Design Specialists Research Articles

Effectiveness of Blended Learning Model Development Educational Evaluation Course

The educational evaluation course is one of the courses in the undergraduate Islamic Religious Education study program. This course teaches theory and practice. The problem in this study is in the form of educational evaluation material with the characteristics of calculating and the mathematical concepts are the main learning difficulties. Educational evaluation learning outcomes have not shown maximum results. By creating a learning material product, this research aims to create a blended learning educational evaluation course and then test the product's effectiveness. The study and development method is the one that is employed. The planning, development, and evaluation phases of the Dick and Carey model are used in this research. Learning design experts, material experts, language experts, and media experts are tested as part of the product testing process. Learning design specialists received an average score of (4.46), followed by material experts (4.44), language experts (4.60), experts in print media (4.82), and experts in non-print media (4.44). (4.58). Following that, 90.91% of one-on-one trials with three pupils were very feasible, followed by 95.28% of small group trials and 96.10% of field trials. After modifications were made based on ideas and advice from experts, the product learning materials are, in conclusion, very practicable to use. The results of the effectiveness test of learning material products revealed that there is a significant difference between the pre-test and value post-test in the use of learning modelsblended learning educational evaluation subject in the learning process. The paired sample t test results obtained a p-value = 0.000, which means that the p-value 0.05. The results of the product effectiveness analysis in the form of student learning outcomes seen from the pre-test and post-test showed an increase, the pre-test total score was 334 and the post-test total score was 616. This shows that the learning outcomes have increased scores so that it can be concluded that the material blended learning in educational evaluation courses is proven to be effective in increasing learning outcomes.

Involving Non‐Technical Stakeholders in System Architecture Design; a Case‐Study on the Cleaning Industry

AbstractThere exists a grey area between market‐pull and technology‐push markets, in which stakeholders are aware of an issue they want solved, yet do not have clear expectations on a solution. This paper presents a method to meaningfully include these stakeholders in a design process, especially if they come from a non‐technical background. A combination of Systems Engineering for indirect involvement and a Human Centered Design approach for direct involvement of stakeholders is proposed and evaluated for a case study on technological advancements in the cleaning industry. It was found that both approaches complement each other throughout the problem exploration phase of the design process. Furthermore, a toolbox that can be used with design specialists and other stakeholders alike is presented and evaluated. Recommendations for the use of specific tools and techniques in similar situations are presented based on communication styles and experiences.

ENVIRONMENT-BASED DESIGN (EBD): USING ONLY NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE FOR DESIGNER CREATIVITY

AbstractDesign is a highly nonlinear chaotic dynamic process with many possible solutions, which requires enormous knowledge for designers. This paper investigates how environment-based design (EBD) methodology can help designers use only necessary knowledge for their creativity based on three methods: information search, knowledge acquisition and knowledge application. The methods are applied in an aircraft pylon design, which is evaluated by two aerospace design specialists. The paper discussed the different roles of EBD for novice and expert designers in regard to overcoming emotion and knowledge barriers to achieving designer creativity.

Web Exclusive. Annals Graphic Medicine - Why Bedside Rounds Need Bedside Language.

Web Exclusives23 May 2023Annals Graphic Medicine - Why Bedside Rounds Need Bedside LanguageFREERebekah L. Gardner, MD, Vinald W. Francis, BFA, Daniel Baxter, BFA, and Kate Cahill, MDRebekah L. Gardner, MDAlpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (R.L.G., K.C., V.W.F.)Search for more papers by this author, Vinald W. Francis, BFAAlpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (R.L.G., K.C., V.W.F.)Search for more papers by this author, Daniel Baxter, BFAGlenshaw, Pennsylvania (D.B.)Search for more papers by this author, and Kate Cahill, MDAlpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (R.L.G., K.C., V.W.F.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/G22-0044 SectionsAboutVisual AbstractPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Download figure Download PowerPoint Comments0 CommentsSign In to Submit A Comment Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Rebekah L. Gardner, MD; Vinald W. Francis, BFA; Daniel Baxter, BFA; Kate Cahill, MDAffiliations: Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (R.L.G., K.C., V.W.F.)Glenshaw, Pennsylvania (D.B.)Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=G22-0044.Author/Illustrator Information: Rebekah L. Gardner, MD, is an academic general internal medicine physician and graphic medicine enthusiast (e-mail, [email protected]edu). Vinald W. Francis, BFA, is a medical illustrator and visual design specialist (e-mail, [email protected]edu). Daniel Baxter, BFA, is an artist and musician (e-mail, [email protected]com). Kate Cahill, MD, is a general internal medicine physician and clinician–educator (e-mail, [email protected]edu).This article was published at Annals.org on 23 May 2023. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Latest ePublished: 23 May 2023 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2023 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...

