Experiential Case Research Articles

Graduate Study with Online Education in the Post-Pandemic Era: An Experiential Case Study

It is important for the human resources industry to have the ability to overcome existing industrial challenges as well as to prepare for the coming challenges impacted by the changing strategic environment. This includes but is not limited to Industry 4.0, VUCA & BANI World, the COVID-19 pandemic, Society 5.0 and changing geopolitics. To be able to deal with more complex problems requires Higher-Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). Therefore, improving HOTS, especially in the human resources industry, requires a solid partnership between industry and academia. The academic partnership will be meaningful in improving HOTS’s ability through a tailored master’s program known as a multi-disciplinary master’s program (MDMP). MDMP improve the HOTS of industry human resources by combining the strengths of academics and industry. This is an action research developed together between industry and academia and performed in several academic projects towards a master’s degree in various fields. It was concluded, based on the results, that MDMP showed promising results toward the improvement of industry human resources, especially in the ability of HOTS.
 Keywords: higher-order thinking skills, academic-industry partnership, multi disciplinary master’s program

An Analysis of Case Grammar in English Film Dialogue: A New Perspective of Linguistic Modern

Abstract. Fillmore is modern linguistic figure who pioneered the emergence of case grammar theory. He stated that case grammar is a new version of the theory modified from the old theory, namely generative transformation grammar. He developed case grammar after seeing a problem with the grammar of generative transformations. Thus, he declared that case grammar consists of two basic components: modality and proposition. In a line with this background, the purposes of this study are: (1) to reveal the modality in the film “Enola Holmes” based on the perspective of Charles J. Fillmore; (2) to reveal the preposition in the film “Enola Holmes” based on the perspective of Charles J. Fillmore. The type of this study is qualitative descriptive study. Data is in the form of conversation in the film. Thus, the data were taken through watching, listening, and note-taking techniques. The data was analyzed by using three steps. They are data reduction: researchers classified data based on elements of case grammar theory including modalities and propositions, data presentation: researchers displayed data in the form of the table in accordance of modalities and propositions, and interpreted data based on case grammar theory, and conclusion: researchers conducted data induction from interpretation results and ensured that the interpretation results fulfilled the elements of case grammar theory. The results show that the modality in the film “Enola Holmes” based on the perspective of Charles J. Fillmore consists of three modalities. They are tense modality, adverb modality, and negation modality. At the same time, the proposition consists of ten types. They are agentive case (A), experiential case (E), instrument case (I), objective case (O), source case (S), goal case (G), locative case (L), time case (T), companion case (CMP), and benefactive case (B). The results of this study strengthen Fillmore’s theory which states that as a part of sentence structures, modalities and propositions have types and forms and in the context of English film dialogue, the emergence of modalities and propositions is influenced by sentence structure used by the speaker in conveying his meaning.Keywords: Case Grammar, Film, Modality, Proposition

“Nothing Beats Nature”: Park Visitor Preferences for Natural Turfgrass and Artificial Turf: A Case Study

Green spaces comprising natural turfgrass are ubiquitous in urban areas globally and allow for a variety of ecosystem services that benefit nature and people. However, traditional natural turfgrass is often critiqued for the number of inputs (e.g., fertilizer, water) required to maintain it. With those critiques in mind, some cities have turned to artificial turf as an alternative groundcover despite environmental and human health concerns (e.g., heavy metal leaching, volatile organic compounds). Research of artificial turf has been minimal compared with that of the growth of installations, especially related to social aspects of the surface. The current research used an in-person experiential case study of park visitors in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area of Minneapolis–St. Paul, MN, USA, to investigate how individuals perceived artificial turf compared with natural turfgrass as it relates to potential uses (e.g., resting/relaxing) and beliefs about sustainability (e.g., environmental impacts). Overall, participants preferred natural turfgrass across all uses but two (recreational and organized sports). The largest differences were observed for the use for picnic areas and the use for play areas for pets. Participants also perceived natural turfgrass as more sustainable than artificial turf, corresponding to the contribution to human health and well-being. In contrast, participants equally perceived the use of these surfaces in terms of natural resources. These findings have implications for public land managers, urban planners, city councils, and other stakeholders because they consider the adoption of artificial turf or other possible alternatives (e.g., low-input turfgrasses, bee lawns) to traditional turfgrass in the communities and their sustainability, maintenance, and cost-savings.

