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Urban Transport and Eco-Urbanism: A Global Comparative Study of Cities with a Special Focus on Five Larger Swedish Urban Regions
Authors: Kenworthy Jeffrey R.
Published: February 2019

Urban transport is critical in shaping the form and function of cities, particularly the level of automobile dependence and sustainability. This paper presents a detailed study of the urban transport eco-urbanism characteristics of the Stockholm, Malmö, Göteborg, Linköping, and Helsingborg urban regions in southern Sweden. It compares these cities to those in the USA, Australia, Canada, and two large wealthy Asian cities (Singapore and Hong Kong). It finds that while density is critical in determining many features of eco-urbanism, especially mobility patterns and particularly how much public transport, walking, and cycling are used, Swedish cities maintain healthy levels of all these more sustainable modes and only moderate levels of car use, while having less than half the density of other European cities. Swedish settlement patterns and urban transport policies mean they also enjoy, globally, the lowest level of transport emissions and transport deaths per capita and similar levels of energy use in private passenger transport as other European cities, and a fraction of that used in lower density North American and Australian cities. Swedish urban public transport systems are generally well provided for and form an integral part of the way their cities function, considering their lower densities. Their use of walking and cycling is high, though not as high as in other European cities and together with public transport cater for nearly 50% of the total daily trip making, compared to auto-dependent regions with between about 75% and 85% car trips. The paper explores these and other patterns in some detail. It provides a clear depiction of the strengths and weaknesses of Swedish cities in urban transport, some key policy directions to improve them and posits possible explanations for some of the atypical patterns observed.
Land-Use/Land-Cover Change Analysis and Urban Growth Modelling in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana
Authors: Addae Bright , Oppelt Natascha
Published: February 2019

A rapid increase in the world’s population over the last century has triggered the transformation of the earth surface, especially in urban areas, where more than half of the global population live. Ghana is no exception and a high population growth rate, coupled with economic development over the last three decades, has transformed the Greater Accra region into a hotspot for massive urban growth. The urban extent of the region has expanded extensively, mainly at the expense of the vegetative cover in the region. Although urbanization presents several opportunities, the environmental and social problems cannot be underestimated. Therefore, the need to estimate the rate and extent of land use/land cover changes in the region and the main drivers of these changes is imperative. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing techniques provide effective tools in studying and monitoring land-use/land-cover change over space and time. A post classification change detection of multiple Landsat images was conducted to map and analyse the extent and rate of land use/land cover change in the region between 1991 and 2015. Subsequently, the urban extent of the region was forecasted for the year 2025 using the Markov Chain and the Multi-Layer Perceptron neural network, together with drivers representing proximity, biophysical, and socio-economic variables. The results from the research revealed that built-up areas increased by 277% over the 24-year study period. However, forest areas experienced massive reduction, diminishing from 34% in 1991 to 6.5% in 2015. The 2025 projected land use map revealed that the urban extent will massively increase to cover 70% of the study area, as compared to 44% in 2015. The urban extent is also anticipated to spill into the adjoining districts mainly on the western and eastern sides of the region. The success of this research in generating a future land-use map for 2025, together with the other significant findings, demonstrates the usefulness of spatial models as tools for sustainable city planning and environmental management, especially for urban planners in developing countries.
Typifications and Nomenclatural Notes on Urospatha (Araceae)
Authors: Calazans Luana S. B. , Sakuragui Cassia Mônica
Published: February 2019

This paper addresses typification of species and infraspecific taxa in the genus Urospatha Schott. Thirteen lectotypifications, one neotypification, and corrections for two type localities are presented and discussed. Additionally, U. friedrichsthaliana Schott (a probable synonym of Sagittaria latifolia Willd.) is lectotypified.
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IF-MADM (INTUITIONISTIC-FUZZY MULTI-ATTRIBUTE DECISION-MAKING) FOR GROUP DECISIONS: METHODS AND AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE SELECTION OF A SENIOR CENTRE
Authors: Zhuang Zheng-Yun , Su Chia-Rong , Chang Shu-Chin
Published: February 2019