Novel Design of an Austere Medicine Elective

Introduction:Clinicians with knowledge, skills and attitudes required in austere environments better serve their patients regardless of setting. Few opportunities traditionally exist for medical students to learn about wilderness, disaster medicine, or environmental illness. Events related to climate, disasters, and COVID-19 reinforce the need for physicians to develop tools for practice in resource-limited settings. We created a medical student elective which delivered core content related to wilderness medicine, environmental illness and disaster preparedness and response, along with overarching skills including improvisation, teamwork, and resource allocation.Method:Content experts partnered with educational design specialists to create a new student experience. We identified key impact areas using an analysis of courses at peer institutions, informal surveys, and published literature. Learning objectives were informed by relevant skills and content, as well as the cross-cutting goal of teaching students to perform in resource-limited settings.A four-week curriculum was conceptualized, including lectures, workshops and skill sessions, synchronous and asynchronous online experiences, and a five-day backcountry trip focusing on in situ simulation and skills training. The course was offered in May 2021 and May 2022. Students completed post-course surveys regarding the utility of course elements, as well as teaching effectiveness.Results:Overall satisfaction was 3.64/4.00. Self-reported competence increased in the domains of diagnosis and pathophysiology, treatment, teamwork, and resource management and improvisation. Qualitative data suggested that students are generally under-exposed to wilderness, environmental and disaster content. Self-reported helpfulness of learning activities was greatest for small-group outdoor workshops, and least for large teleconference-based sessions.Conclusion:Strengths included interactive coursework reflecting teamwork, open access learning modules, and rubric-based assessment structures. Limitations include pandemic-related restrictions in group activities as well as limited objective measurements of knowledge and skills. Future goals include increasing in-person learning, dissemination of the curriculum to larger groups of learning, and development of reproducible performance measures.

ОБҐРУНТУВАННЯ МЕТОДУ РОЗПОДІЛУ ТРАНСПОРТНИХ ПОТОКІВ ПРИ МІКРОМОДЕЛЮВАННІ ПУНКТІВ ЗБОРУ ОПЛАТИ ЗА ПРОЇЗД

Introduction. The practice of charging road tolls to compensate for the costs of the road construction and operation has been known since ancient times. The traditional approach to toll collection on motorways is that vehicles must stop and pay at the appropriate collection point (Toll Collection Plaza — TCP). At the same time, two payment systems are traditionally distinguished: an open one, in which the driver pays for traveling the entire toll section, and a closed one, in which, upon entering the toll motorway, the driver is obliged to take a ticket at the first point (station) of payment and return it upon exiting the motorway at the final payment point, paying for the actual distance traveled. In both systems, there are bound to be vehicle delays in TCP. In this regard, transport engineers and road design specialists face several urgent tasks, such as determining the impact of toll booths on the level of service, capacity and other traffic indicators on motorways, assessing the impact of TCP configuration and toll collection technologies on of the traffic flows indicators in the TCP zone and in the transport network. Problem statement. One of the modern methods of research and assessment of the state of traffic at toll collection points is microsimulation of the road network or individual TCPs. At the same time, the reliability of this analysis tool will be determined not only by the calibration parameters of the simulation model, but also by the quality of the adopted distribution of traffic flows. Purpose. The purpose of the work is to substantiate the method of traffic flows distribution when developing a microsimulation model of toll collection plazas via PTV Vissim software. Materials and methods. Single TCP scenarios are simulated in Vissim, which differ in the number of operation lanes, approaches to network reproduction, and applied traffic distribution methods. The results. The actual scientific and applied problem of justifying the method of traffic flows distribution in the microsimulation of toll collection plazas in PTV Vissim has been solved. An analysis of the possibilities of traffic reproduction methods in TCP using static routes, dynamic assignment, the PTV Vissim COM interface for dynamic assignment, “Managed lanes” routes was performed. In TCP models with the number of lanes from 3 to 6 with static routes and dynamic assignment, the realistic behavior of drivers when choosing a traffic lane in TCP is verified. An analysis of transport delays in TCP models was performed to compare the simulation results when using static routes and dynamic assignment.

