Powerpoint presentation used for FYS 110 Adapted from Staley, Constance, "Chapter 5: Developing Information Literacy, Writing, and Speaking Skills." Focus on College Success, 3rd ed. Wadsworth/Cengage Learning. 2013.
The document discusses a presentation given by Sara Wilkie and Roy McCloud at the March Institute Day in 2010. The presentation focused on how today's students, known as digital natives, learn differently than in the past due to growing up immersed in technology. It notes these students are visual learners, accustomed to multitasking and receiving information quickly from various sources. The presentation explores how these attributes should influence curriculum design and classroom management to better engage and motivate students.
The document summarizes the work of the Institute for Triple Helix Innovation, which aims to foster collaboration between university, industry, and government. It does this by [1] connecting networks to build collaborative innovation, [2] promoting best practices for trilateral partnerships, and [3] championing discovery through novel collaboration models, tools, and processes. The Institute helps realize synergies between public missions, profitability, and science by harnessing complementary expertise from different sectors.
Sdv 100 chapter 3 learning about learningmegbfoster
This document discusses multimodal learning and learning styles. It defines multimodal learning as engaging multiple methods of learning. It also describes the VARK learning styles categories of visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic. Recommendations are provided for how students can strengthen less preferred learning styles, such as drawing pictures to illustrate concepts visually or recording lectures and discussing them with others to enhance aural learning. The goal is for students to practice using different learning styles to expand their abilities and maximize success.
The document introduces several concepts for becoming a master student, including:
1) Ideas should be considered as tools that students can choose to use if they are helpful or put aside if not.
2) The document outlines various frameworks for understanding learning styles, intelligences, and strategies, including the Discovery Wheel, VAK/VARK systems, and Multiple Intelligences.
3) Students are encouraged to reflect on how these frameworks can help them understand their own preferences and choose effective learning approaches.
Making Learning Accessible – Solving A Complex PuzzleLearningCafe
Our workforce is becoming more diverse with employees facing different kinds of barriers to Learning. These barriers to Learning include not only physical ones such as vision, hearing and motor disabilities but also cognitive disabilities and literacy. The combinations and variations may be too numerous to cater for using the “one size fits all” design approach.
Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, Australian Government agencies are required to ensure information and services are provided in a non-discriminatory accessible manner by implementing the Web content accessibility guidelines version 2.0 (WCAG 2.0). Private sector is also choosing to address accessibility requirements as part of social corporate responsibility.
The challenge for Learning professionals is to designing accessible Learning including:
a more technically challenging design and development approach.requiring a bigger budget.
Web tools to support inquiry-based learningEduwebinar
http://eduwebinar.com.au
Inquiry-based learning is an active learning process, based on identifying relevant questions to research so that the student can develop knowledge about or create solutions to issues and problems.
Web tools allow students to engage in collaborative and interactive learning. All phases of inquiry learning can be adequately addressed through a wide variety of web-based tools and applications.
This webinar presents a range of tools that will support inquiry-based learning in the school's curriculum program.
The document discusses the importance of developing network literacy skills in a hyperconnected world. It defines network literacy as having the ability to create, navigate, and grow personal learning networks in safe, effective, and ethical ways. Specifically, it emphasizes the need to share information and connections with others, curate and edit information, and foster diversity within networks to support their growth. Developing these skills allows individuals and networks to continuously learn from each other.
Beyond the Scientific Method for Career SuccessYSF-2015
Presented by Gregory Quarles,
EdgeLight Incorporated – Tucson, AZ
Board Member of Optical Society of America, at the Workshop of Opportunities, the satellite meeting of the International Young Scientists Forum on Applied Physics YSF-2015
The document discusses a presentation given by Sara Wilkie and Roy McCloud at the March Institute Day in 2010. The presentation focused on how today's students, known as digital natives, learn differently than in the past due to growing up immersed in technology. It notes these students are visual learners, accustomed to multitasking and receiving information quickly from various sources. The presentation explores how these attributes should influence curriculum design and classroom management to better engage and motivate students.
