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In university contexts, new situations emerge that underpin innovations. The article presents an agile strategy based on SCRUM practices (as a project management methodology). The method describes ...the phases defined to systematize the experiences and make explicit through an agile process framework based on the principles of the SCRUM method. The subject Final Degree Project was defined as the context of sketching and validation of the proposal, scope of implementation the design, production and defense of an integrating work of the Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems. This proposal adopts practice. This proposal adopts SCRUM practices based on previous experiences, and focused on the management of these end-of-degree productions appropriate to the context of the Computer Science discipline in relation to the information technology industry. Finally, the need to adopt agility in university contexts in the knowledge society is highlighted, considering the profile of the students of the XXI century in which many of them present experience in the industry.
O objectivo do artigo é apresentar uma estratégia ágil baseada nas práticas SCRUM (um termo do desporto do Rugby, que significa apoio colaborativo entre jogadores para acelerar uma pontuação); neste caso, inovar na gestão de projectos de fim de grau. Foram utilizados métodos teóricos para delimitar e apoiar a proposta, e foram utilizados métodos empíricos para sistematizar as experiências e torná-las explícitas através de um quadro de processo ágil baseado nos princípios do método ágil SCRUM. O contexto para delinear e validar a proposta foi definido como o curso de Projecto de Grau Final; o âmbito de implementação: a concepção, produção e defesa de um projecto integrado para o Grau de Bacharel em Sistemas de Informação. Esta proposta adopta práticas de SCRUM baseadas em experiências anteriores, e focalizou-se na gestão destas produções de fim de curso adaptadas ao contexto da disciplina de Informática, em relação à indústria das Tecnologias de Informação. Finalmente, a necessidade de adoptar agilidade nos contextos universitários na sociedade do conhecimento é realçada, dado o perfil dos estudantes do século XXI, muitos dos quais têm experiência na indústria.
El objetivo del artículo es presentar una estrategia ágil fundamentada en las prácticas de SCRUM (término proveniente del deporte Rugby, que significa apoyo colaborativo entre jugadores para agilizar una anotación); en este caso, innovar en la gestión de los proyectos de fin de carrera. Se recurrió a métodos de nivel teórico que delimitan y sustentan la propuesta, y de nivel empírico, para sistematizar las experiencias y explicitar a través de un marco de proceso ágil sustentado en los principios del método ágil SCRUM. Se definió como contexto de esbozo y validación de la propuesta la asignatura Proyecto Final de Carrera; ámbito de implementación: el diseño, producción y defensa de un trabajo integrador de la carrera Licenciatura en Sistemas de Información. Esta propuesta adopta prácticas de SCRUM en base a experiencias previas, y focalizada en la gestión de estas producciones de finalización de carrera adecuadas al contexto de la disciplina Informática, en relación a la industria de las Tecnologías de la Información. Finalmente, se resalta la necesidad de adoptar la agilidad en los contextos universitarios en la sociedad del conocimiento, dado el perfil de los estudiantes del siglo XXI, en el que muchos presentan experiencia en la industria.
Various branches of the literature suggest that exposure to the high-status appearances and lifestyles of politicians in contemporary "diploma democracies" affects the attitudes and behavior of ...less-educated citizens because it confronts them with their lower status in the political domain. Informed by this, we theorize that such exposure inspires docility (a lower subjective social status, weaker feelings of political entitlement) and revolt (anger, more support for aggression against government). To investigate this, we conducted an original, pre-registered, video-vignette survey experiment among a representative sample of the Dutch population. While our findings likely generalize to other liberal democracies, the Dutch context is suitable to test our theorizing because low-status and high-status appearances and lifestyles are found across the political arena, irrespective of politicians' substantive positions or use of populist rhetoric. Each less-educated respondent (n = 1390) was presented with a professionally produced video of an actor playing the part of a fictitious politician. This politician signaled either a low or a high status via his appearance and lifestyle. The potentially confounding factors of his substantive positions and populist rhetoric were randomized and controlled for. We find that exposure to the high-status politician increased less-educated citizens' support for aggression against the government. Through exploratory analyses, we assess how the responses of docility and revolt are interrelated, and how they are shaped by less-educated citizens' economic status.
