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- Carlsson, Liesel, 1980-, et al.
(författare)
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How Can Dietitians Leverage Change for Sustainable Food Systems in Canada
- 2019
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Ingår i: Canadian journal of dietetic practice and research. - : DIETITIANS CANADA. - 2292-9592 .- 1486-3847. ; 80:4, s. 164-171
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: In this paper, we begin to set out language defining sustainablefood systems (SFS) in Canada, through the voices of dietitians, andidentify leverage points where dietitians can affect change.Methods: Dietitians of Canada members were invited to a Delphi Inquiryprocess; questions explored a vision of SFS in Canada, barriers to thatvision, and actions. Results were independently analysed by 2 membersof the research team who used the Framework for Strategic SustainableDevelopment to structure the data.Results: Fifty-eight members participated. The resultant vision describesa future food system in 15 thematic areas of the social and ecologicalsystems. Barriers are described according to how they undermine sustainability.High-leverage actions areas included: (i) facilitating knowledgedevelopment within the profession and public, (ii) influencing organizationalpolicy to support SFS, and (iii) and influencing public policy.Approaches to such action included: (i) facilitating cross-sectoral collaborationand (ii) applying reflexive approaches.Conclusions: This research suggests a multidimensional understandingof food systems sustainability among dietitians. The vision provides somelanguage to describe what dietitians mean by SFS and can be used as acompass point to orient action. Action areas and approaches have thepotential to drive systemic change while avoiding unintendedconsequences.
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- Berner, Jessica, et al.
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Factors influencing Internet usage in older adults (65 years and above) living in rural and urban Sweden
- 2015
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Ingår i: Health Informatics Journal. - : Sage Publications. - 1460-4582 .- 1741-2811. ; 21:3, s. 237-249
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Older adults living in rural and urban areas have shown to distinguish themselves in technology adoption; a clearer profile of their Internet use is important in order to provide better technological and health-care solutions. Older adults' Internet use was investigated across large to midsize cities and rural Sweden. The sample consisted of 7181 older adults ranging from 59 to 100 years old. Internet use was investigated with age, education, gender, household economy, cognition, living alone/or with someone and rural/urban living. Logistic regression was used. Those living in rural areas used the Internet less than their urban counterparts. Being younger and higher educated influenced Internet use; for older urban adults, these factors as well as living with someone and having good cognitive functioning were influential. Solutions are needed to avoid the exclusion of some older adults by a society that is today being shaped by the Internet.
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- Chatzipetrou, Panagiota, 1984-, et al.
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Approaching the Relative Estimation Concept with Planning Poker
- 2018
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Ingår i: CSERC '18 The 7th Computer Science Education Research Conference, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, October 10 - 12, 2018. - New York, NY, USA : ACM Digital Library. - 9781450366243 ; , s. 21-25
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Simulation is a powerful instrument in the education process that can help students experience a reality context and understand complex concepts required to accomplish practitioners’ tasks. The present study aims to investigate the software engineering students’ perception about the usefulness of the Planning Poker technique in relation to their understanding of the relative estimation concept. We conducted a simulation exercise where students first estimated tasks applying the concepts of relative estimation based on the concepts explained in the lecture, and then to estimate tasks applying the Agile Planning Poker technique. To investigate the students’ perception, we used a survey at the end of each exercise. The preliminary results did not show statistical significance on the students’ confidence to estimate relatively the user stories. However, from the students’ comments and feedback, there are indications that students are more confident in using Agile Planning Poker when they are asked to estimate user stories. The study will be replicated in the near future to a different group of students with a different background, to have a better understanding and also identify possible flaws of the exercise.
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- Börstler, Jürgen, et al.
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Sharing and discussing UML modeling exercises in a PLE
- 2010
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Ingår i: ITICSE 2010. - New York, NY, USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). - 9781605588209 ; , s. 301-301
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present courseware for UML/SysML modelling that supports collaborative learning at a distance. Learners can solve interactive modelling exercises and discuss their solutions. First evaluations show promising results.
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- Nilsson, Monica, et al.