The document summarizes the work of the Institute for Triple Helix Innovation, which aims to foster collaboration between university, industry, and government. It does this by [1] connecting networks to build collaborative innovation, [2] promoting best practices for trilateral partnerships, and [3] championing discovery through novel collaboration models, tools, and processes. The Institute helps realize synergies between public missions, profitability, and science by harnessing complementary expertise from different sectors.
Sdv 100 chapter 3 learning about learningmegbfoster
This document discusses multimodal learning and learning styles. It defines multimodal learning as engaging multiple methods of learning. It also describes the VARK learning styles categories of visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic. Recommendations are provided for how students can strengthen less preferred learning styles, such as drawing pictures to illustrate concepts visually or recording lectures and discussing them with others to enhance aural learning. The goal is for students to practice using different learning styles to expand their abilities and maximize success.
The document introduces several concepts for becoming a master student, including:
1) Ideas should be considered as tools that students can choose to use if they are helpful or put aside if not.
2) The document outlines various frameworks for understanding learning styles, intelligences, and strategies, including the Discovery Wheel, VAK/VARK systems, and Multiple Intelligences.
3) Students are encouraged to reflect on how these frameworks can help them understand their own preferences and choose effective learning approaches.
Making Learning Accessible – Solving A Complex PuzzleLearningCafe
Our workforce is becoming more diverse with employees facing different kinds of barriers to Learning. These barriers to Learning include not only physical ones such as vision, hearing and motor disabilities but also cognitive disabilities and literacy. The combinations and variations may be too numerous to cater for using the “one size fits all” design approach.
Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, Australian Government agencies are required to ensure information and services are provided in a non-discriminatory accessible manner by implementing the Web content accessibility guidelines version 2.0 (WCAG 2.0). Private sector is also choosing to address accessibility requirements as part of social corporate responsibility.
The challenge for Learning professionals is to designing accessible Learning including:
a more technically challenging design and development approach.requiring a bigger budget.
Web tools to support inquiry-based learningEduwebinar
http://eduwebinar.com.au
Inquiry-based learning is an active learning process, based on identifying relevant questions to research so that the student can develop knowledge about or create solutions to issues and problems.
Web tools allow students to engage in collaborative and interactive learning. All phases of inquiry learning can be adequately addressed through a wide variety of web-based tools and applications.
This webinar presents a range of tools that will support inquiry-based learning in the school's curriculum program.
The document discusses the importance of developing network literacy skills in a hyperconnected world. It defines network literacy as having the ability to create, navigate, and grow personal learning networks in safe, effective, and ethical ways. Specifically, it emphasizes the need to share information and connections with others, curate and edit information, and foster diversity within networks to support their growth. Developing these skills allows individuals and networks to continuously learn from each other.
Beyond the Scientific Method for Career SuccessYSF-2015
Presented by Gregory Quarles,
EdgeLight Incorporated – Tucson, AZ
Board Member of Optical Society of America, at the Workshop of Opportunities, the satellite meeting of the International Young Scientists Forum on Applied Physics YSF-2015
This document provides an overview and agenda for a presentation on EVAAS (Education Value-Added Assessment System) for educators. The presentation aims to familiarize educators with EVAAS resources, reports, and student projection tools. It will cover locating EVAAS online modules and webinars, understanding value-added reporting such as pie charts, and using student at-risk and preparedness reports as well as projection data to assess students' needs and inform instructional decisions.
This document discusses educational networking and how it can be used for growth in education. It defines educational networking as a digitally connected group of teachers, students, and other stakeholders with similar interests who share resources, experiences, and expertise to achieve common academic goals through online platforms. Some benefits of educational networking include staying connected to updates in one's field, engaging learners outside traditional boundaries, and facilitating professional growth. Risks like privacy issues and cyber threats must also be considered. Overall, educational networking allows educators to collaborate and learn from one another to enhance teaching and learning outcomes.
