bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Low Dose Spinal dan Epidural untuk Seksio Sesarea Pasien dengan Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Authors: Ariani Devi , Isngadi Isngadi
Published: October 2021

Wanita hamil dengan penyakit jantung bawaan terjadi perubahan hemodinamik peningkatan kardiovaskular, perhatian dan terapi yang khusus dibutuhkan. Penambahan obat opioid meningkatkan dosis anestesi lokal, hemodinamik stabil, meningkatkan efek analgetik. Kasus: Satu, wanita 26 tahun gravida 30–32 minggu, PDA besar L-R shunt, hipertropi konsentrik ventrikel kiri, trivial atrium regurgitasi, pulmonal regurgitasi sedang, trikuspid regurgitasi sedang, pulmonal hipertensi berat, EF 57%. Dua, wanita 22 tahun gravida 37–38 minggu, preterm premature rupture of membrane, PDA besar L-R shunt, pulmonal hipertensi berat, penurunan fungsi sistolik ventrikel kiri, EF 54%, bekas seksio sesarea. Keduanya menggunakan teknik regional anestesi dosis rendah. Pembahasan: Teknik menggunakan combine spinal epidural (CSE) dengan spinal 5 mg bupivacain heavy 0,5% dan fentanyl 50 mcg, epidural bupivacain 0,125% dan fentanyl 30 mcg meningkatkan anestesi untuk seksio sesarea, dan hemodinamik stabil pada pasien kelainan katup. Opioid intratekal mereduksi anestesi lokal dan hipotensi, kemampuan anestesi terjaga. Simpulan: Dosis rendah CSE dengan 5 mg bupivacain heavy 0,5 % dan 50 mcg, dengan epidural bupivacain 0,125% dan fentanyl 30 mcg adekuat untuk pasien seksio sesarea dengan kelainan jantung.

 

Low-dose Spinal and Epidural Patients for Caesarean Section Patients with Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Abstract

Pregnant women with congenital heart diseases hemodynamic changes during pregnancy increasing cardiovascular, it’s need attention and special treatment. Opiod addition scan decrease the dose of local anesthetic drugs, prevent hemodynamic fluctuation, increase the analgesia effect. Case: First case, female 26 years with gravida 30-32 weeks with large PDA Left to Right shunt, consentrik left ventrikel hipertrophy, trivial atrium regurgitation, moderate pulmonal regurgitation, moderate tricuspid regurgitation, severe pulmonal hypertension, EF 57%. Second case, female 22 years with gravida 37-38 weeks, PPROM , large PDA Left to Right shunt, pulmonal hypertension severe, function systolic left ventrikel decreasing, EF 54%, former section caesaria. Both of them undergoing section caesaria with low dose regional anesthesia. Discussion: In this case with used CSE with Spinal 5 mg Bupivacaine heavy 0,5 % and fentanyl 50 mcg, Epidural bupivacain 0,125 % and fentanyl 30 mcg provided adequate anaesthesia for section cesarean delivery, and haemodynamic stability in patient with valvular cardiac disease. The synergism between intrathecal opioid sareductionin the dose of local anaesthetic and reduce hypotension, while still maintaining adequate anaesthesia. Conclussion: Low dose CSE with 5 mg bupivacaine heavy 0,5% and fentanyl 50 mcg, and epidural bupivacain 0,125% and fentanyl 30 mcg provided adequate for sectio cesarian patient with cardiac disease, with stable of haemodynamic.
Analisis Kinerja Keuangan Pemerintah Kota Semarang Tahun 2013-2017
Authors: Sumastuti Efriyani , Nariyanti Eriza , Indriasari Ika
Published: October 2021

The financial performance of local governments is a measure used to ensure the ability of the regions to properly and correctly enforce financial implementation rules to maintain the desired services. This study aims to analyze the financial performance of the local government of Semarang City using 5 financial ratios. The data used is secondary data, in the form of the Semarang City Regional Budget Realization Report in 2013-2017. Furthermore, 5 financial ratios are calculated, consisting of effectiveness ratios, efficiency ratios, compatibility ratios, growth ratios and independence ratios. The results showed that in general the financial performance of the Semarang City local government was very good. This can be seen from the effectiveness ratio of local revenue is very effective, the ratio of regional financial efficiency is very efficient, the ratio of operating expenditure to regional expenditure, the ratio of operating expenditure growth and the growth ratio of capital expenditure has positive growth, the ratio of self-reliance is moderate with participatory relationship patterns. Even so, it is necessary to increase and optimize Regional Original Income (PAD) from year to year through controlling new regional potentials and developing regional potential.
Islamic Stock Markets Integration and Contagion Effect of China’s Economic Slowdown
Authors: Muharam Harjum , Pratama M. Andika Jawara
Published: October 2021

This study investigated the existence of the Islamic stock markets integration among Asian countries and the contagion effect caused by the economics slowdown in China. The data of this study are the daily closing price of islamic stock index in Indonesia (MIID), Malaysia (MIMY), and China (MICN). The period of analysis is divided into tranquil period (August 30, 2007 - June 11, 2015) and turmoil period (June 12, 2015 - September 1, 2016). Meanwhile, there are 2351 observational datas used in this study. The Johansen Cointegration test, Vector Error Correction Model (VECM), and Granger Causality test are used as the research methods.The results showed that in both periods,the islamic stock market of three countries are integrated with each other. However, there is no evidence of contagion effect during the economics slowdown in China. In addition, there is a bidirectional causality relationship between the Malaysia and China Islamic stock markets.
Evaluation of The Provision of Pedestrian Paths for Persons with Disabilities in Temanggung Regency
Authors: Priyanti Selin Dama , Pujiati Amin
Published: October 2021

