This document describes the methodology used to design a customized learning network called the European Handover Learning Network. The methodology involved 4 phases:
1) Analyzing problems with clinical handovers through interviews and literature reviews to identify solutions.
2) Assessing training needs through questionnaires and interviews to determine appropriate content and design.
3) Creating a toolbox (later termed a learning network) using personas and requirements analysis to allow customization.
4) Evaluating the learning network using a Plus/Minus/Interesting rating from medical experts. The learning network is presented and its features are discussed.
'Understanding teachers as learning professionals: research perspective.' (Na...GTC Scotland
'Understanding teachers as learning professionals: research perspective.'
University of Strathclyde, Workshop 6, GTC Scotland National Education Conference, 28 May 2009.
This workshop will showcase research findings about teachers as learners in the context of their continuing professional development (CPD) from projects conducted by AERS Learners, Learning and Teaching Network and related studies.
It will highlight: the importance of taking into account the different personal, social and occupational influences on teachers' learning; the extent to which teachers feel they have ownership of their CPD and the extent to which CPD transforms practice; the potential importance of both formal and informal settings and both planned and unplanned opportunities for professional learning, especially in collaborative contexts.
Extended Microteaching (XMT) - Innovative Teaching Pedagogies for the New Normal Education System in India
Presented at the IEEE International Conference of E-learning, Bahrain.
ABLE - the NTU Student Dashboard - University of DerbyEd Foster
implementing a university wide learning analytics system.
Presentation Overview:
- Introduction
- Developing the NTU Student Dashboard
- Transitioning from pilot phase to whole institution roll-out
- Embedding the resource into working practices
- Future development
'Understanding teachers as learning professionals: research perspective.' (Na...GTC Scotland
'Understanding teachers as learning professionals: research perspective.'
University of Strathclyde, Workshop 6, GTC Scotland National Education Conference, 28 May 2009.
This workshop will showcase research findings about teachers as learners in the context of their continuing professional development (CPD) from projects conducted by AERS Learners, Learning and Teaching Network and related studies.
It will highlight: the importance of taking into account the different personal, social and occupational influences on teachers' learning; the extent to which teachers feel they have ownership of their CPD and the extent to which CPD transforms practice; the potential importance of both formal and informal settings and both planned and unplanned opportunities for professional learning, especially in collaborative contexts.
Extended Microteaching (XMT) - Innovative Teaching Pedagogies for the New Normal Education System in India
Presented at the IEEE International Conference of E-learning, Bahrain.
ABLE - the NTU Student Dashboard - University of DerbyEd Foster
implementing a university wide learning analytics system.
Presentation Overview:
- Introduction
- Developing the NTU Student Dashboard
- Transitioning from pilot phase to whole institution roll-out
- Embedding the resource into working practices
- Future development
ds-connex: a Social Media nonprofit success storyLara Kretler
The ds-connex story - how one small social enterprise is striving to grow community, social media and fundraising for local Down syndrome associations nationwide
A brief look at the features of Mobile as a marketing platform and how it has been leveraged by organisations.
For India: What are the challenges and opportunities Mobile presents as a marketing medium.
ds-connex: a Social Media nonprofit success storyLara Kretler
The ds-connex story - how one small social enterprise is striving to grow community, social media and fundraising for local Down syndrome associations nationwide
A brief look at the features of Mobile as a marketing platform and how it has been leveraged by organisations.
For India: What are the challenges and opportunities Mobile presents as a marketing medium.
Communities of Learning in Organizational Training: The influence of particip...Martin Rehm
Driven by today’s knowledge economy, many organizations have started looking for innovative methods to train their staff (Yamnill & MacLean, 2001). In this context, online Communities of Learning (CoL) have received a growing amount of attention among practitioners and researchers alike (Rehm, 2009). Yet, despite positive business showcases, empirical research on collaborative (learning) activities has only yielded mixed results (e.g. Simons, Pelled, & Smith, 1999). Moreover, past research on collaborative online communities has either not considered data from real organizations (Edmondson, 2002), or neglected participants’ hierarchical position as a major obstacle to collaborative learning processes (Romme, 1996). The present study addresses these shortcomings by providing empirical evidence from 25 CoL of an online training program that was being implemented for 249 staff members of a global organization. Each CoL consisted of 7 – 13 participants, from different hierarchical positions, who collaboratively enhanced their knowledge via asynchronous discussion forums.
Using social network analysis (Strijbos, Martens, Prins, & Jochems, 2006), we computed participants’ in- and out-degree ties, as well as centrality scores to determine their communication behaviour within CoL. Additionally, based on the content analysis scheme developed by Veerman & Veldhuis-Diermanse (2001), we assessed the level of participants’ contributions.
Our empirical results clearly indicate that hierarchical positions are transferred into the virtual realm and that higher level management plays an important role in CoL. More specifically, participants from higher up the hierarchical ladder held more central positions and contributed a higher amount of task-related messages than their colleagues. Taken together, these insights provide valuable input for future CoL. Considering that hierarchical positions have a significant impact on CoL, HRD practitioners can design collaborative activities that foster the active exchange of information, and device facilitation strategies that encourage an active participation of all members of a CoL.
Information Literacy For the Information Literate Rajen Ruth R Pagell
Information Literacy for the Information Literate is part of the UNESCO Train the Trainers program
with Rajen Munoo
Now available as an article:
Information literacy for the information literate: A model and case study from the Wuhan UNESCO training the trainers in information literacy program
The International Information & Library Review, Volume 42, Issue 2, June 2010, Pages 84-90
Ruth A. Pagell, Rajen Munoo
BEST PRACTICE: Identification, Documentation, and Confirmationzorengubalane
This material presents the process and basic guidelines in the identification, documentation, and confirmation of best practice as introduced by SEDIP.
Workshop: Setting the Foundations for an Iterative Course Evolution Model – A...Blackboard APAC
Elements of exemplary course design are well documented and readily accessible from various resources. Most notable are the Blackboard Exemplary Course Program (http://bit.ly/2jCURRd) and the Quality Matters Rubrics and Standards (http://bit.ly/2jdtwTG). While these are excellent resources that outlines the goals and standards to improve the learning experience of students in an online or blended course environment, workload associated with its deployment and management is difficult to evaluate.
With increasing strain on teaching and learning support teams within institutions, this exacerbates the challenge faced by instructors and academics of HOW to approach improving their courses in a scalable and manageable way.
This workshop will focus on facilitating participants in the development of a course evolution and management framework. The goal is to guide participants in establishing a unique set of foundations for course design, upon which iterative improvements can be planned and executed in a manageable manner. These can then be mapped against relevant Exemplary Course Design Rubric elements to create short-, mid-, and long-term milestones.
Proactive Feedback Strategies in Online (and Offline) TeachingDavid Lynn Painter
Are you frustrated or overwhelmed when trying to balance punitive comments, or justifications for point deductions, with constructive criticism, or specific revision suggestions, in your evaluations of student assignments? Is listing the reasons points were deducted from student work the sole function of an effective teacher? How can instructors best manage their time to develop assignments and provide constructive criticism that fosters student learning and growth? If you find any of these questions compelling, please join our discussion on the struggle to balance objective and subjective criteria to develop positive, mentoring roles with your students.
The power of learning analytics to unpack learning and teaching: a critical p...Bart Rienties
Across the globe many educational institutions are collecting vast amounts of small and big data about students and their learning behaviour, such as their class attendance, online activities, or assessment scores. As a result, the emerging field of Learning Analytics (LA) is exploring how data can be used to empower teachers and institutions to effectively support learners. In the recent Innovative Pedagogy Report Ferguson et al. (2017) encourage researchers and practitioners to move towards a new form of learning analytics called student-led learning analytics, which enable learners to specify their own goals and ambitions. They also support learners to reach these goals. This is particularly helpful for individuals who have little time to spare for study. In this ESRC session, based upon 6 years of experience with LA data and large-scale implementations amongst 450000+ students at a range of context, I will use an interactive format to discuss and debate three major questions: 1) To what extent is learning analytics the new holy grail of learning and teaching? 2) How can instructional design be optimised using the principles of learning analytics?; 3) With the introduction of student-led analytics, to what extent can learning analytics promote ‘personalisation’ or ‘generalisation’ for diverse populations of students?
In this webinar, Prof Hendrik Drachsler will reflect on the process of applying learning analytics solutions within higher education settings, its implications, and the critical lessons learned in the Trusted Learning Research Program. The talk will focus on the experience of edutec.science research collective consisting of researchers from the Netherlands and Germany that contribute to the Trusted Learning Analytics (TLA) research program. The TLA program aims to provide actionable and supportive feedback to students and stands in the tradition of human-centered learning analytics concepts. Thus, the TLA program aims to contribute to unfolding the full potential of each learner. It, therefore, applies sensor technology to support psychomotor as well as web technology to support meta-cognitive and collaborative learning skills with high-informative feedback methods. Prof. Drachsler applies validated measurement instruments from the field of psychometric and investigates to what extent Learning Analytics interventions can reproduce the findings of these instruments. During this webinar, Prof Drachsler will discuss the lessons learned from implementing TLA systems. He will touch on TLA prerequisites like ethics, privacy, and data protection, as well as high informative feedback for psychomotor, collaborative, and meta-cognitive competencies and the ongoing research towards a repository, methods, tools and skills that facilitate the uptake of TLA in Germany and the Netherlands.
