Virtual Departments Research Articles

Employing artificial intelligence in teaching the Arabic language to non-native speakers remotely

Recently, a striking force has emerged in the field of technology and technology in various fields, especially the digital field. This will allow the water to dry. The importance of the current research is evident in highlighting the factor of artificial intelligence in teaching the Arabic language to non-native speakers remotely. Explaining the use of artificial intelligence in learning the Arabic language, some applications of artificial intelligence are examined through analysis of the e-learning environment based on presenting the characteristics, functions and elements of the educational method in this environment. The goal and hypothesis of the research are to define distance education and artificial intelligence and highlight the role of artificial intelligence applications in teaching and learning the Arabic language. Therefore, it seems quite appropriate to resort to the descriptive and analytical approach to work on the blog of the pages of teaching and learning the Arabic language to speakers of other languages. Based on the above, we will try in this article to answer the main question: What is distance education and artificial intelligence, and what are their uses in learning and teaching the Arabic language? . Keywords: artificial intelligence; distance education; applications of artificial intelligence; teaching and learning; virtual departments.

Анализ перспектив создания сетевой кафедры для обеспечения эффективного кластерного научного (научно-методического) взаимодействия педагогического вуза и ИРО

The paper proves the necessity of creating a Network Department to provide effective cluster scientific (scien-tific-methodological) interaction of a pedagogical university and the Institute of Education Development (IED). The absence of the definition of a network department in the normative-legal acts is established, despite the fact that in practice such associations are created. Using the structural and functional analysis, a general char-acteristic of a Network Department is given, its subject, goals, organizational structure, and role in scientific (scientific-methodological) interaction of a pedagogical university and the Institute for Educational Develop-ment are determined. Examination of such alternative organizational structures as basic and virtual depart-ments made it possible to conclude that they cannot replace the Network Department due to the prevalence of either educational or technological aspect in their activities. The paper dwells upon the fact that the integration of the Network Department into the structure of the national cluster model of scientific (scientific-methodological) interaction between pedagogical universities and Institute of Education Development brings this interaction to the highest, strategic, level.

Gendered virtual environments of STEM fields: a cultural-ecological analysis of predominantly white and historically black institutions

Although many studies have examined gender and racial discrepancies in STEM participation, few have considered variation in the gendered construction of STEM across racial spaces. We applied a cultural psychological perspective to investigate whether variation in conceptions of gender identity across African American and European American settings resonates with variation in gendered constructions of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) domains across predominantly white institutions (PWIs) and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). We further examined implications of engagement with virtual STEM departments across these school categories. In Study 1, independent coders rated website images as less masculine, and evaluated website climates more favorably, for physics and biology departments at HBCUs relative to PWIs. In Studies 2 and 3, we used these website images as stimuli in within- and between-subjects experiments. Participants gave more positive ratings for sense of belonging and perceived climate in response to images from physics departments at HBCUs than at PWIs; women rated physics departments at PWIs as higher in masculinity than those at HBCUs. We replicated these patterns in Study 3, and also found that lower sense of belonging due to exposure to images from PWI physics departments predicted less interest in pursuing STEM fields among women only. We discuss implications of our findings for understanding and addressing gender discrepancies in STEM participation.

ПРО НАУКОВУ І НАУКОВО-МЕТОДИЧНУ ДІЯЛЬНІСТЬ ДЕРЖАВНОГО ЗАКЛАДУ ВИЩОЇ ОСВІТИ «УНІВЕРСИТЕТ МЕНЕДЖМЕНТУ ОСВІТИ» В УМОВАХ ДЕЦЕНТРАЛІЗАЦІЇ УПРАВЛІННЯ ОСВІТОЮ

У доповіді представлено інформацію про наукову та науково-методичну діяльність Державного закладу вищої освіти «Університет менеджменту освіти» Національної академії педагогічних наук України упродовж 2015-2020 рр. в умовах децентралізації управління освітою, а саме: нормативні та нормативно-правові засади діяльності; основні напрями наукових досліджень; актуальні проблеми, які досліджувалися у межах цих напрямів; найістотніші наукові результати, досягнуті в процесі проведення досліджень. Описано зміст і форми наукової та науково-методичної діяльності, кадровий склад університету, який забезпечує її ефективне здійснення. Висвітлено науковий доробок працівників, результати підготовки наукових кадрів вищої кваліфікації. Представлено підсумки експериментальної діяльності всеукраїнського, регіонального та локального рівнів, розробки за проблематикою Нової української школи для слухачів курсів підвищення кваліфікації. Наголошено на актуальності курсів підвищення кваліфікації з використанням технологій формальної та неформальної освіти на базі ДЗВО «Університет менеджменту освіти» НАПН України, а також виїзних курсів на запити місцевих і регіональних освітніх організацій для усіх регіонів України. Акцентовано увагу на такій затребуваній сучасній системі неформальної освіти, започаткованій у ДЗВО «Університет менеджменту освіти», як Український відкритий університет післядипломної освіти (УВУПО). Наголошено, що вперше в системі післядипломної освіти України успішно функціонують сім віртуальних кафедр, до діяльності яких університет залучає викладачів різних закладів освіти України та світу. Представлено наукові періодичні видання, засновником та співзасновником яких є ДЗВО «Університет менеджменту освіти», п’ять із яких входять до Переліку наукових фахових видань України. Описано успішні результати систематичної презентації наукових здобутків університету на міжнародних освітніх виставках. Окреслено питання, що потребують подальшого вирішення для перспективного розвитку ДЗВО «Університет менеджменту освіти» НАПН України.