This study aims to determine the application of the Regulation of the Minister of Public Works of the Republic of Indonesia Number 30 / PRT / M / 2006 concerning Facilities and Accessibility in Buildings and Environment (construction of pedestrian paths) for persons with disabilities in Temanggung Regency. The number of respondents used was 98 people. The analytical tool used in this research is Gap Analysis. The results of the gap analysis research show that the percentage of the provision of pedestrian paths for people with disabilities in Temanggung Regency is 33.33%, which means that the implementation of the provision of pedestrian paths for people with disabilities in Temanggung district has been poor.
How Technology, Gender annd Education Affected Financial Inclusions
Authors: Sayekti Astha Amalia Dyah , Hidajat Taofik
Published: October 2021

This paper highlights the role of technology, gender and education factors in financial inclusion. A sample of 995 people was taken from the Global Findex Database, World Bank. Using logistic regression, this research concluded that technology and education had a positive effect on financial inclusion. The higher the use of technology and education level, the more likely the respondent has an account at a financial institution. However, gender does not affect financial inclusion. Men and women have the same probability in financial inclusion.
INFLUENCE OF COST LEADERSHIP STRATEGY ON PERFORMANCE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN KENYA
Authors: Kubai Edwin , Karanja Patrick , Kihara Allan
Published: October 2021

Purpose: The study sought to determine the influence of cost leadership strategy on performance of the insurance companies in Kenya. Specifically, the study aimed at establishing the influence of price of premiums, maturity period, market segment and nature of products.

Methodology: The study adopted the descriptive research design method to ascertain and describe the characteristics of the variables. A sample size of 55 insurance companies was reached, and a semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data from the respondents. Data was analyzed using the SPSS software, from which appropriate findings were presented.

Findings: The study findings showed that the cost leadership strategy was largely applied in the insurance companies in Kenya, and most of them have realized great performance. Nonetheless, the study found that most insurance companies’ distribution channels for products are moderately entrenched and hence firms may not have been perfectly efficient in reducing associated costs.

Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommends that insurance firms should devote more resources to execution of cost leadership programs, adoption of effective premium pricing, and enhanced use of proprietary technology in enhancing the products’ quality. The study as well recommends that insurance forms should come up with effective strategies that will help them to gain a large market segment in Kenya in order to enhance their performance, as this will effectively help them in overcoming competition in their industry.
Kết quả sau điều trị phẫu thuật thông liên thất có tăng áp lực động mạch phổi nặng ở trẻ em tại Trung tâm Tim mạch - Bệnh viện E
Authors: Thảo Đinh Phương , Chang Vũ Thị , Tiến Đỗ Anh , Thủy Nguyễn Trần
Published: October 2021

Mục tiêu: Mô tả đặc điểm lâm sàng, cận lâm sàng và đánh giá kết quả điều trị sớm và sau 3 tháng ở trẻ em sau phẫu thuật đóng Thông liên thất – tăng áp lực động mạch phổi nặng (TLT-TALĐMPN) tại Trung tâm Tim mạch – Bệnh viện E (TTTM-BVE)

Đối tượng và phương pháp nghiên cứu: Nghiên cứu mô tả, tiến cứu kết hợp hồi cứu trên 60 bệnh nhân (BN) được chẩn đoán TLT-TALĐMPN tại TTTM – BVE từ tháng 8/2018 đến tháng 3/2021.

Kết quả nghiên cứu: 60 BN đủ tiêu chuẩn nghiên cứu; 59 BN được phẫu thuật; tuổi trung bình là 8,98 tháng; cân nặng trung bình khi phẫu thuật là 5,49 kg. 57 BN (95,0%) suy tim độ II-III trước mổ, 43 BN (71,7 %) suy dinh dưỡng vừa – nặng. Giá trị áp lực động mạch phổi trung bình trước mổ là 71,53 ± 9,42 mmHg (60 – 90 mmHg). Kích thước lỗ thông trung bình 9,23 ± 3,32 (6 - 20mm). Thời gian chạy tuần hoàn ngoài cơ thể trung bình 67,8 ± 24,5 phút, cặp ĐMC trung bình 44,3 ± 20,4 phút. Tỷ lệ tử vong sớm sau mổ 1 bệnh nhân (1,7%), 14 BN (23,7%) còn shunt tồn lưu, 15 BN (25,4%) bị block nhánh phảỉ, 1 BN (1,7%) block AV III phải đặt máy tạo nhịp. Áp lực động mạch phổi sau mổ 30,81 ± 11,01 (15 – 70 mmHg). Theo dõi sau mổ trung bình 04 tháng: không có BN tử vong muộn, ALĐMP khi tái khám là 22,36 ± 7,83 (15 – 50 mmHg). Nhóm trẻ được phẫu thuật trước 12 tháng tuổi cho thấy giá trị ALĐMP trở về mức bình thường sớm hơn nhóm trẻ được mổ sau 12 tháng (89,6% với 50,0%, p < 0,05). Có 53 bệnh nhân suy tim độ I (94,6%) và 41 BN (73,2%) có cân nặng bình thường theo tuổi thời điểm tái khám.

