I recently enrolled in a MOOC, largely in order to develop a presentation for an organization of which I am a member. In this paper, I discuss the structure of the MOOC and draw some tentative conclusions about the current and future possibilities for MOOCs.
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This paper evaluates the comparative performance of several elementary school districts in Northern California which implement either a self-contained GATE (gifted and talented education) program or an alternative mixed-classroom model. The results demonstrate that the self-contained GATE model, by reducing within-classroom disparities in both GATE and non-GATE classes, leads to better academic progress for both GATE and non-GATE children, than the mixed classroom model.
{"title":"GATE is Good for All Students","authors":"H. Bhargava","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2230218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2230218","url":null,"abstract":"This paper evaluates the comparative performance of several elementary school districts in Northern California which implement either a self-contained GATE (gifted and talented education) program or an alternative mixed-classroom model. The results demonstrate that the self-contained GATE model, by reducing within-classroom disparities in both GATE and non-GATE classes, leads to better academic progress for both GATE and non-GATE children, than the mixed classroom model.","PeriodicalId":383397,"journal":{"name":"Innovation Educator: Courses","volume":"121 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117310169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Mărcău, Elena Adam, Elena Triscas, Raluca-Maria Nicoara, Ruben Ioan Ivan, P. Duta, Ion Panait, V. Manolache, A. Andronache, A. Trandafir, Anda Taropa-Iacob, Andreea-Emilia Duta, Costel Iordan, Oana Alexandra Alexa, M. Ciorei, I. Sima, Mihaela Mateiu, Elena Nisipeanu, A. Călin, Katalin Harangus, F. V. Edu, Aurel Marin, Nica Aser, Bogdan Laura, Mónika Moga, Dana Vulpasu, Elena-Alis Costescu, Cristina-Elena Ciuntuc, Caleb Otniel Traian Nechifor, C. Cristescu, C. Pipoș, Alexandra Mănescu
Research and Science Today Journal is a publication founded in 2011 and it is dedicated to the students of all levels (license, master and doctoral) of faculties in the country and abroad. We want to offer the participants the opportunity to present their scientific works in the following areas: Social Sciences, Economic Sciences, Legal Sciences, Humanities, Education Sciences, Engineering, Medicine and Sport. This journal provides students the opportunity to create and/or to improve their abilities to write scientific papers. So each appearance (two appearances per year at which we can add supplements) contains a number of papers written by students, masters and doctoral from the faculties from the country or/and abroad. The journal promotes original studies contributing to the progress of knowledge and it is motivated by the need to address issues of theory and practice in the areas mentioned above.
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Presentation at National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences. Presentation Topic is regarding experiences of a Sell-Side Analyst particularly in the evaluation of corporate strategy and business models. Addresses corporate management techniques including SWOT, Five Forces, Product Lifecycle, DuPont Analysis, DCF, etc.
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Pub Date : 2012-07-01DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2012.00283.x
S. Barnes
This paper draws upon findings from a case study, which examined the implementation of information and communication technologies within a hi-tech organisation. It explores how technology became embedded within the organization, altering working practices. It concludes that embedding technology needs to be undertaken at an individual level to be successful.
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Criticisms of higher education and tight budgets have increased pressure on instructors to consider new pedagogical methods, including classroom experiments and online or hybrid/online courses. This study analyzes the impact of different pedagogical methods in six sections of macroeconomic principles taught during the 2011–2012 academic year. A traditional lecture/discussion control section is compared with experimental sections that used an extensive class simulation and two hybrid online sections that met only once per week during the regular semester. Students in simulation sections scored on average nearly five percent worse on the post-test, although those who participated the most did score higher. Students in the hybrid online sections scored nearly ten percent lower than students in the control section. These results indicate that instructors and administrators should be wary of unproven methods, especially online instruction.
{"title":"The Case for the Traditional Classroom","authors":"Alan Green","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2120858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2120858","url":null,"abstract":"Criticisms of higher education and tight budgets have increased pressure on instructors to consider new pedagogical methods, including classroom experiments and online or hybrid/online courses. This study analyzes the impact of different pedagogical methods in six sections of macroeconomic principles taught during the 2011–2012 academic year. A traditional lecture/discussion control section is compared with experimental sections that used an extensive class simulation and two hybrid online sections that met only once per week during the regular semester. Students in simulation sections scored on average nearly five percent worse on the post-test, although those who participated the most did score higher. Students in the hybrid online sections scored nearly ten percent lower than students in the control section. These results indicate that instructors and administrators should be wary of unproven methods, especially online instruction.","PeriodicalId":383397,"journal":{"name":"Innovation Educator: Courses","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126226583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
As suggested in the literature, economic growth and inequality may be influenced by common determinants. One set of determinants may be stochastic production shocks, and in particular non-neutral shocks. To communicate this idea to undergraduate students, I present a model in which shocks to the capital stock introduce both growth and inequality. To engage students and reinforce the empirical consequences of this relationship, I employ an online simulation which implements the model. Representative simulation results are presented and discussed herein.
