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Chua-Chiaco, Barrie Wu. "Effect of bioaugmentation and diesel fuel type on soil bioremediation". Thesis, Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/21940.
Texto completoThesis (M.S.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1998.
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Department of the Interior; U.S Geological Survey via Water Resources Research Center
Soil, Christophe. "Essays on organizations and technological progress". Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/211096.
Texto completoCang, Yuqing "Jenny". "A Deep Dive into Technological Unemployment: A State-Level Analysis on the Employment Effect of Technological Innovations". Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1660.
Texto completoAheto, Simon-Peter Kafui. "Patterns of the use of technology by students in higher education". Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2541.
Texto completoRationale: Unavoidably, the 21st century is witnessing continuous discourse about students’ technology uses in higher education. This thesis explores the underpinnings of students’ technology usage in their rhizomatic (personal) learning networks in the higher educational environment through a lens of four sub-research questions and four research hypotheses. Methodology: This research adopted a cross-sectional narrative and numeric study using the Frameworks for an Integrated Methodology (FraIM). The study was conducted in four universities comprising two universities in Ghana, one in South Africa and another in Belgium. Participants and respondents included students and lecturers. Data collection methods comprise focus group interviews, individual interviews, surveys (paper and web-based) and rhizomatic maps. The philosophical underpinning was inclined towards the critical realists’ stance and hinged to Rhizome Theory and Actor Network Theory. Data were analysed through descriptive and multivariate analyses and learning analytics employing tools in social network analysis. Results were presented graphically via Rhizomatic Learning Network maps, charts, tables and narratives. Findings: Students’ personal learning networks exhibit traces of rhizomatic patterns which are related through human and non-human actors. Seven categories of actors – comprising 218 individual actors – were found in students’ Rhizomatic Learning Networks. Out of 19 traceable digital devices used by students, this research established differences among the institutions in the four most widely used digital devices: Laptop, Smartphone, Tablet or iPad, and E-Reader pro rata. Students owned, in this sequence, smartphones, laptops, tablets or iPads and e-readers. This research also found statistically significant differences among all four institutions in terms of students’ self-perceived importance of handheld mobile devices towards academic success, university wireless network experiences and satisfaction of Learning Management Systems in the universities. However, results indicated that students are not likely to skip classes when materials from course lectures are available online, implying an inclination towards a blended approach to learning despite a technologically-rich environment. Implications and Value: With an underlying effect on curriculum design and implementation, this thesis, supporting rhizomatic approaches to learning, has tremendous potential to improve personal learning networks in higher education. It further contributes an understanding of emerging patterns in the personal learning networks of higher education students within a technology-rich environment. Again, integration of the two theories – FraIM, analytical tools and style of presentation – in understanding the problem through the lens of a critical realist is novel. Key Recommendations: Further rhizoanalysis research into the detailed roles performed by individual technological actors in students’ personal learning networks in the higher educational environment is required. Additionally, clear policies exhibiting willingness and enforcement strategies to integrate technology in all facets relating to learning should guide curriculum development within the universities.
Gandell, Terry S. "The effect of opportunities provided by telecommunications on the reading and writing of adult augmentative communicators who are severely disabled /". Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=70283.
Texto completoSeligman, Larry Stuart. "Perceived value impact as an antecedent of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and attitude a perspective on the influence of values on technology acceptance /". Access restricted to users with UT Austin EID Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3035978.
Texto completoEvert, Candice Elaine y der Post Leda Van. "A model using Technological support for tutors in practical computing sessions". Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/12534.
Texto completo秦瑀 y Yu Grace Chun. "An empirical study of the factors affecting individual performance using a modified task-technology fit approach". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31625848.
Texto completoMa, Wai-kit Will y 馬偉傑. "Understanding online knowledge sharing: an interpersonal relationship perspective". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43949988.
Texto completoLu, Jie y 卢洁. "Using social networking environments to support learning engagement inhigher education". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48329435.
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Moses, Rhonda René. "Factors related to technology implementation of K-12 principals and teachers". Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5355/.
Texto completoLaw, Yuk-man y 羅旭文. "How modern technology influences memory". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31953839.
Texto completoMeierhoefer, Cameron Stone. "Technology adoption and productivity in Georgia manufacturing establishments". Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29903.
Texto completoRothaermel, Frank T. ""Creative destruction" or "creative cooperation"? : an empirical investigation of technological discontinuities and their effect on the nature of competition and firm performance /". Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8779.
Texto completoKenny, Peter. "News agencies as content providers and purveyors of news: A mediahistoriographical study on the development and diversity of wire services". Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1616.
Texto completoThis study examines the history, development and diversity of news agencies. It studies the major agencies and pinpoints how smaller wire services that sometimes purvey niche news seek to offer a more diverse global news-flow. The linkage between news agencies and technological developments, and how wire services have helped advance technology, is examined since the first agencies began in the 1800s, up to the current era of the Internet. The rise of television and the subsequent ascent of the Internet prompted new demands for more diverse news procurement. This accelerated the convergence of different media and has exposed challenges and opportunities to news agencies, large and small. Alongside the telegraph, news wire services expanded from supplying news and information locally to being global players, helping the world shrink. The mediahistoriographical approach engages a critical examination of literature sources regarding the development of the major wire services, and some of the smaller players. The literature, along with interviews with news agency experts, provides the material to examine wire services. The study shows how some original agencies leveraged opportunities offered by their standing in powerful nations to become dominant transnational players. The ascendancy of the mega-agencies compounded limited news-flows from developed to poorer nations, while an expansion of diversified news-flows has not matched technological progression. This study concludes by recommending greater recognition of the importance of news agencies and more scholarly examination of them, as studies on them appear scarce compared to those on other media branches, such as newspapers, the electronic media and the Internet. More studies into the development of both mainstream and alternative news agencies would pave the way for a better understanding of how they function and could provide clues as to how they might be able to better sustain themselves as more diverse entities for the benefit of the public discourse. Through the above, this dissertation seeks to contribute, in a small way, to rectifying a knowledge disparity regarding a key component of the mass media, namely the news agency.
