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GIVING STUDENTS THE REINS: TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SERVICE-LEARNING'S POTENTIAL AS A PEDAGOGY FOR TEACHING WRITINGKramer, Tereza Joy 01 May 2012 (has links)
Service-learning helps students experience the practical applications of learning to write well; it also offers opportunities for students to develop a sense of civic responsibility. Although service-learning is growing in popularity, this pedagogy is not prevalent in English departments. Additionally, service-learning courses across all disciplines typically do not empower students to make their own project decisions. Given these tendencies, it is useful to consider whether service-learning is an effective pedagogy for writing, whether students should be designing their own projects, and what writing instructors could do to facilitate students' growth as writers while completing projects in the community. This is a qualitative case study, incorporating quantitative data, of two technical writing courses. I reviewed the students' answers to surveys developed for this research, plus their course evaluations, individual reflective writing, and collaborative project documents, and then I compiled and collated the students' references to what they were learning and what they were struggling with. The references fall within the following themes: student decision-making; the role of the instructor; the rhetorical tenets of audience and purpose; service; collaboration with peers and community members; written expression; and professionalism and motivation. Relying upon the students' comments in regard to these themes, I suggest that service-learning can help students become invested in the outcome of their written expression, motivating them to learn how to address audience and purpose through strong writing. Students learn to work collaboratively and develop their own individual voices as they discover, reflect upon, and express their ideas and shared knowledge. Instructors should ask students to design their own projects, allowing them to engage with and learn how to contribute to the community: through self-directed experiential projects, students become more likely to understand the power of writing and to transfer their new knowledge to later situations. I conclude with a discussion of the need for targeted research and suggestions for teaching writing through community-based pedagogy to enhance civic engagement.
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Matching scales : the impact of ecosystem service scales on a planning and policy environmentHolden, Anastasia January 2016 (has links)
There is an increase in the consideration of ecosystem services (ES) within the planning, policy, and research sectors. The increase in sectors working with ES is leading to an increase in scale mismatches, where ecosystem services are being mismanaged, leading to problems. Using a combination of methods these scale issues were investigated. A systematic review of both scientific and grey literature was undertaken which analysed 112 documents and led to a survey of 72 subjects who were working with ES across different sectors, and finally 19 in-depth interviews were undertaken, in order to understand fully the scale issues, and potential solutions being used. The systematic review found that a lot of ecosystem service scientific literature was based on, or had connections with, the global issue of climate change, this was in contrast to the survey that found that both researchers and those in policy are working at a regional spatial scale or below. The in-depth interviews attributed this to many factors including the pressure to publish in high-impact journals, and applying for funding. The survey found that the different sectors are working at different scales, and where they do work at the same scale, the definition they place on that scale term is different. The survey and in-depth interviews found that funding can influence the extent of a project and funding timelines lead into the temporal scale of a project. Funding can encourage collaboration with stakeholders and between sectors in order to pool resources and expertise. Alongside clarity of terms used and expectations for the project, collaboration was also put forward as one of the methods which can alleviate scale mismatches.
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Real-Time Composer-Performer Collaboration As Explored In Wilderness, A Dance And Audio InstallationJanuary 2012 (has links)
abstract: From fall 2010 to spring 2011, the author was the pianist in twenty public performances of Wilderness, a site-adaptable dance and audio installation by choreographer Yanira Castro and composer Stephan Moore. Wilderness's music was generated as the result of an algorithmic treatment of data collected from the movements of both dancers and audience members within the performance space. The immediacy of using movement to instantaneously generate sounds resulted in the need for a real-time notational environment inhabited by a sight-reading musician. Wilderness provided the author the opportunity to extensively explore an extreme sight-reading environment, as well as the experience of playing guided improvisations over existing materials while incorporating lateral thinking strategies, resulting from a real-time collaboration between composer and performer during the course of a live performance. This paper describes Wilderness in detail with particular attention focused on aspects of the work that most directly affect the pianist: the work's real-time notational system, live interaction between composer and performer, and the freedoms and limitations of guided improvisation. There is a significant amount of multi-media documentation of Wilderness available online, and the reader is directed toward this online content in the paper's appendix. / Dissertation/Thesis / D.M.A. Music 2012
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Driving Eco-Innovation together : A qualitative case study on challenges for different sized collaboration partnersSchwarzenlander, Magdalena January 2018 (has links)
Background: The background to the study is found in the recent development of applying circularity on traditional processes to support sustainability and reduce food waste. Especially the saturated food industry is in need of innovation (Cooper, 2011) and it is seen as beneficial to foster eco-innovation through collaboration with others, in particular between small and large enterprises rather than them doing it alone (Hockerts and Wüstenhagen, 2010). These networks however are complex and eventually require special attention. Research question: How do representatives of small enterprises and a global operating company view challenges in collaborating on sustainability driven projects? Aim: Gaining insight on how an established company with environmental conscious agenda collaborates with sustainable idea providers that have sustainability at the core of their operations. Method: This thesis is conducted with a qualitative case study using abductive reasoning given its exploratory style of execution. The empirical data is collected through semi-structured interviews. As epistemological direction social constructionism is chosen, which puts into focus that social interactions between social actors create shared meaning and realities. Conclusion: It is identified how the case company’s collaborations with different stakeholders are impacted by challenges related to industry impact, process mobility and the ability to scale. Especially of importance is the selection of partners regarding shared sustainable values prior to start. After all, the mentioned challenges are eventually not seen as challenges but still are seen as important to achieve sustainable innovations that impact the company’s food handling.
