How can Socratian Methods facilitate e-learning in the Business Environment?
ICELW Conference @ Columbia University, New York, 2011 (Best paper Award)
The purpose of this paper is to discuss how the pillars of Socrates philosophy can be applied in the development of a successful e-learning program within a business environment.
This document summarizes observations from trainings led by Stacey Kayden on using the assistive technologies Inspiration and Kurzweil 3000. The trainings focused on how these programs can help address common problems students with learning disabilities face. Kayden emphasized that the technology should support students' needs, and created a comfortable environment where participants could freely ask questions. She demonstrated the programs' functions through repeated practice and discussion of real student case studies. Participants then worked on practical projects applying the technologies to their own work helping students. Kayden's expertise comes from her experience using the tools with students and continuing to learn new applications herself.
Theoretical Basis, Methods and Methods of Formation and Determination of Pote...ijtsrd
Information Technology to adequately study and formulate their thinking skills in this field. Because, as the day goes by, Information Systems, which are fundamental for information technology, are constantly developing and being enriched with various modes, technologies. This requires repeated study and a certain amount of time, if the potential for knowledge and skills learned in the school is not formed. Murodova Zarina Rashidovna "Theoretical Basis, Methods and Methods of Formation and Determination of Potential in the Educational System" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Special Issue | Modern Trends in Scientific Research and Development, Case of Asia , October 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd37928.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/computer-engineering/37928/theoretical-basis-methods-and-methods-of-formation-and-determination-of-potential-in-the-educational-system/murodova-zarina-rashidovna
How can technology be used to improve the learner experience at points of tra...Becka Colley-Foster
Literature review, funded by the Higher Education Academy and Evidence Net, looking at whether online systems can support student engagement at points of transition. Review compiled by the University of Bradford in conjunction with ELESIG (http://elesig.ning.com). Review completed by Ruth Lefever and Becka Currant with help from Dr Lesley Diack.
A Review of Professional Practices for Computer Sciences Students in Academicssyedhamza71
This document summarizes key aspects of professional practices for computer science students. It discusses the importance of integrating professional practices into computer science curricula to better prepare students for the workplace. Professional practices include developing skills like collaboration, problem solving, communication, and lifelong learning. The document also outlines traits of professionals like seriousness, willingness to learn new skills, and maintaining composure. Integrating work placements and apprenticeships can help students gain real-world experience solving issues in both public and private sectors. Maintaining high ethical standards is also important for computer professionals.
An effective method for semi automatic construction of domain module from ele...eSAT Journals
The document describes a method for semi-automatically generating a domain module from electronic textbooks. It uses techniques like natural language processing, ontologies, and heuristic reasoning. The domain module captures knowledge at two levels: a Learning Domain Ontology that represents topics and relationships between them, and a set of Learning Objects containing educational resources. The method involves preprocessing the textbook, analyzing its outline to generate an initial LDO, analyzing the full text to expand the LDO, and extracting Learning Objects. It was tested on an electronic textbook and the automatically generated knowledge was compared to a manually created domain module.
Here are the key insights from Activity 1 of the participatory design workshop:
- An icebreaker game like spin the bottle helped the kids feel relaxed and comfortable sharing information with strangers.
- Having the researchers participate alongside the kids helped build an atmosphere of trust and ease for the rest of the workshop.
- The kids viewed it as a fun game rather than a formal interview, making them very willing to openly answer questions.
- Informal question formats are effective for eliciting insights from kids in a participatory research context.
This document introduces Covey's Time Management Grid, which organizes tasks into four quadrants based on their urgency and importance. Quadrant I contains urgent and important tasks, while Quadrant II contains important but not urgent tasks. Quadrant III holds urgent but not important tasks, and Quadrant IV has tasks that are neither urgent nor important. The grid can be used to assess one's weekly schedule and reallocate time to prioritize important tasks in Quadrant II over less critical urgent tasks. Managing time effectively means focusing on Quadrant I and II tasks first.
The document summarizes a study on the adoption of accrual accounting in Greek public hospitals. It provides background on accounting reforms in Greece, including the introduction of accrual accounting to the public sector beginning in 1997. A survey was conducted of 54 financial managers at public hospitals regarding their implementation of accrual accounting standards introduced by law in 2003. The survey found that while 83.3% of hospitals had adopted financial accrual accounting, only 18.5% had fully implemented a cost accounting system, though 60% were in the process of developing one. The study aims to assess the perceived benefits and challenges of accrual accounting implementation.
This document summarizes observations from trainings led by Stacey Kayden on using the assistive technologies Inspiration and Kurzweil 3000. The trainings focused on how these programs can help address common problems students with learning disabilities face. Kayden emphasized that the technology should support students' needs, and created a comfortable environment where participants could freely ask questions. She demonstrated the programs' functions through repeated practice and discussion of real student case studies. Participants then worked on practical projects applying the technologies to their own work helping students. Kayden's expertise comes from her experience using the tools with students and continuing to learn new applications herself.
Theoretical Basis, Methods and Methods of Formation and Determination of Pote...ijtsrd
Information Technology to adequately study and formulate their thinking skills in this field. Because, as the day goes by, Information Systems, which are fundamental for information technology, are constantly developing and being enriched with various modes, technologies. This requires repeated study and a certain amount of time, if the potential for knowledge and skills learned in the school is not formed. Murodova Zarina Rashidovna "Theoretical Basis, Methods and Methods of Formation and Determination of Potential in the Educational System" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Special Issue | Modern Trends in Scientific Research and Development, Case of Asia , October 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd37928.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/computer-engineering/37928/theoretical-basis-methods-and-methods-of-formation-and-determination-of-potential-in-the-educational-system/murodova-zarina-rashidovna
How can technology be used to improve the learner experience at points of tra...Becka Colley-Foster
Literature review, funded by the Higher Education Academy and Evidence Net, looking at whether online systems can support student engagement at points of transition. Review compiled by the University of Bradford in conjunction with ELESIG (http://elesig.ning.com). Review completed by Ruth Lefever and Becka Currant with help from Dr Lesley Diack.
