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Transforming nursing care: The impact of information and communication technologies
Authors: Alkharji Noura Abdullah , Aldosary Nora Mohammed , Abdullah Wejdan Amein , Alanazi Jehan Khelaif , Albugami Maha Mosleh , Alshammari Amani Abdulmohsen , Almutairi Lila Muteb , Alanazi Mubarak Saud , Alsoulaimi Reham Mohammad , ALKhabbaz Ghadeer Ghazi , Lamfon Nahid Ahmad , AlGhanim Wael Ibrahim , Alanizi Anoud Saud
Published: July 2024

Background: The integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in healthcare, termed eHealth, is transforming nursing practices. These technologies encompass electronic health records (EHRs), computerized decision support systems (CDSSs), and telehealth, among others, and promise to enhance the efficiency, accuracy, and communication in nursing care. Aim: This study aims to evaluate the impact of ICTs on nursing practices, focusing on their influence on nursing care performance indicators and patient outcomes. Methods: An overview of systematic reviews was conducted, adhering to the Cochrane Collaboration methodology and the PICOS framework. The study included qualitative, mixed-method, and quantitative reviews from 1995 onwards, focusing on the impact of ICTs on nursing care. Data extraction and quality assessment were performed using the AMSTAR tool, and a narrative synthesis approach was employed due to study heterogeneity. Results: Of 6187 titles screened, 22 reviews met the inclusion criteria. ICTs were found to impact time management, patient care, and documentation quality. Positive effects included improved access to patient information and enhanced communication. However, challenges such as increased documentation time and the need for adaptation to electronic systems were noted.
Developing EMDR for psychosis from a Power, Threat, Meaning Framework perspective
Authors: Colbert Susannah
Published: July 2024

Evidence has been accumulating for the crucial role that trauma plays in the development of psychotic experiences. As such, there has been increased interest in the use of trauma-focused therapies, like Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing therapy (EMDR), for people who experience psychosis. However, the medical model has traditionally understood psychosis as a brain disease, leading to conceptual confusion regarding the role of trauma memory networks in the development of psychotic experiences. This paper proposes a trauma-informed understanding of psychosis in accordance with the Power, Threat, Meaning Framework (PTMF). The commonalities between the PTMF and the key models employed in EMDR, i.e. the Adaptive Information Processing and Structural Dissociation models, are explored.
Power, Threat, Meaning Framework informed EMDR for psychosis: Identifying and accessing trauma memories underlying psychotic experiences
Authors: Colbert Susannah
Published: July 2024

Clinicians attempting to use EMDR with clients who experience psychosis may struggle to identify and access the trauma memories underlying the psychotic experiences. This may be due, in part, to the prevailing illness model and the traditional exclusion of psychosis from trials of EMDR. This paper aims to provide suggestions and guidance for clinicians developing their EMDR practice with psychosis. The paper describes five methods that may be useful clinically to identify the trauma memories. In order to support case conceptualisation, a mapping template is introduced and described. As dissociation and avoidance may complicate accessing trauma memories for reprocessing, techniques to work with these in psychosis are described. Future directions for both clinical and research work are considered.
Seeds of Modern Education: American Influence in Turkey
Authors: Šišić Hrustan
Published: July 2024

American private foundations invested huge financial resources in institutions and individuals in the Republic of Turkey in the process of westernization of the country. This study seeks to present a detailed historical perspective of the activities of American philanthropic foundations and their influence on the development and the process of modernization of Turkey. Due to the war-torn state and poor socio-economic situation, the modernization process in Turkey implied comprehensive help from the Western countries, which Ataturk took as a model. Based on charity and humanitarian work, first American organizations arrived in Turkey at the beginning of 19th century. Popularly known as ‘‘missionary organizations’’ or simply ‘‘missionaries’’, they devoted their work to religious conversion of dominantly Christian minorities in the Ottoman Empire, charity activities and education. From the period of the first arrivals until 1920s, missionary organizations established number of hospitals and schools that proved beneficial to people and students across Turkey. At the beginning of 20th century, some of the American richest industrialists and businessmen in that period like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller and Russell Sage have decided to establish private grant-providing foundations for the melioration of life standards of humankind all around the world – investing dominantly in education, infrastructure and public health. In terms of time scale, growth of the foundation imbricates with the establishment of modern Turkey in 1923. Led by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the new government of Turkey was dedicated to the process of modernization of the country – a project that seriously needed support from the external powers. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the role of American private foundations in the process of development of education, health sector, and overall Turkey’s modernization. These findings suggest that American private organizations such as Rockefeller and Ford foundations had a strong hold in the development of institutions and education and training of individuals from Turkey in various fields.
Strategic partnership between the United States and Egypt: A Historical Overview
Authors: Šišić Hrustan
Published: July 2024

