Despite the growing popularity of STEM education as an emerging concept in various educational fields, limited research exists on in-service and pre-service educators in STEM-related disciplines, especially biology. B...
ISBN:
(纸本)9789819742424;9789819742431
Despite the growing popularity of STEM education as an emerging concept in various educational fields, limited research exists on in-service and pre-service educators in STEM-related disciplines, especially biology. By using the STEM-TPACK framework, the first phase of this research project adopted a quantitative approach and found the differences in readiness of in-service and pre-service biology teachers to implement STEM education as reflected in their views of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK). As the second phase of this research project [1], this study used a qualitative approach that went deeper, aiming to examine the differences, strengths, and weaknesses of biology educators in implementing STEM education in Guangdong Province, the most populous province of China. Interviews were conducted to collect insights from 12 participants. The results revealed that pre-service teachers demonstrated enthusiasm and willingness to learn educational technologies, as well as a strong grasp of pedagogical knowledge. However, their lack of teaching experience and limited familiarity with biology and STEM content posed challenges when implementing STEM education. In-service teachers, on the other hand, exhibited stronger expertise in biology and STEM-related subjects, along with well-developed teaching skills and confidence. However, they were less inclined to embrace emerging technologies and may have fixed thinking patterns. Suggestions from in-service teachers to pre-service teachers varied, focusing on meeting student needs, learning from experienced teachers, and developing technological skills. These findings aligned with previous studies and highlighted the need for continuous professional development to enhance technical expertise and effectively integrate technology into teaching practices for both pre-service and in-service educators. However, it is important to acknowledge the limitations of this case study and future research should consider ex
The United States is experiencing a silver tsunami: an aging nation with baby boomers becoming the largest elderly population in the country's history. This demographic shift poses challenges for maintaining mobil...
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(纸本)9783031615450;9783031615467
The United States is experiencing a silver tsunami: an aging nation with baby boomers becoming the largest elderly population in the country's history. This demographic shift poses challenges for maintaining mobility and independence among older individuals. This paper will demonstrate an ongoing research project conducted for a major automotive maker that explores how an early research-and-development initiative might lengthen the driving years for older drivers. The paper will introduce the project, its scope, and constraints. It introduces the Inviting Curiosity framework, used to elicit moments of curiosity in interactive experiences. It shows how the Inviting Curiosity framework was used in a research-through-design approach to create mobile and tablet prototypes tested with automotive consumers. The paper provides a detailed account of each research phase, highlighting key findings and the evolution of the project, ultimately demonstrating how technology and innovative approaches can contribute to enhancing the driving experience for an aging population.
The *** system emerges as an innovative proposition in the landscape of multi-agent systems, building upon the robustness of Large Language Models (LLMs). Recognizing the potentialities and limitations of LLMs, the sy...
ISBN:
(纸本)9783031613524;9783031613531
The *** system emerges as an innovative proposition in the landscape of multi-agent systems, building upon the robustness of Large Language Models (LLMs). Recognizing the potentialities and limitations of LLMs, the system integrates specialized embeddings, allowing for a deepening and specialization of agent knowledge in specific domains. Adistinctive feature of *** is the incorporation of rich identity and educational attributes, reflecting sociocultural diversity. This diversity, coupled with behavioral archetypes, aims to facilitate more contextualized and humanized interactions, both among agents and between agents and humans. ***, therefore, represents a stride forward in the pursuit of multi-agent systems that combine vast knowledge, deep specialization, and meaningful sociocultural representation.
We investigate whether the fee income from trades on the CFM is sufficient for the liquidity providers to hedge away the exposure to market risk. We first analyse this problem through the lens of continuous-time finan...
ISBN:
(纸本)9783031488054;9783031488061
We investigate whether the fee income from trades on the CFM is sufficient for the liquidity providers to hedge away the exposure to market risk. We first analyse this problem through the lens of continuous-time financial mathematics and derive an upper bound for not-arbitrage fee income that would make CFM efficient and liquidity provision fair. We then evaluate our findings by performing multi-agent simulations by varying CFM fees, market volatility, and rate of arrival of liquidity takers. We observe that, on average, with volatility set to realistic values, fee income generated from liquidity provision is insufficient to compensate for market risk. In case where the underlying pair volatility is very low the fee income exceeds market risk cost.
With the upcoming enforcement of the EU AI Act, documentation of high-risk AI systems and their risk management information will become a legal requirement playing a pivotal role in demonstration of compliance. Despit...