A Review of Professional Practices for Computer Sciences Students in Academicssyedhamza71
This document summarizes key aspects of professional practices for computer science students. It discusses the importance of integrating professional practices into computer science curricula to better prepare students for the workplace. Professional practices include developing skills like collaboration, problem solving, communication, and lifelong learning. The document also outlines traits of professionals like seriousness, willingness to learn new skills, and maintaining composure. Integrating work placements and apprenticeships can help students gain real-world experience solving issues in both public and private sectors. Maintaining high ethical standards is also important for computer professionals.
An effective method for semi automatic construction of domain module from ele...eSAT Journals
The document describes a method for semi-automatically generating a domain module from electronic textbooks. It uses techniques like natural language processing, ontologies, and heuristic reasoning. The domain module captures knowledge at two levels: a Learning Domain Ontology that represents topics and relationships between them, and a set of Learning Objects containing educational resources. The method involves preprocessing the textbook, analyzing its outline to generate an initial LDO, analyzing the full text to expand the LDO, and extracting Learning Objects. It was tested on an electronic textbook and the automatically generated knowledge was compared to a manually created domain module.
Here are the key insights from Activity 1 of the participatory design workshop:
- An icebreaker game like spin the bottle helped the kids feel relaxed and comfortable sharing information with strangers.
- Having the researchers participate alongside the kids helped build an atmosphere of trust and ease for the rest of the workshop.
- The kids viewed it as a fun game rather than a formal interview, making them very willing to openly answer questions.
- Informal question formats are effective for eliciting insights from kids in a participatory research context.
This document introduces Covey's Time Management Grid, which organizes tasks into four quadrants based on their urgency and importance. Quadrant I contains urgent and important tasks, while Quadrant II contains important but not urgent tasks. Quadrant III holds urgent but not important tasks, and Quadrant IV has tasks that are neither urgent nor important. The grid can be used to assess one's weekly schedule and reallocate time to prioritize important tasks in Quadrant II over less critical urgent tasks. Managing time effectively means focusing on Quadrant I and II tasks first.
The document summarizes a study on the adoption of accrual accounting in Greek public hospitals. It provides background on accounting reforms in Greece, including the introduction of accrual accounting to the public sector beginning in 1997. A survey was conducted of 54 financial managers at public hospitals regarding their implementation of accrual accounting standards introduced by law in 2003. The survey found that while 83.3% of hospitals had adopted financial accrual accounting, only 18.5% had fully implemented a cost accounting system, though 60% were in the process of developing one. The study aims to assess the perceived benefits and challenges of accrual accounting implementation.
Assessing Accrual Accounting Reform in Greek Public Hospitals:An Empirical In...Filippos Stamatiadis
This document analyzes the adoption of accrual accounting reforms in Greek public hospitals. It discusses how Greece introduced accrual accounting into the public sector, including public hospitals, as part of New Public Management initiatives. The document reports on a survey of chief financial officers at Greek public hospitals that examined the level of adoption of accrual and cost accounting standards and the impact of various contingent factors on compliance with the accounting reforms. The survey found the level of adoption was positively associated with IT quality, training, staff education levels, and consultant support, but not with other factors like hospital size or reform costs.
5ο ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟ ΣΥΝΕΔΡΙΟ ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ, ΤΑ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΙΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΕΣ ΥΓΕΙΑΣ Filippos Stamatiadis
Η ΕΦΑΡΜΟΓΗ ΤΗΣ ΛΟΓΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ TOY ΔΕΔΟΥΛΕΥΜΕΝΟΥ ΣΤΙΣ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΣ ΜΟΝΑΔΕΣ ΥΓΕΙΑΣ: ΕΚΤΙΜΩΝΤΑΣ ΤΑ ΟΦΕΛΗ.
5ο ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟ ΣΥΝΕΔΡΙΟ ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ, ΤΑ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΙΣ
ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΕΣ ΥΓΕΙΑΣ (ΕΣΔΥ),
2-5 Δεκεμβρίου 2009
Ξενοδοχείο "Athens Hilton", Αθήνα
1. Arago Consulting is an expert in implementing SAP SuccessFactors HCM solutions, with over 100 consultants certified in SuccessFactors and over 300 implementation projects.
2. They have over 25 years of experience in HCM solutions and are a global strategic partner of SAP, with expertise across 25 industries.
3. Arago Consulting uses a proven implementation methodology including defining processes, configuring the system, integration and user testing, training, and go-live support to ensure project success.
The introduction of cost accounting systems in the Greek National Health SystemFilippos Stamatiadis
In an attempt to promote efficiency and effectiveness in health service production, the Greek government introduced in 2003 business-like accounting systems that support accruals in all public hospitals of the National Health System (NHS). This study aims at examining the extent and some of the factors influencing the governmental cost accounting initiative development in the public health sector from an empirical point of view by drawing on the insights of the institutional isomorphism, as well as on the signaling theory.
If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.
~Elbert Hubbard~
This document outlines various key performance indicators (KPIs) for measuring human resources performance across different dimensions. It lists KPIs related to organizational effectiveness, HR staffing and costs, compensation and benefits, absence and turnover, recruitment, training and development, and health and safety. The KPIs provide metrics for measuring factors like revenue per employee, compensation costs, absence rates, turnover, training costs, and numbers of workplace accidents.