Lessons Learned From an Educational Pilot: High-Yield Physics Videos for Radiation Oncology Residents

Radiation oncology is uniquely poised to benefit from the development of remote learning tools, given the need for mastery of often challenging basic science topics, as well as the interprogram heterogeneity of resident educational quality. Our team successfully created and disseminated 4 high-yield animated physics educational videos through the collaboration of radiation oncologists, medical physicists, and a graphic design specialist. This is a unique process requiring significant intellectual, monetary, and time capital. In this article, we describe important lessons learned throughout this process, in hopes that others will learn from our experience, applying the following concepts to their own digital content creation. These lessons include (1) playing to your teammates’ strengths and personalizing tasks, rather than equally dividing work; (2) anticipating animations before and during script writing; (3) developing multiple routes of communication and being open to which one works best for your team; and (4) discussing funding up front and collaborating within an affiliated institution or company for graphic design to alleviate the financial stress of such endeavors.

Analytic Bureaucracy and the Policy Process: Evidence from California

We argue that “analytic” bureaucratic agencies are essential actors in the policy process because of their role acting as both information processing organizations and policy design specialists. Analytic agencies can exert unique influence over lawmaking activities because legislators consider them expert informational sources in a multitude of areas. Rather than assume policy advice falls rigidly into either “political” or “technical” forms of information, we show that an analytic office can produce both types of content. Whereas previous policy process scholarship almost exclusively examines elected officials and federal agencies, this article tests our theory using a state agency, California's Department of Finance (DOF). Our findings demonstrate how the Governor delegates partisan legislative signaling duties and neutral expert budgetary advice to the same trusted analytic personnel. The data include every introduced bill in six recently completed legislative sessions and show how DOF recommendations are strongly associated with bill passage and the Governor's veto.

Toidupärandil põhinev arenduskoostöö: Eesti Rahva Muuseumi projekti kogemus

The origins of this article stem from the involvement of the authors in the Estonian National Museum’s (ENM) food culture project which ran from 2017 to 2019. The project was devoted to food culture, or more precisely, to the current interpretations and uses of Estonia’s historical food culture. The aim of the project was to achieve some practical, workable research results in cooperation with various interest groups. Being an institution offering expertise in cultural heritage, the ENM welcomed the challenge posed by the project, as it would combine the fundamentals of inclusive museology with research and collection-based knowledge as well as provide a site fostering discussions and multi-voiced interpretations. The food project managed to highlight clearly various interpretations of food heritage for food production businesses and the tourism sector. The entrepreneurs and developers involved in the project informed the museum of their needs and expectations, while all the parties jointly evaluated the museum’s potential for meeting those needs and expectations. We recognized that the researchers could not afford to limit themselves exclusively to the sharing of expertise on cultural heritage, but also needed to extend their skill set to match the expectations of their cooperation partners, contributing also to the creation of marketing materials (such as films and the Livonian Culinary Route in the past). For the museum, the desire to participate in the process of product development led to some innovative forms of cooperation and outcomes. For example, the application of artistic research was born out of the principles of co-creation and as such, differed from the ENM’s earlier practice of ethnographic documentation via the film medium. In this case, the films were made and uploaded onto the social media platform YouTube, which enabled the museum to expand its outreach. Another experiment that was initiated was the food souvenir contest for which entrepreneurs submitted a relatively representative set of food heritage products within a short period of time. The products and their stories vividly demonstrated many different ways for entrepreneurs to connect their products to heritage. This experience also made us realize that competition is not always the most suitable format for inviting entrepreneurs to take part in joint development programs related to food heritage. Our participation in the Livonian Culinary Route project created the opportunity for us, as researchers, to make our contribution to the development cooperation in the area of gastronomy tourism. Unfortunately, since tourism developers interpreted food heritage in purely instrumental terms, we were not perceived as an equal and important partner. We learnt a valuable lesson that when heritage creation is solely underpinned by marketing goals, it cannot be the basis for sustainable cooperation for researchers of cultural heritage. In a way, the food project also constituted the ENM's attempt to market itself as a possible partner for entrepreneurs and business developers. In the course of the project, we came to the realization that food production entrepreneurs did not necessarily perceive food heritage as a resource that adds value to their product, and even if they were interested in food legacy, they might not know to contact the museum for advice regarding this matter. It became obvious that cooperation in the area of product development in particular requires, on the part of the museum, long-term and regular communication and joint activities with regional development organizations and indeed, with the entrepreneurs themselves. Moreover, it is not possible to initiate heritage-based product development without the museum’s cooperation with other research institutions and the cultural researchers’ collaboration with representatives of other disciplines (including food technologists, as well as marketing and product design specialists). It is this kind of interdisciplinary expertise that could genuinely benefit food producers.

