The presentation offers insights from teachers on four continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America) about the benefits of transparency in learning and teaching (TILT) for equitable student success in their diverse contexts.
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Interview met Sjoerd van den Heuvel. HR-professionals willen meer doen met data, maar zij missen daarvoor de kennis en vaardigheden. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek dat de Hogeschool Utrecht heeft uitgevoerd onder leden van AWVN. Hoe tilt u people analytics in uw organisatie naar een hoger plan?
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Social issues are becoming increasingly pressing. From dementia to climate change to corona; we as people, citizens, residents and city users - through our own experience or otherwise - have a sense of them. However, truly understanding and addressing these issues is difficult because there is no single owner. Everything is related, intertwined and also changing. Getting an overview and deciding together on necessary steps proves difficult. Complex issues thus become orphaned. Design and more specifically co-design - creative collaboration with others - is increasingly seen as a possible approach to these such issues and collaborations because it can deal with complexity and uncertainty, is optimistic and investigative in nature. With a co-design approach, we can find a shared desire and with that we connect with each other. By then searching together for mechanisms that can lead to the desired values, we gain insights on how to tilt a problematic situation. That enables us to imagine alternative futures. These help us on our way to a better, greener and more social world and social change.
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Anticipatory force planning during grasping is based on visual cues about the object’s physical properties and sensorimotor memories of previous actions with grasped objects. Vision can be used to estimate object mass based on the object size to identify and recall sensorimotor memories of previously manipulated objects. It is not known whether subjects can use density cues to identify the object’s center of mass (CM) and create compensatory moments in an anticipatory fashion during initial object lifts to prevent tilt. We asked subjects (n=8) to estimate CM location of visually symmetric objects of uniform densities (plastic or brass, symmetric CM) and non-uniform densities (mixture of plastic and brass, asymmetric CM). We then asked whether subjects can use density cues to scale fingertip forces when lifting the visually symmetric objects of uniform and non-uniform densities. Subjects were able to accurately estimate an object’s center of mass based on visual density cues. When the mass distribution was uniform, subjects could scale their fingertip forces in an anticipatory fashion based on the estimation. However, despite their ability to explicitly estimate CM location when object density was non-uniform, subjects were unable to scale their fingertip forces to create a compensatory moment and prevent tilt on initial lifts. Hefting object parts in the hand before the experiment did not affect this ability. This suggests a dichotomy between the ability to accurately identify the object’s CM location for objects with non-uniform density cues and the ability to utilize this information to correctly scale their fingertip forces. These results are discussed in the context of possible neural mechanisms underlying sensorimotor integration linking visual cues and anticipatory control of grasping.
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1 alinea column: Hier mijn wens voor jou voor 2013. Vind de kunstenaar in je. Via creativiteit ontwikkel je de kunstenaar, en de weg naar nieuwe kennis en inzicht in jezelf. Heel belangrijk voor ondernemerschap.
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Bedrijventerreinen worden vaak geassocieerd met leegstand, verloedering en verrommeling. Om van dit imago af te komen, riep de Taskforce (Her)structurering Bedrijventerreinen in 2008 op om de markt van bedrijventerreinen te gaan hervormen. Deze publicatie laat zien wat er de afgelopen jaren is gebeurd: bedrijventerreinen zijn op grote schaal geherstructureerd, de overheid speelt een andere rol en kijkt met een meer zakelijke blik op bedrijventerreinen, terwijl de rol van ondernemers en vastgoedeigenaren belangrijker is geworden. Lessen en toekomstig beleid De publicatie bespreekt welke lessen we de afgelopen jaren geleerd hebben op basis van kwalitatief en kwantitatief onderzoek naar bedrijventerreinen en het gevoerde overheidsbeleid. Daarnaast vat het de inzichten samen die kunnen worden meegenomen in het formuleren van nieuw beleid voor de komende jaren. Hierbij is meer aandacht voor eigenaargebruikers van bedrijfsvastgoed en investeerders noodzakelijk, dienen ‘systeemfouten’ in de markt voor bedrijventerreinen gerepareerd te worden en is het de uitdaging om publiek geld op een ‘slimmere’ manier in te zetten. Met uiteenlopende bijdragen van onderzoekers en praktijkdeskundigen op het gebied van bedrijventerreinen is deze publicatie interessant voor iedereen die hierin inhoudelijk geïnteresseerd is. Op de eerste plaats voor beleidsadviseurs en bestuurders bij het Rijk, provincies en gemeenten, maar ook onderzoekers en adviseurs. De wisselwerking tussen beleid, de werking en uitkomsten van de vastgoedmark is bovendien ook relevant voor een breder publiek van ruimtelijke ordenaars en ruimtelijke economen.