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Will this be on the exam? : The tension between use value and exchange value in higher education and its relation to forms of learning
- 2007
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper explores discourses in higher education viewing two pairs of concepts, on the one hand, the concepts of use- vs. exchange value and on the other, the concepts of deep vs. surface learning. Drawing on Yrjö Engeströms’ position of use- vs. exchange value, and his elaboration on the activity system, we assert that any component in an activity system combines two inherent forces which compete yet presuppose one other. It is this dialectical relationship which makes systems dynamic and thus change over time. The paper is based on an empirical study using data from a distance- and net based course in general pedagogy at a Swedish university. In the context of higher education, the tension between use- and exchange value is present on a daily basis in the life and work of instructors and students. A student has to pay attention to rules and regulations that form the structure of the educational institution. For example, the Swedish educational system requires that a student maintain a certain number of credits per semester in order to qualify for a study loan. On the other hand, the university’s state funding is based on how many students pass their exams. For the student, the credit requirement often leads to a strategic approach to learning governed by a wish to pass the test as the major goal. For the instructor, the funding rule compels her to organize the interpreted curriculum so that the content of the course becomes achievable within the course time limit and the level of achievement is measurable. Thus, the student and the instructor have a shared interest. We define these interests as the exchange value of education. However, both the instructor and the student have an interest in reaching a goal beyond the immediate satisfaction of obtained credits. This goal is about developing competence, capabilities, skills and insights held as important in higher education. We define these goals as use value of education.At a first glance one would tend to relate the exchange value of education with what has been defined as the surface approach to learning (Marton & Booth, 1997). The surface approach to learning focuses on what can be called the sign, for example, a text itself (ibid). This implies that memorization, replication and rote learning become the main approaches to learning. A student’s attitude rests on the belief that knowledge is to be declared as rather fixed answers and tested in terms of right and wrong. This is in contrast to the belief that knowledge is constructed through an understanding of complex phenomenon and concepts involving the act of relating previous knowledge and experiences with new knowledge. On the other hand, the concept of the deep approach to learning could easily be related to the use value of education since this approach focuses on what which is signified, for example, the meaning of a text. The deep approach to learning also focuses on using organizing principles to integrate ideas (Marton & Booth, 1997). Hence, this approach leads to a more durable and complex set of competencies, skills, and insights. However, under present conditions this approach might require a longer process, which might not be available within the existing institutional structures. Thus, we assert that, there are a bound to be consequences for higher education in terms of the quality of learning.In this paper, though, we are interested in understanding the dialectical relationship between use- and exchange value and the link to learning. Thus, we want to go beyond the immediate perception of the relationship between exchange value and surface learning, on the one hand, and use value and deep level learning, on the other. In this paper we ask the following two questions. What are the signs of use- and exchange value in communication between students and instructors in higher education? How are manifestations of use- and exchange value approached by students and instructors in higher education aiming at a deep approach to leaning? Thus, the purpose of the paper is to contribute to an understanding of the dialectical tension in the object of the activity of higher education and its relationship to forms of learning. With forms of learning we here refer to surface- and deep approaches to learning but we might also include expansive learning though that is not the main focus of this study.On an applied level, higher education institutions aiming at deep approach to learning and durable and complex competencies, skills, and insights should benefit from this study.
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- Nilsson, Lina, 1977-, et al.
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The importance of Interaction in the implementation of information technology in health care : A symbolic interactionism study on the meaning of accessibility
- 2012
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Ingår i: Informatics for Health and Social Care. - : Informa Healthcare. - 1753-8157 .- 1753-8165. ; 37:4, s. 277-290
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A challenge when groups from different disciplines work together in implementing health information technology (HIT) in a health-care context is that words often have different meanings depending upon work practices, and definition of situations. Accessibility is a word commonly associated with HIT implementation. This study aimed to investigate different meanings of accessibility when implementing HIT in everyday work practice in a health-care context. It focused on the perspective of nurses to highlight another view of the complex relationship between HIT and information in a health-care context. This is a qualitative study influenced by institutional ethnographic. District nurses and student nurses were interviewed. The results indicate that when implementing HIT accessibility depends on working routines, social structures and patient relationship. The findings of the study suggest that interaction needs to take on a more important role when implementing HIT because people act upon words from the interpreted meaning of them. Symbolic interactionism is proposed as a way to set a mutual stage to facilitate an overall understanding of the importance of the meaning of words. There is a need for making place and space for negotiation of the meaning of words when implementing HIT in everyday work practice.
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- Kans, Mirka, 1971-, et al.