Direct-Drive Cuts Cost of Ownership

Gerard Bush, engineer at motion solution design specialist, INMOCO, discusses the cost-saving advantages of direct-drive systems.

Strategi Pengembangan E-Tourism Sebagai Media Pemasaran Pariwisata di Taman Purbakala Kerajaan Sriwijaya

This study determines local government strategies in e-tourism-based advertising in Sriwijaya Royal Park, Palembang City and reveals the factors that influence local governments in formulating e-tourism-based advertising strategies in Palembang City. This type of research is descriptive qualitative. Data were collected from interviews and analysis based on indicators of human resources, facilities and infrastructure, and human resources. Data collection techniques are carried out by observation (observation), interviews (interviews), and documentation. The results of this study indicate that the strategy of Palembang City in implementing e-tourism is maximized by forming a team filled with special abilities or skills to master IT. Especially in terms of the concept of e-tourism, physical means are limited, but technical knowledge requires technical funds, such as photographers and graphic design specialists. The supporting factor for e-tourism-based promotion in Palembang City is the organization's efforts and collaboration with various stakeholders to promote tourism in the Sriwijaya Royal Archaeological Park

Amigos de Fibro (Fibro Friends): validation of an e-book to promote health in fibromyalgia.

Educational strategies are necessary for the care of patients with fibromyalgia. The objective was to develop and validate an e-book to promote the health of individuals with fibromyalgia. Methodological research in which, initially, through a bibliographic survey, the available publications on the subject were analyzed. Then, this knowledge was used to build the theoretical content addressed, and the art and layout of the e-book were elaborated. In the third phase, validation of the constructed material, content specialists (n = 23), technicians (n= 23) and design specialists (n = 23), and individuals with fibromyalgia (n = 45) evaluated the e-book through the Delphi technique. For data collection, different questionnaires were used, according to the evaluation focus of each participant group, analyzed for reliability using Cronbach's Alpha (αC) and agreement using the Content Validity Index (CVI). In the global assessment of agreement from all groups of judges, the CVI presented a considerable minimum: content (0.79), technical (0.89), design (0.92), and target audience (0.97). Regarding reliability, all groups also had a αC within the acceptable range: content (0.960), technical (0.963), design (0.977), and target audience (1.08). The e-book was developed and validated in terms of content and relevance and can be used to promote the health of individuals with fibromyalgia.

Training of landscape gardening specialists in the french higher education system

