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Active-Learning in the Online Environment

open access: yesCoRR, 2020
Online learning is convenient for many learners; it gives them the possibility of learning without being restricted by attending a particular classroom at a specific time. While this exciting opportunity can let its users manage their life in a better way, many students may suffer from feeling isolated or disconnected from the community that consists ...
Zahra Derakhshandeh, Babak Esmaeili 0003
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“I am gay, and the LGBTQI+ movement does not represent me”: Mapping the emergence of right-wing gay activism in Brazil

open access: yesCahiers des Amériques Latines, 2021
The article seeks to map the emergence of right-wing gay activism in Brazil in recent years, particularly since 2013, when online activism initiatives based on a proudly right-wing gay identity started to multiply on social media.
Rodrigo Cruz
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Does shareholder activism help or hinder shareholder value enhancement? : empirical evidence from the UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Shareholder activism has increasingly become a widespread value enhancement strategy for institutional investors in the UK. However, thus far only one paper has reported a clinical study to analyse its impact on target firms (Becht et al, 2008) in ...
Broadhurst, Timothy
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Rethinking globalised resistance : feminist activism and critical theorising in international relations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This article argues that a feminist approach to the 'politics of resistance' offers a number of important empirical insights which, in turn, open up lines of theoretical inquiry which critical theorists in IR would do well to explore. Concretely, we draw
Maiguashca, B., Eschle, C.
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Online optimal active sensing control [PDF]

open access: yes2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2017
This paper deals with the problem of active sensing control for nonlinear differentially flat systems. The objective is to improve the estimation accuracy of an observer by determining the inputs of the system that maximise the amount of information gathered by the outputs over a fixed time horizon.
Salaris, Paolo   +3 more
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Online Passive-Aggressive Active learning [PDF]

open access: yesMachine Learning, 2016
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Jing Lu, Peilin Zhao, Steven C. H. Hoi
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The dark side of online activism: Swedish right-wing extremist video activism on YouTube

open access: yesMedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, 2014
In recent years, an emerging body of work, centred on specific communicative forms used in facilitating collective and connective action, have contributed to greater understanding of how digital communication relates to social mobilisation.
Mattias Ekman
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Online Environmental Activism: The Case of Iğneada Floodplain Forest

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2019
The Internet has changed the ways and conditions of activism. Especially over the last three decades, online activism has been prevalently used for sharing information, connecting people, and mobilizing crowds to express their discontent. The Internet is
Süleyman Ahmet Menteş
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Online Activism in Pinoy Battle Rap: A Qualitative Analysis of FlipTop Emcee Verses

open access: yesPhilippine Social Science Journal
Online activism has grown significantly with technological advancements, using tools like petitions, micro-blogging, and social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube.
Amor Jude Thadeus F. Soriano
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A “Two-Level Social Capital Analysis” of the Role of Online Communication in Civic Activism: Lessons From the Role of Facebook in the Sunflower Movement

open access: yesSocial Media + Society, 2016
In this article, we propose a “two-level social capital analysis” for the study of the role of online communication in new, contemporary forms of civic activism.
Panayiota Tsatsou, Yupei Zhao
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