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- An experiment with online practice for assessmentPublication . Vieira, Isabel; Paula Lopes, Ana; Lopes, Cristina; Azevedo, Jose Manuel; Torres, Cristina; Babo, LurdesWhen teaching is a passion we do whatever we can to pass it over to our students, and it is even more relevant when we teach a subject to students from a different area. As professors in a Higher Education Institution (HEI) we have the responsibility to prepare the students for the future. We have to gain their attention so that they become engaged in the subject taught and have success at the end. The aim of this paper is to describe and analyse an experiment that took place in the Spring term of 2019, with first year students of a Mathematics course from the undergraduate degree in Marketing. We have developed several questions, related to the course syllabus, on an online platform, and created a Question Pool. Outside the classroom, students at their own pace could solve these exercises. All questions have the solution step by step, thus the students can realize what is expected gaining insights in the subject. We discuss how the students accepted the initiative and how they used it. The results will be presented, analysed and used to improve the methodology.
- Creating interactive learning materials to promote statistical skills in higher educationPublication . Paula Lopes, Ana; Baptista Soares, Filomena; Teles Oliveira, Cristina; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Torres, Cristina; Lopes, CristinaNovas oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida, currículos alternativos no ensino pré-universitário e políticas bastante “abertas” de acesso ao Ensino Superior (ES) têm potenciado, nas últimas décadas, o problema da falta de homogeneização de saberes e competências dos alunos “calouros” em Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES). Este problema torna-se avassalador quando se trata de unidades curriculares básicas "construtivas", como a Matemática ou a Estatística, em licenciaturas não matemáticas, em áreas como a Administração, Contabilidade ou Gestão. Esta é uma “luta” diária que os docentes destas unidades curriculares enfrentam ao tentarem falar de disciplinas mais avançadas a um público muito heterogéneo, com diferenças significativas na formação matemática, promovendo a participação de todos os alunos e evitando o abandono precoce de alguns . Neste sentido, Neste artigo serão apresentadas algumas dessas estratégias, desenvolvidas no Politécnico do Porto (P.PORTO) e baseadas na criação e utilidade dos materiais interativos de ensino e aprendizagem. Sentiu-se a real necessidade de inovar no processo de ensino-aprendizagem e a procura de um bom software de apoio, que permitisse desenvolver todos os materiais e implementar interações reais, culminou com a escolha do iSpring Suite 9. Este software é um poderoso kit de ferramentas de eLearning para PowerPoint que permite desenvolver cursos, videoaulas e avaliações de qualidade que funcionarão em qualquer desktop, laptop e plataforma móvel. Portanto, o uso do iSpring Suite 9 será descrito...
- Determinants of the use of health and fitness mobile apps by patients with asthma: secondary analysis of observational studiesPublication . Neves, Ana Luísa; Jácome, Cristina; Taveira-Gomes, Tiago; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Almeida, Rute; Amaral, Rita; Alves-Correia, Magna; Mendes, Sandra; Chaves-Loureiro, Cláudia; Valério, Margarida; Lopes, Cristina; Carvalho, Joana; Mendes, Ana; Ribeiro, Carmelita; Prates, Sara; Ferreira, José Alberto; Teixeira, Maria Fernanda; Branco, Joana; Santalha, Marta; Vasconcelos, Maria João; Lozoya, Carlos; Santos, Natacha; Cardia, Francisca; Moreira, Ana Sofia; Taborda-Barata, Luís; Pinto, Cláudia Sofia; Ferreira, Rosário; Silva, Pedro Morais; Ferreira, Tânia Monteiro; Câmara, Raquel; Lobo, Rui; Bordalo, Diana; Guimarães, Cristina; Santo, Maria Espírito; Oliveira, José Ferraz de; Augusto, Maria José Cálix; Gomes, Ricardo; Vieira, Inês; Silva, Sofia da; Marques, Maria; Cardoso, João; Morete, Ana; Aroso, Margarida; Cruz, Ana Margarida; Nunes, Carlos; Câmara, Rita; Rodrigues, Natalina; Abreu, Carmo; Albuquerque, Ana Luísa; Vieira, Claúdia; Santos, Carlos; Páscoa, Rosália; Chaves-Loureiro, Carla; Alves, Adelaide; Neves, Ângela; Marques, José Varanda; Reis, Bruno; Ferreira-Magalhães , Manuel; Fonseca, João AlmeidaHealth and fitness apps have potential benefits to improve self-management and disease control among patients with asthma. However, inconsistent use rates have been reported across studies, regions, and health systems. A better understanding of the characteristics of users and nonusers is critical to design solutions that are effectively integrated in patients’ daily lives, and to ensure that these equitably reach out to different groups of patients, thus improving rather than entrenching health inequities.