Smith, Leone. "Computer-related musculoskeletal dysfunction among adolescent school learners in the Cape Metropolitan region". Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1545.
Texto completoINTRODUCTION Computer use has been identified as a risk factor for the development of musculoskeletal dysfunction among children and adolescents internationally. Computer exposure has increased in the Western Cape since 2002, with the inception of a project to install computer laboratories in all schools in the province. As musculoskeletal dysfunction experienced during adolescence is predictive of musculoskeletal disorders in adulthood, it is essential to identify all risk and/or associative factors. METHODOLOGY A descriptive study was conducted with the aim to investigate whether the musculoskeletal dysfunction of high school learners in the Cape Metropolitan region was related to their computer use. This study was conducted in two phases. Phase 1 of the study entailed the completion of a new questionnaire, the Computer Usage Questionnaire, by grade 10-12 learners. The learner sample was divided in a computer and a non-computer group depending on their exposure to the school computer. Phase 2 of the study involved the assessment of the ergonomic design of the computer laboratories at randomly selected high schools within the Cape Metropolitan region. RESULTS A total of 1073 learners (65% girls & 35% boys), aged 14-18 years, completed the CUQ in phase 1 of the study. The results indicated that learners in the computer group had greater weekly exposure to computers than the non-computer group. The prevalence of musculoskeletal dysfunction among this learner sample was 74%. The most common body areas of dysfunction were the head, low back and neck. The female gender, playing sport and using the school computer for more than three years were associated with musculoskeletal dysfunction. Weekly computer use of more than seven hours was predictive of general musculoskeletal dysfunction, low back pain and neck pain. Twenty nine computer laboratories within 16 selected high schools were assessed by means of the Computer Workstation Design Assessment (CWDA). Out of a total score of 40, the computer laboratories obtained average scores of less than 45%, indicating compliance with less than half of the standard ergonomic requirements. The average scores for the workspace environment was less than 40%. The design of the desk, chair and computer screen had the poorest compliance to ergonomic guidelines. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION The prevalence of musculoskeletal dysfunction among this sample was higher than among other similar samples on the same study topic. The higher prevalence may be attributed to the poor ergonomic design of the computer laboratories in the Cape Metropolitan region. Learners’ reduced participation in activities such as sport and working on a computer due to their musculoskeletal dysfunction, may impact on their choice of a future career. The tendency of learners not to seek medical advice for their musculoskeletal dysfunction may predispose the development of chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Education of related parties on safe computing habits as well as advice on the ergonomic design of computer laboratories is recommended to prevent the progression of adolescent musculoskeletal dysfunction into chronic disorders in adulthood.
White, Jeff. "A vital matter : adjunct faculty transitions in a computer-oriented writing program". Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1203651.
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Thompson, John Ronald. "Development and Analysis of a Model for Change in the Workplace, Using Quasi-Experimentation with Computer Professionals in Northwestern Investor Owned Utilities". PDXScholar, 1991. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1248.
Texto completoMatheson, Rob. "The economic effects of supply management on technology adoption in the Quebec and Ontario dairy sector /". Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=63896.
Texto completoVicentini, Claudia Regina Garcia. "Ferramentas e metodologia de projeto aplicados na criação de produtos para a industria textil-confecção". [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/264335.
Texto completoTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Mecanica
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Resumo: A indústria têxtil e de confecção brasileiras atravessam um momento marcado por profundas mudanças, em que é necessária a busca de vantagens competitivas para manterem-se no mercado diante da forte concorrência oferecida pelo mundo globalizado. A sistematização do processo de desenvolvimento de produtos, neste caso é recomendada, a fim de se obter sucesso no lançamento de novos produtos no mercado, reduzir tempo de projeto, e diminuir as chances de insucesso. Baseados no estudo de várias metodologias e ferramentas de projeto foi, então, proposta uma metodologia e sugerida uma série de ferramentas técnicas para executá-la, nos quais são abordadas as especificidades do produto têxtil e de vestuário. A metodologia foi desenvolvida valendo-se de informações da literatura da área de desenvolvimento de produtos de engenharia e de design, e do levantamento dos parâmetros de projeto importantes para a criação de produto de vestuário de moda. Como resultado deste trabalho é apresentada uma metodologia, que consiste no desdobramento do projeto em fases, compostos por um conjunto de tarefas que orientam o profissional na criação de uma coleção. A fim de testar a metodologia e as ferramentas sugeridas, tais como: quadro morfológico, análise do valor, painel semântico, entre outras, as mesmas foram aplicadas em uma empresa do setor de vestuário feminino de moda para o desenvolvimento de uma coleção, na qual mostraram-se eficientes, com resultados satisfatórios.
Abstract: The textile and apparel products industry in Brazil pass through a time of deep change, it is necessary to seek competitive advantages to maintain itself face to the strong competition offered by the globalized world. The product development systematization, in this case is recommended in order to have a successful new products launching to the market, reducing project time and chances of failure. Based on the study of various methodologies and design tools was proposed a methodology and suggested a set of tools which are dealt with in the specifics of the textile and clothing. The methodology was developed drawing on information from literature in the area of product development, engineering and design and survey of the relevant parameters for the creation of fashion product clothing. The proposed methodology is presented as a result of this work, which consists of splitting the project into three phases, which comprehends a set of tasks that guide the work in creating a collection. In order to test the methodology and the tools suggested: morphological chart, value analisys, moody chart and others, these were applied in a women's fashion clothes company for the collection development the tools and methodology were considered efficient and with satisfactory results.
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Srivastava, Manish Kumar. "Friends or Neighbors? The Effects of Inter-firm Networks and Clusters on Technological Innovations in the U.S. Semiconductor Industry". Diss., Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29234.
