Video kan in allerlei vormen de leeromgeving verrijken en daarmee van toegevoegde waarde zijn in een leerproces. Het gebruik van video kan voordelen hebben voor de student en voor jou als docent, mits je over de inzet van video goed hebt nagedacht. Het lectoraat Teaching, Learning & Technology doet onderzoek naar effectieve didactische inzet van video.
Videos can enrich the learning environment in a variety of ways, adding value to the learning process. Using videos brings benefits not only to students but also to you as the lecturer. The Research Group Teaching, Learning & Technology conducts research into the use of video in the learning processes. This handbook explains what you have to do if you want to use the various types of video.
Video kan in allerlei vormen de leeromgeving verrijken en daarmee van toegevoegde waarde zijn in een leerproces. Het gebruik van video heeft niet alleen voordelen voor de student, maar ook voor jou als docent. Het lectoraat Teaching, Learning & Technology doet onderzoek naar de inzet van video bij leerprocessen. Deze handreiking gaat in op wat je moet doen om verschillende soorten video te kunnen gebruiken.
Collaborative networks for sustainability are emerging rapidly to address urgent societal challenges. By bringing together organizations with different knowledge bases, resources and capabilities, collaborative networks enhance information exchange, knowledge sharing and learning opportunities to address these complex problems that cannot be solved by organizations individually. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the apparel sector, where examples of collaborative networks for sustainability are plenty, for example Sustainable Apparel Coalition, Zero Discharge Hazardous Chemicals, and the Fair Wear Foundation. Companies like C&A and H&M but also smaller players join these networks to take their social responsibility. Collaborative networks are unlike traditional forms of organizations; they are loosely structured collectives of different, often competing organizations, with dynamic membership and usually lack legal status. However, they do not emerge or organize on their own; they need network orchestrators who manage the network in terms of activities and participants. But network orchestrators face many challenges. They have to balance the interests of diverse companies and deal with tensions that often arise between them, like sharing their innovative knowledge. Orchestrators also have to “sell” the value of the network to potential new participants, who make decisions about which networks to join based on the benefits they expect to get from participating. Network orchestrators often do not know the best way to maintain engagement, commitment and enthusiasm or how to ensure knowledge and resource sharing, especially when competitors are involved. Furthermore, collaborative networks receive funding from grants or subsidies, creating financial uncertainty about its continuity. Raising financing from the private sector is difficult and network orchestrators compete more and more for resources. When networks dissolve or dysfunction (due to a lack of value creation and capture for participants, a lack of financing or a non-functioning business model), the collective value that has been created and accrued over time may be lost. This is problematic given that industrial transformations towards sustainability take many years and durable organizational forms are required to ensure ongoing support for this change. Network orchestration is a new profession. There are no guidelines, handbooks or good practices for how to perform this role, nor is there professional education or a professional association that represents network orchestrators. This is urgently needed as network orchestrators struggle with their role in governing networks so that they create and capture value for participants and ultimately ensure better network performance and survival. This project aims to foster the professionalization of the network orchestrator role by: (a) generating knowledge, developing and testing collaborative network governance models, facilitation tools and collaborative business modeling tools to enable network orchestrators to improve the performance of collaborative networks in terms of collective value creation (network level) and private value capture (network participant level) (b) organizing platform activities for network orchestrators to exchange ideas, best practices and learn from each other, thereby facilitating the formation of a professional identity, standards and community of network orchestrators.
Within the framework of the “Greening Games” project, we will develop, test and distribute flagship didactic materials addressing the interdisciplinary nature of green digital gaming. These will be tested in selected higher education programs and finally shared as open access content for the broader academic and teaching community. It is our core strategic responsibility to educate students about the relations between digital games and environment. We believe that the more aware students of today will become greener game designers, programmers, and academic leaders of tomorrow. At the centre of our partnership’s didactic philosophy are human responsibility, ethical game design and sustainable gaming culture. Societal IssueVideo games serve as technological marvels and cultural reflections. McKenzie Wark suggests they are integral to a shared culture, fostering critical thinking. Games act as arenas for cultural values and environmental awareness. Climate-aware video games, often referred to as 'green games' or 'eco-games,' raise ecological consciousness and reconnect players with nature. For example, Riders Republic, which replicates real-world terrain using satellite imagery, inspires eco-awareness. However, the environmental footprint of video games, reliant on digital electronics and resource-intensive consoles, poses challenges. Developers, manufacturers, and gaming giants must address these impacts. Benjamin Abraham emphasizes sustainable game development as a holistic solution beyond incorporating green content.Benefit to societyBy developing teaching materials on green gaming for higher education, we create the following impact. We will…- increase the awareness of this subject among Bachelor’s and Master’s students.- enhance students’ knowledge of green gaming and their ability to integrate existing solutions into their game projects.- stimulate more research interest among research staff as well as students.- facilitate the uptake of pedagogical resources on green gaming by lecturers and professors.- create a European research community around the topic.- raise the visibility of green game studies among the game industry and wider public.
Het Order-to-Cash (O2C) proces is cruciaal voor elke onderneming. Dit is het proces vanaf de ontvangst van een order tot aan uiteindelijke betaling. Mkb’ers kennen vele inefficiënties in hun O2C-processen. Als gevolg zijn verwerkingskosten van orders en facturen hoog en bovendien wordt geld laat ontvangen wat een negatieve impact op de liquiditeitspositie heeft. De praktijkvraag is: Hoe kunnen mkb’ers hun O2C-processen verbeteren om de liquiditeitspositie te versterken? Vanuit onderzoeksliteratuur zijn er onvoldoende handvatten voor mkb’ers om dit te veranderen. Het doel van het project is daarom om O2C-processen in kaart te brengen, te meten en monitoren, en te verbeteren, om de liquiditeitspositie te versterken voor het mkb. De centrale onderzoeksvraag is: Hoe kunnen O2C-processen in kaart gebracht, gemeten, verbeterd en gemonitord worden? Het Lectoraat Supply Chain Finance bouwt hiermee voort op kennis opgedaan uit RAAK-publieksprijswinnend project ‘Ketenfinanciering voor mkb’. Er wordt met 9 mkb’ers gestart in het onderzoeksnetwerk, dit aantal wordt uitgebreid tijdens het project. Kennispartners zijn Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen (HAN) en Politecnico di Milano. Daarnaast is de Supply Chain Finance Community aangesloten om te zorgen voor grootschalige nationale en internationale valorisatie. De belangrijkste onderzoeksmethoden in het project zijn case studies en een survey. De belangrijkste resultaten waar wij op mikken zijn: • Bedrijfsspecifieke tools om O2C-processen in detail in kaart te brengen en te verbeteren; • Inzicht in de mogelijkheden van vernieuwende informatietechnologieën voor O2C-procesoptimalisatie; • Oplevering van een survey die tevens dient als generieke tool voor mkb’ers, om na invulling direct een algemeen overzicht te krijgen van het eigen proces; • Twee wetenschappelijke artikelen, minimaal tien vakpublicaties, en teaching cases om resultaten breed te delen, zowel voor onderwijs, wetenschappelijk publiek en bedrijven.