대학생을 위한 체험형 평화통일교육

This study aimed to seek for effective educational methods by sharing experiential cases of peaceful unification education for college students and also considering the characteristics of college students. This study shared the peaceful unification education performed as a part of extracurricular activity of C university in K province during the second semester of 2021. C university performed varied education including five times of special lecture on peaceful unification, experiential peaceful unification education, and unification field trip during a semester. Among them, the experiential peaceful unification education aimed to add meanings to it by combining lecture and experiential activities, which aimed to share opinions of participated college students. As college students are the key generation that should design and prepare for the unification process of South and North Korea and the unified future, they need to be encouraged to participate in it. The peaceful unification education of college would need to connect the educational content, major, and college students who are the subjects of unification education, and also to reflect the characteristics of the generation.

Case grammar in film “the Professor and the Madman” based on Charles J. Fillmore’s Perspective

The sentences spoken by the actors in the dialogue contained in the film “the Professor and the Madman” consist of a variety of structures that form a grammatical construction, so that the sentences can be understood and the dialogue can run well and smoothly. In the context of Charles J. Fillmore’s case grammar, the various structures that form a grammatical construction in a sentence are called modality and proposition. In a line with that background, the purposes of the research are: (1) to reveal the modality in film “the Professor and the Madman” based on the perspective of Charles J. Fillmore; (2) to describe the proposition in film “the Professor and the Madman” based on the perspective of Charles J. Fillmore. This research is qualitative, descriptive and literary research. The data source in this research is film “the Professor and the Madman” directed by P.B. Shemran. The data collection techniques in this research use watching, reading-listening and taking note. The data analysis techniques consist of three stages, namely: (1) choosing and classifying data based on modality and its forms; and proposition and its forms; (2) illustrating and writing down case grammar elements and their forms on the table, explaining them sequentially and interpreting them based on Charles J. Fillmore’s perspective; and (3) conducting the induction of interpretation summary to obtain substantive and formative conclusions. The results are: (1) modality has types, including tense: past, present and future; mode: desiderative, imperative, indicative, and interrogative; negation: no and not; adverb: frequency, manner, degree, quantity, and explanatory; (2) there are several types of proposition. They are agentive case (A): first personal pronoun, second pronoun, and third pronoun; experiential case (E): verb (basic) and verb (modal); instrumental case (I): noun and sense; objective case (O): human and thing; source case (S): noun phrase and noun; goal case (G): human and place; locative case (L): area, part of house, and office; time case (T): part of the day, year, and century; collateral case (C): with + noun; and benefactive case: for + noun. Based on the results of this research, it can be concluded that if a sentence is viewed from the case grammar theory, then it must have an inner structure consisting of modality and or proposition. Modality and proposition consist of types and each of types has the various forms.