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Johnson, Thomas C. "Effect of distance learning technology as a training delivery system for rural and small law enforcement agencies". Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2007. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-09142007-122026.
Texto completoVelloso, Luise Angela Cunha. "A capacidade inovadora da indústria farmacêutica brasileira e a relação com seu desempenho competitivo". reponame:Repositório Institucional do BNDES, 2010. https://web.bndes.gov.br/bib/jspui/handle/1408/10415.
Texto completoDissertação (mestrado) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, 2010.
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Day, Jason A. "Investigating learning with web lectures". Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22627.
Texto completoCommittee Chair: Foley, James; Committee Member: Abowd, Gregory; Committee Member: Anderson, Richard; Committee Member: Catrambone, Richard; Committee Member: Guzdial, Mark.
Mukherjee, Ashesh. "The effect of novel attributes on product evaluation : explaining consumer resistance to technological innovation /". Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
Texto completoSternberg, Melina Adissi. "Mídia e educação na cibercultura: uma pesquisa sobre a escola e o desenvolvimento de competências midiáticas". Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2018. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/21377.
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This research is aimed at understanding the development of media skills in schools in the context of cybercultural dromocracy. The primary objective is to understand these skills and their links with the social, economic and media context of the school, as well as the perspective of valuing technology in this environment. The corpus of the research will consist of interviews with pedagogical coordinators of the Mater Dei School, a private teaching institution in the city of São Paulo. The school provides digital media for educational purposes as part of the execution of its educational policy project. Intended for the regular activities of all curricular components, digital media are intrinsically linked to students' school routine. In these cases, the development of media skills is at stake, and that’s the central focus of the research. This concept is understood as the sum of technical, practical and cognitive skills that covers both the use of the media and the critical understanding of macrossocial and mediatic processes. As a consequence of technological development, the social, cultural, economic and/or political contexts of life were eventually mediatized, a scenario in which the media permeate the development of contemporary society. In the same context, new models of construction and mediation of knowledge emerge, prompted by the imperative of cyberculture dromocracy in this mediatized capitalist structure. In this scenario, which justifies the need for an in-depth investigation, the research problem concerns how and to what extent the institution appropriates the discourse of competence and/or dromocracy in order to determine the development of media skills in the school system. As a methodological strategy, the interviews with educational managers at the Mater Dei School, as well as the mapping of the characteristics of the school system studied, are based on the following hypothesis: a school has learning objectives focused on the development of media skills, incorporated into the curriculum of pedagogical coordination and teachers, as a consequence of demands outside the school, such as the need to train students able to deal with digital technologies
A presente pesquisa está dedicada à compreensão do desenvolvimento de competências midiáticas em escolas no contexto da dromocracia cibercultural. O objetivo prioritário é a compreensão dessas habilidades e seus vínculos com o contexto socioeconômico e midiático da escola, bem como a perspectiva de valorização da tecnologia nesse ambiente. O corpus da pesquisa consistiu em entrevistas com coordenadores pedagógicos do Colégio Mater Dei, instituição particular de ensino da cidade de São Paulo. A escola disponibiliza mídias digitais para fins educacionais como parte da execução de seu projeto político-pedagógico. Destinadas as atividades regulares de todos os componentes curriculares, as mídias digitais estão, intrinsecamente, ligadas ao cotidiano escolar dos alunos. Está em jogo, neste caso, o desenvolvimento de competências midiáticas — foco central da Pesquisa. Entende-se por este conceito a soma das habilidades técnicas, práticas e cognitivas que abrangem tanto o uso das mídias quanto a compreensão crítica de processos macrossociais e midiáticos. Como consequência do desenvolvimento tecnológico, os contextos sociais, culturais, econômicos e/ou políticos de vida acabaram por ser midiatizados, cenário no qual os meios de comunicação perpassam o modo de desenvolvimento da sociedade contemporânea. No mesmo contexto, emergem novos modelos de construção e mediação do conhecimento, solicitados pelo imperativo da dromocracia cibercultural nessa estrutura capitalista midiatizada. À luz desse panorama, que justifica a necessidade de uma investigação aprofundada, a problemática da pesquisa diz respeito a como e em qual medida a instituição se apropria do discurso da competência e/ou da dromocracia, de modo a determinar o desenvolvimento de competências midiáticas no sistema escolar. Privilegiando, como estratégia metodológica, entrevistas com gestores educacionais no Colégio Mater Dei, bem como o mapeamento das características do sistema escolar estudado, esta Pesquisa se baseia na seguinte hipótese: a escola dispõe de objetivos de aprendizagem focados no desenvolvimento das competências midiáticas, incorporados ao currículo de forma objetiva pela coordenação pedagógica e pelos professores, em consequência de demandas externas à escola, como a necessidade de formação de alunos aptos a lidar com as tecnologias digitais
Rujin, Svetlana [Verfasser], Christoph M. [Gutachter] Schmidt y Ansgar [Gutachter] Belke. "Macroeconomic effects of technological innovations : international evidence / Svetlana Rujin ; Gutachter: Christoph M. Schmidt, Ansgar Belke ; Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft". Bochum : Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1205976396/34.
Texto completoDhongde, Sharvey. "Technology and innovation diffusion : a workers' perspective". Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0032/MQ64108.pdf.
Texto completoSocha, Kevin G. "Design of a compliant end effector for grasping non-rigid materials". Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/17986.
Texto completoSchneider, Diana Sensenbaugh. "Descriptive analysis of technology use at the Riverside County Office of Education, Riverside, California". CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1377.
Texto completoSilva, Leonardo Florencio da. "Produção de material didático para ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem na educação a distância para o ensino superior". Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2018. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/21537.