This study determines the effectiveness of intuitionistic-fuzzy multi-attribute decision-making (IF-MADM) for making group decisions in practice. The effectiveness of the method is measured in terms of four dimensions: applicability, efficacy, efficiency and informativeness. To measure the efficacy, an IF-MADM model that has been recently proposed, AHP and the TOPSIS approach, which are compensatory models for group MADM, are used to model and solve the same collective decision. Using non-parametric statistical tests for data analytics, a ‘similarity confirmation method’ is proposed for a pair-wise test. This is to determine whether the score vectors are similar. Score vectors are used to determine the final ordinal ranks and whose scales differ greatly for different MADM methods. Since the latter two MADM models are both trustworthy with a known range of applications, any similarity in the results verifies the efficacy of IF-MADM. Using this process, the applicability of IF-MADM modelling is demonstrated. The efficiency and informativeness are also benchmarked and justified in terms of the model’s ability to produce a more informed decision. These results are of interest to practitioners for the selection and application of MADM models. Finally, the selection of a senior centre, which is a real group decision problem, is used to illustrate these. This extends the empirical application of IF-MADM, as relatively few studies practically compare issues for IF-MADM with those for other MADM models. The study also supports a rarely studied non-clinical healthcare decision that is relevant because there are many aging societies.
Redescription of Arcifrons arcifrontalis Ding & Yang, 1986 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Delphacidae)
Authors: Li Hong-Xing , Yang Lin , Chen Xiang-Sheng
Published: February 2019

The male ofArcifronsarcifrontalisDing & Yang, 1986 (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Delphacidae, Tropidocephalini) is redescribed. The female genitalia of the species here, is described and illustrated for the first time. The geographic distribution of the species and images of adult habitus are provided.
Typology of mixing articulatory gestures in phonetics and phonology
Authors: Recasens Daniel
Published: February 2019

The present paper analyzes the typology of cases of gestural blending in sequences of homorganic phonetic segments and indicates how gestural blending mechanisms differ from other processes of intersegmental adaptation commonly referred to as coarticulation and assimilation. The article establishes a distinction between three gestural blending types: by static intermediation, by dynamic intermediation, and by articulatory overlap. These mechanisms are analyzed with lingual configuration and linguopalatal contact data for sequences of lingual consonants from Catalan and other languages. An interpretation of gestural blending mechanisms is proposed which is based on notions such as the degree of articulatory adaptability of different lingual regions and the manner of articulation requirements for the consonants involved.
Mapping Algorithm Design and Maturity Model Construction of Online Learning Process Goals
Authors: Yang Hong , Zhou Xinyi
Published: February 2019

In order to solve the problems of resource storage, resource delivery delay and other issues in the online learning process, it is studied and analyzed from the perspective of process goals. Firstly, a measurable e-learning process capability maturity model (EPCMM) is established. Then, based on the analysis of workflows in EPCMM’s five process areas, a mapping relationship between major activities and key objectives is established in the process area. Finally, the mapping algorithm of online learning process features to process goals and the mapping algorithm of online learning metrics to process features are given. The practical results show that compared with the classical algorithm, this algorithm can effectively reduce the average transmission delay of online learning resources and improve the load balance of the system.
Facebook as a Platform of Social Interactions for Meaningful Learning
Authors: Jumaat Nurul Farhana , Ahmad Noriesah , Samah Norazrena Abu , Ashari Zakiah Mohamad , Ali Dayana Farzeeha , Abdullah Abdul Halim
Published: February 2019

Undeniably, Facebook has become a significant part of students’ life in the 21st century. Therefore, interactions between instructors and students play a major role in learning through an online social learning environment like Facebook. Such an interaction is known as the key elements that can measure students’ learning process, particularly in an online learning environment. Past researchers have agreed that a social networking site does not only promote social interaction but also have high potential to be used for teaching and learning purposes. However, interactions that occur in social networking sites are meaningless due to lack of proper guidance. Lack of proper guidance will lead to no or little intellectual growth among students because the students might be very likely to discuss unrelated topics. Therefore, the goal of this study is to discuss the social interactions that exist in Facebook and its potential as a platform to enhance meaningful learning among students.
IFVM Bridge: A Model Driven IFML Execution
Authors: Gotti Sara , Mbarki Samir
Published: February 2019

Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) present a powerful part of software systems that allows a simplified assimilation and manipulation by users throw visual objects such as text, image and button. however, with the increasing complexity of GUIs and the diversity of their interaction mode required by users to access information anywhere and anytime, the need for designing efficient and more adaptive user interfaces has become a necessity. Therefore, UIs researchers have attempted to address these issues by designing user interfaces at a high level of abstraction to separate GUI’s specification from its implementation. Besides, the OMG (Object Management Group) adopted the Interaction Flow Modeling Language (IFML) as a standard in March 2013 for this purpose. In this paper, we present a new model driven development approach to efficiently execute the abstract representation of software’s front-end with focus on navigation between the views. We introduce a IFML virtual machine IFVM which executes user interfaces by passing from IFML models to be translated into an intermediate bytecode representation proposed as the instruction set of IFVM virtual machine.
PDM Field Study in Collaborative Engineering Education – Results from 2016/17
Authors: Probst Andreas , Ebner Martin , Schön Martin , Gerhard Detlef
Published: February 2019

