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Embedding Design Thinking in a Culture of Innovation at Two Community Colleges

ABSTRACT Design thinking is a strategy for innovation popularized in the business press and recently investigated in academic literature. Some research points to design thinking as an enabler of an organizational culture of innovation. Much research demonstrates a link between a culture of innovation and successful business outcomes in every sector, and establishes values for a culture of innovation. Colleges, including community colleges have begun using design thinking as a strategy for change. This comparative phenomenological case study analysis aims to increase understanding of the use of design thinking and innovation at two community colleges, Valencia College and Cuyahoga Community College’s Metro Campus, and cultural values that support its implementation. The study uncovers several key findings. First, it confirms a link between transformational leadership and a culture of innovation, as well as establishing that link specifically for design thinking. Second, it identifies values for design thinking at community colleges that are not related to values for innovation in general, i.e., focus on data and inquiry, student success, and inclusion. Third, it demonstrates that transformational leadership and innovative institutional identity must be sufficiently strong to mitigate the negative effects of bureaucracy on innovation and design thinking. Fourth, it identifies the importance of symbols and metaphors as descriptive communication that facilitates the implementation of design thinking. Last, it proposes a model for design thinking implementation at community colleges based upon six major themes identified by the study.
Safe Bike : Secure your Bicycle with this smart Arduino based GPS device

This proposed project is about a bicycle anti theft devised system which helps people protect the bicycle from theft and helps to track the stolen bicycle’s location using a smart phone. Safety bike uses two main devices to keep the bicycle secured, the vibration sensor and GPS sensor. The purpose of this project is to put all these small devices into one well connected system which will help the bicycle owner have more control over the security of his own bicycle. The whole system can be divided into two main parts. The first part is about the hardware development whereby all electronics components are connected via the circuit design using wire wrapping technique. This hardware part includes, a vibrations sensor, a GPS receiver, a toggle switch, LED light, Bluetooth and a buzzer. Wireless Bluetooth signals are used as the means of communication between the smartphone and the microcontroller. The second part is the software part which is being to program and control the whole system. The program is written using MikroBasic, a full-featured Basic compiler for microcontroller based systems. In conclusion, this system is designed to enable user to have control in securing his/her bicycle also being able to find and locate it at any time using GPS receiver and mobile android application.
Conductas adaptativas generales de jóvenes provenientes del sector rural de la comuna de Villa Alegre

espanolEn el presente estudio se determino el nivel de desarrollo de las conductas adapta tivas en jovenes que cursan ensenanza media en un liceo de Villa Alegre, comuna de la region del Maule, Chile. La informacion se recolecto mediante el instrumento Sistema de Evaluacion de la Conducta Adaptativa que permite evaluarla en tres dimensiones: conceptual, social y practica. El instrumento fue aplicado a 106 estudiantes que cursan ensenanza media, de un liceo tecnico profesional. Los resultados indican que en el area conceptual, tanto profesores como padres/cuidadores, presentaron similar percepcion en las habilidades comunicativas, academicas y de autodireccion. En el area social, los resultados muestran que los profesores cuentan con mayor nivel de percepcion en las habilidades de ocio que sus contrapartes de padres/cuidadores. Finalmente, en el area practica, la percepcion fue similar en el autocuidado, habilidad social y ocupacional, sin embargo, en el uso de recursos comunitarios y la vida en la escuela son similares. Estos resultados sugieren que durante el desarrollo del proceso de ensenanza, aprendizaje y vivencia escolar, es necesario contrastar las habilidades para mejorar la conducta adaptiva de los jovenes con discapacidad intelectual. EnglishThe present study determined the level of development of adaptive behaviors in young people teaching in Villa Alegre, Commune of the Region of Maule, Chile. In formation was collected from the analysis of information collected through the ins trument Adaptive Behavior Assessment System. This instrument allows evaluating three dimensions of it: conceptual, social and practical dimension. The instrument was applied to 106 students who attend secondary school, from a Professional Technical High School. The results indicate that in the conceptual area, both teachers and parents / caregivers presented similar perceptions in communicative, academic and self-directed skills. In the social area, the results show that teachers showed a higher level of perception in leisure skills than their parents/carers counterparts. Finally, in the practical area, perception was similar in self-care, social skills, occupational ability, however, in the use of RC and school life are similar. These results suggest that during the development of the teaching, learning and school experience, it is necessary to contrast the abilities to improve the adaptive behavior of young people with intellectual disabilities.
‘It’s My Secret Space’: The Benefits of Mindfulness for Social Workers

