bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Long Covid stigma: Estimating burden and validating scale in a UK-based sample
Authors: Pantelic Marija , Ziauddeen Nida , Boyes Mark , O’Hara Margaret E. , Hastie Claire , Alwan Nisreen A.
Published: November 2022

Background

Stigma can be experienced as perceived or actual disqualification from social and institutional acceptance on the basis of one or more physical, behavioural or other attributes deemed to be undesirable. Long Covid is a predominantly multisystem condition that occurs in people with a history of SARSCoV2 infection, often resulting in functional disability. This study aimed to develop and validate a Long Covid Stigma Scale (LCSS); and to quantify the burden of Long Covid stigma.

Methods

Data from the follow-up of a co-produced community-based Long Covid online survey using convenience non-probability sampling was used. Thirteen questions on stigma were designed to develop the LCSS capturing three domains–enacted (overt experiences of discrimination), internalised (internalising negative associations with Long Covid and accepting them as self-applicable) and anticipated (expectation of bias/poor treatment by others) stigma. Confirmatory factor analysis tested whether LCSS consisted of the three hypothesised domains. Model fit was assessed and prevalence was calculated.

Results

966 UK-based participants responded (888 for stigma questions), with mean age 48 years (SD: 10.7) and 85% female. Factor loadings for enacted stigma were 0.70–0.86, internalised 0.75–0.84, anticipated 0.58–0.87, and model fit was good. The prevalence of experiencing stigma at least ‘sometimes’ and ‘often/always’ was 95% and 76% respectively. Anticipated and internalised stigma were more frequently experienced than enacted stigma. Those who reported having a clinical diagnosis of Long Covid had higher stigma prevalence than those without.

Conclusion

This study establishes a scale to measure Long Covid stigma and highlights common experiences of stigma in people living with Long Covid.
Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts of disease, social isolation, and financial stressors
Authors: Kraut Robert E. , Li Han , Zhu Haiyi
Published: November 2022

Background

Although research shows that the Covid-19 pandemic has led to declines in mental health, the existing research has not identified the pathways through which this decline happens.

Aims

The current study identifies the distinct pathways through which COVID-induced stressors (i.e., social distancing, disease risk, and financial stressors) trigger mental distress and examines the causal impact of these stressors on mental distress.

Methods

We combined evidence of objective pandemic-related stressors collected at the county level (e.g., lack of social contact, infection rates, and unemployment rates) with self-reported survey data from over 11.5 million adult respondents in the United States collected daily for eight months. We used mediation analysis to examine the extent to which the objective stressors influenced mental health by influencing individual respondents’ behavior and fears.

Results

County-level, day-to-day social distancing predicted significantly greater mental distress, both directly and indirectly through its effects on individual social contacts, worries about getting ill, and concerns about finances. Economic hardships were indirectly linked to increased mental distress by elevating people’s concerns about their household’s finances. Disease threats were both directly linked to mental distress and indirectly through its effects on individual worries about getting ill. Although one might expect that social distancing from people outside the home would have a greater influence on people who live alone, sub-analyses based on household composition do not support this expectation.

Conclusion

This research provides evidence consistent with the thesis that the COVID-19 pandemic harmed the mental well-being of adults in the United States and identifies specific stressors associated with the pandemic that are responsible for increasing mental distress.
De la Red de Solidaridad con Sandino a la Solidaridad Latinoamericana con el FSLN
Authors: Galicia Martínez Alejandra Gabriela
Published: November 2022

En la historiografía antiimperialista de Latinoamérica el caso nicaragüense tiene la particularidad de presentarse como un proceso de continuidad entre la guerrilla encabezada por Augusto C. Sandino y el Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN). El presente trabajo problematiza la solidaridad latinoamericana con las guerrillas nicaragüenses como una de las aristas que sostiene la narrativa de dicha continuidad.
Dilemas de la esfera pública digital: discursos de odio y articulaciones político-ideológicas en Argentina
Authors: Ipar Ezequiel , Villarreal Pablo , Cuesta Micaela , Wegelin Lucía
Published: November 2022

A partir del análisis de los resultados de una encuesta realizada por el Laboratorio de Estudios sobre Democracia y Autoritarismos (LEDA-UNSAM), este artículo aborda la cuestión de los discursos de odio en redes sociales y los problemas que generan en la esfera pública democrática. En particular, nos interesa presentar el Índice DDO que construimos para medir la predisposición a los discursos de odio, y cómo este se articula con posicionamientos político-ideológicos en la sociedad argentina.
Kotimaisia valtapuulajeja uhkaavat vieraslajihyönteiset – pronssijalosoukko, siperianmäntykehrääjä ja taigamonikirjaaja
Authors: Koivula Matti , Koivula Hanna , Melin Markus , Nuorteva Heikki , Vihervuori Liisa , Ylioja Tiina , Viiri Heli , Velmala Sannakajsa
Published: November 2022

