultural, sex and age differences within Canada as well as overall expressed job satisfaction

Development of the Life Roles Inventory-Values Scale

This article outlines the procedures involved in the construction of the Canadian version of the Life Roles Inventory—Values Scale (CanadianWork Importance Study, 1986). The Values Scale is the product of the development of Canadian and international teams of psychologists. The Canadian version has been developed in both French and English. The article outlines studies of the reliability (internal consistency, test-retest, and alternate form), and validity (construct, convergent, discriminant, and concurrent) of the inventory.Cette article renferme les procédures prises dans l'interprétation de la version canadienne pour l'échelle des valeurs de l'inventaire des rôles de la vie (Canadian Work Importance Study, 1986). L'échelle des valeurs est le résultat qu'on obtenu des groupes de psychologues canadiens et internationals. Cette article démontre les études faites sur le coefficient de fidélité (alpha, test retest et forme alternative), et la validité (conceptuelle, convergente, discriminante et concurrente) de l'inventaire

Guidelines for Clinical Supervision in Health Service Psychology: Evidence and Implementation Strategies

With counseling psychology as perhaps a notable exception, health service psychology has been generally slow to recognize clinical supervision as a specific competence that requires formal preparation. Despite compelling evidence for substantial variability in the quality of supervision being provided our trainees and best practices, U.S. psychologists had no guidelines for offering competent supervision until 2014 when the American Psychological Association (APA) adopted “Guidelines for Clinical Supervision in Health Service Psychology” as policy. The guidelines are organized around seven domains with specific, evidence-supported competencies. But guidelines are useful to the extent that they are implemented. This article speaks to implementation of the guidelines and offers supervisors a guideline-based tool to self-assess their supervisory competence. The article’s intent is to enable supervisors to advance from self-assessment to reflection on their current level of competence in supervision to implementation of practices enhancing skills, knowledge, and attitudes

The complete genome sequence of the fish pathogen Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. Salmonicida

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Co-design and user validation of a technology-enabled behaviour change intervention for individuals with cardiovascular disease: Preliminary findings

Purpose: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature death and disability in Europe. Effective exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) can improve mortality and morbidity rates, yet uptake of community-based CR is low (1). PATHway (Physical Activity Towards Health) is a technology-enabled lifestyle behaviour change intervention designed to enhance patient self-management of CVD through adherence to physical activity and other health behaviours. This paper explains the co-design and user validation process that is being employed for the development of the PATHway platform. Methods: CVD patients from a) hospital-based CR and b) community-based CR across two sites (Dublin, Ireland; Leuven, Belgium) are invited to participate in the study. To facilitate an iterative process, three separate rounds of semi-structured interviews, a total of twelve focus groups (4 groups x 3 rounds) are planned between February and April 2016. In round one interviews, participants were exposed to the PATHway intervention and system designed by the research team, and feedback was elicited. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribedand content analysed. Key recommendations regarding technical and intervention content were identified and are currently being used by the research team to improve the PATHway system. Completion of the interviews is due for April 2016 Results: Round one data indicated that i) tailoring intervention content for exercise prescription and health behaviour change was important; ii) further health information and monitoring through the system was valuable, and iii) the potential for patients to be connected with their healthcare professionals was appealing. Technical recommendations included amending the avatar display to reflect an average BMI and be ‘more human-like’. Additional behaviour change recommendations included stressing the importance of positive reinforcement even when a participant is not meeting set goals. Conclusions: An iterative co-design and user validation process can be a vital component of the development of complex behavioural interventions for CVD patients. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Action under Grant Agreement no. 643491. PATHway: Technology enabled behavioural change as a pathway towards better self-management of CVD (www.pathway2health.eu