Developing weblog design in Indonesian creative writing material

The sentences spoken by the actors in the dialogue contained in the film “the Professor and the Madman” consist of a variety of structures that form a grammatical construction, so that the sentences can be understood and the dialogue can run well and smoothly. In the context of Charles J. Fillmore’s case grammar, the various structures that form a grammatical construction in a sentence are called modality and proposition. In a line with that background, the purposes of the research are: (1) to reveal the modality in film “the Professor and the Madman” based on the perspective of Charles J. Fillmore; (2) to describe the proposition in film “the Professor and the Madman” based on the perspective of Charles J. Fillmore. This research is qualitative, descriptive and literary research. The data source in this research is film “the Professor and the Madman” directed by P.B. Shemran. The data collection techniques in this research use watching, reading-listening and taking note. The data analysis techniques consist of three stages, namely: (1) choosing and classifying data based on modality and its forms; and proposition and its forms; (2) illustrating and writing down case grammar elements and their forms on the table, explaining them sequentially and interpreting them based on Charles J. Fillmore’s perspective; and (3) conducting the induction of interpretation summary to obtain substantive and formative conclusions. The results are: (1) modality has types, including tense: past, present and future; mode: desiderative, imperative, indicative, and interrogative; negation: no and not; adverb: frequency, manner, degree, quantity, and explanatory; (2) there are several types of proposition. They are agentive case (A): first personal pronoun, second pronoun, and third pronoun; experiential case (E): verb (basic) and verb (modal); instrumental case (I): noun and sense; objective case (O): human and thing; source case (S): noun phrase and noun; goal case (G): human and place; locative case (L): area, part of house, and office; time case (T): part of the day, year, and century; collateral case (C): with + noun; and benefactive case: for + noun. Based on the results of this research, it can be concluded that if a sentence is viewed from the case grammar theory, then it must have an inner structure consisting of modality and or proposition. Modality and proposition consist of types and each of types has the various forms.

Student-generated learning objectives and curricular innovation

Introduction
 Recent focus from accrediting bodies emphasizes learning objectives as a means of mapping and standardizing content coverage. While most educational training centers on faculty-derived learning objectives that are geared towards didactic lectures, student-centered teaching modalities like problem-based learning continue to gain popularity. One opportunity is the integration of student-generated learning goals in curriculum development. The educational philosophy at the Penn State College of Medicine University Park Regional Campus centers on discussion-based Inquiry Groups that focus on students’ experiential case learning which leads to student-generated learning objectives. This study examined a student-centered approach to learning objectives.
 Methods
 Our quantitative analysis explored student-generated learning objectives during the first-year curriculum. Primary outcome measures included process variables investigating the growth and change of objectives across the year that include Bloom’s taxonomy-based verb scores, verb numbers per session, and learning objective word lengths. Knowledge-based content coverage variables were compared with existing curricular models.
 Results
 Student-derived learning objectives changed substantially over the year. Taxonomy scores decreased while the learning objective verb number, word length, and calculated value per session increased significant. Content and comparator analyses showed that coverage and verb quality met or exceeded existing curricular models.
 Discussion
 Student-generated learning objectives are not only plausible and achievable, they also provide distinct pacing and engagement benefits. Our findings serve as a model for student-centered educational innovations.

Learning model discrepancy: A Gaussian process and sampling-based approach

Predicting events in the real world with a computer model (simulator) is challenging. Every simulator, to varying extents, has model discrepancy, a mismatch between real world observations and the simulator (given the ‘true’ parameters are known). Model discrepancy occurs for various reasons, including simplified or missing physics in the simulator, numerical approximations that are required to compute the simulator outputs, and the fact that assumptions in the simulator are not generally applicable to all real world contexts. The existence of model discrepancy is problematic for the engineer as performing calibration of the simulator will lead to biased parameter estimates, and the resulting simulator is unlikely to accurately predict (or even be valid for) various contexts of interest. This paper proposes an approach for inferring model discrepancy that overcomes non-identifiability problems associated with jointly inferring the simulator parameters along with the model discrepancy. Instead, the proposed procedure seeks to identify model discrepancy given some parameter distribution, which could come from a ‘likelihood-free’ approach that considers the presence of model discrepancy during calibration, such as Bayesian history matching. In this case, model discrepancy is inferred whilst marginalising out the uncertain simulator outputs via a sampling-based approach, therefore better reflecting the ‘true’ uncertainty associated with the model discrepancy. Verification of the approach is performed before a demonstration on an experiential case study, comprising a representative five storey building structure.

