Social and Q&A interfaces for app download

Downloading software via Web is a major solution for publishers to deliver their software products. In this context, user interfaces for software downloading play a key role. Actually, they have to allow usable interactions as well as support users in taking conscious and coherent decisions about whether to accept to download a software product or not. This paper presents different design alternatives for software download interfaces, i.e. the interface that prompts the user if he wishes to actually complete its download, and evaluates their ability to improve the quality of user interactions while reducing errors in user decisions. More precisely, we compare Authenticode, the leading software download interface for Internet Explorer, to Question-&-Answer, a software download interface previously proposed by the authors Dini, Foglia, Prete, & Zanda (2007). Furthermore, we evaluate the effect of extending both interfaces by means of a reputation system similar to the eBay Feedback Forum. The results of the usability studies show that (i) the pure Question-&-Answer interface is the most effective in minimizing users incoherent behaviors, and (ii) the differences in reputation rankings significantly influence users. Overall results suggest guidelines to design the best interface depending on the context (brand reputation and product features).     

高等学校电工学课程体系整体优化的改革与实践

介绍了电工学课程体系整体优化的改革思路,在教学内容上突出"宽基础、活模块"的改革特色,构建主题式、自助式、创新式的实验教学体系,建立科学合理的电工学综合评价体系,进一步探讨了新形势下电工学教学方法及手段的改革,全面实现以学生为本、因材施教、提高教学质量的目的。     

电工学综合考核评价体系的研究与探索

考核是检验教学效果的手段,评价是对学生学习的促进。提出了电工学综合考核体系,从学生的学习态度、理论知识、动手能力、工程实践能力和创新能力等多方面出发,建立了全方位的电工学综合考核体系,全面考核学生的综合素质。     

Counseling Students’ Experiences in an Islamic-Based Counseling Course

The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of learning and consequent development of twelve students enrolled in a four-year undergraduate counselling program at a higher institution of learning in Malaysia. The students’ ages ranged from 20 to 24 years. Participants outlined their learning experiences after taking a three-credit semester-long course on Islamic-based counseling, which was an attempt at integrating religion and spirituality into counselor training. An experiential learning theory served as the framework of reference, and a qualitative research design was adopted. Results revealed four major themes: (1) increased understanding of counseling, (2) better understanding in regard to the self and relationship with God, (3) applicability to daily practice, and (4) enhancing professional competence as a counselor. Finally, implications for research, counselor education and training, and clinical practice are discussed.     

Decreasing course content improves student comprehension of science and attitudes towards science in freshman biology

This study demonstrates a small, but significant, difference in prior understanding of basic biological concepts between students enrolled in majors' versus nonmajors' introductory biology courses. By the end of their respective courses, nonmajors demonstrated greater improvement in posttest scores than did majors. Furthermore, although initially students in the major course had a significantly more positive attitude towards science, especially in terms of personal comfort with science, by the end of the course this difference disappears. Following a semester of instruction, the attitudes of nonmajors generally improved, but student attitudes in the majors' classes declined in nearly all categories. We demonstrate a significant instructor effect in these results.     

Hip Hop Hermeneutics and Multicultural Education: A Theory of Cross-Cultural Understanding

Cross-cultural understanding stands as one of the great pillars of multicultural education and yet rarely do multiculturalists provide a full account of what it is and how it takes place. This paper will serve as an initial investigation into the complex nature of cross-cultrual understanding. Drawing on the philosophical hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer, I will layout the framework for a theory of understanding and provide a concept of culture that avoids the pitfalls of essentialism and instrumentalism. I will then raise, as the backdrop for my examination, the issue of authenticity in the hip hop world. This will allow me to put these hermeneutic theories to work by illuminating the interpretive process through which a hypothetical middle-aged teacher might go about gaining an apprecitaion for rap music to better understand his suburban students who, for him, embody hip hop culture. This phenomenological account of cross-cultural understanding will in turn raise thought-provoking questions about human agency, translation, and the various implications of cross-cultural understanding in the classroom.     

基于新工科人才培养的电工学实验教学改革研究

在新工科人才培养的新要求、虚拟仿真实验教学项目的推进和全球疫情持续化的大环境下,本文对电工学实验教学的改革进行了深入的探索。在优化现有实验教学内容和考核标准的基础上,同时开发了新的教学实验,建立了符合新工科人才培养理念和要求的“线上+线下”“虚拟+实境”“独立+主题”“多方式协同”相融合的实验教学新模式,形成了“线上+线下”实验同步双向考评机制。实践证明,电工学系列实验改革确实提高了学生解决工程问题的能力和创新能力,为新工科人才培养提供了坚实的保障。     

Dynamics of Scientific Engagement in a Blended Online Learning Environment

Research in Science Education - We investigate in-service teachers’ scientific engagement in a blended online science inquiry course. We analyze a shift from teachers following instructions...