Four fictional views of the future of learning

We are at a critical moment in the history of human learning, and in the history of humans. Learning is very important in our future. With 6 billion people on Earth, going to 9 billion by the middle of the century, current educational systems everywhere at all levels have major problems, probably not solvable with present approaches. In many areas, little education is available. We need new learning modes and structures, and we need them quickly and globally. Creating new learning materials and systems will require great imagination. We need approaches that go beyond current situations. Learning should be greatly improved, less expensive, and available lifelong for all in all subjects. We need a society that focuses on learning, where everyone loves to learn. Solving many of the world's problems, including population, water, violence, health, and environmental destruction, will depend on improving learning. One neglected source of future ideas is fictional accounts of the future of learning. I have long found them helpful in my own thinking and have written about them before. I keep finding new sources of this kind. Some, not mentioned here, are negative views.     

基于灰关联度的信息技术与课程整合的教学过程评价的研究

随着信息技术与课程整合在高校的深入开展,教学过程受到进一步的关注,文章根据灰色理论中的灰关联度数学模型,研究了教学过程的评价,建立了信息技术课程整合的教学过程评价指标体系,并根据层次分析法,确立了评价指标的权重;根据灰关联理论,对信息技术与课程整合的教学过程进行了评价。     

Student satisfactions in four mixed courses in elementary teacher education program

Mixed or hybrid method has become an increasingly popular course delivery model in recent years, but research regarding the effect of mixed learning is limited because of its recent debut in the landscape of educational technology. This one-year exploratory study looked at 78 elementary teacher candidates' view of learning in four mixed courses that used Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS) to supplement as well as replace some portions of face-to-face instruction. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from surveys designed to measure students' satisfaction and perspectives of hybrid learning. Results suggested high level of satisfactions but also revealed several important issues and complexities involving hybrid course implementation.     

带有非线性边界条件的快扩散和慢扩散耦合的方程组(英文)

讨论带有非线性边界条件的快扩散与慢扩散耦合的方程组,给出了解整体存在的充分必要条件.     

Creative adaptation: the role of new technology based firms in Portugal

This paper reviews two recent research studies on Portuguese New Technology Based Firms (NTBFs). Attention is given to the role and contribution of NTBFs to innovation. The main argument is that, by and large, NTBFs are less concerned with the introduction of major innovations and more with creative adaptive improvements to products and services based upon new technologies first introduced elsewhere. The empirical research found that Portuguese NTBFs are a recent phenomenon associated with diffusion of Electronics and Information Technologies (EIT) during the late 1980s. They perform a wide variety of knowledge-intensive activities, which enhance local users' adoption processes and they are associated with different forms of technology transfer through external linkages. Overall, NTBFs undertake a frequently unobserved role as technology searchers and acquirers that, pushed by idiosyncratic local niche market opportunities, selectively choose among and enhance technologies developed elsewhere, introducing them into the local market.     

QFD和CE在企业技术创新中的应用初探

企业是技术创新的主体,但是技术与市场相脱节一直是困扰企业技术创新实践的关键问题。质量由于其在企业经营中的重要性和普遍性成为沟通技术与市场的媒体,以质量为核心建立起来的质量功能展开（ＱｕａｌｉｔｙＦｕｎｃｔｉｏｎＤｅｖｅｌｏｐ－ｍｅｎｔ简称ＱＦＤ）和并行工程（ＣｏｎｃｕｒｅｎｔＥｎｇｉｎｅｅｒｉｎｇ简称ＣＥ）理论与方法对于降低产品开发成本,缩短开发时间和产品符合市场需求等方面被证明是十分有效的,因此在企业技术创新中具有广泛的应用前景。本文通过分析ＱＦＤ和ＣＥ的管理哲理和具体做法,探索它们在企业技术创新中的应用机理,以期能对企业技术创新实践提供具体的、可操作的指导     

高新技术企业与创新系统的互动模式

本文通过关于创新系统与高新技术企业研究的联姻,构造了在系统环境中理解高新技术企业的框架,并探讨了创新系统与高新技术企业相互作用的机制     

羧甲基纤维素钠最佳工艺制备条件研究

研究了由氯乙酸和氯乙酸异丙酯为醚化剂制备羧甲基纤维素钠（ Ｃ Ｍ Ｃ Ｎａ）的工艺条件,讨论了在制备过程中的一些影响因素,找到了最佳制备工艺条件⒚用本工艺获得的产品,其取代度（ Ｄ Ｓ）可在 ０．７３８ 以上⒚     

Examining the relationship between sociomaterial practices enacted in the organizational use of social media and the emerging role of organizational generativity

The growth of social media has enabled new operating methods and sparked organizational optimism in social technologies. We must broadly and distinctively identify the practices enacted in the organizational use of social technologies, understand how these practices influence each other, and the mechanisms driving their achievement. This paper deduces the sociomaterial practices enacted in the organizational use of social media and the augmenting generative capabilities. We surveyed seventy-three (73) organizations, collected 267 usable responses and applied structural equation modelling (SEM) techniques to analyze the data. The paper offers two contributions. First, we utilize the affordances-in-practice perspective to identify and categorize organizational practices enacted on social media, including functional, symbolic, and interactive practices. Then, we highlight the role of organizational generativity in facilitating these practices. Generativity represents the ability to revitalize, procreate, and introduce new ways of acting in dynamic or transient situations. Overall, our findings show how social media practices relate to organizational generativity and the mediating role of symbolic-driven practices.     

Influence of technology transfer from universities on manufacturing firms’ innovative performance

Technology transfer (TT) from universities to manufacturing firms is important for enhancing innovation performance (IP) and ultimately improving competitiveness. However, TT is hampered by bureaucracy, inertia, inefficiency, cognitive dissonance, and low research and development activity. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between TT from universities to manufacturing firms and their IP. This study was conducted based on Megnigbeto's (2018) triple helix game theory. A mixed-method approach was used. The independent variable was TT, measured in terms of technology spillover, networking, and the presence of accelerators and incubators within a firm's locality. The dependent variable was IP, measured through innovation output and innovation efficiency. This study used an explanatory sequential research design. The target population was manufacturing firms in Kenya, identified using a multi-stage sampling strategy. Primary data were collected using semi-structured questionnaires, interview schedules, and checklists. Linear regressions, hierarchical multiple moderated regressions, structural equation modeling, and partial least squares were used to test the hypotheses. The results indicate that TT from universities significantly influences IP in manufacturing firms. Universities are important intermediaries of TT in manufacturing firms in Kenya because of their improved IP and competitiveness. Universities should create dynamic linkages with industries and adopt an engaged learning approach in their programs to create greater and more unique values for enhanced competitiveness and sustainable development.