scholarly journals Examination of Local Online Course Characteristics Compared with MOOCs – A Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Nissim Sabag ◽  
David Pundak ◽  
Elena Trotskovsky
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Course Characteristics ◽  
College Course ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
General Studies ◽  
Depth Interviews

During the past two years, we suggested to the college’s engineering students to diversify their general studies with MOOCs. This experiment was awarded scant interest. The college students were then given the opportunity to enroll in a new online course in Hebrew, as part of the college’s general studies. The current paper compares students' attitudes toward MOOC and the online college course. A qualitative method was used, including in-depth interviews, observations of the forum’s activities and a students' opinion questionnaire. The participants were 25 students studied the online course, eight students completed MOOCs (from an engineering college), and 229 students from two colleges who did not study the online course or the MOOCs answered an opinion questionnaire about online courses. The completion of 25 students of the online course in comparison with the eight students who completed the MOOCs indicates a significant preference by the students for the online course over the MOOCs. The main criterion of the students to participate in the MOOCs was their interest in the subject matter, while the online course participants considered their own convenience first. The MOOC students reported a heavy learning load while the online course students reported a reasonable load.

Home is Where the Heart Abides Migration, return and housing in Dakar, Senegal

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Guilia Sinatti
Keyword(s):  
Home Country ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Architectural Features ◽  
Global Age ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
Local Construction ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Depth Interviews

The increased interconnectedness and possibilities for travel and communication that characterise the current, global age have strongly affected scholarly ways of understanding contemporary forms of identification and belonging. Literature on the subject strongly challenges the notion of home as a fixed place, particularly where migration is concerned. The case study of Senegalese migration, however, contrasts this argument. Based upon ethnographic research and in depth interviews with migrants conducted in Senegal and in Italy between 2004 and 2007, this article shows that for many Senegalese the ultimate home still remains strongly identified with the country of origin. Questioned on the issue at stake, Senegalese migrants unanimously express the eventual goal of return to the home-land. The perceived importance of an anchorage in Senegal is expressed even more strikingly than in words, in the practices of migrant investment in housing. Migrants invest massively in the home country, significantly altering the landscape of local cities. This article shows that the intensity and features of construction activities undertaken by migrants in the capital city of Dakar are provoking a veritable process of urban makeover, which is transforming the physiognomy of the built environment. Alongside transforming the landscape of many peripheral neighbourhoods by altering mainstream architectural features of buildings and importing Western styles and taste in local construction practices, migrants are also contributing towards the creation of new symbols of success.

scholarly journals Mapping Psychological & Sociological Influences on Individual Decision Making and Brand Choices

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 104-110
Author(s):  
Ray Titus ◽  
Bhavika Veeramachaneni
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Single Individual ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Personality Tests ◽  
Mba Program ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Consumption Decision ◽  
Depth Interviews

Understanding and responding to the quintessential customer is the only way marketers will survive high density competition in the market place. Giving the consumer what he needs, when he needs it and where he needs it is the key to smart marketing. Providing consumer solutions in turn require marketers to know their target consumers’ psyche and the sociological influences that bear down on them. This research study uses multiple qualitative tools like personality tests, perception tests, in depth interviews and projective techniques to understand the psyche, social cultural environment and the decision making framework of an individual research subject. The subject chosen for the single individual case study was a student at an MBA program in the metropolitan city of Bangalore. He is in his mid-20s looking to move on to a corporate job after the completion of graduate business program. The research primarily focussed on understanding the influences his social circumstances and his personal psyche had on consumption decision making.

scholarly journals Understanding Learner Behaviour in Online Courses through Learning Analytics

2021 ◽  
pp. 381-390
Author(s):  
D. Thammi Raju ◽  
G. R. K. Murthy ◽  
S. B. Khade ◽  
B. Padmaja ◽  
B. S. Yashavanth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Analytics ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Time Data

Building an effective online course requires an understanding of learning analytics. The study assumes significance in the COVID 19 pandemic situation as there is a sudden surge in online courses. Analysis of the online course using the data generated from the Moodle Learning Management System (LMS), Google Forms and Google Analytics was carried out to understand the tenants of an effective online course. About 515 learners participated in the initial pre-training needs & expectations’ survey and 472 learners gave feedback at the end, apart from the real-time data generated from LMS and Google Analytics during the course period. This case study analysed online learning behaviour and the supporting learning environment and suggest critical factors to be at the centre stage in the design and development of online courses; leads to the improved online learning experience and thus the quality of education. User needs, quality of resources and effectiveness of online courses are equally important in taking further online courses.

scholarly journals INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION: HOW PATTANI STUDENTS COMMUNICATE TO KEMBANGARUM RESIDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nuryanto
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
Anxiety Management ◽  
Cultural Shock ◽  
Community Behavior ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Depth Interviews

The research aimed to examine (1) the anxiety experienced by Pattani Students when they first mingled with Kembangarum residents, (2) the anxiety management used by Pattani Students, (3) the model of intercultural communication between Pattani students and Kembangarum residents. The type of the research used in this study is a case study. While the approach was qualitative approach. Data collection techniques used were in-depth interviews and participatory observation. The subject of the study is Pattani students and Kembangarum residents. The findings showed there was a cultural shock experienced by Pattani students when they first lived in Kembangarum. The cultural shock resulted in anxiety and uncertainty when they communicate with the locals. To overcome this anxiety, Pattani students used Gudykunst’s three anxiety management, those are the self-concept, motivation and, reaction to the locals. The communication model used by Pattani students was intercultural approaches by prioritizing dialectics and interpretation of community behavior.

