This document summarizes a presentation on developing a framework to enable tourists' pursuit of meaningful experiences through an eTourism platform. It discusses key concepts like eudaimonic pursuit and the dimensions of meaningful experiences, and uses the example of two nature lovers, Jules and Jim, to illustrate how tourists can progress from pleasure-seeking experiences to more meaningful experiences involving personal growth. The presentation proposes a two-stage research approach to first understand the qualities of meaningful tourist experiences and then conceptualize an eTourism platform to support the development of such experiences.
This document discusses using network analysis to study tourism destinations as complex systems. It begins by explaining why networks are important for understanding complex systems and provides examples of networks in different domains. It then discusses how network science uses measures from graph theory, statistics, and other fields to analyze network structure and dynamic processes on networks. The document presents examples of network analysis studies of three Italian tourism destinations, examining their network structure and using models to study information diffusion and the effects of advertising versus word-of-mouth. It argues that tourism systems can be considered adaptive networks and that network-based methods provide tools to measure, model and interpret tourism phenomena.
This document provides guidance on peer reviewing for academic journals. It discusses the definition and purpose of peer review, the peer review process, and the roles and responsibilities of reviewers. Reviewers are asked to check that manuscripts meet necessary standards before publication, provide objective and constructive feedback, and make a clear recommendation to editors on whether a manuscript should be accepted, revised, or rejected. Maintaining confidentiality and submitting timely reviews is important for peer review to work effectively.
This document outlines the research goals and methodology for a PhD dissertation on hotel online distribution channels. The research originally had ambitious goals covering multiple topics, but was narrowed based on feedback.
The revised focus is on three main problems: 1) exploring the value, role and threats of flash deal websites, 2) comparing management attitudes toward direct and indirect online channels, and 3) determining the optimal channel mix to maximize profit.
Qualitative interviews will assess flash deal websites, a survey will capture management attitudes, and a quasi-experimental case study will analyze performance data from hotels adjusting their channel mix. The goal is to develop conceptual models of the online hotel space to guide further empirical testing.
This document summarizes a study investigating how social media source characteristics influence the usefulness of information for evaluating study destinations. The study conducted interviews with 110 Chinese students across Australia. Results found that trustworthiness was more influential than expertise. Credibility and authentic personal experiences were important. Appearance also mattered, with friendly-looking sources ranked higher. Similarity, such as shared interests, made information more useful. The study provided insights for improving social media marketing strategies to international students. Further research could examine preferences of student segments and importance of message attributes.
This document discusses using semantic annotations and a multi-channel communication tool to improve the online visibility of hotels. It describes annotating the Kaysers Hotel website with Schema.org to increase search engine visibility and ranking. A tool was also used to automatically distribute relevant content to multiple social media channels. After implementation, the hotel's website traffic increased 20% and time spent on social media marketing decreased 60%. Semantic technologies improved findability and integrated distributed content sources to better promote hotels online.
This document discusses the value of augmented reality (AR) from a business model perspective in the tourism industry. It presents research on the potential benefits of AR apps to enhance visitor experiences at heritage sites like the UNESCO Geevor Tin Mine Museum in Cornwall, UK. Interviews with stakeholders found that AR could provide educational and memorable experiences for visitors, improve marketing and competitiveness for sites, and increase spending and retention of visitors. While AR shows promise, further research is needed to develop full AR business models and evaluate tangible outcomes of implementation.
This document summarizes a presentation on developing a framework to enable tourists' pursuit of meaningful experiences through an eTourism platform. It discusses key concepts like eudaimonic pursuit and the dimensions of meaningful experiences, and uses the example of two nature lovers, Jules and Jim, to illustrate how tourists can progress from pleasure-seeking experiences to more meaningful experiences involving personal growth. The presentation proposes a two-stage research approach to first understand the qualities of meaningful tourist experiences and then conceptualize an eTourism platform to support the development of such experiences.
This document discusses using network analysis to study tourism destinations as complex systems. It begins by explaining why networks are important for understanding complex systems and provides examples of networks in different domains. It then discusses how network science uses measures from graph theory, statistics, and other fields to analyze network structure and dynamic processes on networks. The document presents examples of network analysis studies of three Italian tourism destinations, examining their network structure and using models to study information diffusion and the effects of advertising versus word-of-mouth. It argues that tourism systems can be considered adaptive networks and that network-based methods provide tools to measure, model and interpret tourism phenomena.
This document provides guidance on peer reviewing for academic journals. It discusses the definition and purpose of peer review, the peer review process, and the roles and responsibilities of reviewers. Reviewers are asked to check that manuscripts meet necessary standards before publication, provide objective and constructive feedback, and make a clear recommendation to editors on whether a manuscript should be accepted, revised, or rejected. Maintaining confidentiality and submitting timely reviews is important for peer review to work effectively.
This document outlines the research goals and methodology for a PhD dissertation on hotel online distribution channels. The research originally had ambitious goals covering multiple topics, but was narrowed based on feedback.
