1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464399303321

Autore

Johansson Charity

Titolo

Transforming students : fulfilling the promise of higher education / / Charity Johansson and Peter Felten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4214-1438-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (125 p.)

Disciplina

370.11/5

Soggetti

Transformative learning

Education, Higher - Aims and objectives

College students - Attitudes

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 On the Threshold""; ""2 Creating Openness""; ""3 Thinking It Through""; ""4 Moved to Action""; ""5 In the Company of Others""; ""6 From Individuals to Institutions""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""

Sommario/riassunto

"The central purpose of a college or university, argues Charity Johansson and Peter Felten, is to transform students. For a student this process is an ongoing one of intentionally aligning one's actions and behaviors with one's core sense of identity, and it is a university's mission to help students both transform themselves and understand the process of transformation so that they are well-equipped to flourish after they graduate. Transforming Students is a sequel of sorts to George Keller's top-selling Transforming a College, which focused on the community-wide effort to remake Elon from a struggling college to a top regional university. In it Johansson and Felten address the educational mission of Elon to shape students into intention, critical, engaged individuals. Transformative learning for them is characterized by a deep and enduring change in thinking that is seen through



changed ways of being in the world. It also generally reflects a new connection to some larger goal or purpose. Drawn from extensive interviews with Elon students and alumni, and with a dozen faculty and staff, this book gathers diverse stories to show how students experience the transformation process, one that rarely follows a neat or linear path. The authors also use these stories to illustrate central themes from the literature on transformative learning and the undergraduate student experience. This book echoes much of what Andrew Delbanco said in College: What it Was, Is, and Should Be (Princeton, 2012)--that the traditional four-year college experience is both vital to human development and endangered. Johansson and Felten approach the story from the students' perspective to provide a deeply humane book about the value of higher education"--

"The recent trend of trying to measure higher education's return on investment misses a fundamental point, argue Charity Johansson and Peter Felten. The central purpose of a college or university is to transform the lives of students--not to merely change them or help them mature. This transformation is an ongoing process of intentionally aligning one's behavior with one's core sense of personal identity. It is the university's central role to lead students in this transformation, a process that shapes students into intentional, critical, and engaged individuals.Recognizing the remarkable influence of the college experience on peoples' lives, the authors offer a guide to how colleges and universities can effectively lead students through this life-changing process. Drawn from extensive interviews with students and graduates, faculty and staff,  Transforming Students gathers diverse stories to show how students experience the transformation process, which rarely follows a neat or linear path. The interviews illustrate central themes from the literature on transformative learning and the undergraduate student experience.A sequel of sorts to George Keller's classic  Transforming a College--which chronicled Elon University's metamorphsis from struggling college to a top regional university--  Transforming Students addresses the school's core educational mission: to shape students into engaged adults who embrace learning as a lifelong endeavor. Given this effect, the college experience is much more than preparation for a career. It is preparation for life"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910510552003321

Autore

Holderbaum William

Titolo

2nd IMA Conference on Mathematics of Robotics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

9783030913526

9783030913519

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 pages)

Collana

Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics Ser. ; ; v.21

Altri autori (Persone)

SeligJ. M

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910482688703321

Autore

Sthen Hans Christensen <1544-1610.>

Titolo

Lyckens Hiul, En kaart Vnderuisning, om Lyckens wstadighed, oc Verdens løb, Screffuet oc giort aff Hans Christensøn S [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Copenhagen, : Andreas Gutterwitz, 1581

Descrizione fisica

Online resource ([16] bl.., 1 tav.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Danese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in Det Kongelige Bibliotek / The Royal Library (Copenhagen).

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910305555303321

Autore

Levy Steven

Titolo

Hackers / / Steven Levy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Beijing ; ; Sebastopol, California : , : O'Reilly Media, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1449393802

9781449393809

1449393748

9781449393748

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (430 p.)

Disciplina

364.168

Soggetti

Artificial intelligence - Research

Computer engineering

Hackers

Computer programming

Geeks (Computer enthusiasts)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Preface; Who's Who: The Wizards and Their Machines; Part I. True Hackers: Cambridge: The Fifties and Sixties; Chapter 1. The Tech Model Railroad      Club; Chapter 2. The Hacker Ethic; Chapter 3. Spacewar; Chapter 4. Greenblatt and Gosper; Chapter 5. The Midnight Computer Wiring Society; Chapter 6. Winners and Losers; Chapter 7. Life; Part II. Hardware Hackers: Northern California: The Seventies; Chapter 8. Revolt in 2100; Chapter 9. Every Man a God; Chapter 10. The Homebrew Computer Club; Chapter 11. Tiny BASIC; Chapter 12. Woz; Chapter 13. Secrets

Part III. Game Hackers: The Sierras: The EightiesChapter 14. The Wizard and the Princess; Chapter 15. The Brotherhood; Chapter 16. The Third Generation; Chapter 17. Summer Camp; Chapter 18. Frogger; Chapter 19. Applefest; Chapter 20. Wizard vs. Wizards; Part IV. The Last of the True Hackers: Cambridge: 1983; Appendix A. The Last of the True Hackers; Appendix B. Afterword: Ten Years After; Appendix C. Afterword: 2010; Appendix D. Notes; Part One; Part Two; Part Three; Appendix E. Acknowledgments; Appendix F. About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This 25th anniversary edition of Steven Levy's classic book traces the exploits of the computer revolution's original hackers -- those brilliant and eccentric nerds from the late 1950s through the early '80s who took risks, bent the rules, and pushed the world in a radical new direction. With updated material from noteworthy hackers such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Stallman, and Steve Wozniak, Hackers is a fascinating story that begins in early computer research labs and leads to the first home computers.  Levy profiles the imaginative brainiacs who found clever