Ilmastonmuutos edesauttaa useiden hyönteislajien leviämistä alueille, joiden ympäristöolosuhteet eivät ole aiemmin olleet niille tarpeeksi suotuisat. Tällaisia luontaisesti, omin voimin levinneitä tulokaslajeja tavataan Suomessakin. Suurin osa niistä on harmittomia, mutta osa on haitallisia maa- ja metsätaloudelle. Tulokaslajeja potentiaalisesti vaarallisempi ryhmä ovat vieraslajit; ihmisten ja kansainvälisen kaupan mukana leviävät lajit. Uudella alueella vieraslajilta puuttuvat juuri siihen erikoistuneet luontaiset viholliset, kuten loiset ja saalistajat, sekä monet muut kannan kasvua rajoittavat tekijät. Lisäksi uuden alueen eliölajeilla ei välttämättä ole vastuskykyä tai puolustusmekanismeja uutta tuholaista kohtaan. Tällöin vieraslaji voi aiheuttaa merkittävää tuhoa, ja tällaisia esimerkkejä on maailmalta useita. Tässä artikkelissa esittelemme kolme Suomen metsätalouden kannalta mahdollisesti erittäin haitallista vieraslajia: Pohjois-Amerikasta kotoisin oleva koivun tuholainen pronssijalosoukko (Agrilus anxius LeConte), mäntyjä ja lehtikuusia uhkaava kehrääjälaji siperian­mäntykehrääjä (Dendrolimus sibiricus Chetverikov) sekä useille puulajeille jo sopeutunut, Venäjällä leviävä kaarnakuoriainen taigamonikirjaaja (Polygraphus proximus Blandford). Käymme näiden lajien osalta läpi niiden biologian ja ekologian sisältäen isäntäpuut, loiset ja saalistajat, tuhohistorian sekä kotiseudullaan että vieraslajina, näiden hyönteisten todennäköiset leviämisreitit Suomeen sekä vaikutukset, jos lajit tänne leviäisivät.
MASS CONSTRUCTION OF SOCIAL HOUSING AS A TOOL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION'S ECONOMY
Authors: Artsibashev A. I. , Mishchenko Val. V.
Published: November 2022

The article shows the relationship between the economic development of the Siberian regions and the outflow of population with indicators characterizing the income and housing conditions of people. The main criteria for choosing a place of residence are the level of wages and the comfort of the living environment. At the same time, many people are deprived of access to tools for improving housing conditions. The difficult situation in the housing sector is demonstrated on the example of the Altai Territory, where, according to optimistic forecasts, up to 10% of the region's population is in urgent need of improving housing conditions. The mechanism of launching the economy of the region is proposed, on the one hand, through the inclusion of additional labor resources in effective production chains, and on the other hand, through the improvement of housing conditions of a significant number of the population through the mass construction of social housing. A program for the development of the region is proposed, a macroeconomic justification for the development of the region through the mass construction of social housing is made. It is concluded that in conditions of limited opportunities to use monetary policy instruments, the key task of the leadership of any region to achieve GRP growth should be to involve the maximum number of labor resources in efficient production chains.
RELATIONSHIP MARKETING: A LOOK AT THE CONTENT OF THE CONCEPT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY
Authors: Belyaev V. I. , Kryshka V. I. , Kuznetsova O. V.
Published: November 2022

The article presents a theoretical analysis of the content of relationship marketing, the essence of which is to create a relationship of trust and cooperation between the subjects of market interactions, including in terms of improving the consumer properties of goods, developing fundamentally new models of them. In this case, consumers become co-authors of goods produced by manufacturers, their promotion to the market, etc. The article attempts a deeper understanding of the content of the essence of relations in the field of economics and marketing from the perspective of fundamental sciences. Thus, the relations in the article are considered as an entity that determines the economic behavior of market participants in general and the consumer behavior of buyers in particular. The content of various types of relations is analyzed: socio-economic, industrial, consumer, loyalty relations. The relations are considered in comparison with the dynamics of the development of the productive forces of society that determine them, and in the context of the content of marketing tasks focused on the formation of loyal consumer relations to the goods of specific manufacturers and to the producers themselves. At the same time, loyalty relations are considered in two guises: firstly, in the light of staff loyalty to the company; and, secondly, in the light of consumer loyalty to the manufacturer.
POPULATION MIGRATION AS A MECHANISM FOR FORMING INTEGRATED SOCIO-ECONOMIC SPACE
Authors: Rodionova L. V. , Trotskovsky A. Ya.
Published: November 2022