The paper deals the issue of training future specialists in gardening and park management in higher education institutions in France. It is established that the training of these specialists is carried out in institutions of various types, which are integrated into the general system of educational institutions. The main features of training of future specialists in landscape gardening in French higher education institutions are determined: constant development of an extensive and differentiated system of educational institutions; practical and constant interconnection and mutual influence between all levels of education, including professional development; autonomy of educational institutions within the framework of national, regional and local educational programmes; innovation in the educational process and professionalisation of future specialists. Higher education in France is aimed at shaping a new vision of the nation and the worldview of young people: innovation and scientific research; environmental protection and agro-ecological development of national territories; highly professional, multidisciplinary and demanded young specialists in the labour market; integration of scientific and educational achievements into the development of local territories; use of regional potential by combining the efforts of scientific, educational and industrial institutions to develop the country's bioeconomy. Higher agricultural education in France provides training, education of engineers, specialists in landscape architecture and design, specialised personnel, teachers, scientists and veterinarians in 26 higher education institutions: 19 institutions are public and 7 are private. To date, new types of educational institutions have been established and are successfully operating in France, providing multi-level and multi-functional professional training of agricultural engineers that optimally meet the interests of the individual and the staffing needs of enterprises and territorial communities. This helps to increase the competitiveness of their graduates, expand their career opportunities, and ensure stability in their professional activities. As a rule, these are professionals of a polyvalent nature who speak two foreign languages. The trend of improving and expanding the short cycle of professional higher education, as well as alternative (non-formal) agricultural education, which is represented by: apprenticeship (formation par apprentissage); continuing education (formation continue); distance education (formation ouverte et à distance); alternative system of assessment (certification) of professional experience (la Validation des Acquis de l'Expérience, VAE), is quite effective for agricultural education in France.

Development of Innovative Activities of Future Design Specialists Based on Student-Centred Learning

Development of Innovative Activities of Future Design Specialists Based on Student-Centred Learning

STUDENTS’ DESIGN ACTIVITY AS A MEANS OF FORMING ECOLOGICAL AND AESTHETIC COMPETENCES

The article clarified the need for the formation of pupils’ and student youth’s technological artistic and project competence based on the modern vision of reforming national education in the context of the world and European civilization trends in the development of society (increasing the intellectual potential of nations, all-round development of the individual as the highest value of society and avoiding environmental hazards and disasters caused by military actions).
 The study aimed to choose the multifaceted nature of the formation of future technology teachers’ ecological and aesthetic competencies by studying and systematizing aspects of national experience, summarizing the theoretical ideas and practices of leading design specialists, opportunities for design education, and design activities of future specialists.
 The support of the scientific position regarding the fact that the means and methods of design activity can be used to protect nature from the standpoint of cultural values, to fight for the environmental cleanliness of construction and processing materials, to improve the condition of the subject environment of many spheres of people’s lives, led to the selection of design education tools for the educational discipline «Fundamentals of Landscape Design», proposed for future teachers of the educational field «Technology» to study. These means include awareness of the socially significant functions of design, knowledge of socially essential tasks of design activity, the structure of future technology teachers' ecological and aesthetic competencies based on design education, and ways to increase student youth’s ecological and aesthetic competencies in design activities together with the teacher.
 From the perspective of the research, the need to use the national characteristics of Ukrainian people’s culture in the educational process of secondary education, their ideas about the aesthetics of nature and man, and the ability to aesthetically improve the living environment by means of design are determined.

The Use of Modern Digital Technologies in the Design and Technology VET in Ukraine

The objective of this paper is to substantiate the system of vocational education and training (VET) of fashion designers and technologists to perform computer modeling and design of the clothes. The use of the developed system of training specialists in fashion design, which provides for the use of CAD systems, contributes to the formation of readiness of future fashion designers to use specialized software in their professional activities. To increase the efficiency of VET, we used the following types of learning activities: development of creative collage, development of artistic sketches of clothes, design of templates for different sizes, use of programs for the 3D design of the clothes. A feature of this study is the selection of the software used in the design of the clothes, namely GraziaCAD and JULIVI CAD. The effectiveness of these types of tasks is confirmed by an experiment, in which 80 students from Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design took part (CG 44 students, EG 36 students). Comparing the results of incoming and outgoing control of the level of students’ readiness, a decrease in the number of students with a low level of readiness for the use of ICT in the professional activities was noted: from 22.7 % to 11.4 % in CG and from 22.2 % to 5.6 % in EG. At the same time, the percentage of students with a high level of readiness increased in both groups: from 29.5 % to 38.6 % in CG and from 25.0 % to 66.7 % in EG. Also, it should be noted that the biggest changes in the number of students with a high level of knowledge took place in EG. This, with 95% reliability according to Pearson's criterion, means that the experimental educational program led to a significant increase in the level of readiness for the use of ICT in the EG, in comparison with the CG. This confirms the effectiveness of the proposed educational program. The results of the study confirm the effectiveness of the generally accepted international practice of using the digital design in VET in the field of fashion design and technologies.

