International Institute of
A Markov Chain for the Evaluation of Completion Rate in Engineering Technical and Vocational Education and Training Colleges of South Africa
Lugoma, Masikini; Ilunga, Masengo (South Africa)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.56
ABSTRACT:
The Markov chain (MC) approach is used in the evaluation of the completion
rate for each engineering qualification offered in the technical and
vocational education and training (TVET) colleges of South Africa. The
data related to TVET is used to demonstrate the practical importance
of this approach. An absorbing MC is used where enrolment class and
exam illegibility state are transient states, whereas the exclusion
and completion are absorbing states. The approach replicates the completion
rates as determined by the Department of Higher Education and Training
(DHET). The completion rate is defined as the ratio between students
who completed and those eligible for examination. MC goes further in
defining the rate at which the learner is excluded from completion as
well as the rate of completion considering the learner starts from enrolment
state. The average times are estimated between the transient states
and the completion state. Generally, the probabilities of absorption
into the completion state were relatively high as opposed to those of
exclusion state.
A Mathematical-Logic Technique Facilitating Good Teaching
Hendel, Russell Jay (United States)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.105
ABSTRACT:
This paper presents a teaching strategy for topics in undergraduate
courses which require simultaneous consideration of several parameters.
Such topics present several challenges: i) initial learning is difficult
because of the multiple issues (parameters) that must be checked, ii)
covering all cases can leave students confused, leading to omission
of certain details, iii) it is not clear what presentation vehicle is
best for learning. This paper proposes a mathematical-logic technique,
the prime implicant normal form, PINF, to address these problems. The
PINF method can easily be mastered without technical knowledge. Familiar
examples are provided from Statistics and English Grammar. A survey
of alternate presentation methods, gleaned from a simple Google search,
reveals several advantages of using the PINF method.
A Sign Language Learning Application for Children with Hearing Difficulties
Shibata, Kuniomi; Hattori, Akira; Matsumoto, Sayaka (Japan)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.34
ABSTRACT:
The purpose of this paper is to devise a mobile application to support
both sign language and literacy skills among children with Hearing Difficulties
as part of rehabilitation engineering and to implement its basic functionality.
This study will make it possible to support children with Hearing Difficulties
in learning written language in combination with sign language, thus
helping to emphasize the importance of the latter, and in learning and
communicating with their parents who use spoken language. This application
has the following functions: (1) to register sign language clips acquired
from a mobile device’s camera by attaching tags to them, (2) to save
multiple sign language clips using sets and tags, and (3) to reproduce
and play back sequences of the saved sign language clips. Because of
a preliminary evaluation experiment, the application was highly evaluated
by the collaborators, and most of the negative comments were attributed
to the small amount of registered data and its inability to support
use in complex situations. Based on this, we believe that this application’s
basic concept has been achieved.
Assessing Knowledge Areas of Advanced Certificate in Engineering Technology Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Maduna, Lusiwe; Ilunga, Masengo (South Africa)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.62
ABSTRACT:
Consistency among knowledge areas of the Advanced Certificate in Engineering
(AdvCertEng) as proposed by the Engineering Council of South Africa
(ECSA) is evaluated using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model. The
certificate is part of the new programmes offered in universities of
technology and comprehensive universities in South Africa. The AHP model
compares the credit weight of each knowledge area with the existing
weights in the programme as suggested by ECSA. The model has its foundations
on pairwise comparisons of knowledge areas. The findings of the present
study showed that an acceptable level of consistency in credit allocation
among knowledge areas of AdvCertEng was achieved. AHP was shown to be
a validation tool of the existing preference order of credits allocated
to the different knowledge areas. Nonetheless, very small differences
in credit weights between AHP and ECSA’s were noticed.
Building Bridges to Gen Z in Online Coursework in Teacher Education
Paciej-Woodruff, Amy; Brown, Tammy (United States)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.122
ABSTRACT:
A qualitative of study of 93 students enrolled in online or hybrid Education
courses explored what students value in the online course environment.