The revised focus is on three main problems: 1) exploring the value, role and threats of flash deal websites, 2) comparing management attitudes toward direct and indirect online channels, and 3) determining the optimal channel mix to maximize profit.
Qualitative interviews will assess flash deal websites, a survey will capture management attitudes, and a quasi-experimental case study will analyze performance data from hotels adjusting their channel mix. The goal is to develop conceptual models of the online hotel space to guide further empirical testing.
This document summarizes a study investigating how social media source characteristics influence the usefulness of information for evaluating study destinations. The study conducted interviews with 110 Chinese students across Australia. Results found that trustworthiness was more influential than expertise. Credibility and authentic personal experiences were important. Appearance also mattered, with friendly-looking sources ranked higher. Similarity, such as shared interests, made information more useful. The study provided insights for improving social media marketing strategies to international students. Further research could examine preferences of student segments and importance of message attributes.
This document discusses using semantic annotations and a multi-channel communication tool to improve the online visibility of hotels. It describes annotating the Kaysers Hotel website with Schema.org to increase search engine visibility and ranking. A tool was also used to automatically distribute relevant content to multiple social media channels. After implementation, the hotel's website traffic increased 20% and time spent on social media marketing decreased 60%. Semantic technologies improved findability and integrated distributed content sources to better promote hotels online.
This document discusses the value of augmented reality (AR) from a business model perspective in the tourism industry. It presents research on the potential benefits of AR apps to enhance visitor experiences at heritage sites like the UNESCO Geevor Tin Mine Museum in Cornwall, UK. Interviews with stakeholders found that AR could provide educational and memorable experiences for visitors, improve marketing and competitiveness for sites, and increase spending and retention of visitors. While AR shows promise, further research is needed to develop full AR business models and evaluate tangible outcomes of implementation.
This document appears to be a set of slides from a presentation on value co-creation and co-destruction in connected tourist experiences. The presentation discusses how information and communication technologies (ICTs) can both positively and negatively impact tourist experiences. On the positive side, ICTs can enable social connectedness, social sharing of experiences, and mental detachment during travel. However, ICTs can also present barriers to relaxation, interfere with fully experiencing a destination in the present moment, and create pressures and addictive behaviors around technology use. The presentation aims to provide a more holistic view of how ICTs can both add and diminish value for tourists.
This document summarizes research on consumer attitudes toward autonomous, on-demand mobility systems like self-driving taxis. The researchers examined how negative attitudes toward technology and trust in self-driving taxis influence the likelihood of using these services. They found that viewing technology as dehumanizing decreased likelihood of use, while viewing the taxis as reliable, functional and helpful increased likelihood of use. Frequent use of existing taxi and ride-hailing services also predicted greater willingness to use autonomous taxis. The researchers conclude that building trust in autonomous vehicles and addressing concerns about technology reducing human roles are important to gaining acceptance of these new mobility services.
This document proposes an eGovernment relationships framework for the tourism domain. It identifies the major relationships as: Government to Government (G2G), Government to Citizens (G2C), Government to Businesses (G2B), Government to Non-Profits (G2N), Government to Employees (G2E), and Government to Visitors (G2V). Each relationship is defined and tourism-related examples are provided. The framework is intended to help analyze, create, and utilize tourism-related eGovernment initiatives. Limitations include the conceptual nature rather than empirical study and limited case analysis depth. Future research directions include evaluating governance mechanisms/policy initiatives and measuring performance of egovernance structures.
This document provides background information on a PhD workshop presentation about conceptualizing the experience of social media using tourists. It discusses two frames: the "selfie gaze" and "social media pilgrimage". The selfie gaze is a mental frame governing a traveler's use of social media on their journey and the behaviors it engenders. A social media pilgrimage describes how social media use influences travel behaviors. Key concepts discussed include the tourist gaze, connectivity, surveillance, micro-celebrity, and how travelers engage in online identity performance and manage audiences. The document suggests these frames could provide insights into how social media usage affects the emotional and experiential aspects of travel.
This document summarizes a research study that examined how different factors of online restaurant reviews on Yelp.com influence the perceived usefulness of reviews. Specifically, it investigated the moderating roles of restaurant type (casual dining vs. fine dining) and reviewer self-image disclosure.
The study developed hypotheses based on the Elaboration Likelihood Model regarding how central review characteristics like length and readability as well as peripheral characteristics like images and self-disclosure impact usefulness. Data was collected on over 2,600 reviews of casual and fine dining restaurants. Statistical analyses were conducted to test the effects of factors on perceived usefulness and whether these effects differed by restaurant type or self-disclosure.
This document outlines a research study on the role of information quality, visual appeal, and information facilitation on restaurant selection through Instagram posts. The study aims to examine 1) the relationship between these three elements and perceived diagnosticity, and 2) the mediating effect of perceived diagnosticity on the relationship between the three elements and restaurant selection intention. It develops a conceptual framework based on the EKB model and Consumer Socialization Theory. Five propositions are presented relating the three elements to perceived diagnosticity and intention, with perceived diagnosticity proposed to mediate these relationships. The conclusions discuss potential contributions to academia through extending research on photo-based social media and consumer online behavior theory, and to industry through insights for marketing.