- Dia do investigador CEOS.PP | DICEOS23: livro de resumosPublication . Lopes, Cristina; Braga, Inês; Vieira, Isabel; Curado Malta, Mariana; Carvalho, PaulaO Centro de Estudos Organizacionais e Sociais do Politécnico do Porto (CEOS.PP) juntou-se à iniciativa anual da Comissão Europeia - "Noite Europeia dos Investigadores" – lançada em 2005 - com o Dia do Investigador CEOS [DICEOS23]. O objetivo deste evento, que decorreu no dia 29 de setembro de 2023, foi o de divulgar o trabalho desenvolvido pelos investigadores do CEOS.PP, um momento que contou com um conjunto de atividades para criar sinergias entre os investigadores deste centro de investigação e abrir caminhos para o futuro.
- Digital Government and Sustainable DevelopmentPublication . castro, Conceição; Lopes, CristinaSustainable development is a concern and a challenge of modern societies, either in developing and developed countries. Good governance is crucial to managing efficiently all kind of resources, including natural resources, for the well-being of current and future generations. Digital transformation can be a key driver of changes in governments if they want to enhance transparency, accountability and efficiency. E-government facilitates integrated policies and public services to promote sustainable and inclusive economic growth, social development and environmental protection. E-government contributes to efficient resource management, and so can help to improve namely natural resource usage in the present to avoid damage to their usage in the future. The aim of this study is to analyse the impact of e-government on sustainable development. Using a logit model, for a sample of 103 countries in the period 2003–2018, the results suggest that e-government development is a positive determinant for a country to attain sustainable development, proxied by adjusted net savings, that embraces a country’s economic, social and environmental development. This study provides evidence that e-government increases the probability to attain sustainable development mostly in developing and transition economies. The results also suggest that economic growth and gross national income per capita are significant positive influences in sustainable development in the whole sample and that countries with lower age dependency and natural resource rents are more likely to have sustainable development. Developing e-government allows promoting sustainable development, particularly in developing and in transition economies.
- Digital Tools and methods to Enhance Learning: The Digitools ProjectPublication . Gonçalves, Maria José Angélico; Tavares, Célia; Terra, Ana Lúcia; Moreira Silva, Manuel; Bernardes, Oscar; Valente, Iolanda; Lopes, CristinaThe use of distance education using digital tools in higher education has increased over the last decade, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has resulted in schools shutting down all across the world. This paper aims to present a brief summary of the Digitools Project and a multicultural analysis of the use of e-learning during Covid-19 in six countries. The methodology used was a survey by questionnaire involving teachers, librarians and students. The analysis of the questionnaire results allowed us to identify which dimensions to assess the sustainability of eLearning namely the organizational, socio-cultural and technological context. It also made it possible to assess the perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, intention to use, actual use and perceived satisfaction. Furthermore, personal, technological and organizational dimensions are also valued for e-learning usage. After reviewing the state of the art, there was a need to define a strategic training plan for the acquisition of basic and advanced skills for eLearning’s implementation and usage.