Open-response comments on course strengths and weaknesses as recorded
on university course evaluation forms were analyzed according to a thematic
process. Results suggest that Gen Z students value course content that
they perceive as interesting and well-organized, assignments that are
easy to understand, and instructor responsiveness. They want coursework
that is neither too difficult nor too easy with clearly defined relevance
to their future teaching practice. In addition, they look to instructors
to lessen perceived stressors caused by course demands. This article
explores the tensions between the expectations of Gen Z students and
faculty who are mindful of the demands of the profession. In addition,
ways to scaffold the development of appropriate professional dispositions
are considered.
Codesign a Digital Mental Health Application to Promote Young People's Cyber-Behavioral Competence and Sustain Their Wellbeing: A Literature Review
ElSayary, Areej (United Arab Emirates)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.145
ABSTRACT:
The global COVID-19 pandemic has increased the population’s fear, anxiety,
stress, and depression. Learners in schools and universities are the
most affected as they face strict lockdown measures and have fewer resources
to cope with it. After the traumas of the pandemic, well-being has assumed
greater importance in individuals’ work and social lives. In order to
navigate this changing world, there is a need for an approach that tackles
problems and generates successful outcomes. Young people and adolescents
need positive thinking inspiration and sustain a well-being mindset.
Technology is designed to influence and change human behavior with a
focus on positive outcomes: promoting physical activity, healthy eating,
quitting smoking, and coping with dementia, stress, anxiety, and depression.
Accordingly, this paper discusses the literature on the impact of codesigning
a digital mental health intervention on promoting young people and adolescents’
positive thinking and sustaining their well-being mindset.
Digital Transformation of Resource Management of Territorial Communities Based on the Cloud ERP System in the Concept of Industry 4.0
Kopishynska, Olena; Utkin, Yurii; Makhmudov, Khanlar; Kalashnik, Olena; Moroz, Svitlana; Somych, Mykola (Ukraine)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.13
ABSTRACT:
The aim of this study is to explore the potential for creating a unified
digital information space using a modern ERP system to manage all processes
and resources of territorial communities, which are categorized as non-industrial
enterprises. This research is conducted in the context of building a
modern landscape of Industry 4.0 technologies, which are considered
to be the future of industrialization. The practical case of Ukraine
is used to illustrate the typical problems associated with the uncoordinated
use of different types of software in the management of enterprises
and organizations operating in territorial communities. Furthermore,
the advantages of switching to a new ERP platform are discussed. The
benefits of deploying the system's multi-tier architecture in the cloud
and implementing a corporate model for parallel management of individual
divisions and organizations are also highlighted. Overall, this study
lays a foundation for the possibilities of creating a unified digital
information space on the platform of a modern ERP system, which could
potentially transform the way territorial communities manage their processes
and resources.
Disclosure of Support Statement: Increasing Student Transparency About Support from Software Like ChatGPT
Lipuma, James; León, Cristo (United States)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.51
ABSTRACT:
This article presents the development and pilot testing of a Disclosure
of Support Statement (DSS) tool to promote transparency and student
engagement in academic writing. In an era where human and software supports
play integral roles in completing written work, it is essential to consider
the contributions of human sources and the impact of artificial intelligence
software (AIS) tools. The DSS tool encourages students to reflect on
how much they utilize human and software supports, including professors,
peers, librarians, tutors, and AIS tools such as search engines and
grammar-checking software. The ethical implications and boundaries of
using these supports are explored through a series of reflective questions
and class discussions. The pilot study involves a senior seminar class
and utilizes the DSS alongside written reports and a literature review.
The ultimate goal is to increase transparency in student work, encourage
critical thinking about support options, and initiate conversations
about academic integrity and the purpose of education. The data collected
from the pilot tests will provide insights into student attitudes and
pave the way for further analysis and refinement of the DSS tool. By
embracing transparency and fostering open dialogue, educators can empower
students to make informed choices in seeking support, thus enhancing
their writing skills and ethical understanding within the academic environment.
Efficiently Solving High School Timetable Scheduling Problems with Various Neighborhood Operators
Xiao, Lijian; Zhang, Xinhui; Ganapathy, Subhashini (United States)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.131
ABSTRACT:
The high school timetable scheduling problem involves assigning lectures
to students, faculty, and classrooms while meeting specific constraints.
