What's in It for Me? Incentives,Learning, and Completion in Massive Open Online Courses     

Todd D. Reeves  Andrew A. Tawfik  Fortunata Msilu  Irfan Şimşek 《Journal of Research on Technology in Education》2017,49(3-4):245-259

This study investigated the distribution of incentives (e.g., certificates, badges) for massive open online course (MOOC) completion, and relationships between incentives and MOOC outcomes. Participants were 779 MOOC students internationally who participated in at least 303 different MOOCs offered by at least 12 providers. MOOC participants most commonly intended to receive, and in actuality received, free and paid course certificates of completion; other incentives (e.g., digital badges, postsecondary credits) were far less common. In addition, MOOC participants' intentions to receive both free and paid certificates were consistently and positively related to perceived learning and course completion, net other factors. (Keywords: massive open online courses, MOOCs, motivation, incentives, microcredentials, certificates of completion)  相似文献   

Practical stability in terms of two measures for fractional order dynamic systems in Caputo's sense with initial time difference     

Muhammed Çi̇çek  Coşkun Yakar  Mustafa Bayram Gücen 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》2014

The initial time difference practical stability in terms of two measures has been investigated for nonlinear fractional differential equations in Caputo's sense and these properties have been unified with Lyapunov-like functions to establish a comparison result.  相似文献   

A view of the current situation and future directions of guidance and counselling in Czechoslovakia     

Jozef Koščo 《International journal for the advancement of counseling》1979,2(3):231-239

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Information and communication: An outline of a possible general theory of sign information     

V. Smetáček 《Information processing & management》1979,15(4):173-177

All live systems acquire and use knowledge to ensure appropriate efficiency in the mutual intercourse with the surrounding environment. Knowledge can be communicated only when the subject's internal model of the object of reality is objectified by means of a certain set of physical signs. Such an externalized model, a communicate, is to be accepted, adequately understood and evaluated by other relevant live systems. The information value of a communicate is therefore a function not only of the communicate itself but of the needs, aims, expectations and possibilities of relevant live systems as well. The information value of the same communicate can vary within a set of those systems. The determination of regularities in the relations between the information value of communicates, their content similarity and distinctive features of live systems producing and using them is a problem for experimental and empirical studies.  相似文献   

Freizeitgestaltung der Schüler Höherer Lehranstalten in Slowenien/Jugoslawien (Fortsetzung)     

F. Pediček 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》1957,3(4):507-510

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Approaches to and instruments of public relations: Higher education in the Czech Republic     

Petr Pirozˇek  Marie Heskova´ 《Higher Education in Europe》2003,28(4):487-494

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Prospective primary teachers’ shift in locus of control and pedagogy focus     

Lipovec  Alenka  Podgoršek Mesarec  Manja 《Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education》2021,24(4):361-373

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education - This paper presents the findings of an empirical research project, designed with a combination of qualitative and quantitative methodology. Our goal was...  相似文献   

Block-pulse functions method of the inverse laplace transform for irrational and transcendental transfer functions     

W. Marszałek 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》1984,318(3):193-200

A new direct method of the block-pulse functions technique of the inverse Laplace transform for irrational and transcendental transfer functions is presented. It is shown that the existing indirect method can be used equivalently with the new one. Two illustrative examples are given.  相似文献   

Validity of Holland’s theory in adolescence: evidence from a Slovak sample     

Martončik  Marcel  Kačmárová  Monika  Hruščová  Eva  Magáčová Žilková  Ivana  Kravcová  Michaela 《International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance》2020,20(3):543-565

The underlying calculus assumption of Holland’s theory was tested in two samples of primary school students (N₁ = 400 and N₂ = 250) with an average age of 13.86 and 14.14 years, respectively. Both exploratory and confirmatory multidimensional scaling and Hubert and Arabie’s randomization test of hypothesized order relations were calculated. The circular spatial arrangement of RIASEC types was not confirmed in either of the two samples. The study discusses possible causes of the inappropriateness of using Holland’s model in an adolescent sample.

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Redefinition of gestational diabetes mellitus: implications for laboratory practice in Croatia     

Marijana Vu?i? Lovren?i?  Lorena Honovi?  Sa?a Kralik  Jasminka Matica  Manja Pra?ek  Edita Pape-Medvidovi?  Marina Ivani?evi?  Josip ?elmi? 《Biochemia medica : ?asopis Hrvatskoga dru?tva medicinskih biokemi?ara / HDMB》2013,23(1):7-11

An increasing prevalence of gestational diabetes has become a very challenging task in prenatal care worldwide. International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) has recently issued recommendations on the diagnosis and classification of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy. These recommendations, the first to provide harmonised, evidence-based criteria for the diagnosis and classification of diabetes in pregnancy, are currently being discussed and accepted worldwide by the relevant authorities. As the acceptance of the proposed criteria has major implications for both clinical and laboratory settings, a concerted action towards necessary changes in practice has to be carefully planned and adjusted to national health-care specificities.IADPSG criteria have been strongly advocated by the Croatian Perinatology Society, resulting in a new strategy for the detection and diagnosis of hyperglycaemic disorders in pregnancy.To address the respective laboratory requirements, in April 2012, the Croatian Chamber of Medical Biochemists appointed a Working Group to provide a standardised procedure for the diagnosis of gestational diabetes, applicable to all laboratories involved in prenatal care, in both primary and specialised health-care facilities.In this paper we discuss key laboratory-related issues regarding succesful implementation of the IADPSG criteria in Croatia.  相似文献