This article examines the strategic partnership between the United States and Egypt, highlighting the historical significance and dynamics that have shaped this partnership since the 1970s. Egypt's strategic location and control of the Suez Canal contribute to its significant role in world trade and military strategies. Since the Cold War, U.S.-Egyptian relations have been characterized by military cooperation and significant economic assistance, despite occasional conflicts over human rights and democratization. While promoting democracy and protecting human rights worldwide, the United States has simultaneously supported authoritarian regimes in Egypt and the Middle East. Analyzing U.S. foreign policy towards Egypt, this study reveals a dichotomy between promotion of democratic values and security interests. This study highlights the benefits that the United States receives from this long-standing partnership as well as the implications for regional stability. Focusing on the intersection of U.S. values and security interests, this paper provides a balanced understanding of the long-term alliance and its impact on regional stability and international perceptions. This study uses historical analysis method to understand the nature and dynamics of the strategic relationship of the United States and Egypt.
Análise geral sobre o mieloma múltiplo: da descoberta à remissão
Authors: Silva Rafaela Teixeira da , Caetano Maria Clara de Paula , Reis Murilo Schroeder Branquinho , Porto João Vitor Nogueira , Franklin Taísa Fortes Santos , Porto Pedro Eduardo Murad Mendonça , Souza Allan Caldas de , Albernaz Matheus Damasceno , Fernandes Brendha Campos , Borges Ana Júlia Cordeiro , Borges Maria Eduarda Cordeiro , Tavares Isabela Nunes , Almeida Paula Lunardelli Bianchini de , Silva André da Cunha , Vilela Nagella Junqueira Moraes , Faria Jéssica Parreira
Published: July 2024

O mieloma múltiplo (MM) é a segunda neoplasia hematológica mais comum, representando 13% dessas neoplasias e 1% de todos os cânceres. Caracteriza-se pelo acúmulo de plasmócitos na medula óssea e é geralmente diagnosticado em estágios avançados. O estágio inicial pode ser identificado por eletroforese de proteínas séricas e imunofixação, aumentando a sensibilidade do diagnóstico. As manifestações clínicas incluem dor óssea, fraturas patológicas e insuficiência renal. Embora incurável, o conhecimento da patogênese do MM tem levado ao desenvolvimento de novos medicamentos, como imunomoduladores e inibidores de proteassoma, melhorando a sobrevida global e a sobrevida livre de progressão. Dessa forma, com o crescente corpo de literatura sobre o Mieloma Múltiplo, foi possível a realização de uma revisão integrativa de literatura por meio das plataformas: Medline; PubMed; Scielo e LILACS, com seleção e análise criteriosa dos artigos, a fim de revisar e analisar as evidências atuais sobre a importância da suspeição clínica e diagnóstico precoce do MM. Nesta revisão foi identificado que o diagnóstico postergado de Mieloma Múltiplo (MM) é comum, ocorrendo em cerca de 29% dos casos, devido à inespecificidade dos sintomas. Isso destaca a necessidade de diagnóstico precoce e da suspeição clínica pelos médicos generalistas. As principais complicações do MM são insuficiência renal aguda, anemia e lesões ósseas, resumidas pelo mnemônico CRAB. Portanto, com diagnóstico e tratamento adequados, é possível melhorar a sobrevida e a qualidade de vida dos pacientes. No entanto, a agressividade dos quimioterápicos pode levar ao desenvolvimento de patologias secundárias, como a síndrome mielodisplásica, exigindo cuidados contínuos.
Pilotaje de la percepción de estudiantes talentosos y padres de familia sobre una actividad inclusiva
Authors: Guerra Véliz Yusimí , Leyva Haza Julio , Hernández Fonseca Mirta Tomasa , Marín Mora Noelvys
Published: July 2024

Introducción: lograr una escuela inclusiva es uno de los retos de los sistemas educativos para propiciar una educación personalizada y satisfactoria para todos desde los proyectos educativos institucionales. El tercer perfeccionamiento educacional cubano apuesta por una educación inclusiva en la que deben considerarse los estudiantes con talento académico. Para ello, debe tenerse en cuenta la opinión de los estudiantes y sus familias, que serán los protagonistas de los nuevos cambios. Por estas razones, el objetivo de este artículo es exponer los resultados de la percepción de cinco alumnos talento y sus familias en cuanto al modo en que son incluidos en el  Instituto Preuniversitario Urbano “Eduardo García Delgado” de Cienfuegos (Cuba), después de participar en una actividad extradocente dirigida a elaborar el guion para un video educativo sobre corriente eléctrica inducida. Metodología: el enfoque metodológico es cualitativo de tipo exploratorio diagnóstico a partir de un estudio de caso único. Se indaga la percepción sobre la inclusión de los cinco estudiantes talento y su familia después de realizar la actividad. Resultados y discusión: los resultados mostraron que los estudiantes se sienten motivados por este tipo de actividades y que los padres las consideran beneficiosas. Conclusiones: se detectó que debe hacerse un trabajo planificado con el colectivo de profesores y la familia para lograr mejores condiciones de inclusión.
Enhancing Critical Reading Through Metacognitive Scaffolding in Flipped-Classroom
Authors: DU Elizabeth Bunga , Nurkamto Joko , Suryani Nunuk , Gunarhadi Gunarhadi
Published: July 2024