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The theories and practice of inter-agency working across the public sector : a critical overview of implementing collaboration within social services in WalesGarthwaite, Tony January 2016 (has links)
Collaboration has been a central feature of Welsh Government policy in respect of delivering effective public services for over a decade yet continues to be difficult to achieve in a meaningful way across sectors, organisations and boundaries. The report of the Commission on Public Service Governance and Delivery in Wales (2014) reinforced the importance of pursuing collaborative initiatives and offered proposals for approaching collaboration more consistently and effectively. This thesis adds new knowledge to understanding the complexities of collaboration through a critical overview of three research outputs relating to collaboration in social services in Welsh local authorities. By reviewing the literature on collaborative theory and practice and applying it to the research outputs which constitute the portfolio, a conclusion is reached that collaboration will remain an elusive objective unless action is taken to improve its chances of successful implementation. A new strategy is proposed for obtaining the necessary increase in the scale and pace of collaboration to justify its position as a continuing part of Welsh Government policy.
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Využívání cloudových služeb z pohledu informačního systému školy a agendy učitele / The use of cloud services from the perspective of the school information system and teacher's agendaSTANĚK, Václav January 2015 (has links)
Subject of my thesis are possibilities of using cloud services instead of typical ways of school information systems and teacher's work. Main topics are teaching, schools and teacher's agenda and collaboration. I researched the typical activities of teacher and information flows of school. I conducted a research about usage of cloud services at schools. I used these findings to suggest cloud alternatives and combined them into complex information system of model school.
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O poder da relação universidade-empresa-governo para a alavancagem do processo de inovação: uma análise da metodologia prática centros/redes de excelência petrobras/coppe com base no estudo do caso cegeq-coppePires, Ana Maria de Britto January 2008 (has links)
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Previous issue date: 2008 / Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação para o desenvolvimento nacional, diz o Governo
brasileiro. É preciso investir em P&D para agregar valor aos produtos e serviços
nacionais e consolidar a posição do Brasil entre as economias intensivas em
conhecimento. Na economia baseada no conhecimento, o processo de inovação
ganha complexidade. As idéias para a inovação podem vir de fontes internas e
externas à firma ou mesmo de outras esferas institucionais, como a universidade; as
inovações originadas nas organizações tendem a ser utilizadas em diferentes
contextos, particularmente em ambientes menos compromissados com os usos
tradicionais das tecnologias e produtos existentes. O Modelo de Inovação da Hélice
Tríplice elege a interação entre Universidade, Indústria e Governo como base para a
construção de capacidade científica, tecnológica e de inovação. A tese da Hélice
Tríplice sustenta que a universidade desempenha um papel cada vez mais central na
introdução de inovações descontínuas nas sociedades baseadas no conhecimento,
compartilhando com a indústria e o governo a liderança do processo de inovação. O
Modelo de Inovação Aberta trata a área de P&D como um sistema aberto. Esse
modelo sugere que as empresas intensifiquem o fluxo de entrada de idéias e
tecnologias externas e de saída de conhecimento interno, buscando criar valor novo a
partir da gestão da propriedade intelectual. A Metodologia PCREX - Prática
Centros/Redes de Excelência Petrobras/COPPE, analisada neste trabalho com base
do estudo do caso CEGEQ-COPPE, representa um modelo para a organização de
redes de pesquisa que dialoga com os Modelos de Inovação da Hélice Tríplice e de
Inovação Aberta, capaz de dinamizar a transferência de conhecimentos entre a
Universidade e a Empresa e promover o desenvolvimento das instituições
participantes. / Salvador
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Possibilidades para a educação em rede com a tv digital no BrasilFerreira, Simone de Lucena January 2008 (has links)