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Esta pesquisa visa apresentar o processo de produção de material didático para ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem (AVA), na educação a distância (EaD), em uma instituição de ensino superior (IES). Reflete-se em torno de questões como: Quais são os elementos norteadores na elaboração de material didático digital para a EaD? Quais são as metodologias e processos dessa IES? Qual a contribuição que tais processos propiciam para além da realidade dessa IES? São apresentados elementos norteadores, tais como os instrumentos avaliativos e os referenciais de qualidade, que respaldam a prática da educação a distância no Brasil, no ensino superior, com reflexo no material didático. Com o avanço da pesquisa, foi possível perceber a presença e importância de teorias instrucionais e teoria multimídia, principalmente aplicadas aos objetos virtuais de aprendizagem, principal conteúdo do material didático
Sibeko, Xhobani Phethelo. "Innovation and the city in the era of the knowledge economy". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/19986.
Texto completoENGLISH ABSTRACT: Innovation can be defined as a process whereby radical and incremental changes in thinking, in a process and in services lead to novel processes, products and services on a global scale. The nature of this “process” distinguishes it from similar processes concerning development and competitiveness with which it is often confused. Given their unique characteristics and challenges, cities are often the ideal and most likely sites for innovation in a globalised world. In the past, cities were mainly tasked with managing the affairs of their citizens. However, modern-day cities often find themselves facing more significant challenges, such as competing with other cities for investment, knowledge and tourists. In addition, cities in the 21st century are challenged to develop city cultures that are conducive to a knowledge-based economy and lifestyle. Against this background, the purpose of this thesis was to determine the relationship between innovation and cities in a knowledge-based economy (chapter 1). The chosen research methodology entailed critically analysing core concepts, namely cities (chapter 2), innovation (chapter 3), and the relationship between cities and innovation in the knowledge economy (chapter 4). Based on this, the researcher proceeded to postulate recommendations and suggestions for policies of innovation in cities (chapter 5). In so doing, the foundation was laid for the future development of a policy regarding innovation in developing cities (chapter 6).
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Innovasie kan gedefinieer word as ’n proses bestaande uit radikale en inkrementele veranderinge in denkpatrone, in ‘n proses, produkte en dienste wat uiting kry in die ontwikkeling van nuwe prosesse, produkte en dienste op ‘n globale skaal. Die aard van hierdie “proses” onderskei dit van soortgelyke prosesse rakende ontwikkeling en mededingendheid waarmee dit menigmaal verwar word. Stede word dikwels beskou as die ideale (en mees waarskynlike) gebiede waar innovasie in ’n geglobaliseerde wêreld kan plaasvind, vanweē hul unieke karaktereienskappe en die uitdagings wat hulle in die gesig staar. In die verlede was stede slegs belas met die belange van hul inwoners, maar hedendaagse stede moet dikwels ander uitdagings, soos strawwe kompetisie vir beleggings, kennis en toeriste, teen ander stede die hoof bied. Terselfdertyd, word daar van stede in die 21ste eeu verwag om stedelike kulture te ontwikkel wat bevorderlik is vir ’n kennis-gebaseerde ekonomie en leefstyl. Teen hierdie agtergrond was die doel van hierdie tesis om die aard van die verhouding tussen innovasie en stede te bepaal (hoofstuk 1). Die gekose navorsingsmetodologie het die kritiese analise van kernkonsepte behels, naamlik stede (hoofstuk 2), innovasie (hoofstuk 3) en die verhouding tussen stede en innovasie in die kennisekonomie (hoofstuk 4). Op grond van hierdie analise, het die navorser aanbevelings en voorstelle rakende innovasie-beleide in stede gepostuleer en geformuleer (hoofstuk 5). Op hierdie manier, kon die grondslag gelê word vir die toekomstige ontwikkeling van ’n beleid vir innovasie in ontwikkelende stede (hoofstuk 6).
Chan, Sze Man Gabrielle. "Communication strategies used in online complaint communication : effects on customer satisfaction, corporate image and word of mouth communication". HKBU Institutional Repository, 2002. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/447.
Texto completoSterenberg, Gladys Yvonne y University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "Women and computers : the feminine mystaque". Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2000, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/142.
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Erwee, Anton. "Development of technology for the production of stable high moisture dried fruit". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53365.
Texto completoENGLISH ABSTRACT: Dried fruit is a well-known food product that has been produced for many years. The product characteristics have remained constant throughout this time with a moisture content of ca. 18 - 26% (mlm). However, in recent times there has been a definite trend towards a fmal dried fruit product in the intermediate moisture range with a moisture content of ca. 36%. The high water activity (aw) of the product (ca. 0.85) makes the product susceptible to microbiological spoilage and the product therefore requires a subsequent pasteurisation step to ensure a safe product. A further consequence of the increased moisture content, higher aw and the temperature of the pasteurisation step, is the increased rate of non-enzymatic browning reactions. Currently the shelf life is only 15 weeks while a minimum shelf life of 30 weeks is required to enable product export. Moisture sorption isotherms may be used to depict the relationship between moisture content and aw. Moisture sorption isotherms were thus determined for Royal type apricots and nectarines at 25° and 40°C. Samples, equilibrated at relative humidities in the range of 11-97%, were obtained using saturated salt solutions and a static gravimetric method. Isotherms were found to be of type I, typical of dried fruit. Six mathematical models namely; BET, GAB, Iglesias and Chirife, Halsey, Henderson, and Chung and Pfost, were fitted to experimental data. The GAB model predicted the aw of both apricots and nectarines the best at 25° and 40°C with the Henderson equation second best in all instances. The binding energy, as a function of moisture content, was calculated to determine energy requirements for drying. At low moisture contents « 20%) an increase of energy was required for drying. Discolouration of macerated dried Royal type apricots and nectarines during accelerated storage as affected by moisture (32, 36, and 40%, mlm) and sulphur dioxide (S02) content (2500, 3000 and 3300 mg.kg" for apricots; 1800, 2200 and 2600 mg.kg" for