Proyectos en empresas: la experiencia de Ingeniería Informática Empresarial

Esta comunicación tiene por objetivo exponer la experiencia a la fecha de la participación de las empresas en el proceso de formación -bajo un enfoque de desarrollo de competencias- de los Ingenieros en Informática Empresarial de la Universidad de Talca (Chile). En primer lugar se presenta la carrera y el contexto en el que se inserta, así como los principios que guiaron la construcción de su plan de estudios, entre los cuales destaca su orientación hacia la innovación y la enseñanza dual, lo que implica la activa participación de las empresas en el proceso de formación. Esto último implica la aplicación de una metodología de enseñanza dominada por el aprendizaje basado en problemas, lo que conlleva necesariamente a una fuerte vinculación con empresas. Posteriormente se presentan los resultados de esta experiencia desde la perspectiva de los alumnos y de las empresas que permiten identificar las fortalezas, debilidades, oportunidades y amenazas detectadas. Partir de allí se desprenden algunas acciones a seguir con miras a superar las debilidades encontradas

Plan de orientación y acogida para un nuevo título de grado acorde al EEES en la Facultad de Informática de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

El alumno percibe una gran diferencia entre la educación secundaria y la educación universitaria al comenzar sus estudios de grado. Los programas de orientación que ayudan a afianzar la integración social y académica de los alumnos de nuevo ingreso contribuyen a evitar el abandono de los estudios iniciados en un centro universitario. La Facultad de Informática de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (FI-UPM) cuenta con cuatro años de experiencia en la implantación de un programa de mentoría para la orientación y acogida de alumnos de nuevo ingreso, contribuyendo, junto a otras medidas, a una disminución notable de la tasa de abandono. Este bagaje ha permitido la definición de un Plan de Orientación y Acogida para el nuevo título acorde con el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES), que incluye tres acciones de carácter complementario. En primer lugar, el Proyecto de Inicio para Alumnos de Nuevo Ingreso, el cual combina los aspectos de orientación y acogida con la realización de un proyecto en equipo en los primeros cuatro días del curso que permite la evaluación de las competencias de trabajo en equipo y presentación oral. En segundo lugar, el Plan de Acción Tutorial tiene como objetivo orientar al alumno a lo largo de toda la carrera universitaria, en especial en lo referente a la matriculación, para aumentar la eficiencia del alumno en los créditos superados frente a los matriculados. Como tercera acción, el Proyecto Mentor se complementa con las dos anteriores al proporcionar una orientación entre iguales, la cual tiene que acomodarse a las nuevas condiciones en las que se desarrollan los planes de estudio acordes al EEES

Codeship: Financing growth: Case study and Teaching note

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Bases de datos XML nativas

Conèixer les diferents opcions a l'hora d'emmagatzemar dades i documents amb format XML. Familiaritzar-se amb els SGBD nadius i l'accés i maneig de la informació. Conèixer diferents formes d'accés al SGBD, conèixer les APIs disponible Centre en el llenguatge Java. Integració de tots els coneixements adquirits, desenvolupant una aplicació que accedeixi i gestioni dades emmagatzemades al SGBD.

Installing and using an automatic data processing system; a case study for management.

Mode of access: Internet.

Faculty-librarians collaboration in an e-learning experience : resources management and training in Open University of Catalonia (UOC)

The traditional model of learning based on knowledge transfer doesn't promote the acquisition of information-related competencies and development of autonomous learning. More needs to be done to embrace learner-centred approaches, based on constructivism, collaboration and co-operation. This new learning paradigm is aligned with the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) requirements. In this sense, a learning experience based in faculty' librarian collaboration was seen as the best option for promoting student engagement and also a way to increase information-related competences in Open University of Catalonia (UOC) academic context. This case study outlines the benefits of teacher-librarian collaboration in terms of pedagogy innovation, resources management and introduction of open educational resources (OER) in virtual classrooms, Information literacy (IL) training and use of 2.0 tools in teaching. Our faculty-librarian's collaboration aims to provide an example of technology-enhanced learning and demonstrate how working together improves the quality and relevance of educational resources in UOC's virtual classrooms. Under this new approach, while teachers change their role from instructors to facilitators of the learning process and extend their reach to students, libraries acquire an important presence in the academic learning communities.

