Tesi sul tema "Audio-visual service"

This study is focused on how technology is employed as educational support media in distance education. The aim is to establish the availability and accessibility of interac¬tive television for both guidance teachers and students in rural, remote and previously disadvantaged communities. Interactive television could be used to support the primary modes of education, namely, contact education on campus or at remote sites, paper-¬based distance education and Web-based distance education for in-service education and training of guidance teachers. The TELETUKS schools project is cursorily pre¬sented as an example of a technology-enhanced delivery system to facilitate interactive television learning. The ITV has the potential to be cost-effective, saving on travelling costs and reaching for increased numbers of upgrading guidance teachers per unit time. A comprehensive interactive television model for in-service training of the guidance teacher in the Northern Province is presented.
Thesis (PhD (Educational Guidance and Counselling))--University of Pretoria, 2007.
Educational Psychology
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Thesis (M.S.)--Kutztown University, 1989.
Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2807. Abstract precedes title page. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 50-51).

This creative project is to create a DVD as an interactive tool for Muncie Public Library librarians, introducing the library's environment and promoting programs to local residents. The DVD provides a friendly interface and utilizes the latest technology, such as Quick Time movies, 360° Virtual pictures and animations in introducing the library's facilities and guiding Muncie residents visually around the library. Additionally, the DVD provides a new method instead of a traditional flyer for residents to access the library's services and programs.
Department of Telecommunications

La thèse aborde le droit européen de la télévision sous deux aspects :les régimes administratifs d’accès des émissions télévisées aux réseaux câblés et les droits intellectuels.

En ce qui concerne l’accès des émissions aux réseaux câblés, la thèse met en avant le besoin de sauvegarder un service public de l’audiovisuel. Celui-ci est défini comme un ensemble des règles qui visent à la fois le paysage audiovisuel propre à chaque Etat membre (par exemple pluralisme) et le contenu des émissions proprement dit (émissions informatives, éducatives, épanouissement culturel etc.). Le droit communautaire primaire et dérivé, tel qu’interprété par la Cour de justice, fournit les moyens de conciliation entre, d’une part les intérêts généraux et, d’autre part, les exigences découlant de la libre prestation de services et de la libre concurrence.

En ce qui concerne l’application des droits intellectuels, la thèse aborde la problématique liée à l’épuisement ou la subsistance de ceux-ci. Dans le cas de la câblodistribution, la Cour a affirmé la subsistance du droit. Cette position est corroboré par la nouvelle directive européenne sur le droit d’auteur et les droits voisins dans la société de l’information. La thèse appuie la position de subsistance en considérant qu’elle constitue une condition essentielle pour la juste récompense des auteurs.

Enfin, la thèse aborde les questions plus spécifiques qui naissent à propos de la convergence technologique et juridique. Tout d’abord, il est avancé que le service public de l’audiovisuel n’est pas uniquement lié à des contraintes techniques, mais essentiellement à des objectifs qualitatifs (contenu des émissions). Ainsi, la thèse plaide en faveur de la pérpetuité du service public de l’audiovisuel dans l’ère du numérique. Par ailleurs, des questions plus spécifiques (comme l’accès à la boucle locale, l’interconnexion des réseaux et la numérisation des infrastructures) ont été examinées.

Doctorat en droit
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The problem of this study was a test of a specific videotape designed to influence the actions of tour guides for older adult groups. The purposes of the study were to observe guide performances and older adult responses before and after training in techniques for sharing information with older adults in public spaces. The hypotheses were tested. 1) Guides after training would exhibit significant differences in behaviors of pointing, repeating, pausing, questioning, conversing, facing art when talking, talking inaudibly, pacing rapidly. 2) Older adult drop-outs would decrease on tours with especially trained guides.