VIRTUAL DEPARTMENT AS THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION-METHODOLOGICAL SPACE OF SMART- LEARNING

The article deals with the problems of higher education in the conditions of digitalization of the country's economy. Examples of the formation and development of SMART learning, as well as the creation of virtual departments, as a necessary condition for creating new specialties related to the digitalization of education are shown. The experience of creating a virtual Department and SMART training in MUIT is described. It is shown that the formation of SMART education leads to the cooperation of several universities in training personnel in accordance with the requirements of the digital society. Shown the possibility of creating new specialties corresponding to the digital society, such as "Computer science and the organization of digitalization of education" (Teacher of digitalization of education and the creation of digital educational resources), "Bioinformatics", "Digital agrosystems and complexes". The possibility of cooperation not only with universities, but also with research institutes for training personnel in new specialties, which will be in demand now. All these require from universities to rethink about educational programs and create virtual chairs.

A Collaborative Ecosystem for Digital Coptic Studies

Scholarship on underresourced languages bring with them a variety of challenges which make access to the full spectrum of source materials and their evaluation difficult. For Coptic in particular, large scale analyses and any kind of quantitative work become difficult due to the fragmentation of manuscripts, the highly fusional nature of an incorporational morphology, and the complications of dealing with influences from Hellenistic era Greek, among other concerns. Many of these challenges, however, can be addressed using Digital Humanities tools and standards. In this paper, we outline some of the latest developments in Coptic Scriptorium, a DH project dedicated to bringing Coptic resources online in uniform, machine readable, and openly available formats. Collaborative web-based tools create online 'virtual departments' in which scholars dispersed sparsely across the globe can collaborate, and natural language processing tools counterbalance the scarcity of trained editors by enabling machine processing of Coptic text to produce searchable, annotated corpora.

АНТИКРИЗОВИЙ МЕНЕДЖМЕНТ ПІДВИЩЕННЯ КВАЛІФІКАЦІЇ

Стаття присвячена проблемі управління дистанційним навчанням слухачів курсів підвищення кваліфікації у період кризи на прикладі досвіду освітньої діяльності Центрального інституту післядипломної освіти Державного закладу вищої освіти «Університет менеджменту освіти» НАПН України. Криза характеризується як різка зміна стану речей, злам, загострення становища, критичне виявлення протиріч у соціально-економічній системі або окремій організації, що загрожує її стійкості в оточуючому середовищі й унеможливлює виконання функцій у звичайному режимі. Узагальнені особливості функціонування системи підвищення кваліфікації в умовах кризи. Подано визначення антикризового менеджменту як управління відповідною системою у стані дисбалансу. Висвітлено практичний досвід діяльності з підвищення кваліфікації педагогічних, науково-педагогічних і керівних кадрів освіти в період карантину, що склався в ЦІПО ДЗВО «УМО» НАПН України. Представлено антикризовий менеджмент системи неформальної освіти «Український відкритий університет післядипломної освіти», зокрема створення віртуальних кафедр, практику розроблення змісту освіти, зорієнтованого на актуальні запити споживачів, замовників та стейкхолдерів освітніх послуг з підвищення кваліфікації. Надані рекомендації щодо організації дистанційного навчання на курсах підвищення кваліфікації у період кризи.

Virtual Laboratory and Imaging: an online simulation tool to enhance hospital disaster preparedness training experience.

Hospitals play a pivotal role as basic healthcare providers during mass casualty incidents (MCIs). Radiological studies and emergency laboratory test are of high importance for the management of hospital patients. However, it is known that during these events, they can generate significant bottlenecks. Appropriate request of such tests is of utmost importance to not generate delays in the patient flow. The aim of this paper is to describe a software designed to increase the realism of hospital-based MCI training through a realistic reproduction of radiology and laboratory departments. In this paper, we present a Virtual Laboratory and Imaging system that we designed with the goal of increasing the realism of full-scale mass casualty simulations. The system is able to dynamically manage the speed and load of virtual departments while collecting data on usage and load, and provide data useful for the after-event debriefing. We tested this system in two pilot simulations involving, respectively, 105 and 89 simulated casualties. The system, by measuring the number of requests and exams' turnaround time, enabled an objective measurement of the laboratory and radiology workload during simulated MCIs. It was possible to identify bottlenecks and consequently use these data for after-action debriefing. The tool not only increased the simulation realism by adding the radiology and laboratory departments but also provided valuable data that could be used for educational and organizational purposes.