This article is devoted to the analysis of permanent and temporary migrations of the Altai Region population in the context of the socio-economic space integration. Intraregional, interregional and international migration links were described; factors and mechanisms that determine their scale, intensity and effectiveness were identified; specificity of the influence of the various migration types on the development of integration processes in the socio-economic space was shown. In the field of population exchange with other regions of Russia, the region acts as a donor, which limits its demographic potential both for its own development and for the development of integration processes in other areas. International migrations were characterized by the expansion of the migration interactions space, the complexity of its structure and the positive migration balance with neighboring countries throughout the study period. Intra-regional migrations were characterized by the concentration of the population in large cities and surrounding rural areas. As a result, there was a fragmentation of the internal socioeconomic space. Within the dynamics of the analyzed interactions, four stages were distinguished, two of which (1990-1994s and 2010-2013s) were characterized by an increase in migration ties, and the other two (1995-2009s and 2014-2020s) by their weakening. The conclusion about the expanding space of interregional migration interactions and especially significant role of Siberian regions in this process was made.
SOME ASPECTS OF INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE APPLICATION OF THE PROJECT APPROACH BY STATE AND MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
Authors: Sabyna E. N.
Published: November 2022

One of the important tasks facing the Russian state our state in the conditions of modern challenges and socioeconomic problems is the need to improve the efficiency of public administration. Numerous attempts to reform it and the ongoing administrative reform are aimed at this.

Project management is being actively introduced in state and municipal authorities. The relevant legal framework, the functional structure of management, the main stages and documents have been prepared.

But the question arises, is the system of state and municipal management itself, represented by the staff of public authorities to implement the tools of the project approach? Introduction of technologies and tools of project management increases the requirements for managerial competence of state and municipal employees, their knowledge and skills in the field of project management. It is important to identify a set of specialized competencies in the field of project management, which will allow to act effectively, developing and implementing the project.
CRM SYSTEM AS A TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT COMPANIES OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNAL CLUSTER
Authors: Sterlyagov S. P. , Patudin V. M. , Avdeev A. S.
Published: November 2022

This article consinders the problem of designing sustainable development tools for manager organizations of hoursing and communal service. The problem of applying the process approach to the management of apartment buildings is discussed in the example of the system of relationships between the owners of premises and management companies. The main business processes in a managing organization company are identified, which make up the pool of business processes of the CRM system as a tool for customer focus and sustainable development. On the example of the business process of dispatching and emergency maintenance of an apartment building, the technology of implementing a process approach to for managing the pool of business processes of the CRM system. When designing a mechanism for managing business processes in a CRM system for a management company, it is proposed to use processes and performance indicators of service management (ITSM) as a specialized option for implementing a process approach to management, which is widely used to manage services in IT companies. Proposal have been developed interation to methodological and technological approaches to solving the problem of creating a CRM system standard for client-oriented managing following organization in accordance with the new strategy for the development of housing and communal services. A cloud-based implementation of information support for managing relationship between managing organizations and owners of apartment buildings as a tool for sustainable development of the housing and communal cluster in also proposed.
Adaptive singular value decomposition filtering of high-intensity focused ultrasound interference enables real-time ultrasound-guided therapy
Authors: Lee Hunjong , Chung Euisuk , Yoon Heechul , Song Tai-kyong
Published: November 2022

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is an emerging therapeutic tool for the effective thermal ablation of pathological tissue. For accurate localization of the target and safe control of the HIFU dosage, real-time imaging guidance during the HIFU exposure is desired. Ultrasound imaging has the capability to guide clinicians toward a lesion in real time, but is not an ideal option, as HIFU application causes strong interference, thereby substantially distorting the images used for guidance. Thus, this study introduces singular value decomposition–based filtering capable of restoring ultrasound harmonic images from HIFU interference without undesirable spectral distortion. The results were experimentally validated with a custom-made phantom, indicating that this approach effectively eliminates HIFU-induced artifacts, which is essential for real-time monitoring of the therapeutic process.
A RELAÇÃO ENTRE LUCRO BRUTO, LUCRO OPERACIONAL E LUCRO LÍQUIDO E OS RETORNOS FUTUROS NO BRASIL
Authors: Francisco Alysson , Caio Galdi Fernando
Published: November 2022

Objetivo: O objetivo desse trabalho foi verificar qual das definições de lucro (lucro bruto, lucro operacional ou lucro líquido) tem melhor desempenho em explicar o comportamento futuro dos retornos no mercado brasileiro, e se esses resultados se mantêm ao se formar carteiras combinando a rentabilidade, índices book-to-market e BrF_Score.

Método: Para tal, são utilizadas as regressões de dois estágios de Fama e MacBeth, o teste T2 de Hotelling e o modelo de três fatores de Fama e French, além da análise do excesso de retorno das carteiras construídas. A periodicidade do estudo é mensal, abrangendo o período de janeiro de 2010 até junho de 2019, totalizando 15.577 observações de 200 empresas.

