Østfold University College

About: Østfold University College is a education organization based out in Halden, Norway. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Context (language use) & Health care. The organization has 438 authors who have published 1213 publications receiving 12510 citations. The organization is also known as: HiØ.

The fuzzy and the techie: The ontology of education and epistemic justice: Dataphilosophy and transcurricular praxis in the digital society and education

Abstract: The first part of the title is borrowed from Scott Hartley’s (2017) book in which he argues that the liberal arts will rule the digital: in the burgeoning world of technology, a broad liberal arts education will be increasingly needed to help, create, guide and implement technology to increase its human utility, and ethical and just application. While the present day argument often is that science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education is the main promise for future employment security, broad liberal arts provide the transformative learning to make that technology more pragmatic and humane. Such argument can therefore be made for the acquisition of fundamental thinking and communication skills and the fundamental necessities found in topics such as the humanities and the social sciences, the sciences devoted to the study of human nature, culture and our larger societies as whole. It is from this viewpoint that much of the creative innovation that alters our lives and the ensuing implications of those innovations are discovered. Hartley (2017: 26) proposes that ‘The ideal is that broad liberal arts exposure tugs on the mind, forcing a student to consider positions and opinions that make him or her question perspectives and biases, often fuelling late-night debates with classmates’. It therefore has the potential to provide thinking skills that are necessary to challenge old ways of thinking and develop new and other models that can be accessed and/or enhanced through technological development. Hartley’s ultimate argument, however, is for an interdisciplinary and/or transcurricular approach to education that harnesses both the benefits from STEM and those from the liberal arts – including the

Andrespråkselevers møte med obligatoriske leseprøver fra småskole- til mellomtrinn

Abstract: I denne artikkelen presenterer vi resultatene pa obligatoriske leseprover til 16 tospraklige elever fra 1. til 5. trinn og undersoker de delferdighetene som synes a vaere spesielt utfordrende for denne gruppen. Barna er fodt i Norge og begynte a laere norsk i tre- til femarsalderen da de begynte i barnehage. Selv om barna var i en tidlig begynnerfase nar det gjaldt ferdigheter i opplaeringsspraket ved skolestart, var det flere av dem som klarte seg bra pa leseprovene gjennom smaskoletrinnet og over pa mellomtrinnet. Enkelte som klarte seg bra pa leseprovene i 1. og 2. trinn, begynte imidlertid a skare bekymringsfullt svakt da de kom til 3. og 5. trinn. Det kan se ut til at det i saerlig grad var vokabularet pa andrespraket som skapte problemer for mange av de tospraklige elevene pa leseprovene i overgangen til mellomtrinnet.

The Future of Apps: A Smart Investment for Business

Abstract: Apps have the solutions for many things and consumers have them right in their pocket. Just think about a holiday. From the booking of flight tickets, making a hotel reservation, sharing it with your friends, ordering a rental car, paying for apparel, and so on. You can use your smartphone for almost everything these days and most apps are connected with social media sites. Even though many users do not want to pay lots of money for apps, experts still forecast huge growth. There is a big different on how consumers used apps 5 years ago and how they use apps today. Today consumers are demanding apps that can fulfil many different needs and are much more individualized. This high and consuming demand forces the developers the use large amounts of data before they can be able to meet these needs. Cathrine Linnes Østfold University College, Norway Brian R. Metcalf Hawaii Pacific University, USA Milad Kalantari Shahijan Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia