Una assignatura 2.0

El professor José A. Donaire inicia aquest curs l’assignatura 'Tipologies i estratègies dels espais turístics'. És una assignatura de segon curs del Grau en Turisme que aquest any, com a element innovador, s'estructurarà a través de la xarxa social Twitter i esdevindrà una assignatura oberta a altres persones a més a més dels estudiants

Nutrition and physical activity programs for obesity treatment (PRONAF study). methodological approach of the project

Este trabajo aborda la metodología seguida para llevar a cabo el proyecto de investigación PRONAF (Clinical Trials Gov.: number NCT01116856.) Background: At present, scientific consensus exists on the multifactorial etiopatogenia of obesity. Both professionals and researchers agree that treatment must also have a multifactorial approach, including diet, physical activity, pharmacology and/or surgical treatment. These two last ones should be reserved for those cases of morbid obesities or in case of failure of the previous ones. The aim of the PRONAF study is to determine what type of exercise combined with caloric restriction is the most appropriate to be included in overweigth and obesity intervention programs, and the aim of this paper is to describe the design and the evaluation methods used to carry out the PRONAF study. Methods/design: One-hundred nineteen overweight (46 males) and 120 obese (61 males) subjects aged 18–50 years were randomly assigned to a strength training group, an endurance training group, a combined strength + endurance training group or a diet and physical activity recommendations group. The intervention period was 22 weeks (in all cases 3 times/wk of training for 22 weeks and 2 weeks for pre and post evaluation). All subjects followed a hypocaloric diet (25-30% less energy intake than the daily energy expenditure estimated by accelerometry). 29–34% of the total energy intake came from fat, 14–20% from protein, and 50–55% from carbohydrates. The mayor outcome variables assesed were, biochemical and inflamatory markers, body composition, energy balance, physical fitness, nutritional habits, genetic profile and quality of life. 180 (75.3%) subjects finished the study, with a dropout rate of 24.7%. Dropout reasons included: personal reasons 17 (28.8%), low adherence to exercise 3 (5.1%), low adherence to diet 6 (10.2%), job change 6 (10.2%), and lost interest 27 (45.8%). Discussion: Feasibility of the study has been proven, with a low dropout rate which corresponds to the estimated sample size. Transfer of knowledge is foreseen as a spin-off, in order that overweight and obese subjects can benefit from the results. The aim is to transfer it to sports centres. Effectiveness on individual health-related parameter in order to determine the most effective training programme will be analysed in forthcoming publications.

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

Phytochemical study and antiulcerogenic activity of Syngonanthus bisulcatus (Eriocaulaceae)

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

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

La Implantació de l’aprenentatge basat en problemes (APB-APP) en l’educació universitària: anàlisi d’una experiència

En aquest document es detalla l’experiència que s’ha portat a terme en l’Escola Politècnica Superior de la UdG. Concretament en l’assignatura de Fonaments Físics per l’enginyeria en l’àmbit de les titulacions de Disseny Industrial i d’Enginyeria Tècnica Industrial especialitat en Mecànica. L’objectiu general de l’activitat és aportar als alumnes els coneixements bàsics sobre camps elèctrics i teoria de circuits, des dels fonaments conceptuals, passant per l’aplicació dels conceptes en problemes fins a realitzar un esquema del procés, així com la utilització de les noves tecnologies tot aplicant com a tècnica d’aprenentatge basat en problemes: Project Based Learning (APB)

Aprenentatge per problemes

Presentació de l’experiència que s’ha portat a terme en l’Escola Politècnica Superior de la UdG en l’assignatura de Fonaments Físics per l’Enginyeria aplicant com a tècnica l’aprenentatge basat en problemes: Project Based Learning (APB)

El Papel de la Biblioteca universitaria frente a las nuevas titulaciones: el caso de la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Girona y la Diplomatura en Turismo

La formación y enseñanza en materia turística en España ha sufrido, en el último lustro, importantes cambios con el fin de adaptar estosestudios a las necesidades reales de uno de los sectores económicos más productivos de nuestro país. Esta evolución no ha sido ajena a las necesidades informativas y documentales tanto de alumnos como de docentes y profesionales que trabajan en dicha materia. En este artículo se analiza la evolución de la Biblioteca de Turismo de la EOTGC (Escola Oficial de Turisme de la Generalitat de Catalunya) desde su creación hasta su plena integración en la estructura universitaria de la Universidad de Girona, así como una reflexión sobre su rol actual y de futuro

La experiencia laboral durante los estudios universitarios: el rol las prácticas en los estudios de turismo

El nuevo Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior, al que dan forma entre otros la Declaración de Bolonia (1999), favorecerá la movilidad de estudiantes y profesionales mediante la armonización de los estudios universitarios en el espacio europeo. Uno de los puntos más estresados en este proceso de convergencia de los estudios es el enfoque práctico que la educación superior tiene que ofrecer. El objetivo de este trabajo es mostrar un aspecto de este enfoque práctico: lasprácticas de estudiantes, que son una cooperación universidad - empresa. Habitualmente estas prácticas laborales significan la primera oportunidad para que los estudiantes experimenten un contacto con el mundo de los negocios y también una oportunidad para tomar conciencia de la aplicabilidad de los conocimientos adquiridos en las aulas. En particular, este trabajo expondrá el ejemplo de prácticas de estudiantes durante sus estudios sobre el turismo en la Facultad de Turismo de la Universidad de Girona. El Grado en Turismo estipula pasantías obligatorias para los estudiantes, siendo conscientes de su utilidad para proporcionar una visión del sector profesional y también como una característica positiva para su incorporación en el mercado laboral. Sin embargo, los beneficios de estas experiencias no son sólo para los estudiantes, sino también para las empresas de alojamiento (como fuente de innovación) y de universidades (para posicionarse en sectores específicos)

