Browsing by Subject "collaboration"

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    Becoming a team player: the evolving role of design in agile development
    (2013 Design Principles and Practices Conference, 2013-03-08) Ganci, Aaron; Ribeiro, Bruno
    Through qualitative methods, this paper examines the evolving role of the visual communication designer within the Agile development process with a special focus on educational ramifications. As websites and software become more complex environments, designers can quickly find themselves unable to design and implement a complete solution on their own. While this realization seems like a loss of control—the designers and their designs now appear to be at the whim of the developer—it can actually result in more thoughtful solutions. Designers must simply learn to become a team player by integrating themselves firmly into the process. In doing this, the integrity of the visual design will not be compromised and will add broader benefit to the site or application. It is crucial that designers adopt a new team-based mentality towards designing digital products.
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    Breaking barriers: The landscape of human and veterinary medical anatomy education and the potential for collaboration
    (American Association for Anatomy, 2021-07) McNulty, Margaret A.; Mussell, Jason C.; Lufler, Rebecca S.; Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine
    Despite human (HUM) and veterinary (VET) medical institutions sharing the goal of educating future clinicians, there is little collaboration between them regarding curricular and pedagogical practices during the preclinical/basic science training years. This may be, at least in part, due to a lack of understanding of each type of curriculum. This study presents data about curricula, student populations, pedagogical methodologies applied, and anatomy educators' training at both HUM and VET institutions. Preclinical curricula, admissions criteria, and student demographics were analyzed for 21 institutions in the United States having both HUM and VET schools. This dataset was augmented by a questionnaire sent to anatomists internationally, detailing anatomy curricula, pedagogies applied, and anatomy educators' training. Many curricular similarities between both training programs were identified, including anatomy education experiences. However, VET programs were found to include more preclinical coursework than HUM programs. Students who matriculate to VET or HUM schools have similar academic records, including prerequisite coursework and grade point average. Median HUM class size was significantly larger, and the percentage of women enrolled in VET institutions was significantly higher. Training of anatomy educators was identical with one exception: VET educators are far more likely to hold a clinical degree. This study elucidates the substantial similarities between VET and HUM programs, particularly in anatomy education, underscoring the potential for collaboration between both types of programs in areas such as interprofessional education, bioethics, zoonotic disease management, and postgraduate training.
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    Bridging the Gaps: Collaboration in a Faculty and Librarian Community of Practice on Information Literacy
    (University Press of Colorado, 2016) Kissel, Francia; Wininger, Melvin R.; Weeden, Scott R.; Wittberg, Patricia A.; Halverson, Randall S.; Lacy, Meagan; Huisman, Rhonda K.
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    Center for HPV Research at IUPUI
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2013-04-05) Zimet, Gregory; Fortenberry, J. Dennis; Buckley, Katherine E.
    Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is highly prevalent among women and men and is associated with a number of diseases including genital warts, cervical cancers, other anogenital cancers in both men and women, and cancers of the head and neck. HPV infections are also associated with millions of dollars in annual health care costs. Two vaccines have been developed to prevent HPV infection. Both are approved for use in females ages 9 through 26, and one vaccine is approved for use in 9 to 26 year old males as well. Both vaccines are efficacious, safe, and cost-effective. Despite the great promise of HPV vaccines, vaccination rates in the U.S. are much lower than desired, with 2011 data indicating that 53% of 13-17 year old females received one or more doses and only 37% completed the 3-dose series. The ongoing medical, psychosocial, and financial costs of HPV infection indicate the need for comprehensive, cross-disciplinary research efforts coordinated with community outreach. We have established the Center for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Research at IUPUI; which fosters cohesion and collaboration among investigators from multiple disciplines and departments at IUPUI, IU Bloomington, and University of Notre Dame pursuing HPV-related research. This group of accomplished senior faculty and promising junior scholars represents a growing synergy between basic, clinical, and social/behavioral sciences. The Center for HPV Research will provide formal infrastructure and resources for pilot research projects, and a collaborative environment for development of proposals for external funding. By capitalizing on the unique strengths of an internationally recognized faculty and IUPUI’s remarkable culture of collaborative and interdisciplinary research, we will establish a world-class center for HPV research, research training, and research translation. The overall mission of the Center for HPV Research will be to improve understanding of HPV transmission, infection, and prevention of HPV infection and its consequences.