nectarines) was investigated. The macerated samples were stored at 30°, 40°, 50° and 60°C. Colour was quantified in terms of the L* value of the CIELab system (used throughout the study). Moisture and S02 contents affected both the initial fruit colour and the rate of discolouration. The highest L* values, i.e. lightest fruit colour, were obtained for fruit at 40% moisture content and the highest S02 levels. Increasing storage temperature accelerated the loss of moisture and S02. The influence of a 10°C increase in storage temperature on the rate of browning and thus shelf life was described in terms of the QIO value. QIO and aw values of apricots ranged from 1.96 - 2.47 and 0.833 - 0.890, respectively, while QIO values of 1.50 - 4.61 and aw values ofO.844 to 0.890 were obtained for nectarines. Discolouration of dried nectarine halves during accelerated storage at 40°C as affected by rehydration method, moisture content, packaging atmosphere and pasteurisation method, was investigated. The fruit halves were rehydrated using three different methods to obtain moisture contents of 36 and 40%, respectively. Dry heat and steam pasteurisation techniques were used to render a microbiologically safe product. Commercial packaging material was used and the atmosphere was modified with CO2 to lower the O2 concentration in the headspace. A two-step rehydration at 45°C, steam pasteurisation at 90°C for 150 minutes and packaging under a high CO2 atmosphere rendered a product with the best colour retention under accelerated storage conditions of 40°C for eight weeks. To confirm the results obtained with accelerated storage at temperatures that the product would normally be retailed at, shelf life tests were also performed at 5° and 25°C. Discolouration of whole dried Royal type apricot and nectarine halves as affected by rehydration method, moisture content, packaging atmosphere and pasteurisation method was investigated. The methodology for rehydrating, pasteurising and packaging the high moisture dried fruit developed in this study was compared against the standard method used by the industry. The new processing method increased shelf life. Samples were stored for a period of 30 weeks and were tested every five weeks to determine CO2 concentration in headspace, colour retention and S02 concentration of the fruit. Both apricots and nectarines achieved a shelf life of 30 weeks at both storage temperatures and an extrapolated shelf life of 89 weeks at 5°C, but only 32 weeks at 25°C.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Droë vrugte is 'n welbekende voedselproduk en word reeds vir baie jare vervaardig. Die produkeienskappe het konstant gebly gedurende hierdie tydperk met 'n produkvoginhoud van ca. 18 - 26% (mlm). Daar is egter 'n tendens die afgelope tyd na 'n finale produk in die intermediêre voggebied met 'n voginhoud van ca. 36% en 'n water aktiwiteit (aw) van ca. 0.85. Hierdie verandering in voginhoud en aw maak die produk vatbaar vir mikrobiologiese bederf, en gevolglik word pasteurisasie benodig om dit te preserveer. 'n Verdere gevolg van die verhoogde voginhoud en aw en die hoë temperature van pasteurisasie, is die verhoogde tempo van nieensiematiese verbruiningsreaksies. Huidig is die produk se rakleeftyd 15 weke terwyl 'n minimum van 30 weke benodig word om hierdie produk suksesvol uit te voer. Vogsorpsie-isoterme kan gebruik word om die verwantskap tussen voginhoud en aw uit te beeld. Vogsorpsie-isoterme van Royal tipe applekose en nektariens is gevolglik bepaal by 25° en 40°C. Monsters, geëkwilibreer by relatiewe humiditeite van 11 - 97%, is verkry deur gebruik te maak van versadigde soutoplossings en 'n statiese gravimetriese metode. Tipe I isoterme, wat tipies van droëvrugte is, is verkry. Ses wiskundige modelle naamlik; BET, GAB, Iglesias en Chirife, Halsey, Henderson, en Chung en Pfost, is gepas op die data. Die GAB model het die aw van beide appelkose en nektariens by 25° en 40°C die beste voorspel en die Henderson model die tweede beste in al die gevalle. Die bindingsenergie as 'n funksie van voginhoud is bereken om die energie vereistes van droging te bepaal. By lae voginhoude (<20%) is 'n skerp styging in benodigde energie waargeneem. Die verkleuring van gemaalde gedroogde Royal tipe appelkose en nektariens gedurende versnelde opberging en die invloed van voginhoud (32, 36, en 40%, mlm) en swaweldioksied (S02) konsentrasie (2500, 3000 en 3300 mg.kg' vir appelkose; 1800, 2200 en 2600 mg.kg" vir nektariens) is ondersoek. Die gemaalde monsters is gestoor by 30°, 40°, 50° en 60°C. Kleur is gekwantifiseer in terme van L* waardes van die CIELab sisteem (ook gebruik vir daaropvolgende ondersoeke). Vog en S02 het albei die aanvanklike kleur asook die tempo van verbruining beïnvloed. Die hoogste L* waardes, d.i. die ligste kleur, is verkry vir die monsters met 40% voginhoud en die hoogte S02 vlakke. Verhoogde temperature tydens opberging het aanleiding gegee tot verhoogde verliese van vog en S02. Die invloed van 'n 10°C verhoging in opbergingstemperatuur op die tempo van verbruining en dus rakleeftyd, word beskryf in terme van QIO waardes. QIO en aw waardes van die appelkose het gestrek van 1.96 - 2.47 en 0.833 - 0.890, onderskeidelik, terwyl QIO waardes van 1.50 - 4.61 en aw waardes van 0.844 tot 0.890 verkry is vir die nektariens. Verkleuring van gedroogde nektarien halwes gedurende versnelde opberging by 40°C en die invloed van rehidrasie metode, voginhoud, verpakkingsatmosfeer en pasteurisasiemetode is ondersoek. Die vrughalwes is gerehidreer deur middel van drie metodes om die voginhoud te verhoog tot 36 en 40%, onderskeidelik. Droë hitte en stoompasteurisasie metodes is gebruik om 'n mikrobiologiese veilige produk daar te stel. Kommersiële verpakkingsmateriaal is gebruik en die CO2 konsentrasie van die atmosfeer in die verpakking is verhoog om die invloed daarvan te bepaal. 'n Twee-stap-rehidrasie by 45°C, stoompasteurisasie by 90°C vir 150 minute en 'n hoë C02 atmofeer het aanleiding gegee tot die monster met die beste kleurbehoud tydens versnelde opberging by 40°C vir agt weke. Om die resultate, verkry met die versnelde rakleeftyd studie, te bevestig by temperature waarby die produk normaalweg blootgestel sal word tydens kleinhandel, is 'n rakleeftyd studie uitgevoer by 5° en 25°C. Verkleuring van heel gedroogde Royal tipe appelkoos en nektarien halwes, die invloed van rehidrasie metode, voginhoud, verpakkingsatmosfeer en pasteurisasiemetode is ondersoek. Die metodiek vir die rehidrasie, pasteurisasie en verpakking van hoë vog droëvrugte ontwikkel in hierdie studie, is getoets teen die standaardmetode wat deur die industrie gebruik word. Die nuwe prosesseringsmetode het aanleiding gegee tot 'n langer rakleeftyd. Monsters is opgeberg vir 'n tydperk van 30 weke om die rakleeftyd te bepaal. Die CO2 konsentrasie in die pakkie, kleurbehoud en S02 konsentrasie van die vrugte is elke vyf weke getoets. Beide appelkose en nektariens het 'n rakleeftyd van 30 weke by albei opbergingstemperature behaal, terwyl 'n ekstra-gepoleerde rakleeftyd van 89 weke by 5°C en 32 weke by 25°C behaal is.