The ISR-1 Drug Case: A Decision-Making Exercise

Organizations around the world are challenged with managing complex decisions; however, many students do not have practical experience with the way in which these organizations go about this process. In this article, we outline an experiential case, based on a contemporary, real-world health policy challenge, which illustrates the ethical and team-based difficulties inherent in making decisions in instances of limited budgets and multiple stakeholders with conflicting priorities. This highly adaptable exercise places students in the role of decision-maker where they must select the best course of action to address a virulent blood-borne disease afflicting their constituents. Throughout this process, students are exposed to a number of decision-making, stakeholder, ethical, and team dynamic issues. The exercise has been successfully implemented in undergraduate- and graduate-level classes and encourages high-quality class discussions in a wide range of organizational behavior and management courses.

Practitioner experience of the impact of humanistic methods on autism practice: a preliminary study

PurposeAutistic people are subject to having their behaviour shaped from a variety of practitioners predominantly using behaviourist methodologies. Little is known about how learning alternative humanistic methodologies impacts practitioner experiences of relational encounters with autistic people. This paper aims to develop an understanding of practitioner experiences of using person-centred counselling (PCC) skills and contact reflections (CR) when engaging with autistic people.Design/methodology/approachThis qualitative study used an interpretive approach to help elucidate perceptions of changing practice. It involved a framework analysis of 20 practitioner’s experiential case study accounts.FindingsAn overarching theme emerged: subtle transformations resulted from shifting practice paradigms. Four broad themes were identified: “A different way of being”; “Opening heightened channels of receptivity”; “Trust in self-actualising growth” and “Expanding relational ripples”. The findings suggest that PCC and CRs skills training shows promise in providing practitioners with a different way of being with autistic people that enhances their capacity towards neurotypical-neurodivergent intersubjectivity.Social implicationsThe authors speculate on the power dynamics of care relationships and those who may identify as possessing autism expertise. The authors are curious as to whether this humanistic skills training can truly penetrate practitioner core values and see this as a fundamental issue which requires further investigation.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to provide a qualitative account of autism practitioner reflections following training in humanistic methodologies. It challenges the concept of autism expertise, guided by a pathologiSing model, focused on fixing a problem located in the person, which conceals the removal of personhood.

Innovation for Changing Needs of Customers and their Consumption Patterns in Retail for Competitive Advantage: an Experiential Case Study

Innovation for Changing Needs of Customers and their Consumption Patterns in Retail for Competitive Advantage: an Experiential Case Study

Simulation, manufacture and experimental validation of a novel single-acting free-piston Stirling engine electric generator

Owing to its high thermal efficiency, fuel flexibility, low vibration and noise, and low emissions, the free-piston Stirling engine has in recent years attracted renewed interest worldwide for uses specifically relating to micro-combined heat and power generation. To aid prospective engine designers with the modelling and analysis of such engines, this paper presents the numerical simulation, manufacture and experimental validation of a free-piston Stirling engine electric generator. The paper firstly presents a 100 W electrical free-piston Stirling engine developed at Stellenbosch University. Secondly, an overview of a fully-explicit, one-dimensional numerical model is given in which both the engine thermodynamic and kinematic behaviours are solved as an initial-value problem. Thirdly, an experiential case study of passive engine operation is presented in which a peak electrical output of between 60 and 70 W was delivered. The obtained experimental data clearly validates the numerical model, with the piston stroke deviating by 2.61%; the piston-displacer phase difference by 12.42%; the workspace indicated power by 15.15%; and the average electrical output power by 23.30%. For future work it is recommended that the validated model be used to develop a more optimised and task-suited engine. The use of an active feedback controller is also recommended so that piston-casing collision can be eliminated.

Developing a university-wide academic integrity E-learning tutorial: a Canadian case

Academic integrity has become a significant point of concern in the post-secondary landscape, and many institutions are now exploring ways on how to implement academic integrity training for students. This paper delineates the development of an Academic Integrity E-Learning (AIE-L) tutorial at MacEwan University, Canada. In its first incarnation, the AIE-L tutorial was intended as an education tool for students who had been found to violate the University’s Academic Integrity Policy. However, in a discourse of the academic integrity process, the University reimagined it from only emphasising the increased understanding and strengthened commitment of students found to have committed academic misconduct to a proactive focus with education for all students. The purpose of the present paper is three-fold: first, describe the development of the AIE-L tutorial as an experiential case study; second, improve the content of the AIE-L tutorial through students’ quantitative and qualitative feedback; third, calibrate the pre and post-test questions for content validity for a forthcoming large-scale measurement of the AIE-L tutorial effectiveness.

