Study of the impact federated erubrics on assessing competences in the practicum

Presentation Research of the Practicum and externships has a long history and involves important aspects for analysis. For example, the recent changes taking place in university grades allot more credits to the Practicum course in all grades, and the Company-University collaboration has exposed the need to study in new learning environments. The rise of ICT practices like ePortfolios, which require technological solutions and methods supported by experimentation, study and research, require particular examination due to the dynamic momentum of technological innovation. Tutoring the Practicum and externships requires remote monitoring and communication using ePortfolios, and competence-based assessment and students’ requirement to provide evidence of learning require the best tutoring methods available with ePortfolios. Among the elements of ePortfolios, eRubrics emerge as a tool for design, communication and competence-assessment. This project aims to consolidate a research line on eRubrics, already undertaken by another project -I+D+i [EDU2010-15432]- in order to expand the network of researchers and Centres of Excellence in Spain and other countries: Harvard University in USA, University of Cologne in Germany, University of Colima in Mexico, Federal University of Parana, University of Santa Catarina in Brasil, and Stockholm University in Sweden(1). This new project [EDU2013-41974-P](2) examines the impact of eRubrics on tutoring and on assessing the Practicum course and externships. Through technology, distance tutoring grants an extra dimension to human communication. New forms of teaching with technological mediation are on the rise and are highly valuable, not only for formal education but especially in both public and private sectors of non-formal education, such as occupational training, unemployed education and public servant training. Objectives Obj. 1. To analyse models of technology used in assessing learning in the Practicum of all grades at Spanish Faculties of Education. Obj. 2. To study models of learning assessment measured by eRubrics in the Practicum. Obj. 3. To analyse communication through eRubrics between students and their tutors at university and practice centres, focusing on students’ understanding of competences and evidences to be assessed in the Practicum. Obj. 4. To design assessment services and products, in order to federate companies and practice centres with training institutions. Among many other features, it has the following functions CoRubric(3) 1. The possibility to assess people, products or services by using rubrics. 2. Ipsative assessment. 3. Designing fully flexible rubrics. 4. Drafting reports and exporting results from eRubrics in a project. 5. Students and teachers talk about the evaluation and application of the criteria Methodology, Methods, Research Instruments or Sources Used The project will use techniques to collect and analyse data from two methodological approaches: 1. In order to meet the first objective, we suggest an initial exploratory descriptive study (Buendía Eisman, Colás Bravo & Hernández Pina, 1998), which involves conducting interviews with Practicum coordinators from all educational grades across Spain, as well as analysing the contents of the teaching guides used in all educational grades across Spain. 55 academic managers were interviewed from about 10 faculties of education in public universities in Spain (20%), and course guides 376 universities from 36 public institutions in Spain (72%) are analyzed. 2. In order to satisfy the second objective, 7 universities have been selected to implement the project two instruments aimed at tutors practice centers and tutors of the faculty. All instruments for collecting data were validated by experts using the Delphi method. The selection of experts had three aspects: years of professional experience, number and quality of publications in the field (Practicum, Educational Technology and Teacher Training), and self-rating of their knowledge. The resulting data was calculated using the Coefficient of Competence (Kcomp) (Martínez, Zúñiga, Sala & Meléndez, 2012). Results in all cases showed an average experience of more than 0.09 points. The two instruments of the first objective were validated during the first half of 2014-15 year, data collected during the second half. And the second objective during the first half of 2015-16 year and data collection for the second half. The set of four instruments (two for each objective 1 and 2) have the same dimensions as each of the sources (Coordinators, course guides, tutors of practice centers and faculty) as they were: a. Institution-Organization, b. Nature of internships, c. Relationship between agents, d. Management Practicum, e. Assessment. F. Technological support, g. Training and h. Assessment Ethics. Conclusions, Expected Outcomes or Findings The first results respond to Objective 1, where we find different conclusions depending on each of the six dimensions. In the case of internal regulations governing the organization and structure of the practicum, we note that most traditional degrees (Elementary and Primary grades) share common internal rules, in particular development methodology and criteria against other grades (Pedagogy and Social Education ). It is also true that the centers of practices in last cases are very different from each other and can be a public institution, a school, a company, a museum, etc. The memory with a 56.34% and 43.67% daily activities are more demands on students in all degrees, Lesson plans 28.18% 19.72% Portfolio 26.7% Didactic units and Others 32,4%. The technical support has been mainly used the platform of the University 47.89% and 57.75% Email, followed by other services and tools 9.86% and rubric platforms 1.41%. The assessment criteria are divided between formal aspects of 12.38%, Written expresión 12.38%, treatment of the subject 14.45%, methodological rigor of work 10.32%, and Level of argument Clarity and relevance of conclusions 10.32%. In general terms, we could say that there is a trend and debate between formative assessment against a accreditation. It has not yet had sufficient time to further study and confront other dimensions and sources of information. We hope to provide more analysis and conclusions in the conference date.

De lettre intime à lettre ouverte dans Lettres à l’Indigène de Joël Des Rosiers

Dans la première décennie du XXIe siècle, à l’ère des nouvelles technologies de communication électroniques, le courriel est devenu le moyen par excellence pour envoyer et recevoir du contenu privé, remplaçant dès lors l’envoi de lettres papier. Dans ce contexte, pour quelles raisons un individu souhaiterait-il partager ce contenu privé en le publiant ouvertement, publiquement, de plus, dans un format papier, le rendant désormais disponible à l’ensemble des lecteurs désirant en consulter le contenu? Pourtant, telle est la genèse du recueil Lettres à l’Indigène de Joël Des Rosiers dans lequel l’auteur fait don de lettres d’amour qui « deviennent alors des objets communs que partagent la destinataire et l’homme qui lui écrit, le livre et le lecteur » (LALI, p. 7). Ainsi, c’est par la réappropriation d’une pratique épistolaire ancienne que cet ouvrage rend compte d’une écriture intimiste dans laquelle lettres intimes et lettres ouvertes se côtoient. Les lettres intimes comportent plusieurs ressemblances avec les lettres conventionnelles, mais s’en distinguent sur certains points. Les lettres ouvertes, quant à elles, s’apparentent davantage aux publications libres que l’on retrouve dans les divers périodiques papier ou Web, ainsi que dans les divers blogues. Dans les deux types de lettres, nous voyons quelle est la place du destinateur et celle de l’Autre, nous présentons les différentes constructions de l’espace liées à chacune des formes de lettre et nous dévoilons les diverses stratégies formelles qui laissent voir un jeu entre les sphères publique et privée. Nous démontrons ainsi de quelles manières ce recueil questionne l’intimisme du XXIe siècle, ainsi que la pratique d’une écriture intimiste dans le cadre actuel.

De lettre intime à lettre ouverte dans Lettres à l’Indigène de Joël Des Rosiers

Dans la première décennie du XXIe siècle, à l’ère des nouvelles technologies de communication électroniques, le courriel est devenu le moyen par excellence pour envoyer et recevoir du contenu privé, remplaçant dès lors l’envoi de lettres papier. Dans ce contexte, pour quelles raisons un individu souhaiterait-il partager ce contenu privé en le publiant ouvertement, publiquement, de plus, dans un format papier, le rendant désormais disponible à l’ensemble des lecteurs désirant en consulter le contenu? Pourtant, telle est la genèse du recueil Lettres à l’Indigène de Joël Des Rosiers dans lequel l’auteur fait don de lettres d’amour qui « deviennent alors des objets communs que partagent la destinataire et l’homme qui lui écrit, le livre et le lecteur » (LALI, p. 7). Ainsi, c’est par la réappropriation d’une pratique épistolaire ancienne que cet ouvrage rend compte d’une écriture intimiste dans laquelle lettres intimes et lettres ouvertes se côtoient. Les lettres intimes comportent plusieurs ressemblances avec les lettres conventionnelles, mais s’en distinguent sur certains points. Les lettres ouvertes, quant à elles, s’apparentent davantage aux publications libres que l’on retrouve dans les divers périodiques papier ou Web, ainsi que dans les divers blogues. Dans les deux types de lettres, nous voyons quelle est la place du destinateur et celle de l’Autre, nous présentons les différentes constructions de l’espace liées à chacune des formes de lettre et nous dévoilons les diverses stratégies formelles qui laissent voir un jeu entre les sphères publique et privée. Nous démontrons ainsi de quelles manières ce recueil questionne l’intimisme du XXIe siècle, ainsi que la pratique d’une écriture intimiste dans le cadre actuel.

Solid waste monitoring coverage

This map of South Carolina is divided into different districts showing coverage of solid waste monitoring. A contact person with telephone number and email address is provided for each district.

A adicção à internet em jovens universitários: Estudo comparativo com estudantes portugueses e espanhóis

Esta investigação trata-se de um estudo com a população universitária Portuguesa e Espanhola sobre padrões de uso/abuso da Internet, assim como os recursos específicos mais usados. Foi usada uma amostra aleatória de 206 sujeitos, da Universidade Autónoma de Madrid e do Campus Universitário de Lisboa, de diferentes licenciaturas, de ambos os sexos e com idades compreendidas entre os 18 e os 40 anos. O instrumento usado foi um questionário adaptado do Internet Addiction Test, de Young (1998). As principais conclusões sugerem que, no que se refere ao tempo de conexão verificámos que a maior percentagem da amostra (46,1%) realiza um uso moderado da Internet (menos de 2 horas diárias) mas 36,9% podem já apresentar alguns indícios de adicção ao estarem de 2 a 5 horas diárias conectados à Internet. Na avaliação dos parâmetros do uso dos recursos específicos da Internet, podemos encontrar que a Web é o serviço mais procurado seguindo-se o e-mail (com 62,1% e 57,3% respectivamente). Encontrámos ainda que 16,5% da amostra apresenta valores representativos de adicção. /ABSTRACT: This research comes from a study with the Portuguese and Spanish university population on patterns of use I abuse of the Internet, as well as the specific resources used most. We used a random sample of 206 subjects, the Autonomous University of Madrid and the University Campus of Lisbon, in different degrees of both sexes and aged between 18 and 40 years. The instrument used was a questionnaire adapted from the Internet Addiction Test, Young (1998). The main findings suggest that with regard to the connection time found that the largest percentage of the sample (46.1%) carries a moderate use of the Internet (less than 2 hours) but 36.9% can introduce some evidence addiction are at one of the 2 to 5 hours a day connected to the Internet. ln assessing the parameters of the use of specific resources of the Internet, we find that the Web service is the most sought followed by email (with 62.1% and 57.3% respectively). We found also that 16.5% of the sample shows values representative of addiction.

Smart mail – a smart platform for mail management

Email is a key communication format in a digital world, both for professional and/or personal usage. Exchanged messages (both human and automatically generated) have reached such a volume that processing them can be a great challenge for human users that try to do it on a daily basis and in an efficient manner. In fact, a significant amount of their time is spent searching and getting context information (normally historic information) in order to prepare a reply message or to take a decision/action, when compared to the actual time required for writing a reply. Therefore, it is of utmost importance for this process to use both automatic and semi-automatic mechanisms that allow to put email messages into context. Since context information is given, not only by historical email messages but also inferred from the relationship between contacts and/or organizations present in the messages, the existence of navigation mechanisms (and even exploration ones) between contacts and entities associated to email messages, is of fundamental importance. This is the main purpose of the SMART Mail prototype, which architecture, data visualization and exploration components and AI algorithms, are presented throughout this paper.

Manejo da poda e de indutores de brotação em diferentes cultivares Vitis vinifera na região da Campanha Gaúcha.

A vitivinicultura no Rio Grande do Sul tem reconhecimento no cenário enológico nacional e a Campanha Gaúcha tem sua participação neste processo. Com vinhedos implantados na década de 70, no município de Santana do Livramento- RS, para produção de uvas finas, a região tem apresentado crescente desenvolvimento com instalação de novas vinícolas. Apesar dos benefícios climáticos, a Campanha apresenta invernos irregulares, tanto na distribuição como na qualidade do frio, provocando brotações irregulares, baixa produtividade e desuniformidade na produção dos vinhedos. Buscando novas tecnologias para melhorar a qualidade de brotação e consequente qualidade produtiva, o presente trabalho objetivou avaliar o comportamento de brotação de diferentes cultivares de Vitis vinifera em relação às diferentes épocas de poda com a interação de indutores químicos de brotação.

Requerimento em frio e uniformidade de brotação de portaenxertos para macieira no Sul do Brasil.

No cultivo da macieira, em regiões de inverno ameno, é importante o conhecimento do acúmulo de horas de frio hibernal, desta forma pode-se selecionar cultivares com maior ou menor exigência para cada região produtora. O inadequado suprimento de frio afeta de forma negativa a uniformidade de brotação das plantas. Apesar da exigência em frio das principais cultivares produzidas no Sul do Brasil já serem conhecidas, pouco se sabe a respeito do requerimento de frio dos porta-enxertos. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estimar a necessidade de acúmulo de frio para superação da dormência e a uniformidade de brotação dos porta-enxertos G.213 e M.9.

Quantificação do frio hibernal e sua associação com a brotação em macieira (Malus pumila L. Borkh).

Devido à importância do frio hibernal para a fenologia de fruteiras de clima temperado, muitos modelos têm sido propostos para medir a quantidade de frio de modo a usar tais medidas como fator explanatório das fases fenológicas. A quantidade de frio necessária para a superação da dormência varia com a espécie e cultivar. Em macieira, há especial interesse na relação entre elementos agroclimáticos e a quebra de dormência para caracterizar diferentes materiais genéticos e com vistas ao estabelecimento de práticas de manejo cultural. O objetivo deste trabalho foi comparar dois modelos de quantificação do frio acumulado quanto à associação com a data de brotação em macieira.

Efeito do 1-MCP no desenvolvimento de podridões em maçã.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito do 1-MCP em maçãs MaxiGala expostas a diferentes atmosferas (ATM), no progresso da doença ocasionada por Botrytis cinerea e Cryptosporiopsis brasiliensis.

Toxicidade de Cobre em plantas de cobertura.

As plantas de cobertura desempenham papel fundamental no condicionamento do solo. Em solos contaminados com cobre (Cu), há necessidade de selecionar espécies e ou cultivares, melhores adaptadas a tais condições. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar o crescimento de plantas de cobertura de inverno em função de doses de Cu.

Potencial de armazenamento de uvas de mesa lançadas pela Embrapa Uva e Vinho.

A refrigeração tem sido utilizada como método de armazenamento de uvas de mesa (Vitis vinifera e Vitis labrusca x Vitis vinifera). No entanto, para algumas cultivares (cvs) as informações sobre o tempo limite de armazenamento são escassas. Esse trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o potencial de armazenamento de quatro cvs de uva de mesa: BRS Isis, BRS Morena, BRS Núbia e BRS Vitória.

Efeito do Azevém e da Ervilhaca na composição nutricional da videira no sul do Brasil.

utilização de uma vegetação de cobertura diminui o impacto das gotas da chuva no solo, além de terem uma outra função muito importante que é a de reter e reciclar os nutrientes do solo. O objetivo desse trabalho foi analisar o efeito do Azevém e da Ervilhaca na composição nutricional da videira.

Levantamento de fungos associados ao declínio e morte de videiras em mudas comerciais.

O declínio e morte de videiras é um problema em nível mundial e que vem se agravando também no Brasil. No Rio Grande do Sul, muitos vinhedos já foram eliminados e renovados com mudas feitas na própria propriedade ou adquiridas em viveiros. No entanto, essas mudas apesar de aparente qualidade fisiológica e fitossanitária, podem ser mais uma forma de dispersão desses fungos, visto que, sintomas da presença dos fungos causadores de doenças de tronco podem não ser perceptíveis externa e internamente na muda.

ALT 2017 Trustee and Vice-Chair Nomination Form and AGM Calling Notice

The calling notice for the ALT 2017 AGM to be held on 6 September 2017, and the nomination form for: 1) Vice-Chair of the Association (who becomes Chair, then President in successive years) to serve three years; 2) Trustees to serve three years (two vacancies). All nominations should be marked "Nominations" and sent to arrive by Friday 9 June 2017. Items may be submitted by post, to Maren Deepwell, Chief Executive, ALT, Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK, or email to maren.deepwell@alt.ac.uk.