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Integration of English Language Modules into the Introduction to Engineering Design Course in the Vantage College 1st Year Engineering Program at the University of British Columbia
Authors: Motavas Saloome , Hellwig Liet , Prodanovic Vladan 
Published: August 2018

Abstract – Vantage College at the University of British Columbia (UBC) offers a unique undergraduate first-year program to international students, built around the integration of English language education with academic degree-focused courses. The particular emphasis of this program is on creating an effective learning environment for students with varying levels of English language proficiency and diverse cultural backgrounds. In the engineering design course, which demands a high level of student engagement and collaboration, this Academic English support in an adjunct course is tailored towards the improvement of presentation skills, verbal and written literacy, and group work. This paper provides an overview of the partnership between the engineering design course and its linked language-enrichment course. Some of the language-based practices are described and their successes are evaluated based on observations and student feedback through a survey. The overall student response on the effectiveness of language activities is found to be positive and oral presentation exercises are considered to be particularly helpful in improving the students’ experience in the design course.
DESIGN OF AN INTRODUCTORY ENGINEERING DESIGN AND COMMUNICATION COURSE WHICH INTEGRATES FIRST SEMESTER COURSES
Authors: Bedi Sanjeev , Hulls Carol , Rennick Chris , Robinson Mary , Melek William 
Published: August 2018

Abstract - In their first semester at UWaterloo, Mechatronics Engineering students take a course which introduces them to their chosen discipline, and which has a focus on communication skills (MTE 100 – Mechatronics Engineering). In 2010, a multi-year refresh of MTE 100 was initiated to address shortcomings in both the course, and the semester as a whole. The first semester instructors have now completed the refresh of MTE 100. Multiple hands-on, integrative activities that connect the other first semester courses to MTE 100 were added throughout the first semester. The introduction of these integrative activities has improved the first semester of the Mechatronics program. Survey data and feedback from end of term course critiques show an increased appreciation of foundational courses like Chemistry. From focus groups conducted with upper year students, there is a strong desire for similar experiences in upper years.
Teaching Engineering Conferences
Authors: Zielke Thomas , Neef Matthias , Fussenecker Claudia 
Published: August 2018

Abstract – This article is on a university course called Engineering Conferences. It has been developed by the authors and installed as a mandatory part of the curriculum in three master’s degree programs for engineering students. The participants of the course are postgraduates with different nationalities, mostly German, and different technical backgrounds. They study Mechanical Engineering, Simulation and Experimental Technology, or International Business Engineering. The basic idea of the course concept goes far beyond simply teaching the standards of academic writing and skills for using scientific publications. By using a learnercentered approach, the students get engaged in typical activities around an active attendance of a real conference. Students learn to locate the field of their bachelor thesis or project report in the world of research communities, scientific journals and engineering conferences. They learn about conferences matching their bachelor/project topic. They write a paper complying with common academic standards, submit it to a mock-up conference, and review submissions of their fellow students. Students also produce a poster and have to defend it in a poster session held publicly on the campus. Engineering Conferences is a course on scientific communication and presentation that also aims at the development of other skills and competences needed in the world of modern engineering.
POWER OF PEERS: EXPERIENCES USING AN ONLINE PEER ASSESSMENT TOOL TO GRADE STUDENT WORK
Authors: Ostafichuk Peter M. , Jaeger Carol P. 
Published: August 2018

Abstract This paper explores the implementation, outcomes, and student perceptions of the use of an online tool for anonymous peer assessment of student work. Peer assessment, where one student assesses the work of another, provides an opportunity for important skill development, as well as a fully-scalable strategy for rich, timely, and frequent feedback. In first and third year engineering courses at the University of British Columbia, we have begun using an online peer assessment tool (peerScholar). The tool divides the peer assessment process into three phases: a creation phase where the work is written or uploaded, an assessment phase where students are randomly assigned to assess the work of a set number of their peers, and a review phase where students review the feedback they received, with options to revise their work or assess the quality of feedback received. We have successfully used this tool in two large (n = 750) classes and one moderate-sized (n = 130) class, with a wide range of different types of student work, including letters, technical memoranda, detailed design reports, and video presentations. Through surveys, student feedback with the tool and the process has been positive. Students at both year levels overwhelmingly recognize the importance of peer assessment—over 90% identified it as an essential skill for an engineer, and over 85% felt opportunities for peer assessment should be embedded in the curriculum. Both groups indicate that they felt the process of reviewing others’ work was beneficial for their own understanding of the material; however, first year students were more likely than third year students to put more effort into their work knowing it would be peer assessed, and that they found the content of the feedback received more helpful to their learning. Student acceptance has been good. In a third year mechanical design course, three different design assignments were independently assessed by students using peerScholar and by teaching assistants. The outcomes across all measures were encouraging: for each assignment, the students and teaching assistants had similar mean, standard deviation, minimum, and maximum values, as well as reasonable correlation (r = 0.5 overall). Overall, we consider the adoption of peerScholar a success. Students have been receptive, challenges have been minor, and feedback is more detailed and frequent.
COMPARISON OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE WHEN SOLVING A THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE AFTER IMPLEMENTING AN ALTERNATIVE TEACHING METHOD
Authors: Abelló Juan , Ruth Douglas 
Published: August 2018