This study focuses on the challenging high school course scheduling
problem in China, where subject choices and complex timetable rules
make finding feasible and optimal solutions difficult. By successfully
addressing this complex course scheduling problem, we hope to contribute
to the improvement of education systems around the world. Simulated
annealing, a novel algorithm that considers soft constraints and preferences,
is proposed to address this problem. The algorithm utilizes different
neighborhood operators to tackle various aspects of the problem, resulting
in efficient and effective solutions. The research has important implications
for similar timetabling problems in the academic and practical domains.
Generative AI as a Dangerous New Form of Media
Rosenberg, Louis (United States)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.165
ABSTRACT:
When policymakers and regulators assess the near-term risks of generative
AI, they often focus on the dangerous ability to create and disseminate
traditional misinformation at scale. This paper argues that we must
expand this view and consider generative AI not merely as a vehicle
for producing traditional content at scale, but as enabling an entirely
new form of media that is adaptive and interactive in real-time and
can be personalized for individual users. Referred to herein as Interactive
Generative Media (IGM), this new form of targeted influence could be
used to manipulate individual users at scale and compromise human agency.
Two specific tactics are presented: Targeted Generative Advertising
and Targeted Conversational Influence. The risks of each are described
along with recommended policy protections.
Is the Cyberwar on the Horizon or Has It Already Begun? Russian Cyberattack Strategies Against Ukraine - Lessons Learned
Eltaeib, Tarik; McCloud, Robert; O'Sullivan, Jill A. (United States)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.151
ABSTRACT:
Ukraine's conflict is a hybrid conflict. Despite several publications
discussing this topic, this paper focuses on thoroughly examining cyberattacks.
Cybersecurity experts claim that Ukraine has been the target of cyberattacks,
including espionage, misinformation, and subversive attempts.
Measuring Entropy Associated with First Time Undergraduate Students' Enrolments in South African Public Universities
Mathenjwa, Samukelisiwe; Ilunga, Masengo (South Africa)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.67
ABSTRACT:
Students’ enrolment plans in South African institutions of higher learning
system are associated with a degree of uncertainty, which is measured
by entropy index, under Shannon entropy expression. Twenty-six universities
have been considered as contributing to the university system entropy
on yearly basis. The entropy of the system was found to be relatively
higher, with a quasi-constant trend. The University of South Africa
(UNISA) was the main contributor to the university system entropy. Universities
depicted a unique characteristic of enrolments being statistically independent
such that the system entropy and joint entropy of enrolments were equivalent.
It was found that there is a strong correlation between relative changes
in enrolments and relative changes in entropy. Three zones of uncertainty
with enrolments were finally suggested, i.e. zone of low enrolments,
zone of sustainable enrolments and zone of chaotic enrolments.
Metadigital Skills Development for Foreign Languages Education in Wartime Digitization
Makhachashvili, Rusudan; Semenist, Ivan (Ukraine)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.40
ABSTRACT:
The wartime emergency induced amplified digitalization measures in the
higher education sphere, informed by the need to take quick comprehensive
action in order to achieve the overarching result to transform educational
scenarios into interdisciplinary digital, blended, and hybrid frameworks.
Taking into account the context of the erupted military intervention
on Ukraine in February 2022, and the ensuing information warfare in
various digital environments (social media, news coverage, digital communications),
the specific value of the learning outcomes and outputs is allocated
to the digitally enhanced foreign languages education as a tool of the
internationally broadcast strife of Ukraine for freedom and sovereignty.
The study results disclose the comprehensive review of dynamics of the
metadigital skills development and application to construe interdisciplinary
competencies of students of European (English, Spanish, French, Italian,
German) and Asian (Mandarin Chinese, Japanese) Languages major programs
in Ukraine through the span of educational activities in the time-frame
of wartime emergency digitization measures of 2022-2023 in Ukraine.
Network Attacks Classification Using Computational Intelligence
Medina, Brandon; Acevedo, Elena; Acevedo, Antonio; Orantes, Sandra (Mexico)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.156
ABSTRACT:
Attacks are a threat that no network is exempt from, either to steal
data of users or to compromise the information of a company. In the
present work a system for the detection of attacks to the network is
implemented by the means of a Network Intrusion Detection System. The
system detects nine types of attacks. A neural network was implemented
to detect these attacks. The data was normalized and balanced to obtain
better results. A 70-30 Hold Out validation algorithm was applied. The
results of accuracy were: ARP MitM = 99.97%, Active Wiretap = 99.98%,
Mirai = 99.76%, SSDP Flood = 99.99%, SSL Renegotiation = 99.96%, Video
Injection = 99.99%, SYN DoS = 99.71%, Os Scan = 99.99%, Fuzzing = 99.96%.
Refining the Art of Judgment Education: Evaluation of an Educational Case Study on Making Judgments About the Pros and Cons of COVID-19 Vaccination During the Pandemic
Kusumi, Ariyoshi; Hama, Yasukazu (Japan)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.110
ABSTRACT:
We discussed the form of education that fosters rational judgment based
on the selection and prioritization of a large amount of information.
Specifically, we developed a lesson plan for fostering judgment skills
focused on the theme of the pros and cons of COVID-19 vaccination for
prevention. We sorted out the twelve requirements for classes from three
perspectives: education for fostering judgment, risk education, and
critical thinking education. Based on the extent to which the twelve
requirements were reflected in the course design, the course was evaluated
on two aspects: "A: education that promotes subjective judgment without
scientific or logical errors" and "B: education to achieve desirable
judgment through communication.” As a result, it was evident from the
questionnaire survey evaluation that B was sufficiently achieved. On
the other hand, the effectiveness of A resulted in different outcomes
between student questionnaire survey evaluations and instructor assessments
of the reports. In other words, while the student survey indicated sufficient
achievement, the instructor evaluation indicated that it was not sufficient.
From this, it is inferred that some simplification is important at least
as an educational practice in this university.
Roma Youth's Right to Education (Case Studies: Greece and Hungary)
Kyriakidis, Kleanthis; Koikas, Evgenia (United Arab Emirates)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.115
ABSTRACT:
Romani youth's right to education both in Greece and Hungary is explicitly
and implicitly violated despite the abundance of international, European,
and national legislation. Consequently, Greece has been found guilty
of violating thrice the European Union Convention of Human Rights by
the European Court of Human Rights, whereas Hungary only once despite
its institutionalized antigypsyism. Unfortunately, Roma, Europe's most
substantial ethnic minority, are discriminated against in every domain,
which in turn impacts their schooling. Evidently, the tangible results
of anti-discriminatory legislation addressing the marginalization and
discrimination of Roma students remain negligible. It becomes apparent
that antigypsyism cannot be eradicated by legal action alone but has
to be combined with measures addressing the socio-economic status of
Roma and offering development opportunities for the Roma communities
in both Greece and Hungary. A Gordian knot like that needs unflappable
political will and in-depth individual and societal changes.
Self-Physical Fitness Training Program with Sit up Sensor to Enhance the Abdominal Muscle Strength
Suddee, Nuttaporn; Songkram, Noawanit (Thailand)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.73
ABSTRACT:
Technological advancements have resulted in changing the people of today's
behaviours and has encouraged a change in lifestyles. And is an exercise
that can be done by yourself, anywhere you like and when done regularly
with correct posture, it will strengthen the abdominal muscles. Also,
by doing this you will reduce the chance of an injury by doing sit-ups.
This can be included within modern exercise trends, as those who want
to exercise are already familiar with using technological exercise equipment.