This document proposes a framework for evaluating Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in applied hospitality and tourism settings. It outlines how MOOCs have evolved and are being used in applied settings for new employee onboarding, global distribution of learning, and flexibility. The framework adapts Kirkpatrick's general evaluation model and proposes context-specific criteria including self-efficacy beliefs, meta-cognitive skills, engagement/persistence, and cost-benefit analysis. Emerging research needs include understanding the relevance and relationships among criteria and design considerations for online learning communities.
This document summarizes a presentation on examining the role of social media within destination marketing frameworks. It provides background on internet and social media usage. It then discusses Pike and Page's destination marketing framework and findings from a study examining how national/state level destination marketing organizations use social media. Key findings included how DMOs develop destination brand identity and positioning on social media as well as challenges in measuring social media performance and impact. The presentation concludes by thanking the audience and providing references.
This document summarizes a study on community-based tourism (CBT) and information and communications technology (ICT) adoption in Malaysia. It outlines the research design, which used a case study approach to investigate ICT adoption at a Malaysian homestay and compare the scenario before and after the rise of the internet. The study found that ICT has enabled the homestay to significantly increase tourism from a few thousand visitors annually to over 7,000 currently by enhancing online marketing and promotion. However, barriers to ICT adoption included a lack of language skills and the need for some offline communication between hosts and visitors. The researchers concluded that ICT is important for CBT marketing but may require training and alternative online booking approaches.
The document discusses extending the schema.org vocabulary to allow for more expressive annotations of accommodation data. It motivates this by explaining how the web is becoming increasingly "headless" with machines consuming more content. Schema.org currently provides terms for basic accommodation data but an extension was created to enable annotation of additional details like room features, offers, and descriptions. This level of semantic structuring helps machines better understand accommodation content.
This document presents a research study on who uses apps frequently on vacation. It begins with an introduction on mobile app usage worldwide and previous related research focusing on how tourists use apps and how apps affect travel experiences. It then discusses the research gap in lack of empirical evidence on additional variables. The study aims to determine what types of people frequently use apps on vacation and relevant indicators. It develops hypotheses based on a theoretical background including the technology acceptance model. The hypotheses predict relationships between frequent app use and tendency for internet use on vacation, employment status, age, gender, and tourist origin. The document concludes with a description of the study's method, results which support most hypotheses, and implications for service providers.
Este documento discute la innovación tecnológica en el eTurismo. Define la innovación tecnológica como una idea o concepto que resulta en un proyecto o resultado final que introduce algo mejor, más eficiente o útil. Explora cómo la tecnología puede empoderar a los consumidores y los intermediarios del turismo, así como mejorar el Business Intelligence. También considera si la tecnología siempre es la solución y cómo puede mejorar las experiencias de los turistas de una manera más responsable.
This study analyzed online customer reviews of hotels in Manhattan to understand how customers perceive and discuss hotel location. The researchers identified key location-related factors mentioned in reviews such as shopping/attractions, transportation, noise, views, convenience, and dining. Hotels were then compared based on the volume of mentions around these factors. The findings suggest hotel location has rich meaning for customers and impacts their experience. Understanding these location-based perceptions could help hotels better market and position themselves to online customers. Future research could expand this methodology to other destinations and validate the findings.
This document discusses making destinations in Spain smarter through the use of technology. It outlines Spain's strong tourism industry rankings and spending. The goals are to improve competitiveness, residents' quality of life, and tourists' experiences. This will be done by creating a methodology and standards for smart destinations. An intelligence system will collect data from various sources to provide business intelligence on topics like online reputation, economic impact, tourism activity, etc. This aims to provide valid, reliable tourism data at various levels to help the public and private sectors make more efficient, competitive decisions.
Mobile applications play an important role for business travellers throughout the travel lifecycle. A study of 232 South African business travellers found that mobile applications were most important during trips. Key findings:
1. The most important and frequently used mobile functions were flight booking, status updates, check-in/boarding passes, and loyalty programs.
2. Female travellers and older travellers found mobile applications more important and used them more frequently.
3. Higher educated travellers used applications like travel requirements and email more, while lower educated travellers favored flight details, boarding passes, and discounts.
4. Transactional functions like booking and content like flight statuses were highly valued, suggesting mobiles are distribution
This document discusses Outernet technologies and their applications in tourism. It begins with defining the Outernet as the merging of online and offline worlds where data is accessible anywhere. It then outlines the research aim to develop a conceptual framework to understand the Outernet and its impacts on tourism. The findings are that the Outernet connects the digital and physical worlds through technologies like RFID, QR codes, augmented reality and smart wearables. It discusses how these technologies are used by both tourism suppliers and consumers for functions like information retrieval, booking, payment, navigation and feedback. It concludes by presenting a conceptual framework and discussing managerial implications like focusing on the site experience and connecting the digital and physical worlds through Outernet technologies.