Kết luận: Phẫu thuật vá thông liên thất là phương pháp điều trị triệt để, tối ưu nhất những trường hợp thông liên thất có tăng áp lực động mạch phổi nặng. Nghiên cứu của chúng tôi cho thấy một kết quả ban đầu rất khả quan, tỷ lệ thành công là 98,3 %, tần suất xảy ra biến chứng thấp và đều được phát hiện xử lý kịp thời. Ở nhóm trẻ được phẫu thuật trước 12 tháng tuổi cho thấy tỷ lệ BN có giá trị ALĐMP trở về mức bình thường cao hơn nhóm trẻ được mổ sau 12 tháng tuổi.
Kết quả sớm và trung hạn phẫu thuật thay van hai lá ít xâm lấn có nội soi hỗ trợ qua đường ngực phải tại Bệnh viện Bạch Mai
Authors: Đạt Phạm Quốc , Hùng Dương Đức , Ước Nguyễn Hữu
Published: October 2021

Mục tiêu: Nghiên cứu nhằm đánh giá kết quả sớm và trung hạn phẫu thuật thay van hai lá ít xâm lấn có nội soi hỗ trợ tại Bệnh viện Bạch Mai.

Phương pháp nghiên cứu: Nghiên cứu mô tả tiến cứu gồm 106 bệnh nhân từ 1/2018 đến 12/2020 với thời gian theo dõi sau mổ ít nhất 6 tháng.

Kết quả: Tuổi trung bình là 50,5 ± 10,5; nữ chiếm 64,2%; NYHA III-IV trước mổ chiếm 50,0%; phân suất tống máu thất trái (LVEF) dưới 50% chiếm 2,8%; áp lực động mạch phổi (ALĐMP) trên 65 mmHg chiếm 13,2%. Cơ chế bệnh sinh do thấp tim, thoái hoá và viêm nội tâm mạc chiếm lần lượt là 75,5%; 14,1%; và 10,4%. Thời gian chạy máy tuần hoàn ngoài cơ thể (THNCT) và cặp động mạch chủ (ĐMC) lần lượt  là 95,1 phút và 63,2 phút. Yếu tố liên quan đến thời gian THNCT và cặp ĐMC là sửa van ba lá và khâu vắt van hai lá. Tỉ lệ tử vong sớm là 0,9%, chuyển mở xương ức là 0,9%. Thời gian thở máy, nằm hồi sức, nằm viện lần lượt là 16,8 giờ, 48,0 giờ, và 10,5 ngày. Các yếu tố ảnh hưởng đến khả năng xảy ra biến chứng nặng gồm: viêm nội tâm mạc, tăng ALĐMP nặng, hở van ba lá vừa/nặng và thiếu cân. Theo dõi trung hạn trên 105 bệnh nhân với thời gian trung bình là 17,9 tháng. Tỉ lệ tử vong trung hạn là 1,0%, phẫu thuật lại là 3,8%.

Kết luận: Phẫu thuật thay van hai lá ít xâm lấn qua đường mở ngực phải có nội soi hỗ trợ là phương pháp an toàn, cho kết quả ngắn hạn và trung hạn khả thi.
Kết quả điều trị phẫu thuật vỡ phồng động mạch chủ bụng dưới thận tại Bệnh viện Hữu nghị Việt Đức
Authors: Ước Nguyễn Hữu , Huy Nguyễn Công , Thắng Dương Ngọc , Mạnh Nguyễn Hùng , Sơn Phùng Duy Hồng
Published: October 2021

Đặt vấn đề: Phồng động mạch chủ bụng vỡ là biến chứng hay gặp nhưng cũng nặng nề nhất với tỉ lệ tử vong rất cao của nhóm bệnh lý phồng động mạch chủ, tuy nhiên chưa có nghiên cứu chuyên sâu với số lượng lớn nào được thực hiện ở Việt Nam về nhóm bệnh lý này. Đối tượng và phương pháp: Nghiên cứu mô tả hồi cứu tất cả các bệnh nhân được chẩn đoán xác định phồng động mạch chủ bụng dưới thận vỡ, đã được điều trị bằng phẫu thuật tại Bệnh viện Hữu Nghị Việt Đức, từ 01/2015 đến 05/2021. Kết quả: Có tổng số 60 bệnh nhân được phẫu thuật, tuổi trung bình 67,5 ± 11,12 tuổi; thời gian từ lúc bắt đầu xuất hiện triệu chứng đến lúc được nhập viện 13,3 ± 11,72 giờ; 95% bệnh nhân có đau bụng, 90% khám thấy khối phồng. Phồng hình thoi chiếm 90%, kích thước trung bình 66,8 ± 16,13 mm. Có 86,7% bệnh nhân được thay đoạn mạch nhân tạo chữ Y với thời gian phẫu thuật trung bình 219,3 ± 60,49 phút. Tỉ lệ tử vong sớm 13,3%, tổng tỉ lệ tử vong 28,3%. Kết luận: cần theo dõi và điều trị sớm đối với những trường hợp phát hiện phồng động mạch chủ bụng nhằm hạn chế các biến chứng với tỉ lệ tử vong cao.
Violência e gênero: paradoxos políticos, deslocamentos conceituais
Authors: Gregori Maria Filomena
Published: October 2021