While striving for excellence in an increasingly market-dominated, multicultural, multilingual, service-oriented, and globalised society, language practitioners – translators, text editors, interpreters, audio describers, sign language interpreters and subtitlers – in South Africa and Flanders find themselves under increasing pressure to defend the professional status of their work, and to justify the conception of their different occupations as a homogenous profession. Given the cultural and mediatory role of the language practitioner in this decentralised, dynamic, complex, and virtual market, the professionalization of language practitioners is rapidly developing into a matter that needs urgent academic consideration. Scientific and multidisciplinary research on the occupations collectively and colloquially referred to as the “language professions”, or more academic, language practice, is therefore currently of the utmost importance and relevance to ensure market-related expert language services. Unquestionably, without such research language practice cannot become a bona fide profession. From the point of view of the sociology of professions, language practitioners are an extreme example of an understudied professional occupation (Sela-Sheffy & Schlesinger, 2011). By focusing attention on the marginal status of the language occupations (which persists despite the ever-increasing need for professionalized expert language services in a globalised multilingual and multicultural world), this research project aims to identify the perceived impediments to desired professional status for language practice, thereby creating a more systematic basis for future professionalization endeavour. The sociological literature on the professions as manifest in the functional, interactional and conflict approaches of Émile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Karl Marx, as well as a critical, postmodern approach offers a body of history and theory of the development of modern professions and their attributes. The service ideal; a viable income congruous with expert status; occupational autonomy and monopoly; career oriented training and continuing education; professional training institutions; professional bodies; ethics, and jurisdiction (see for example Abbott, 1988; Barber, 1963; Freidson, 1983, 1994; Goode, 1969; Hughes, 1963; Larson, 1977; Macdonald, 1995; Torstendahl & Burrage, 1990; Wilensky, 1964) are attributes unique to the “true profession”. These characteristics served as the matrix to establish a framework for the prototypical profession whereby the current professional status of language practitioners in South Africa and Flanders could be ascertained, and a formal language practice “professional project” initiated. Using the “professional project” (Larson, 1977) as a conceptual tool advantageously establishes the concrete, historically bounded character of the professions as empirical entities (Witz, 1992:64) within the context of three different approaches to categorisation as described in this project: the classical model, the critical model, and the prototype model. The identification of perceived obstacles to the professionalization of language practice as per the literature provided the context for a comparative appraisal of the current professional state of affairs of language practitioners in South Africa and Flanders. An objective investigation into the character of these obstacles revealed the catalyst opportunities inherent in the alleged barriers to professionalization. This perspective provides a rational framework for the implementation of essential measures to augment a viable professional project of language practitioners in general.
Thesis (PhD (Afrikaans and Dutch))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012

In the following chapters, I will discuss the effectiveness of radio and audiotapes as appropriate tools for health communication particularly suited to reaching deprived and isolated communities. I will refer to the striking achievements in radio and audiotape projects by drawing on the experiences of more than sixty radio and cassette projects concerned with primary health care in developing countries. I will present a detailed description of my Argentinean and South African radio experiences, focussing on how the two programmes came into existence, the different stages they have gone through, the problems and constraints encountered as well as their strengths and successes. I will describe the audiotape project I am involved in, and demonstrate how audiotapes can be used alone or in conjunction with radio for primary health education.

Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Reading is an important skill for the 21st century and are one of the cornerstones of learning. Research shows an escalating concern about the reading ability of South African learners. In an attempt to improve the literacy levels of learners, the Northern Cape Department of Education, issued a circular to schools instructing them to implement a daily reading period of 30 minutes. It is required of schools to indicate the reading period on the timetable and reading must be formally instructed. The purpose of the study was to determine the perspectives of teachers regarding the use of the reading period and school libraries. It is hypothesized that teachers do not provide enough exposure to learners regarding reading. Secondly It is hypothesized that teachers do not a create a reading culture or foster a positive attitude towards reading, because they ignore the reading period and do not use the library as a resource. A mixed method approach was followed, where both quantitative and qualitative research designs was used. The study consisted of a literature review and an empirical study. The empirical study was conducted at two high schools in the Namaqua District. The data was collected by means of a questionnaire which was completed by 16 Grade 8 and 9 teachers. Focus group interviews were also conducted with the participating teachers. An analysis of the empirical data showed the following : - According to the results the majority of the teachers are aware of the reading period. - The teachers indicated that the reading period is not implemented at both of the schools. - The teachers did not receive any guidance or support from the Northern Cape Education Department to assist learners with reading problems. - The data showed that both schools do have a school library. - From the responses of the teachers it seems that the library resources are old and insufficient. - The data indicated that the teachers do not use the school library as a resource to promote teaching and learning. - The learners are not exposed to the library to assist them with curriculum assignments. The research confirmed the research hypothesis that the reading period is not implemented and that the school library is not used by the teachers to promote the literacy levels and academic performance of the learners.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Lees is ʼn noodsaaklike vaardigheid in die 21ste eeu en is een van die boustene van leer. Navorsing in Suid-Afrika dui daarop dat leesprobleme in Suid-Afrika besig is om ernstige afmetings aan te neem. Om die leesvermoëns en geletterheidvlakke van leerders te verhoog, het die Noord-Kaapse Onderwysdepartement (NKOD) ʼn omsendskrywe uitgestuur, waarin skole verplig word om daagliks ʼn leesperiode van 30 minute in te stel. Hierdie leesperiode moet op die skool se rooster aangedui word. Binne die leesperiode moet lees op ʼn gestruktureerde manier aangebied word. Die breë navorsingsdoelstelling van die studie is om ondersoek in te stel na die perspektiewe van opvoeders rakende die gebruik van die leesperiode en die skoolbiblioteek. As navorsingshipotese is eerstens gestel dat opvoeders nie aan die leerders genoeg blootstelling rakende lees gee nie. Tweedens is gestel dat opvoeders nie ʼn kultuur van lees skep nie of ʼn positiewe houding teenoor lees by die leerders kweek nie, want hulle verontagsaam die leesperiode en ignoreer die biblioteek as hulpbron. In hierdie studie is daar gebruik gemaak van ʼn gemengde navorsingsontwerp, waarvolgens beide kwantitatiewe en kwalitatiewe navorsingsmetodes gekombineer word om die navorsingsprobleem beter te verstaan. Die studie het bestaan uit ’n literatuurstudie en ’n empiriese ondersoek. Die empiriese ondersoek is by twee geselekteerde hoërskole in die Namakwa-distrik gedoen. Die data is versamel deur ‘n vraelys wat voltooi is deur 16 graad 8- en 9- opvoeders van die geselekteerde skole. Fokusgroeponderhoude is ook met die deelnemers gevoer. ʼn Ontleding van die empiriese data het getoon dat: - die meerderheid van die opvoeders kennis dra van die leesperiode. - die leesperiode by nie een van die twee skole geïmplementeer word nie. - die opvoeders geen leiding en ondersteuning vanaf die Noord-Kaapse Onderwysdepartement ontvang het rakende hulpverlening aan leerders met leesprobleme nie. - beide skole beskik oor ’n skoolbiblioteek. - die skoolbiblioteek se bronne onvoldoende is en meestal verouderd is. - die opvoeders nie die skoolbiblioteek gebruik om onderrig en leer te bevorder nie. - die leerders ook geen blootstelling kry aan die skoolbiblioteek om take binne die kurrikulum te doen nie. Die navorsing bevestig die navorsingshipotese dat die leesperiode nie geïmplementeer word nie en dat die opvoeders nie die skoolbiblioteek as ʼn bron gebruik om die geletterdheid en akademiese vordering van leerders te bevorder nie.

Thesis deals with product placement in Czech marketing practice in the light of existence of regulations given by EC directive 2007/65/EC. It arbitrates alternatives of product placement regulation ban as it works now or liberalization under restrictive conditions.

Communication tools such as text-based instant messaging, voice and video relay services, real-time video chat and mobile SMS and MMS have successfully been used among Deaf people. Several years of field research with a local Deaf community revealed that disadvantaged South African Deaf 
people preferred to communicate with both Deaf and hearing peers in South African Sign Language as opposed to text. Synchronous video chat and video 
relay services provided such opportunities. Both types of services are commonly available in developed regions, but not in developing countries like South 
Africa. This thesis reports on a workaround approach to design and develop an asynchronous video communication tool that adapted synchronous video 
 
codecs to store-and-forward video delivery. This novel asynchronous video tool provided high quality South African Sign Language video chat at the 
expense of some additional latency. Synchronous video codec adaptation consisted of comparing codecs, and choosing one to optimise in order to 
minimise latency and preserve video quality. Traditional quality of service metrics only addressed real-time video quality and related services. There was no 
uch standard for asynchronous video communication. Therefore, we also enhanced traditional objective video quality metrics with subjective 
assessment metrics conducted with the local Deaf community.