This document outlines a PhD workshop presentation on understanding how social media shapes destination brand images, particularly in times of crisis. The presentation examines how Paris' brand image was impacted by terrorist attacks in November 2015 through analyzing social media data before, during, and after the attacks. A conceptual model is proposed to understand how influencers, themes, and communication shift over time and across platforms in response to crises. Content analysis and quantitative methods like regression analysis will be used to analyze social media data and test hypotheses about how factors like sentiment, location, gender, and timing of posts relate to brand image formation.
This document presents the slideshow for a PhD workshop presentation. The presentation evaluates how the availability of internet-connected devices affects the travel experience. It discusses how connectivity facilitates emotional connections and creates new imperatives during travel. It also examines how travelers use social media to transform experiences into digital content. The presenter proposes exploring these issues through an autoethnography involving critical reflection on their personal travel experiences and device usage, supported by an exegesis. Key concepts discussed include the tourist gaze, hermeneutic circle, panopticon, and performing self on social media.
1) The study assessed how American travelers' information needs have changed over the past 25 years since a previous 1998 study.
2) It found travelers' functional needs have remained largely the same, but aesthetic, hedonic, and sign needs are now more important.
3) Information needs differ in the pre-trip versus during trip stages, with innovation and hedonic needs increasing in importance during the trip while functional needs decrease slightly.
This document discusses how companies can use big data to adapt their market strategies in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. It explains that big data allows for predictive, descriptive, and discovery analytics that can help companies anticipate issues, understand consequences, and identify opportunities. However, companies need to have an adaptable structure and decentralized data architecture to effectively leverage big data insights. Doing so will help companies better plan for alternative realities, manage risks, and foster change to remain competitive in a constantly changing environment.
Unit 1. Introduction to the contents of the course "Future of Development"Nadia Gabriela Dresscher
This document provides an overview of an emerging development course. It outlines the course framework, organization, fundamental concepts to be covered, unit topics, literature, and assessment. The course will meet twice a week and cover topics like human development approaches, social change theories, trends, indicators, and a final "Change Agents Project" where students develop solutions to future problems in Aruba. It also describes an introductory activity called "Where Am I Going" that has students envision their personal and professional futures over different time periods.
This document appears to be a set of slides from a presentation on value co-creation and co-destruction in connected tourist experiences. The presentation discusses how information and communication technologies (ICTs) can both positively and negatively impact tourist experiences. On the positive side, ICTs can enable social connectedness, social sharing of experiences, and mental detachment during travel. However, ICTs can also present barriers to relaxation, interfere with fully experiencing a destination in the present moment, and create pressures and addictive behaviors around technology use. The presentation aims to provide a more holistic view of how ICTs can both add and diminish value for tourists.
This document summarizes research on consumer attitudes toward autonomous, on-demand mobility systems like self-driving taxis. The researchers examined how negative attitudes toward technology and trust in self-driving taxis influence the likelihood of using these services. They found that viewing technology as dehumanizing decreased likelihood of use, while viewing the taxis as reliable, functional and helpful increased likelihood of use. Frequent use of existing taxi and ride-hailing services also predicted greater willingness to use autonomous taxis. The researchers conclude that building trust in autonomous vehicles and addressing concerns about technology reducing human roles are important to gaining acceptance of these new mobility services.
This document proposes an eGovernment relationships framework for the tourism domain. It identifies the major relationships as: Government to Government (G2G), Government to Citizens (G2C), Government to Businesses (G2B), Government to Non-Profits (G2N), Government to Employees (G2E), and Government to Visitors (G2V). Each relationship is defined and tourism-related examples are provided. The framework is intended to help analyze, create, and utilize tourism-related eGovernment initiatives. Limitations include the conceptual nature rather than empirical study and limited case analysis depth. Future research directions include evaluating governance mechanisms/policy initiatives and measuring performance of egovernance structures.
This document provides background information on a PhD workshop presentation about conceptualizing the experience of social media using tourists. It discusses two frames: the "selfie gaze" and "social media pilgrimage". The selfie gaze is a mental frame governing a traveler's use of social media on their journey and the behaviors it engenders. A social media pilgrimage describes how social media use influences travel behaviors. Key concepts discussed include the tourist gaze, connectivity, surveillance, micro-celebrity, and how travelers engage in online identity performance and manage audiences. The document suggests these frames could provide insights into how social media usage affects the emotional and experiential aspects of travel.
This document summarizes a research study that examined how different factors of online restaurant reviews on Yelp.com influence the perceived usefulness of reviews. Specifically, it investigated the moderating roles of restaurant type (casual dining vs. fine dining) and reviewer self-image disclosure.
The study developed hypotheses based on the Elaboration Likelihood Model regarding how central review characteristics like length and readability as well as peripheral characteristics like images and self-disclosure impact usefulness. Data was collected on over 2,600 reviews of casual and fine dining restaurants. Statistical analyses were conducted to test the effects of factors on perceived usefulness and whether these effects differed by restaurant type or self-disclosure.