The document outlines the top 10 reasons for choosing SAP SuccessFactors, including its built-in decision support, intelligent services, deployment options, and breadth of solutions. It provides an overview of SAP SuccessFactors' consumer-style user experience, security, integration capabilities, and support for local compliance worldwide. Analyst recognition of SAP SuccessFactors as a market leader is also highlighted.
This document discusses redwood trees and sponsorship. It summarizes redwood trees as the tallest trees that can grow over 300 feet tall and live for over 1500 years. It states that redwood trees are very resilient to fire, wind, and disasters and grow faster when facing adversity. The document then discusses sponsorship and providing strategic sponsorship services including consulting, implementation, insights, and measurement to drive brands and ensure return on investment through awareness, relationships, and sales.
This document describes the services provided by an event management company. Their service wheel includes sports and live events, management and consultancy, marketing and promotions, and corporate events. They offer services such as sports event management, fashion shows, press conferences, product launches, exhibitions, road shows, and more. They also provide case studies of events they have managed, including partnerships with brands for sports tournaments, press conferences, and artist nights.
Tumbup is a new social media platform that had over 400 registered users and referenced over 400,000 profiles and 4 million objects during its first month of private beta testing. It aims to generate revenue through attracting users rather than displaying ads currently. The founding team is composed of 3 co-founders who are postgraduate or undergraduate students.
BRZoom is a marketing and design agency with offices in Wilton, Connecticut and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They have 20 brand and design specialists and 30 field representatives nationwide. BRZoom collects cultural information and conducts proprietary research to help clients' brands stay culturally relevant. Their work includes consumer promotions, point-of
Este documento fornece as previsões de valores financeiros repassados pelo Fundo de Participação dos Municípios (FPM) para cada um dos 217 municípios do estado do Maranhão. Os valores são apresentados de forma líquida, já deduzido o Fundo de Manutenção e Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica e de Valorização dos Profissionais da Educação (FUNDEB), e de forma bruta, incluindo o FUNDEB. As quantias variam de R$315.737,02 a R$4.093.299,07.
This document provides information about concrete poles manufactured by Rocla, including:
- Rocla is a leading South African manufacturer of precast concrete products including poles for lighting, electricity, and telecommunications.
- Concrete poles have many advantages over wood or steel poles such as being maintenance-free, resistant to fire and vandalism, and having a long service life.
- Rocla produces both cast and spun concrete poles, with spun poles available in lengths up to 24m for applications such as electricity transmission.
- Details are given on Rocla's poles for different applications including lighting, electricity distribution, and reticulation. Standard pole sizes and specifications are also listed.
This document provides an overview of KPN, a telecommunications company based in the Netherlands. KPN is the largest telecom provider in the Netherlands with over 50% market share in wireless, wireline, and broadband. Internationally, KPN owns mobile networks in Germany and Belgium and is a mobile virtual network operator in Spain and France. The document discusses KPN's operating segments and financial results, defines key performance metrics, and outlines the company's operating principles around country-specific strategies, customer focus, multi-branding, and lowest cost operations.
A Single Case Study Approach To Teaching Effects On Learning And UnderstandingKaren Benoit
This document discusses a study on using a single case study approach to teaching an IT project management course. The researchers initially found that the approach did not sufficiently encourage deep learning in students. They modified the pedagogy by rewriting the case study to better align with research on effective case studies. In subsequent offerings, they evaluated whether these changes increased the number of students taking a deep learning approach and related their approach to academic performance. Preliminary results from the second offering did not show a significant increase in deep learning approaches. The researchers planned to continue evaluating the approach.
Learner Ontological Model for Intelligent Virtual Collaborative Learning Envi...ijceronline
An enacting approach to intelligent virtual collaborative learning model is explored through the lens of critical ontology. This ontological model enables to reuse of the domain knowledge and to make the knowledge explicitly available to the agent working as an Expert System, which uses the operational knowledge in collaborative learning environment. This ontological model used by the agent to identify the preliminary competency level of the user. This environment offers personalized education to each learner in accordance with his/her learning preferences, and learning capabilities. Here the factors considered to identify the learning capability taken are demographic profile, age, family profile, basic educational qualification and basic competency scale. The conception of heuristics is then used by the agent to determine the effectiveness of the learner by referring the different parameters of the learner available in the ontological model.To help getting over this, the paper describes the experience on using an ontological model for collaborative learning to relate and integrate the history of the learner by maintaining the history of learner in collaborative learning environment that will be used by the Multi-Objective Grey Situation Decision Making Theory to infer the understanding level of user and produces the conditional content to the user
The way adults pursue their education through life is changing as the technology around us
relentlessly continues to enhance our quality of life and further enhances every aspect of the
different tasks we set out to perform. This exploratory paper looks into how every adult can
embody a comprehensive set of academic services, platforms and systems to assist every
individual in the educational goals that one sets. A combination of three distinct technologies
are presented together with how they not only come together but complement each other around
a person in what is usually referred to as a personal area network. The network in this case
incorporates an intelligent personal learning environment providing personalised content,
intelligent wearables closer to the user to provide additional contextual customisation, and a
surrounding ambient intelligent environment to close a trio of technologies around every
individual. Each of the three research domains will be presented to uncover how each
contributes to the personal network that embodies what one usually expects from an educational
institution. Three distinct prototype systems have been developed, tested and deployed within a
functional system that will be presented in this paper.