Social workers are at high risk of job-related stress that can impair their well-being and professional practice. Although organisational support is a fundamental requirement, it has been argued that social workers need to develop emotional resilience to help them manage the demands of the job. This mixed method study examines the effects of an eight-week mindfulness training course on several resources previously found to underpin resilience in social workers (emotional self-efficacy, psychological flexibility, reflective ability and self-compassion) together with aspects of well-being relevant to the role (compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction and perceived stress). Participants’ perceptions of the benefits of mindfulness for their well-being and professional practice are further explored via the content analysis of open-ended questions and semi-structured interviews. Emotional self-efficacy, psychological flexibility and compassion satisfaction increased following the intervention and compassion fatigue and perceived stress were reduced. No significant changes were found in reflective ability and self-compassion. The qualitative data provided greater insight into the potential benefits of mindfulness for the well-being and job performance of social workers and factors that might encourage and discourage its use.
Integrating inquiry-based learning into the Academic Literacy course to enhance student learning

In this paper, integrating inquiry-based learning (IBL) into an Academic Literacy (AL) course is examined in terms of student perceptions and experience. The study used a questionnaire to establish student perceptions and experiences of the intervention. The findings indicate that integration of IBL into Academic Literacy content could provide rich potential for promoting student engagement, and developing academic literacies, basic inquiry skills and higher-order skills. However, these benefits can only accrue if a programme-wide approach is adopted and there is collaboration between Academic Literacy lecturers and discipline experts. The findings also reveal that student identities, conceptions of learning, conceptualisations of AL, and the disciplinary context in which the IBL is incorporated into AL, all influence the success of the intervention. The study concludes that context is a key factor in the implementation of guided IBL at undergraduate level. Academic Literacy practitioners and subject specialists need to synergise their efforts and work collaboratively to achieve the learning objectives of guided IBL within AL. How to cite this article:MASHIYI, Nomakhaya. Integrating inquiry-based learning into the Academic Literacy course to enhance student learning. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South v. 2, n. 2, p. 37-52, Sept. 2018. Available at: http://sotl-south-journal.net/? journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=33&path%5B%5D=32 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
금융이해력과 재무행동: 금융소비자의 내재적 특성을 중심으로 (Financial Literacy and Financial Behavior: Focused on Psychological Traits)

<b>Korean Abstract:</b> 본 연구는 우리나라 성인 금융소비자를 대상으로 금융이해력 수준을 파악하고, 금융이해력과 저축, 투자, 은퇴준비 등 재무행동 간의 인과관계를 밝히고자 하였다. 특히 수리 감각, 금전 관련 계획성향, 금융정보탐색에의 자신감, 투자위험감수성향 등 선행 연구에서 간과되었던 개인의 내재적 특성과 금융교육, 재무 상담 경험 여부 등에 주목하여 이들을 통제한 뒤에도 금융이해력의 영향력이 여전히 유효한지 알아보고자 하였다. 실증분석 결과 금융이해력은 은퇴 대비 필요 저축액 탐색, 주식 투자, 신용카드 대금 기한 내 납부 등의 재무행동과 관련이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 개인의 내재적 특성과 금융교육, 재무 상담 경험 여부를 추가로 통제한 뒤에는 주식 투자와의 관계는 더 이상 유의하지 않았으나 은퇴대비 필요 저축액 탐색과 신용카드 대금 기한 내 납부에는 여전히 유의한 영향을 미쳤다. 개인의 내재적 특성, 금융교육, 재무 상담 경험 여부는 금융이해력과는 별도로 재무행동과 유의한 관계가 있으며 금융이해력보다 상대적인 효과가 더 큰 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구 결과를 통하여 향후 금융교육은 금융지식 함양을 통한 금융이해력 향상에 초점을 두기 보다는 금전관련 계획성향, 금융정보 탐색역량 등 금융소비자의 내재적 역량을 키우는데 초점을 두는 것이 재무행동 변화에 더 유효할 것으로 보인다. <b>English Abstract:</b> This paper studies the level of financial literacy of Korean adults and the causal relationships between financial literacy and various financial behaviors. In addition to financial literacy, we control for various psychological traits (numeracy, propensity to plan, confidence in information search, willingness to take investment risks, any experience of receiving financial education and financial advice) in order to find out the net effect of financial literacy on financial behaviors. Empirical analyses suggest financial literacy is related to financial behaviors such as determining how much saving is needed for retirement, investing in stocks, and not delaying making credit card payments. However, after controlling for psychological traits, financial education and financial counseling, the relationship between financial literacy and stock investment is no longer significant. The effects of psychological traits are larger than financial literacy, which implies that future financial education needs to focus more on psychological traits rather than on financial knowledge itself for changing financial behaviors.
Demand response allocation to hedge LMP variability through optimal basis invariancy set of linear economic dispatching

With more wind power permeating into the power grid, one of the issues caused by its random output is the fluctuation of locational marginal price (LMP) which is also affected by the fluctuation of system load. However, the fluctuation of electricity price will affect many aspects of the national economy. In order to cope with this issue, a demand response (DR) allocation mechanism is presented in this paper to hedge the LMP variability which is equal to keep the optimal basis invariant. Whether DR is available to keep the optimal basis optimal when wind power and load fluctuate within certain ranges is estimated from the perspective of sensitivity analysis of linear programming. Finally, the scheme is applied to test case IEEE 31 bus system and its feasibility is proved by the simulation results.
A Study of Predictive Recommendation Service for Dynamic Web Environment

Personalization technology has the potential to optimize service for each user’s unique needs and characteristics. One way to optimize service is to allow user to customize the service themselves, another is to proactively tailor services based on information provided by user or inferred from their past behaviors. These approaches function best when user knows what they want and need, and when their behaviors and preferences remain consistent over context and time. In this paper, we propose personalization service providers as a Bayesian model for adaptive personalization that helps user customize their services and that adjusts service.
Social Entrepreneurship : A Key to Social Change

Being an entrepreneur is associated with starting a business, but this is the traditional and narrow meaning of the term. Entrepreneurship means shifting economic resources out of an area of lower productivity to an area of higher productivity and greater yield. Thus entrepreneurs create value and acts as the catalysts and innovators for economic progress. Social entrepreneurship focuses on solving social problems through innovative initiatives, new social arrangements and mobilizing resources rather than market criteria. It helps in uniting economic thinking with the desire to generate social wealth and acts as a catalyst in the mission to change society. It provides sustainable solution for both society and business enterprises. This research paper provides the definition and broad meaning of the terms ‘Entrepreneurship’ and ‘Social Entrepreneurship’. It focuses on the role of social entrepreneurship in transforming social and economic conditions for poor and marginalized groups of the society. It also highlights the challenges faced by social entrepreneurs while setting up their enterprise.
An Analysis of Novice Teachers’ Perceptions Regarding their Teacher Preparation Program, Professional Support, and the Purpose of School

The purpose of this study was to identify existing relationships between the perceptions of novice teachers regarding their teacher preparation programs, the support given to teachers from their schools, and the purpose of school. The study took place in Northeast Tennessee. Seventeen teachers from three different school systems participated in individual qualitative interviews, which lasted about one hour each. The finding corroborated the theory analyzed for this study and revealed areas for improvement in all levels of the education system. Teachers suggested meaningful changes to teacher preparation programs, including changes to general prerequisites and reorganizing education programs around meaningful field experience connected with adequate theory. Teachers suggested school districts to refine some programs they already have in place and improve their support. When prompted about the purpose of school, most teachers found a lack of connection between the expectations of school from state level and the purpose of school. The suggestions given by teachers matched the suggestions given by research regarding what needs to change to achieve the purpose of school.
Framework of evidence collection with temporal logic and first-order logic for providing accountability in Cloud Service

With the introduction of cloud computing, many types of services have been introduced within the umbrella of this technology. With these services, some of the computations are brought into network, cloud of service machines. Although the technology gives lots of benefits and flexibility to its users, there are some areas that need to be taken to concern. The lack of mechanism to verify the policies are in place in the real system is one of the main reasons for difficulty of cloud computing adoption. There is a need of way to control the processes within the service chain and make sure that they are complied with service level agreement. A framework for collecting evidence based on source of information about system’s running is proposed. The process is based on the obligations or policies defined for services in the system. This framework of evidence collection can be used as basis for providing accountability in cloud. Accountability policies are, in the context of this framework, expressed in A-PPL which is an accountability policy representation framework. A use case is selected to demonstrate how the approach for evidence collection works. It is about health care service in the cloud. Test environment to represent healthcare service in cloud is set up. The purpose of this is to have data as source of evidence to be processed using proposed method on selected use case and related defined policies or obligations. The environment is set up using VMs (Virtual Machine) in Linux. Two approaches on processing source of evidence and policy are shown and compared. The first approach processes them as MFOTL using MonPoly. The second approach processes them as Prolog (FOL) using Pyke. Testing on those two approaches using the implementations done on this thesis shows that representing accountability policies in MFOTL gives more expressiveness than representing them in pure Prolog (FOL). However processing of MFOTL used in MonPoly gives no more flexibility in terms of practical usage and improvement than using Prolog with Pyke.
Promoting Inclusion in a "Struggling School": Supporting Co-Teachers Through Critical Appreciative-Inquiry Based Professional Development