Xakaza-Kumalo, Sheila. "Pedagogical issues arising from the introduction of educational technology at two South African universities of technology : a comparative study". Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2644.
Texto completoEducational technology can improve teaching and learning in universities of technology in developing countries. Due to various factors, there is no readymade “one-size-fits-all” solution for facilitating the successful implementation of educational technology. Tedre, Apiola and Cronjé (2011) identified 100 educational, socioeconomic and technical attributes that can influence the successful integration of educational technology in developing regions. While exploring the issues arising from technology integration at two universities of technology, the aim of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of Tedre, Apiola and Cronjé’s framework in order to contribute to its refinement. The central research question concerned the extent to which Tedre, Apiola and Cronjé’s framework was useful for a situational analysis at two South African universities of technology. The sub-questions concerned the framework’s ability to distinguish between the two universities on the one hand and on the other hand, the overlaps or shortcomings of the model as it assisted in describing those situations. The findings revealed that the two universities in this inquiry are not similar. Although the universities’ educational strategies and policies were very analogous, differences were found in the manner and approach to the implementation of educational technology. The pedagogical considerations for e-learning uptake in both universities corroborated with each other to a certain extent. The findings further showed that most of the educational factors that affect technology integration, and subsequent educational technology adoption, resonate with pedagogical issues found in other developing countries.
Omari, Maryam. "The ideal homeworkers: An investigation of personal & job characteristic requirements for successful home based work". Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2000. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1543.
Texto completoYuen, Kai-tong Woody y 袁啓棠. "Impacts of technologies on job and job holders: a case study on Cathay Pacific Airways". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31268468.
Texto completoHarpur, Patricia-Ann. "A framework for ad hoc mobile technology-enhanced learning in a higher education context". Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2742.
Texto completoAlthough the use of mobile technology features prominently in all walks of life, learning and teaching supported by its ad hoc use in higher education contexts is an under-researched topic. Moreover, elements constituting best practices for quality improvement and aimed at informing decision-making stakeholders, are spread across disparate frameworks, reported in literature. The study aimed to meet the following objectives: • O1: To identify the elements that inform strategic decisions for ad hoc mobile technology-enhanced learning. • O2: To inform the structure of the framework, defined by its constituent components. These objectives were associated with two main research questions, addressed via five secondary research questions that guided the exploration of elements associated with the ad hoc use of mobile technology-enhanced learning in a specific higher education environment. The study consequently proposed a consolidated and synthesised set of theoretically based and empirically determined elements, leading to a framework of interrelated guidelines. A moderate constructionist approach adapted from Järvensivu and Törnroos (2010) underpins the dual-purpose research design. At first, a systematic literature review explored existing frameworks applicable to e-learning, m-learning, technology-enhanced learning and blended-learning modalities. The review was subsequently expanded to include additional sources that addressed diverse aspects of mobile technology-enhanced learning. I undertook an extensive qualitative data analysis of the 55 articles resulting from the systematic literature review. Analysis techniques incorporated open, axial and selective coding, memoing, thematic analysis and the construction of network maps using ATLAS.ti V8.0, a CAQDAS tool. Outcomes of the analysis established an initial set of theoretically grounded elements, comprising a hierarchy of 11 constructs, five categories, 16 sub-categories and 60 items. Network maps demonstrated the interlinking of elements for each of the five categories titled: A. Enablement, B. Environment, C. Interactivity, D. Dynamics and E. Mobility. A final network map consolidated these individual maps, presenting the foundations for a framework for the ad hoc use of mobile technology-enhanced learning in higher education contexts. The theoretically based elements established foundations for the empirical portion of the study – a single exploratory case study defined by an architectural technology domain. The case study supported the inclusion of multiple perspectives and complex, natural contexts where mobile technology usage by stakeholders was the focus of the study. Empirical data was collected during six studies from purposively selected faculty respondents. Qualitative data analysis of collected data yielded additional empirically determined elements namely: eight constructs, eight sub-categories and 35 items. These empirically determined elements augmented findings of the systematic literature review. Additional categories did not emerge; however support for theoretically based elements was demonstrated via network maps.
Palaskas, Chrysostomos. "Applying the Technology Integration Micro Model (TIMM) in higher education learning and teaching practice". Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2006. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/325.
Texto completoChoong, Wi Yan Kelly. "The diffusion of MP3 and its impact on the music industry : a strategic analysis". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2001. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36356/6/36356_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.
