Apunts de fonaments de ciències dels materials [versió html]

Aquest text pretén ser una guia útil pels estudiants de Fonaments de Ciència de Materials dels diversos estudis d’Enginyeria. El document s’estructura en 20 temes organitzats en cinc blocs. Els dos blocs primers són una introducció als conceptes bàsics de la matèria i els tres restants els dediquem a les tres principals famílies de materials: metàl·lics, ceràmics i polímers. Per a cada tema s’estableixen les competències especifiques que s’han d’assolir, es desenvolupen de forma esquemàtica els continguts i s’adjunten exemples resolts de problemes. Al final de cada bloc s’inclou també una col·lecció de qüestions i problemes. Al final del llibre, trobareu una biografia recomanada per tal de desenvolupar exhaustivament la matèria

Apunts de fonaments de ciències dels materials [versió comprimida]

Aquest text pretén ser una guia útil pels estudiants de Fonaments de Ciència de Materials dels diversos estudis d’Enginyeria. El document s’estructura en 20 temes organitzats en cinc blocs. Els dos blocs primers són una introducció als conceptes bàsics de la matèria i els tres restants els dediquem a les tres principals famílies de materials: metàl·lics, ceràmics i polímers. Per a cada tema s’estableixen les competències especifiques que s’han d’assolir, es desenvolupen de forma esquemàtica els continguts i s’adjunten exemples resolts de problemes. Al final de cada bloc s’inclou també una col·lecció de qüestions i problemes. Al final del llibre, trobareu una biografia recomanada per tal de desenvolupar exhaustivament la matèria

Apunts de fonaments de ciències dels materials [2a. ed.]

Aquest text pretén ser una guia útil pels estudiants de Fonaments de Ciència de Materials dels diversos estudis d’Enginyeria. El document s’estructura en 20 temes organitzats en cinc blocs. Els dos blocs primers són una introducció als conceptes bàsics de la matèria i els tres restants els dediquem a les tres principals famílies de materials:metàl·lics, ceràmics i polímers. Per a cada tema s’estableixen les competències especifiques que s’han d’assolir, es desenvolupen de forma esquemàtica els continguts i s’adjunten exemples resolts de problemes. Al final de cada bloc s’inclou també una col·lecció de qüestions i problemes. Al final del llibre, trobareu una bibliografia recomanada per tal de desenvolupar exhaustivament la matèria

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

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.

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.

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.

Projecte Frankenstein: materials de metodologia docent

El projecte correspon a la assignatures de 1r curs de Fonaments Físics a l’Enginyeria Mecànica. Els alumnes han de dedicar un total de 16 h distribuïdes al llarg de dues setmanes amb un número aproximat de 8 h/setmana. Les classes expositives del professor corresponen a 2 h/setmana (1 h explicació conceptes i 1 h d’aplicació de conceptes en problemes). Els alumnes han d’assolir els conceptes simultàniament al desenvolupament del projecte. Els grups formats cooperen en el projecte, en el desenvolupament i comprensió dels exercicis i en la resolució de dubtes respecte la matèria relacionada amb el projecte

Projecte Frankenstein: materials didàctics

El projecte correspon a la assignatures de 1r curs de Fonaments Físics a l’Enginyeria Mecànica. El projecte correspon a un treball de síntesi dels conceptes i les seves aplicacions dels següents temes: 1.Anàlisi dimensional. 2.Camp elèctric: 2.1. Intensitat de camp elèctric. 2.2. Potencial elèctric. 2.3. Característiques elèctriques dels aïllants i conductors. 2.4. Conductors en equilibri electrostàtic. 3.Electrocinètica: 3.1. Resistivitat i resistència. 3.2. Llei d’Ohm

Experience in introduction of English terminology in engineering lessons: methodology and evaluation

This communication explains a experience for the introduction of English terminology in a technical degree of higher education. We present the methodology and assessment procedures used to evaluate the way the students perceived the introduction of terminology in English in two different subjects from 3rd and 5th year courses of a Computer Science degree in which English was not the vehicular language. We propose a strategy based on two main pillars, namely: 1) The design of materials, explanations, and exams, paying particular attention to the way in which the specific terminology was exposed to the students, and 2) The assessment of the impact in the students by means of the analysis of the feedback trough a set of enquiries. Our experience showed that the students responded very positively to the introduction of English terminology, and presented an affirmative feedback about the impact that an improvement of their linguistic abilities would have in their future work. Further, we present statistics regarding the use of English as the vehicular language for technical reports, which is envisaged as very useful by the students. Finally, we propose a set of questions for further debate which are centered in the role that English terminology should pay in technical degrees, and about the way in which universities should deploy resources in English languages within the different Syllabus

Rules and orders relating to a Professor of the Mathematicks, of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, in Harvard College, 18 January 1726

This folder contains a single document describing the "rules and orders" of the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. The document begins by defining the subjects to be taught by the Hollis Professor including natural and experimental philosophy, elements of geometry, and the principles of astronomy and geography. It then outlines the number of public and private lectures to be given to students, how much extra time the professor should spend with students reviewing any difficulties they may encounter understanding class subject matter discussed, and stipulates that the professor's duties shall be restricted solely to his teaching activities and not involve him in any religious activities at the College or oblige him to teach any additional studies other than those specified for the Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Furthermore, the rules establish the professor's salary at £80 per year and allow the professor to receive from students, except those students studying theology under the Hollis Professor of Divinity, an additional fee as determined by the Corporation and Board of Overseers, to supplement his income. Moreover, the rules assert that all professorship candidates selected by the Harvard Corporation must be approved by Thomas Hollis during his lifetime or by his executor after his death. Finally, the rules state that the Hollis professor take an oath to the civil government and declare himself a member of the Protestant reformed religion. This document is signed by Thomas Hollis and four witnesses, John Hollis, Joshua Hollis, Richard Solly, and John Williams.

John Winthrop's proposal respecting electrical globes and jars, ca. 1758

In this proposal, John Winthrop explains the need to replace damaged "electric globes" used in the College's collection of scientific apparatus. He states that Benjamin Franklin, at the time residing in London, was willing to seek replacement globes for the College's collection. Winthrop then proceeds to assert that the College should acquire "square bottles, of a moderate size, fitted in a wooden box, like what they call case bottles for spirits" instead of the large jars included in the scientific apparatus, because those jars cracked frequently.

Engaging students in an e-learning experience : how to manage information resources through wikis and web blogs

The purpose of this paper is to describe the collaboration between librarians and scholars, from a virtual university, in order to facilitate collaborative learning on how to manage information resources. The personal information behaviour of e-learning students when managing information resources for academic, professional and daily life purposes was studied from 24 semi-structured face-to-face interviews. The results of the content analysis of the interview' transcriptions, highlighted that in the workplace and daily life contexts, competent information behaviour is always linked to a proactive attitude, that is to say, that participants seek for information without some extrinsic reward or avoiding punishment. In the academic context, it was observed a low level of information literacy and it seems to be related with a prevalent uninvolved attitude.

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.