Smart Speaker as Studying Assistant by Joao ParganaHendrik Drachsler
The thesis by Joao Pargana followed two main goals, first, a smart speaker application was created to support learners in informal learning processes through a question/answer application. Second, the impact of the application was tested amongst various users by analyzing how adoption and
transition to newer learning procedures can occur.
Dieser Entwurf eines Verhaltenskodex richtet sich an Hochschulen, die mittels Learning Analytics die Qualität des Lernens und Lehrens verbessern wollen. Der Kodex kann als Vorlage zur Erstellung von organisationsspezifischen Verhaltenskodizes dienen. Er sollte an Hochschulen, die Learning Analytics einführen wollen, durch Konsultationen mit allen Interessengruppen überprüft und an die Ziele sowie die bestehende Praxis innerhalb der jeweiligen Hochschulen angepasst werden. Der Kodex wurde auf Grundlage einer Analyse bestehender europäischer Kodizes und der in Deutschland geltenden Rechtsgrundlage vom Innovationsforum Trusted Learning Analytics des hessenweiten Projektes "Digital gestütztes Lehren und Lernen in Hessen" entwickelt.
Abstract (English):
This code of conduct can be used as a template for creating organization-specific codes of conduct in Germany. The Code was developed on the basis of an analysis of existing European codes of conduct and the legal basis for the usage of data in higher education in Germany.
Rödling, S. (2019). Entwicklung einer Applikation zum assoziativen Medien Ler...Hendrik Drachsler
Ziel der vorliegenden Bachelorarbeit ist es, den Einfluss von zusätzlicher am Handgelenk wahr-genommener Vibration in Verbindung mit der visuellen Darstellung eines Lerninhaltes auf denLernerfolg zu messen. Der Lernerfolg wird hierbei durch die Lerngeschwindigkeit sowie denUmfang der Wissenskonsolidierung über die Testreihe definiert. Zu diesem Zweck wurde eine Experimentalstudie zumAssoziativen Lernendurchgeführt. Für die Studie verwendeten 33Probanden eine App, die für die vorliegende Arbeit entwickelt wurde. Im Mittel aller Studiener-gebnisse wurden sowohl für die Lerngeschwindigkeit als auch für die Wissenskonsolidierungbessere Werte erzielt, wenn die Probanden die Möglichkeit hatten, den Lerninhalt sowohl visu-ell als auch haptisch zu erfahren. Die festgestellten Unterschiede des Lernerfolges erreichtenjedoch keine statistische Signifikanz. Die Abweichungen der Ergebnisse nach der Umsetzungder vorgeschlagenen Änderungen am Studiendesign sind abzuwarten. Die Bachelorarbeit ist vor allem für den Bildungsbereich interessant.
The present bachelor thesis aims to measure the influence of vibration perceived at the wrist in connection with the visual representation of learning content on the learning success. The learning success is defined by the learning speed and the extent of knowledge consolidation over the test series. For this purpose, an experimental study on Associative Learning was conducted. For the study, 33 test persons used an app, which was developed for the present work. On average of all study results better values were achieved for both learning speed and knowledge consolidation, if the test persons could experience the learning content both visually and haptically. However, the differences in learning outcomes did not reach statistical significance. The results of the deviations after the implementation of the proposed changes to the study design must be awaited. The Bachelor’s thesis is particularly interesting for the education sector.
E.Leute: Learning the impact of Learning Analytics with an authentic datasetHendrik Drachsler
Nowadays, data sets of the interactions of users and their corresponding demographic data are becoming more and more valuable for companies and academic institutions like universities
when optimizing their key performance indicators. Whether it is to develop a model to predict the optimal learning path for a student or to sell customers additional products, data sets to
train these models are in high demand. Despite the importance and need for big data sets it still has not become apparent to every decision-maker how crucial data sets like these are for the
future success of their operations.
The objective of this thesis is to demonstrate the use of a data set, gathered from the virtual learning environment of a distance learning university, by answering a selection of questions in
Learning Analytics. Therefore, a real-world data set was analyzed and the selected questions were answered by using state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms.
Romano, G. (2019) Dancing Trainer: A System For Humans To Learn Dancing Using...Hendrik Drachsler
Masters thesis by Romano, G., (2019). Dancing is the ability to feel the music and express it in rhythmic movements with the body. But learning how to dance can be challenging because it requires proper coordination and understanding of rhythm and beat. Dancing courses, online courses or learning with free content are ways to learn dancing. However, solutions with human-computer interaction are rare or
missing. The Dancing Trainer (DT) is proposed as a generic solution to fill this gap. For the beginning, only Salsa is implemented, but more dancing styles can be added. The DT uses the Kinect to interact multimodally with the user. Moreover, this work shows that dancing steps can be defined as gestures with the Kinect v2 to build a dancing corpus. An experiment with
25 participants is conducted to determine the user experience, strengths and weaknesses of the DT. The outcome shows that the users liked the system and that basic dancing steps were
learned.
In May 2018, the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will enter into force in the European Union. This new regulation is considered as the most modern data protection law for Big Data societies of tomorrow. The GDPR will bring major changes to data ownership and the way data can be accessed, processed, stored, and analysed in the European Union. From May 2018 onwards, data subjects gain fundamental rights such as ‘the right to access data’ or ‘the right to be forgotten’. This will force Big Data system designers to follow a privacy-by-design approach for their infrastructures and fundamentally change the way data can be treated in the European Union.
The presentation provides an overview of the Trusted Learning Analytics Programme as it has been recently initiated at the University of Frankfurt and the DIPF research institute in Germany. Educational data is under special focus of the GDPR, as it is considered as highly sensitive like data from a nuclear plant. It shows opportunities and challenges for using educational data for learning analytics purposes under the light of the GDPR 2018.
Fighting level 3: From the LA framework to LA practice on the micro-levelHendrik Drachsler
This presentation explores shortcomings of learning analytics for the wide adoption in educational organisations. It is NOT about ethics and privacy rather than focuses on shortcomings of learning analytics for teachers and students in the classroom (micro-level). We investigated if and to what extend learning analytics dashboards are addressing educational concepts. Map opportunities and challenges for the use of Learning Analytics dashboards for the design of courses, and present an evaluation instrument for the effects of Learning Analytics called EFLA. EFLA can be used to measure the effects of LA tools at the teacher and student side. It is a robust but light (8 items) measurement to quickly investigate the level of adoption of learning analytics in a course (micro-level). The presentation concludes that Learning Analytics is still to much a computer science dicipline that does not fulfill the often claimed position of the middle space between educational and computer science research.
Presentation given at PELARS Policy event, Brussles, 09.11.2016. A follow up op the first LACE Policy event in April 2015. Special focus is on the exploitation and sustainability activities for LACE in the SIG LACE SoLAR.
Dutch Cooking with xAPI Recipes, The Good, the Bad, and the ConsistentHendrik Drachsler
This paper presents the experiences of several Dutch projects in their application of the xAPI standard and different design patterns including the deployment of Learning Record Stores. In this paper we share insights and argue for the formation of an international Special Interest Group on interoperability issues to contribute to the Open Analytics Framework as envisioned by SoLAR and enacted by the Apereo Learning Analytics Initiative. Therefore, we provide an overview of the advantages and disadvantages of implementing the current xAPI standard by presenting projects that applied xAPI in very different ways followed by the lessons learned.
Recommendations for Open Online Education: An Algorithmic StudyHendrik Drachsler
Recommending courses to students in online platforms is studied widely. Almost all studies target closed platforms, that belong to a University or some other educational provider. This makes the course recommenders situation specific. Over the last years, a demand has developed for recommender system that suit open online platforms. Those platforms have some common characteristics, such as the lack of rich user profiles with content metadata. Instead they log user interactions within the platform that can be used for analysis and personalization. In this paper, we investigate how user interactions and activities tracked within open online learning platforms can be used to provide recommendations. We present a study in which we investigate the application of several state-of-the-art recommender algorithms, including a graph-based recommender approach. We use data from the OpenU open online learning platform that is in use by the Open University of the Netherlands. The results show that user-based and memory-based methods perform better than model-based and factorization methods. Particularly, the graph-based recommender system proves to outperform the classical approaches on prediction accuracy of recommendations in terms of recall. We conclude that, if the algorithms are chosen wisely, recommenders can contribute to a better experience of learners in open online courses.