The three documents discuss education, instructional design, and learning theories. The first document states that education is life itself, not just preparation for life. The second document says that while technology is a useful tool, teachers are the most important factor in motivating and engaging students. The third document argues that people have become reliant on their tools.
Overall, the discussion touched on several key aspects of instructional design. It was noted that instructional design is important for improving quality, aligning with goals, and putting students at the center. Relevant learning theories discussed included Universal Design for Learning and Understanding by Design. The discussion also explored how instructional design could be applied at edX to support a variety of learning pathways
1. The document discusses eLearning initiatives for schools, focusing on bicycles (flexible projects) vs. tricycles (more stable projects).
2. It proposes measuring student and parent readiness for eLearning through frameworks and surveys, and providing training courses to help parents support their children's eLearning.
3. Services are outlined that provide schools infrastructure, content, and professional development support for 1-to-1 eLearning programs utilizing mobile apps to engage students and communicate with parents.
This document provides an overview of knowledge management. It defines knowledge and differentiates it from information. It discusses how knowledge exists both explicitly in documented forms, as well as tacitly in people's skills and experiences. Effective knowledge management involves both managing explicit knowledge stocks, like documents, as well as facilitating knowledge flows between people. It emphasizes the importance of collaboration for sharing and creating new knowledge. Finally, it discusses how knowledge management is important for organizations in enabling innovation.
This document provides an overview of how to develop online workshops and courses. It discusses leveraging existing content online, the growing acceptance of online learning, and how low barriers to entry and cost-effectiveness make online programs attractive. A 10-step process is then outlined that covers setting goals and parameters, assembling teams, evaluating resources, determining costs and marketing strategies, and selecting technologies for content development and delivery.
Theory of multiple intelligences mea apr 2014 v6 muradAshford University
This document discusses teaching critical thinking skills in online marketing courses. It begins by establishing the importance of critical thinking skills for adults to function in today's world. The authors then review literature on teaching critical thinking but find no research specific to online marketing courses. They propose applying Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, which identifies 8 types of intelligence. By incorporating activities aligned with students' various intelligences and learning styles, comprehension of critical thinking can be improved. The document provides examples of online activities for each intelligence and concludes more research is still needed specific to online marketing courses.
This presentation, presented by Ellen Wagner and Howard Bell at the ASU+GSV Conference in May 2017, outlines the need for supports when it comes to student success.
The document discusses digital literacy among students and supporting their development. It defines digital literacy and outlines key digital skills. It also discusses assessing students' digital skills, providing learning support, and embedding digital literacy training in academic programs. Barriers and enablers to developing students' digital abilities are addressed. The document emphasizes aligning digital literacy efforts with institutional strategies and considering learners' experiences.
We were so lucky to have the opportunity to attend the UX Summit at Chicago with speakers from Disney, NASA, Google, Amazon, and more. Check the Agenda http://bit.ly/UXSummitAgenda
We want to share this great experience, some of the Insights we learn during the event, and our favorite Quotes! Enjoy!
This document discusses leadership and librarianship. It begins by defining leadership as seeing opportunities for improvement and actively working to achieve them. It notes that everyone can demonstrate leadership, which is different from management. The document then lists common excuses people tell themselves to avoid leadership roles. It provides examples of leadership training programs for librarians and discusses recent PhD dissertations on leadership in libraries. It concludes by offering insights into effective leadership and tips for librarians seeking leadership positions.
This document outlines strategies for encouraging faculty adoption of instructional technologies presented by Dr. Dionne Curbeam from Coppin State University. It discusses understanding the innovation adoption process, knowing your faculty and catering strategies to different groups, identifying and addressing faculty concerns, building relationships, using data to make decisions, diversifying learning opportunities, and promoting successes. The goals are to explore the innovation decision process, identify techniques to facilitate faculty decision making, and uncover strategies to encourage faculty adoption of instructional technologies.
Webquests are educational activities where students are organized into groups and assigned roles to complete a project using online resources. The projects require students to analyze, synthesize, and share information on a topic. They are designed to have students focus on using information, rather than just copying it. Typical parts of a Webquest include an introduction, tasks for students to complete, a process for students to follow, a list of resources for students to use, an evaluation, and conclusions. The goal is for students to develop research and information handling skills through guided online research.