Resultados: Os resultados demonstram que o lucro líquido e o lucro operacional produzem as métricas de rentabilidade com os maiores poderes explicativos para o retorno de um mês à frente, além de produzirem as carteiras com maiores excessos de retorno, se comparadas às métricas de rentabilidade baseadas no lucro bruto. Contribuições: Portanto, a contribuição do trabalho foi demonstrar que o lucro líquido explica melhor o retorno futuro no mercado brasileiro, enquanto no mercado americano, existem evidências de que o lucro bruto desempenha este papel, e essas diferenças se dão pelas diferentes influências macroeconômicas sofridas por tais mercados.
Ivocard Development As a Media For Learning English Vocabulary for Children Aged 4-5 Years
Authors: Viora Budiman Jovinska , Kurniawan Mozes
Published: November 2022

Purpose – English is an investment in the future that can increase self-potential; therefore, early childhood needs to know English. The introduction of English in early childhood can use learning media. This study aims to develop iVocard media as a medium for learning English vocabulary in early childhood 4-5 years.Design/methods/approach – This study uses Research and Development, with the subjects of this research being TK A students at BPK PENABUR Cimahi. Data was collected using observation, documentation, and questionnaire methods using a Likert scale of 1-5, then analyzed using descriptive analysis.Findings – The results showed that the iVocard media was in the “very appropriate” category in the material and media validation test. In both validation tests, there are a few suggestions for improvements to the iVocard learning media. Thus, the iVocard learning media can be used in the next stage, the trial stage.Research implications/limitations – The feasibility of iVocard learning media as a means to learn and improve English vocabulary for children aged 4-5 years.Practical implications – This research implies that English vocabulary learning media in early childhood can use card media, such as iVocard, to make learning more exciting and fun for children.Originality/value – This study uses learning media from iVocard, which can be used for learning in early childhood, especially for children aged 4-5 years.Paper type: Research paper
DO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND LOYALTY MEDIATE THE EFFECT OF GRADUATE’S PERCEIVED SERVICE QUALITY ON GRADUATE’S PERCEIVED JOB PERFORMANCE?
Authors:   Chinhoyi University of Technology, Chikazhe Lovemore , Makanyeza Charles ,   University of Namibia
Published: November 2022

The study investigated the mediating role of customer satisfaction and loyalty on the effect of perceived service quality on perceived job performance. Based on a sample size of 571, a cross-sectional survey was conducted in Harare, Zimbabwe. Hypothesised relationships were tested using structural equation modelling. Results show that perceived service quality positively influences perceived job performance, customer satisfaction and loyalty. The influence of perceived service quality on perceived job performance was found to be partially mediated by both customer satisfaction and loyalty. Results have theoretical and managerial implications.
Disperse Dyes Based on 2-N,N-Dibutylamino-4-phenyl thiazole: Synthesis, Solvatochromism, and Dyeing Studies
Authors: Shah Dharit , Rajeshirke Manali , Nethi Sekar Nagaiyan
Published: November 2022

The coupler 2- N, N-dibutylamino-4-phenyl thiazole was used in the preparation of five novel monoazo disperse dyes. Effects of substituents on the electronic absorption properties of the dyes were studied by UV-Vis spectroscopy. The resulting dyes showed little positive solvatochromism, whereas a bathochromic shift in absorption maxima was observed for all five dyes in highly polar solvents. These dyes showed good discharge ability on polyester fabric when compared to nylon fabric and their fastness properties were evaluated. Being low melting, the new dyes could be used for heat transfer printing at a particular set temperature.
Investigation of Inter-Laboratory Variability in AATCC TM100-2012
Authors: Arcidiacono Steven , Smith Trevor , Piazza Maria Bernardini , Venezia Joseph , Gong Aaron
Published: November 2022

AATCC TM100 is one of a number of standard test methods commonly used for quantitative assessment of antimicrobial textiles performance. However, as currently written, the method allows for a number of steps to be conducted with several options, with reproducibility between testing laboratories being problematic. Options for the number of swatches and inoculum carrier (nutritive vs non-nutritive) were hypothesized to be primary drivers for variability. The present study attempted to identify sources of inter-laboratory variability. It was shown that specifying the number of swatches and inoculum carrier did not eliminate variability, as these parameters were not alone responsible for the outcome. Many other parameters were assumed to not affect the outcome. Additional systematic examination of these parameters was needed to determine their role in causing inter-laboratory variability.
Textile Defect Classification Based on Convolutional Neural Network and SVM
Authors: Qiu Junhao , Hu Yihua , Cui Jinrong , Lian Junjian , Liu Xin , Ye Jun
Published: November 2022