Soude Fazeli, Enayat Rajabi, Leonardo Lezcano, Hendrik Drachsler, Peter Sloep
Privacy and Analytics – it’s a DELICATE Issue. A Checklist for Trusted Learni...Hendrik Drachsler
The widespread adoption of Learning Analytics (LA) and Educational Data Mining (EDM) has somewhat stagnated recently, and in some prominent cases even been reversed following concerns by governments, stakeholders and civil rights groups about privacy and ethics applied to the handling of personal data. In this ongoing discussion, fears and realities are often indistin-guishably mixed up, leading to an atmosphere of uncertainty among potential beneficiaries of Learning Analytics, as well as hesitations among institutional managers who aim to innovate their institution’s learning support by implementing data and analytics with a view on improving student success. In this presentation, we try to get to the heart of the matter, by analysing the most common views and the propositions made by the LA community to solve them. We conclude the paper with an eight-point checklist named DELICATE that can be applied by researchers, policy makers and institutional managers to facilitate a trusted implementation of Learning Analytics.
DELICATE checklist - to establish trusted Learning AnalyticsHendrik Drachsler
The DELICATE checklist contains eight action points that should be considered by managers and decision makers planning the implementation of Learning Analytics / Educational Data Mining solutions either for their own institution or with an external provider.
The eight points are:
1. Determination: Decide on the purpose of learning analytics for your institution. What aspects of learning or learner services are you trying to improve?
2. Explain: Define the scope of data collection and usage. Who has a need to have access to the data or the results? Who manages the datasets? On what criteria?
3. Legitimate: Explain how you operate within the legal frameworks, refer to the essential legislation. Is the data collection excessive, random, or fit for purpose?
4. Involve: Talk to stakeholders and give assurances about the data distribution and use. Give as much control as possible to data subjects (permission architecture), and provide access to their data for the individuals.
5. Consent: Seek consent through clear consent questions. Provide an opt-out option.
6. Anonymise: De-identify individuals as much as possible, aggregate data into meta-models.
7. Technical aspects: Monitor who has access to data, especially in areas with high staff turn-over. Establish data storage to high security standards.
8. External partners: Make sure externals provide highest data security standards. Ensure data is only used for intended purposes and not passed on to third parties.
We hope that the DELICATE checklist will be a helpful instrument for any educational institution to demystify the ethics and privacy discussions around Learning Analytics. As we have tried to show in this article, there are ways to design and provide privacy conform Learning Analytics that can benefit all stakeholders and keep control with the users themselves and within the established trusted relationship between them and the institution.
Updated Flyer of the LACE project with latest tangible outcomes and collaboration possibilities.
LACE connects players in the fields of Learning Analytics (LA) and Educational Data Mining (EDM) in order to support the development of a European community and share emerging best practices.
Objectives
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• Promote knowledge creation and exchange
• Increase the evidence base about Learning Analytics
• Contribute to the definition of future directions
• Build consensus on pressing topics like data interoperability, data sharing, ethics and privacy, and Learning Analytics supported instructional design
Activities
• Organise events to connect organisations that are conducting LA/EDM research
• Create and curate a knowledge base to capture evidence for the effectiveness of Learning Analytics
• Produce reviews to inform the LACE community about latest developments in the field
Presentation given at Serious Request 2015, #SR15, Heerlen.
Within the Open University we started a 12 hours marathon college, to collect money for the charity action of radiostation 3FM. The collected money will go to the red cross and support young people in conflict areas.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
6. The HANDOVER project
Shorter hospitalizations, more frequent patient transitions
high demands on the quality of clinical handovers
• Missing information
• Incomplete information
• Delay
• Wrong address
referra
hospit
discha
primar
after c
primar
emergency elective
referra
hospit
discha
primar
after c
primar
emergency elective
Referral from a GP to a hospital
Discharge from a hospital to GP
10. Methodology
1.The problem
2.The training
3. The toolbox
4. The Evaluation
Training needs analysis
Questionnaire
Interviews
Interviews
Focus group
Proces mapping
Literature review
Requirement
analysis
PMI – rating
MethodsPhase
11. Phase 1. Problem analysis and solution generation
Question
Why are handovers problematic and what could we do
about it?
Aim of this phase
Identification of facilitators and barriers for effective
handover
13. Interviews and focus groups
• 222 interviews with medical professionals and with 92
patients
• Focus group with medical profesionals
– Experience with problematic handovers
– Possible solutions
Qualitative analysis
- Categorisations
- Code-book
- Atlas.ti
- Open source: Weft QDA
14. Proces mapping
A process map visually depicts the
sequence of events to build a product
or produce an outcome.
decision
activity
start/end
16. Could you use the process mapping for your
research / practical issues?