Abstract –First-year engineering students at the University of Manitoba take a thermodynamics course. The summer instructor taught the course differently from the fall and winter terms. He combined tutorials with lectures to introduce active learning to the course, implemented an online problem library and increased the number of term tests.
Students in the summer 2016 term were given a similar thermodynamic cycle question in their final exam as students in the winter 2016 term. Student performance inthe cycle question was compared in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the new teaching method.
Both groups had similar question averages with generally similar question score histograms. However, winter students scored an average of 10% below their GPA, while summer students scored an average of 1% below their GPA. The difference between these averages is statistically significant (97.5% confidence). These results suggest that the new teaching approach leads to better student performance when solving thermodynamic cycles.
A REFLECTION ON USING FACE-TO-FACE PEER REVIEW AS A METHOD OF PROVIDING FORMATIVE FEEDBACK
Authors: Harris Jeffrey , Filiplic Julia , Nookala Hema , Petrelli Nicholas 
Published: August 2018

Abstract –Face-to-face peer review was introduced into a third-year engineering course as a mechanism for providing formative feedback on written reports and oral presentations.
The design of the peer review exercises are a work-in-progress, and in this paper we present our reflections on the first experience of using peer review in this course. As authors, we are the course lecturer and three students, and so we present our reflections from both instructor and student perspectives.
Through our reflections, we identified that peer review was a valuable tool for formative feedback. We suggested that student engagement could be increased by improving the structure how peer review was implemented in the course.
The Implementation of Inclusion in Corruption Case Handling
Authors: Syachdin Syachdin 
Published: August 2018

The formulation of problem in the implementation of inclusion in handling corruption case has reflected the legal objectives which are legal certainty, justice, and expediency, and inconsistency in implementing the inclusion in handling corruption case, the purpose of the research is To find out and analyze the application of inclusion in handling corruption case has reflected the legal purposes which are legal certainty, justice and expediency and To find out and analyze the inconsistency in applying of inclusion in handling of corruption case, using empirical research method which resulted that there is indication that the implementation of inclusion is not yet implemented which causing inconsistency of law enforcement officer, i.e., Police, Attorney in applying the article of inclusion in handling of case corruption and inconsistency in the application of inclusion in corruption cases causes the occurrence of discrimination in the process of law enforcement, so that does not reflect the legal purpose of legal certainty. It is recommended that to create legal objectives, law enforcement officers must be consistent in applying the articles of inclusion in the handling of corruption cases and to achieve legal certainty should investigators, and prosecutors apply the juridical participation in corruption cases. Keywords: Implementation, Inclusion, Corruption Case
The Principle of Good Faith in The Choice of Law of Foreign Direct Investment Contracts in Indonesia
Authors: Amalia Rizky , Sabrie Hilda Yunita , Dian Widhayani 
Published: August 2018

Applying the principle of good faith in the choice of law is one of the most common problems of international business contract, particularly in foreign direct investment contracts. The implementation of the principle of good faith in the choice of law increasingly reduced by the emergence of some problems in the investment contract, which of course, the most aggrieved entities are domestic investors who also host country. The choice of law has an important role in the contract because it concerns the interests of each of the parties, and the principle of good faith as a priority principle of international contract law should be applied as the basis for determining the choice of law for the parties to a contract. This paper examines the principle of good faith in the choice of law to realize justice among the parties with different laws, especially on private and public investment contracts between foreign investors and domestic investors in Indonesia, in the process of formation, implementation, or post-contract. This paper is legal research that is normative, meaning that this research is based on the prevailing laws and regulations in Indonesia. Then, the approach used is statute approach and conceptual approach. So it is expected that between the rules and the concept of existing topics will be aligned. Keywords: Choice of Law, Foreign Direct Investment Contracts, Principles of Good Faith.
Problematic Dilemma of The Limitation of Granting Remission for Corruption Prisoners
Authors: Maroni Maroni , Ariani Nenny Dwi 
Published: August 2018