Critical reading is paramount for students to comprehend texts efficiently during and beyond their academic studies. Searching for and filtering information is crucial in distinguishing between important and unimportant content. Despite its significance, students often lack proper instruction in critical reading, highlighting a need for effective learning models. The Metacognitive, Scaffolding in Flipped Classroom (Ms-Flics) model addresses this gap by combining metacognitive reading and scaffolding strategies in a flipped classroom. This study evaluates the model’s efficacy in enhancing students’ critical reading skills. The research employs quantitative methods, conducted with grade 9 students in Surakarta, Indonesia, comparing pre- and post-treatment test results. Using cluster random sampling, two classes of 65 students were administered tests before and after the intervention. Analysis using paired T-tests revealed a significant improvement post-treatment. The findings underscore the effectiveness of the Ms-Flics model in enhancing critical reading skills among grade 9 students. The study contributes theoretically by proposing a novel learning model that integrates metacognitive reading, scaffolding strategies, and flipped classroom approaches to improve critical reading skills.
Developing Writers' Communicative Writing Skills Through Standard-based Rubrics: A Case Study of Qassim University Students
Authors: MuhammedZein Fatima A
Published: July 2024

The use of rubrics to assess quality performance and progress across educational fields is gaining prominence, as it mainly assists in targeting essential complex components in writing. This study suggests that standard-based rubrics inspire writers to become proficient communicators. Rubrics identify the gaps that need to be addressed based on the alignment of learning goals and precise writing standards underpinned with clear guidance. A mixed qualitative-quantitative approach was used.  The participants were 60 students from Qassim University's College of Science, divided into experimental and control groups. A pretest was administered to both groups. Next, intervention pertinent to standard-based rubrics was made to train the experimental group to perform several writing tasks. Then, a posttest was conducted by both groups to validate the study hypothesis, gauge students' progress, and verify performance. A questionnaire was distributed to detect the experimental group's perceptions and any changes that resulted from the process. Significant results have been obtained, and the findings will benefit education and research.
Lifelong learning and the transformation of higher education
Authors: Jaldemark Jimmy , Cleveland-Innes Martha , Håkansson Lindqvist Marcia , Mozelius Peter
Published: July 2024

Societal development in the 21st century has had an impact on competencies needed in working life. Such development includes a continuous professional development, and a lifelong learning process where higher education institutions are an essential partner. Contemporary lifelong learning has multiple purposes such as increased employability, organisational development, global competition, and also hopefully involves the aspect of personal development. This paper aims at reporting preliminary results focused on lifelong learning and the current transformation of higher education, posing the following research question: How can a preliminary framework for lifelong learning based on networked learning experts' perceptions of the transformation of higher education be designed? Eight experts from six different global regions, known for their research and publication records in higher education, lifelong and work-integrated learning, were invited to participate in this study, which involved multiple data collection methods. Data analysis involved staged thematic analysis with multiple coders and inter-rater verification and negotiation. The preliminary findings note the current state of the analysis based on the perceptions expressed by these experts in interviews. These findings consist of the following elements: Lifelong learning, Pedagogy, and Technology. These elements are each represented by a circle that intersects with the transformation of higher education and are seen to be surrounded and impacted by three different levels: the individual, organizational and societal levels. These levels interplay with the elements of Lifelong learning, Pedagogy, and Technology as driving forces in the transformation of higher education. How these driving forces will continue to have an impact on higher education, and how higher education steps up to take on these challenges warrant further research.
Unboxing the process of revision between two design-based hybrid learning interventions
Authors: Petersen Anne Kristine , Gundersen Peter , Lindsø Andersen Bjarke , Riis Marianne
Published: July 2024