Assessing Accrual Accounting Reform in Greek Public Hospitals:An Empirical In...Filippos Stamatiadis
This document analyzes the adoption of accrual accounting reforms in Greek public hospitals. It discusses how Greece introduced accrual accounting into the public sector, including public hospitals, as part of New Public Management initiatives. The document reports on a survey of chief financial officers at Greek public hospitals that examined the level of adoption of accrual and cost accounting standards and the impact of various contingent factors on compliance with the accounting reforms. The survey found the level of adoption was positively associated with IT quality, training, staff education levels, and consultant support, but not with other factors like hospital size or reform costs.
5ο ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟ ΣΥΝΕΔΡΙΟ ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ, ΤΑ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΙΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΕΣ ΥΓΕΙΑΣ Filippos Stamatiadis
Η ΕΦΑΡΜΟΓΗ ΤΗΣ ΛΟΓΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ TOY ΔΕΔΟΥΛΕΥΜΕΝΟΥ ΣΤΙΣ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΣ ΜΟΝΑΔΕΣ ΥΓΕΙΑΣ: ΕΚΤΙΜΩΝΤΑΣ ΤΑ ΟΦΕΛΗ.
5ο ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟ ΣΥΝΕΔΡΙΟ ΓΙΑ ΤΗ ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ, ΤΑ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΤΙΣ
ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΕΣ ΥΓΕΙΑΣ (ΕΣΔΥ),
2-5 Δεκεμβρίου 2009
Ξενοδοχείο "Athens Hilton", Αθήνα
1. Arago Consulting is an expert in implementing SAP SuccessFactors HCM solutions, with over 100 consultants certified in SuccessFactors and over 300 implementation projects.
2. They have over 25 years of experience in HCM solutions and are a global strategic partner of SAP, with expertise across 25 industries.
3. Arago Consulting uses a proven implementation methodology including defining processes, configuring the system, integration and user testing, training, and go-live support to ensure project success.
The introduction of cost accounting systems in the Greek National Health SystemFilippos Stamatiadis
In an attempt to promote efficiency and effectiveness in health service production, the Greek government introduced in 2003 business-like accounting systems that support accruals in all public hospitals of the National Health System (NHS). This study aims at examining the extent and some of the factors influencing the governmental cost accounting initiative development in the public health sector from an empirical point of view by drawing on the insights of the institutional isomorphism, as well as on the signaling theory.
If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.
~Elbert Hubbard~
This document outlines various key performance indicators (KPIs) for measuring human resources performance across different dimensions. It lists KPIs related to organizational effectiveness, HR staffing and costs, compensation and benefits, absence and turnover, recruitment, training and development, and health and safety. The KPIs provide metrics for measuring factors like revenue per employee, compensation costs, absence rates, turnover, training costs, and numbers of workplace accidents.
The document outlines the top 10 reasons for choosing SAP SuccessFactors, including its built-in decision support, intelligent services, deployment options, and breadth of solutions. It provides an overview of SAP SuccessFactors' consumer-style user experience, security, integration capabilities, and support for local compliance worldwide. Analyst recognition of SAP SuccessFactors as a market leader is also highlighted.
This document discusses redwood trees and sponsorship. It summarizes redwood trees as the tallest trees that can grow over 300 feet tall and live for over 1500 years. It states that redwood trees are very resilient to fire, wind, and disasters and grow faster when facing adversity. The document then discusses sponsorship and providing strategic sponsorship services including consulting, implementation, insights, and measurement to drive brands and ensure return on investment through awareness, relationships, and sales.
This document describes the services provided by an event management company. Their service wheel includes sports and live events, management and consultancy, marketing and promotions, and corporate events. They offer services such as sports event management, fashion shows, press conferences, product launches, exhibitions, road shows, and more. They also provide case studies of events they have managed, including partnerships with brands for sports tournaments, press conferences, and artist nights.
Tumbup is a new social media platform that had over 400 registered users and referenced over 400,000 profiles and 4 million objects during its first month of private beta testing. It aims to generate revenue through attracting users rather than displaying ads currently. The founding team is composed of 3 co-founders who are postgraduate or undergraduate students.
BRZoom is a marketing and design agency with offices in Wilton, Connecticut and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They have 20 brand and design specialists and 30 field representatives nationwide. BRZoom collects cultural information and conducts proprietary research to help clients' brands stay culturally relevant. Their work includes consumer promotions, point-of
Este documento fornece as previsões de valores financeiros repassados pelo Fundo de Participação dos Municípios (FPM) para cada um dos 217 municípios do estado do Maranhão. Os valores são apresentados de forma líquida, já deduzido o Fundo de Manutenção e Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica e de Valorização dos Profissionais da Educação (FUNDEB), e de forma bruta, incluindo o FUNDEB. As quantias variam de R$315.737,02 a R$4.093.299,07.
This document provides information about concrete poles manufactured by Rocla, including:
- Rocla is a leading South African manufacturer of precast concrete products including poles for lighting, electricity, and telecommunications.
- Concrete poles have many advantages over wood or steel poles such as being maintenance-free, resistant to fire and vandalism, and having a long service life.
- Rocla produces both cast and spun concrete poles, with spun poles available in lengths up to 24m for applications such as electricity transmission.
- Details are given on Rocla's poles for different applications including lighting, electricity distribution, and reticulation. Standard pole sizes and specifications are also listed.
This document provides an overview of KPN, a telecommunications company based in the Netherlands. KPN is the largest telecom provider in the Netherlands with over 50% market share in wireless, wireline, and broadband. Internationally, KPN owns mobile networks in Germany and Belgium and is a mobile virtual network operator in Spain and France. The document discusses KPN's operating segments and financial results, defines key performance metrics, and outlines the company's operating principles around country-specific strategies, customer focus, multi-branding, and lowest cost operations.