E.g.,Why do (my) students not update their portfolio (regularly)
17. Systematic review – Ishikawa diagrams
Cause-and-effect diagrams of fishbone diagrams
Show the causes (i.e., factors) of a certain event. Causes
are usually grouped into the following categories:
• People
• Methods
• Machines
• Materials
• Measurements
• Environment
18.
19. Systematic review – Cognitive mapping
To identify emerging topics and thinking
patterns in the literature about the
topic of interest
(i.e., teaching and learning aspects of
handover)
20.
21. Can these methods be useful
for your research?
To whom were these
methods new?
22. Conclusion phase 1
High diversity of
- handover practices
- problems
- solutions
Training is needed…but on what and how?
More insight into the training as a means to
train the diverse solutions
23. Phase 2. Content and design of the training
Question
What are the needs and preferences of the trainees (i.e,
medical professionals) regarding the content and the
design of a training?
Aim
Gain insight into the training needs of the trainees
25. Questionnaire on training
96 Medical professionals (prim/sec. care doctors/nurses)
Questions on content and design of the training (NL,ES,SE,PL)
CONTENT
• How important is it to include the following topics in the training?
- Communication skills
- Tool use
- Awareness
- Allertness
- Other, namely..
• What factors contribute to the succes a training?
Open question
26. DESIGN
Would or wouldn’t you advise the following design/delivery options
4 hours of training
1 day of training
Several days of training
Homogeneous group
Heterogenous group
Small groups
Large groups
E-learning
Training on the job
Tasks
Examinations
Yes I would No I would not
27. Semi-structured interview
19 Training specialists in the medical domain (NL,ES,PL)
Questions pertained to
– Background
– Content of the training
– Design/delivery of the training
– Promotion to attend the training
– Evaluation of the training
– Preconditions / promoting transfer
28. Writing persona
Creation of an archetypal user of a website that represent
the needs of larger groups of users, in terms of their goals
and personal characteristics.
They help guide decisions about functionality and design
Although personas are fictitious, they are based on
knowledge of real users
29. Maria, barcelona (ES)
Coordinator of continuous education institute
Maria does not need to be convinced that handover is a
very important topic but although she has about 10
years experience in quality of care and safety patient,
she has not got any experience in training handover.
She is not sure yet that handover should be a special
subject for training. She thinks that the institute needs
to put necessary structure, regulations, guidelines
policy, and tools in place. A culture of safe handovers
needs to be created.
30. What are the characteristics
of your target group?
Could you use a
writing persona for
your research?
31. Conclusion phase 2
Diversity of training needs and solutions
A standardized training is not suitable
We will need something like a TOOLBOX for training
specialist. So they can build the training themselves
32. Phase 3. Creation of the toolbox
Questions
• How should the toolbox look like?
• What should be its content?
• How should it be structured?
• How to meet the needs of the users?
Aim
Develop an environment in which training specialists can
find all kinds of solutions to create themselves a training
that fits the needs of their trainees
33. Methodology
1.The problem
2.The training
3. The toolbox
Training needs analysis
Questionnaire
Interviews
Interviews
Focus group
Proces mapping
Literature review
Requirement
analysis
MethodsPhase
34. Requirement analysis
1. Writing personas
2. List of functionalities
3. Comparison of potentional
online environments
4. Customization of the
selected environment
35. Conclusion phase 3
A toolbox is also not fully adequate..
it does not address the awareness of the
target group for the diversity of the problem
A learning network is more suitable to reach
this aim.
36. Features of a learning network
• Distributed learning environment
• Emerging content
• User-created content Prosumers: Producers and consumers
• Users blog, rate, anotate, tag, and share
• Support of informal and
professional learning
• Information filtering
Most important features of this LN
- the sharing of knowledge and experiences
- customizing solutions for problematic
handovers to local needs and conditions
37. Result phase 3
The European Handover Learning Network
(a.k.a. Handover toolbox)
…which we will show you in a minute
38. Who is involved in a
learning network?
Why aren’t you involved
in a learning network?
39. Phase 4. Evaluation
Question
What is the first impression of the toolbox of
experts in the medical domain?
Aim
Gather feedback to further improve the
handover learning network
40. Methodology
1.The problem
2.The training
3. The toolbox
4. Evaluation
Training needs analysis
Questionnaire
Interviews
Interviews
Focus group
Proces mapping
Literature review
Requirement
analysis
PMI – rating
MethodsPhase
41. Plus Minus Interesting rating
Look at and listen to the presentation
of the Handover learning network
Meanwhile…create notes on
P: Plus
M: Minus
I: Interesting
Write down everything that comes to your mind, generate
as many ideas as possible, do
not filter your ideas
43. And then now…the toolbox
Please apply the PMI-rating
P: Plus
M: Minus
I: Interesting
44. Use Case scenario
Role: Training expert on patient safety unit in
Heerlen Hospital
Task: Create a training for handover for the GPs
Subtasks:
1.Explore possible interventions
2.Create a training outline with topics and
activities
Deadline: YESTERDAY!