{"title":"Inequality and Growth: Understanding the Link through a Simulation","authors":"M. Hanlon","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1857947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1857947","url":null,"abstract":"As suggested in the literature, economic growth and inequality may be influenced by common determinants. One set of determinants may be stochastic production shocks, and in particular non-neutral shocks. To communicate this idea to undergraduate students, I present a model in which shocks to the capital stock introduce both growth and inequality. To engage students and reinforce the empirical consequences of this relationship, I employ an online simulation which implements the model. Representative simulation results are presented and discussed herein.","PeriodicalId":383397,"journal":{"name":"Innovation Educator: Courses","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124275377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper presents compelling anecdotal evidence from two cohorts of graduate students introduced to spatial reasoning through the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Outcomes of a case-study assigned in prior cohorts showed marked improvement in depth of understanding of three key economic concepts. Given the minimal time involved in equipping students with basic spatial analysis tools, the results suggest there are increasing returns to scale from employing GIS in economics education. Two specific directions for future research are recommended based on the results from the initial student experiences.
{"title":"Using GIS to Teach Economics Education: Evidence of Increasing Returns to Scale","authors":"Jill S. Harris","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1984971","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1984971","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents compelling anecdotal evidence from two cohorts of graduate students introduced to spatial reasoning through the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Outcomes of a case-study assigned in prior cohorts showed marked improvement in depth of understanding of three key economic concepts. Given the minimal time involved in equipping students with basic spatial analysis tools, the results suggest there are increasing returns to scale from employing GIS in economics education. Two specific directions for future research are recommended based on the results from the initial student experiences.","PeriodicalId":383397,"journal":{"name":"Innovation Educator: Courses","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127739812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SEI (computerized educational system) governmental program, initiated in 2001, is a national approach whose objective is to computerize the education system by giving schools the necessary equipment, by designing a large number of software for the interaction student-contents of subjects taught, by offering psycho-pedagogical training to teachers in order to ensure the placing of the student at the centre of the teaching-learning process and by setting the premises of a computerized network as support of a modern management (Ilia F., 2003, p. 34). As a generic term, the “impact” envisaged in this paper is noticed in the analysis of the beneficiaries’ opinions – managers, teachers, and students – about the usefulness and need of using the information technology in the education process. Probably the most significant answer obtained in this respect is the general opinion of students concerning the legitimacy of using the new technology in order to avoid socio-professional cast out. Most students consider that those who do not have access to a computer will be in a disadvantaged position later (90,4%), while only 8,7% think this issue is not important. The impact plans of the new technology on the educational process and system are countless, and determining them is a difficult and complex process. Anyway, a few incidence points have been found during the evaluation and they concern aspects of institutional development of schools, some implications for the professional training of teachers, as well as perceptions of beneficiaries regarding the effects of TIC (Information and Communication Technology) on students’ proficiency and the development of digital skills.
{"title":"The Integrated Educational System.The Impact of Information Technology on the Educational Process","authors":"Pauna Dan, Mihaela Maxineanu","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2242507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2242507","url":null,"abstract":"SEI (computerized educational system) governmental program, initiated in 2001, is a national approach whose objective is to computerize the education system by giving schools the necessary equipment, by designing a large number of software for the interaction student-contents of subjects taught, by offering psycho-pedagogical training to teachers in order to ensure the placing of the student at the centre of the teaching-learning process and by setting the premises of a computerized network as support of a modern management (Ilia F., 2003, p. 34). As a generic term, the “impact” envisaged in this paper is noticed in the analysis of the beneficiaries’ opinions – managers, teachers, and students – about the usefulness and need of using the information technology in the education process. Probably the most significant answer obtained in this respect is the general opinion of students concerning the legitimacy of using the new technology in order to avoid socio-professional cast out. Most students consider that those who do not have access to a computer will be in a disadvantaged position later (90,4%), while only 8,7% think this issue is not important. The impact plans of the new technology on the educational process and system are countless, and determining them is a difficult and complex process. Anyway, a few incidence points have been found during the evaluation and they concern aspects of institutional development of schools, some implications for the professional training of teachers, as well as perceptions of beneficiaries regarding the effects of TIC (Information and Communication Technology) on students’ proficiency and the development of digital skills.","PeriodicalId":383397,"journal":{"name":"Innovation Educator: Courses","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121245810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A perusal of the history of innovation shows that great innovators brought the goods enjoyed by the elite to the masses. Tata’s Nano will go up as another example in this inspiring history. While some argue that the recession is a bad time to launch new products, a body of research shows that new products are the least resistant to recessions. Indeed, the Nano has the potential of flourishing despite the recession, becasue of its extraordinary low price. It’s a radical innovation precisely because it is a poor man’s car.
{"title":"Tata Nano: Poor Man's Car or Radical Innovation?","authors":"G. Tellis","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1537473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1537473","url":null,"abstract":"A perusal of the history of innovation shows that great innovators brought the goods enjoyed by the elite to the masses. Tata’s Nano will go up as another example in this inspiring history. While some argue that the recession is a bad time to launch new products, a body of research shows that new products are the least resistant to recessions. Indeed, the Nano has the potential of flourishing despite the recession, becasue of its extraordinary low price. It’s a radical innovation precisely because it is a poor man’s car.","PeriodicalId":383397,"journal":{"name":"Innovation Educator: Courses","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115232265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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