Textile defect detection and classification is an important part of the textile production process, however, to detect accurately and efficiently is still difficult. In this study, we present an effective formulation for textile defect detection. Unlike traditional textile detecting methods, a conventional neural network (CNN) support vector machine (SVM) is designed to extract the depth features of textile images and to classify defects. The effectiveness of textile feature extraction is improved by optimizing Alexnet to obtain a CNN with better feature extraction and less computation. Textile defect classification is more effective using SVM instead of Softmax. Experimental results demonstrated that the improved Alexnet-SVM gave 99% accuracy in defect classification using the TILDA database. This accuracy was 5% greater than Alexnet and GoogleNet.
Development of a Personalized Female Trouser Pattern Based on Three-Dimensional Measurements
Authors: Zhou Xingzi , Wang Zhaohui , Wang Beihong , Xia Ming
Published: November 2022

In this study, a modified method to generate patterns is proposed to address fit and efficiency issues in personalized pattern generation. The cloud points containing all the information of a 3D scanned human body were converted into a personalized digital mannequin by Creacompo II Torso software from Toray Sixteen flattened panels, obtained by cutting and flattening the digital mannequin, were adjusted to generate a trouser pattern. The correlation of the fit of the trousers made based on the generated pattern and three structural parameters (the hem width, waist dart, and crotch curve) of the pattern were analyzed by virtual fitting experiments. The generation algorithm of the basic trouser pattern after alteration was developed. Verification was conducted by fittings. This work serves as an important reference for customized garment pattern design and the automatic generation of personalized patterns.
Preparation of Natural Silk Nanofiber/Graphene Conductive Film
Authors: Huang Ao , Yan Shuqin , Fan Hongdou , Hu Zhanao , Zhang Qiang
Published: November 2022

The use of natural silk nanofibers (SNFs) in flexible materials has been widely studied in recent years. However, the reported preparation methods are not suitable for commercial consideration. We report a method for rapid preparation of silk nanofibers in water. Silk nanofibers were mixed with graphene to prepare composite conductive silk films (CSF) with good flexibility and conductivity. Micro-morphology shows that graphene is embedded and modified between silk nanofibers to form a stable structure. Infrared analysis showed that graphene compounds do not alter silk formation, especially in the stable silk structure. Resistance tests show that the process is most effective when the ratio of SNFs to graphene is 1:3. This study offers a new approach to fabricating bioelectric devices.
Effects of Compression Socks on Muscle Recovery after Induced Fatigue
Authors: Shen Yunping , Sui Jianmei , Xie Hong
Published: November 2022

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of the compression on muscle recovery after sports. Four kinds of gradient pressure socks were randomly ordered into 24 groups. Each subject needed to complete six experiments of all. The experiment was divided into two parts including a fatigue induced experiment and an intermittent fatigue induced experiment. The vertical jump height, blood oxygen saturation, local hemoglobin, blood flow, and Visual Analogue Score (VAS) were tested in each experiment. It was found that high pressure level has a significant effect on the vertical height after intermittent induced fatigue; however, the analysis showed no difference among sock pressure levels on blood oxygen saturation, local hemoglobin, blood flow, or VAS subjective feeling evaluation. The effect of compression socks was better than that of non-pressure socks. If the exercise intensity is strong, high-pressure socks can make contributions on recovery. If the exercise intensity is low, low-pressure socks contribute to greater comfort. This study concluded that different exercise intensities required different sock pressures to promote the muscle recovery after sports.
Fiber Identification in Cross Section of Blended Yarn on Back Propagation Neural Network
Authors: Rui Zhang , Ding Na , Lu Xin-pin , Xu Ying-qi , Xin Bin-jie
Published: November 2022

An intelligent recognition algorithm was developed to identify fibers in the cross sections of blended yarn containing meta-aramid 1313 (Nomex), poly(phenylene-1,3,4-oxadiazole) (POD), flame resistant viscose, and flame-resistant vinylon. The yarn cross section image was obtained at x400 magnification. Drawing software was used to manually isolate single fiber images for training the back propagation (BP) neural network model in Matlab language image processing software. The GrabCut algorithm was used to de-noise the image and separate the target from the background. Finally, single fiber images and fiber distributions were obtained through the program. The result showed that the BP neural network model with the GrabCut algorithm can identify fiber type in a complex background more easily and more accurately than traditional algorithms.
From the Margins: Positionality in Area Studies
Authors: Garalytė Kristina , Simonson Karina
Published: November 2022

This article analyzes the positionality of the researcher in the field of area studies, taking as an example our engagement with African and Dalit studies and issues of race and caste. We present an autoethnographic essay on our own historically constituted agentive positionality by weaving together different angles of inquiry – Lithuanian area studies (and its institutional context), Lithuania’s position in the post-Soviet and postcolonial narratives (the historical context), and our positionality in area studies and our particular fields of research (the personal context). The article shows how we as researchers construct our professional identities and relations with our interlocutors as we navigate through the Soviet past and the globalized present. We argue that the crucial question for scholars of area studies is not only the macro-political context in which knowledge production takes place (the predominant focus of area studies for decades), but also the personal micro-dimensions of knowledge production, which are inherent in the particular researcher as a historically constituted and strategically acting individual.
Animal Colonialism in North America: Milk Colonialism, Environmental Racism, and Indigenous Veganism
Authors: Krásná Denisa
Published: November 2022