TELE-SAVVY@HOME: CONVERTING TO A COMPLETELY ASYNCHRONOUS DELIVERY APPROACH

Abstract It is well established that family caregiving is taxing and stressful. Group-based psychoeducational programs such as the Tele-Savvy program demonstrated that the acquisition of skills, knowledge, and caregiving mastery can ameliorate caregiving stress – and enhance PLWD quality of life. Many factors, however, preclude caregivers’ attendance in the synchronous portions of Tele-Savvy limiting the program’s scalability. To make Tele-Savvy more accessible and available to a growing number of dementia family caregivers, we designed a fully asynchronous version of the Tele-Savvy program, Tele-Savvy@Home. To accomplish this, we consulted facilitators and caregivers who participated in Tele-Savvy. We also reviewed the existing curriculum, re-wrote portions, reordered modules, and created new videos to cover synchronous content. In addition, we partnered with education design specialists to create interactive and reflection exercises to maintain a psychoeducation orientation and strengthen caregivers’ self-efficacy. This strategy may help investigators in their augmentation of the delivery strategies of established interventions.

Multimedia Technologies in Modern Visual Communications and Design Education

The essence of the development of the sphere of professional training of specialists in multimedia design is to increase the efficiency of the work of multi-level, specialized and multifunctional educational institutions that provide professional training of design specialists, improve the qualifications of teaching staff of such educational institutions, and develop social partnership of educational institutions with business. The purpose of the academic paper lies in determining the standpoint of specialists in the sphere of computer design and practising teachers of graphic and computer design specialities regarding the features of using multimedia technologies when working with visual communications and in design education. Methodology. In the course of the research, the analytical and bibliographic method has been used to study the scientific literature on the application of multimedia technologies when working with visual communications and in design education, as well as a questionnaire survey for the practical clarification of certain aspects of multimedia tools in the field of visual communications and in design education. Results. Based on the results of the research, the development process, the role and features of the use of multimedia technologies in the sphere of visual communications and in design education have been studied, and the practical aspects of the using multimedia tools in the educational process and practical activities of specialists in the field of computer design have been clarified.

TRANSforming Design Through Emotion: An Application to Support Brazilian Transgender Student Women

Abstract Brazilian transgender women face 82% high school dropout rate, which increases their vulnerability. To address this challenge, we developed a prototype application, AGNES, to improve transgender women’s experience of high school. A mixed methods approach, based on Garrett’s five plane approach, was used and included an analysis of nine YouTube videos by Brazilian transgender women discussing their educational experiences; an analysis of three current apps to support Brazilian transgender people; evaluation of a first prototype of AGNES by six transgender women; redesign of the prototype using an emotional design approach; and, finally, evaluation of the second prototype by two design specialists and two experts in the target audience. This resulted in a final design for AGNES, which was implemented as a high-fidelity prototype for further evaluation and deployment.

Pengembangan Google Sites Materi Seni Lukis Untuk Sekolah Menengah Pertama

Maximum use of technology in education, such as the Google site for painting materials, is operated using computers, laptops, and smartphones with an internet network. Currently, the online learning media owned are still inadequate, especially painting material, learning is less interesting and monotonous. So Google sites were created for students to use at school and in learning anywhere. The purpose of this development is to produce learning designs in the form of teaching materials for online learning using Google Sites. This study uses the development method of Dick and Carey (1990) with several adjustments. The trials were carried out at SMPN 2 Lamongan, including individual trials, small group trials, field trials, and trials to teachers of arts and culture subjects. The teaching materials are verified by content experts, media experts, and design experts. products are verified by content specialists, media specialists, and design specialists. Content expert validation 90.4%, media expert validation 87.5%, and design specialist verification 94.6%. the question of the use of google sites teaching materials for painting teaching materials to students reached 90.5% so that google sites teaching materials for painting teaching materials were suitable for use in school learning and independent learning