The paper investigates the revision process of a Design-Based Research (DBR) project, in which a hybrid continuing professional development (CPD) course for educators from three higher education institutions is developed, tested and redesigned. The course runs over two cycles and is based on a key design principle, which aims at fostering inter-institutional collaboration among participants in relation to developing, testing and evaluating new learning designs in the participants’ respective teaching practices.
On the basis of semi-structured interviews with the course participants, it is discussed which aspects of the course should be revised and which design strategy to apply during the revision process. Moreover, the implications for the following intervention are discussed and the redesigned course is presented.
The empirical contribution of the paper lies in the detailed unboxing of the steps taken by the research and design team in the revision process between the two cycles of the course. As such, the paper exemplifies data-informed revision processes in which the key design principle of a course is maintained, but the adaptation of it is fundamentally revised though the strategy of branching out, i.e. central aspects of the design are revised to create a new solution.
A purposeful design for transformative networked learning in an online doctoral programme
Authors: Lee Kyungmee , Bligh Brett
Published: July 2024

In recent years, there has been a growing effort within a research community of NL to re-define the notion of NL and re-configure the landscape of NL practice. The present authors, who are also members of the NL community, aim to contribute to such a collective effort by filling an existing gap in the ongoing conversation—the community has mainly focused on promoting and facilitating the “network” part of NL while assuming and neglecting the “learning” part. The article first argues that the ultimate purpose of NL is to create meaningful personal and social changes: transformative NL. Therefore, the emphasis of the transformative NL design should not be restricted to facilitating learner interactions and knowledge acquisition inside an online course but expanded to helping learners’ holistic development that leads to meaningful changes in their lives outside the course. The article then proposes a “purposeful” design framework including three levels of interconnected NL communities that need to be considered when designing transformative NL: i) internal NL community in an online course that aims to transform individual students’ perspectives through tutor-driven collaborative learning, ii) external NL community in students’ real-life contexts that aims to transform group perspectives through student-driven collaborative practice, and iii) social NL community in broader contexts (or society as a community) that aims to transform social perspectives through community-driven collective action. The article also provides a brief illustration of purposeful NL design in an online doctoral programme in which the authors’ teaching and research praxis is situated.
Symposium 2: An education model for customized and flexible networked learning courses for working engineers
Authors: Forsström Stefan
Published: July 2024

The area of computer and electrical engineering is under constant evolution which leads to lifelong learning being an important aspect for being a long term successful working professional. This work presents an education model for creating customized and flexible courses at advanced level for these working professionals. We have approached this work from the educator's point of view and the focus will be on the teaching model and our results from implementing the model during the last two years. Including how we created these need and trend-based education offerings, the course execution inspired with micro-learning and flipped-classroom pedagogics, and our work with creating win-win possibilities within the courses for the working professionals and the companies they work for. Finally, we will present our experiences and lessons learnt, ending with a plan for our upcoming courses and our refined model in our ongoing future work.
Symposium 2: Networked Learning for Life-Long Learning in Swedish Health Care
Authors: Häggström Marie , Rising Holmström Malin
Published: July 2024

A healthy work environment in health care requires that staff feel in control and are provided with self-development opportunities, information and adequate resources, all of which lead to job satisfaction. Lifelong learning for health care staff has received increasing attention as a step towards an attractive workplace and safer care. However, people in working life demand conditions that enable them to participate in educational activities. The aim of this paper is to describe experiences of creating and distributing short, flexible and networked courses in higher education, for health care personnel’s lifelong learning. Following research questions are included: what challenges have been identified by higher education staff when creating flexible courses for lifelong learning based on networked learning? and what, in the course design, was essential for the students networked learning? The project was built on the assumption that knowledge is empowering for staff and patients, and that organizational learning and behaviour is central for quality. The sociocultural theory of learning, which claims that all humans are willing and able to learn, and that people learn when they realize that the knowledge is relevant and important to them, has inspired. One pilot course was developed, and this paper focuses on the preliminary findings for the course “Peer learning”. E-mail, memos and notes were used as data and examined with thematic analysis. The findings showed four themes that answered the aim: identifying courses in collaboration; recruiting and maintaining the participants; learning activities in the course design and improving the course. It was important to have flexibility along with some structure in the course. The three components in networked learning contributed to learning and motivation during the course: relationship between educators, gatekeepers and students, the technology in the digital classroom, and a collaborative engagement. It seems successful working together and networking between the two organizations (university and health care) for a common purpose. The conclusion focuses further on the importance of building a robust network as well as bringing new ideas and needs for lifelong learning from the health care to the university. Further data collection is needed to get additional and deeper insights of health care managers along with workforce experiences and wishes for lifelong learning.
Symposium 2: Nurses’ experiences from a flexible online course in a higher education learning initiative
Authors: Holmström Malin Rising , Häggström Marie
Published: July 2024

Remote healthcare is developing at a rapid pace to create high-quality, efficient, and financially sustainable care. The article aims to describe and explore nurses’ experiences of networked learning before and after participation in a higher education lifelong learning initiative. The study was conducted in primary healthcare and hospital units in Sweden with ten nurses (eight women and two men), where the participants answered a web-based questionnaire before and after participating in an online course, Digital Competence in Care. The data were analysed with descriptive statistics and qualitative content analysis. The results show increased development of nurses’ competence and learning. The mean of digital competence among all participants increased from 4.4 to 8.9 on a scale of 0-10 and the mean of expectations for learning among all participants increased from 7.1 to 9.2 on a scale of 0-10. Furthermore, two themes were identified: Lifelong learning important and urgent for nurses and Networked learning a flexible way to strengthen learning and think outside the box. The content and design of DCC were experienced as relevant for the participants, and networked learning was perceived as a way of developing and strengthening learning and competence. The participants indicated that sharing experiences and networking with others supported them in solving problems in their daily work, “thinking outside their own box,” and putting ideas into action together to support a critical and responsible attitude. The use of authentic work-related problems in the course assignments was experienced as a good thing, as it supported the nurses in their everyday work. Finally, the participants described how they became more courageous and confident in their ability to communicate and work securely digitally, and also that their new knowledge and competence were relevant to the continued development of digitalisation in healthcare settings and medical care, as colleges and leaders turned to them for support and advice.
Symposium 3: Investigating the background – taking a Merleau-Pontian phenomenological approach to Networked Learning
Authors: Dohn Nina Bonderup
Published: July 2024

This paper is a theoretical paper on phenomenological methodology. My point of departure is Merleau-Ponty’s concept of figure-background in perception and his view of the role which the body has in establishing figure-background in each specific situation. I argue that Merleau-Ponty’s approach differs from other phenomenological approaches because of this focus: his highlighting of the background as essential for understanding what appears as figure to consciousness (the object of experience). His focus on the background has methodological implications for how to investigate a phenomenon (perform phenomenological analyses). A key Merleau-Pontian methodological strategy is to focus on breakdown situations, that is, situations where ordinary practical activity breaks down, because the breakdowns can provide indications about that which is taken for granted in the usual well-performed practical activity. I illustrate what Merleau-Pontian phenomenological analysis within Networked Learning could be with two examples. One is from synchronous online learning situations: the figure of eye contact via a webcam. The other one concerns contemporary renderings of the networked learners in the figure of hybrid networked learning situations of students today. For both examples, I tease out what relevant backgrounds are and how a focus on those backgrounds highlights other aspects in networked learning than the ones other phenomenological analyses focus on.
Symposium 3: Evocative writing and lived experience descriptions for networked learning research
Authors: Lee Kyungmee
Published: July 2024

The present paper introduces evocative writing, advocated by autoethnographies, as an effective research method to capture the subtleties of real-life networked learning experiences, enabling researchers to observe and make sense of both the beautiful and the ugly of the phenomenon. Evocative writing practice can liberate researchers from the established academic tradition that unnecessarily devalues their subjectivity and limits their creativity by imposing the problematic normality of research objectivity. Writing is a central research act that needs to be successfully performed throughout the entire research project—not only to present project outcomes but also to formulate research problems, collect data, and validate outcomes. Despite its aesthetic and communicative merits, however, evocative researchers as human beings cannot fully grasp the structural essence of the lived experiences of networked learning phenomena beyond their own frame of reference. Here, the author believes that lived experience descriptions and related methodological techniques devised by phenomenologists can provide evocative networked learning researchers with a possible breakthrough. Based on the author’s own experiences, the author will demonstrate the effective use of evocative writing complemented by lived experience descriptions for networked learning research.
Symposium 3: Phenomenology and networked learning - a found chord
Authors: Johnson Mike , Healey-Benson Felicity , Adams Catherine , Bonderup Dohn Nina , Goetz Greta
Published: July 2024

Phenomenology has captured the imagination of researchers since Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) began to use the term. Examples of phenomenology within the networked learning conference proceedings are notable yet few, as examined by Healey-Benson (2020) and Johnson (2020) in the 12th Networked Learning Conference, and who then went on to form https://hanfod.NL . The goal to ‘engage the networked learning community in discussing the suitability of choosing phenomenology as a research methodology’ (Oberg and Bell 2012, p209) had been demonstrated by Dohn (2006) and continued by Adams (2014).
Symposium 4: Early researchers’ experience of a networked learning forum
Authors: Cutajar Maria , Calleja James
Published: July 2024