This work describes the research activities performed in the field of engineering education at Austrian Federal Colleges of Engineering (HTL) in collaboration with both Graz and Vienna Universities of Technology. To support the collaboration process in engineering education, a Product Data Management (PDM) system was introduced to several Austrian HTLs. In the academic year 2016/17, a field study was begun and that will continue in 2017/18 to determine how to enhance collaboration between students by using this kind of software and methods. This paper, which is continuing a paper presented at ICL2017 in Budapest presents the first results, obtained in the academic year 2016/17 of the survey and the impression of the lecturers regarding the level of collaboration within students’ design projects.
Assisting Individuals with Autism and Cognitive Disorders: An Augmented Reality-Based Framework
Authors: Abou El-Seoud Samir , Halabi Osam , Geroimenko Vladimir
Published: February 2019

Individuals with autism require systematic assistance while dealing with the surrounding environment and its objects. The project aim is to develop a framework that could be of substantial help to people with autism and cognitive disorders. The framework is based on common mobile devices and freely available Augmented Reality (AR) applications. The Augmented Reality used in our approach is marker-based AR that employs a camera and a visual marker to trigger and present media content on the mobile device’s screen. The developed framework allows parents and teachers to easily create educational augmented environments for children with autism and cognitive disorders by populating a real-world space with visual markers of favorite cartoonish helpers that can evoke helpful AR content and embed it in the real-world environment. The paper analyzes and discusses the use of the proposed framework from conceptual and technological points of view.
In-Situ Resource Utilization
Authors: Olthoff Claas Tido , Reiss Philipp
Published: February 2019

Human spaceflight is an expensive endeavor. Every kilogram that needs to be transported to low Earth orbit or beyond costs tens of thousands of dollars, with the cost increasing exponentially the farther humanity extends its reach into the solar system and beyond. It is therefore prudent, if not necessary, to consider the use of resources that are available at the destination of a given exploration mission. This concept is called in-situ resource utilization (ISRU). The processes that are required to extract useful materials from the local environment can not only be used to support a human crew, but also to obtain resources that are of value on Earth and can thus be returned there for commercial gain. This chapter provides background information on ISRU in general and discusses the most important technologies and processes that are currently employed or under development.
Space Policy
Authors: Lahcen Arne , Andrijasevic Djordje
Published: February 2019

This chapter explores the concept of space policy and sheds light on its importance in understanding the nature and evolution of space activities and programs. More specifically, this chapter seeks to offer an introduction on how space policy can be defined and understood, followed by an overview of the main current trajectories of space policies of both national actors as well as international and intergovernmental institutions. Finally, this chapter formulates some conclusions regarding the future potential avenues of space policy and describes how these scenarios could impact the future of human activities and behaviour in space.
Is Artificial Intelligence a New Dawn or Challenge for Corporate Decision Making?
Authors: Nikishova Maria Igorevna , Kuznetsov Mikhail E.
Published: February 2019

The Fourth Industrial Revolution provides companies with new opportunities, and business picks up allies represented by technologies that can change mechanisms of corporate decision making in corporations. Rapid development of technologies, which allows working more efficiently with information, can lead to the creation of a new system of stakeholder interaction, thanks to better analytics, transparency, and speed of decisions. In this regard, the analyst based on big data with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) is able to significantly affect the quality of decisions. How can the application of AI for analysis of big data be able to influence the decision-making process and to what extent can it influence the system of corporate relationships? To answer this question, the authors will try to describe how transformation of decision-making methodology at the Board of Directors level under the influence of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the development of AI technologies and big data, and what are the opportunities, limitations, and risks of the decision-making process with AI.
Optimizing and Enhancing Digital Marketing Techniques in Intellectual Big Data Analytics
Authors: Mkrttchian Vardan , Gamidullaeva Leyla Ayvarovna , Panasenko Svetlana
Published: February 2019

The authors in this chapter show the essence, dignity, current state, and development prospects of avatar-based management using blockchain technology for improving implementation of economic solutions in the digital economy of Russia. The purpose of this chapter is not to review the existing published work on avatar-based models for policy advice, but to try an assessment of the merits and problems of avatar-based models as a solid basis for economic policy advice that is mainly based on the work and experience within the recently finished projects Triple H Avatar, an avatar-based software platform for HHH University, Sydney, Australia. The agenda of this project was to develop an avatar-based closed model with strong empirical grounding and micro-foundations that provides a uniform platform to address issues in different areas of digital economic and creating new tools to improve blockchain technology using the intelligent visualization techniques for big data analytic.
Census Data Analysis and Visualization Using R Tool
Authors: Gadad Veena , N. Sowmyarani C.
Published: February 2019