碩士
國立臺北大學
企業管理學系
90
There has been increasing needs on visual —audio renting and selling services for people who live in a big city. How does many visual-audio rental stores make profit and avoid price competition? The most important thing is to improve service quality and raise customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction and service quality are generally regarded as two primary parallel directions in customer-behavior research. This study combines both and tests the relationships between service quality, disconfirmation, customer satisfaction in a lisrel model. First, The five dimensions that measure service quality are people, environment, products, services, and information. Then, expectations of a service are formed and the service is experienced and evaluated. The outcome is compared with the expectations. The expectations are either confirmed or disconfirmed. Finally, such disconfirmation subsequently leads to adjustments in the satisfaction level of the person engaging in the service. Besides, customer satisfaction is measured by repeat purchase, recommend intention and price tolerance. In an empirical study on visual-audio stores, the major findings are: (1)Product and information have great influences on expectations. What dimensions mainly affect services experiences and disconfirmations are product and environment. Repeat purchase and recommend intentions are both important to customer satisfaction. (2)Expectations have negative effects on customer satisfaction, but customer’s experiences on services and disconfirmation have positive effects on satisfaction. (3)According to 1-Way MANOVA, there is a significant variance of customer satisfaction among different sex of consumers. In response to those findings, the following suggestions are: (1)Adjust consumers’ expectations. (2)Improve the service quality that people feel after services. (3)Design appropriate marketing strategies for male consumers.

碩士
國立臺灣大學
法律學研究所
99
Newly-developed telecommunication technology brings about plurality, complexity and convenience in providing audiovisual services, making audiovisual sector one of most heavily influenced sectors in WTO by digital convergence. Thus, how WTO regulations apply to this sector remains to be clarified. Moreover, digital convergence exemplifies the conflict between cultural values and trade interest. An immediate solution is indeed in need. This thesis aims at seeking the solution by following steps. It begins with the definition of audiovisual services and its relation with culture. Then, it introduces the concept of digital convergence, explores its impact on audiovisual services, specifies the problems and indicates how to deal with those problems in principle. In order to clarify the scope of audiovisual commitments, it tries to answer “who” should be regulated, “what” regulations should be applied, and “how” they should be applied. Nevertheless, those regulations should ensure Members’ right to adopt measures for cultural protection while requires appropriate standards of review to prevent from abuse. Finally, a proposed approach of reformation is provided.

A review of the literature revealed that there are many variables that influence teachers' instructional practices. These influential variables fall into three categories: those related to the teacher, which are referred to in this study as teacher role characteristics; those related to the inservice education activities of teachers, referred to as staff development variables; and those related to the teachers' individual teaching situations, referred to as school climate variables. It was hypothesized that there may be variables that are related to the use of manipulatives for mathematics instruction by primary grade teachers. Nineteen independent variables in the three categories were studied. In order to investigate the hypotheses, a population of teachers was located in eight school districts outside of but within a sixty-mile radius of Corvallis, Oregon, and a sample was drawn from those teachers having some specialized training in the use of manipulatives beyond their initial teacher certification college coursework. One hundred eighty teachers were mailed a survey instrument, designed and field-tested by the researcher, whose purpose was to determine amount of manipulatives use. Following the completion of this survey, there were 145 participating teachers who were then sent a questionnaire, designed and field-tested by the researcher, which Pearson correlations were calculated for the variables based on continuous data and one-way analysis of variance was computed for the variables based on categorical data. Multiple regression analysis was then performed on the three independent variables that were statistically significant at the .05 level. A teacher's attitude toward the usefulness of manipulatives training, his/her current teaching beliefs (child-centeredness), and perceived attitude of students' parents were all highly correlated with manipulatives use. In the final regression model, each of these three variables made a unique contribution for explaining the variance in teachers' use of manipulatives. Other variables that may also have some relationship to the use of manipulatives included: quality of manipulatives training, follow-up from initial manipulatives training, and perceived response from students.
Graduation date: 1991