O capítulo se refere a um artigo publicado na Vibrant em 2010. Maria Filomena Gregori analisa diferentes enfoques conceituais, no Brasil, em torno das violências em relações interpessoais. Assim, ela revisita sua trajetória de pesquisa e percorre tanto as transformações legislativas ao longo dos anos desde a criação das delegacias especializadas quanto as categorias formuladas para designar o fenômeno em questão. Violência contra a mulher, violência doméstica, violência conjugal, violência familiar, violência de gênero: cada termo se associa a um determinado conjunto de pressupostos conceituais e políticos, com rendimentos analíticos distintos, limitações específicas e dilemas próprios. Em outras palavras, Gregori pensa as reconfigurações e as implicações semânti-cas do fenômeno da violência de gênero com relação às suas aplicações, às práticas de intervenção e aos seus efeitos em um campo de permanentes disputas de sentido – da criminalização à reprivatização e de volta à atenção pública; da apreciação pessoal de agentes da polícia à tipificação penal; do foco na família ao foco nas assimetrias de gênero; da circunscrição ao espaço doméstico à ampliação a modalidades variadas de abuso e de violação. Como cenário para esses desafios e paradoxos, lembra, figura um Estado controverso, em que a desigualdade no acesso à justiça persiste e se reproduz a despeito de um conjunto sofisticado de normativas, de maneira que, mesmo assegurados pela lei, os direitos nem sempre são contemplados no exercício da cidadania. Consequentemente, nas palavras da autora, “a ideia de uma justiça igualitária baseada em princípios ou valores universais oculta, na verdade, as desigualdades que a Justiça produz, aquilo (e aqueles) que ela exclui ou ainda os que nem considera”.
Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Authors: Seiz Ortiz Rafael
Published: October 2021

Interactive on-line activities to practise and reinforce listening comprehension skills in the English language in diverse formats and study styles. On-line since 1998, the Cyber Listening Lab makes use of Java programming language, and requires video and audio playing software (for example, Real Audio/Video, Divace, Windows Media Player). Plugins, software and files in general are easy to access and download.

The site is developed and maintained by Randall S. Davis, from the English Language Institute at the University of Utah (USA), and sponsored by Divace Learning Solutions.
John's ESL Community - English Interactive
Authors: Seiz Ortiz Rafael
Published: October 2021

John's ESL Community - English Interactive is an interactive website with a double portal for students and teachers. It offers a wide range of learning and teaching resources, with over 350 activities for students, including quizzes, games and exercises of many kinds, as well as plenty of class resources for ESL teachers. It is claimed to be updated almost daily. There is the possibility of obtaining a free e-mail account. Content is sorted by communicative skills and linguistic topics. It was set up in 1995 by John Erskin. It makes wide use of JavaScript interactive resources. Its overall objective is to provide general linguistic practice at different levels of general English and in different formats. English is also the vehicular language for the whole site. Multimedia includes audio and graphics, but no video. Plug- ins, software and files in general are easy to access and download.
LIPSTIC: A Limited Intelligence Parser Seeking Typical Interference Constructions
Authors: Pankhurst James
Published: October 2021

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Book review "Análisis metodológico de cursos y recursos para el aprendizaje de inglés como segunda lengua a través de la World Wide Web"
Authors: Perry David
Published: October 2021

Análisis metodológico de cursos y recursos para el aprendizaje de inglés como segunda lengua a través de la World Wide Web

Rafael Seiz Ortiz (2006) Valencia: Editorial UPV, 369 pages
New technologies as tools to support maritime technical english teaching – A revision of current use
Authors: De la Campa Portela R. M. , Bocanegra A.
Published: October 2021

The new information and communications technologies must become a standard tool in supporting language teaching within the context of the university. The use of such technology was not widely accepted until very recently. This was probably due to, among other factors, the lack of available equipment in centres as well as the lack of expertise in operating such equipment on behalf of the instructor. The initial reluctance by language teachers in general, and maritime English teaching in particular, to incorporate the new technologies into their teaching and learning methodologies has been overcome, as there are signs of significant improvement and innovation in adapting to these new teaching tools. This article presents an overview of the ways in which maritime English teaching is currently adapting to the new teaching context of ICT, computer labs, and simulations, taking into consideration their need to provide instruction through a common language in order to improve the quality, safety and security of maritime operations.
Using online streamed audio and podcasting in L2 teaching and learning: how do they work and copyright implications
Authors: Rizzi Andrea , Absalom Matthew
Published: October 2021

Providing students with contemporary, up-to-date listening experiences in L2 is an ongoing challenge for language educators. Indeed, much commercially available material is dated or presents language in an idealised and decontextualised way. Audiostreaming provides a wealth of resources which may go some way towards resolving these issues. Contemporary teaching and learning materials on an extremely wide range of topics are easily downloaded from national radio station websites and are accessible via systems such as podcasting. This paper discusses one attempt at integrating these resources into tertiary language courses and demonstrates how these can be easily and efficiently integrated into meaningful online learning tasks. In addition, we discuss the complex issue of copyright and online materials in Australia, UK (Europe) and the US.
Training teachers in the Use of ICT and Teaching Greek as a Second Language in Cyprus: the design, pilot and initial evaluation of a blended teacher training curriculum, part of European Socrates, Comenius 2.1 ECNTLT project
Authors: Papadima-Sophocleous Salomi
Published: October 2021

