Usage patterns and social circles on Facebook among elderly people with diverse personality traits

Elderly people are exposed to information technologies to keep them in touch with younger generations. Among various technologies, social network sites (SNSs) are seldom used by the majority of elderly people. To bridge the digital divide, it is necessary to dig deeply into the minority elderly users of SNSs. This study explores usage patterns of elderly Facebook users and further investigates how their diverse characteristics influence their usage and social circles. Three findings were derived. First, a sharp digital divide on SNSs does exist, and existing elderly Facebook users are mainly the dabblers. Second, personality profiling could predict elderly people’s SNS usage behaviors. Elderly users with a high level of openness and extroversion have more friends, status updates, and group memberships, and those with a high level of conscientiousness have fewer likes and status updates. Elderly users are likely to seek insightful content on SNSs. Moreover, they may have a higher degree of emotional stability than young users when using SNSs. Third, elderly people tend to build small social circles on SNSs that “copy” the family relationship in the real world; whereas, they build large social circles with interests and hobbies that are difficult to share in the real world. Based on these results, detailed suggestions are presented for better targeting elderly people in ways that move them toward SNSs.     

英语常用否定表达的汉译

英语否定表达有时较为复杂,在不同的语言环境中具有不同用法,并且表示不同含义。一些助动词+not的形式及no的一些变体,其用法和含义更为复杂。本文就此加以探讨,并涉及一些常用否定词的理解和翻译。     

关于加强电大实践性教学的思考

实践教学是电大培养应用型人才的关键环节,也是电大教育中的一个难点。针对目前实践教学体系不够完善、实践教学师资相对匮乏、实践教学基地不够稳定、实践教学管理不够严密等状况,电大要制定明确的实践教学目标、完善实践教学体系、构建“双师型”教师队伍、加强实践基地建设、改革实践教学的评价方法,以培养社会欢迎的应用型人才。     

工程教育认证新标准下毕业要求达成度评价方法研究

目前针对工程教育认证中的毕业要求达成度评价尚无成熟和标准的方法。且随着认证工作的深入,各院校机械工程专业原有的达成度评估方法已不能适应认证标准(2018版)的新要求。为此,文章以工程教育认证标准新要求下机械工程专业毕业要求达成度评价的若干问题进行研究。建立学生和教师对毕业要求的认知机制,梳理其认知渠道。建立符合工程教育认证标准要求的“能力形成过程评价和能力达成结果评价相结合”的毕业要求达成度评价方法。对评估结果进行分析,找出培养环节中的“短板”,提出针对性的持续改进意见。为培养创新能力强、适合经济社会发展需要的优秀工程师打下良好基础。     

开展省级课改实验区中小学校长新课程通识培训的探索与实践

本文介绍潍坊教育学院深入贯彻落实“全教会”精神 ,积极开展省级课改实验区中小学校长新课程通识培训的探索与实践 ,对于启动本市四个省级课改实验区的工作具有重要的意义     

Mobile APP for motivation to learning: an engineering case

Synthesis of Materials is regarded as an important core subject in engineering education. However, many concepts and knowledge in the material synthesis can be rather abstract and difficult to understand by the student learners. Experiments are limited in scope due to lack of equipment, control of toxic materials, and risks of chemical reactions, which often restricts student imagination and student involvement in practical training. These reasons often led to poor learning attitude and learning performance among the students. Rapid developments in Cloud technology and mobile devices have provided new opportunities for developing novel learning tools for material synthesis. This study aims to introduce interest factors as a strategy for promoting learning interest and practical skills among the students. Chemical symbols, experimental themes, texts, and interactive elements were utilized to develop a theme-based Mobile Learning APP for teaching the practical techniques of material synthesis. The Mobile Learning APP was then integrated into a problem-based learning activity. A quasi-experimental design was used to investigate the resulting learning effectiveness from using the developed Mobile Learning APP. Results show that the Mobile Learning APP provided a significant positive effect on learning performance and that most students showed favorable attitudes toward the usage of the mobile learning system.     

发展旅游循环经济的制度建设研究

旅游循环经济作为一种崭新的实施旅游可持续发展战略的最佳经济发展模式已经被世界各国普遍接受和重视。我国旅游业的快速增长给环境、经济、社会带来了不少问题，影响了旅游业可持续发展的顺利开展。我们应根据中国具体国情，积极借鉴和汲取国外的先进经验，构建和完善具有中国特色的旅游循环经济制度体系，包括政策机制体系、法律法规体系、科技研发体系、社会宣传体系等，使旅游循环经济法制化、社会化。     

高师院校代数与几何课程改革的探索与实践

随着高师院校课程与教学改革的不断深入,代数与几何合并设课已成为高师院校课程与教学改革的选择方案之一.将两门课程整合起来合并设课,不仅能够体现高等代数作为解析几何的工具作用,而且能极大地丰富高等代数的几何背景和几何解释,关注代数思维,突出几何直观.     

论柯达伊的音乐教育观

本文通过介绍和分析20世纪匈牙利音乐教育家柯达伊的音乐教育观念,评价了其对匈牙利音乐教育产生的重要影响,并揭示了它对我国音乐教育事业发展的借鉴意义.