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Gender-Related Differences for Subject Interest and Academic Emotions for STEM Subjects among Swedish Upper Secondary School Students
- 2022
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Ingår i: Education Sciences. - : MDPI. - 2227-7102. ; 12:8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- It is hard to attract young persons to engineering and other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields of education in Sweden. Factors, such as interest and ability, are affecting the educational orientation of students, and many studies suggest that there are gender related differences in students’ perceptions regarding different subject areas. Nevertheless, it is not fully evident why students’ make their educational choices. In this paper, Swedish upper secondary school students’ perceptions of interest and self-efficacy are studied in the form of a questionnaire survey to gain deeper understanding on the choices that are made. Open-ended questions regarding subject interest, as well as questions connecting STEM-related situations with perceived emotions were included, in addition to direct questions regarding interest and self-efficacy. Differences were seen both with respect to educational orientation and to gender, which confirms previous studies. Male students were interested in subjects that are accurate, logical, and scientific, while the female students emphasized the analytical and challenging aspects, in the sense that the subjects forced them to think. Interest and future opportunities affected the choice of program, while the student’s own perceived ability seemed less important. Results with respect to emotions showed that the female students in this study felt insecure and scared in STEM-related situations to higher degree than male students did. Students on the social science program were bored and uninterested, while natural science and technology program students were more interested and confident in STEM-related scenarios. These findings help us to understand how students approach STEM situations, and how to take necessary measures to equalize these situations using a norm-critical approach. © 2022 by the authors.
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- Ding, Jianguo
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Intrusion Detection, Prevention, and Response System (IDPRS) for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs)
- 2015
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Ingår i: Securing Cyber Physical Systems. - Boca Raton, US : Taylor & Francis Group. - 9781498700986 - 9781498700993 - 9780429091049 ; , s. 371-392
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) are integrated physical, engineered, andsocial systems whose operations are monitored, coordinated, controlled, and integratedby a computing and communication core. Due to the dynamic structure ofCPSs, the security measurements are often complex. Given this fact, the objectiveof this chapter is to present the intrusion detection, prevention, and response system(IDPRS) for such a dynamic environment.
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- Lennerstad, Håkan, et al.
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Åtta IKT-projekt för matematiken i skolan : empiri och analys
- 2012
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Rapport (refereegranskat)abstract
- Denna rapport presenterar empiri och analys av en granskning av åtta projekt som mottagit medel från Skolverket för att tillämpa IKT i skolans matematikundervisning. Empirin är organiserad enligt aktivitetsteorin, vilken sätter relationerna mellan människa, miljö, aktiviteter och mål i förgrunden. Empirin som presenteras är till stor del sammanställda repliker från lärare och elever vid intervjuerna, organi¬sera¬de för att belysa verksamhetens olika relationer. Det betyder att presentationen är till stor del på de verksammas villkor, och på deras språk.Ett stort antal konkreta slutsatser framkommer ur detta material. En av dem är att klass¬upp-sätt¬ningar av datorer är sällan framgångsrika, på grund av att teknisk support ofta var otillräcklig, och att lärarna inte kan veta hur mycket eleverna använder datorerna till icke-skol-verk¬sam¬het. Dessa problem finns inte för interaktiva skrivtavlor. De framstår däremot som ett socialt verktyg, som gör utbyte och dialog om ämnet lättare att få till stånd. I flera fall framkom indirekt, men ändå tydligt, att utbildningen på tekniken hade varit otillräcklig, trots att lärarna inte uttryckte ett tydligt missnöje med den. Skrivtavlan ökade lärarnas motivation för samarbete. En framåtriktad slutsats är att en lärargrupp som har ett fungerande samarbete och goda didaktiska, ämnesmässiga, ledar- och relationella kompe¬tenser med en interaktiv skrivtavla har en möjlighet att komma längre med elevernas måluppfyllelse.
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- Nyqvist, Robert
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Automatiserad rättning av beräknings och programmeringsuppgifter
- 2020
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Rapport (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Molntjänsten CoCalc erbjuder en smidig administration av inlämnings-och laborationsuppgifter direkt i den miljö där studenterna skaanvända vid problemlösning. CoCalc kombinerar ett stort antal friamatematikprogram och programmeringsspråk tillsammans med en Linuxterminal.
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