The European Curricula in New Technologies and Language Teaching (ECNTLT) programme (Socrates, Comenius 2.1 Action, 2003-2006) dealt with the development of teacher-training curricula for the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in language teaching. Participating teams came from teacher training European institutions from twelve European countries. The main aim was to enable language teachers of different European languages, most noticeably of the less widely taught and spoken ones, to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively implement new technologies in their own classroom. The objectives were to produce European curricula leading to internationally recognised certificates in new technologies and language teaching. Within this European programme and based on the needs analysis carried out, the participating Cypriot team developed a curriculum which aimed to help teachers of Greek as an L2 in Cyprus acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to teach Greek as an L2 and at the same time implement new technologies in their own classroom. This paper presents the theoretical framework, and a description of the development, the pilot study and the initial evaluation of this curriculum.
Free Online Machine Translation as a New Form of Cheating in Foreign Language Written Production
Authors: Niño Ana
Published: October 2021

The Internet has inevitably led to new forms of plagiarism and cheating in foreign language written production such as copying text from the Web, from an essay mill or from a free online Machine Translation (MT) system's output and passing it as one's own. This article outlines the distinction between plagiarism as cheating and plagiarism as inadvertent “borrowing” presented by McGowan (2002) and focuses on free online MT as a new form of cheating in the language class. For this purpose, some suggestions as to how to tackle it are put forward together with some recommendations which will hopefully help to raise awareness of this growing problem in the language learning community.
Book review "Errors and Intelligence in Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Parsers and Pedagogues"
Authors: Amaral Luiz A.
Published: October 2021

Heift, T. & Schulze, M. (2007)
Errors and Intelligence in Computer-Assisted Language Learning: Parsers and Pedagogues
Series: Routledge Studies in Computer-Assisted Language Learning
New York: Routledge
ISBN: 978-0-415-36191-0 (304 pages)
Computer Supported Collaborative LANGUAGE Learning (CSCLL)
Authors: Jee Min Jung
Published: October 2021

As the title suggests, the concept of Computer-Supported Collaborative Language Learning (CSCLL) adopts and shares many aspects of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL). This article is an attempt to incorporate CSCL in English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) contexts, and to examine the potential applicability of CSCL in ESL and EFL classes. The goal of this article is to examine potential effects of CSCL in ESL and EFL. To validate its usefulness, the theoretical framework of CSCL and the effects of collaboration in language learning are introduced. With guidelines for task design, a sample of CSCLL is presented. The specific description of the sample is designed to enhance the ESL and EFL teachers' understanding and to motivate them to use CSCLL in their teaching contexts. Practical tips for classroom implementation will be also included. In addition, potential benefits and limitations are discussed. Among these are increased authenticity, eliciting students' active participation and interaction, flexibility, reduced anxiety and higher motivation, scaffolding and collaboration, learnercenteredness, developing electronic literacy and promoting ownership and personal responsibility by webpublishing. Affordability, practicality and heavy work-load for the teachers can be considered as potential limitations. Finally, pedagogical implications for teachers and researchers are suggested.
Book review "Content and Language Integrated Learning: Cultural Diversity"
Authors: Sevilla Pavón Ana
Published: October 2021

Ed. Carrió-Pastor, María Luisa (2009)
Content and Language Integrated Learning: Cultural Diversity
Series: Linguistic Insights – Studies in Language and Communication, Vol. 92
Series editor: Maurizio Gotti
Bern: Peter Lang AG
ISBN: 978-3-03911-818-2 (pb 178 pages)
ETALAGE. Pedagogical changes brought about by ICT integration
Authors: Koet Ton
Published: October 2021

In this paper, which is based on presentations delivered at the EuroCALL 2010 and EuroCALL 2011 conferences, I shall present the ETALAGE Comenius multilateral project. The acronym, ETALAGE, stands for European Task-based Activities for Language Learning; a good practice exchange (see http://www.etalageproject.eu).
A Podcast Project in the German Programme of the University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Authors: Leier Vera
Published: October 2021

This study aims to contribute to the research into the design of language podcasts. It describes the design of the podcasts used and analyses the results of a questionnaire and discusses podcast design for future language learning.

During one 12-week semester, podcasts were used in a German language intermediate class to improve student listening skills. New Zealand is a long way from a Germanspeaking country; besides being a good way to bring authentic L2 material into the classroom, we envisaged podcasts on student iPods would also be a good way to take language learning out of the classroom and integrate it into daily life. Podcasts might become part of a series of web tools, which support the teaching goal: improved learning outcomes by making the students part of a web community.
Book review "Evaluating Computer-Assisted Language Learning: An Integrated Approach to Effectiveness Research in CALL"
Authors: Sevilla Pavón Ana
Published: October 2021

Book review:

- Evaluating Computer-Assisted Language Learning: An Integrated Approach to Effectiveness Research in CALL

Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien: Peter Lang, 2011, 308 pp
ISBN: 978-3-0343-0145-9 (pb)
ISBN: 978-3-0353-0131-1 (eBook)
Doorway to Research: Issues in the Development of an Interactive Website for International Graduate Students
Authors: Woodman Karen , Gasson Susan
Published: October 2021

This paper describes results of a study evaluating the content, functionality and design features of an innovative online website called the Doorway to Research (http://rsc.acid.net.au/Main.aspx) , which was developed to support international graduate students studying at universities in Australia. First, the key features of the website are described. Second, the result of a pilot study involving 12 students and faculty members who tested key aspects of the design, content and functionality of the website and provided written and oral feedback base on task-based questions and focus group discussions are explored. Finally, recommendations for future development are presented. Results of the study indicate general student satisfaction with the website and its design, content and functionality, with specific areas identified for further development.
Book review "Information Technology in Languages for Specific Purposes"
Authors: Sevilla Pavón Ana
Published: October 2021