This document outlines a research study on the role of information quality, visual appeal, and information facilitation on restaurant selection through Instagram posts. The study aims to examine 1) the relationship between these three elements and perceived diagnosticity, and 2) the mediating effect of perceived diagnosticity on the relationship between the three elements and restaurant selection intention. It develops a conceptual framework based on the EKB model and Consumer Socialization Theory. Five propositions are presented relating the three elements to perceived diagnosticity and intention, with perceived diagnosticity proposed to mediate these relationships. The conclusions discuss potential contributions to academia through extending research on photo-based social media and consumer online behavior theory, and to industry through insights for marketing.
This document proposes a framework for evaluating Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in applied hospitality and tourism settings. It outlines how MOOCs have evolved and are being used in applied settings for new employee onboarding, global distribution of learning, and flexibility. The framework adapts Kirkpatrick's general evaluation model and proposes context-specific criteria including self-efficacy beliefs, meta-cognitive skills, engagement/persistence, and cost-benefit analysis. Emerging research needs include understanding the relevance and relationships among criteria and design considerations for online learning communities.
This document summarizes a presentation on examining the role of social media within destination marketing frameworks. It provides background on internet and social media usage. It then discusses Pike and Page's destination marketing framework and findings from a study examining how national/state level destination marketing organizations use social media. Key findings included how DMOs develop destination brand identity and positioning on social media as well as challenges in measuring social media performance and impact. The presentation concludes by thanking the audience and providing references.
This document summarizes a study on community-based tourism (CBT) and information and communications technology (ICT) adoption in Malaysia. It outlines the research design, which used a case study approach to investigate ICT adoption at a Malaysian homestay and compare the scenario before and after the rise of the internet. The study found that ICT has enabled the homestay to significantly increase tourism from a few thousand visitors annually to over 7,000 currently by enhancing online marketing and promotion. However, barriers to ICT adoption included a lack of language skills and the need for some offline communication between hosts and visitors. The researchers concluded that ICT is important for CBT marketing but may require training and alternative online booking approaches.
The document discusses extending the schema.org vocabulary to allow for more expressive annotations of accommodation data. It motivates this by explaining how the web is becoming increasingly "headless" with machines consuming more content. Schema.org currently provides terms for basic accommodation data but an extension was created to enable annotation of additional details like room features, offers, and descriptions. This level of semantic structuring helps machines better understand accommodation content.
This document presents a research study on who uses apps frequently on vacation. It begins with an introduction on mobile app usage worldwide and previous related research focusing on how tourists use apps and how apps affect travel experiences. It then discusses the research gap in lack of empirical evidence on additional variables. The study aims to determine what types of people frequently use apps on vacation and relevant indicators. It develops hypotheses based on a theoretical background including the technology acceptance model. The hypotheses predict relationships between frequent app use and tendency for internet use on vacation, employment status, age, gender, and tourist origin. The document concludes with a description of the study's method, results which support most hypotheses, and implications for service providers.
Este documento discute la innovación tecnológica en el eTurismo. Define la innovación tecnológica como una idea o concepto que resulta en un proyecto o resultado final que introduce algo mejor, más eficiente o útil. Explora cómo la tecnología puede empoderar a los consumidores y los intermediarios del turismo, así como mejorar el Business Intelligence. También considera si la tecnología siempre es la solución y cómo puede mejorar las experiencias de los turistas de una manera más responsable.
This study analyzed online customer reviews of hotels in Manhattan to understand how customers perceive and discuss hotel location. The researchers identified key location-related factors mentioned in reviews such as shopping/attractions, transportation, noise, views, convenience, and dining. Hotels were then compared based on the volume of mentions around these factors. The findings suggest hotel location has rich meaning for customers and impacts their experience. Understanding these location-based perceptions could help hotels better market and position themselves to online customers. Future research could expand this methodology to other destinations and validate the findings.
This document discusses making destinations in Spain smarter through the use of technology. It outlines Spain's strong tourism industry rankings and spending. The goals are to improve competitiveness, residents' quality of life, and tourists' experiences. This will be done by creating a methodology and standards for smart destinations. An intelligence system will collect data from various sources to provide business intelligence on topics like online reputation, economic impact, tourism activity, etc. This aims to provide valid, reliable tourism data at various levels to help the public and private sectors make more efficient, competitive decisions.
Mobile applications play an important role for business travellers throughout the travel lifecycle. A study of 232 South African business travellers found that mobile applications were most important during trips. Key findings:
1. The most important and frequently used mobile functions were flight booking, status updates, check-in/boarding passes, and loyalty programs.
2. Female travellers and older travellers found mobile applications more important and used them more frequently.
3. Higher educated travellers used applications like travel requirements and email more, while lower educated travellers favored flight details, boarding passes, and discounts.