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Previous issue date: 2008 / Há tempos a televisão tem sido o veículo de comunicação mais utilizado por pessoas de diversas partes do mundo para obter informações e entretenimento. A TV passou por diferentes transformações tecnológicas que vão do colorido da imagem à transmissão de programas gravados em aparelho de DVD. Além destas mudanças operacionais outras ocorreram, a exemplo das transmissões via antena terrestre (VHF) ou por satélite, cabo e pela internet (WebTV). Entretanto, a grande transformação é, sem dúvida, a digitalização do sinal emitido para cada aparelho. Este sinal que era por ondas eletromagnéticas agora é por dígitos (0 e 1). A era TV Digital traz melhoria não só na qualidade do som e da imagem, mas sinaliza possibilidades como a interatividade, a conectividade à internet, a mobilidade, a portabilidade, a multiprogramação entre outras. A plasticidade do digital permite uma estrutura em rede horizontal e descentralizada. Contudo, estas transformações dependem de escolhas políticas, econômicas e tecnológicas. Nesse sentido, é necessário um amplo debate na sociedade para que possamos definir o que queremos com a TV digital. No Brasil, o Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão Digital (SBTVD) foi instituído por meio do Decreto 4.901/2003 que estabelece a formação de uma rede para a educação a distância e a promoção da inclusão social. No entanto, estes objetivos foram suplantados pelos interesses econômicos das grandes emissoras de televisão do país que influenciaram o governo na sua escolha por um modelo de TV digital que inviabilizou a concretização desses objetivos. Para a área da educação é frustrante o investimento numa televisão que trará apenas melhorias de som e imagem. Estas mudanças são pífias para o grande potencial que esta nova mídia pode oferecer. Diante deste cenário, buscou-se como objetivo desta pesquisa analisar as potencialidades da TV digital no Brasil e identificar os elementos necessários para a sua utilização nos sistemas de educação, na perspectiva de construção de redes digitais de comunicação aberta e descentralizada que possibilitem uma produção colaborativa e o compartilhamento de saberes e culturas. Assim, investigamos os aspectos político, econômico, tecnológico e educacional do SBTVD e a implantação da TV digital em Portugal. Identificamos também as possibilidades de utilização do Serviço de Apoio ao Professor em Sala de Aula (SAPSA) na educação. Este serviço foi desenvolvido pelo CPqD e está sendo utilizado numa escola pública municipal em Hortolândia-SP. Como resultado deste trabalho, constatamos a potencialidade da TV digital na formação de redes de colaboração necessárias para o desenvolvimento da educação. Cabe igualmente aos responsáveis pelos sistemas de educação e a nós educadores evidenciarmos que queremos uma TV digital que possibilite a construção de redes colaborativas, cujos elementos estruturais sejam a interatividade, o uso de interfaces livres e a conectividade, de maneira que possibilitem aos sujeitos serem interagentes na produção de culturas, saberes e educações. / Salvador
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Competition and collaboration in supply chains : an agent-based modelling approachArvitrida, Niniet I. January 2017 (has links)
Competition has been considered as an effective means to improve business and economic competitiveness. However, competition in supply chain management (SCM) can be viewed as a source of uncertainty. Most recommended collaboration strategies in SCM literature tend to avoid the emergence of competition inside the supply chain, but, in reality, these strategies do not lead all supply chains to success. In addition, from strategic management perspective, these collaboration strategies are not believed to encourage firms to improve their performance. Both competition and collaboration are critical issues in achieving business success, but the effect of both factors on the market has not been explored concurrently in the literature. The complexity of this issue should be investigated using a comprehensive perspective, and it is hard to undertake by using an empirical approach.
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CONVERSATIONS ON COLLABORATION: GRADUATE STUDENTS AS WRITING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS IN THE WRITING CENTERHewerdine, Jennifer M 01 August 2017 (has links)
This research sought to ascertain through a phenomenological approach whether and how collaboration occurs in writing center administration. The reflections and perceptions of former writing center gWPAs provided insight into a variety of institutional contexts and experiences present in writing center collaboration. The participants perceived themselves as learning skills that have helped them succeed in faculty, administrative, and personal situations. But there is more than these interpersonal developments in their stories; they see their writing center collaboration as necessary for the daily work of the writing center and for their success in carrying out daily tasks as gWPAs and administrators. Despite some of the participants believing they could have been more immersed in the politics of the institution or even more immersed in the collaborative work of the writing center, they nevertheless credit their experiences with a deeper understanding of the institutional structure and writing center work. Additionally, they report transferring their learning from administrative collaboration to aspects of their life and career outside of the writing center.
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