International conferences and fora bringing together a diverse group of researchers, scholars and practitioners are claimed to be sites of learning and networking. This paper reports on the findings of an explorative study investigating the experience of early researchers participating in the Networked Learning Forum 2021 which was specifically planned to support their learning and development. These qualitative findings are part of the encompassing evaluation study of the event more generally. This part study implemented thematic analysis on transcript data of a focus-group interview held with participating early researchers soon after the end of the event. In this paper, we share the thematic description of the early researcher’s experience as emerged from this group interview. This description generally confirms the preliminary survey findings showing up the Networked Learning Forum 2021 as a site of learning and development. But distinctively, in this part of the study, the event surfaced as a site of early researcher challenges. ‘Learning experience’ came to the fore as a strong core theme configured by 4 primary, constituent themes; ‘event organisation’, ‘interactions’, ‘means of acquisition’ and ‘researcher challenges’. Each of these 4 primary themes was structured by a number of subthemes.
This thematic description of the Networked Learning Forum 2021 experience from the perspective of participating early researchers, highlights the event as a compelling, participatory event bearing substantial academic advantage for learning and development. Distinctively, the academic advantage emerges as closely linked to what are identified as researcher challenges. This thematic picture, based on a single case, is very limited in scope. Further research is needed to verify claims. But meanwhile it is reasonable to listen to the recommendations made by the early researchers of this study encouraging similar events. Such events make it easier for beginning researchers to connect with experts and international peers. They facilitate beginning researchers to present their research to an international audience within a relatively less intimidating environment compared to typical international conferences which are much larger. They provide a space for beginning researchers to be challenged in developing research related competences and emotionally grow as researchers.
Symposium 5: Applications of networked learning to the support of learning and teaching in higher education
Authors: Kehrwald Benjamin A. , Chanane Nawal , Eberhard Sally , Nguyen Nhung , Sim Kwong Nui , Winters Annemie
Published: July 2024

This symposium is the result of a broad effort by the authors to consider the applicability of networked learning to our work to support learning and teaching across our institution.  We, the authors, work in a central learning and teaching support unit within Auckland University of Technology (AUT), in Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand.  We are concerned with how networked learning is applicable to our efforts to support learning and teaching at AUT-specifically- to operationalise the institution’s strategic commitments to learner success.  Our focus on supporting learning and teaching operates at various levels, from the ‘local’ level of individual courses to the intermediate level of supporting degree programmes to the more ‘global’ level associated with developing institutional policy that supports effective academic teaching practices and the ongoing evolution of a technology infrastructure that enables and supports productive learning and teaching activity. Moreover, our work deals with questions and challenges which range from specific, situated practical challenges to broad, philosophical questions which affect learning and teaching across the institution. This symposium represents our efforts to synthesise our understandings of networked learning and connect general ideas about networked learning with specific, situated aspects of our work to support learning and teaching across the institution.
Symposium 1: Tracing analytic assemblages – doing doctoral research with actor-network theory
Authors: Mörtsell Sara
Published: July 2024

The practices of doctoral education are intricately entangled with technologies. This methodological paper examines the practical concerns involved in doing the analytic work in a networked learning setting with Actor-Network theory (ANT). It is a story about engaging with ANT as a companion in an ethnographic research project on teaching practices in Sweden during the Covid-19 pandemic. The empirical examples are pulled from online interviews in the pandemic outbreak and two ways of assembling the analytic practices of those interviews. On the premises that method and technology are non-neutral, the focus is on how the interviews are analysed and the modes of knowing that they form. For example, the paper examines how computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software acts on the analyses of the interviews and the knowledge patterns made possible and what signals are silenced. A second analytic assemblage is deployed that traces those signals. Based on the empirical examples of doing analyses, the paper discusses how analytic assemblages change and move research and the researcher in unpredictive and performative ways that troubles the expectations of a singularised doctoral journey.
Symposium 1: Digital citizenship in teacher education – Exploring conceptualizations in a postdigital era
Authors: Örtegren Alex
Published: July 2024

In a postdigital era, an increasingly important dimension of citizenship is digital citizenship, which is reflected for instance by digital civic engagement, fake news, and disinformation, not least during the Covid-19 pandemic. Teacher education (TE) prepares student teachers for the fostering of citizens in K-12 schools, and various conceptualizations of digital citizenship appear in educational research that could inform TE practice. This paper explores two common conceptualizations of digital citizenship in educational research, Ribble’s nine elements of digital citizenship and Choi’s four-category model, and critically examines how these reflect digital citizenship in a postdigital era, including potential implications for TE. The paper shows that neither conceptualization fully reflects digital citizenship in a postdigital era although Choi’s model mirrors some characteristics, for instance a blurredness between binaries such as “online” and “offline”, and a multi-faceted understanding of citizenship and digital technologies. Critically analyzing digital citizenship is important as the conceptualizations informing TE may impact the preparation of future teachers to teach for digital citizenship in a postdigital era.
Pertarungan Harga dan Kualitas Pelayanan: Strategi Gojek Menjaga Konsumen Jakarta
Authors: Galung Febrianti Natalia , Yuliantari Kartika
Published: July 2024