4. Transactional functions like booking and content like flight statuses were highly valued, suggesting mobiles are distribution
This document discusses Outernet technologies and their applications in tourism. It begins with defining the Outernet as the merging of online and offline worlds where data is accessible anywhere. It then outlines the research aim to develop a conceptual framework to understand the Outernet and its impacts on tourism. The findings are that the Outernet connects the digital and physical worlds through technologies like RFID, QR codes, augmented reality and smart wearables. It discusses how these technologies are used by both tourism suppliers and consumers for functions like information retrieval, booking, payment, navigation and feedback. It concludes by presenting a conceptual framework and discussing managerial implications like focusing on the site experience and connecting the digital and physical worlds through Outernet technologies.
This document outlines a PhD workshop presentation on understanding how social media shapes destination brand images, particularly in times of crisis. The presentation examines how Paris' brand image was impacted by terrorist attacks in November 2015 through analyzing social media data before, during, and after the attacks. A conceptual model is proposed to understand how influencers, themes, and communication shift over time and across platforms in response to crises. Content analysis and quantitative methods like regression analysis will be used to analyze social media data and test hypotheses about how factors like sentiment, location, gender, and timing of posts relate to brand image formation.
This document presents the slideshow for a PhD workshop presentation. The presentation evaluates how the availability of internet-connected devices affects the travel experience. It discusses how connectivity facilitates emotional connections and creates new imperatives during travel. It also examines how travelers use social media to transform experiences into digital content. The presenter proposes exploring these issues through an autoethnography involving critical reflection on their personal travel experiences and device usage, supported by an exegesis. Key concepts discussed include the tourist gaze, hermeneutic circle, panopticon, and performing self on social media.
1) The study assessed how American travelers' information needs have changed over the past 25 years since a previous 1998 study.
2) It found travelers' functional needs have remained largely the same, but aesthetic, hedonic, and sign needs are now more important.
3) Information needs differ in the pre-trip versus during trip stages, with innovation and hedonic needs increasing in importance during the trip while functional needs decrease slightly.
This document discusses how companies can use big data to adapt their market strategies in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. It explains that big data allows for predictive, descriptive, and discovery analytics that can help companies anticipate issues, understand consequences, and identify opportunities. However, companies need to have an adaptable structure and decentralized data architecture to effectively leverage big data insights. Doing so will help companies better plan for alternative realities, manage risks, and foster change to remain competitive in a constantly changing environment.
Unit 1. Introduction to the contents of the course "Future of Development"Nadia Gabriela Dresscher
This document provides an overview of an emerging development course. It outlines the course framework, organization, fundamental concepts to be covered, unit topics, literature, and assessment. The course will meet twice a week and cover topics like human development approaches, social change theories, trends, indicators, and a final "Change Agents Project" where students develop solutions to future problems in Aruba. It also describes an introductory activity called "Where Am I Going" that has students envision their personal and professional futures over different time periods.
Designing Futures to Flourish: ISSS 2015 keynotePeter Jones
We now find ourselves as a systems thinking community inquiring into planetary governance for climate and ecological politics. The Anthropocene demands a planetary response, and yet we often find even our fellow travelers tethered to discourses of technological management, cultural change, and right action. We might now advocate a stronger role for social systems design as a process for continual engagement of citizen stakeholders, and between these citizens and policy makers, as advocated by Christakis, Ulrich and others. As we have seen power (economic and political) separate from its cultural histories, and become globalized, we may find ourselves in trajectories of action but with marginal power to effect societal outcomes.
We are faced with a dual mandate of restorative system design, recovering human needs in our communities, and policy system design, restoring the long historical arc toward democratic governance. And as these are both designable contexts, systemic design can integrate ecological, technological and design thinking to guide policy in more productive ways.
• We find ourselves captured in the politics of solutionism. Most presentations of the “problems” as stated before us reveal a trajectory of preferred solutions and their possible shortcomings.
• Climate change, even the entire Anthropocene aeonic perspective, represents a problematique of multiple effects systems. We are bound up in political discourses of “system change” and do not share a compelling common view of a flourishing world. We seem unable to reregister the most compelling societal choices and drivers save carbon mitigation.
• We have not conducted, to my knowledge, a substantial stakeholder discovery that extends beyond the immediate and obvious primary combatants in the climate change wars.
• As citizens and political actors on the planetary stage, we have been afraid or unable to present a clear view of the risk scenarios, possible governance strategies, or a normative plan for serious global investment. If the planet were a business concern, it would be in receivership by now.
Lima | Jan-16 | Scenarios for energy planning and management Smart Villages
Melio Sáenz
[English] The Lima Smart Villages Workshop aimed to facilitate the analysis and exchange between the public and private sectors and civil society, from first-hand experiences in the field of energy in rural off-grid communities. Topics for discussion include rural electrification; energy generation and distribution; the inclusion of renewable energy sources (RES) in the energy matrix; productive use of energy in rural communities; clean cooking technologies; efficient heating; and rural energy entrepreneurship. The discussions are aimed at outlining new prospects for reducing rural poverty in South American countries through the access and use of sustainable energy sources.
