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THE ISSUES WE FACE Humanity has polluted its own environment with increasing speed, especially since the industrial revolution. The world population is currently reaching a new milestone of 8 billion people according to the United Nations and is forecasted to increase by 2 billion people within 30 years (UN 2022a). It took hundreds of thousands of years for the world population to grow to 1 billion – then in just another 200 years or so, it grew sevenfold. In 2011, the global population reached the 7 billion mark, it stands at almost 7.9 billion in 2021, and it's expected to grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050, and 10.9 billion in 2100 (UN, 2022b) The growth is mainly taking place in the least developed countries. The earth is not growing. The pressure on our environment is tremendous; polluted air, coral reefs dying, toxic soils, polluted food and water, global warming due to the human-induced greenhouse effect, melting glaciers, rising sea water levels, islands, regions and countries will disappear under water, extinction of insects, mammals, fish, birds, loss of wildlife habitats and productive agricultural areas, increase of environmentally caused cancer, brain and cardiovascular diseases. Cities are clogged with slow traffic and waste. Increased consumption of non-renewable resources and a throwaway culture of goods., KEYNOTE SPEECH 01

What is expected in a thesis? Save time and follow useful advice about structure, what to write, where, why, and access research publications etc. The book empowers students by making them able to self-assess their writing at various stages, and preparing them regarding what is expected in a thesis, and what questions they will get from supervisors, peer reviewers, opponents and examiners. Without knowing what needs to be explicitly written and why, the thesis student is lost, losing time and motivation. The goal is to complete the thesis, writing with high quality and within the time frame. Both students and supervisors are target groups for this book. What is hybrid? The book landscape is changing and the message is transmitted as an e-book, audiobook and as part of an online thesis process support system, ThesisPro. Audiobook Narrator: Alan Irving, Audiobook Narrator: Alan Irving

What is expected in a thesis? Save time and follow useful advice about structure, what to write, where, why, and access research publications etc. The book empowers students by making them able to self-assess their writing at various stages, and preparing them regarding what is expected in a thesis, and what questions they will get from supervisors, peer reviewers, opponents and examiners. Without knowing what needs to be explicitly written and why, the thesis student is lost, losing time and motivation. The goal is to complete the thesis, writing with high quality and within the time frame. Both students and supervisors are target groups for this book. What is hybrid? The book landscape is changing and the message is transmitted as an e-book, audiobook and as part of an online thesis process support system, ThesisPro.

This study intended to develop a framework for designing a Learning Management System for supporting thesis projects. A model named ‘Explanatory Design Theory’ was followed as a methodology to identify the component of the proposed framework. The following four steps were followed: 1.) Identification of kernel theories, 2) Analysis of kernel theories and identification of meta-requirements, 3) Formulation of design components based on meta-requirements, 4)Formulation of testable hypotheses. Developing the designing explanatory design theory was a four-step process; each step was crucial and decisive. The first step involved identifying kernel theories related to thesis supervision. These were Zone of Proximal Development, Scaffolding, and Self-regulation. Secondly, meta-requirements were determined based on kernel theories, and it was discovered that enhancing the student-supervisor interaction and supporting students’ self-regulation processes were key meta-requirements, based on which the components of FLMSTP were identified at the third step and labelled as Initiation, Planning, Implementation, and Completion. The final step was the setting of hypotheses formulated to refine kernel theories and evaluate the accuracy of meta-requirements and the usefulness of the components.

Background: Many teachers consider it challenging to teach children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in an inclusive classroom due to their unique needs and challenges. The integration of information communication technology (ICT) in the education system allows children with ASD to improve their learning. However, these ICT tools should meet their needs to lead a productive life. Objective: This study aimed to examine the possibilities of re-creating and adapting digital content to improve the learning of numeracy among children with ASD in inclusive school settings. Methods: We conducted 7 focus group discussions (FGDs) with 56 teachers from 7 schools and 14 parents from April to November 2019. Each of the FGDs took around 1 hour. Two clustered sets of questions were used: (1) general knowledge about teaching children with ASD and (2) analysis of selected online educational video content of early math (specifically, counting numbers). The researchers used video to understand current methodologies used in teaching children with ASD, possibilities of adaptation of the content in the current teaching environment, future challenges when the content is adapted, and possible solutions to overcome those challenges. All data, including audio recordings, field notes, and participants’ comments, were transcribed, recorded, and analyzed following the steps recommended in qualitative data analysis. Results: The researchers identified ten themes from the analysis of the data: (1) awareness of the existence of ASD among children in schools and the community, (2) acceptance of children with ASD in an inclusive classroom and the community, (3) methods and models used when teaching children with ASD, (4)realia used to improve the learning of children with ASD, (5) the design of educational digital content, (6) the accessibility of online educational content, (7) quality of the content of the educational multimedia, (8) the opportunity of using the translated and re-created conte