Access and inclusion in learning and teachingNikki Andersen
This document discusses the importance of accessibility and inclusion in learning and teaching. It notes that accessibility benefits everyone by removing barriers that could affect anyone. It highlights several laws and policies related to accessibility and inclusion. The document provides tips for making content more accessible, such as using descriptive links, structuring content logically, considering color contrast, adding image descriptions and closed captions, and applying universal design for learning principles. It also promotes the use of open educational resources and accessibility checkers.
Gifted students today have access to more information than ever before and are connected in ways that no generation before has ever been. Yet they often do not understand the power they wield in digital environments or how to use information and networks to advance their learning. FutureCasting, a pedagogical roadmap, helps students develop a digital identity that enables them to leverage the power at their fingertips for achievement. The process enables students to take control of their digital identity and personal reputation, identify the value systems that influence choices, define personal and “professional” goals, and build influence in a global society.
Deriving value from analytics requires much more than purchasing technology. University of Kentucky's analytics journey utilized fostering a bottom-up emergent community of practice as well as top-down organizational maneuvers. This presentation shares different aspects of the University of Kentucky score.
The way ahead? Promoting high performance with personalised learningBrightwave Group
The way we consume content is changing. From movie releases to learning resources, one-size-fits-all broadcast models are failing to offer audiences the depth and quality of digital experience they expect.
Are personalised learning strategies – which analyse the learner's individual needs and behaviour to connect the right people to the right learning resources at the right time – the best way for smart organisations to re-engage their learners?
See the slides from this exciting interactive double session at Learning Technologies 2016, where specialists from Brightwave Group were joined by experts from the L&D space to explore the state-of-the-art in personalisation and discuss its potential application to learning and engagement in the workplace.
Expert panelists:
Caroline Freeman, Head of Learning Design at Brightwave (chair)
Robin Hoyle, Senior Consultant at Learnworks Ltd
Colin Welch, Head of Production at Brightwave
Myles Runham, Head of Digital, BBC Academy
Caroline Walmsley, Managing Director at Brightwave
D2L Connection: Alberta - Readspeaker Breakout SessionBarry Dahl
Presented at the #D2LConnection at SAIT on March 9, 2018 by Michael Hughes of ReadSpeaker.
How to Deploy & Support a Universal Design for Learning Strategy with TTS Technology within D2L’s Learning Environment.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
9
Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Nonprofit InnovationTechSoup
In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
This document provides an overview and agenda for a presentation on EVAAS (Education Value-Added Assessment System) for educators. The presentation aims to familiarize educators with EVAAS resources, reports, and student projection tools. It will cover locating EVAAS online modules and webinars, understanding value-added reporting such as pie charts, and using student at-risk and preparedness reports as well as projection data to assess students' needs and inform instructional decisions.
This document discusses educational networking and how it can be used for growth in education. It defines educational networking as a digitally connected group of teachers, students, and other stakeholders with similar interests who share resources, experiences, and expertise to achieve common academic goals through online platforms. Some benefits of educational networking include staying connected to updates in one's field, engaging learners outside traditional boundaries, and facilitating professional growth. Risks like privacy issues and cyber threats must also be considered. Overall, educational networking allows educators to collaborate and learn from one another to enhance teaching and learning outcomes.
The three documents discuss education, instructional design, and learning theories. The first document states that education is life itself, not just preparation for life. The second document says that while technology is a useful tool, teachers are the most important factor in motivating and engaging students. The third document argues that people have become reliant on their tools.
Overall, the discussion touched on several key aspects of instructional design. It was noted that instructional design is important for improving quality, aligning with goals, and putting students at the center. Relevant learning theories discussed included Universal Design for Learning and Understanding by Design. The discussion also explored how instructional design could be applied at edX to support a variety of learning pathways
1. The document discusses eLearning initiatives for schools, focusing on bicycles (flexible projects) vs. tricycles (more stable projects).