Combining insights from postcolonialism, ecofeminism, and critical animal studies, this article focuses on the colonial experience of nonhuman animals in North America whose exploitation has been integral to the colonial expansionist project. By tracing the history of displacement of Indigenous populations due to animal agriculture, animal colonialism is also linked to mass killing of free-living animals and to environmental degradation. Furthermore, the article delineates the entangled oppression of Indigenous women’s and nonhuman animals’ bodies that can be theorized as colonized territories, exploited for profit via the control of their reproductive cycles. To protest the violent industrial animal farming practices that involve torture, slaughter, and mass dairying and are built on racist rhetoric, some Indigenous people adopt contextual Indigenous veganism as an act of political resistance.
The Youth Justice Portal and Transformative Digital Education in Criminology
Authors: Mason Glenn , Rodas Ana
Published: November 2022

The ideas in this paper explore how learning design intentions developed by academics, practitioners and learning designers, intersect with students’ development of pre-professional identities (PPI) in the field of youth justice. We propose a theoretical framework built on Activity Theory that situates the learning environment as a set of two activity systems – teachers and students – that come together through a boundary object called the ‘Youth Justice Portal’. The portal is the main avenue through which teaching, and learning takes place, and we examine how the technical and theoretical framework that we have adopted can be applied in open-ended domains that require the development of students’ PPI. The practical implications related to the adoption of the model in disciplines which require placement-based learning opportunities are discussed.
Contextualising Horizon: Connecting community to envision Australasia’s future educational technologies and practices
Authors: Porter David Bruce , Logan-Fleming Danielle , Campbell Chris , Jones Hazel
Published: November 2022

Over its 18-year history, the Horizon Report, originating in the United States, has become an important tool for administrators, academics and practitioners in envisioning future technologies likely to impact higher education and in determining institutional strategy. ASCILITE’s Contextualising Horizon project aims to complement the Horizon Report and provide an Australasian regional lens to trends in educational technologies and practices. Beginning in 2021, Contextualising Horizon is a project aimed to connect members of the ASCILITE community and affiliates to engage in environmental scanning and evidencing the current state of play in higher education and the educational technologies and practices likely to be of importance in the 12-18 months following the process. This paper highlights the process of Contextualising Horizon, key findings, and plans for future iterations of the project.
Quasi-synchronous discussions: A proposal to measure the effect of Teams on cooperation, belonging, emotion and interactions
Authors: Norman Adrian , Cowling Michael , Sim Kwong Nui , Sankey Michael
Published: November 2022

As students begin to reconnect after the COVID-19 pandemic, changing student expectations around online engagement seem to be suggesting that new approaches should be adopted. Recent research has found that students who engaged with each other in a discussion task in a synchronous mode were more willing to work together, felt more positive and more like they belonged than students in an asynchronous mode.  We wish to extend these findings by investigating whether Microsoft Teams promotes a quasi-synchronous mode of discussion and has a similar beneficial effect.  The proposed study adopts a mixed-methods approach of quasi-experimental design to address this question.  Students will be randomly assigned to groups of five and provided with online forums (control) then re-form and use Teams (experimental) for a discussion task.  Data will be collected through survey, digital artefacts and interviews.  We aim to contribute robust, empirical evidence on the effects of Teams on student engagement, which will be of interest to educational leaders and teachers.
Creative practices: thinking and thriving together
Authors: Vallis Carmen , Taleo Wendy
Published: November 2022

In this concise paper, the authors provide a forum for thinking about creative and collaborative inquiry in research-informed practice. Higher educators may benefit from creative academic and professional development, beyond traditional programs in contemporary, technology-enhanced learning. Creative practice may take many forms. An educational developer and an educational technologist reflect on their practice through the forms of vignette and poetry, to exemplify how narrative can reveal insights that may otherwise have remained hidden. In telling our stories, we encourage other academics and professionals to use creative and collaborative ways to reconnect and thrive. Further research on creative practice may lead to more fictional, interdisciplinary ways of connecting and continuing professional development.
Flexible Learning and the Virtual Campus
Authors: Jacka Lisa , Lindsay Julie
Published: November 2022

