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Waarom ontbreekt ethiek zo vaak in onze curricula?

In dit opiniestuk houden onderzoeker Nicolien Montessori en lector Marlies van Steenbergen een pleidooi om ethiek terug te brengen in de door marktwerking vastgelopen samenleving. Daarvoor zijn vaardigheden nodig: taal, rekenen, logica en moraliteit. Een hogeschool is in hun ogen een goede plek om de discussie hierover te beginnen.

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Lector Moral Design: “Mediawijsheid bepaal je samen”

Mediawijsheid staat niet op zichzelf, er is sprake van een generatiekloof. Dat stelt Bart Wernaart, lector Moral Design Strategy bij Fontys Hogeschool Economie en Communicatie (FEC). “Ik heb een redelijk groot vertrouwen in het techno-morele kompas van onze studenten.”

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Mantelzorg, smeerolie of gouden schroef?

Dit hoofdstuk1 gaat over de betekenis van mantelzorg in de dagelijkse praktijk van zorg en welzijn. Op grond van de relationele zorg, die mantelzorg altijd is, worden vijf bouwstenen gepresenteerd die professionals kunnen toepassen in hun ontmoetingen met zorgvragers en mantelzorgers. De bouwstenen vormen gezamenlijk een model voor beroepskrachten gericht op het bereiken van afstemming tussen de familiale logica en de professionele logica.

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De bijdrage van Direct Manipulation Environments aan de ontwikkeling van technische geletterdheid in de basisschool.

Er is behoefte aan mensen die bijdragen leveren aan de ontwikkeling van technische producten en processen. Onderwijs heeft de opdracht de technische geletterdheid van leerlingen te ontwikkelen en te zorgen dat ze zich prettig voelen bij het hanteren van techniek. Deze studie focust op de bijdrage die Mindtools hieraan leveren. Mindtools zijn op ICT gebaseerde leermiddelen die samenwerkend constructivistisch leren en hoger-orde (kritisch en creatief) denken stimuleren. Het begrip Direct Manipulation Environments (DME's), een subklasse van Mindtools, kenmerkt concrete leermiddelen zoals de microwerelden "Lego Mindstorms" en "Techno Logica". Deze microwerelden functioneren op basis van een materieel technisch model dat direct via een computer¬programma bestuurd wordt en taken kan uitvoeren (robots). De leertaak voor de leerling kan zich bewegen op het continuüm van het zelf programmeren van een kant-en-klaar materieel model dat bepaalde taken moet uitvoeren tot en met het zelf bedenken, bouwen en programmeren van een dergelijk model dat een of meer taken kan uitvoeren. Op grond van eerder literatuuronderzoek en een casestudie veronderstellen we dat het educatief toepassen van DME's bijdraagt aan de ontwikkeling van de technische geletterdheid van leerlingen. Hoewel definiëring van technische geletterdheid meer aandacht vraagt, zijn de volgende drie dimensies voor onze analyses bruikbaar gebleken: inhoud (zoals feiten, concepten, voorschriften), praktijk (het handelen, het materiële, doen en realiseren) en de cognitieve dimensie (denkvaardigheden en denkhoudingen). Het is aannemelijk dat door het toepassen van DME's domeinspecifieke concepten en kennis ontwikkeld wordt. Het denken van leerlingen is gekoppeld aan contexten en taken en moet niet geïsoleerd worden bestudeerd. We concentreren ons in deze studie vooral op onderzoek naar de dimensie van de denkvaardigheden en denkhoudingen (het denken van leerlingenduo's bij het oplossen van een probleemtaak) door het analyseren van de verbale interactie op kenmerken van kritisch - en creatief denken. Er is gebruik gemaakt van een Techno Logica leeromgeving bestaande uit een computer met software, een interface, bestuurbare materialen zoals lampjes en motors, en een zelfinstructie handleiding. Twee in complexiteit toenemende probleemtaken, ieder gebaseerd op een kant-en-klaar materieel model (Verkeerslicht en Reuzenrad), zijn gebruikt om de leerlingen besturingen te laten ontwerpen en testen. Dit proces werd op video opgenomen. We veronderstellen dat Techno Logica een bruikbare Mindtool is wanneer werken ermee bijdraagt aan technologische geletterdheid, in de zin dat er sprake is van probleemoplossen en hoger orde denken. Om dit te operationaliseren ontwierpen we een gestructureerd observatie-instrument op basis van het IOWA Integrated Thinking Model en de theorie over denkhoudingen (Costa, 2000). Hiermee werd het voorkomen en de diversiteit van denkvaardigheden en denkhoudingen in de verbale acties en interactie gescoord. Op basis van onze waarnemingen concluderen we dat veel interactie en handelen eerder geduid kan worden als uitingen van denken dan trial and error. Er zijn indicaties dat de leeromgeving en probleemtaken leiden tot ontwikkeling van expertise waardoor een nieuwe (moeilijkere) probleemtaak efficiënter en effectiever opgelost wordt. We vragen we aandacht voor de rol van de docent. We ervaren immers dat nieuwe leermiddelen niet gemakkelijk geadopteerd worden door leerkrachten.

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De bijdrage van Direct Manipulation Environments aan de ontwikkeling van technische geletterdheid in de basisschool.

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A Collaborative Data Driven Approach to Developing Resilience for Hospitality SMEs

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A collaborative data driven approach to developing resilience for hospitality SMEs.

The focus of this project is on improving the resilience of hospitality Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) by enabling them to take advantage of digitalization tools and data analytics in particular. Hospitality SMEs play an important role in their local community but are vulnerable to shifts in demand. Due to a lack of resources (time, finance, and sometimes knowledge), they do not have sufficient access to data analytics tools that are typically available to larger organizations. The purpose of this project is therefore to develop a prototype infrastructure or ecosystem showcasing how Dutch hospitality SMEs can develop their data analytic capability in such a way that they increase their resilience to shifts in demand. The one year exploration period will be used to assess the feasibility of such an infrastructure and will address technological aspects (e.g. kind of technological platform), process aspects (e.g. prerequisites for collaboration such as confidentiality and safety of data), knowledge aspects (e.g. what knowledge of data analytics do SMEs need and through what medium), and organizational aspects (what kind of cooperation form is necessary and how should it be financed).Societal issueIn the Netherlands, hospitality SMEs such as hotels play an important role in local communities, providing employment opportunities, supporting financially or otherwise local social activities and sports teams (Panteia, 2023). Nevertheless, due to their high fixed cost / low variable business model, hospitality SMEs are vulnerable to shifts in consumer demand (Kokkinou, Mitas, et al., 2023; Koninklijke Horeca Nederland, 2023). This risk could be partially mitigated by using data analytics, to gain visibility over demand, and make data-driven decisions regarding allocation of marketing resources, pricing, procurement, etc…. However, this requires investments in technology, processes, and training that are oftentimes (financially) inaccessible to these small SMEs.Benefit for societyThe proposed study touches upon several key enabling technologies First, key enabling technology participation and co-creation lies at the center of this proposal. The premise is that regional hospitality SMEs can achieve more by combining their knowledge and resources. The proposed project therefore aims to give diverse stakeholders the means and opportunity to collaborate, learn from each other, and work together on a prototype collaboration. The proposed study thereby also contributes to developing knowledge with and for entrepreneurs and to digitalization of the tourism and hospitality sector.Collaborative partnersHZ University of Applied Sciences, Hotel Hulst, Hotel/Restaurant de Belgische Loodsensociëteit, Hotel Zilt, DM Hotels, Hotel Charley's, Juyo Analytics, Impuls Zeeland.

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A roadmap for developing Data Analytic Capability for Digital Transformation

Digital transformation has been recognized for its potential to contribute to sustainability goals. It requires companies to develop their Data Analytic Capability (DAC), defined as their ability to collect, manage and analyze data effectively. Despite the governmental efforts to promote digitalization, there seems to be a knowledge gap on how to proceed, with 37% of Dutch SMEs reporting a lack of knowledge, and 33% reporting a lack of support in developing DAC. Participants in the interviews that we organized preparing this proposal indicated a need for guidance on how to develop DAC within their organization given their unique context (e.g. age and experience of the workforce, presence of legacy systems, high daily workload, lack of knowledge of digitalization). While a lot of attention has been given to the technological aspects of DAC, the people, process, and organizational culture aspects are as important, requiring a comprehensive approach and thus a bundling of knowledge from different expertise. Therefore, the objective of this KIEM proposal is to identify organizational enablers and inhibitors of DAC through a series of interviews and case studies, and use these to formulate a preliminary roadmap to DAC. From a structure perspective, the objective of the KIEM proposal will be to explore and solidify the partnership between Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas), Avans University of Applied Sciences (Avans), Logistics Community Brabant (LCB), van Berkel Logistics BV, Smink Group BV, and iValueImprovement BV. This partnership will be used to develop the preliminary roadmap and pre-test it using action methodology. The action research protocol and preliminary roadmap thereby developed in this KIEM project will form the basis for a subsequent RAAK proposal.

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Alignment aUtomation Tool for Optically Coupled single-Use sEnsors (AUTOCUE)

Various companies in diagnostic testing struggle with the same “valley of death” challenge. In order to further develop their sensing application, they rely on the technological readiness of easy and reproducible read-out systems. Photonic chips can be very sensitive sensors and can be made application-specific when coated with a properly chosen bio-functionalized layer. Here the challenge lies in the optical coupling of the active components (light source and detector) to the (disposable) photonic sensor chip. For the technology to be commercially viable, the price of the disposable photonic sensor chip should be as low as possible. The coupling of light from the source to the photonic sensor chip and back to the detectors requires a positioning accuracy of less than 1 micrometer, which is a tremendous challenge. In this research proposal, we want to investigate which of the six degrees of freedom (three translational and three rotational) are the most crucial when aligning photonic sensor chips with the external active components. Knowing these degrees of freedom and their respective range we can develop and test an automated alignment tool which can realize photonic sensor chip alignment reproducibly and fully autonomously. The consortium with expertise and contributions in the value chain of photonics interfacing, system and mechanical engineering will investigate a two-step solution. This solution comprises a passive pre-alignment step (a mechanical stop determines the position), followed by an active alignment step (an algorithm moves the source to the optimal position with respect to the chip). The results will be integrated into a demonstrator that performs an automated procedure that aligns a passive photonic chip with a terminal that contains the active components. The demonstrator is successful if adequate optical coupling of the passive photonic chip with the external active components is realized fully automatically, without the need of operator intervention.

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ArtEZ EN-ROUTE - Reach Out To Europe

In recent years, ArtEZ has worked on a broadly supported strategic research agenda on the themes New Ecologies of Matter (ecological challenges), Social Equity (social-societal issues), (Un)Learning Practices (educational innovations) and (Non)CybernEtic Fabric (technological developments). Building on these strategic themes, the ArtEZ Research Collective as developed an international research strategy to become a valuable partner in the relevant Horizon Europe (HEU) areas of Environment, Industry and Social science and humanities. With its specific knowledge position and approach from arts and creativity, ArtEZ is convinced that it can play a distinctive role in European consortia to tackle various challenges in these areas, in particular from the perspective and research topics of the professorships Fashion and Tactical Design. To achieve its ambitions and goals in its targeted research topics, ArtEZ is convinced that a combination of international connections and local applications is key for successful impact. Building upon existing relations and extending the international research position requires extra efforts, e.g., by developing a strong international framework of state-of-the-art research results, impacts and ambitions. Therefore ArtEZ needs to (further) build on both its international network and its supportive infrastructure. With this proposal ArtEZ is presenting its goals and efforts to work on its international recognition as a valuable research partner, and to broaden its international network in cutting-edge research and other stakeholders. With regards to its supporting infrastructure, ArtEZ has the ambition to expand the impact of the Subsidy Desk to become a professional partner to the professorships. This approach requires a further professionalization and extension of both the Subsidy Desk organization and its services, and developing and complementing skills, expertise and competences to comply to the European requirements.