As a result of increased usage of internet, a huge amount of data is collected from variety of sources like surveys, census, and sensors in internet of things. This resultant data is coined as big data and analysis of this leads to major decision making. Since the collected data is in raw form, it is difficult to understand inherent properties and it becomes just a liability if not analyzed, summarized, and visualized. Although text can be used to articulate the relation between facts and to explain the findings, presenting it in the form of tables and graphs conveys information effectively. Presentation of data using tools to create visual images in order to gain more insights into data is called as data visualization. Data analysis is processing and interpretation of data to discover useful information and to deduce certain inferences based on the values. This chapter concerns usage of R tool and understanding its effectiveness for data analysis and intelligent data visualization by experimenting on data set obtained from University of California Irvine Machine Learning Repository.
Credit Rating Forecasting Using Machine Learning Techniques
Authors: Wallis Mark , Kumar Kuldeep , Gepp Adrian
Published: February 2019

Credit ratings are an important metric for business managers and a contributor to economic growth. Forecasting such ratings might be a suitable application of big data analytics. As machine learning is one of the foundations of intelligent big data analytics, this chapter presents a comparative analysis of traditional statistical models and popular machine learning models for the prediction of Moody's long-term corporate debt ratings. Machine learning techniques such as artificial neural networks, support vector machines, and random forests generally outperformed their traditional counterparts in terms of both overall accuracy and the Kappa statistic. The parametric models may be hindered by missing variables and restrictive assumptions about the underlying distributions in the data. This chapter reveals the relative effectiveness of non-parametric big data analytics to model a complex process that frequently arises in business, specifically determining credit ratings.
Building an Analytics Culture to Boost a Data-Driven Entrepreneur's Business Model
Authors: Sedkaoui Soraya , Khelfaoui Mounia
Published: February 2019

This chapter treats the movement that marks, affects, and transforms any part of business and society. It is about big data that is creating, and the value generating that companies, startups, and entrepreneurs have to derive through sophisticated methods and advanced tools. This chapter suggests that analytics can be of crucial importance for business and entrepreneurial practices if correctly aligned with business process needs and can also lead to significant improvement of their performance and quality of the decisions they make. So, the main purpose of this chapter are exploring why small business, entrepreneur, and startups have to use data analytics and how they can integrate, operationally, analytics methods to extract value and create new opportunities.
Creating a Research Laboratory on Big Data and Internet of Things for the Study and Development of Digital Transformation
Authors: Mkrttchian Vardan , Gamidullaeva Leyla , Panasenko Svetlana , Sargsyan Arman
Published: February 2019

This chapter discusses the problems associated with the design of the business model in the new context of big data and the internet of things to create a research laboratory for studying and improving digital transformations. The development of business prospects for IOT is due to two main trends: 1) the change of focus from IOT viewing primarily as a technology platform for viewing it as a business ecosystem and 2) the transition from focusing on the business model in general to the development of business models of ecosystems. In the chapter, the business model of the ecosystem is considered as a model consisting of signs fixed in ecosystems and focuses on creating the cost of the laboratory and fixing the value of the ecosystem in which the created laboratory operates.
Artificial Neural Network Models for Large-Scale Data
Authors: Phu Vo Ngoc , Tran Vo Thi Ngoc
Published: February 2019

Artificial intelligence (ARTINT) and information have been famous fields for many years. A reason has been that many different areas have been promoted quickly based on the ARTINT and information, and they have created many significant values for many years. These crucial values have certainly been used more and more for many economies of the countries in the world, other sciences, companies, organizations, etc. Many massive corporations, big organizations, etc. have been established rapidly because these economies have been developed in the strongest way. Unsurprisingly, lots of information and large-scale data sets have been created clearly from these corporations, organizations, etc. This has been the major challenges for many commercial applications, studies, etc. to process and store them successfully. To handle this problem, many algorithms have been proposed for processing these big data sets.
Personal Data Privacy and Protection in the Meeting, Incentive, Convention, and Exhibition (MICE) Industry
Authors: Esen M. Fevzi , Kocabas Eda
Published: February 2019

