Essays about: "Higher Education Institutions"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 146 essays containing the words Higher Education Institutions.

  1. 6. Staff’s perception of students’ informational privacy in higher education: The case of Canvas

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Jan-Philip Tummes; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; informational privacy; dataveillance; surveillance cultures; learning management system; Canvas;

    Abstract : This study aims at discussing how students’ informational privacy in the learning management system (LMS) Canvas is perceived by staff at higher education institutions (HEIs), as well as identifying challenges arising from dataveillance and from perceptions of informational privacy themselves. The study of perceptions is based on a range of interviews at five HEIs in Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Ulleråker Hospitalum : A Case Study in the Wage Development of the Medical Sector 1890-1920

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel W Christensen; [2023]
    Keywords : Economic History; History of Medicine; Medical Sector; Asylum History; Ulleråker; Ulleråker Hospitalum;

    Abstract : This essay presents a case study about the development of income levels in the medical sector during Sweden´s period of modernization, 1890-1920, focusing specifically on the five wage groups which comprised the medical staff at Uppsala´s Ulleråker hospitalum (=mental asylum). This institution, though different in it´s stated mission from hospitals and the like, was similarily organized, and staffed with employees belonging to the same categories as regular hospital staff - they shared similar social backgrounds, education levels, work tasks and conditions. READ MORE

  4. 8. Bridging Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Education : Perspectives and Approaches from Swedish University Educators

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för management (MAN)

    Author : Sophie Jungbauer; Felix Bause; [2023]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurship education; sustainability education; pedagogies; Sweden; higher education; entrepreneurship; sustainability; sustainable development; innovation; sustainable development goals;

    Abstract : Master thesis, Master of Science in Business Administration with specialisation in Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, and Social Change  Field of research: Business Administration, School of Business & Economics  University: Linnæus University, Växjö, Sweden Course code: 5FE06ESemester: Spring 2023Author: Felix Bause & Sophie JungbauerExaminer: Viktorija KalonaityteSupervisor: Marina JogmarkTitle: Bridging Entrepreneurship and Sustainability EducationSubtitle: Perspectives and Approaches from Swedish University Educators Background: Human-made climate change and its impact on humanity is one of the most severe challenges of modern times. Due to its complexity and global interconnectedness, it requires significant change and collaboration between different decision-makers. READ MORE

  5. 9. Elite Education for the People? : Nuances of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in Polish High Schools

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Paulina Kucharska; [2023]
    Keywords : Public Education; International Baccalaureate; IB; Internationalization of Education; Educational Trajectories; Educational Strategies; Symbolic Capital;

    Abstract : The International Baccalaureate (IB), a private curriculum associated largely with exclusive education for transnationally mobile upper classes, has recently began to quietly enter public, national education systems, offering its alternative, elite schooling in tuition-free state institutions. This paper explores the nuanced case of Poland, where IB diploma program is offered as one of the tracks within state schools, existing side-by-side and competing with the national curriculum. READ MORE

  6. 10. Designing for Interactions in Learning Management System : An Evolution and Re-design of Canvas from a Student Perspective

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Alva Lundberg; [2023]
    Keywords : learning managment system; Canvas; interface; navigation; interactions;

    Abstract : Learning management system (LMS) has been adopted by a majority of higher education institutions. LMS is an important tool for students in their education and often used daily by students in their studies. READ MORE