- DIGITOOLS – Innovative tools for enhancing e-learning solutions in universitiesPublication . Moreira Silva, Manuel; Terra, Ana Lúcia; Tavares, Célia; Lopes, Cristina; Valente, Iolanda; Gonçalves, Maria José Angélico; Bernardes, OscarMethodology of the data preparation: 1. Data from each country survey was exported to IBM SPSS (using the syntax file provided by Limesurvey when exporting data to SPSS). 2. Qualitative variables Q00 and Q02 were automatically recorded into numerical form. 3. A binary variable “Completed” was created from the “submitdate”, using “recode into different variable” (Missing ->0, ELSE->1) to mark the complete answers from the incomplete 4. All string variables with Likert scales were transformed into numerical variables, using the “automatic recode” feature of IBM SPSS. Options ``Treat blank as user missing” and “Use same recording scheme” were activated. Then, all remaining codes for missing values or non-available data were coded with SYSMIS using “Recode into the same variable”. 5. The three questions S01c, L01c, and T02m had the scale of answers with an inverted logic. It was necessary to create new variables inverting the scale, using “Recode into different variables”. (1->5, 2->4, 4->2, 5->1, ELSE-> copy) 6. Measure of the numerical variables was corrected. 7. The labels of the questions were simplified (removing the answer options and non necessary text) 8. New variables for the constructs were computed using “Compute variable” with the mean of the variables that contribute to each construct in each group. (The syntax file “Data preparation.sps” can be used to automatize the procedure of data preparation. Just change the path in FILE=’…’ to your full directory path. The formulas for building the constructs are in lines 80-372.)
- E-Learning Enhancement through Multidisciplinary Teams in Higher Education: Students, Teachers, and LibrariansPublication . Lopes, Cristina; Bernardes, Oscar; Gonçalves, Maria José Angélico; Terra, Ana Lúcia; Moreira Silva, Manuel; Tavares, Célia; Valente, IolandaThe societal disturbance created by the rapid outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the entire globe, profoundly affecting all levels of education. The challenge presented by COVID-19 is broad, rapidly evolving, and complex; it threatens everyone’s well-being, the global economy, the environment, and all societal and cultural standards and our daily activities. Throughout the Coronavirus outbreak and any future lockdowns, it is crucial that the needs of students be ultimately and regularly met and that they are supported effectively. We intend to address skill shortages and mismatches, particularly regarding the readiness to teach in an online environment that encourages flexible and innovative learning. The main contribution of this paper is addressing this subject with an integrated vision of three different players in higher education: students, teachers and librarians. Using the Technology Adoption Model (TAM) and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), a conceptual model was developed to explain both the behavior and intentions of users when using e-learning systems. Among Portuguese students, 91% of e-learning satisfaction can be attributed to perceived usefulness, actual use, and personal considerations. For educators, satisfaction appears to be mostly dependent on perceived usefulness and usability, while librarians’ satisfaction is negatively dependent on technological factors. Students’ actual use of technology is 89% dependent on organizational and technological variables. However, the actual use by teachers appears to be primarily dependent on personal and technological factors. Similarly, 91% of the variability of the use of e-learning tools by librarians can be explained by organizational, personal and technological factors, with the personal factors having a negative impact on the actual use.
- Ethical behavior of firms and corruption in the public sector – a cluster analysis of worldwide countriesPublication . Castro, Conceição; Ferreira, Fernanda A.; Lopes, CristinaIn countries where corruption is high, there is less incentive for corporate organizations to behave ethically. Ethics, either in the private and public sectors, can be related to the level of economic development, economic freedom, and the quality of governance. The objective of this paper is to analyze the relationship between corporate ethics and corruption in the public sector, to group countries according to these indicators, and investigate the characteristics of these clusters. A hierarchical followed by a K-means cluster analysis was performed to group 127 countries. Non-parametric and post-hoc tests were used to examine the significant differences among clusters in some features. The correlation between the ethical behavior of firms and corruption in the public sector was strong and significant. The cluster analysis led to three significantly different clusters, one formed by countries with high levels of corporate ethics and low corruption and it is composed only by countries with high-income, another with medium levels and finally a group of countries with low levels of corporate ethics and high levels of corruption. The results also suggest significant differences among the clusters in several economic, institutional, and development indicators. Improving these indicators potentially lead to high standards of ethics in the private and public sectors.