This study aimed to develop a self-physical fitness training program
with a sit-up sensor to enhance abdominal muscle strength. It featured
60 undergraduate students from Chulalongkorn University, ages 18 to
23, who were split into two groups with 30 participants each using purposive
sampling: the experimental group, which used the self-physical fitness
training program with a sit-up sensor, and the control group, which
used the program without the sensor for three days a week over six weeks,
or 18 days in total. These were the research's findings: The Self-Physical
Fitness Training Program with Digital Innovation to Improve Abdominal
Muscle Strength study discovered a substantial difference between the
study results of the current stage and the needs analysis of technologically
connected devices for exercising in the program at the 0.05 level. As
a result of this innovation, a chest strap could measure the slope of
the exerciser's body while performing a sit-up to measure the length
when connected to a smartphone and the Sit-Up Fitness Tracker Application,
which reduces injuries and makes self-exercising convenient, efficient,
and easy. After using the Self-Physical Fitness Training Program's digital
technology, the experimental group’s mean increased with a significant
difference at 0.05 levels. (M=4.99, SD=0.03) Keywords: Self-Physical
Fitness Training Program, Sit Up, Sit Up Sensor, Abdominal Muscle Strength.
Stressors and Coping Strategies in the New Normal: A Case Study of Teachers in a Higher Education Setting
Balajadia, Janine Marie; Dy, Maria Micole Veatrizze; Pariñas, Lukas; Taguba, Christine Leila; Tan, Alessandra Grace; Tuazon, Maxine Therese; Uy, Jerome Patrick; Adarlo, Genejane (Philippines)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.92
ABSTRACT:
When governments restricted holding in-person classes to contain the
spread of COVID-19, many higher education institutions turned to digital
technology to continue the education of their students. This abrupt
change in the delivery of teaching and learning posed pedagogical and
technological challenges to the teachers. And as governments have gradually
allowed the return of students to physical classrooms with the decline
in COVID-19 cases and the rollout of vaccines, teachers must adapt once
more to a different arrangement for teaching and learning. Using the
Job Demands-Resources Model as a theoretical framework, this case study
examined the stressors (i.e., job demands) encountered by teachers in
a higher education setting as students have returned to physical campuses.
It also explored their coping strategies (i.e., job resources) that
helped them adjust to the demands of using a different arrangement for
teaching and learning in the new normal. Thematic analysis of responses
to open-ended questions in a survey of 100 teachers in an institution
of Catholic higher education in the Philippines showed demands related
to teaching as a job and other competing concerns were brought up as
stressors when in-person classes resumed after two years of fully online
teaching. It also revealed seeking social support, focusing on teaching
and research, and practicing self-care as their ways of coping with
the demands of the new normal. Findings from this study can contribute
to policies that can cater to faculty development.
Systemic Challenges of Digital Foreign Languages Education in Global Emergency Meta-Context (The Pandemic and Warzone Perspectives)
Makhachashvili, Rusudan; Semenist, Ivan; Prihodko, Ganna; Prykhodchenko, Olexandra; Tupakhina, Olena (Ukraine)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.21
ABSTRACT:
The worldwide pandemic and, subsequently, the active warzone in Eastern
Europe (Ukraine) has posed a variety of difficulties for construction,
procedure and methodology of higher education that impacted the extent
of personal experience, results and quality of university education
worldwide.
The COVID-19 pandemic induced amplified digitalization measures
in the higher education sphere, informed by the need to take quick comprehensive
action in order to achieve the overarching result to transform educational
scenarios into interdisciplinary digital, blended, and hybrid frameworks.
The objective of the study was to assess the dynamic changes in the
effectiveness of digital education for Foreign Languages programs in
Ukraine, in the pandemic and wartime emergency timespan (2021 to 2023).
The comparative survey benchmarking of various dimensions of digital
learning is implemented to evaluate the progress individual quality
and efficiency of transforming traditional Foreign Languages Acquisition
process into online remote and hybrid format, facilitated by digital
technologies.