Enhanced stabilization diagram for automated modal parameter identification based on power spectral density transmissibility functions

Operational modal analysis based on power spectral density transmissibility (PSDT) functions is a useful tool to identify the modal parameters with low sensitivity to excitations. For pole extraction from the PSDT function, a proper parametric identification method such as the polyreference least squares complex frequency-domain method or poly-Max method can be used. Then, the poles are selected from a stabilization diagram (SD) with overestimating the system model order. Therefore, spurious modes can be identified that must be distinguished and removed from the system poles. To reach this aim, many techniques have been proposed and applied. In this paper, a new algorithm is proposed to enhance the performance of the SD for automated modal parameter identification based on the PSDT. The algorithm is composed of two main phases. In the first phase, the spurious modes are discriminated from the system poles on the basis of the conventional and supplementary stability criteria. On spurious mode omission, two new criteria named “pole criterion” and “coherence criterion” are introduced and applied as the supplementary stability criteria to make a more clear SD. Then, the extracted poles are categorized in the distinct clusters through a new strategy for comparing modes. In the second phase, a novel multiscreening algorithm is implemented for the automated identification of the system poles. Accordingly, the searching and averaging processes are followed between clusters, and the poles are screened to automatically identify the system poles on the basis of the numbers of their repetition in the SD via k-means clustering algorithms. Also, to improve the accuracy of the identification, the Hilbert transform is used in the construction of the PSDT functions. Finally, to validate and demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed method, a computer simulation and an experiential case study are considered.

The polyphony of musician–teacher partnerships: Towards real dialogues?

This article aims to explore and discuss how, on many levels and in many ways, polyphonic dialogues can fluctuate among participants in a multidisciplinary didactic art project implemented in schools, namely, School and Concert – From Transmission to Dialogue (DiSko). DiSko is an innovation project that aims to try different ways to address the significant lack of school ownership to professional visiting concerts in Norwegian schools.The project method, educational design research, is a combination of approaches that are usually applied to well-known research-based problems. Empirically, researchers and participants carry out successive iterations of experiential case interventions based on ongoing analysis. A central aim of the method is to suggest concrete research-based solutions or new ways of addressing a problem, which is instrumental outside specific case contexts.Dialogue is a major epistemological grounding for DiSko and its descriptive cases, and throughout the article, the project design and activities are viewed in terms of Bakhtin’s concepts chronotope, carnival and polyphony. Through discussions about aspects of the methodology as well as by providing an empirical case example, this article describes how elements of educational design research may be composed in order to maintain an epistemology of dialogue and polyphony.

High Value Cropping – A Small Scale Agro-Business Case from Mushroom Cultivation

The strategic positioning of mushroom cultivation as a high value crop (HVC) is a genuine proposition for the economic development of any state or country. It has the ability to provide health and wealth to the bottom of pyramid in a society. It has the ability to encounter the abuse of urbanization. Unlike other industry, it has no threat to environment or climate change rather it suffers due to such factors. It has proved the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainability by virtue of its low-investment plans, use of low-end technologies, small-farmers and high utility of space and women entrepreneurship. A small-scale agro-business case ventured by a woman entrepreneur is presented in this paper. Objectives – The paper aims primarily at encouraging small farmers and small households, including women, in urban localities to cultivate mushroom. The secondary objective is to create awareness of mushroom farming as a HVC activity in the society.Methodology – A general review based descriptive methodology is followed in the paper for the readers and participants of the conference. Further, the objectives are established more effectively through an experiential case study approach.Key Findings – The study reveals that mushroom cultivation is very attractive and easy for all. Even it has the ease of marketing. However, it has some inherent challenges of maintaining proper temperature and humidity; and risk of managing the health of the crop and hygiene of the grower to bacterial and fungal infection. Conclusion - The little preparedness and preventive measures can overcome the risks and challenges to tap the benefits. Though the discussion was limited to small-scale business, it has the scope of extending it to a large-scale business with proper provision and maintenance of a cold chain. Food processing can take the application to another level by dehydrating the mushrooms and prove it genuinely as an HCV even through exports to different parts of the sub-continent, continent and even the globe.