Corruption is an extraordinary crime, so the law enforcement for corruption cases must also be done extraordinarily. Therefore, the corruption prisoners or corruptors should be differentiated by their pattern of guidance in Penitentiary. The difference in the process of fostering in Penitentiary is in the form of limitation of granting remission for corruptors. The existence of such restrictive policy poses a problem dilemma to the guidance of current corruption prisoners based on Penitentiary System. This is because the penitentiary system essentially sees the crime of "deprivation of liberty" against a person is only "temporary" so that there is a reduction in criminal or remission for every prisoner. The problem is how to overcome the dilemma of granting remission for corruptors in the perspective of the correctional system. The research method is normative juridical with the regulation of law and doctrinal approach. The result of this research is to overcome the dilemma of granting remission for corruptors by revising Government Regulation Number 99 of 2012 on Terms and Procedures Implementation of Rights of Citizens Correctional Penitentiary that distinguishes the requirements for corruption prisoners that cause losses of state in the high or low nominal. For the corruption prisoners that doing corruption in the high nominal to get the special requirement for granting remission should be added in the high profile corruption prisoners are required to accomplish morality education on the nation and homeland patriotism at their expenses. While the lower profile ones are required to following the common standard coaching for general prisoners. Keywords: Remissions, Corruption Prisoners, Corruption, Correctional System
Extreme Programming untuk rancang bangun aplikasi pengelolaan surat keterangan kependudukan
Authors: Rusdiana Lili 
Published: August 2018

Extreme Programming(XP) dapat diterapkan untuk membangun aplikasi pengelolaan surat keterangan kependudukan,agar surat dapat dikelola untuk didokumentasikan dan dilakukan rekapitulasi laporan, karena pengelolaan surat pada saat ini rentan rusak atau hilang. Rancang bangun perangkat lunak menyesuaikan tahapan pada XP. Perencanaan dan perancangan yang dilakukan untuk menghasilkan pengkodean yang kemudian diujikan menggunakan black-box. Pengujian dilakukan pada fitur aplikasi untuk mengelola surat seperti menyimpan data maupun mencetak untuk keperluan pada kantor lurah Rantau Pulut,dan menunjukkan bahwa fungsionalitas dapat sesuai dengan hasil yang diharapkan. Aplikasi yang dibangun dapat diimplementasikan dengan menerapkan metode XP. Extreme Programming can be applied to build management application of certificate so that the letter can be managed to be documented and done report recapitulation because the management of the letter are vulnerable to damage or disappear. Software design adjusts the stages in extreme programming. Planning and design is done to generate the coding which is then tested using black-box. Tests are performed on existing features of the application to letter manage as to save or print to necessities at Rantau Pulut village office and show that the functionality can match the expected results. Applications built can be implemented by applying the Extreme Programming method.
Forming Reports on Sustainable Development: Stages and Procedures
Authors: Efimova O. V. 
Published: August 2018

In recent decades, worldwide active development of non-financial reporting is underway, its legislative regulation and standardization are being formed. In Russia, the Concept of the Public Non-Financial Reporting Development was approved by the Government of the Russian Federation. Realization of the tasks set in the Concept requires an active communication between all stakeholders.By now, in Russia there is a group of the companies-leaders in the field of making reports on sustainable development. However, most Russian companies still need to master the principles, methods and techniques for preparing such reports. This article is primarily addressed to those organizations that are currently in the process of collecting information and understanding the tasks to address in the first place.The article is based on the result of analyzing the requirements and recommendations of the most widely used standards on sustainable development reporting (GRI — Global Reporting Initiative), integrated reporting (IR — Integrating Reporting), and US standards for sustainable development reporting (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Standards or SASB Standards). Public non-fi reports registered on the website of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) form the empirical basis for the analysis.The paper proposes a sequence of procedures and actions to prepare a corporate report on sustainable development and provides recommendations for the implementation of each stage. It is recommended to consider the process of preparing such a report as an investment project, to which a standard technique of project management and network planning can be applied. It is shown that investments in the development of a report on sustainable development should bring returns and solve various strategic tasks, such as promotion of the organization brand and reputational risk management through interaction with interested parties. The availability of quality information on sustainable development for interested users is becoming an important factor affecting business decisions, such as choosing supplier in procurement, and can be considered as a potential competitive advantage. This leads to the fact that sustainable development reporting is increasingly becoming a strategic tool for managing the value creation process and implementing corporate communications.
Foreign Experience in the Preparation of Integrated Reporting
Authors: Malinovskaya N. V. 
Published: August 2018