With the new developments in information technologies, personal and business data have become easily accessible through different channels. The huge amounts of personal data across global networks and databases have provided crucial benefits in a scientific manner and many business opportunities, also in the meeting, incentive, convention, and exhibition (MICE) industry. In this chapter, the authors focus on the analysis of MICE industry with regards to the new regulation (GDPR) of personal data protection of all EU citizens and how the industry professionals can adapt their way of business in light of this new regulation. The authors conducted an online interview with five different meetings industry professionals to have more insight about the data produced with its content and new regulations applied to the industry. The importance of personal data privacy and protection is discussed, and the most suitable anonymization techniques for personal data privacy are proposed.
Digital Entrepreneurship Education in Emerging Countries
Authors: Permatasari Anggraeni , Anggadwita Grisna
Published: February 2019

Entrepreneurship is one of the economic engines in a country, especially in emerging countries. Entrepreneurship education is one of the knowledge transfer processes in creating entrepreneurs. The digital transformation in entrepreneurship education is a new approach and an important challenge in education to prepare students in the face of technological change. Currently, building a technology-based entrepreneurship education curriculum is critical, whereby the digitalization process can expand student partnerships and networks with their peers across countries, entrepreneurial educators, and the business communities. In particular, students will use digital tools to learn entrepreneurial skills such as business feasibility and market research as well as designing their own business plans. This chapter provides useful information on entrepreneurship education by focusing on technological developments in Indonesia. This chapter will also explore more deeply about the current state of entrepreneurship education, opportunities, and challenges.
CLEP
Authors: McKain Danielle
Published: February 2019

The cost of higher education goes beyond the price of tuition. College students often also face the burden of balancing college, family, and work. Demanding schedules and obligations often lead to putting courses on hold. Additionally, college students can be overwhelmed by course demands and pre-requisite skills that are required. Time is consistently an obstacle in degree completion. Of these struggles that so many face, CLEP exams are a common solution. The College Level Examination Program allows students to essentially test out of college courses and earn college credit, saving time and money. While students must be prepared for these exams, there are convenient ways to options including MOOCs, Khan Academy, and College Board resources.
Kahoot!
Authors: Alamanda Dini Turipanam , Anggadwita Grisna , Ramdhani Abdullah , Putri Mediany Kriseka , Susilawati Wati
Published: February 2019

Learning strategies in the digitalization era are vastly expanding. Students are comprised of the millennials for whom life cannot be separated from technology and the internet. The ever-expanding technology has posed new challenge on the teaching process of millennials, and one of which is the growing importance and increased involvement of technology that empower a host of new learning tools. One of the most prominent open-access teaching/learning tool is Kahoot! This chapter aims to complement studies about the use of game-based methods at higher education. The survey was conducted for 1 year at a university located in a small city in Indonesia. A total of 415 students were actively involved in measuring their perceptions of games-based learning tools called Kahoot! Furthermore, this study also measured differences in outcomes between faculties, types of subjects, and commonly used research methods. The result shows that Kahoot! positively impacts student academic achievement as measured by student motivation, enjoyment, engagement, and concentration.
Teacher Use of iPads in the Classroom of a South African Public School
Authors: Lupondwana Vuyo P. C. , Coleman Emma
Published: February 2019

This chapter argues that when implementing technologies such as iPads in developing country educational contexts, there are different factors to consider than when implementing in the developed world. It is important to consider these to reap benefits that improve the inclusivity of education for all. The chapter examines teacher use of iPads in the classroom of a township school in South Africa and the benefits and challenges experienced by teachers in using the devices. Qualitative data were collected through interviews with teachers. The findings of the study indicated that overall the effect of iPad use by the teachers was positive. The use of iPads resulted in the teachers having access to quality multi-media and educational apps to teach their subjects which led to learners' increased class involvement and independent learning. The study revealed that effective use of iPads requires teachers that are adequately trained to use the iPad in relation to subject specific content, a reliable wireless connection, technical support, and mitigation of learners' distractions.
Entrepreneurial Education for Immigrants a Tool for Local Development
Authors: Mosquera Selma , Jardim da Palma Patrícia
Published: February 2019

This chapter talks about the possible contribution that the entrepreneurial education for immigrants can give to local growth. So, the readers will be invited to reflect about the challenges that involves the immigrant entrepreneurship action and your relation with the local development. Next, they will think over the entrepreneurial education paper in this setting, and how your didactic-andragogical assumptions can improve their abilities and the local entrepreneurial ecosystem. So last, a project created by Alto Comissariado Para Migrações (ACM), in Portugal, called Promoção do Empreendedorismo Imigrante (PEI), is described that reinforces the crucial contribution that the entrepreneurial educations for immigrants can give to local development
Generating Competencies for Employability Through Problem-Based Learning
Authors: Pérez-Calderón Esteban , Rosado-Cebrián Beatriz , Pache-Durán María , Milanés-Montero Patricia , Prieto-Ballester Jorge M.
Published: February 2019