Eds. Elisabet Arnó Macià, Antonia Soler Cervera and Carmen Rueda Ramos
Information Technology in Languages for Specific Purposes
Issues and Prospects
Series: Educational Linguistics, Vol. 7
Published by Springer
New York , 2006
268 pp
Hardcover: ISBN 978-0-387-28595-5
Softcover: ISBN 978-1-4419-3947-0
Combining face-to-face learning with online learning in Virtual Worlds
Authors: Berns Anke , González-Pardo Antonio , Camacho David
Published: October 2021

This paper focuses on the development of videogame-like applications in a 3D virtual environment as a complement to the face-to-face teaching and learning. With the changing role of teaching and learning and the increasing use of blended learning, instructors are increasingly expected to explore new ways to attend to the needs of their students. In recent years many educational institutions have started integrating into their teaching protocol the use of e-Learning platforms such as Moodle, WebCT, Blackboard or Virtual Worlds (VWs) such as Second Life (SL). The aim is not only to provide students with motivating and meaningful content and media, but also to provide them with attractive learning tools, able to enhance and guarantee a successful autonomous learning process. Nevertheless, based on our own teaching experience over the past years, we would argue that neither traditional e-Learning platforms such as Moodle, WebCT or Blackboard, nor VWs, completely meet the expectations and needs of (our) students with regard to autonomous learning. This is why the purpose of our analysis is to explore further possibilities by designing highly interactive and motivating online learning materials, including the use of videogame-like applications and a specific 3D virtual platform (OpenSim). We thus intend to provide students from the very first stage of their foreign language acquisition process with highly interactive learning environments, not only in the face-to-face learning, but also in autonomous online learning. The latter is considered to be complementary to, rather than different from the dynamics involved in face-to-face learning. Furthermore the paper includes an empirical evaluation of five language learning sessions during which several sets of students played the videogame-like application we had designed for the purposes of our research.
Application of Gender Difference and Topic Preference to Promote Students’ Motivation for Online EFL Learning
Authors: Chen Anna
Published: October 2021

The focus of this paper is to apply the analysis of gender difference and topic preference to enhance and motivate online EFL learning shown by Taiwanese students enrolled in Freshman English Aural Training courses for English majors in a university in central Taiwan. Online learning for EFL students has been a worldwide trend. Hundreds of websites are accessible for EFL students to learn English linguistically and culturally. Many websites are free for users to learn autonomously; however, in order for EFL students to learn English effectively, it is essential for EFL teachers to create a pedagogical design to increase students’ motivation to learn. Gender difference has been a controversial issue. Scientists have found that the brain structure of men and women are different (Rogers, 1999, Sax, 2005). While this is true, the influence of culture on EFL students’ preference for different topics to learn online cannot be underestimated. This paper will present the preferences shown by both male and female Aural Training students’ choices toward Voice of America (http://www.voanews.com/learningenglish/home/) online listening articles in the following topics: Science, Technology, Education, Entertainment and Economy. The analysis of the data shows that gender difference in choosing topics online for EFL learning is applicable to EFL pedagogical design and thus suggests that EFL teachers take these two factors in consideration when planning materials for the male and female students in their EFL classes.
I’m* two rabbits / J’ai un rouge pullover*. How corrective feedback is handled in collaborative exchange programmes between early language learners
Authors: Choffat-Dürr Anne , Macaire Dominique
Published: October 2021

This article presents how, in the social dynamics of two classrooms involved in an exchange programme, young learners provide their peers with asynchronous feedback taking place in the digital medium. Within two Call Triangles that interact thanks to Computer Mediated Communication tools, teachers sharing the same methodological precept on learning processes give more autonomy to the learners. Here we focus mainly on a salient fact to show how they make use of this freedom.
The VoiceForum platform for spoken interaction
Authors: Fynn Fohn , Wigham Chiara R.
Published: October 2021

Showcased in the courseware exhibition, VoiceForum is a web-based software platform for asynchronous learner interaction in threaded discussions using voice and text. A dedicated space is provided for the tutor who can give feedback on a posted message and dialogue with the participants at a separate level from the main interactional activity. In this way, the pedagogical input is always based on the contextualized needs of the participants, can be accessed as often as required and even searched as a resource for future reference. The software features a built-in sound recorder/player, a rich text editor and management tools to enrol participants, and create forums. Although still in the development stage, this software can be downloaded freely but must be installed on a web server. VoiceForum has been used extensively with French university students of English since 2006.
In search of the optimal path: How learners at task use an online dictionary
Authors: Hamel Marie-Josée
Published: October 2021

We have analyzed circa 180 navigation paths followed by six learners while they performed three language encoding tasks at the computer using an online dictionary prototype. Our hypothesis was that learners who follow an ‘optimal path’ while navigating within the dictionary, using its search and look-up functions, would have a high chance of successfully completing the tasks. We have found that learners who indeed followed such an optimal path were systematically successful in completing the tasks. While alternative paths mostly led to failures, some did, nevertheless, lead to success. One didactic implication that emerged from this experimental study suggests that ‘optimal’ navigation paths can be taught to learners so as to enhance their navigation strategies while they use dictionary search and look-up functions for specific language learning tasks, and in turn, increase their chances of task success.
An evaluation of an automated approach to concept-based grammar instruction
Authors: Lyddon Paul A.
Published: October 2021