The concept of non-financial reporting development, approved in May last year by the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, defines an integrated report as one of the possible types of non-financial reporting. However, Russia does not have experience in compiling this type of public reporting, considering that the very concept of integrated reporting was formalized in the form of International Integrated Reporting Basics relatively recently - in December 2013. In this regard, the study of foreign experience in disclosing information regarding the structural elements of integrated reporting is relevant and is the subject of the article research. The goal of the research is to identify the best practices of information disclosure in integrated reports concerning the main problematic aspects and to propose them for use in management practice by Russian economic entities. The analysis of foreign experience of information disclosure was conducted according to the data of integrated reports of South African companies for 2012–2014, which got in the top 10 listed companies of the annual rating of Ernst & Young Global Limited “Improvement in the integrated reporting” in 2013–2015. The research uses a theoretical-empirical method, benchmarking. In order to raise the awareness of the reporters and stakeholders about the best practices that have been developed around the world in the area of integrated reporting, the possible approaches to disclosing information on interaction with stakeholders, on the achievement of strategic goals, on the concept of value creation and the business model are presented. These approaches can be used by Russian economic entities when they introduce this innovative reporting model.The best practices of disclosing information on certain structural elements of the integrated reporting presented in the article can help accelerate the implementation of integrated reporting in the management practice of Russian economic entities, as well as improve the quality of information disclosure.
Problems of Harmonizing Investment Property Accounting Аccording to Russian and International Standards
Authors: Druzhilovskaya T. U. , Druzhilovskaya E. S. 
Published: August 2018

The purpose of this article is to study the problems of convergence of investment property accounting in Russian and international financial reporting standards. The relevance of the question is due to the increasing role of such objects in the activities of Russian organizations. The research methodology includes the critical analysis of regulating modern investment property accounting in Russian and international financial reporting standards. This article uses such methods as analysis and synthesis, comparison, method of analogies, method of groupings, systems approach and logical approach. The study reveals discrepancies in the conceptual apparatus connected to investment property accounting; in various Russian regulatory documents; in interpretation of the notion of investment property in Russian GAAP and IFRS along with the differences in the investment property valuation methodology in Russian and international fi reporting standards.This article investigated the regulation of all Russian and International financial reporting standards subsystems. Russian accounting standards subsystems are the regulatory documents of organizations belonging to public and private sectors. The latter includes the normative documents of financial and nonfinancial organizations. When analyzing the regulatory documents on accounting in financial organizations the documents of credit and non-credit institutions were considered separately. As international standards subsystems were considered International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and International Financial Reporting Standards for private sector. The authors give the critical analysis of the validity of the investment property accounting regulations in Russian and international financial reporting standards. The authors substantiate the prospects of the further convergence of the investment property accounting rules in Russian and international financial reporting standards.
Un enfoque basado en Kinect para mejorar la experiencia de aprendizaje de los estudiantes
Authors: Rodriguez Guillermo Horacio , Soria Álvaro , Berdún Luis , Rocha Fabio Gomes 
Published: August 2018

El uso generalizado de mundos virtuales ha motivado a los profesores a explotar las características innovadoras de los entornos 3D interactivos para maximizar la experiencia de aprendizaje de los estudiantes a través de cursos virtuales. Uno de los principales desafíos en el aprendizaje a distancia es la falta de herramientas que los maestros necesitan usar. Por lo general, los mundos virtuales se utilizan con fines educativos; sin embargo, no se adaptan especialmente para tratar un curso virtual. En este documento, presentamos KTeacher, una herramienta basada en kinect para apoyar el desarrollo de cursos virtuales. Para validar KTeacher, diseñamos un curso virtual y lo comparamos con el mismo curso ofrecido con una herramienta ampliamente utilizada en educación a distancia. Después de realizar ambos cursos, medimos los aspectos relacionados con la usabilidad, la funcionalidad y la percepción de KTeacher desde los puntos de vista del estudiante y el docente a través de una encuesta. Finalmente, los resultados muestran que las opiniones de los estudiantes fueron considerablemente positivas en cuanto a la sensación de inmersión y el interés generado por KTeacher. Además, los profesores estaban satisfechos con la posibilidad de editar fácilmente las clases desarrolladas con KTeacher.