Organisational communication and its relationships with job satisfaction and organisational commitment of primary school staff in Western Australia

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between aspects of organisational communication and dimensions of job satisfaction and general organisational commitment. Participants were 358 staff members from 35 government primary schools in the state of Western Australia, who completed a survey comprising the Organisational Communication in Primary Schools Questionnaire, the Teacher Job Satisfaction Questionnaire and a five item general organisational commitment scale. Factor analyses established 13 aspects of job satisfaction and 9 dimensions of job satisfaction. Multiple regression analyses were used to investigate interrelationships. The findings suggest several aspects of organisational communication were related to job satisfaction and organisational commitment. This article concludes with implications for future research with regard to communication and for the maintenance of optimal levels of job satisfaction and commitment in schools.     

Collaborative action research through technologically mediated agoras

The study presented in this article forms part of a wider project promoting collaboration between junior researchers from different universities with the objective of rethinking and improving teaching practice in relation to the use of technology. The article describes research carried out during the 2012/13 academic year aimed at developing collaborative action research through technologically mediated agoras involving students from three Spanish universities. The main results of this study show that junior researchers improved their teaching practice through technologically mediated inside and outside agoras. In addition, the transformation of university classrooms into agoras enabled the negotiated reconstruction of knowledge for the analysis of good practice in the use of technology. Likewise, these agoras helped reduce limitations by breaking down the barriers of time, distance and resources for sharing findings and limitations between junior researchers. Furthermore, they pave the way for improvements and their implementation in learning processes during initial teacher training.     

Preparing a Data Scientist: A Pedagogic Experience in Designing a Big Data Analytics Course

In this article, we present an experiential perspective on how a big data analytics course was designed and delivered to students at a major Midwestern university. In reference to the MSIS 2006 Model Curriculum, we designed this course as a level 2 course, with prerequisites in databases, computer programming, statistics, and data mining. Students in the class were mostly seniors or at the graduate level, and had a strong technical and quantitative background. We include details of concepts covered in the course, as well as summaries of four major sample course assignments used. Some of the concepts covered include large‐scale data collection and management using the Hadoop ecosystem, stream mining, visual analytics, and social network analytics. Besides Hadoop, the course also introduced various IBM and Teradata big data tools. We show how the course modules align with the intended learning goals and course objectives. A post‐course survey indicated that the structure and organization of the course helped students clearly and concisely assimilate the course content.     

我国信息经济学研究的反思

信息经济学从上世纪初萌芽以来，经过近百年发展逐步走向成熟，宏观领域和微观领域的研究脉络清晰。中国信息经济学引入20多年来发展迅猛，微观和宏观领域各有突破，理论研究和应用研究也各有成就。本文从国内信息经济学研究概况着手，对各个领域的研究做一般的回顾与评析，在此基础上对中国未来信息经济学研究重点和发展方向提出相应看法。     

数字通信中空间分集均衡技术仿真研究

在数字通信中，信道的多径传播和衰落特性常在接收端引起码间干扰（ISI）并降低信噪比，严重影响了通信质量。本文研究了空间分集与盲均衡相结合的空间分集均衡技术（SDE），提出了一种基于等增益合并和判决反馈盲均衡的空间分集均衡算法，以克服码间干扰并消除衰落对通信系统所带来的不利影响。通过计算机仿真对空间分集均衡算法和传统盲均衡算法的性能进行了对比，结果表明空间分集均衡技术优于传统的盲均衡技术，提高了数字通信性能。     

学科信息门户相关概念辨析及其发展研究

本文简要介绍了学科信息门户的概念及其主要特征，探讨了与学料信息门户的相关概念问的关系：信息门户与主页；学科信息门户与搜索引擎，数字图书馆；学科信息门户与学科导航库等。最后分析了当前学科信息门户发展中需要注意的问题。     

试论科技查新服务与专题情报服务的整合

本文详细阐述科技查新服务和专题情报服务各自的特点，对其进行了分析比较，并从二者有机结合的角度，探讨新时期情报信息服务的发展趋势。     

关于中医医师情报吸收机理的研究

文章运用了中医学理论和情报学理论结合心理学和思维学理论，从感知、注意、思维等层面。对中医医生情报吸收机理进行了初步探讨和研究。     

电子商务中信息服务优劣势分析及其对策

本文在比较传统商业模式与电子商务的基础上，分析了电子商务不同模式中消费者的消费心理和消费行为，肯定了电子商务在沟通信息交流，降低信息搜寻成本，消除信息壁垒，促使市场走向完全竞争状态中的积极作用，同时还指出了我国实际操作中电子商务在传递商品时信息不完全，不充分的现象，并分析了内在原因及解决方法。