Texto completoOliveira, Cristiane Tavares Casimiro de. "Integração de tecnologias ao currículo em escola pública de uma cidade digital". Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2017. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/20642.
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This research is part of the Graduate Studies in Education: Curriculum of PUC-SP, on the New Technology in Education line. The research aimed to answer the following question: How does the process of integrating technology into the curriculum occur in a context where: a) there is access to technological resources; b) the teachers take continuing education development for the pedagogical use of digital information and communication technologies (DICT), and c) the school allows for the implementation time prescribed in the literature to introduce technology for transformational pedagogical work? With this background, the general objective of the research consisted of understanding the DICT integration process into the curriculum of a municipal public school in a digital city and to show that such process happens in a spiral-like form. Specifically to characterize the research context; to identify the signs of technology integration into the curriculum through the reading of official documents such as teacher planning and lesson plans and the school's Political-Pedagogical Project and Action Plan; to identify, document and analyze the processes of use of technology linked to the school's activities by routine observation; to understand instances that suggest how the school understands the pedagogical use of DICT; and to offer the school teacher development focused on the use of technology aiming at analyzing the process of its pedagogical use. The theoretical framework was based on the areas of education technology, curriculum theory and the integration of technology into the curriculum. As for the methodology, the research-action resources were used to collect and generate data, such as: in loco direct observation, online questionnaire, individual and collective semi-structured interviews, and professional development for the pedagogical use of DICT. The research participants were teachers, learning mediators and school managers. Data analysis allowed to infer that the process of DICT integration into the curriculum was also a result of the teacher development process offered by the school and the process had characteristics that mirrored to the learning spiral as developed by Valente (2002). Throughout the analyses it was possible to note that the ascendent spiraling movement did not occur; instead, a horizontal spiral in scope and comprehensiveness occurred, followed by a web-shaped movement that emerges from the interaction among individuals mediated by cooperation, interaction and the interdisciplinary work at the school. This research shows that knowledge sharing promotes both teachers’ growth in the process of pedagogical appropriation of technology, and integration of technology into the curriculum
A presente pesquisa insere-se no Programa de Pós-graduação em Educação: Currículo da PUC-SP, na linha de pesquisa Novas Tecnologias em Educação. A investigação pretendeu responder à questão: Como acontece o processo de integração de tecnologias ao currículo em um contexto onde há acesso aos recursos tecnológicos, os professores passam por formação continuada para uso pedagógico das Tecnologias Digitais de Informação e Comunicação (TDIC) e a escola tem o tempo de implantação de tecnologias indicado pela bibliografia como importante para a transformação do trabalho pedagógico? Nesse sentido, o objetivo geral constituiu em compreender o processo de integração das TDIC ao currículo em uma escola pública municipal de uma cidade digital e mostrar que esse processo ocorre de forma espiralada. Especificamente, caracterizar o contexto da pesquisa; identificar indícios de integração de tecnologias ao currículo por meio da leitura dos documentos formais, como: planejamentos e planos de aulas dos professores, Projeto Político-Pedagógico (PPP) e Plano de Ações da escola; identificar, documentar e analisar os processos de uso de tecnologias vinculadas às atividades na escola por meio da observação cotidiana; compreender as manifestações que indicam como a escola entende o uso pedagógico das TDIC; oferecer, na escola, formação para uso de tecnologias, e analisar o processo de sua utilização pedagógica. O referencial teórico foi encontrado nas áreas de tecnologias na educação, teoria de currículo e integração de tecnologias ao currículo. Como metodologia, foi utilizada a pesquisa-ação, lançando mão de diversos instrumentos para levantamento e geração de dados, como: observação direta in loco; aplicação de questionário on-line; entrevistas semiestruturadas individuais e coletivas; e formação para uso pedagógico de TDIC; considerando como participantes da pesquisa professores, mediadores de aprendizagem e gestores da escola. A análise dos dados permitiu inferir que o processo de integração de TDIC ao currículo é fruto também da formação oferecida na escola e apresentou características que o aproximam do modelo teórico de espiral da aprendizagem proposto por Valente (2002). Durante as análises, foi possível notar que o movimento espiralado ascendente ocorreu, porém mais horizontal, em abrangência e amplitude, acompanhado por um movimento reticular, que emerge da interação entre os indivíduos mediados pela cooperação, interação e pelas possibilidades de trabalho interdisciplinar na escola. A presente pesquisa aponta que é no compartilhamento de conhecimentos que pode haver tanto o crescimento dos professores no processo de apropriação pedagógica de tecnologias como também a integração de tecnologias ao currículo
Goble, Karin A. "Twenty-first century learning, technology, and the impact on student engagement". Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, c2013, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3357.
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Savarese, Josephine. "The gifts of the chip? : the regulation of occupational health and safety in the post-industrial age". Thesis, McGill University, 1999. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30324.
Texto completoThe thesis begins with a reference to The Gift of Stones, a fictional account of the difficulties that stone workers experienced when the Bronze Age arrived. Modern labourers face parallel struggles due to the arrival of the Post-Industrial Age characterized by technological innovation and restructuring. The legitimacy and effectiveness of occupational health and safety law is challenged by changes to social institutions and by computer related work injuries.
In many jurisdictions, the state has responded to these changes by enacting ergonomic standards that seek to minimize the harmful effects of computer use. The thesis examines the trend towards ergonomic standards with particular focus on Canadian initiatives. In conclusion, it argues that ergonomic regulations are an important means of promoting safer computer practices. Additionally, ergonomic standards provide a mechanism for continued state regulation of occupational health and safety. The challenge for rule makers is ensuring that the standards are a component of comprehensive legal reforms.
Appiah, Edward. "An exploration of ICT for graphic design education at a public university: issues of ideation and pedagogy". Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1339.