- Feasibility and acceptability of an asthma app to monitor medication adherence: mixed methods studyPublication . Jácome, Cristina; Almeida, Rute; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Amaral, Rita; Mendes, Sandra; Alves-Correia, Magna; Vidal, Carmen; Freire, Sara López; Brea, Paula Méndez; Araújo, Luís; Couto, Mariana; Antolín-Amérigo, Darío; Caballer, Belén de la Hoz; Castro, Alicia Barra; Gonzalez-De-Olano, David; Bom, Ana Todo; Azevedo, João; Pinto, Paula Leiria; Pinto, Nicole; Neves, Ana Castro; Palhinha, Ana; Bom, Filipa Todo; Costa, Alberto; Loureiro, Cláudia Chaves; Santos, Lilia Maia; Arrobas, Ana; Valério, Margarida; Cardoso, João; Emiliano, Madalena; Gerardo, Rita; Rodrigues, José Carlos Cidrais; Oliveira, Georgeta; Carvalho, Joana; Mendes, Ana; Lozoya, Carlos; Santos, Natacha; Menezes, Fernando; Gomes, Ricardo; Câmara, Rita; Alves, Rodrigo Rodrigues; Moreira, Ana Sofia; Bordalo, Diana; Alves, Carlos; Ferreira, José Alberto; Lopes, Cristina; Silva, Diana; Vasconcelos, Maria João; Teixeira, Maria Fernanda; Ferreira-Magalhães, Manuel; Taborda-Barata, Luís; Cálix, Maria José; Alves, Adelaide; Fonseca, João AlmeidaPoor medication adherence is a major challenge in asthma, and objective assessment of inhaler adherence is needed. The InspirerMundi app aims to monitor adherence while providing a positive experience through gamification and social support. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the InspirerMundi app to monitor medication adherence in adolescents and adults with persistent asthma (treated with daily inhaled medication). A 1-month mixed method multicenter observational study was conducted in 26 secondary care centers from Portugal and Spain. During an initial face-to-face visit, physicians reported patients’ asthma therapeutic plan in a structured questionnaire. During the visits, patients were invited to use the app daily to register their asthma medication intakes. A scheduled intake was considered taken when patients registered the intake (inhaler, blister, or other drug formulation) by using the image-based medication detection tool. At 1 month, patients were interviewed by phone, and app satisfaction was assessed on a 1 (low) to 5 (high) scale. Patients were also asked to point out the most and least preferred app features and make suggestions for future app improvements. A total of 107 patients (median 27 [P25-P75 14-40] years) were invited, 92.5% (99/107) installed the app, and 73.8% (79/107) completed the 1-month interview. Patients interacted with the app a median of 9 (P25-P75 1-24) days. At least one medication was registered in the app by 78% (77/99) of patients. A total of 53% (52/99) of participants registered all prescribed inhalers, and 34% (34/99) registered the complete asthma therapeutic plan. Median medication adherence was 75% (P25-P75 25%-90%) for inhalers and 82% (P25-P75 50%-94%) for other drug formulations. Patients were globally satisfied with the app, with 75% (59/79) scoring ≥4,; adherence monitoring, symptom monitoring, and gamification features being the most highly scored components; and the medication detection tool among the lowest scored. A total of 53% (42/79) of the patients stated that the app had motivated them to improve adherence to inhaled medication and 77% (61/79) would recommend the app to other patients. Patient feedback was reflected in 4 major themes: medication-related features (67/79, 85%), gamification and social network (33/79, 42%), symptom monitoring and physician communication (21/79, 27%), and other aspects (16/79, 20%). The InspirerMundi app was feasible and acceptable to monitor medication adherence in patients with asthma. Based on patient feedback and to increase the registering of medications, the therapeutic plan registration and medication detection tool were redesigned. Our results highlight the importance of patient participation to produce a patient-centered and engaging mHealth asthma app.