Recent global events put a spotlight on learning modes that are flexible and support diverse learners. Vital to this conversation is a redefinition of the concept and practice of a ‘virtual campus’. One in which learners have a renewed sense of place, inclusive of options for learning in synchronous and asynchronous modes. This paper proposes the principles of HyFlex design to facilitate the reconnection of students, teachers, and technology. Furthermore, these principles are extended into a new model of interconnected attributes - student choice, flat learning, and access. The discussion provides insights into these attributes and reimagines effective contextual approaches. Success through student-driven flexible and inclusive course design is shared encouraging the reader to consider their own adoption and adaption of these principles.
Same graph, different data: A usability study of a student-facing dashboard based on self-regulated learning theory
Authors: De Barba Paula , Araujo Oliveira Eduardo , Hu Xinyue
Published: November 2022

Student-facing learning analytics dashboards have the potential to reconnect students with their purpose for learning, reminding them of their goals and promoting reflection about their learning journey. However, far less is known about the specifics of the relationship between different types of visualisations and data presented in dashboards and their impact on students’ motivation. In this study, we used a Human-Centred Design method across three iterations to (1) understand how students prioritise similar visualisations when presenting different data (2) examine how they interact with these, and (3) propose a dashboard design that would accommodate students’ different motivational needs. In the first iteration, 26 participants ranked their preferred visualisations using paper prototypes; in the second iteration, a digital wireframe was created based on the results from the first iteration to conduct user tests with two participants; and in the third iteration, a high-fidelity prototype was created to reflect findings from the previous iterations. Overall, findings showed that students mostly valued setting goals and monitoring their progress from a multiple goals approach, and were reluctant about comparing their performance with peers due to concerns related to promoting unproductive competition amongst peers and data privacy. Implications for educators and learning designers are discussed.
Connecting students with ‘industry’: A pilot implementation of authentic assessment tasks in business education
Authors: Barker Sandra
Published: November 2022

Universities are continuing to encourage academics to implement more authentic assessment strategies into their teaching and learning activities to ensure that students are work-ready on graduation. Connecting students with the expectations of industry through these assessments encourages students to identify key competencies which need to be strengthened in order to ensure they are employable upon graduation. Since COVID-19 struck in early 2020, we have all had to consider how technology can assist in connecting people to continue to be able to work. This is no truer than with students and teaching staff as well as connecting students with industry. This paper reports on the implementation of a new authentic assessment project for business students where students worked both face-to-face and online to complete a major work-based project.
Emerging design solutions for hybridised learning spaces: addressing social practice, privacy and participation
Authors: Warburton Steven , Mor Yishay
Published: November 2022

The term ‘hybrid learning space’ (HLS) is loosely used to describe a fusion of learning opportunities and teaching approaches that span physical and virtual spaces. This paper outlines ongoing work to define the contemporary ‘hybridised space’ and build a pattern language that offers reusable design solutions to the challenges of delivering learning and teaching in these new and emerging settings. This paper explores architectural motifs, social practice, privacy and participation to draw out successful design principles for linking HLS to effective pedagogy.
Developing a learning analytics resource with meaningful data for first year teachers
Authors: Roman Noelia , Linden Kelly , Teakel Sarah , Van der Ploeg Neil , Hicks Ben
Published: November 2022

It is known that due to the large, diverse sets of data captured in learning analytics, clear display of information is crucial to its success. Here, we describe a concise learning analytics resource, the Cohort Snapshot, that has been developed using a human centred approach, with input from experienced academics from across the institution. Meaningful data is presented as a unit level summary and includes program enrolment, student demographics, grade distributions and LMS activity. The data that was used to develop the resource was accessed via the university’s data warehouse which was synthesised using the R programming language. The Cohort Snapshot provides teaching academics, including sessional staff, access to data, to allow the adaption of teaching pedagogy to meet the needs of increasingly diverse student cohorts in a regional Australian university.
Reconnecting with ourselves? Developing standards and competencies for Learning Designers
Authors: Hinze Meredith , Altena Sharon
Published: November 2022

This symposium will explore the opportunities, function and context of professional standards, competencies and frameworks that apply to Learning Designer roles in Higher Education. We seek to sharpen the focus and remove some ambiguity around Learning Designer roles. In the symposium, participants will consider the challenges, barriers, as well as the opportunities that professional standards for learning designers may afford, through examining the role from a professional identity lens. The symposium is designed to be an active forum where participants will discuss and contemplate what an Australian standard for Learning Designers may look like.
Thanks for the feedback: Reconnecting students with educators using a metacommunication feedback tool
Authors: Humby Lauren , Poole Trisha , Charchar Alex
Published: November 2022

Given the vast number of learning and teaching tools available to assist in the online delivery of courses, academics and educators have found it difficult to identify which tools students find the most useful for learning. This paper discusses the development of a new tool conceptualised and developed by the authors of this concise paper, which is designed to elicit immediate student feedback about online learning content and activities. Results from a small pilot study examining the potential of the tool to measure and improve student engagement in a second-year criminology elective delivered online are also presented. Providing opportunities for students to give immediate feedback is vital to improving the quality of learning and teaching. Educators can (re)connect with students studying online, improve their understanding of the needs of online learners, and tailor learning content and activities throughout the semester leading to improved student satisfaction, student-teacher relationships, and learner outcomes.
Bridging education to employment through virtual experience placement
Authors: Cerimagic Sabina , Arthars Natasha , Eden Danielle , Grunfeld Jeremy
Published: November 2022