Teacher Digital' Skills for Online Education in Preschool and Schools Education Careers
Montenegro, Sandra; Mendoza, Karina; Chancay, Carlos; Posligua, Katty; Meza, Jaime (Ecuador)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.45
ABSTRACT:
In order to cover the educational needs generated by the accelerated
change in the rhythm of life of society, the creation of other study
modalities arises that allow access from anywhere, in this sense, the
online education modality emerge, it requires teachers to evolve in
their skills to be participants in this teaching-learning process. This
research proposes a pedagogical strategy based on the use of tools that
allow the development of teachers' digital skills in the face of virtual
learning environments in the online modality of the in preschool and
schools education careers of the Technical University of Manabí. A descriptive
level methodology is addressed, supported by a mixed approach. Early
outcomes have shown the importance of digital competences to face the
educational need of today's society, and the training needs of the teachers
in these environments. The training strategy based on the use of tools
for the development of digital skills promotes significant learning
in teachers, and allows them to satisfactorily face virtual learning
environments, due to the high motivation that their use generates efficient
in these environments.
Teacher Professional Development in Inclusive Education in Chile: A New Perspective
Sánchez-Montecinos, Solangela; Huincahue, Jaime; Gaete-Peralta, Claudio (Chile)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.126
ABSTRACT:
This review analyses and describes the current trends in inclusive education
identified in higher education in Chile, specifically in teachers at
universities that are self-declared as inclusive. For that purpose,
it recognises the development of inclusive pedagogical competences in
the teacher, reflecting the transformation that occurs when inclusive
education is placed in an institution, positioning the teacher as a
key actor in its functioning from both an educational and a social dimension.
The teacher is the one who mediates between the inclusive policy at
their disposal and contrasts it with their own conceptions in order
to lead to a direct implementation in the students. From a literature
review, it has been possible to identify that the focus of development
of the emerging trends in recent years has been the continuous training
of teachers, based on the impulse and stimulation of institutional investment
in human capital that promotes inclusion competences, together with
multiple implementation mechanisms. It is concluded that, in this new
perspective, teachers must be motivated to create inclusive learning
environments. At the same time, inclusive education is a quality imperative
for higher education.
Teaching Health Informatics in Middle School: Experience from an NIH AIM-AHEAD Pilot
Tardieu, Gregory; Tekle, Senait; Zanin, Linda; Capshaw, Ter L.; Libin, Alexander; Zeng-Treitler, Qing (United States)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.81
ABSTRACT:
Health informatics is rarely introduced to middle school students due
to their age and insufficient background knowledge in computing and
healthcare. At the same time, it has been observed that many students
have lost interest in science and technology when they reach high school.
Funded by the NIH AIM-AHEAD initiative, we embarked on a project to
create a health informatics after-school initiative focused on AI. We
recognize that youth who identify as racial or ethnic minorities are
less likely to be introduced to and less prepared for a range of STEM-H
careers. Limited diversity in the life sciences and health professions
has significant consequences for access to healthcare services. Preparing
diverse students for the future digitally proficient healthcare workforce
is fundamental to addressing health disparities, increasing cross-cultural
communication, and positively impacting health equity. We acknowledge
that students are more likely to thrive academically in areas of STEMH
when they have access to instructors from diverse races, ethnicities,
and backgrounds who understand their experiences and perspectives.
The Influence of Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction on Well-Being: A Study on Higher Education Faculty in the New Normal
Balajadia, Janine Marie; Dy, Maria Micole Veatrizze; Pariñas, Lukas; Taguba, Christine Leila; Tan, Alessandra Grace; Tuazon, Maxine Therese; Uy, Jerome Patrick; Adarlo, Genejane (Philippines)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.87
ABSTRACT:
The world enters a new normal in response to the crisis brought on by
the COVID-19 pandemic. This new normal has its unique challenges and
opportunities for the faculty as physical campuses gradually re-open
for teaching and learning. Although a growing amount of research has
shown a relationship between the extent of basic psychological needs
satisfaction and the state of well-being in diverse populations, studies
focused on the faculty in the new normal remain limited. An online survey
of 100 faculty from an institution of Catholic higher education in the
Philippines was thereby carried out in the latter half of 2022 to examine
such a relationship. The results of this study showed that satisfying
the basic psychological needs of the faculty during the new normal can
contribute significantly to their well-being. These results can inform
higher education institutions on how they can best support their faculty
in the new normal and promote student learning.