A Single Case Study Approach To Teaching Effects On Learning And UnderstandingKaren Benoit
This document discusses a study on using a single case study approach to teaching an IT project management course. The researchers initially found that the approach did not sufficiently encourage deep learning in students. They modified the pedagogy by rewriting the case study to better align with research on effective case studies. In subsequent offerings, they evaluated whether these changes increased the number of students taking a deep learning approach and related their approach to academic performance. Preliminary results from the second offering did not show a significant increase in deep learning approaches. The researchers planned to continue evaluating the approach.
Learner Ontological Model for Intelligent Virtual Collaborative Learning Envi...ijceronline
An enacting approach to intelligent virtual collaborative learning model is explored through the lens of critical ontology. This ontological model enables to reuse of the domain knowledge and to make the knowledge explicitly available to the agent working as an Expert System, which uses the operational knowledge in collaborative learning environment. This ontological model used by the agent to identify the preliminary competency level of the user. This environment offers personalized education to each learner in accordance with his/her learning preferences, and learning capabilities. Here the factors considered to identify the learning capability taken are demographic profile, age, family profile, basic educational qualification and basic competency scale. The conception of heuristics is then used by the agent to determine the effectiveness of the learner by referring the different parameters of the learner available in the ontological model.To help getting over this, the paper describes the experience on using an ontological model for collaborative learning to relate and integrate the history of the learner by maintaining the history of learner in collaborative learning environment that will be used by the Multi-Objective Grey Situation Decision Making Theory to infer the understanding level of user and produces the conditional content to the user
The way adults pursue their education through life is changing as the technology around us
relentlessly continues to enhance our quality of life and further enhances every aspect of the
different tasks we set out to perform. This exploratory paper looks into how every adult can
embody a comprehensive set of academic services, platforms and systems to assist every
individual in the educational goals that one sets. A combination of three distinct technologies
are presented together with how they not only come together but complement each other around
a person in what is usually referred to as a personal area network. The network in this case
incorporates an intelligent personal learning environment providing personalised content,
intelligent wearables closer to the user to provide additional contextual customisation, and a
surrounding ambient intelligent environment to close a trio of technologies around every
individual. Each of the three research domains will be presented to uncover how each
contributes to the personal network that embodies what one usually expects from an educational
institution. Three distinct prototype systems have been developed, tested and deployed within a
functional system that will be presented in this paper.
Assessing The Tangible And Intangible Impacts Of The Convergence Of E-Learnin...ijistjournal
This document discusses the convergence of e-learning and knowledge management. It outlines similarities and differences between the two, including that they both focus on learning and knowledge acquisition but e-learning is more static while knowledge management is dynamic. The document also discusses issues with converging the two, such as overcoming cultural barriers to knowledge sharing and difficulties measuring the value of knowledge assets. Overall, the convergence of e-learning and knowledge management aims to improve organizational learning and decision-making through more effective sharing of knowledge resources.
Assessing The Tangible And Intangible Impacts Of The Convergence Of E-Learnin...ijistjournal
Learning comes through creating and applying knowledge, whilst learning increases an individual's and organization's knowledge asset. Both e-learning and knowledge management feed off the same root: learning, improved capacity to perform work tasks, ability to make effective decisions, and positively impact the world around us. The difference between KM and e-learning is a function of time; knowledge management is dynamic, e-learning is static. As a medium, e-learning allows for the sharing of knowledge that has been tested, researched and organized. Knowledge management is much livelier. Conversations and sharing understanding happens in real time. Through KM, tacit understanding can be communicated, problems can be jointly solved, and serendipitous connections are formed. KM is chaotic, current. KM is ecology; e-learning is the architecture. E-learning courses become outdated, while KM environments are continually fresh and reflective of current activity in a field. Anyway, the strengths of the two fields need to be brought together. KM should feed into e-learning in order for the content of the "course" to remain fresh and to tap learners into a sustained knowledge environment after the course is done and e-learning should feed into the KM environment to provide easy mechanisms for organizing information in the manner that most of the people function. There‟s no doubt that converging this two technology creates bigger impact in the learning process, but our discussion is focused to justify whether the convergence creates better value or not. In the light of the discussion, the conceptual link between these two key technologies has been drawn and several related issues are discussed.
Taking evidence-based professional learning conversations online: Implicatio...mddhani
Presented in one of the parallel sessions during the 15th International Conference on Education 2010 at Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Presenter/courtesy of Michael Moroney, Lecturer, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Presented in one of the parallel sessions during the 15th International Conference on Education 2010 at Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Presenter/courtesy of Michael Moroney, Lecturer, Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Digital Inclusion: Best practices from eLearningeLearning Papers
Author: David Casacuberta Sevilla.
E-learning 4 E-inclusion (EL4EI) is an EU-funded project seeking to build a community for those with valuable expertise regarding the use of eLearning for digital inclusion. The project seeks to gather and catalogue relevant best practice cases and, ultimately, to compose an eLearning charter which will be a reference tool for professionals working towards social inclusion.
Knowledge Management in Software EnterpriseIOSR Journals
This document discusses knowledge management in software enterprises. It begins by defining key terms like data, information, knowledge, tacit knowledge and explicit knowledge. It then discusses how knowledge management is important for software engineering processes. Effective knowledge management can streamline processes and improve quality. The document also examines different approaches to knowledge management, like plan-based versus agile methods. Finally, it presents a framework for knowledge management in enterprises, including knowledge creation, acquisition, organization, distribution, and application to create business value.