[Español] Dinamizar el análisis e intercambio entre el sector público y privado, a partir de experiencias en el campo de la electrificación rural fuera de la red, la generación distribuida y la penetración de las energías renovables en la matriz energética; a fin de esbozar nuevas perspectivas para reducir la pobreza en América Latina.
More info: http://e4sv.org/events/lima-smart-villages-workshop/
This presentation discusses using mobile technology for field learning activities and multimodal presentations. It offers background on mobile learning and then transitions into activities and sequences for teachers and learners to begin conducting their own field research in the Humanities. It is intended to transform habitus for learners, to make connections through mobile technology, and to compose meaning in multimodal ways.
Concept mapping for the evaluation of public policies. Application to the eff...sophieproject
Concept mapping for the evaluation of public policies. Application to the effects of the Spanish Dependence Act on informal caregivers, by María Salvador Piedrafita, Davide Malmusi, Roshanak Mehdipanah, Cristina Pérez-Vázquez, from the Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona. Photos: Roberto Brancolini, Roberto Malaguti, kzenon.
Included in our 2nd newsletter (May 2014)
http://www.sophie-project.eu/newsletter/num2.htm
The document outlines the agenda for a 6-day training on Communication for Development (C4D). Over the 6 days, participants will be introduced to key C4D concepts, learn tools and frameworks for analysis, strategy development, and implementation. They will practice applying these concepts through group exercises focused on a local issue. The training aims to equip participants with the skills to facilitate their own C4D learning workshops and implement C4D programs with a focus on inclusion, human rights, and social transformation.
This document summarizes a presentation on exploring the use and impact of social media on consumer behavior related to holiday travel. It discusses how social media is used during all stages of the travel process and decision making process. A qualitative study utilizing focus groups was conducted with 51 participants to understand how social media is constructed and used during travel planning. The findings identified six major functions served by social media during travel - inspiration, collaboration, decision making, self-expression, communication, and entertainment. These functions were conceptualized as "social media functional spaces" that encompass how users interact and their cognitive processes within the travel experience. The study aims to provide a holistic understanding of social media's role and impact across the entire travel process.
This document provides guidance for teachers on planning effective lessons using the 2015 Virginia History and Social Science Standards of Learning. It suggests teachers consider what students need to know, do, and experience during the lesson to maximize understanding. Examples are given of lesson experiences that engage students in higher-level thinking and help them make connections. The document also discusses using maps, charts and other tools to help students analyze geographic and historical concepts.
Wat is Learning Analytics en hoe kan het in het (hoger) onderwijs worden inge...Marcel Schmitz
1. Learning analytics is defined as the measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of data about learners and their contexts for understanding and optimizing learning.
2. Learning analytics can be used at the macro, meso, and micro levels to evaluate, monitor, and ensure learning.
3. While the practice of learning analytics is just beginning in education, it has potential to help design learning by considering analytics during the instructional design process and better utilize existing evaluation data.
People are interested in predicting the future. For example, which films will bomb or who will win the upcoming Grammy awards? Making predictions about the future is not only fun matters but can bring real value to those who correctly predict the course of world events, such as which stocks are the best purchases for short-term gains. Predictive analytics is thus a field that has attracted major attention in both academia and the industry. As social media has become an inseparable part of modern life, there has been increasing interest in research of leveraging and exploiting social media as an information source for inferring rich social facts and knowledge. In this talk, we will address an interesting and challenging problem in social media research, i.e., predicting social media popularity. We aim to discover which image posts on social media are the “stars of tomorrow”, those will be the most engaging for social media audiences, e.g., receiving the most likes. Sociological finding and our novel solutions to effectively develop a structured modeling for popularity dynamics will be presented.
This document discusses future forecasting and its importance for project management. It defines future forecasting as not predicting the future, but rather systematically collecting information to prepare for optional futures. It discusses various forecasting methods like identifying weak signals, trends, and megatrends. Megatrends in particular shape the big picture of the future over 10-15 years. Scenarios are described as tools to help strategic decision making by outlining possible futures. The document emphasizes imagination and flexible thinking to deal with an uncertain future.
2021 07-08 mapping-for_non_linear_data_analysisDr Martina Emke
Invited presentation at the
Intensive Week Methods Training for Postgraduate Students
5th – 9th July 2021
The Open University, UK
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This course examines global trends and networks in the 21st century to develop students' critical and creative thinking skills. Students will analyze emerging trends, evaluate issues using strategic and intuitive decision-making, and create scenarios to propose interventions and alternative futures. The course aims to help students understand the interconnections between neural networks and social realities. Students will demonstrate their understanding through essays, presentations, and a final video presenting their vision for an ideal future.
This document outlines a PhD research project investigating the role of personal values in information search strategies for community-based tourism. The research aims to study how personal values impact tourists' information search strategies and preferences when selecting community-based tourism products. It will identify key personal values affecting strategies, preferred information channels and sources, characteristics of online search, and how well current online sources meet information needs. The study will contribute to understanding the impact of values on information search, and help tourism marketers design effective marketing approaches. A mixed-methods approach is proposed, including interviews and a questionnaire to collect data.