This studies targets to analyze the effect of carrier best and rate on GOJEK user pleasure in DKI Jakarta. GOJEK, as one in all the biggest on-line transport applications in Indonesia, faces stiff competition from different agencies supplying similar services. consequently, it's miles vital for GOJEK to constantly improve its carrier best and offer competitive prices to maintain its dominant function. This studies makes use of quantitative methods with records collection thru questionnaires disbursed to GOJEK customers in DKI Jakarta. The sampling technique used was stratified sampling, with a complete of 124 respondents. The collected statistics had been analyzed using validity, reliability, classical assumption exams, and more than one linear regression analysis. The outcomes confirmed that provider high-quality and rate have a good sized impact on GOJEK person pride. The provider best variable has a nice affect on person satisfaction, as well as the price variable. The F test results show that service fine and fee simultaneously have a sizeable impact on person delight with a coefficient of dedication of 41.four%, which indicates that 41.4% of the version in person pride can be explained by means of service nice and charge. primarily based on these findings, GOJEK is recommended to retain improving its service exceptional and providing competitive costs to increase consumer pleasure and preserve customer loyalty amid more and more fierce opposition
Public Conceptions of Climate Change Impact as a Human Health Risk. A Case Study in Cameroon
Authors: Ndifon Marcel Ndasack , Baysen Engin
Published: July 2024

This research looks at the public’s perception of climate change’s impact as a human health risk in Cameroon. With the use of an extensive survey, the research investigates Cameroonian demographic data, levels of education, and views about the perception of climate change as a human health risk. The descriptive data reveal that master’s students are significantly represented among the participants, and men predominate. According to the findings, most students are aware of climate change and its serious future effects, which include rising poverty, disease outbreaks, and extreme temperatures. According to the study’s findings, tackling the complex issues raised by climate change requires an entire population that is both engaged and aware. Institutions of higher learning are essential to this effort since they emphasize how curriculum should incorporate climate education in order to empower many more generations to come. In order to improve public awareness and encourage significant steps toward sustainability as well as health protection in the context of climate change, the research emphasizes cooperation between legislators, learners, and the general public. These parties may build a society that is both ecologically conscientious and even more adaptable by cooperating. People can make decisions that help lessen the consequences of climate change by increasing their knowledge and consciousness. By adopting a comprehensive strategy, we can guarantee an environmentally friendly future for future generations in addition to the present one.
Does Behcet’s disease affect the quality of sleep?
Authors: Pala Erdal , koglu Mehmet
Published: July 2024

This research aimed to evaluate the sleep quality (QoS) in individuals with Behçet's disease (BD) compared to a control group of healthy individuals. Additionally, it sought to investigate any possible correlation between BD activity and sleep quality. In this case-control study, individuals with BD and healthy controls, matched for age and gender, were enrolled. The study collected demographic information, body mass indexes (BMI), and disease durations. The BD Behcet disease current activity form (BDCAF) was employed to gauge the disease activity of BD, while the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was utilized to evaluate the QoS. PSQI scores were compared between the patients and controls and the possible correlation between PSQI and BDCAF scores were investigated. Besides, demographic features, disease characteristics, total score and sub parameters of disease activity were compared between BD cases with and without poor QoS. Among 56 BD patients and 56 controls, there were no significant differences in age, gender distribution, or BMI. BD cases demonstrated significantly higher QoS scores than controls (PSQI score: 6.5±4.84 in cases, 3.7±1.48 in controls, p=0.022). While no correlation was observed between PSQI, demographic characteristics, and disease duration, a notable positive correlation emerged between PSQI and BDCAF total score (p=0.037, r=0.458). No statistical difference was determined between demographic data, disease duration, and BDCAF sub parameters between patients with poor (24 patients, 42%) and without poor QoS (32 patients, 58%); however, the total score of BDCAF was significantly higher than those of BD with low QoS (p= 0.021). Our study data suggest that impaired sleep quality in BD cases may be linked to overall disease activity, irrespective of the specific form of involvement. Consideration of QoS in the management of BD will contribute to a holistic approach to the disease.
Rowing in the same direction to achieve organizational goals: Integrating mentoring, leadership training, and coaching to manage and evaluate individual performance
Authors: Read David C. , Levin J. Dora
Published: July 2024