This study demonstrates the suitability of the methodology of problem-based learning in the process of generating knowledge and generic competencies. The opinions of students, teachers and professionals who participated in the study were analysed, their assessment was very positive. Therefore, it is recommended to the centres quality commissions and those responsible for education in a national scope to use this methodology. Also, greater support is needed to carry out studies of greater scope that demonstrate the validity of this type of methodology. Thus, these studies could serve as a reference to universities and their teachers for the application of the most appropriate learning methodologies.
Exploring Individual Entrepreneurial Orientation and Its Relation to Entrepreneurial Action
Authors: Van der Westhuizen Thea , Mzulwini Siphesile Blessing
Published: February 2019

In this chapter, individual entrepreneurial orientation will be investigated to find the influence it has on entrepreneurial action of post graduate students. Individual entrepreneurial orientation (IEO) can help post-graduate students, teachers, investors and organisations better understand an individual's personal orientation towards taking risks, openness to new ideas and consciousness in the business environment. IEO is commonly understood as signifying the processes and decision-making activities that lead to entrepreneurship. In a systemic context, an individual constitutes a micro system and is closely linked to the various processes at differing levels of systematic development.
Poliempreende Project
Authors: Paiva Teresa , Alves Maria Leopoldina , Sampaio Jorge Humberto Marinho
Published: February 2019

The Portuguese polytechnic high education network has developed a reference project with an institutional cooperation and entrepreneurship education methodology of development and implementation, for more than 15 years now. The concern of promoting and empowering entrepreneurs as a response to the paradigm shift of “a job for life” gave form to the Poliempreende Project which is a teaching design method, enterprise-oriented, to promote and develop new business projects. The main goal is to present and demonstrate the impact of the Poliempreende project in the students and in their business creation process. In order to do that, the authors will follow a case study methodology to analyse how and why this entrepreneurship education methodology is implemented and how it has achieved success. This will be done by integrating the project within the European entrepreneurship education policies, showing how it addresses and follows the European guidelines for entrepreneurship competencies development, and supports innovation and business projects can be turned into new enterprises in a sustainable way.
Impact's Perception of Entrepreneurship Competences Acquisition in Polytechnic High Education Students
Authors: Paiva Teresa , Yuberrasco Amaia , Tadeu Pedro , Alves Maria Leopoldina , Figueiredo Elisa
Published: February 2019

The discussion about the evaluation of the teaching of entrepreneurship or training programmes from the perspective of a higher education institution is usually linked to the quantitative impact of entrepreneurship creation and often does not take into account the increase in skills and abilities, or the evolution towards a more entrepreneurial mind-set. In this chapter, the authors propose to analyse the learning perceptions of students who participated in the Poliempreende programme of Portuguese polytechnics. The goal is to see if students feel that their participation was profitable, not only for their personal development, but also for their professional work. Within a perspective of learning in an entrepreneurship, the transformation of entrepreneurs' experiences into knowledge can influence the relationship between their professional experience and the development of their wisdom about entrepreneurship. Thus, it is proposed to implement the evaluation of the impact of the perception of these students through the evaluation model of Kirkpatrick.
Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programs
Authors: Daniel Ana Dias , Figueiredo Sara , Pita Mariana
Published: February 2019

Entrepreneurship is considered a key phenomenon today in economic and social development. Nevertheless, most start-ups fail a few years after being launched. In order to improve the success of start-ups, several initiatives, such as entrepreneurship accelerator programs, are being strongly supported both by public and private organizations. The underlying question is if those initiatives are really contributing for start-ups' success, and how. This exploratory study aims at understanding the impact that an accelerator program has on the different elements that in the literature were considered crucial for a company's success, mainly the founders' characteristics, strategy and resources.
Profiling Information and Communication Technologies
Authors: Johnson J. David
Published: February 2019

Perhaps the most basic decision that educators can make in communicating with students is what communication channel to use. Innovation profiles apply the classic attributes of an innovation—relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability—to new information and communication technologies to facilitate their successful implementation. Most importantly, as the author demonstrates in applying this concept to distance learning and teaching platforms, technology leaders can analyze technologies a priori to determine potential problems. Profiling the affordances offered by various communication channels will greatly facilitate the work of technology leaders as change agents charged with implementing technologies that confront the numerous challenges facing higher education: retention rates, affordability, and preparing students for the work world.
Why Is Data So Hard?
Authors: Kennedy Kristin
Published: February 2019