Real-Life Contexts in Learning Games

The use of real contexts in learning has been of central interest to educational developments such as experiential learning, case studies, work placements and simulations. They centre around the benefits of putting students in realistic situations, using real tools to solve real/realistic problems. A growing number of learning games are making use of context in this way: initially focused around serious games (many close in character to simulations) and most recently distilled into immersive and pervasive games, which mix real and imagined contexts for apparently deep learning experiences. This article reviews the existing literature around the use of context in learning, considers the applicability to learning games, and proposes new theoretical developments through the consideration of four models for the integration of context into learning experiences, based on a typology of existing contextual learning experiences and games. To illustrate the models and begin to strengthen the typology, a number of existing case studies are referenced, and further research needs highlighted.

Pandillas, cuadrillas y barras de fútbol: prácticas plurales de la juventud

El artículo hace una aproximación a los conceptos pandilla, cuadrilla juvenil y barra organizada de fútbol. En la introducción, expongo cómo diferentes sectores sociales, incluso académicos, hablan indiferenciadamente de una y otra noción. En algunos casos se homologan y se piensan como prácticas directamente relacionadas. En un segundo apartado, discutiré una propuesta teórica: prácticas plurales de la juventud, idea que retomo de Zúñiga (2016) y Lahire (2005) para referirme al conjunto de situaciones juveniles referentes a estas asociaciones, las cuales trataré de definir en el tercer apartado para, a su vez, identificar sus diferencias objetivas y similitudes subjetivas. En el cuarto apartado, presento dos casos experienciales que apoyarán la sección anterior (distancias y cercanías entre las prácticas juveniles referidas). Se enfatiza en la pluralidad de sentidos de estas dinámicas. En la quinta y última sección (conclusiones), sintetizaré las ideas esbozadas en el texto.

Developing pro-environmental behaviour: ecotourism fieldtrip and experiences

PurposeThis study aims to assess the effectiveness of a student participatory approach and assessment to achieve an environmentally friendly behaviour and change strategy.Design/methodology/approachThree time-phase studies employed a participatory and experiential case in the form of ecotourism experiential learning and assessment using a sample of 100 higher education students.FindingsThe findings suggest that students’ participations through the development, implementation and maintenance of nature-based experiences, combined with professional guides in educating students about sustainable practices has significant and positive effects on pro-environmental behaviour (PEB). The study reveals that social-psychological constructs (except environmental awareness) and socio-demographic variables account for variances in PEB intentions and provides managerial implications for marketers on the use of student participation to enhance behaviour.Practical implicationsExperiential and guided learning adds value to PEB through performance accomplishments and instrumental support.Social implicationsThe guiding principles of moral norms and acting in favour of the community (general social pressure and the underlying normative beliefs) lead to a higher tendency to perform according to the ideal behaviour.Originality/valueThis study is the first to use student participation, guided learning, tour guides and experiences to transfer the knowledge of PEB to individuals.

THE USEFULNESS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AT THE MANAGEMENT SCALE IN SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE

In a globalized economy, where competition is blazing, where organizations strive to offer more products and services to their clients, information is increasingly a key strategic factor. The adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) plays a key role in developing business strategies that enable businesses, especially Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) , improving their competitiveness in a globalized world today. The Information System (IS) has become a strategic lever that enables the firms respond to the needs of different markets. Our contribution, through this paper, aims to perform a critical and an updated literature review about information systems in private corporations, to examine their benefits for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s) at the management level, to gain in competiveness, to ensure a smooth workflow, to grasp and process relevant internal and external information and invest it appropriately. We will also discuss some experiential cases related to the implementation of IS in Moroccan SMEs.