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Assessing functional vision using innovative eye tracking solutions to improve participation of people with visual, and severe or profound intellectual and multiple disabilities.

Everyone has the right to participate in society to the best of their ability. This right also applies to people with a visual impairment, in combination with a severe or profound intellectual and possibly motor disability (VISPIMD). However, due to their limitations, for their participation these people are often highly dependent on those around them, such as family members andhealthcare professionals. They determine how people with VISPIMD participate and to what extent. To optimize this support, they must have a good understanding of what people with disabilities can still do with their remaining vision.It is currently difficult to gain insight into the visual abilities of people with disabilities, especially those with VISPIMD. As a professional said, "Everything we can think of or develop to assess the functional vision of this vulnerable group will help improve our understanding and thus our ability to support them. Now, we are more or less guessing about what they can see.Moreover, what little we know about their vision is hard to communicate to other professionals”. Therefore, there is a need for methods that can provide insight into the functional vision of people with VISPIMD, in order to predict their options in daily life situations. This is crucial knowledge to ensure that these people can participate in society to their fullest extent.What makes it so difficult to get this insight at the moment? Visual impairments can be caused by a range of eye or brain disorders and can manifest in various ways. While we understand fairly well how low vision affects a person's abilities on relatively simple visual tasks, it is much more difficult to predict this in more complex dynamic everyday situations such asfinding your way or moving around during daily activities. This is because, among other things, conventional ophthalmic tests provide little information about what people can do with their remaining vision in everyday life (i.e., their functional vision).An additional problem in assessing vision in people with intellectual disabilities is that many conventional tests are difficult to perform or are too fatiguing, resulting in either no or the wrong information. In addition to their visual impairment, there is also a very serious intellectual disability (possibly combined with a motor impairment), which makes it even more complex to assesstheir functional vision. Due to the interplay between their visual, intellectual, and motor disabilities, it is almost impossible to determine whether persons are unable to perform an activity because they do not see it, do not notice it, do not understand it, cannot communicate about it, or are not able to move their head towards the stimulus due to motor disabilities.Although an expert professional can make a reasonable estimate of the functional possibilities through long-term and careful observation, the time and correct measurement data are usually lacking to find out the required information. So far, it is insufficiently clear what people with VZEVMB provoke to see and what they see exactly.Our goal with this project is to improve the understanding of the visual capabilities of people with VISPIMD. This then makes it possible to also improve the support for participation of the target group. We want to achieve this goal by developing and, in pilot form, testing a new combination of measurement and analysis methods - primarily based on eye movement registration -to determine the functional vision of people with VISPIMD. Our goal is to systematically determine what someone is responding to (“what”), where it may be (“where”), and how much time that response will take (“when”). When developing methods, we take the possibilities and preferences of the person in question as a starting point in relation to the technological possibilities.Because existing technological methods were originally developed for a different purpose, this partly requires adaptation to the possibilities of the target group.The concrete end product of our pilot will be a manual with an overview of available technological methods (as well as the methods themselves) for assessing functional vision, linked to the specific characteristics of the target group in the cognitive, motor area: 'Given that a client has this (estimated) combination of limitations (cognitive, motor and attention, time in whichsomeone can concentrate), the order of assessments is as follows:' followed by a description of the methods. We will also report on our findings in a workshop for professionals, a Dutch-language article and at least two scientific articles. This project is executed in the line: “I am seen; with all my strengths and limitations”. During the project, we closely collaborate with relevant stakeholders, i.e. the professionals with specific expertise working with the target group, family members of the persons with VISPIMD, and persons experiencing a visual impairment (‘experience experts’).

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Waarom ontbreekt ethiek zo vaak in onze curricula?

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