Recent Trends in E-Learning and Technologies IIJSRJournal
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How can Socratian Methods facilitate e-learning in the Business Environment? Goule, Stamatiadis
1. PAPER
HOW CAN SOCRATIAN METHODS FACILITATE E-LEARNING IN THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT?
How Can Socratian Methods Facilitate
E-Learning in the Business Environment?
http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijac.v5i1.1885
Eleni Goule1 and Filippos Stamatiadis2
1Technological Education Institute of Piraeus, Egaleo, Greece
2 Technological Education Institute of Athens, Egaleo, Greece
Abstract—Information and Communication Technology is As Gunasekaran [4] states the e-learning will succeed to
changing at an alarming pace creating new forms of learn- provide faster learning at reduced costs, increased access
ing, such as electronic learning, which seems to be very ap- to learning process and clear accountability for all partici-
pealing nowadays across all the business sectors. The pur- pants in order to allow individuals and organizations to
pose of this paper is to discuss how the pillars of Socrates keep up with changes in the global economy and turn this
philosophy can be applied in the development of a successful change into a competitive advantage.
e-learning program within a business environment. Con- Towards this reality many frameworks [5; 6] have been
cepts such as language, individual truth, field of expertise, adopted so as to establish a successful outcome in the
conformity to law and ethics of different infrastructures,
prospect of life long education. But where did it all start?
personal contact, and intuition will be explored. A case
The beginning of examining the needs of oneself and fur-
study is undertaken in order to identify whether the pro-
thermore examining the needs of others started from an-
posed parameters can be adopted as relevant and effective
cient philosophers. According to our view, philosophical
to the procedures of e-training within the HR department of
a multinational company in Greece. These concepts deter-
enhancements brought frameworks that analyzed needs
mine key questions of the methodological approach that
and successful implementation of different applications.
need to be answered in order to develop and implement an This is how we came to the idea of re-reading Socrates
appropriate and cost-effective e-learning strategy which will and analyzing in a pilot case-study how some of the con-
help the HR department identify successfully the needs of cepts that are repeated in his last speech ‘apology’ can be
the employees and create a long-term impact of this state-of- interpreted so as to form pillars that can be used to ac-
the art educational reality. commodate the needs of the corporate environment where
e-learning tools are applied.
Index Terms—e-learning, Socratian methods, framework, The purpose of this paper is to investigate and demon-
business environment. strate the applicability and effectiveness of this idea in the
e-learning context by using qualitative comments offered
I. INTRODUCTION by the HR department of a multinational company in
‘At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this Greece and identify whether this framework can be used
small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not as a complimentary method when deciding to develop and
know’ Socrates 469BC-399BC. use e-learning applications as a means of transforming its
workforce to a valuable human asset.
In recent years, due to the transition from the industrial
economy to the post-industrial (knowledge and technol- The remainder of this paper proceeds as follows. The
ogy-driven) economy, the organizations are called to op- next section analyses the 6 pillars that we have identified
erate in a continuous changeable and extremely competi- and relate them to notions that can be used in the devel-
tive business environment by transforming their modus opment of e-learning applications. Section 3 presents the
operandi. This speed of change, the rate at which new research project by looking at the research methodology
knowledge and skills appear and become obsolete is re- and the company profile. The research findings are part of
markable. Skills and knowledge acquired at school or at section 4 which is followed by Section 5 that contains the
the beginning of a career are no longer sufficient during a conclusions of the research.
worker’s entire professional life [1]. Knowledge, informa- II. HYPOTHESIS: RE-READING ‘THE LAST DAYS OF
tion, and professional skills have a shorter lifetime than in
the past [2] and that is why there is a need of constant re- SOCRATES’
freshing to keep up with new technologies and trends. In his apology, Socrates used the renowned obstetric
Throughout the literature there are many who have seen method of teaching which is known as a means of drawing
the development of e-learning applications in the work- from his students the probable answer through questioning
place as the most efficient and effective method of rapidly [6]. In this process, there are concepts that penetrate his
distributing knowledge within the organization [2; 3] and philosophy and form questions that relate to what we have
also as an answer to new trends and learning needs, such decided to name as pillars.
as shorter life span of knowledge, lifelong learning, The pillars that we have chosen to identify and analyze
knowledge management, technological advances. Without are language, individual truth, field of expertise, confor-
doubt, e-learning has gained a lot of attention during the mity to law and ethics, personal contact and intuition [7;
last few years because it is considered to be a new method 8].
which will transform the training and learning landscape.
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A. Language he ‘was remembered in the best possible light, and the
The concept of language is very important in the speech actual speech was not conspicuous for its success’ [8].
of apology right from the beginning. Socrates questions Our hypothesis assumes that this relates to socialization in
the appropriateness of his language in teaching and states relation to culture. In other words, what has been dis-
that ‘I am a complete stranger to the language of this cussed as loss of human contact by various academics [14;
place’. In a way, he exemplifies the notion of language as 15; 16] is important especially when we are using e-
‘dialect’ and ‘manner’. Some of the devices that he uses learning applications in cultures which rely more on per-
are ‘cross-examination’, ‘story-telling’ and ‘lecturing’. [8] sonal contact and interaction (i.e. Mediterranean cultures
We propose that this relates to two notions used in the e- against other cultures which are considered to be less ex-
learning development phase a) language proficiency, es- travert).