2. It proposes measuring student and parent readiness for eLearning through frameworks and surveys, and providing training courses to help parents support their children's eLearning.
3. Services are outlined that provide schools infrastructure, content, and professional development support for 1-to-1 eLearning programs utilizing mobile apps to engage students and communicate with parents.
This document provides an overview of knowledge management. It defines knowledge and differentiates it from information. It discusses how knowledge exists both explicitly in documented forms, as well as tacitly in people's skills and experiences. Effective knowledge management involves both managing explicit knowledge stocks, like documents, as well as facilitating knowledge flows between people. It emphasizes the importance of collaboration for sharing and creating new knowledge. Finally, it discusses how knowledge management is important for organizations in enabling innovation.
This document provides an overview of how to develop online workshops and courses. It discusses leveraging existing content online, the growing acceptance of online learning, and how low barriers to entry and cost-effectiveness make online programs attractive. A 10-step process is then outlined that covers setting goals and parameters, assembling teams, evaluating resources, determining costs and marketing strategies, and selecting technologies for content development and delivery.
Theory of multiple intelligences mea apr 2014 v6 muradAshford University
This document discusses teaching critical thinking skills in online marketing courses. It begins by establishing the importance of critical thinking skills for adults to function in today's world. The authors then review literature on teaching critical thinking but find no research specific to online marketing courses. They propose applying Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, which identifies 8 types of intelligence. By incorporating activities aligned with students' various intelligences and learning styles, comprehension of critical thinking can be improved. The document provides examples of online activities for each intelligence and concludes more research is still needed specific to online marketing courses.
This presentation, presented by Ellen Wagner and Howard Bell at the ASU+GSV Conference in May 2017, outlines the need for supports when it comes to student success.
The document discusses digital literacy among students and supporting their development. It defines digital literacy and outlines key digital skills. It also discusses assessing students' digital skills, providing learning support, and embedding digital literacy training in academic programs. Barriers and enablers to developing students' digital abilities are addressed. The document emphasizes aligning digital literacy efforts with institutional strategies and considering learners' experiences.
We were so lucky to have the opportunity to attend the UX Summit at Chicago with speakers from Disney, NASA, Google, Amazon, and more. Check the Agenda http://bit.ly/UXSummitAgenda
We want to share this great experience, some of the Insights we learn during the event, and our favorite Quotes! Enjoy!
This document discusses leadership and librarianship. It begins by defining leadership as seeing opportunities for improvement and actively working to achieve them. It notes that everyone can demonstrate leadership, which is different from management. The document then lists common excuses people tell themselves to avoid leadership roles. It provides examples of leadership training programs for librarians and discusses recent PhD dissertations on leadership in libraries. It concludes by offering insights into effective leadership and tips for librarians seeking leadership positions.
This document outlines strategies for encouraging faculty adoption of instructional technologies presented by Dr. Dionne Curbeam from Coppin State University. It discusses understanding the innovation adoption process, knowing your faculty and catering strategies to different groups, identifying and addressing faculty concerns, building relationships, using data to make decisions, diversifying learning opportunities, and promoting successes. The goals are to explore the innovation decision process, identify techniques to facilitate faculty decision making, and uncover strategies to encourage faculty adoption of instructional technologies.
Webquests are educational activities where students are organized into groups and assigned roles to complete a project using online resources. The projects require students to analyze, synthesize, and share information on a topic. They are designed to have students focus on using information, rather than just copying it. Typical parts of a Webquest include an introduction, tasks for students to complete, a process for students to follow, a list of resources for students to use, an evaluation, and conclusions. The goal is for students to develop research and information handling skills through guided online research.
Access and inclusion in learning and teachingNikki Andersen
This document discusses the importance of accessibility and inclusion in learning and teaching. It notes that accessibility benefits everyone by removing barriers that could affect anyone. It highlights several laws and policies related to accessibility and inclusion. The document provides tips for making content more accessible, such as using descriptive links, structuring content logically, considering color contrast, adding image descriptions and closed captions, and applying universal design for learning principles. It also promotes the use of open educational resources and accessibility checkers.