Hint: Look at the Handover Training Toolbox
56. Use Case scenario
Deadline: YESTERDAY!
Result: Peter found enough information for his
task. In addition, he extended his professional
network and started his own group on handover
training for GPs. In this way he extended his
reputation in the field.
Hint: Look at the Handover Training Toolbox
57. Next step to be taken
How to structure the handover learning
network toolbox…
That is, we created such a learning network..called the handover toolbox and we are going to show you how we did this and we hope by sharing this knowlegde with you, you can learn from us
And the other way around, that we can learn from you
So we are all participating in an ad hoc learning network now
And we hope that
I will explain you this, bu showing you how we created such a learning network called the handover toolbox, which is a toolbox for training experts in the medical domain who have to provide a training in handover of patients between gp’s and hospital doctors.
Well, what will we be doing the folling 80 minutes..
First I will shortly tell you something about the context in which we created the toolbox, and that is the handover project. After that Hendrik and walk with you through the methodology and through
10 min. The HANDOVER project
45 min. Methodology
30 min. Discussion and questions
Who has been, or knows somebody who has been involved in a medical error?
Near misses and adverse events, mainly caused by miscommunication or communication errors
We investigated that question within the HANDOVER project, gotether with our partners. And we used a lot of very diverse methods to get to a solution..
All these methods used, we will show and discuss with you today, explaining you our methodology..and helping you a bit to see how you could apply this to your own research.
Maybe you know already some of these methods and some of these methods have been used in business
for the qualitative analysis of large bodies of textual, graphical, audio and video data.
I guess most of use are familiar with this type of data gatthering and gaining insight in the
Not only the medical professinals, but also does who are experiencing the effect
Not only the teachers but also involve the students
Take a multiple perspective
Used often in business (flow charting)
Proces improvement methodology
Step 1: Determine the Boundaries
Where does a process begin?
Where does a process end?
Step 2: List the Steps
Use a verb to start the task description.
The flowchart can either show the sufficient information to understand the general process flow or detail every finite action and decision point.
Step 3: Sequence the Steps
Use post-it notes so you can move tasks.
Do not draw arrows until later.
Step 4: Draw Appropriate Symbols
Start with the basic symbols:
Ovals show input to start the process or output at the end of the process.
Boxes or rectangles show task or activity performed in the process.
Arrows show process direction flow.
Diamonds show points in the process where a yes/no questions are asked or a decision is required.
Usually there is only one arrow out of an activity box. If there is more than one arrow, you may need a decision diamond.
If there are feedback arrows, make sure feedback loop is closed; i.e. it should take you back to the input box.
Step 5: System Model
Draw charts using system model approach.
Input - use information based upon people, machines, material, method, and environment.
Process - use subsets of processes in series or parallel.
Output - use outcomes or desired results.
Control - use best in class business rules.
Feedback - use information from surveys or feedback.
Step 6: Check for Completeness
Include pertinent chart information, using title and date for easy reference.
Step 7: Finalize the Flowchart
Ask if this process is being run the way it should be.
Are people following the process as charted?
Do we have a consensus?
What is redundant; add what is missing.
The purpose of process mapping is to use diagramming to understand the process we currently use and ask what is expected of us; what should we be doing to provide better customer focus and satisfaction. It will identify what best practices we need to incorporate and find appropriate benchmarks for measuring how we can arrive at better ways of communicating our services. As Dr. George Washington Carver put it – "It is simply service that measures success."
Who has ever heard of Ishikawa diagrams?
Ishikawa diagrams (also called fishbone diagrams, cause-and-effect diagrams or Fishikawa) are diagrams that show the causes of a certain event -- created by Kaoru Ishikawa (1990)[1]. Common uses of the Ishikawa diagram are product design and quality defect prevention, to identify potential factors causing an overall effect. Each cause or reason for imperfection is a source of variation. Causes are usually grouped into major categories to identify these sources of variation. The categories typically include:
People: Anyone involved with the process
Methods: How the process is performed and the specific requirements for doing it, such as policies, procedures, rules, regulations and laws
Machines: Any equipment, computers, tools etc. required to accomplish the job
Materials: Raw materials, parts, pens, paper, etc. used to produce the final product
Measurements: Data generated from the process that are used to evaluate its quality
Environment: The conditions, such as location, time, temperature, and culture in which the process operates
The previous methods were performed, using empirical data, provided by the professionals and the patient
Cognitive mapping can be used to organise the information found in literature on a certain problem
To identify emerging topics and thinking patterns in the literature about teaching and learning aspects of handover, cognitive mapping
handover practices Ishikawa diagrams
Problems experienced with handovers Ishikawa
Solutions to handover problems Ishikawa
Training is needed…but on what?
Patient roles differing between countries ─ Active/passive
Barriers to handover
─ Unclear communication in handovers
─ Attitudinal aspects; wrong expectations/lack
of knowledge of each others’ microsystems
─ Lack of information on patients’ medication
Facilitators to handover
─ Direct contact between professionals
─ Shared IT platform systems
Many literature on solutions, but not on how to train
There are many ways to identify the needs of users, such as usability testing, interviewing users, discussions with business stakeholders, and conducting surveys. However one technique that has grown in popularity and acceptance is the use of personas: the development of archetypal users to direct the vision and design of a web solution.
There was another memorable Sunday night as Barca beat Mallorca to stay at the top of the Spanish La Liga keeping the distance of 2 points ahead of the archenemy Real Madrid. As one of the Barca socios, Maria Gutierez <change the name; it can be a man> is happy with the Barca performance and result, but back to home she is starting to think of the new professional challenge she is facing. As a coordinator of the continuous education in the Institute of Medical Care for Municipal Personnel, Public Health and Quality Unit, she, was asked by the management to organise a training on handover. Maria does not need to be convinced that it is a very important topic but although she has about 10 years experience in quality of care and safety patient , she has not got any experience in training handover. She is not sure yet that handover should be a special subject for training. Maria will accept the challenge but will try to convince the management of the institute that handover should be considered within the more general framework of patient safety.
Before starting to think about the content and design of the handover training, Maria needs to resolve one crucial issue: how to make this training attractive for the personnel. Her experience shows that material incentives such as compensations in terms of time and money work well. Increasing chances for career development through the Carrera profesional (where you also can get an increase in salary of about 400-500 EUR) is another option and in this respect certification/diplomas should be specially mentioned. Maria would like however to use some other channels for boosting motivation. For example, she would like to emphasise on the responsibility of every professional to constantly improve her/his qualification. To attract the attention of more people, the training should sound practical and closely related to the work people do. If they see a real practical value of the training to their work, they would come. And Maria has a trick that has always worked: make people to think they are special, to believe they have been selected for this training among many other candidates.
For the content of the training, the first thing to do is to collect information. Maria would certainly use her experience on teaching communication and patient safety, but she also would look at all available information about the topic, with a special attention on currently running projects.
For the structure of the content, there are a number of topics that are mandatory. Communication is one of them. Maria is a member of the association Communication and Health, so she knows how important communication for handover is. Knowing the processes, individual and groups workflows in handover and the coordination of handover activities is another important topic. The need for common and concise protocols for communication and coordination of handover processes can be included in the communication and coordination topics, but it also can be a separate topic.
One issue that often gets insufficient attention, according to Maria, is professional responsibility of the staff involved in handover. It is not about “my patient” or “your patient”, she says, it is about a patient who needs to get the best quality of care. Maria recalls a case, which she has used in patient safety training and which example she would probably use in the handover training. “When I worked in primary care and we had a patient admitted in the hospital, we visited the hospital to make sure that the patient was all right. It was so unusual that when we went there all doctors and nurses were looking at us wondering what we are doing there thinking that we didn’t understand our role. We simply wanted to communicate to them all the information we had available in primary care about this patient. “
What concerns the design of training, Maria is
although there needs to be some
standardisation of handover practices a
standardized training
Iedereen heeft andere ideeen over een toolbox, hoe deze eruit moet zien.
Blackboard, Moodle, omgeving met een e-learning cursus, alleen een checklist.\
Same values and aims
Based on writing personas and interviews a list of functionality options is created.
Based on this list you compare potentional online environments
After selection of the most suitable online environment, this environment is adapted to the needs of its users
Liferay
Ellg
Moodle
Ning
Emerging: iedereen voegt iets toe
Zie animatie. Bij een gewoon netwerk volgt 1 lerende 1 pad. Maar in een leernetwerk volgen verschillende lerenden verschillende paden. En sommige connecties zijn groter dan anderen. En zo ontstaat steeds meer
Anotate = editten
Producers and consumers. Actieve lerenden die ook bijdragen
Met name consumeren
Een leermanagementsysteem