scholarly journals “The Gods Must Be Crazy”: Students’ Attitudes and Dispositions as Enablers and Blockers to Internationalization

2020 ◽  
pp. 102831532096428 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ehrhardt ◽  
Caroline Archambault
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Intercultural Learning ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Arts And Sciences ◽  
Explicit Attitudes ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Liberal Arts And Sciences ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Students Attitudes

This article argues that students’ attitudes and dispositions can be important enablers or blockers to effective internationalization of the curriculum in higher education. Using a case study of teaching African studies at a Dutch Liberal Arts and Sciences college, this article shows that students have mixed explicit attitudes toward the subject matter, but more consistent implicit dispositions that influence their understanding. Specifically, our students show strong dispositions toward agency, rationality, separation, and similarity, which clarifies some aspects of the course content but obscures others. As such, they function as both enablers and blockers to intercultural learning. Since dispositions are common among university students and relevant to a wide array of intercultural learning contexts, this study offers important insights for designing and implementing effective internationalization—in particular, the need to tailor our efforts to the specific constellation of attitudes and dispositions, the course content, and the skills of both teachers and students.

scholarly journals Online versus Face-to-Face: Students' Preferences for College Course Attributes

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Mann ◽  
Shida R. Henneberry
Keyword(s):  
Course Design ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Course Selection ◽  
Online Course Design ◽  
Design Technology ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Early Afternoon ◽  
College Course ◽  
Attribute Information

The objectives of this article were to determine: 1) students' preferences for college course attributes; and 2) how the amount of course attribute information impacts enrollment. Results indicate students had the highest preferences for face-to-face (F2F) courses offered late morning and early afternoon and two to three days per week. Students selected online over F2F courses depending on course makeup; for example, course topic, online course design technology, and when the F2F version was offered. Additionally, students selected online courses more frequently when additional online course attribute information was available during course selection.

scholarly journals Sustaining Local Communities through Cultural Industries Based on Local Wisdom in Tigawasa Village

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Agung Parameswara ◽  
Athina Wulandari
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Cultural Industries ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Fundamental Factor ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Depth Interviews

Globalization with the presence of information technology and development is a challenge for the sustainability of local communities that identic with tradition and culture. The value of local wisdom is an identity that is a strength because there is no in other places. This study wants to prove that local wisdom can provide added value and could even be used as a fundamental factor for sustainable development. The subject of study is the cultural industries. It is said, cultural industries that have cultural values are an important component and it contains the strength of narration of the output. The investigation is carried out by exploring local wisdom-based economic activities, access to labor, and social sustainability to show that the value of local wisdom as an identity can realize a sustainable economy in a rural area. In-depth interviews and observations with an ethnography approach to the case study method conducted in Tigawasa Village, Buleleng. This village is Bali Aga Village, home of Bali Mula or Bali’s original people, the earliest inhabitants of the island, which have local wisdom of bamboo.

scholarly journals NON-MEDICAL MASKS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR STANDARDS EDUCATION AND ONLINE DESIGN PROJECTS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Torvi
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Water Resistance ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
Standard Test ◽  
Online Course ◽  
History Of ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
Online Design ◽  
Standard Development

While engineering students gain some experience in the use of codes and standards, some may not be exposed to the process used to develop standards, or the history of individual standards. A number of resources on standard development are available to instructors, and knowing the history of a standard will aid in understanding its potential limitations when used in design. This paper will outline how the process of developing standard test methods for non-medical masks during the COVID-19 pandemic can be used as a case study in design courses.  Potential online projects and assignments related to testing of these masks are described, including considerations of material performance, comfort and functional fit, along with examples of analysis that students could perform.  Sample fabric tests that use readily-available supplies to measure water resistance are described to illustrate how assignments and projects could be completed by studentsremotely in an online course.

scholarly journals Kebermaknaan Hidup Pada Ibu Rumah Tangga yang Terinfeksi HIV-AIDS di Kota Surabaya

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Imroatu Sholikhati Setyo ◽  
Akhmad Fauzie ◽  
Dewi Mahastuti
Keyword(s):  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Significant Other ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
Self Image ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Unique Individual ◽  
Hiv Aids

<em><span>The purpose of this study is to understand how the process of achieving meaningful of life housewives living with HIV. The subjects in this study were two housewives PLHIV (People Living with HIV) who are already infected with HIV-AIDS for at least two years, with each one significant other. This study used a qualitative approach with descriptive case study, as well as in-depth interviews. Based on interviews and analysis of data, known when the subject was not received when it should be declared as a housewife living with HIV. Both subjects had to live life with a negative self-image on themself, because getting stigma and discrimination from society. The awareness to have a better life emerged after a meeting with other people living with HIV housewives as well as individual experts such as doctors or psychologists. The meaning of life back discovered two subjects because they have a belief in God. Of significance has been determined, the subjects begin to live life happily. Until the end of the two subjects get the results of the hard work that has been traversed.</span><span>The changes do not significantly meaningful life is a process. In fact, every individual will follow the stages that exist precisely, considering each individual is a unique individual with characteristics that are owned respectively. This is what happened to the two housewives PLHIV in this study, that the process through which the meaningful of life does not follow a particular order.</span></em>

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