An analysis of friendship networks, social connectedness, homesickness, and satisfaction levels of international students

International students continue to grow in number worldwide, prompting researchers to look for ways to make the study abroad experience more fruitful. One avenue of research has focused on friendship formation, the significant role it plays in the study abroad experience, and the unique friendship combinations made possible by the study abroad experience. International students form friendships with individuals from their own country, from other countries, and from the host country. Research has found that international students often have more friends from their home country; however, research has also demonstrated a relationship between having more host country friends and satisfaction, contentment, decreased homesickness, and social connectedness. The current study looks to further explore these relationships through a social network lens by examining friendship network ratios, strength, and variability of the three friendship groups. A friendship network grid was developed to assess where international students’ friends are from and how strong those friendships are. Eighty four international students completed a survey examining the relationship between friendship networks, social connectedness, homesickness, contentment, and satisfaction. Contrary to prior research, international students did not report having a higher ratio of individuals from their home country in their friendship networks. However, international students with a higher ratio of individuals from the host country in their network claimed to be more satisfied, content, and less homesick. Furthermore, participants who reported more friendship variability with host country individuals described themselves as more satisfied, content, and more socially connected. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.     

远程开放教育人才培养满意度的研究

本文以广播电视大学远程开放教育为例,将双因素理论应用于远程开放教育人才培养满意度的研究,以期探索出教学质量与人才培养满意度联动的途径。     

Web2.0环境下传统新闻媒体应用UGC思辨

在Web2.0的环境下,UGC素材进入了新闻报道,同时新闻报道对UGC类型又进行选择。互联网为传统新闻媒体开辟了新"路线",并没有使新闻权威消解。然而,要想UGC繁盛下的新闻权威不被消解,关键一点新闻从业者必须坚持新闻专业主义原则。     

学前教育教师职业满意感的调查分析

对454名学前教育教师进行的职业满意感问卷调查结果显示,学前教育教师职业满意感总体处于中等偏上水平。不同文化程度和不同园所性质的学前教育教师的职业满意感存在显著差异,而不同职务和不同月收入的学前教育教师的职业满意感没有显著差异。根据调查结果提出了提高学前教育教师职业满意感的建议。     

非理性用户模型在虚拟实验中的构建与应用

随着虚拟实验在教学中的广泛应用,如何设计合乎人自然真实状态的虚拟实验成为研究者的努力方向。传统的虚拟实验设计一般以正常的、理性的操作情况为主要对象,缺乏对学习者在非正常情景和非理性心理因素下的认知和行为特性考虑,很容易导致操作出错,增加学习者的认知负荷。因此在虚拟实验设计过程中,需将用户的非理性因素融入其中,构建非理性用户模型指导设计过程。考虑到人的非理性主要表现在认知、情绪、行动各个阶段,虚拟实验的非理性用户模型应该包括认知模型、行动模型、出错模型和环境模型四个子模型。基于非理性用户模型,虚拟实验设计应注意满足学习者的视觉意向性,合理布局界面容量及结构,优化交互设计,重视虚拟实验系统的出错预防及矫正功能,提高虚拟实验的智能性。     

如何在ASP.NET页面中动态添加用户控件

ASP.NET是一种建立在通用语言基础上的Web开发技术,可以用于开发功能强大的Web应用程序。相对于传统的ASP而言,ASP.NET在开发效率、平台无关性、安全性等方面具有显著的优势。在当今的Web开发领域,ASP.NET已经成为应用非常广泛的技术之一。本文介绍了如何在ASP.NET页面中动态添加用户控件,以及如何控制动态控件的显示格式。     

谈参考咨询的核心精神

本文认为参考咨询的核心精神即个性化服务的人文主义精神，论证了这种精神对我国当代图书馆具有现实意义，并指出参考咨询“泛化”变革的途径即服务对象、分布地点、提供文献的泛化。     

论知识仓库的架构

在知识管理时代 ,知识仓库具有隐性知识共享和转化功能、知识存储和检索功能、知识分析功能、新知识产生和反馈功能 ,以及用户行为分析跟踪功能。知识仓库的架构分为 6个主要构件 :共享和获取隐性知识模块 ;获取显性知识模块 ;知识的抽取、转换和储存模块 ;知识分析模块 ;用户 (系统管理员 )界面模块 ;3个反馈环。目前 ,已经开发出一些知识仓库软件系统。图1。参考文献 8     

Communication Practices of Professional Service Providers: Predicting Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty

This study examined customers' perceptions of personalized service communication performance in relation to their expectations as predictors of their satisfaction and loyalty intentions in four professional service contexts. Survey data were obtained from 253 customers regarding their expectations and experiences with physicians, dentists, auto mechanics, or hairdressers. Multisample covariance structure analysis procedures were performed to assess the level of support for alternative theoretical models across all four professional contexts. Results provided support for one model, specifying that customers' perceptions of communication performance accounted for significant variation in customer satisfaction, which, in turn, predicted customers' loyal behavioral intentions. Customers' expectations did not play an influential role in predicting customer satisfaction and loyalty, as proposed in an alternative model     

构建信息无障碍的图书馆服务理念和体系

分析了图书馆的残疾读者群体,指出信息无障碍是世界图书馆服务的宗旨,研究了当代图书馆信息无障碍服务的四大特征,提出了当代图书馆信息无障碍的网络服务特征。