What information do consumers consider, and how do they look for it, when shopping for groceries online?

Previous research investigating what information shoppers seek when purchasing groceries has used either lab-experiments or observed shoppers in supermarkets. The present research investigates this question in a relatively naturalistic online-grocery environment. Forty participants completed their weekly shopping online while their eye-movements were recorded. Ten of the participants were subsequently interviewed to gain insight into their information seeking behaviour. We found that, when looking for products, 95% of participants navigated through the ‘virtual departments’, 80% used the ‘search’ facility, and 68% browsed the special offer pages. Once on the product pages, participants tended to look at the pictures of products, rather than examine detailed product information. To explain these findings, we suggest that online grocery sites simulate familiar supermarket environments, which may explain why consumers prefer to browse categories of products rather than use search terms. We also suggest that additional strategies are needed if consumers are to be encouraged to view detailed product information.

Virtual Leadership in Nursing Education

The transition to online education with faculty teaching at a distance has created "virtual departments" of nursing that necessitates a new way of leading. The author discusses leadership theory and team-building methods to support leaders engaged in virtual departments of nursing.

Global Quality Imaging: Improvement Actions

Workforce shortage, workload increase, workplace changes, and budget challenges are emerging issues around the world, which could place quality imaging at risk. It is important for imaging stakeholders to collaborate, ensure patient safety, improve the quality of care, and address these issues. There is no single panacea. A range of improvement measures, strategies, and actions are required. Examples of improvement actions supporting the 3 quality measures are described under 5 strategies: conducting research, promoting awareness, providing education and training, strengthening infrastructure, and implementing policies. The challenge is to develop long-term, cost-effective, system-based improvement actions that will bring better outcomes and underpin a sustainable future for quality imaging. In an imaging practice, these actions will result in selecting the right procedure (justification), using the right dose (optimization), and preventing errors along the patient journey. To realize this vision and implement these improvement actions, a range of expertise and adequate resources are required. Stakeholders should collaborate and work together. In today's globalized environment, collaboration is strength and provides synergy to achieve better outcomes and greater success.

The e-Photon/ONe Network of Excellence in EC FP6

e-Photon/one is a Network of Excellence (noe) on optical networks funded by the eu in the 6th Framework Program, noes aim at the integration of the activities of the involved researchers and institutions, exploiting complementarity to achieve critical mass and to foster excellence. The key instruments in e-Photon/ONe to coordinate technical activities in specific thematic areas are the “Virtual Departments”. In this paper we briefly present e-Photon/ONe and its organization.

Virtual Departments for Minority Languages (VDML)

The VDML Project shows how the Information Environment can enhance the work of staff and students in small foreign languages departments. It aims to combat teacher isolation, develop better learning materials and increase the variety of learning activities for students. The project has developed a pilot virtual department, linking Danish students and teachers in three UK universities. For the past year, teachers have used this to share the development of new learning tasks that have been used by students. The project is therefore concerned both with content development and re‐use, and with changing working practices for teachers and students.

The St Petersburg Imperial Theaters: Stage and State in Revolutionary Russia 1900-1920 by Murray s> Frame (review)

324 SEER, 79, 2, 2001 ethical engagement and worldly intervention, thus making it chime with Marxist political theory. Bakhtin seems to follow suit when he defines the Bildungsroman as a breakwith earlier idyllic narrativeforms, but his emphasis on Goethe's idea of an integralseeing allows him to reduce Bildung to the very idylliccontemplation it was supposedto transcend. A short review can't possiblydojustice to the subtletywith which Tihanov pursues his case, or even give a hint of the many compelling arguments generated in its wake. Nor can it even list the fascinatingintellectualhistories which Tihanov has unearthed through patient research (two examples for illustrationalone:he showshow Voloshinov'stheoryof languagedepended on Bukharin'swritingson ideology and the indebtednessof Bakhtin'sinterpretation of Goethe to books by Dilthey, Simmel and Gundolf). Up till now 'historical context' in books on Bakhtin has generally meant hazy and unprovable generalizations about 'Russian thought'; in Tihanov's study it means precise research -in five languages and carefulargument.In one fellswoop Tihanov has given us a brilliantanalysisof culturalargumentin the interwar period and set a new standard for the study of Bakhtin'swork in particular.We can only hope that otherswill follow his example. Department ofEnglishandAmericanStudies KEN HIRSCHKOP University ofManchester Frame,Murray. TheStPetersburg Imperial Theaters: Stage andStateinRevolutionary RussiaI900-I920. McFarland &Company, Jefferson,NorthCarolina, 2000. X+ 214 pp. Notes. Index. $39.95. AT a moment when the St PetersburgKirov (formerMariinskii)Opera and Ballet Company is receiving rave reviewson its currentworld tour and when critics are explaining its qualities of superlative ensemble in terms of a specificallySoviettraditionof statefundingwith itsoriginsin Russia'simperial past, the appearanceof the presentbook seems especiallyapposite. The theme of MurrayFrame'sthoroughlyresearchedand conciselywritten studyconcernstheinstitutionalidentityof the St PetersburgImperialTheatres and their relationship to the Russian state during the turbulentyears which included the revolution of 1905, the FirstWorldWar, and both the February and October revolutionsof 19I7. For the uninitiated, the status of the two major Imperial Theatres in St Petersburgmay be likenedto that of the two Royal Theatres (Covent Garden and Drury Lane) in England between i66o and I843, whilst the extravagant funding of the Aleksandrinskiiand Mariinskiiis not unlike that bestowed on the staging of allegoricallysignificantcourt masques by James and Charles I during the firsthalf of the seventeenth century. In this latter sense, the policy of the Bolsheviks in sustaining the cultural significance of the Imperial Theatresbeyond 19I7 seemspositivelyenlightenedwhen comparedwith that of its revolutionaryforebearsin England,where both the court and the public theatreswere crushed(somewould saypermanently)duringthe I640s. Again, it can be argued that prestigious institutions in British culture which have 'imperial' status, in so far as they attract a disproportionate amount of REVIEWS 325 centrally allocated funding, such as the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, occupy a political and cultural space in British society similar to that of their prerevolutionaryand post-revolutionaryRussiancounterparts. It is, however, at points where this study reminds the reader of historical similarities that the qualitative discrepancy highlights essential differences. When, for example, Frameis considering the nature of a repressiveImperial Directorate and its paradoxicallyenabling effects on the theatricalculture of the Russian Silver Age, he records the adventurous artistic policy of the incumbentImperialTheatre director,V. A. Teliakovskii(inmany respectsthe hero of this narrative)and the talentswhich his administrationnurtured.The roll-call of names includes Shaliapin, Karsavina, Pavlova,Nizhinskii, Petipa, Fokin, Meierkhol'd, Bakst, not to mention the dramatic talents of Savina, Varlamov,Iur'evand others. The book chartsthe backgroundto this extraordinaryphase by tracingthe rise of the Imperial Theatres as virtual departments of state during the nineteenth century, combining the characteristicsof a military culture with adherenceto the calendarof the Orthodox Churchaspartof theirofficialrole as celebratoryemblemsof the tsaristcourtand, after I882, as culturalbastions against the rise of commercial theatrical entertainment. The study then considers the relationship between the Directorate of the Imperial Theatres and its troupes, before going on to characterize the audiences of privileged and wealthy patrons who constituted a cultural elite closely associated with Russian imperial power. However, the section on the repertoire concludes that this was not narrowly court-based but had a much wider social and culturalsignificance.Interestingly,the most popularplays at the Aleksandrinskii during this period were Gogol"s TheGovernment Inspector and SukhovoKobylin 'sKrechinskii's Wedding, whilstthe most performedShakespeareanplay was TheMerchant of Venice...

Virtual Departments, Power, and Location in Different Organizational Settings

Virtual departments are teams of employees drawn from multiple locations and divisions within an organization. The electronic space of the virtual department is where tasks related to the production function are integrated during reengineering processes, establishing new relationships among hierarchy, location, and power. This study assesses whether the virtual department breaks down or reinforces vertical chains and levels of command spanning many locations within an organizational hierarchy. Virtual departments in different organizational settings (different sectors, operational purposes, management styles) were tracked through their first ten years of growth. The research culminated in interviews with planners, departmental managers, and operatives to interpret virtual department–induced changes in hierarchy, location, and power. Contrary to claims in the literature, reengineering processes reinforce older hierarchical and spatial structures. They reproduce hierarchical human relations in electronic space, contributing to the formation of hierarchical levels of network access. Traditional locations of power are far from being erased or reduced even though an electronic geography remains superimposed on the physical one. The electronic spaces or virtual departments emerged as powerful technical and social “machines,” crucial to overcoming business problems, yet also spawning new social tensions in traditional hierarchical structures.

Virtual Departments, Power, and Location in Different Organizational Settings

Virtual Departments, Power, and Location in Different Organizational Settings