Acquiring sufficient linguistic proficiency to perform competently in academic and professional contexts generally requires substantial study time beyond what most language programs can offer in the classroom. As such, teachers and students alike would benefit considerably from high quality self-access materials promoting independent learning out of class when possible and, thus, allowing greater social interaction in class when necessary. The present study is a follow-up to Lyddon (in press), in which a concept-based approach to grammar instruction was adapted into a series of computerized modules. As the number of participants in the previous study was insufficient for meaningful statistical analyses of the learning outcomes, the current investigation redressed this shortcoming as well as responded to survey suggestions for several key changes to the pedagogical materials, including provision of more numerous training sentences, more highly elaborated feedback on exercises, and an immediate remediation option. As before, the purpose of the present study was to determine the viability of a computer-based conceptual approach to teaching English grammar. In a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design, 31 Japanese university English learners of English for Science and Engineering completed a series of self-paced, interactive online tutorials aimed at teaching the concept of grammatical voice. Gains were then measured in terms of improvement in post-treatment grammaticality judgments. While the findings showed the modules to be generally effective, they also suggest important differences in learner understanding of the use of animate vs. inanimate subjects. Thus, additional study will be needed to focus on this particular issue.
Building up an equilateral language learning triangle through innovation and pedagogic improvement: the example of an educational innovation project
Authors: Martínez-Sáez Antonio , Sevilla-Pavón Ana , Gimeno-Sanz Ana
Published: October 2021

In recent years, several initiatives relating to pedagogical innovation have been implemented at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain, in order to integrate ICT into current teaching practices by means of combining the efforts made by teachers, students and the institution itself in terms of the support it provides. These three core elements reflect the main theme of the EuroCALL 2011 Nottingham Conference, i.e. the CALL triangle. The paper focuses on the role played by each of these three elements or sides of the equilateral triangle that has been set up in our particular research context. The authors will refer to one of the projects funded by the UPV, known as the Innovation and Improvement in Education Project (Proyecto de Innovación y Mejora Educativa – PIME), which aims to encourage academic staff to engage in projects that provide an added value to a subject by renewing methodologies, rethinking teaching strategies, that is, on innovation. It was this funding initiative that allowed the authors of this paper to complete the final design, development and implementation stages of the recently published InGenio FCE Course & Tester, an online preparatory course and exam simulator for learners wishing to acquire a B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (2001) of competence in English or take the Cambridge First Certificate in English Examination. The authors will refer to the courseware and illustrate how the CALL triangle has been formulated and sustained.
“... then click on the correct answer”: which way ahead for the field of CALL?
Authors: Tschichold Cornelia
Published: October 2021

Despite the promise it holds, tutorial CALL has been marginalized within the CALL community. Where the computer is used solely as a tool, the beneficial effects of feedback for language learning are absent. Vocabulary would be one of the areas where tutorial CALL can be of great use to the individual learner. A small study on learning Welsh vocabulary shows some of the areas where feedback in vocabulary CALL could be improved.
Mejora de la motivación hacia la didáctica de la matemática y desarrollo de la competencia docente de los estudiantes para maestro a partir de una experiencia de m-learning
Authors: Muñiz-Rodríguez Laura , Lorenzo-Fernández Esther , Aguilar-González Álvaro
Published: October 2021

El aprendizaje con dispositivos móviles o m-learning está ganando predominancia en todas las etapas educativas debido, entre otras razones, a su capacidad para hacer el aprendizaje accesible a una mayor audiencia y a su carácter motivacional. Acercar esta metodología de aprendizaje a la educación superior es fundamental, máxime entre aquellos que se están formando para desempeñar una futura labor docente. A su vez, el uso de vídeos educativos como recurso didáctico está aumentando a un ritmo notable. Conscientes del potencial derivado de la sinergia entre esta metodología y este recurso didáctico, en este trabajo se presenta una experiencia basada en el aprendizaje con dispositivos móviles o m-learning para la elaboración de vídeos educativos sobre materiales manipulativos para la enseñanza de contenidos matemáticos por estudiantes para maestro. Los resultados obtenidos a partir de un cuestionario muestran un efecto positivo de la experiencia en la motivación de los estudiantes para maestro hacia la didáctica de la matemática y en el desarrollo de su competencia docente.
Flipped evaluation: herramientas online para la evaluación participativa
Authors: Amorós López Julia , Ruescas Orient Ana Belen , Esperante Pereira Daniel , Girbés-Juan Vicent , Fernandez-Moran Roberto , Moreno Llácer María , Peréz-Suay Adrian , Laparra Pérez-Muelas Valero
Published: October 2021

La evaluación de una asignatura es una parte fundamental del proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje y una de la que más preocupa a nuestros estudiantes. Se trata de una tarea compleja y que requiere un gran esfuerzo por parte del profesor. Un mayor esfuerzo que va parejo al incremento de la evaluación continua, una tendencia en el sistema educativo actual. En este trabajo se presentan diferentes metodologías que maximizan el rendimiento del alumno, tratando a su vez de minimizar el esfuerzo extra por parte del profesor en los procesos de corrección y evaluación. Se proporcionan diversos ejemplos de su uso mediante actividades disponibles en la plataforma Moodle como: taller, glosario, bases de datos, cuestionarios aleatorios, etc. Algunas de estas herramientas permiten la autoevaluación una vez configuradas, en otros casos se presentan metodologías que implican la participación del alumnado en la corrección y/o evaluación.
Estudio del Impacto de la Realización de Prácticas Informatizadas en el Aprendizaje de la Asignatura Evaluación Psicológica del Grado en Psicología
Authors: Rodríguez-Rey Rocío , Fidalgo Camino , Collado Silvia
Published: October 2021