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Personality Types of Master of Science in Project Management Students: A Field Study

In this research study, students enrolled in a university Master of Science in Project Management degree program were asked to respond to the Big Five personality inventory to ascertain whether their personality traits were in alignment with Big Five Leadership profile proposed by Lussier and Achua (2013) or were ranked similarly with the general population. Additionally, this study sought to explore whether university project management master degree students’ Big Five personalities were aligned with the suggested Big Five profile for project managers. The ranking of the Big Five leadership categories of 172 project management students was compared to rankings in previous studies. It was observed that the Big Five rankings of project management students differed in order from both the Lussier and Achua (2013) leadership profile as well as multiple studies conducted within the general population. However, the project management student rankings were consistent with recommended rankings for project managers. The findings can contribute to better understanding the traits that characterize students studying in the project management field of occupation.
The Ins and Outs of the Pragmatic Language Function in the Professional Community of Mining Engineers

The article deals with the pragmatic function of language in the miners’ professional communication context. It is identified that the main task of the communication process is an adequate interpretation of the communicants’ intentions in business. Communicative readiness of specialists of mining engineering is considered as providing the language and intercultural communication in professional situations, social adaptation and professional interaction in the multilingual environment. The pragmatic language function is regarded as a communicative integrator in the conditions of modern academic mobility and expansion of business contacts
Therapeutic relationship: Riding on a bumpy road and steering through to the destination

Therapeutic relationship runs a dynamic course; it usually grows and intensifies with time, but there could be unforeseeable twists and disruptions. The course, to no small extent, is contributed by the therapist's dispositions and expertise on a particular theoretical orientation. Expertise is dependent on experience, level, and quality of training. Disruptions, although unwanted, give an opportunity to reflect upon the shortcomings and are an impetus for a course correction, which more often than not gives a desirable result. In this case discussion, I shall describe the highs and lows in a therapeutic relationship. After the initial euphoria, the therapist's inexperience, limited skills, and a wrong decision would contribute to significant disruption. However, the therapist's awareness of his/her limitations, a motivation to learn, and active help from mentors and colleagues would provide momentum in the second half of the therapy, which finally would see the daylight of success.
A bit-vector solver based on word-level propagation

Reasoning with bit-vectors arises in a variety of applications in verification and cryptography. Michel and Van Hentenryck have proposed an interesting approach to bit-vector constraint propagation on the word level. Most of the operations are propagated in constant time, assuming the bit-vector fits in a machine word. In contrast, bit-vector SMT solvers usually solve bit-vector problems by bit-blasting, that is, mapping the resulting operations to conjunctive normal form clauses, and using SAT technology to solve them. This also means generating intermediate variables which can be an advantage, as these can be searched on and learnt about. Since each approach has advantages it is important to see whether we can benefit from these advantages by using a word-level propagation approach with learning. In this dissertation, we describe an approach to bit-vector solving using wordlevel propagation with learning. We provide alternative word-level propagators to Michel and Van Hentenryck, and we evaluate the variants of the approach empirically. We also experiment with different approaches to learning and backjumping in the solver. Based on the insights gained, we propose a portfolio solver using machine learning which can enhance state-of-the-art solvers. We show that, with careful engineering, a word-level propagation based approach can compete with (or complement) bit-blasting.
Coastal Informatics: Web Atlas Design and Implementation

A revi-sion As a relatively mature Coastal Web Atlas the Oregon Coastal Atlas project has encountered and overcome many technical and institutional challenges and has incorporated many lessons learned into its current design and approach. The Atlas currently hosts an archive of over 3,700 individual coastal data layers (including orthophotographs) and serves a variety of static and dynamic map products as well as informational tools focused on coastal places and topics. ABSTRACT This coastal web atlas case study for Oregon, USA, featuring the Oregon Coastal Atlas (OCA), describes a web site where people interested in coastal and marine information for the Oregon coast can find, learn about, and utilize data about the various resources and management issues in the Oregon coastal zone. The OCA currently hosts an archive of over 3,700 individual coastal data layers (including or-thophotographs) and serves a variety of static and dynamic map products as well as informational tools focused on coastal places and topics.
Research in the Dark

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