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Objective: To systematically review and critically appraise the literature on measurement properties of cardiopulmonary exercise test protocols for measuring aerobic capacity, VO2max, in persons after stroke. Data sources: PubMed, Embase and Cinahl were searched from inception up to 15 June 2016. A total of 9 studies were identified reporting on 9 different cardiopulmonary exercise test protocols. Study selection: VO2max measured with cardiopulmonary exercise test and open spirometry was the construct of interest. The target population was adult persons after stroke. We included all studies that evaluated reliability, measurement error, criterion validity, content validity, hypothesis testing and/ or responsiveness of cardiopulmonary exercise test protocols. Data extraction: Two researchers independently screened the literature, assessed methodological quality using the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments checklist and extracted data on measurement properties of cardiopulmonary exercise test protocols. Data synthesis: Most studies reported on only one measurement property. Best-evidence synthesis was derived taking into account the methodological quality of the studies, the results and the consistency of the results. Conclusion: No judgement could be made on which protocol is “best” for measuring VO2max in persons after stroke due to lack of high-quality studies on the measurement properties of the cardiopulmonary exercise test.
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The decision-making process in boardrooms has a significant impact on organizational performance. In the last two decades, scientific research on the decision-making process in boardrooms has increased. This resulted in a substantial body of knowledge about boardroom factors and their relation to organizational performance. However, the effectiveness of the decision-making process in boardrooms is still mainly a black box. Amongst other things, scientific findings seem to contradict each other, which could mean additional insights are still missing. This research aims to contribute to a better understanding of this black box.
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When using autonomous reconfigurable manufacturing system, that offers generic services, there is the possibility to dynamically manufacture a range of products using the same manufacturing equipment. Opportunities are created to optimally scale the production using reconfiguration means and automatically manufacture small amounts of unique or highly customizable products. Basically the result is a short time to market for new products. This paper discusses the problems that arise when manufacturing systems are reconfigured and the impact of this action on the entire system. The proposed software architecture and tooling makes it possible to quickly reconfigure a system without interference to other system, and shows how the reconfigured hardware can be controlled without the need to reprogram the software. Parameters that are required to control the new hardware can be added using a simple tool. As a result reconfiguration is simplified and can be achieved quickly by mechanics without reprogramming any systems. The impact is that time to market can be reduced and manufacturing systems can quickly be adapted to current real-time needs.
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This study aims to identify factors that impact on the internationalisation of learning outcomes of programmes at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS). The process of the articulation of learning outcomes has been studied at institutional, faculty and programme levels. Both document analysis and action research with trainers, managers and lecturers provided data for this study. The study describes the broader issue and the layers of contexts in which THUAS operates: the global, European, national, local and institutional. Within the latter two, several strategies are distinguished, i.e. research on employability skills of students and THUAS’ Educational vision. The strategies for internationalisation of learning outcomes at THUAS are then placed in an international perspective. The next section zooms in on current practice on the basis of self-assessment and management reports of THUAS faculties. The analysis of these reports is followed by more detailed observations from individual programmes. Analysis and observations are then connected to professional development for internationalisation of teaching and learning. Three elements of THUAS’ extensive programme for professional development are discussed in more detail. The study ends with the identification of priorities to internationalise learning outcomes across THUAS.
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