Why is it always so complicated to acquire data to assist with making decisions? This chapter will provide some background as to why data is so challenging, specifically with the intent to create empathy for what those who are responsible for data go through on a regular basis. By first understanding the current issues, one can begin to work on solutions. Many books and documentations deal with all of the latest trends in data, but this chapter will attempt to explain the most relevant terms and concepts of the day. After explaining the state of data and all of the intricacies involved, this chapter will propose recommendations for how to create a data-driven culture that will increase ease and efficiency of the use of data for any institution.
Interdisciplinary Higher Education
Authors: Mahmud Mohd Nazri , Ridgman Thomas William
Published: February 2019

The Industry 4.0 vision entails collaborations between technology specialists and industrial experts who are adept at integrating their specialized knowledge and disciplinary expertise. Preparing graduates for their future involvement in such interdisciplinary collaborations requires educators to design and implement interdisciplinary teaching in higher education. In order to foster students' engagement in interdisciplinary learning, a meaningful understanding of how interdisciplinary learning actually occurs in interdisciplinary workplace is essential. This chapter provides a useful description of, and explanation for, interdisciplinary learning that are based on a multi-case study of three completed interdisciplinary projects.
Operationalizing Computerized Testing in Mathematics Competition
Authors: Shanmugam S. Kanageswari Suppiah , Kor Liew-Kee , Chinnappan Mohan
Published: February 2019

This chapter seeks to take a modest and yet formative approach in proposing computer-based test (CBT) as the inevitable next wave in digital assessment. The major section reports on the practical design of developing and administering CBT in a mathematics competition by HOTS educational innovation development (HEID) in a mathematics competition. This chapter describes the CBT developmental process undertaken by HEID, which focuses on constructing multiple-choice test items, administering CBT, and scoring the test. While CBT offers the possibility of improving assessment, the process of preparing items and conducting online competition have nevertheless encountered several challenges such as getting quality test items, school and teacher readiness, seat time in front of computer, computer compatibility, and internet speed. As with many other educational reforms at infancy, more research in the area of implementing CBT to facilitate international competitions is needed in landscaping the assessment platform of Education 4.0.
Redesigning Prediction Algorithms for At-Risk Students in Higher Education
Authors: Foung Dennis
Published: February 2019

Use of algorithms and data mining approaches are not new to Industry 4.0. However, these may not be common for students and educators in higher education. This chapter compares various classification techniques: classification tree, logistic regression, and artificial neural networks (ANN). The comparison focuses on each method's accuracy, algorithm, and practicality in higher education. This study made use of a dataset from two academic writing courses in a university in Hong Kong with more than 5,000 records. Results suggest that classification trees and logistic regression can be easily used in the higher education context, but ANN may not be applicable in higher educational settings. The research team suggests that higher education administrators take this research forward and design platforms to realize these classification algorithms to predict at-risk students.
Industry Revolution 4.0 and Education System in Malaysia
Authors: Kolandan Subramaniam
Published: February 2019

Industry Revolution 4.0 (IR 4) is highly rated and greatly establishing itself. The future of our world looks so promising. The revolution is happening, and the impact is already seen in many sectors. Education is one of the sectors that needs to be in line with the growth of the technology to produce a world class work force. In Malaysia, the government had earlier made many changes in education through its National Higher Education Action Plan 2007-2010 in transforming teaching and learning process focusing on technology. Innovative and entrepreneurial skills must be possessed by new graduates and they must deal with complexity with cognitive flexibility. This is because they need to accept robots as their working colleagues apart from humans. The need for better communication and collaborative skills will be far more important than ever. Graduates must acquire self-learning skills to remain relevant in the era of rapid changes.
Exploring Collaborative Learning for Programming Course to Enhance Students' Interest and Achievement
Authors: Mohamed Shafinah Farvin Packeer
Published: February 2019

As programming is one of the core subjects for BSc IT students, it is vital for them to have programming skill. However, students are often terrified of programming since it is a challenging subject. Traditionally, the programming teaching and learning process are limited to lectures and lab exercises. This approach is no longer appropriate in today's learning environment and required skills in the 21st century. Collaborative learning is acknowledged as an approach that fits the programming students. Thus, this chapter has adapted the collaborative approach in Programming 1 class. Three techniques were applied namely problem-based learning, buzz groups, and pair programming. At the end of the semester, an online survey to obtain students' opinions and a focus group discussion were conducted. In addition, the examination results of the repeaters were also compared. Results from the survey and focus group indicate that the collaborative approach is able to increase students' interest and the grade of the repeaters in the Programming 1 subject.
The New Challenges in the Training of the Engineer for the Industry 4.0
Authors: Mazini Sergio Ricardo , Baptistella Márcia Maria Teresa
Published: February 2019

