非正式学习环境下移动语言学习研究——新加坡学生校外成语学习及创作活动历程探析

学习者的整个生活圈子,包括学校以外的非正式学习环境,处处都提供潜在的学习机遇。\"成语,动起来!\"项目以新加坡小学五年级学生为实验对象,应用移动技术为学生建构一人一机(手机)、正式学习和非正式学习无缝连接的华语文学习环境,协助学生建立起时时学、处处学的习性和技能。在正式学习的范畴中,教师上成语、连接词课,以情境学习、合作学习的形式进行学习活动。在非正式学习的范畴中,学生积极观察日常生活中的人、事、物,从所经历的情境中联想到所学成语,用手机拍照、造句,张贴上网,供同学互相修改、比较、讨论句子。项目通过对两名学习方式各异的学生进行校外创作活动的认知历程分析发现,丰富的生活情境、家长和移动技术的支持对非正式学习环境中学生的语言学习起着重要的作用。     

Managing Discovery and Linking Services

There is a growing trend toward a consolidation of services for electronic resources management, A–Z journal listings, full text link resolving, and discovery services under a single service provider. In many cases, the adoption of a discovery service from a provider that is not the same as the libraries’ existing link resolver service means managing multiple knowledgebases. In this session, three librarians gave an overview of their experiences and strategies for maintaining separate link resolving and discovery services in lieu of adopting a full suite of services from a single service provider. Each speaker presented a case study on the advantages and challenges of managing their chosen discovery service: EBSCO Discovery Service, Ex Libris’ Primo and ProQuest’s Summon, in conjunction with the CUFTS/GODOT open source knowledgebase and link resolver service.     

Injury rates in professional soccer players during Ramadan

Many of the socio-cultural lifestyle and dietary changes that take place during Ramadan may affect the risk of injury in athletes, but little evidence is available. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects over two consecutive years of the holy month of Ramadan on injury rates in 42 professional players of a Tunisian top-level professional soccer team. Players were retrospectively organized into fasting and non-fasting groups and monitored for 3 months: 4 weeks before Ramadan, during the month of Ramadan (4 weeks), and 4 weeks after Ramadan each year. During Ramadan, training started at 22.00 h. The circumstances (training/match) and mechanism of injury (traumatic/overuse) were recorded. No significant differences between the three periods were observed for weekly mean training load, training strain, training duration, and Hooper's Index (quality of sleep, and quantities of stress, delayed-onset muscle soreness, and fatigue). Compared with non-fasting players, fasters had a lower (P < 0.05) Hooper's Index and stress during and after Ramadan. No significant difference in injury rates was observed between fasting and non-fasting players. Nevertheless, the rates of non-contact (6.8 vs. 0.6 and 1.1) and training overuse (5.6 vs. 0.6 and 0.5) injuries were significantly higher in fasting players during the month of Ramadan than before or after Ramadan. In conclusion, Ramadan, along with the corresponding changes in nutritional habits, sleeping schedule, and socio-cultural and religious events, significantly increased overuse and non-contact injuries in fasting players despite the fact that the training load, strain, and duration were maintained.