A research report in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the School of Science Education of the Witwatersrand. Johannesburg, 1995.
This project is concerned with a multimedia package which incorporates comics, video and pupil workbooks. The intention as to determine the effectiveness of the package on the conceptual change of pre-service teachers, using an empirical research method and decriptive analysis of results. Logistical constraints experienced at colleges of education and schools led to an alternative evaluation of the packaqe with D.E.T. college lecturers at RADMASTE workshop. Results indicated that, if properly administered, the multimedia package can assist users in identifying and changing tneir interfering preconceptions and misconceptions while they are enjoying the story.
MT2017

碩士
世新大學
廣播電視電影學研究所(含碩專班)
98
With the approach of the digital age, knowledge and information dispersal follows the era’s practical tend in demanding effectiveness. With the technology available in the digital era, the trend of digitizing information is inevitable. Not only did this induce revolutionary changes in hardware, the development of related software also calls for a different mindset and logic. The establishment of Taipei City Government (TCG) Department of Information and Tourism’s “Digital Image Archive” is the result of this new kind of thinking. In accordance with related information digitalization and digital archive policies, TCG began works on creating a digital audio and visual platform. The objective of the platform is to integrate real-time nonlinear editing system, digital database, and search engine for efficient usage. Furthermore, this will encourage the establishment of common multimedia platform and related applications, allowing efficient management and utilization by affiliated agencies of the city government and by the public, thereby achieving the goal of government information transparency. Through the implementation of the project in real-life situation, we discover that “multimedia” encompasses a wide range of creations spanning audio and visual expressions; the definition of the term changes with the era, with the technological knowhow of the specific period accounting for the differences. The application of this project focuses on audio and visual information, excluding the procedures of filming and emphasizing on the stages of post-processing – compression, file conversion, and storage. By executing this project, we hope to push forth with the development of a digital audio-visual platform to achieve the following goals: integrate the audio and visual data from the departments of city government; promote the management and effective use of audio and visual data; expand the use of multimedia applications with added values; strengthen city marketing efforts; shorten the production time of multimedia materials; and establish a standardized exchange/application process for audio and visual materials. This paper attempts to offer suggestions regarding the future “multimedia platform” focusing on the training of staff, the upgrading of equipments, and the management and utilization of data. Hopefully, the establishment of the audio and visual platform will stimulate interaction between government agencies and the private sector, achieving the goal of “zero distance.”

This research investigated the management of audiovisual materials (AV) in the East and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (ESARBICA). The study employed questionnaires, interviews and observation to gather data from a population of fourteen national archives. The response rate from the questionnaires was 64.28%. The observations and interviews were carried out from a sample of three national archives and four national media organisations, as explained in Chapter Three. The study confirmed previous studies that attributed continued dissipation of AV materials to various factors such as climatic and environmental conditions, shortage or lack of skilled AV archivists and lack of a standard legal framework in the ESARBICA region. Most national archives did not cover audiovisual archives in their legislation. The study discovered that most of the national archives did not apply the following policies to AV materials: appraisal, acquisition, access, preservation, retention, digitisation and disposal. The study revealed that most of the national archives had a collaborative relationship with national media organisations, where the latter were required to deposit copies of AV materials in the national archives. However, some national archives relegated the responsibility of managing AV materials to media organisations. Poor infrastructure hindered effective management of AV materials. Most of the national archives did not have equipment to monitor environmental conditions. This could have contributed to the vinegar syndrome in some of the national archives. Poor structural placement of some of the national archives resulted in inadequate allocation of funds to the national archives. This invariably impacted on the way national archives preserved AV materials. The researcher discovered that there were very few training opportunities in AV archiving in the region. The few trained staff had intermediate skills obtained from conferences, seminars and workshops. Most importantly, the study revealed that most of the national archival institutions in the region were not applying the records life-cycle model (or any other model) to the management of AV materials. The major recommendations were a change in the structural placement of the national archives, where the directors of the archives would report to an influential ministry in the government service. Such a position would accord the national archives more recognition and thus more financial resources may be availed to the national archives to enable them manage the nation's heritage more effectively. An Integrated Records Management (IRM) model was recommended. The application of the IRM model requires a paradigm shift from the traditional image of archivists as mere custodians of archives to active participants in the decisions that affect the management of all formats of records, from the creators' organisations or departments before such records (including AV materials) are transferred to the national archives for long-term preservation.
Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2008.