La Influencia de las actividades fuera del aula en el desarrollo de las competencias: análisis del Congreso Internacional de Estudiantes de Turismo

El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar el papel que juegan las actividades fuera del aula, como el Congreso Internacional de Estudiantes de Turismo, en el desarrollo de las competencias que necesitan los alumnos de los estudios turismo en su incorporación al mundo laboral. Más concretamente, se pretende estudiar en qué medida estas actividades no obligatorias y realizadas fuera del aula potencian el desarrollo de las competencias transversales recogidas en el Libro Blanco del título de Grado en Turismo. Incluso se añaden otras competencias que también se consideran importantes de desarrollar, como el aprendizaje autónomo. Se analizan por tanto, los puntos fuertes que presentan estas metodologías activas en el aprendizaje y los obstáculos que se han encontrado, tanto para el fomento de competencias más complejas como puede ser el liderazgo, como una autoevaluación de las competencias necesarias del profesorado para el desarrollo de este tipo de experiencias docentes innovadoras

An Empirical Study on Faculty Perceptions and Teaching Practices of Wikipedia

Some faculty members from different universities around the world have begun to use Wikipedia as a teaching tool in recent years. These experiences show, in most cases, very satisfactory results and a substantial improvement in various basic skills, as well as a positive influence on the students' motivation. Nevertheless and despite the growing importance of e-learning methodologies based on the use of the Internet for higher education, the use of Wikipedia as a teaching resource remains scarce among university faculty.Our investigation tries to identify which are the main factors that determine acceptance or resistance to that use. We approach the decision to use Wikipedia as a teaching tool by analyzing both the individual attributes of faculty members and the characteristics of the environment where they develop their teaching activity. From a specific survey sent to all faculty of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), pioneer and leader in online education in Spain, we have tried to infer the influence of these internal and external elements. The questionnaire was designed to measure different constructs: perceived quality of Wikipedia, teaching practices involving Wikipedia, use experience, perceived usefulness and use of 2.0 tools. Control items were also included for gathering information on gender, age, teaching experience, academic rank, and area of expertise.Our results reveal that academic rank, teaching experience, age or gender, are not decisive factors in explaining the educational use of Wikipedia. Instead, the decision to use it is closely linked to the perception of Wikipedia's quality, the use of other collaborative learning tools, an active attitude towards web 2.0 applications, and connections with the professional non-academic world. Situational context is also very important, since the use is higher when faculty members have got reference models in their close environment and when they perceive it is positively valued by their colleagues. As far as these attitudes, practices and cultural norms diverge in different scientific disciplines, we have also detected clear differences in the use of Wikipedia among areas of academic expertise. As a consequence, a greater application of Wikipedia both as a teaching resource and as a driver for teaching innovation would require much more active institutional policies and some changes in the dominant academic culture among faculty members.

Training project management complexity in postgraduate and continuing education programs: a learning strategy in the eshe (European Space of Higher Education) framework

The objective of this paper is to address the methodological process of a teaching strategy for training project management complexity in postgraduate programs. The proposal is made up of different methods —intuitive, comparative, deductive, case study, problem-solving Project-Based Learning— and different activities inside and outside the classroom. This integration of methods motivated the current use of the concept of “learning strategy”. The strategy has two phases: firstly, the integration of the competences —technical, behavioral and contextual—in real projects; and secondly, the learning activity was oriented in upper level of knowledge, the evaluating the complexity for projects management in real situations. Both the competences in the learning strategy and the Project Complexity Evaluation are based on the ICB of IPMA. The learning strategy is applied in an international Postgraduate Program —Erasmus Mundus Master of Science— with the participation of five Universities of the European Union. This master program is fruit of a cooperative experience from one Educative Innovation Group of the UPM -GIE-Project-, two Research Groups of the UPM and the collaboration with other external agents to the university. Some reflections on the experience and the main success factors in the learning strategy were presented in the paper

Training project management complexity in postgraduate and continuing education programs: a learning strategy in the eshe (European Space of Higher Education) framework

The objective of this paper is to address the methodological process of a teaching strategy for training project management complexity in postgraduate programs. The proposal is made up of different methods —intuitive, comparative, deductive, case study, problem-solving Project-Based Learning— and different activities inside and outside the classroom. This integration of methods motivated the current use of the concept of ―learning strategy‖. The strategy has two phases: firstly, the integration of the competences —technical, behavioral and contextual—in real projects; and secondly, the learning activity was oriented in upper level of knowledge, the evaluating the complexity for projects management in real situations. Both the competences in the learning strategy and the Project Complexity Evaluation are based on the ICB of IPMA. The learning strategy is applied in an international Postgraduate Program —Erasmus Mundus Master of Science— with the participation of five Universities of the European Union. This master program is fruit of a cooperative experience from one Educative Innovation Group of the UPM -GIE-Project-, two Research Groups of the UPM and the collaboration with other external agents to the university. Some reflections on the experience and the main success factors in the learning strategy were presented in the paper.