Texto completoDesign education has been fundamentally changed by computers and new digital technologies. New ideas and new frontiers have emerged. Available literature shows ICT has revolutionalised design education through the online studio and blended learning. In response to the growing needs of ICT in design education, new courses are being designed, while collaborations on design projects are emerging owing to virtual design studios (VDS). Researchers in design, especially in professional architecture and engineering, believe that ICTs enhance the teaching and learning of design. The adoption of ICT at the various stages of problem solving has not yet been reflected in the teaching of graphic design, especially in idea development. In developing economies, in the recent past, more attention has been paid to graphic design pedagogy, as it particularly relates to using ICT in ideation. Using the ‘multi-method’ approach, the research captured both quantitative and qualitative approaches in a pragmatic paradigm. It explored how ICT has affected the teaching and learning of ideation in graphic design in a university in a developing country. This included investigating pedagogical models and paradigms that had informed graphic design education since the incorporation of ICT. It surveyed ICT methods and the players involved in graphic design education, and documented the everyday experiences of students and educators in the lecture rooms to obtain a more holistic impression of teaching and learning. Empirical evidence suggests considerable access to computer and ICT methods by students especially. Various perceptions on the use of ICT by students in ideation activities as far as graphic design education is concerned, and how ICT is informing ideation, were also captured through the data. The study revealed activity systems of ICT integration as something that created contradictions. The contradictions were characterised by activities of collaborations and uses of ICT by students on one hand, and lecturers on the other hand. There were significant revelations of the development of the graphic design processes of using ICT in ideation. Ultimately, they were revelations of complexity of the design process for which there were no precise and fixed formulas that bring together form, function, and context conditions, and which gave credence to the orientation of pragmatism in terms of epistemology to which the study ascribed from the beginning. The study therefore elicits a review of the pedagogy of graphic design, with constructivism becoming relevant in the teaching of ideation in graphic design education.
Tae, H. J. "Technological innovation in Korea : An empirical investigation into the effect of government innovation incentive policies, market pressure and competition, and firm's organisation structure". Thesis, Henley Business School, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383775.
Texto completoWaghid, Faiq. "Towards the democratisation of senior phase school science through the applicatin of educational technology". Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85577.
Texto completoENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this dissertation I report on an action research study in relation to the democratisation of science education in a Grade 10 life sciences classroom at a local high school through the application of educational technology, more specifically social network media such as Facebook. I argue that action research for social justice with the support of educational technology can contribute towards cultivating critical teaching and learning in the science classroom, thus contributing to the democratisation of science education in schools. In the main, this study shows that educational technology can contribute to the democratisation of science education in classrooms in relation to teaching contentious issues in the current life sciences school curriculum on three levels: firstly, learners and educators can experience enhanced levels of participation, collaboration and deliberation through Facebook; secondly, learners can construct personal learning contexts as a testament to the sense of autonomy they have (and can acquire) in learning about life sciences, particularly as they endeavour to nurture their critical and problem-solving skills, construct and apply life sciences knowledge, and integrate understandings of life sciences into the context of societal change; and thirdly, learners and educators can cultivate equal partnerships in the sense that equality refers to their insistence to „rupture‟ and „disrupt‟ pedagogical activities in the life sciences classroom. Finally, this study also reveals that critical teaching and learning in the life sciences classroom cannot be oblivious to poststructuralist thought on learning to think and act rhizomatically as opposed to hierarchically and linearly, and that exercising one‟s individual autonomy through a claim to intellectual equality can simply be pedagogical ingredients that can further enhance democratic science education in schools.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie proefskrif doen ek verslag oor ‟n aksienavorsingstudie in verband met die demokratisering van wetenskaponderwys in ‟n Graad 10 lewenswetenskappe- klaskamer in ‟n plaaslike skool deur die toepassing van onderwystegnologie, meer spesifiek sosiale netwerkmedia soos Facebook. Ek argumenteer dat aksienavorsing vir sosiale geregtigheid met die ondersteuning van onderwystegnologie kan bydra tot die kultivering van kritiese onderrig en leer in die wetenskapklaskamer, wat dus bydra tot die demokratisering van wetenskaponderwys in skole. Hierdie studie bewys hoofsaaklik dat onderwystegnologie op drie vlakke kan bydra tot die demokratisering van wetenskaponderwys in klaskamers met verwysing na omstrede vraagstukke in die huidige lewenswetenskappe-skoolkurrikulum: eerstens kan leerders en opvoeders hoë vlakke van deelname, samewerking en beraadslaging deur Facebook ervaar; tweedens kan leerders persoonlike leerkontekste konstrueer as bevestiging van hulle sin van outonomiteit wat hulle bekom (en kan aanleer) deur leer oor die lewenswetenskappe, veral soos hulle poog om kritiese en probleemoplossingsvaardighede uit te bou, wetenskapskennis te konstrueer en toe te pas, en betekenisse van lewenswetenskappe in die konteks van sosiale verandering kan integreer; en derdens kan leerders en opvoeders gelyke verhoudings kweek in soverre gelykheid verwys na hulle aandrang daarop om pedagogiese aktiwiteite in die lewenswetenskappe-klaskamer te „verbreek‟ en te „ontwrig‟. Ten slotte wys hierdie studie dat kritiese onderrig en leer in die lewenswetenskappe-klaskamer nie onbewus kan wees van poststrukturalistiese denke oor die aanleer van risomatiese eerder as hiërargiese en liniêre denke en optrede nie, en dat die uitleef van individuele outonomie deur aanspraak te maak op intellektuele gelykheid die pedagogiese inspuiting kan wees wat benodig word om demokratiese wetenskaponderwys verder in skole te bevorder.
Du, Preez Liska. "Effects of selected modes of digital distribution on music consumerism, with reference to the album format". Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1427.
Texto completoKaur, Juss Rani. "Out of school support for gifted and talented learners : an exploration of online discussion forums". Thesis, University of Oxford, 2009. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:76663abb-c521-497a-b58e-9bf878406cc3.
Texto completoMeyers, Neville Thomas. "Personal control beliefs and sustainable telecommuting : an exploration of relationships". Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999.
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