pecially when implementing educational tools in a multi- F. Intuition
national company and b) content relevance. The problem
of language management in multinational companies has In the beginning of his speech Socrates states that what
been pinpointed by many authors [9] and it sometimes his audience will hear will be improvised thoughts in the
forms a barrier in the effectiveness of e-learning applica- first words that occur to him, confident as he is in the jus-
tions. Relevance, on the other hand, is viewed by authors tice of his cause. Later on, in his talk after questioning
in educational [10] and linguistic theories [11] as an es- men of different professions and poets among other he
sential dimension of communication and successful im- says ‘I soon made up my mind about the poets too: I de-
plementation of learning technologies. cided that it was not wisdom that enabled them to write
their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration’ [8]. The
B. Individual Truth role of intuition in other words initiates creativity and de-
Socrates warns his audience that ‘you are going to hear velopment in the engagement of an activity. For the pur-
the whole truth’ [8]. The reason why he is using the ob- poses of this paper, we are going to define intuition as a)
stetric method is meanly to draw the truth which is unique inspiration and b) innovation that relates to breakthrough
for each individual. In a business setting, this relates to the applications. Applications of this could be game-based
differentiated approach that each learner requires and the learning and e-Adventure platforms and any other state-
differentiated methods that need to be used exclusively for of-the art innovating applications [17].
every infrastructure. According to Scalise [12] ‘it is an III. THE RESEARCH PROJECT
approach to teaching which acknowledges that people
have multiple paths for learning and for making sense of A. Research Methodology
ideas’. A case study was undertaken so as to identify whether
C. Field of expertise the suggested framework could be adopted as relevant and
effective to the procedures of the company. For this spe-
The field of expertise is another distinctive concept. cific research we were not interested in numbers and sta-
‘Who is the expert in perfecting the virtues of people in a
tistics that were associated with quantitative research. Our
society?’ [8] Socrates asks. He is constantly looking for goal was to explore and present the various subjective
the expert in each field and appreciates his personal opin-
perspectives and opinions of the participants regarding the
ion. As far as the e-learning application is concerned, this application of the six pillars. Therefore, what was consid-
question may refer to the person who is capable of identi-
ered appropriate for the specific research was qualitative
fying and pointing out the needs for further tutoring, as research.
well as participating in the e-learning process. In this re-
spect, we regard that a balanced partnership between the The three main sources of data that are associated with
employees, the HR department and the designers is what qualitative research and that we chose to implement were:
we are looking for or in other words ‘user-friendly inter- Unstructured and semi structured interviewing,
faces’ between the involved parties [13]. Personal observation, and
D. Conformity of law and ethics Examination of documents [18].
‘I must obey the law and make my defense’ [8]. This The main research questions were based on the six pil-
pillar is very crucial for the Socratian philosophy in the lars mentioned above and had the following content:
sense that this great man devoted his entire life to his
Question 1 deals with the issue of language connection
country’s service. Even though he was sentenced to death
to the e-learning and e-training of employees.
for his beliefs and he had the chance to escape with the
help of his friend Criton, Socrates refused on the basis that Question 2 refers to the concept of individual truth and
one must not disrespect the laws of his country [8]. The the applicability of differentiated learning techniques
relation that can be established here regarding e-learning and their effectiveness.
is a) corporate regulation and b) governmental legislation Question 3 concerns the field of expertise of each em-
e.g. the funding resources provided by the government. ployee. An analysis takes places on the identification of
the educational needs and the selection of the teaching
E. Personal contact product addressed exclusively to each employee.
Socrates did not leave anything written behind. The Question 4 concerns a detailed description of the corpo-
content of his speech was delivered to us by Plato his stu- rate regulations regarding training methods through
dent [6]. His great personality was enough to influence new technologies, as well as governmental legislation
and inspire his descendants and prove the value of per- concerning e-learning funding to an organization.
sonal contact through interviewing people and finding out
the truth for himself [8]. It is worthwhile mentioning that
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Question 5 provides information in pointing the cul- them to the six selected pillars of the Socratian philosophy
tural obstacles that arise when it comes to corporate e- as they have been defined for the needs of e-learning.
learning applications.
A. Language
Question 6 refers to innovative ways of attracting em-
ployee interest in e-learning. The two dimensions of language that were discussed
above play an important factor in the implementation of
The required data was derived from the members of the the e-learning. As far as language proficiency is con-
staff that are responsible for the formulation and imple- cerned, the HR training specialist stated that the company
mentation of the e-learning policy and programs in the carries out frequent language-audits in order to test the
form of extensive semi-structured interviews. In the proc- employees’ language awareness and level. These language
ess of the case-study that was held between October and checks are usually carried out by a certified external or-
November of 2010 other complimentary research tools ganization. The problem of language skills was evident
were used such as the inspection of other sources of in- also to members of the company staff who were holders of
formation minutes of meetings, policy handbooks, e- degrees that were from English or American Institutions
learning training material, archival records, newsletters, where there was no evident initial need to check their lan-
memoranda and the yearly Learning and Education guage skills. In order to identify this problem the man-
Analysis assessment program that the company undertook agement decided to carry out part of the selection inter-
for the year 2010 and was published by the company’s view in English. These two combined actions helped the
Human Capital Team [19]. e-learning process which was derived mainly from a huge
English database that the company used for educational
B. Company profile purposes. According to the HR Manager indeed language
The company was selected as appropriate for the aims can be described as an obstacle in the effectiveness of the
of this case-study on the basis that it incorporates a long- e-training especially when it comes to training non-native
established HR department that is highly depended on e- speakers.