Academic medicine provides ample opportunities and resources for medical innovation, but presents unique challenges for physician-scientists, support staff, and hospital administration. In an environment that prioritizes individual research-related productivity for professional advancement, how can management guide its workforce toward common organizational objectives? Here, we describe an approach that aligns individual goals to a high-level strategic plan continuously by combining annual goal setting, performance management, mentoring of early career faculty, leadership training, and professional coaching to achieve the three pillars of the academic mission: patient care, research and teaching.
Measurement of neutralizing antibodies against porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in sow serum, colostrum, and milk samples and piglet serum samples after feedback
Authors: Clement Travis , Singrey Aaron , Lawson Steven , Okda Faten , Nelson Julie , Diel Diego , Nelson Eric , Christopher-Hennings Jane
Published: July 2024

The introduction of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) into the naive US swine population in April 2013 resulted in significant mortality. The high mortality rates observed indicated the need to boost herd immunity to PEDV. To optimize feedback protocols or other future control measures used to increase immunity, a fluorescent focus neutralization (FFN) assay was developed and used to determine the titers of neutralizing antibodies in sow serum, milk, and colostrum samples and in piglet serum samples. Sow serum samples from two farm sites within different production systems (A, B) were tested. At least 24 sows per site were screened for neutralizing antibodies at 0, 3, 6, 7, and 24 weeks post feedback (PF). These functional antibodies were detected in sow serum samples at both sites 3, 6, 7, and 24 weeks PF and in milk and colostrum samples by 7 weeks PF. At 6 weeks PF, neutralizing antibodies were detected in 27 of 30 Site A piglets (90%), compared to 15 of 29 Site B piglets (52%). Piglets at both sites had detectable neutralizing antibodies, and sentinel pigs were successfully introduced into both systems without re-infection with PEDV by 24 weeks PF.
Feed mill biosecurity plans: a systematic approach to prevent biological pathogens in swine feed
Authors: Cochrane Roger , Dritz Steve , Woodworth Jason , Stark Charles , Huss Anne , Cano Jean Paul , Thompson Robert , Fahrenholz Adam , Jones Cassandra
Published: July 2024

Development of a feed mill biosecurity plan can minimize risk of introduction of biologic hazards and limit potential economic losses from animal or human pathogens such as Salmonella and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. A biosecurity plan should be detailed and contain hazard controls at each step of the manufacturing process. Biologic hazards can cause illness or injury in humans or animals. These hazards can be introduced through a number of means, including ingredients, manufacturing equipment, or people, so controls must aim to prevent or reduce their prevalence. The Food Safety Modernization Act requires most feed mills to identify and control hazards. A biosecurity plan can serve as an effective prerequisite program to reduce the likelihood of a biological hazard occurrence by identifying ingredient specifications, sampling methods, analytical procedures, receiving guidelines, equipment cleanout, production parameters, load-out, and sanitation procedures. The objective of this review is to describe biological hazards that may be present in swine feed, locations of their potential entry, and suggested practices for a successful biosecurity plan for feed mills manufacturing swine feed.
TECHNOLOGY-BASED INSTRUCTION AND POSITIVE LEARNING ATMOSPHERE AS PERCEIVED BY GRADE 4 LEARNERS: BASES FOR A SUSTAINED INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM
Authors: Amorante Aileen Edpao
Published: July 2024

This study determined the technology-based instruction (TBI) and positive learning atmosphere (PLA) as perceived by 213 Grade 4 learners in Masinloc District, Schools Division of Zambales during the School Year 2023-2024. Employing quantitative methods and a validated questionnaire, the research revealed that most learners were 10-year-old females with limited family income. They spent significant daily time with technology and achieved satisfactory to very satisfactory grades for the first and second quarter. Notably, learners demonstrated proficiency in digital literacy, multimedia tool integration, online engagement, and real-world application. A PLA was found to significantly contribute to conducive learning, particularly in fostering positive peer interactions, strong teacher-learner rapport, active participation, and enthusiasm for learning. Interestingly, age, income, and academic performance affected perceptions of TBI across all dimensions such as digital literacy, multimedia, online engagement, real-world application. There was a positive, very high and significant correlation was identified between TBI across all dimensions such as proficiency in digital literacy, integration of multimedia tools, engagement in online activities, and incorporation of real-world applications and the PLA of the respondents such as positive peer instruction, teacher-learner rapport, willingness to participate in class activities, and enthusiasm and curiosity in learning. This highlights the need for tailored instructional strategies to ensure equitable learning experiences for all. The study's program recommends personalized approaches based on individual learner characteristics. This aims to leverage technology effectively while fostering a PLA that reinforces the link between digital skills, multimedia use, online participation, real-world application, and an overall positive learning experience.