The Language Conservancy; Developing eLearning Content and Curricula for Indigenous Communities
Krisberg, Jeremy; Swango, Logan (United States)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.1
ABSTRACT:
This extended abstract describes eLearning projects of The Language
Conservancy, specifically examining the eLearning platform developed
to service the creation of online and mobile curricula geared towards
education of younger generations within respective Indigenous communities
across the United States. Following an illustration of the eLearning
platform’s overall structure and functionality is a description of the
diverse content creation strategies which are applied to the unique
needs of different communities.
Toward Automated Project Management
Pérez-Castillo, Yadira-Jazmín; Orantes-Jiménez, Sandra-Dinora; Acevedo-Mosqueda, María-Elena (Mexico)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.161
ABSTRACT:
The development of new technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence,
has opened opportunities to support several disciplines, including Project
Management; however, the relationship between both disciplines is still
developing. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to know the current
situation of Artificial Intelligence about PM and to detect new areas
of opportunity to generate research within these two areas, which, when
integrated, seek an improvement in the processes of organizations.
Trans-Disciplinary Communication in the ChatGPT Age: A Systems Perspective
Cowin, Jasmin *; Oberer, Birgit **; Leon, Cristo * (* United States, ** Austria)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.138
ABSTRACT:
In recent years, Trans-Disciplinarity (TD) has become increasingly recognized
as a critical concept in contemporary scholarship and practice, especially
in the emerging field of the metaverse. Despite its growing importance,
however, the precise origins and meanings of the term remain somewhat
elusive, and its relationship to systems thinking is still poorly understood.
Consequently, further research is needed to clarify the definition and
application of transdisciplinarity and explore its connections with
related concepts such as systems thinking. By doing so, we can gain
a broader understanding of how transdisciplinary approaches can be used
to address complex problems in a variety of contexts and how they can
contribute to advancing knowledge and innovation across disciplinary
boundaries.
Transdisciplinary Transformation of Digital Education: Emergency, Sustainability and Universality
Makhachashvili, Rusudan; Semenist, Ivan (Ukraine)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.171
ABSTRACT:
Dynamic transformation of the knowledge economy, enhanced by Industry
4.0/5.0 development and rise of the networked society in the Digital
Age, emergency digitization of all social communicative spheres due
to pandemic measures have imposed dramatic changes onto transdisciplinary
overlap in different areas of human knowledge and experience, induced
by the cross-sectorial job market demands of university level education,
curriculum design and learning outcomes.
The global pandemic and subsequent warfare in Ukraine induced amplified
digitalization measures in the higher education sphere. This end-to
end digital shift in the educational processes (communication, content,
outcomes and outputs, skills) heralded the introduction of meta-disciplinary
dimensions of learning – digital, hybrid and, blended. These meta-disciplinary
dimensions can be considered conduits of vertical (endocentric) and
horizontal (exocentric) transdisciplinary of digital education as a
communicative system.
Applied trans-disciplinary lens of the phenomenological approach contributes
to the solution of holistic modeling of processes and results of updating
models and mechanisms of the highly dynamic communication system of
education in the digital environment as a whole and its individual formats
in dynamic sustainable and emergency digitization contexts.
Uses of Quantification and Modelling Category – The Case of Antimicrobial Coating Development
Gaete-Peralta, Claudio; Delgado, Katherine; Huincahue, Jaime (Chile)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.99
ABSTRACT:
In order to provide elements for the construction of reference frameworks
that allow the educational community to value and recover the uses of
mathematical knowledge of people that occur in specific situations in
their daily life, the aim of this research was to analyse the uses of
quantification that emerge in a specific situation of measurement by
a professional community. To address this objective, the uses of quantification
of a chemical engineer were analysed by means of a debate between performance
and form in a specific measurement situation whose argumentation was
given by the quantification of grams of additive necessary to elaborate
an antimicrobial coating. The results of this research allowed to account
for the uses of quantification that emerged by the chemical engineer
in this specific measurement situation. Among the conclusions, this
research allowed the identification of epistemological aspects and contextualised
rationalities that emerged in this situation and that are expected to
provide elements for the construction of this type of reference frameworks.