Redefining dropping out in online higher education: a case study from the UOC

In recent years, studies into the reasons for dropping out of higher education (including online education) have been undertaken with greater regularity, parallel to the rise in the relative weight of this type of education, compared with brick-and-mortar education. However, the work invested in characterising the students who drop out of education, compared with those who do not, appears not to have had the same relevance as that invested in the analysis of the causes. The definition of dropping out is very sensitive to the context. In this article, we reach a purely empirical definition of student dropping out, based on the probability of not continuing a specific academic programme following several consecutive semesters of "theoretical break". Dropping out should be properly defined before analysing its causes, as well as comparing the drop-out rates between the different online programmes, or between online and on-campus ones. Our results show that there are significant differences among programmes, depending on their theoretical extension, but not their domain of knowledge.

Data Processing Student Working

A student from the Data Processing program at the New York Trade School is shown working. Black and white photograph with some edge damage due to writing in black along the top.

Marketing education, distance learning and hypermedia : teaching 'current issues in marketing' in a virtual campus

This article reports on a project at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC: The Open University of Catalonia, Barcelona) to develop an innovative package of hypermedia-based learning materials for a new course entitled 'Current Issues in Marketing'. The UOC is a distance university entirely based on a virtual campus. The learning materials project was undertaken in order to benefit from the advantages which new communication technologies offer to the teaching of marketing in distance education. The article reviews the main issues involved in incorporating new technologies in learning materials, the development of the learning materials, and their functioning within the hypermedia based virtual campus of the UOC. An empirical study is then carried out in order to evaluate the attitudes of students to the project. Finally, suggestions for improving similar projects in the future are put forward.

Accommodating College ESL Learner Communication Needs: Perceptions, Policies, and Practices

The purpose of this qualitative inquiry was to determine how the Practical Nursing and Pharmacy Technician programs in one southern Ontario community college could more effectively accommodate ESL learners' communication needs. The literature review examined (a) linguistic issues, such as language testing and second-language learning theories, (b) organizational matters, such as ESL curriculum and teacher training, and (c) affective issues, such as motivation for second-language learning, learning styles, and the student-teacher relationship. I gathered perceptual data from the programs' administrators, faculty members, and ESL learners. Eleven participants took part in individual interviews or a focus group session. The results suggest that ESL learners need assistance with discipline-specific vocabulary and cultural nuances. College ESL learners' weak communicative competence, together with misleading acceptance standards for ESL learners and limited support available to faculty members and to students, decrease opportunities for successful completion of the programs. The results point to re-assessment of the college's admission policies and procedures, program evaluation practices that consider the needs of ESL learners, discipline-specific language support, and strategies to enhance the ESL student-teacher relationship. The study highlights theory relating to ESL learners' self-perception and engagement, as well as the importance of including the voice of college ESL learners in educational research. The results suggest that despite ESL learners' perseverance in completing their studies, power imbalances remain. The college has yet to implement organizational strategies such as discipline-specific communications and ESL courses and extended language support that could meet the communication needs of ESL learners in the two programs.

Stakeholders' Perceptions of Culinary Programs in Ontario Community Colleges

The hospitality industry in Canada is growing. With that growth is a demand for qualified workers to fill available positions within all facets of the hospitality industry, one ofthem being cooks. To meet this labour shortage, community colleges offering culinary arts programs are ramping up to meet the needs of industry to produce workplace-ready graduates. Industry, students, and community colleges are but three of the several stakeholders in culinary arts education. The purpose of this research project was to bring together a cross-section of stakeholders in culinary arts education in Ontario and qualitatively examine the stakeholders' perceptions of how culinary arts programs and the current curriculum are taught at community colleges as mandated by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) in the Culinary Program Standard. A literature review was conducted in support of the research undertaking. Ten stakeholders were interviewed in preliminary and follow-up sessions, after which the data were analyzed using a grounded theory research design. The findings confirmed the existence of a disconnect amongst stakeholders in culinary arts education. Parallel to that was the discovery of the need for balance in several facets of culinary arts education. The discussions, as found in Chapter 5 of this study, addressed the themes of Becoming a Chef, Basics, Entrenchment, Disconnect, and Balance. The 8 recommendations, also found in Chapter 5, which are founded on the research results of this study, will be of interest to stakeholders in culinary education, particularly in the province of Ontario.