Our Task 24 talk presenting the exciting CHS hospital building manager pilot at the Behavior, Energy & Climate Change conference in Sacramento, October 2017
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The Millennium Project is a global futures research think tank created in 1996. It has 68 nodes around the world that connect global and local perspectives. The Project aims to improve thinking about the future through various media and make that thinking available for policymaking, education, and public education. It conducts ongoing research using methods like real-time Delphis and develops resources like scenarios, reports, and an online intelligence system to understand and track global challenges. Some accomplishments include training over 300 interns, universities using its materials, and developing the largest collection of futures research methods.
Applied Futures Research Overview, 2002Wendy Schultz
The document provides an overview of applied futures research, outlining common tools used such as environmental scanning, scenarios, visions, and their weaknesses. It discusses key differences between positivist and futures research approaches and describes scenario building techniques including variables, outcomes, and consistency checks. Common flaws in futures research are not explicitly stating assumptions or linking findings to action.
This document discusses several topics relating to spirituality, nature, health, and global issues. It references projects from the 1980s on harmonizing environmental expertise and global change. It also discusses model thinking, systems research, and paradigm mapping in exploring complex issues and communicating across boundaries. Several competencies for education toward sustainability are outlined, including creating knowledge with openness, reflection on principles, and motivation.
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it describes the bony anatomy including the femoral head , acetabulum, labrum . also discusses the capsule , ligaments . muscle that act on the hip joint and the range of motion are outlined. factors affecting hip joint stability and weight transmission through the joint are summarized.
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The temple and the sanctuary around were dedicated to Asklepios Zmidrenus. This name has been known since 1875 when an inscription dedicated to him was discovered in Rome. The inscription is dated in 227 AD and was left by soldiers originating from the city of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv).
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In Odoo, making a field required can be done through both Python code and XML views. When you set the required attribute to True in Python code, it makes the field required across all views where it's used. Conversely, when you set the required attribute in XML views, it makes the field required only in the context of that particular view.
ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 42001, and GDPR: Best Practices for Implementation and...PECB
Denis is a dynamic and results-driven Chief Information Officer (CIO) with a distinguished career spanning information systems analysis and technical project management. With a proven track record of spearheading the design and delivery of cutting-edge Information Management solutions, he has consistently elevated business operations, streamlined reporting functions, and maximized process efficiency.
Certified as an ISO/IEC 27001: Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) Lead Implementer, Data Protection Officer, and Cyber Risks Analyst, Denis brings a heightened focus on data security, privacy, and cyber resilience to every endeavor.
His expertise extends across a diverse spectrum of reporting, database, and web development applications, underpinned by an exceptional grasp of data storage and virtualization technologies. His proficiency in application testing, database administration, and data cleansing ensures seamless execution of complex projects.
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Throughout his career, he has taken on multifaceted roles, from leading technical project management teams to owning solutions that drive operational excellence. His conscientious and proactive approach is unwavering, whether he is working independently or collaboratively within a team. His ability to connect with colleagues on a personal level underscores his commitment to fostering a harmonious and productive workplace environment.
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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.
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Communicating effectively and consistently with students can help them feel at ease during their learning experience and provide the instructor with a communication trail to track the course's progress. This workshop will take you through constructing an engaging course container to facilitate effective communication.
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Iván Bornacelly, Policy Analyst at the OECD Centre for Skills, OECD, presents at the webinar 'Tackling job market gaps with a skills-first approach' on 12 June 2024
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
IGCSE Biology Chapter 14- Reproduction in Plants.pdf
IFITTDSS2015 - Daniel Fesenmaier
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Daniel R. Fesenmaier
University of Florida
The beginning of Tourism Design
Clare Gunn –
Texas A&M University
1942 - Concepts for
Designing Tourist
Regions
1968 - Vacationscape: A
new concept for the
design of a tourist
recreation region
1972 - Vacationscape:
Designing tourist areas
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Tourism Design
Progress over the past 50
years…
1. Better understanding of
the world
2. New technology, new
metrics & new tools
3. Systems thinking
4. Design orientation
5. New paradigms for
communicating with and
managing travelers
Design Science in Tourism
(DST)
3. 7/27/2015
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Logic of design science in tourism
Six aspects of DST
1.Experience (human behavior) focused
2.Science based
3.Uses new tools – metrics
4.Systems oriented
5.Scalable from small to large
settings
6.Action – constructive oriented
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1. when the world is changing?
2. when the world is challenging?
1. when the world is changing?
2. when the world is challenging?
3. when the world asks you to
lead, not follow?
9. 7/27/2015
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1. when the world is changing?
2. when the world is challenging?
3. when the world asks you to lead, not follow?
4. to think critically about how
technology is shaping the world?
1. when the world is changing?
2. when the world is challenging?
3. when the world asks you to lead, not follow?
5. to somehow 'create' the new
world?
4. to think critically about how technology is
shaping the world?