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    Center for Urban Health: Enhancing the health of cities by focusing on communities and the environment
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2013-04-05) Filippelli, Gabriel; Johnson, Daniel P.; Wiehe, Sarah E.; Zollinger, Terrell
    Urban sustainability is a new philosophy of developing healthy, productive communities that (1) promote and use locally-produced foods and products, (2) ensure safe access to natural spaces, and (3) establish low-carbon transportation systems. Urban living is arguably the most sustainable form of community given the concentration of resources, protection of arable land, and vertical structure of housing. In fact, urbanization is becoming the global norm; the percentage of global population living in urban settings has increased from less than 30% in 1950 to 47% in 2000; the percentage of urban dwellers is expected to increase to 60% by 2025. The promise of a healthy and sustainable urban future is clouded, however, by the reality of environmental insults, economic disparities, and behavioral pressures that exist in modern cities. The challenge is not how to build a shiny carbon-neutral city from scratch, but rather how to transition our current urban state toward one that is healthier, has less environmental impact, and is more prepared to respond and adjust to variety of environmental, social, and health changes in the future. Several groups at IUPUI and in the community are collaborating to explore connections between environment, behavior, health, and climate as related to urban environments. These translational efforts are inter- and trans-disciplinary, as evidenced by earth scientists publishing with pediatricians, and geographers publishing with epidemiologists. These efforts are largely undertaken with a geospatial and geotemporal research template. This template allows environmental, health, and behavioral data to be collected individually but with reference to space and time, which become important metadata components for analysis. The Center for Urban Health promotes discovery by building research collaborations among Center Investigators, providing seed funds for new research areas, funding graduate fellowships, and sponsoring educational activities such as public lectures and a Visiting Scholars Program.
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    Change Your World: The Power of New Ideas
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2011-04-08) Hanna, Kathleen A.; Howe, Elijah C.
    The IUPUI Common Theme Project grew out of an initiative by University College and is designed to promote campus unity, conversation, and collaboration across all disciplines on timely issues that connect IUPUI to central Indiana and the world. This Common Theme enables us to recognize and celebrate our successes as a campus as well as challenge ourselves to find new ways to make an impact in our community. It will introduce the campus and community to local social entrepreneurs who are willing to share their stories and engage students, faculty, and staff in events and activities that will encourage thought, debate, research, and innovation. This multidisciplinary theme presents many opportunities for cross-campus research, interaction with international students and faculty, and expanding study abroad programs. It generates myriad ways to incorporate service and experiential learning at the campus, community, or global level by building on current partnerships and establishing new ones that will evolve beyond IUPUI. Our greatest strengths are our highly diverse and creative population, broad range of disciplines and partnerships, and access to resources, which make IUPUI uniquely situated to engage in a Common Theme that has the potential to affect social change both great and small, locally and globally, giving everyone the potential to truly be a changemaker.
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    Collaboration is Key – Bridging the Gap and Building an IR Endoscopy Practice
    (Elsevier, 2019) Albertson, Nathan R.; Chick, Jeffrey Forris Beecham; Jiao, Albert; Healey, Travis L.; Plotnik, Adam N.; Srinivasa, Ravi N.; Radiology and Imaging Sciences, School of Medicine
    While the tools and techniques employed by interventional radiologists on a day-to-day basis translate well to learning the skills required to perform basic endoscopic interventions, collaboration with other specialties is crucial to the success of an interventional radiology endoscopy program. As in any field in medicine, the paramount goal is to improve patient care. Adding the ability to directly visualize structures through an endoscope to certain interventional radiologic procedures may greatly augment the efficacy, safety, and success of interventional radiology procedures. Colleagues in urology, gastroenterology, and surgery should be involved in decision-making and treatment planning to ensure that a shared vision for optimal patient care is achieved.
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    Collaborative for Equitable and Inclusive STEM Learning (CEISL) Guild Agreement File
    (2022) Price, Jeremy F.
    A document used by the Collaborative for Equitable and inclusive STEM Learning (CEISL) at the IU School of Education-Indianapolis as internal infrastructure to begin a project initiative and to ensure that all team members are working together toward community-engaged and culturally-sustaining educational equity and inclusion. Adapted from Winer, M., & Ray, K. (1996). Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining, and Enjoying the Journey. Amherst H. Wilder Foundation.
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    Collaborative for Equitable and Inclusive STEM Learning (CEISL) Guild Evaluation File
    (2022) Price, Jeremy F.
    A document used by the Collaborative for Equitable and inclusive STEM Learning (CEISL) at the IU School of Education-Indianapolis as internal infrastructure to evaluate the status of a project or guild and to ensure that all team members are working together toward community-engaged and culturally-sustaining educational equity and inclusion. Adapted from Winer, M., & Ray, K. (1996). Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining, and Enjoying the Journey. Amherst H. Wilder Foundation.
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    Competition and Collaboration in the Nonprofit Sector: Identifying the Potential for Cognitive Dissonance
    (2021) Curley, Cali; Levine Daniel, Jamie; Walk, Marlene; Harrison, Nicky
    Nonprofits compete with collaborators and collaborate with competitors regularly. Collaboration, a long-standing normatively preferred strategy for nonprofits, is utilized as modus operandi without thought to the potential unintended consequences. While competition, long deemed a dirty, word for nonprofits is a necessary but undesirable reality, avoided without consideration to the potential benefits. Nonprofits leaders may not be willing to explicitly acknowledge the use of competition as an operational strategy, which makes room for cognitive dissonance to impact the study of nonprofits. This piece identifies impacts of cognitive dissonance offering direction for future research exploring the interactive nature of competing with collaborators.