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Management of Distance Education: IEC Modules

This report on Management of Distance Education consists of the following: Unit 11 Applying research to running an institution, UNIT 12 Assessment of distance education, UNIT 13 Managing the institution, UNIT 14 Budgeting and costs, UNIT 16 Managing ...
The Distance Education Centre of the University of the West Indies and The International Extension College
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Understanding consumers' willingness to pay for online upselling of hotel rooms through the lens of psychological distance

Willingness to pay (WTP) is vital to every pricing decision. However, its accurate measurement remains challenging to businesses because consumers do not easily disclose it.
Guillet, BD, Mohammed, I
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La coopération entre concepteurs et tuteurs et l’évolution du rôle du tuteur dans un établissement unimodal d’enseignement à distance

, 2017
In distance education, a separation of roles between course design teams and student support teams are still characteristic of many specialized institutions.
Poellhuber, Bruno, Florent Michelot, Chomienne, Martine, Marie-Noëlle, Fortin, Florent, Michelot, Martine Chomienne, Fortin, Marie-Noëlle, Bruno Poellhuber, Michelot, Florent, Marie-Noëlle Fortin   +9 more
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Towards Human‐Centered Intelligent Inhabitable Spaces: A Review

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This review introduces Robot‐Rooms as a new category of architectural‐scale robots that do not operate within a space but actively form and reconfigure the space around their occupants. Drawing from robotics, HCI, architecture, and the arts, an interdisciplinary framework is proposed that maps the enabling technologies and integration challenges ...
Nithesh Kumar, Ge Lv, Keith E. Green, Ian D. Walker   +3 more
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The preliminary successes and drawbacks of a turn to distance design studio learning.

, 2020
It seems the technological campuses of tomorrow have manifested today as an essential and spontaneous response to the COVID-19 world outbreak. This article briefly discusses the current pivot from an on-campus physical design studio curriculum towards a ...
Marshalsey, Lorraine
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Exploring A Transactional Distance-Based Management Model To Improve Perception Of Efficacy Within Designated Corporate Collaboration Communities [PDF]

, 2017
Oil and Gas (O&G) companies are adopting blended learning models to move away from traditional face-to-face training programs that are viewed as costly and less efficient.
Workman, Timothy Peter
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Balancing Exploration and Exploitation Through a Sequential Hybrid of Roach Infestation and Mayfly Algorithms for Constrained Engineering Design Optimization

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Maintaining an effective balance between exploration and exploitation is essential during optimization processes, from mathematical functions to more complex problems such as constrained engineering design optimization, particularly when addressing highly nonlinear issues with numerous local optima and strict feasibility requirements.
Enrique Lizárraga, Fevrier Valdez, Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melin   +3 more
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The world needs less plastic: the role of psychological distance and self-efficacy in environmental messages

Frontiers in Communication
This study examines the role of lowering psychological distance and increasing self-efficacy around plastic pollution through environmental media messages.
Kathryn E. Cooper, Laurel Brinkerhoff, Kristen D. Landreville, Kristen D. Landreville   +3 more
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Responsible Artificial Intelligence in Courts: A Four‐Test Framework

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A structured framework for responsible AI applications relating to judicial decision‐making and the adjudicative functions of courts requires the satisfaction of multiple context‐specific safeguards. This article proposes a four‐test framework designed to evaluate whether AI systems used in courts operate in accordance with legal, procedural ...
Kwan Yiu Cheng
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Psychological distance and pro-environmental behavior: Insights from wildfire-affected PCT hikers

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionAs wildfires and extreme weather events increase in frequency and severity, understanding individuals’ psychological and behavioral responses to these rising climate change impacts is necessary to cultivate pro-environmental behavior (PEB ...
Lindsay B. Miller, Ronald E. Rice
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