Using Mozilla Hubs for Online Teaching: A Case Study of an Innovation Design Method Course
Poolsawas, Banyapon; Chotikakamthorn, Nopporn (Thailand)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.7
ABSTRACT:
During the Covid-19 pandemic, video conferencing platforms such as Zoom
Online, MS Team Meeting, and Google Meets have been primary remote teaching
tools. 3D immersive and non-immersive social platforms such as Mozilla
Hubs have been studied as alternative tools for organizing remote teaching.
This study aimed to assess the usability of Mozilla Hubs when applied
to remote teaching and compared it to that of the widely used Zoom platform.
An undergraduate course on innovation design methods was selected as
the case study. Students enrolled in this course were divided into two
groups. Distance learning was conducted through the Zoom platform for
the first group of students. In contrast, the other group participated
in the course activities through the Mozilla Hub platform within a non-immersive
setting. The students in the Hubs group were requested to participate
in the Hub pre-training class a week before the first week of the course’s
lecture. Six everyday tasks requiring student interaction with each
of the two platforms were selected for the study. Usability was measured
in terms of efficiency and ease of use. The time taken to complete each
of the selected tasks was used to measure the efficiency of each platform.
The System Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaire was used to measure ease
of use. For most tasks, both platforms yielded comparable results regarding
task efficiency. The only exception is for the room transition task,
where the results differed between the two platforms depending on whether
the teleport or 3D navigation methods were chosen by students in the
Hubs group in order to complete the task. Discussion on the factors
affecting the efficiency of the room transition task was provided. Using
the SUS questionnaire, it was found that both platforms yielded comparable
SUS scores of 68.91 and 70.66 for the Zoom and Mozilla Hubs platforms,
respectively. Similar ease-of-use results were due to the offering of
the Hubs pre-training class to the students using the Mozilla Hubs platform.
Virtual Meeting as Didactic Strategy and Teaching Archive in Health Residencies: An Integrative Review
Martins, Carolina; Martins, Antonio; Pimentel, Camila; Siriani Oliveira, Marilda; Barbosa Seiffert, Otília Maria Lúcia (Brazil)
https://doi.org/10.54808/IMSCI2023.01.26
ABSTRACT:
Specialization of hospitals has been gradually incorporated in the health
field since post-WWII period. It brought challenges for in-hospital
educational model characteristic of health professions, to such a degree
that Residency Programs allocated in Specialized Units have problems
providing for in-depth learning experiences outside their primary profile
of care. There are few native solutions to mitigate this didactic limitation,
and is a challenge faced by generations of residents now and into the
future. This study evaluated the use of Virtual Meetings as Didactic
Strategy and Teaching Archive in Health Residencies and its current
representation in literature. A parametrized search was done between
March/30th and April/6th, 2022. Eighteen articles fulfilled inclusion
criteria. Of these, fourteen articles were published during COVID-19
pandemic; fifteen, focus on implementation of Virtual Meetings; eleven
articles emphasized recording Meetings as a Virtual Archive. During
the pandemic, concerns grew about curatorship, technical aspects, and
uses beyond streaming-on-demand. No article lay emphasis on retention
of knowledge, abilities, competencies, or impact on performance of residents.
Eleven articles evaluated the virtual tool but to the extent of recording
participants reactions. Although the professional development in health
professions can be faced as a continuous, integrated process, marked
by interdisciplinarity, there are differences distinguishing learning
that occurs during residency. Virtual Meetings enhance the range of
didactic interactions beyond time/space, but methodological differences
between modalities call for stringent analysis criteria. At the other
end, there is the outcome of interest. Is in the theoretical or applied
knowledge, abilities, pre-clinical readiness, or clinical performance
that a given strategy exerts impact? Technology has revolutionized teaching/learning,
but the literature, currently, lacks evidence on effective tools to
adequately train health professionals during residency. COVID-19 pandemic
has forced acceleration on uptake of teaching technologies, thus exacerbating
the need for guiding evidence. This integrative review, compiles data
of interest, particularly to Residency Programs in Specialized Units
that intend on taking up these tools as alternatives for didactical
constrains derived from their pre-determined profile-of-care.
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