In this paper the Clifford Algebra is introduced and proposed as analternative to Gibbs' vector algebra as a unifying language for geometricoperations on vectors. Firstly, the algebra is constructed using a quotientof the tensor algebra and then its most important properties are proved,including how it enables division between vectors and how it is connected tothe exterior algebra. Further, the Clifford algebra is shown to naturallyembody the complex numbers and quaternions, whereupon its strength indescribing rotations is highlighted. Moreover, the wedge product, is shown asa way to generalize the cross product and reveal the true nature ofpseudovectors as bivectors. Lastly, we show how replacing the cross productwith the wedge product, within the Clifford algebra, naturally leads tosimplifying Maxwell's equations to a single equation.

Vägledning i vid bemärkelse beskrivs av Skolverket som all verksamhet som ska bidra till elevers utvecklande av kompetenser relaterade till framtida beslut om studie- och yrkesval. För att elever ska kunna utveckla denna valkompetens krävs det samverkan mellan all pedagogisk skolpersonal och det är enligt Skolverket rektorns ansvar att koordinera detta. Tidigare forskning pekar tyvärr på att rektorer och huvudmän brister i styrning av denna samverkan vilket innebär att ansvaret ofta verkar falla på enskilda studie- och yrkesvägledare. Majoriteten av denna forskning är dock utförd på grundskolenivå vilket lämnar en kunskapslucka gällande hur vägledning i vid bemärkelse ser ut på gymnasienivå. Därför har vi i denna studie sökt att bringa klarhet i hur samverkan kring studie- och yrkesvägledning i vid bemärkelse koordineras på gymnasieskolor, samt hur studie- och yrkesvägledare ser på och upplever sin roll i denna samverkan.Dessa frågeställningar undersöktes genom en kvalitativ metod bestående av ostrukturerade intervjuer med hjälp av en intervjuguide och analyserades sedan utifrån två teorier. Den första teorin är Self- determination Theory (SDT) som fokuserar på hur sociala faktorer stödjer eller hindrar folks välmående baserat på tre grundläggande psykiska behov: autonomi, kompetens och tillhörighet. Den andra teorin rör hur Henry Mintzberg beskriver att koordinering av arbetsuppgifter kan ske och hur organisationer tenderar att vara strukturerade.I resultaten visade sig informanterna uppleva sin roll som stödjande till elever och lärare med stort utrymme för dem att utforma sitt eget arbete. Dock så upplevde de att deras kompetenser inte utnyttjas till fullo, delvis då de saknar strukturer och mandat för arbetet med vägledning i vid bemärkelse. Gällande samverkan så beskrivs en situation då lärarnas brist på tid på grund av snäva kursplaner och scheman utgör ett ansenligt hinder, samt att både skolledning och lärare har bristande insyn i vad vägledning innebär.

The use and adaptation of digital tools such as social media to set up and develop a business is, a contemporary and a new dimension in women entrepreneurship. It is interesting to study how social media has improved the business of women entrepreneurs from how it was before the use of social media as digitalization has changed the game plan of many women entrepreneurs in different industries. The purpose of this study is to explore whether the use of social media has changed the business of women entrepreneurs in the beauty salon sector in any way especially concerning the marketing and communication activities of the business. The empirical context for the study is the beauty salon sector in Sri Lanka. This study analyzes the adaptation of Facebook use through electronic word of mouth theory using the data collected through 10 in-depth interviews conducted with 10 women entrepreneurs who own beauty salons and through the observations carried out using their Facebook business pages. As a medium to grow and advertise the business, as a medium of communication and customer care, as a medium of learning and skills sharing, and as a medium for collaborative work are the themes derived. The beauty salons of women have transformed after the use of Facebook in the aspects of communication, customer service, marketing and advertising, brand awareness and collaborative networking because of the positive electronic word of mouth the Facebook generated for their businesses., https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/221402