M.A. (Media Studies)
One of the problems facing formal education in South Africa today is that. of coping with the educational needs of a fast developing country. An important recommendation of the De Lange Report was that educational technology should be utilised to alleviate this problem. Educational television, especially the use of video, is regarded as one of the most important technological media which can assist in this matter. A study was undertaken in the use of educational television in developing and developed countries in resolving educational problems. The role of teacher training in the successful implementation of educational television was also scrutinised. It was found that teacher training played a decisive role in the successful use of this medium. Teachers inadequately trained in the use of the medium lacked the knowledge to use it properly in the classroom. They also showed a resistance to the medium. At· present educational television in South Africa is aimed at non-formal educational needs but from 1 April 1986 the SABC will commence the broadcasting of formal educational programmes. In this study it is thus recommended that training courses in the use of educational television should be instituted at all "teacher training centres in South Africa and that all educational departments should give attention to the formal and non-formal training of in-service teachers .. Guidelines for a training course are suggested in this study. The contents of such a course would include components like television literacy, television and cognition, the analysis and evaluation of programmes, integration with the various subjects, the use and compilation of· support material and small scale television production. It is also recommended that the course should comprise lectures in theory and practical work sessions. -These practical work sessions would be regarded as the most important part of the course.

碩士
國立臺灣科技大學
企業管理系
101
Recruitment websites, first launched in the United States, are specifically for employers and employees in various industries and sectors to exchange information online in order to satisfy the needs of both job seekers and corporate recruiters through website platforms (e-commerce consultants, 2000). Tens of thousands of companies use such platforms to recruit staff while job seekers hope that with fast online resume matching, they are able to find a job quickly. Simply put, it is about using the Internet platform to carry out the match-making work for human resourcing. Taiwan has only had an online Job Bank since 1996, which has been developed for nearly two decades. According to a survey conducted by the Institute for Information Industry, Taiwanese enterprises spend up to 10 billion NTD annually on recruitment. That has been attracting many companies to join and invest in the recruiting market. It has come to the point where the market has reached the stage of intense competition and diminishing margins. In order to snatch a piece of the market, the online recruitment industry must make efforts in all aspects. Even though the unemployment rate climbed in recent years, the industry must create new service models to stabilize market revenues. Internet with its advances in technologies, seen from a marketing point of view and advertising concepts, has already replaced traditional media, and it is an irreversible trend. The rise of websites as YouTube exemplifies the development and springing up of online audio-visual content which has started to change the viewing habits of users. In this research, using data collection and individual case studies, we find that the online recruitment industry in Taiwan while facing the coming era of audio-visual online media reacted somewhat tardily to the changes. Most print media could not ignore the impact of audio-visual media: how it could persuade their clientele to have a change of heart on and make them understand the use of audio-visual marketing will revolutionize the traditional text-based reading habits. Marketing will no longer be a cliche. The import of audio-visual services, with tailor-made customization and the recently most widely adopted keyword marketing and search engine optimisation, will be able to attract viewing and satisfy the demand of all walks of life to DIY audio and video clips. Moreover, using social media interactions as a marketing tool to encourage internet users to click-through, and eventually helping customers reduce the cost of marketing through creativity will ultimately lead to improved sales.

The aim of this work is to identify the needs and appropriate solution strategies for knowledge management, creating digital content from the documentary heritage that guards the National Library. To achieve this goal aims to address this problem and need, using the tools offered by ICT, both from the field of digitization and dissemination of electronic files that are produced, which would be concentrated and distributed in a repository open Access. Finally a set of guidelines for the establishment and description of the objects to be managed by the institutional repository, which will be developed on the DSpace platform is established. Master in Strategic Management in Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering