Downloads & Free Reading Options - Results

This research examines the postgraduate theses on the concept of information literacy from various perspectives. In this study, which was conducted within the framework of a qualitative research approach, document analysis was used for data collection. Within the scope of the study, "information literacy" was written as a keyword in the database of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) National Thesis Center and scanned electronically and (f=33) postgraduate theses published in Turkey with "information literacy" in their titles were reached. In the study, theses were analyzed by content analysis in terms of type, year, language, university, affiliated institute, department, research method/approach, study group/participants, and thesis advisor titles. Because of the research, it has been determined that there are more master's theses than doctoral theses and that master's theses are mostly done in state universities. It has been determined that the number of postgraduate theses in 2019 is higher than in other years, the most common title for faculty members who are thesis managers is "professor doctor," according to gender, women have prepared (f=21) theses, and men have prepared (f=12) theses. It has been determined that most of the "survey method" studies are conducted in postgraduate studies, most studies are conducted with "students" and most studies are conducted in "Hacettepe University." Additionally, it has been determined that since 2018, the number of postgraduate theses using the concept of "information literacy" has increased, most of the research is done in the "institutes of educational sciences" of universities, and most of the postgraduate theses are prepared in the "Information and Document Management Department." It has been determined that the language of the theses is Turkish except for 1 (one) study. According to the results of the research, it was determined that the "survey method/quantitative studies" method was used the most. [For the full proceedings, see ED630948.]

This research examines the postgraduate theses on the concept of information literacy from various perspectives. In this study, which was conducted within the framework of a qualitative research approach, document analysis was used for data collection. Within the scope of the study, "information literacy" was written as a keyword in the database of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) National Thesis Center and scanned electronically and (f=33) postgraduate theses published in Turkey with "information literacy" in their titles were reached. In the study, theses were analyzed by content analysis in terms of type, year, language, university, affiliated institute, department, research method/approach, study group/participants, and thesis advisor titles. Because of the research, it has been determined that there are more master's theses than doctoral theses and that master's theses are mostly done in state universities. It has been determined that the number of postgraduate theses in 2019 is higher than in other years, the most common title for faculty members who are thesis managers is "professor doctor," according to gender, women have prepared (f=21) theses, and men have prepared (f=12) theses. It has been determined that most of the "survey method" studies are conducted in postgraduate studies, most studies are conducted with "students" and most studies are conducted in "Hacettepe University." Additionally, it has been determined that since 2018, the number of postgraduate theses using the concept of "information literacy" has increased, most of the research is done in the "institutes of educational sciences" of universities, and most of the postgraduate theses are prepared in the "Information and Document Management Department." It has been determined that the language of the theses is Turkish except for 1 (one) study. According to the results of the research, it was determined that the "survey method/quantitative studies" method was used the most. [For the full proceedings, see ED630948.]

Researchers published a massive database of more than 2 billion Discord messages that they say they scraped using Discord’s public API. The data was pulled from 3,167 servers and covers posts made between 2015 and 2024, the entire time Discord has been active. Though the researchers claim they’ve anonymized the data, it’s hard to imagine anyone is comfortable with almost a decade of their Discord messages sitting in a public JSON file online. Separately, a different programmer released a Discord tool called "Searchcord" based on a different data set that shows non-anonymized chat histories. These two separate events have created some panic in some Discord communities, with server moderators and users worrying about their privacy. A team of 15 researchers at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil conducted the scrape as part of a research project. The team explained the how and why of the project in a paper titled Discord Unveiled: A Comprehensive Dataset of Public Communication (2015 - 2024), which they say was created so that other teams of researchers could have a database of online discussions to use when studying mental health and politics or training bots. “Throughout every step of our data collection process, we prioritized adherence to ethical standards,” they wrote in a section called ‘Ethical Concerns.’ “Precautions were taken to collect data responsibly. All data was sourced from groups that are explicitly considered public according to Discord’s terms of use, which every user agrees to upon signing up. The data was anonymized, and the methodology was detailed to promote reproducibility and transparency.” That may be the case, but Discord is designed to be a series of chatrooms which are not universally searchable, and which in their design feel far less public than, say, tweeting something or posting it to Reddit. #discord #brazil #brazilians #tech #news #technology #privacy

Educational content labeled with proper knowledge components (KCs) are particularly useful to teachers or content organizers. However, manually labeling educational content is labor intensive and error-prone. To address this challenge, prior research proposed machine learning based solutions to auto-label educational content with limited success. In this work, we significantly improve prior research by (1) expanding the input types to include KC descriptions, instructional video titles, and problem descriptions (i.e., three types of prediction task), (2) doubling the granularity of the prediction from 198 to 385 KC labels (i.e., more practical setting but much harder multinomial classification problem), (3) improving the prediction accuracies by 0.5-2.3% using Task-adaptive Pre-trained BERT, outperforming six baselines, and (4) proposing a simple evaluation measure by which we can recover 56-73% of mispredicted KC labels. All codes and data sets in the experiments are available at: https://github.com/tbs17/TAPT-BERT [This paper was published in: "AIED 2021, LNAI1 2748," edited by I. Roll et al., Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021, pp. 408-19.]

The main purpose of this research was to study how the instructiveness of the letter, one of the writing to learn activities; changes according to the person to whom it is written (the addressee). The document analysis method was used in this qualitative study. Since documents are very important information sources used effectively in qualitative studies, their authenticity is important. The book named "Letters from Father Inönü to Erdal Inönü" published by Bilgi Publishing in 1988 and prepared for printing by Sevgi Özel with the permission of the Inönü Foundation and the letters published under the title "The letters of Erdal Inönü to his father" by Can Dündar in his column in the Milliyet on 17, June, 2007 were analysed using the qualitative analysis method. It was analysed in the study that how the instructiveness of the letters (1947-1951) whose content was only related to physics and written from father to son and from son to father changed according to the addressee. The documents analysed in this study provide the first three stages of document analysis, which has five stages namely; access to the documents, control of their authenticity, understanding the documents, analysis of the data and the use of the data. The findings of the research support the views of the students, who stated that they had written more clearly to students who were younger than they were or studying in the subclasses than they had written to their teachers in the studies conducted previously.

The Montana Department of Labor and Industry (MTDLI) recently published a statewide college report entitled "Meeting State Worker Demand: A Report on the Labor Market Outcomes for Montana Colleges," in collaboration with the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education (OCHE). The report seeks to determine if there are enough students graduating in the right fields to meet Montana's workforce needs now and in the future. It compares the workforce supply being developed in Montana's colleges to expected future employment needs and analyzes workforce outcomes for Montana college graduates. Since the statewide college report was published in May 2017, Montana educators, students, businesses, and policymakers have been using this data to successfully guide workforce development efforts in the state, and to develop new opportunities for cooperation between colleges and businesses. This report is a case study of how Montana has set an example for other states by not just "understanding" its workforce programs, but using this data to drive policy change within the government, postsecondary institutions, and the business community. [This report was prepared with the Montana Department of Labor & Industry.]

The annotated bibliography on Down's Syndrome contains approximately 100 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents or journal articles published from 1966 to 1975 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). It is explained that titles were chosen in response to user requests and analysis of current trends in the field. Abstracts include bibliographic data (identification or order number, publication date, author, title, source or publisher, and availability); descriptors indicating the subject matter covered; and a summary of the document's contents. Also provided are instructions for using the bibliography, a list of journals from which articles were abstracted, and an order form for ordering microfiche or paper copies of the documents through the ERIC Document Reproduction Service. (JM)

The annotated bibliography on Down's Syndrome contains approximately 100 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents or journal articles published from 1966 to 1975 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). It is explained that titles were chosen in response to user requests and analysis of current trends in the field. Abstracts include bibliographic data (identification or order number, publication date, author, title, source or publisher, and availability); descriptors indicating the subject matter covered; and a summary of the document's contents. Also provided are instructions for using the bibliography, a list of journals from which articles were abstracted, and an order form for ordering microfiche or paper copies of the documents through the ERIC Document Reproduction Service. (JM)

The annotated bibliography on Sex Education contains approximately 135 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents or journal articles published from 1962 to 1975 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). It is explained that titles were chosen in response to user requests and analysis of current trends in the field. The bibliography is divided into the following sections: Handicapped Children, Aurally Handicapped, Disadvantaged, Emotionally Disturbed, Mentally Handicapped, Multiply Handicapped, Physically Handicapped, Visually Handicapped, and Learning Disabled. Abstracts include bibliographic data (identification or order number, publication date, author, title, source or publisher, and availability); descriptors indicating the subject matter covered; and a summary of the document's contents. Also provided are instructions for using the bibliography, a list of journals from which articles were abstracted, and an order form for ordering microfiche or paper copies of the documents through the ERIC Document Reproduction Service. (PM)

1Flemington

By Violet Jacob

This adventure historical fiction novel is set in Angus, Scotland during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. It has all the elements of a good war novel: spies, betrayals, politics, and even a love story (but not quite what you expect). This is a smart novel with wise insights into human nature, the different choices people make during a conflict, and the coping mechanisms of those who were left behind. This novel will make you laugh, cry, and fall in love with the landscape of Scotland. - Summary by Stav Nisser.

2Flemington (version 2)

By Violet Jacob

Archie Flemington, a spy in Government service during the 1745 Jacobite rising, is sent to investigate the suspected rebel James Logie. Despite the secrets and enmities between them, the two men form a lasting connection. But when the war comes to its bitter end, and they are forced to choose between honouring that connection, and their military duty, what will they do? (Summary by Elin)

3Unity

By Violet Jacob

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Unity by Violet Jacob.<br> This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 27, 2022. <br>-----<br> Violet Jacob was a Scottish writer known especially for her historical novel Flemington and for her poetry, mainly in Scots. She was described by a fellow Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid as "the most considerable of contemporary vernacular poets". he wrote most of her poetry in the 'Angus' dialect. (Wikipedia)

4Golden heart, and other fairy stories

By Violet Jacob

A collection of fairy tales by Violet Jacob. Including the title story, The Golden Heart, The Peacock's Tail, The Cherry Trees, Jack frost, and several more! (Summary by ShrimpPhish)