The transition from education to employment is a pivotal point for students. Workplace experience can play a key role in a student’s transition to full-time work. Despite the important role in bridging the gap between education and employment, students’ participation in work-integrated learning (WIL) experiences varies significantly across disciplines. Through participant surveys, we examined students’ reasons for, and benefits of, undertaking WIL opportunities online through Forage: a platform facilitating access to virtual and simulated placements in partnership with employer organisations. Virtual and simulated WIL experiences have gained interest, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings show that virtual or simulated WIL experiences are inclusive opportunities that can assist students, including those studying in areas with a historically low prevalence of WIL, in both career and organisation exploration.
A Cultural Mapping of the Design for Transformative Mobile Learning Framework to Facilitate Learner Agency
Authors: Cochrane Thomas , Sinfield David
Published: November 2022

The Design for Transformative Mobile Learning Framework utilises eight dimensions drawing upon the key affordances of mobile learning that enable learner agency. In this poster we briefly explore the potential alignment of a ninth dimension to the DTML framework to illustrate a cultural mapping of the DTML. We map the DTML framework to the Whakapiri (Engagement), Whakam?rama (Enlightenment), Whakamana (Empowerment) model for indigenous M?ori knowledge introduced by Durie who argues for “the interface between indigenous knowledge and other knowledge systems” (2005, p. 301). Shortened to WWW by Hurst (2017) the model has been utilised as a framework for reflection and practice in education.
“Engagement, enlightenment and empowerment neatly describe the immediate, intermediate and ultimate concerns of education and are important markers for how effective education is practised. The concepts of transformation over information and learning as an all- of-person experience can be discerned across these three key terms” (Nichols, 2020, p. 28).
Transformative mobile learning designs implement strategies to facilitate a move from a focus upon teacher-directed content (Pedagogy) towards student-determined learning or Heutagogy (Moore, 2020; Blaschke & Hase, 2019; Hase & Kenyon, 2007). This involves applying the Pedagogy-Andragogy-Heutagogy (PAH) continuum to mobile learning design (Cochrane et al., 2022) to facilitate learner agency. When put into a matrix, with DTML, PAH and WWW provides a mapping of how learners may transition into increasing self-regulation and learner-agency across the eight mobile learning relevant areas or dimensions.
Navigating the third space: the online community mentoring program
Authors: McNally Clare , Heggart Keith , Kelly Oriel , Arumugam Puva , Murray Fiona
Published: November 2022

Professional and academic staff with a focus on learning and technology are both increasingly present in Australasian universities and seen as vitally important in the delivery of high-quality learning experiences. These professional staff often have titles such as learning designers, technology integrators, educational designers and similar. Yet their precise position and role within higher education, and indeed, the requisite skills and knowledge required to successfully perform these roles often remains vague, especially for academic staff with whom they work. These roles became even more important during the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic (McIntosh & Nutt, 2022).  
These staff often work in what is described as the “third space” (Whitchurch, 2008), a hybridized zone that requires an understanding of different types of learning programs, and ways in which these can be delivered most effectively in a virtual environment (Zellweger, Moser & Bachmann, 2010). In this way, they are boundary crossers (Watermeyer, Crick & Knight, 2021) between the academic and professional spaces, required to work within both, but belonging to neither. This can often contribute to feelings of professional isolation amongst these staff, as well as a lack of clarity about career progression.
Mentoring is recognised as an avenue for welcoming new members of the profession. It combines more experienced members with less experienced members and takes the form of regular meetings to discuss challenges and opportunities (Bean & Hyers, 2014; Donelly & Mcsweeney, 2010). The online variant is hardly new, although it has grown significantly during the pandemic (Joseph, Lahiri-Roy & Bunn, 2022). It offers advantages in terms of reach and scalability to participants, although there are potential weaknesses, too. Traditionally, mentoring is an activity that takes place between one mentor and one protégé. However, group mentoring is on the increase.
This presentation reports on how a group approach taken in a community mentoring program (CMP) comprised of five staff from different universities (three mentors and two mentees) provided an avenue for third space staff to share their experiences with each other in order to begin formulating a collective professional identity. Group mentoring allowed a greater diversity of experiences and ideas, which in turn contributed to a greater feeling of ‘being in it together’. The CMP became a space for the exploration and discussion of different roles within higher education, as well as the sharing of common experiences, successes and frustrations. Our reflections may inspire you to create a similar opportunity within your own institutions, or through the ASCILITE Mentoring Program.