Este trabajo estudia los efectos de la inclusión de prácticas informatizadas (PI), en la asignatura Evaluación Psicológica del Grado en Psicología. Las PI son una metodología docente de apoyo a los estudiantes que consiste en enfrentar al alumno con problemas y casos que tienen que ir resolviendo paso a paso en formato online. En este proceso el alumno es guiado en su proceso de aprendizaje y recibe feedback inmediato de cada acción. Este trabajo explora cómo el rendimiento de los alumnos en las diferentes actividades de la asignatura, junto al número de PI realizadas predicen el grado de aprendizaje adquirido, tomando como criterio la calificación del examen. Además, pretendemos conocer el uso que hacen los alumnos de las PI y su satisfacción. La muestra fueron 74 alumnos de la asignatura Evaluación Psicológica del Grado en Psicología. Los resultados muestran que el 51,5% de los alumnos utilizaron las PI. Su satisfacción fue elevada. El número de PI realizadas no contribuye a predecir el aprendizaje del alumno. Sin embargo, el rendimiento en el conjunto de metodologías docentes correlaciona significativamente con la nota del examen. Dada la accesibilidad y el alto nivel de satisfacción es importante seguir explorando la eficacia de este recurso.
Relación entre la percepción de validez de una rúbrica, el rendimiento académico y la autorregulación de estudiantes de ciencias del deporte
Authors: Jimenez-Perez Irene , Requena-Bueno Lara , Gil-Calvo Marina , Pérez-Soriano Pedro , Priego-Quesada Jose Ignacio
Published: October 2021

The use of rubrics can be an especially useful tool to align the teaching, learning and evaluation processes of oral presentation. Its validity is essential to assess academic performance and may be influenced by student self-regulation. The objective of the study was to determine the perception of validity and utility of a rubric for students of the Physical Education and Sports Sciences degree, as well as to identify the relationship between this perception, their academic performance and their self-regulation. 123 students participated in the study. The teacher of the subject provided the rubric to evaluate oral presentations. After oral presentations, students answered two questionnaires: one about the perception of the validity of the rubric and the other about self-regulation. In addition, their academic performance was recorded. The students positively assessed the rubric’s validity as a method of preparing and evaluating the oral presentation. Self-regulation presented a clearer direct relationship with the perception of rubric’s validity than academic performance, however, this relationship was weak and needs to be verified in future studies.
Same-age Tutoring in Maths using ICT: From Computational Math Students to Chemistry Students
Authors: Gual-Arnau Ximo , Lluch-Peris Ana
Published: October 2021

En este trabajo exponemos un proyecto educativo basado en la tutorización por pares entre estudiantado de la misma edad (same-age tutoring) que cursan la asignatura de Matemáticas I pero en dos grados diferentes como son el grado en Matemática Compu- tacional y el grado en Química. Los contenidos de la asignatura son los mismos en los dos grados pero tanto el estudiantado como los propios grados tienen características completamente distintas. Por tanto, el estudiantado del grado en Matemática Computacional ejercerá de estudiantado tutor y el del grado en Química de estudiantado tutorizado. En las sesiones de tutorización utilizamos el aprendizaje semipresencial (blended learning) y se introducen las herramientas TIC en un doble sentido; con el fin de gestionar la comunicación, distribuir materiales docentes y realizar trabajo cooperativo, y con el objetivo de introducir un programa de cálculo simbólico que ayude a la comprensión de conceptos matem ́aticos abstractos.
El apoyo audiovisual en la docencia online durante el estado de alarma: dos experiencias en la Universitat Politècnica de València
Authors: Prosper Josep , Ramón Fernández Francisca
Published: October 2021

La crisis sanitaria por coronavirus ha supuesto un cambio de aprendizaje en la docencia presencial, ya que se ha tenido que reconvertir en una docencia virtual o híbrida. Las nuevas tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TICs) han propiciado que muchas herramientas para el seguimiento y la impartición de la docencia se realicen con elementos audiovisuales. En esta propuesta mostramos la experiencia de dos profesores de distintas áreas de conocimiento: comunicación audiovisual y derecho civil en la transformación de su metodología para adaptarse a las circunstancias, y cómo han realizado el empleo de materiales audiovisuales para la docencia sin la infracción de derechos de propiedad intelectual.
Material multimedia para la integración de contenidos en asignaturas y grados del Área de la Salud: Transporte de membrana.
Authors: Serna García Eva , San-Miguel Diez Teresa , Megías Vericat Javier , Mauricio Avñó Maria Dolores
Published: October 2021

El material multimedia apoya tanto al profesorado como al alumnado en el proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje obteniendo buenos resultados. El sistema educativo actual utiliza un mecanismo mecánico y rígido en el cual la docencia está fragmentada e inconexa por asignaturas. Nuestro trabajo pretende abordar una nueva propuesta educativa en la que se elabora un material multimedia integrativo sobre el transporte de membrana entre diferentes asignaturas y grados del Área de la Salud. Los resultados fueron muy satisfactorios ya que la opinión del alumnado sobre el vídeo fue muy positiva y bien calificada. Este trabajo elucida la necesidad de un cambio en el sistema educativo.