Gifted students today have access to more information than ever before and are connected in ways that no generation before has ever been. Yet they often do not understand the power they wield in digital environments or how to use information and networks to advance their learning. FutureCasting, a pedagogical roadmap, helps students develop a digital identity that enables them to leverage the power at their fingertips for achievement. The process enables students to take control of their digital identity and personal reputation, identify the value systems that influence choices, define personal and “professional” goals, and build influence in a global society.
Deriving value from analytics requires much more than purchasing technology. University of Kentucky's analytics journey utilized fostering a bottom-up emergent community of practice as well as top-down organizational maneuvers. This presentation shares different aspects of the University of Kentucky score.
The way ahead? Promoting high performance with personalised learningBrightwave Group
The way we consume content is changing. From movie releases to learning resources, one-size-fits-all broadcast models are failing to offer audiences the depth and quality of digital experience they expect.
Are personalised learning strategies – which analyse the learner's individual needs and behaviour to connect the right people to the right learning resources at the right time – the best way for smart organisations to re-engage their learners?
See the slides from this exciting interactive double session at Learning Technologies 2016, where specialists from Brightwave Group were joined by experts from the L&D space to explore the state-of-the-art in personalisation and discuss its potential application to learning and engagement in the workplace.
Expert panelists:
Caroline Freeman, Head of Learning Design at Brightwave (chair)
Robin Hoyle, Senior Consultant at Learnworks Ltd
Colin Welch, Head of Production at Brightwave
Myles Runham, Head of Digital, BBC Academy
Caroline Walmsley, Managing Director at Brightwave
D2L Connection: Alberta - Readspeaker Breakout SessionBarry Dahl
Presented at the #D2LConnection at SAIT on March 9, 2018 by Michael Hughes of ReadSpeaker.
How to Deploy & Support a Universal Design for Learning Strategy with TTS Technology within D2L’s Learning Environment.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
9
Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Nonprofit InnovationTechSoup
In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
Gender and Mental Health - Counselling and Family Therapy Applications and In...PsychoTech Services
A proprietary approach developed by bringing together the best of learning theories from Psychology, design principles from the world of visualization, and pedagogical methods from over a decade of training experience, that enables you to: Learn better, faster!
This document provides an overview of wound healing, its functions, stages, mechanisms, factors affecting it, and complications.
A wound is a break in the integrity of the skin or tissues, which may be associated with disruption of the structure and function.
Healing is the body’s response to injury in an attempt to restore normal structure and functions.
Healing can occur in two ways: Regeneration and Repair
There are 4 phases of wound healing: hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. This document also describes the mechanism of wound healing. Factors that affect healing include infection, uncontrolled diabetes, poor nutrition, age, anemia, the presence of foreign bodies, etc.
Complications of wound healing like infection, hyperpigmentation of scar, contractures, and keloid formation.
Walmart Business+ and Spark Good for Nonprofits.pdfTechSoup
"Learn about all the ways Walmart supports nonprofit organizations.
You will hear from Liz Willett, the Head of Nonprofits, and hear about what Walmart is doing to help nonprofits, including Walmart Business and Spark Good. Walmart Business+ is a new offer for nonprofits that offers discounts and also streamlines nonprofits order and expense tracking, saving time and money.
The webinar may also give some examples on how nonprofits can best leverage Walmart Business+.
The event will cover the following::
Walmart Business + (https://business.walmart.com/plus) is a new shopping experience for nonprofits, schools, and local business customers that connects an exclusive online shopping experience to stores. Benefits include free delivery and shipping, a 'Spend Analytics” feature, special discounts, deals and tax-exempt shopping.
Special TechSoup offer for a free 180 days membership, and up to $150 in discounts on eligible orders.
Spark Good (walmart.com/sparkgood) is a charitable platform that enables nonprofits to receive donations directly from customers and associates.
Answers about how you can do more with Walmart!"