The struggle against students dropping out of school is part of a wave of evaluation of public policies (EPP) begun in 2012 by the General Secretary for the modernization of public action (SGMAP). ...Every year, 110,000 students leave the educational system without getting a diploma. But several months or several years after the break in their schooling, some students come back in response to a programme aimed at students who leave school without a diploma. The evaluation of this programme always bears on the programme's ability to find jobs for the participants. Sometimes it bears on the effects of the ongoing programme, but never on the subjective effects ex post facto. Based on the interviews conducted with young people who did participate in a programme aimed at helping those who leave school early, we can show that there are reasons to appreciate what the programmes provide for participants, other than just in terms of figures, and we cannot conclude that such programmes are poorly designed or ineffective
In South Africa, universities are under pressure to meet increasing targets for student enrolment in engineering disciplines and fields. This has resulted in many students being enrolled in ...engineering programs without possessing the minimum required mathematical skills and understanding to tackle the challenging engineering disciplines. Hence, the engineering disciplines have a high student attrition and failure rate. This study aimed to evaluate the complex relationship of abstraction and application between mathematics attainment and principles of electrical engineering attainment by the students enrolled in diploma courses in technical universities of South Africa. A blend of quantitative and qualitative data was used. Legitimation code theory (LCT) was used to determine the complexity of higher learning levels. The relationships between six core courses in the Electrical Engineering curriculum were investigated to analyze the knowledge building from mathematics modules to principles of electrical engineering modules. The problem-solving, analytics, and abstract mathematical skills developed in these modules impact the overall progression into principles of electrical engineering courses at different levels for diverse students. The research examines the theoretical foundation, student performance, and practical application of mathematical ideas in electrical engineering using curriculum documents, student academic records, and interviews with electrical engineering lecturers. The study found a weak correlation between the two modules and examined how resources, cultural attitudes, and pedagogy affect student achievement. The results indicate an unexpected negative and fragile correlation between the lower mathematics and engineering modules at high levels. The LCT analysis showed the disconnect between the mathematics courses and the principles of electrical engineering in both the level of abstraction used in the studies and the extent of application principles taught.
This reserach build access control and file distribution management system for electronic diploma and transcript using ethereum smart contract and InterPlanetary File System (IPFS). The falsification ...of diplomas/transcripts is one of the problems in education. In Indonesia, falsification of diplomas/transcripts is a form of criminal act of falsifying letters. In addition, diplomas/transcripts that have not been digitalized make them easily damaged, lost, and difficult to manage. Therefore, this research developed digital diploma/transcript as digital twin from the hardcopy of diploma/tramscript. This research used IPFS to store data in a distributed system and Smart Contracts Blockchain to store and protect the digital diploma/transcript. The system also comes with access control to create and give approval for diplomas or transcripts to be published and saved into the system. Access control settings will be saved using the blockchain. This research using Quality of Service test method for measurethroughput, packet loss, and delay. Beside that, tis research also analysis the usage of Central Processing Unit and Random Access Memory from the system. Based on the test that has been done, the fake diploma/transcript detection system can be run properly by using 1 node to 5 nodes. The best throughput value during the process of making and validating the diploma/transcript is to use 1 node. The value of packet loss in the process of making and validating the certificate/transcript has a very good category. The value of delay in the process of making and validating the diploma/transcript has a very good category.
This reserach build access control and file distribution management system for electronic diploma and transcript using ethereum smart contract and InterPlanetary File System (IPFS). The falsification ...of diplomas/transcripts is one of the problems in education. In Indonesia, falsification of diplomas/transcripts is a form of criminal act of falsifying letters. In addition, diplomas/transcripts that have not been digitalized make them easily damaged, lost, and difficult to manage. Therefore, this research developed digital diploma/transcript as digital twin from the hardcopy of diploma/tramscript. This research used IPFS to store data in a distributed system and Smart Contracts Blockchain to store and protect the digital diploma/transcript. The system also comes with access control to create and give approval for diplomas or transcripts to be published and saved into the system. Access control settings will be saved using the blockchain. This research using Quality of Service test method for measurethroughput, packet loss, and delay. Beside that, tis research also analysis the usage of Central Processing Unit and Random Access Memory from the system. Based on the test that has been done, the fake diploma/transcript detection system can be run properly by using 1 node to 5 nodes. The best throughput value during the process of making and validating the diploma/transcript is to use 1 node. The value of packet loss in the process of making and validating the certificate/transcript has a very good category. The value of delay in the process of making and validating the diploma/transcript has a very good category.
This study aimed to explore the relationship between internal assessment (IA) and external assessment (EA) scores of the high school students in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program ...(IBDP). Methods: Simple linear regression analysis was conducted to explore to what extent the IA scores predict the EA scores in the Turkish, English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics courses. Findings: The quantitative analysis revealed that only a small percentage of the variation in IBDP EA scores can be explained by the model containing only IA scores in the IBDP standard level (SL) and high level (HL) courses. Furthermore, the correlation coefficient was utilized to explain the degree to which the IA scores are associated with the EA scores. This analysis revealed that there is a moderate relationship between IA and EA in HL English and SL biology course, but a weak relationship between IA and EA in SL and HL biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, English (only SL) and Turkish courses. Value: This research highlights some important implications for educators about the consistency and reliability of IA as a tool for forming a final mark in the IBDP assessment and the role the IA plays in predicting the students’ general academic achievement.
Bu çalışma, Uluslararası Bakalorya Diploma Programı (IBDP) lise öğrencilerinin iç değerlendirme (IA) ve dış değerlendirme (EA) puanları arasındaki ilişkiyi araştırmayı amaçlamıştır. Yöntemler: Türkçe, İngilizce, Fizik, Kimya, Biyoloji ve Matematik derslerinde iç değerlendirme puanlarının dış değerlendirme puanlarını ne ölçüde yordadığını araştırmak için regresyon analizi yapılmıştır. Bulgular: Nicel analiz, IBDP dış değerlendirme puanlarındaki varyasyonun yalnızca küçük bir yüzdesinin, IBDP standart düzey (SL) ve yüksek düzey (HL) derslerinde yalnızca iç değerlendirme puanlarını içeren modelle açıklanabileceğini ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca, iç değerlendirme puanlarının dış değerlendirme puanları ile ne derece ilişkili olduğunu açıklamak için korelasyon katsayısından yararlanılmıştır. Bu analiz, yüksek seviye İngilizce ve standart seviye biyoloji dersinde iç değerlendirme ve dış değerlendirme arasında orta düzeyde bir ilişki olduğunu, standart seviye ile yğksek seviye biyoloji, kimya, matematik, fizik, İngilizce ve Türkçe derslerinde iç değerlendirme ve dış değerlendirme arasında zayıf bir ilişki olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Değer: Bu araştırma, IBDP değerlendirmesinde nihai bir not oluşturmak için bir araç olarak iç değerlendirme tutarlılığı ve güvenilirliği ve iç değerlendirmenin öğrencilerin genel akademik başarısını tahmin etmede oynadığı rol hakkında eğitimciler için bazı önemli çıkarımları vurgulamaktadır.
The relevance of the problem stated in the article is due to the growing importance of applying the methods of 'soft power' in the world, as well as a large number of citizens of Central Asian ...countries receiving higher education in educational institutions of the Russian Federation. It is also worth noting that this topic is not sufficiently disclosed. In this regard, the purpose of the authors' work is to reveal the topic of Russia's use of levers of indirect influence in relation to the Central Asian republics. The main methods for studying this problem are the methods of analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, synthesis, as well as the empirical method, which allow us to describe the most important aspects of the application of 'soft power' Russian Federation in relation to the countries of Central Asia. The article presents a study of educational quotas for citizens of the Central Asian countries, the dynamics of changes in their number; the concept of 'soft power' is disclosed, the forms of its manifestation are described; the level of development of higher education in the Central Asian countries is considered, the problem of 'diploma factories' is disclosed.
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