The growing changes brought about by new concepts and new technologies, such as Industry 4.0, have demanded that educational institutions seek new teaching and learning methodologies, as well as new resources that can contribute to the training of the future engineer. This chapter demonstrates some practices adopted in the process of training the future engineer in a university center in the interior of the state of São Paulo through the use of the CDIO initiative. The results presented confirm the importance and necessity of changes in the teaching and learning process in higher education institutions.
The Information Access Law as a Full Constitutional Citizenship Instrument
Authors: Correa de Mello Marcilio Barenco
Published: February 2019

This chapter addresses the right of access to information, reinforced as a fundamental rule for citizens in the Brazilian constitutional norm of 1988, now regulated, more closely, from the enactment of the law on access to information in 2011. It represents an important legislative instrument of reinforcement of the principle of publicity, as well as the main infraconstitutional standard guaranteeing access to information. The requirement of a clear and transparent accountability environment by the public manager is a republican assumption of massive participation by society. This is because the right of access to information of a public nature provides a better control of public expenditures, while allowing, on the other hand, promotion of social control of a diffuse nature. It should be pointed out that, with greater knowledge of their own rights, the citizen goes through a faster inclusion process, either in the subjectivation of a minimal role of rights that he does not know, or in the clarification of his duties as a participant in the process of state maintenance.
Erecting a Virtual Schoolhouse Gate
Authors: Ahranjani Maryam
Published: February 2019

The very first amendment to the United States Constitution protects the freedom of speech. While the Supreme Court held in 1969 that students “do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate,” since then the Court has limited students' freedom of speech, stopping short of considering the boundaries of off-campus, online speech. Lower court holdings vary, meaning that a student engaging in certain online speech may not be punished at all in one state but would face harsh criminal punishments in another. The lack of a uniform standard leads to dangerously inconsistent punishments and poses the ultimate threat to constitutional knowledge and citizenship exercise: chilling of speech. Recent interest in technology-related cases and the presence of a new justice may reverse the Court's prior unwillingness to address this issue. In the meantime, this chapter argues that school districts should erect a virtual schoolhouse gate by implementing a uniform standard.
Exercise of Citizenship in Network Society
Authors: Cohen Ana Carolina Trindade Soares
Published: February 2019

The chapter is based on the understanding that the citizens' lack of awareness of the rights inherent to the very guarantee of human dignity, as well as of the whole historical process that gave rise to the guarantee of such rights, is one of the reflexes that the absence of a citizenship education and for citizenship provoke, even affecting the high rate of dissemination of false news in Brazil. There is a recurrent need to deal with this type of problem, especially aggravated by the presidential race of 2018, where there is an increase in the reproduction of news whose reliability of the source is not verified, although they are evidently false, exaggerated, and sensationalist. While analyzing this problem, the study seeks to examine the harm of this practice to the exercise of citizenship.
Bullying in the Work Environment and Human Dignity
Authors: Junior Iran Chaves Garcia , Demarchi Clovis
Published: February 2019

This chapter deals with the dignity of the human person and moral harassment, bringing some specific considerations about Brazilian reality. The scientific objective is to demonstrate the concrete existence of an impact on the principle of human dignity when harassment occurs in the environmental work. It is a theme that is in the discussion guide mainly from the beginning of this century, although abuse and humiliation have always been practiced in labor relations, with the same current scope, which is a tool to achieve generally derogatory ends of the human condition and intensified by the action of globalization in the contemporary world. Besides impact directly on the person, moral harassment in the work environment results in consequences for society, for company (organization), and the state.
The Influence of a Program Based on Hidden Curriculum on the Concept of Citizenship for Students in Al Majmaah University
Authors: Abu Warda Mona Hamid
Published: February 2019

One basic goal of all educational systems should be to prepare students to be effective members of a society. For these reasons, it is imperative that school districts and educators across the nation look at developing, implementing, and teaching students the curriculum with basic hidden curriculum traits. This research explores the influence of the concept of hidden curriculums on citizenship values in classrooms. Specifically, the data comes from one educational psychology learner classroom containing 24 students from Al Majmaa University. This article collected three types of data, including pre and post-surveys, a daily observational Tally Sheet, and student interviews. The results indicate that hidden curriculum affected on the concept of citizenship for students. This supported the belief that the concept of hidden curriculum should be developed, implemented, and taught in university districts. As a result, this article recommends colleges seriously consider implementing a program based on the concept hidden curriculum.