ISBN:
(纸本)9783031680236;9783031680243
With the upcoming enforcement of the EU AI Act, documentation of high-risk AI systems and their risk management information will become a legal requirement playing a pivotal role in demonstration of compliance. Despite its importance, there is a lack of standards and guidelines to assist with drawing up AI and risk documentation aligned with the AI Act. This paper aims to address this gap by providing an in-depth analysis of the AI Act's provisions regarding technical documentation, wherein we particularly focus on AI risk management. On the basis of this analysis, we propose AI Cards as a novel holistic framework for representing a given intended use of an AI system by encompassing information regarding technical specifications, context of use, and risk management, both in human- and machine-readable formats. While the human-readable representation of AI Cards provides AI stakeholders with a transparent and comprehensible overview of the AI use case, its machine-readable specification leverages on state of the art Semantic Web technologies to embody the interoperability needed for exchanging documentation within the AI value chain. This brings the flexibility required for reflecting changes applied to the AI system and its context, provides the scalability needed to accommodate potential amendments to legal requirements, and enables development of automated tools to assist with legal compliance and conformity assessment tasks. To solidify the benefits, we provide an exemplar AI Card for an AI-based student proctoring system and further discuss its potential applications within and beyond the context of the AI Act.
Over the last few decades, advances in technology have facilitated significant progress in educational processes, particularly in personalizing learning and consolidating new training modalities. The recent irruption ...
ISBN:
(纸本)9789819744411;9789819744428
Over the last few decades, advances in technology have facilitated significant progress in educational processes, particularly in personalizing learning and consolidating new training modalities. The recent irruption of Generative Artificial Intelligence opens up a new transformative scenario for education in general and higher education in particular. This paper presents today's leading trends and challenges in digital education research. Artificial Intelligence allows us to continue advancing research in educational technology, improve personalized student tracking systems, new learning dynamics, and new roles shared between teachers and learning machines. Perspectives on these advances and opportunities would be discussed.
Herein, we demonstrated the effectiveness of a communication support system by developing a voice-driven embodied entrainment character "InterActor", which automatically generates body movements, such as nod...
ISBN:
(纸本)9783031601064;9783031601071
Herein, we demonstrated the effectiveness of a communication support system by developing a voice-driven embodied entrainment character "InterActor", which automatically generates body movements, such as nodding, based on a user's speech. As nodding is generally perceived as a positive and an agreeability gesture, the system evaluation in previous studies may have been more favorable. Therefore, in this study, we developed a character that automatically generates non-agreeable reactions, such as "the terrible twos" to examine the relationship with the degree of entrainment. Additionally, the effectiveness of the developed system was evaluated, based on the result of a user test at a science experience event for children as well as a speech experiment.
Worked examples have consistently demonstrated their value in education, serving as the model solutions for solving specific problem types. Past studies indicate that combining worked examples with practice problems i...
ISBN:
(纸本)9783031723148;9783031723155
Worked examples have consistently demonstrated their value in education, serving as the model solutions for solving specific problem types. Past studies indicate that combining worked examples with practice problems is more effective than providing either problems or examples in isolation. Despite these findings, the exploration of the effects of grouping worked examples and problems for programming practice is limited, especially in learning environments designed for practice. This paper compares two content organization approaches in a practice system. The first one is explicitly connecting worked examples and completion problems, allowing students to access them in smaller bundles. The other one is delivering the same set of activities separately but keeping an implicit connection by grouping them under a topic. We examined the effects of these two approaches on student engagement and performance in a semester-long classroom experiment conducted in a CS1 programming course. The results indicate that explicitly connecting worked examples and completion problems increased engagement with the completion problems and supported problem-solving performance by leading to higher success rates and persistence.
This paper presents thoughts on the use of online semi-structured interviews in a participatory format. On one hand, in the process of interviewing and on the other by using complementary methods such as media diaries...
ISBN:
(纸本)9783031615429;9783031615436
This paper presents thoughts on the use of online semi-structured interviews in a participatory format. On one hand, in the process of interviewing and on the other by using complementary methods such as media diaries and its associated online ethnography techniques. One of the challenges of audience research is the capture of the "audiencing" [1] process, in this paper we rely on two research projects to better discuss and consider forms of doing it, in arid research contexts, such as online and with a (inter)generational dimension.
With electric vehicles gradually replacing traditional petrol vehicles in the globalmarket, charging stations usually provide a variety of different charging scenarios and modes to meet the needs of users in different...
ISBN:
(纸本)9783031613524;9783031613531
With electric vehicles gradually replacing traditional petrol vehicles in the globalmarket, charging stations usually provide a variety of different charging scenarios and modes to meet the needs of users in different usage scenarios. How to help brands establish standardized charging spaces in the US and China based on local user needs is a problem that needs to be solved. In this paper, we will take China and the United States, which have an advanced position in the global EV market, as an example, and use the exact same design research method to explore their charging space markets, investigate their user experiences, and ultimately compare and analysis them to draw conclusions that will help brands to establish standard charging spaces in China and the United States, as well as provide valuable references to the standardization of charging spaces on a global scale. Firstly, this paper will explore the charging space market in the two regions through literature review, cultural probes, and expert interviews;secondly, it will investigate the user experience in the two regions through observations, questionnaires, and interviews;and finally, it will compare and analysis the above data to drawconclusions. The final conclusions will be used to support the design of branded standardized charging spaces in China and theUS and provide a reference for globalization and standardization.
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