learning teaching procedures in order to educate its em- In relation to content relevance, he pointed out that this
ployees. To be more specific, the company was estimated notion is very important to the effectiveness of the corpo-
as ideal for the purpose of this paper since one third of the rate e-learning applications. The company offers manda-
training of the employees is based on e-learning whereas tory e-learning courses that are mostly related to proc-
the other two thirds rely on on-the-job training and in vivo esses, legislation and technical knowledge e.g. learning
seminars. The two main interviewees were the two offi- new accounting principles. These are called predefined
cials holding senior positions in the HR department, the courses, they are available to the employees in the form of
HR Manager and the HR training specialist. seminars and they are industry specific. One interesting
Overall, the company in question is part of a multina- finding was that the company preferred classroom training
tional consulting organization that provides industry- when the content relevance was strong in relation to the
focused assurance, tax and advisory services that date needs of the employee. Both the participants of the learn-
back to the nineteenth century. The industry-focused ser- ing and educational seminars and the HR department
vices offered in the fields of assurance, tax, human re- chose to deliver in vivo experience seminars when it
sources, transactions, performance improvement and crisis comes to managerial or leadership training.
management have helped resolve complex client and
stakeholder issues worldwide. The total number of people B. Individual Truth
working for the company on an international level is The concept of differentiated learning is a problem that
163.000 and their common goal is the creation of a net- the HR department is currently facing. The HR training
work that shares their thinking, experience and solutions specialist addresses the problem by saying ‘we are looking
to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice. The forward to differentiated learning techniques through e-
company that operates in Greece is the largest one provid- learning technology in the future. One way to cope with
ing professional services in the country with premises in the problem is by offering graded levels of the different
the two biggest cities in the country and approximately applications. However, we understand that a customized
750 employees. The company in Athens is a separate legal approach may not be cost-effective.’ Another factor when
entity and does not act as an agent of the mother company. discussing differentiated learning was the time factor. ‘E-
However, all the branches share the same corporate cul- learning according to our regulations can be done anytime.
ture and values. In respect to the HR management, the Our employees can do it at their own pace during or after
company gets its guidelines from the mother company working hours. This creates flexibility but sometimes it
which is also the provider of educational advice and long does gives the sense that it is not something important that
term educational procedures that aim to enhance the pro- needs to be done like on-the-job training or classroom
ductivity and market awareness of the employees. training’.
IV. RESEARCH FINDINGS C. Field of expertise
In this section, we present the findings of the case study The notion of user friendly interfaces in relation to who
that took place at the company in question relying on is going to decide what to use is something that the com-
small scale results. We examine whether the proposed pany always takes into account. The first step is that the
framework is applicable as a complementary method in employee identifies his educational needs during his an-
the process of developing and applying e-learning within nual assessment meeting with his primary reviewer. These
the company in question. For this reason, we analyze and results are afterwards analyzed and finalized by the Hu-
demonstrate the qualitative comments and findings which man & Capital Department and reported back to the busi-
were collected from the company’s executives and relate ness unit that in turn decides on the actions that will be
implemented. The e-learning tool is then being imple-
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mented with the following steps 1) checking whether a enhance involvement and participants learn through ex-
suitable course is available from the Database and if it is perimenting. For this reason the last identified pillar must
not 2) outsourcing the product by consulting with compa- be taken into account in order to promote the effectiveness
nies that can provide this software. This procedure is used of e-learning teaching procedures.
by many SME companies in the development of courses
[19]. In that sense, the identified pillar played a crucial V. CONCLUSIONS
role in the decision to use e-learning and the balanced E-learning is obviously a form of life long educational
partnership between all members involved in the e- tool with multiple uses and effects. Multinational corpora-
syllabus should be taken into consideration. tions worldwide have come to depend on it when there is a
D. Conformity of law and ethics need to incorporate and deliver different kinds of training.
Our case study, inspired by the Socratian teaching
Corporate regulation is one dimension of the above
method, reveals a new methodological approach concern-
concepts that could be applied to this company since e-
ing corporate provision of e-training. According to its re-
learning procedures available are part of predefined
sults, six new factors should be taken into account by HR
courses which are mandatory. In this regard, applications
managers when it comes to e-learning adoption and its
of new technologies can make use of the regulation avail-
implementation strategy. The most important are consid-
able as well as governmental legislation that offers fund-
ered to be the characteristics of the company and its em-
ing to organizations that use e-learning. The training offi-
ployees, corporate culture, relevant legislation and the
cer of the HR department describes ‘the organization of
mentality of the country where the organization operates,
employment of human force in Greece this year offers
personal contact as well as the innovative e-learning ap-
funding for the training of employees through e-learning
plications which may motivate its staff. These new ele-
procedures for the first time. The amount of the funding is
ments introduced by the proposed framework may en-
very important since it covers the whole sum of the em-
hance the effectiveness of the e-learning application in
ployees’ wages. We are definitely going to make use of
corporations.
this program’. It is clear from the above that conformity to
law and ethics is crucial to the application of e-learning Our findings are only preliminary evidence gathered
and overcomes the potential inhibitions that might exist. It from a small scale research. On a secondary stage, we will
also may determine the extent of the use of the application run our framework on a bigger sample of corporations and
since the coverage of the expenses for the organization in also test it on an educational environment, aiming to ex-
question is an important incentive to use e-learning proce- pand the application of the above findings and be driven
dures for more than one third of their total training proce- to further results. Last but not least, an issue that requires
dures. additional investigation is the significance of each pillar
and the hierarchy that needs to be taken into consideration
E. Personal contact for the training strategy that a company employs. For ex-
The concept of personal contact played a very impor- ample, funding provided by the government concerning
tant role in the potential development of e-learning appli- the use of e-learning techniques may overcome problems
cations. The HR officer mentions ‘although our company of personal contact which may be then regarded as secon-
is part of a multinational organization and in many ways dary. Overall, further research will obviously verify the
delivers the proposed courses in the same way that the usefulness of the framework and the effectiveness of its
subsidiary companies in other countries do, we must admit application.
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