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Une interview (souvent abrégée en itw) ou entrevue (terme plus courant au Québec) est un genre journalistique consistant en un jeu de questions et de réponses à sens unique entre deux personnes, l'« intervieweur », qui pose les questions (parfois selon le mode QQOQCCP) à l'« interviewé », qui répond. Il s'agit le plus souvent d'un entretien entre un journaliste et une personne en vue, dans le but d'une diffusion publique. Dans certains cas, surtout à la télévision, plusieurs intervieweurs font face à un seul interviewé. Étymologie Le mot anglais « interview » est inspiré du mot français « entrevue ». Vers la fin du , le mot « interview » a été emprunté par le français et signifiait la même chose que « entrevue ». Il s'est par la suite spécialisé pour désigner spécifiquement un échange de questions-réponses entre un journaliste et une personne en vue. En français, il est le plus souvent considéré comme féminin et parfois masculin. Au Québec, le terme que l’on privilégie

Mise en oeuvre d’une gestion du risque en entreprise 2.0

Cosette Schuler

The Management is a key element in organizations and is a major component in their success. The aim of this thesis is to study the implementation of an enterprise management by putting forward the human factor. The ISO31000 ”Risk Management” standard and the COSO II ”Enterprise Risk Management Framework” were analyzed and mapped. It was found that their structure is similar and the majority of aspects are included in both frameworks. Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted with people working in the field of risk management. The interviews focused on the human factor in the risk management standards in order to identify potential gaps in the frameworks. The interviews were synthesized, analyzed and three hypotheses were put forward. With the ISO31000 and COSO mappings as well as the analysis of the interviews, it was highlighted that the definition of the human factor was not included and the notions of team management were not developed. These elements are aspects that influence risk management. Based on the hypotheses and findings of the analysis of the ISO31000 and COSO standards, a management recommendation was developed. This management recommendation defines the human factor, gives tools for an e↵ective team management and also puts forward the method of Control Self-Assessment (CSA), a method involving the employees in the evaluation of the process of risk management and control.

2022

Graasp Desktop: Supporting Digital Education in Underconnected Schools in Africa

Juan Carlos Farah, Denis Gillet, Kim Lan Phan Hoang, Hagop Taminian

Over the past three years, the Go-Lab Goes Africa (GO-GA) initiative has focused on promoting and implementing digital education in Africa. GO-GA is a Horizon 2020 innovation action supported by the European Commission. One of the outcomes of this initiative is Graasp Desktop, an open-source, customizable, cross-platform desktop application aimed at delivering technology-enhanced learning to schools where internet connectivity is limited or inexistent. A mixed-method requirements elicitation process was conducted in three pilot countries—Benin, Kenya and Nigeria—comprising surveys with 109 teachers, as well as 14 school visits that included interviews with principals, teachers and personnel in charge of technology infrastructure. Key findings showed that (i) schools had unreliable internet connectivity, with approximately 27% of respondents reporting not having internet access at school and field visits revealing functional connections in only six schools; and (ii) students worked mostly on shared desktop devices, with 42% of respondents reporting that students worked in groups of five or more per device. Graasp Desktop’s design and software architecture are based on these findings, supporting multi-user offline use and dissemination of open educational resources. Conceived to be future-proof, Graasp Desktop seamlessly transitions between online and offline contexts. When connected, it allows teachers to explore, preview and download learning capsules created on Graasp’s authoring platform (graasp.eu). Learning capsules are educational resources comprising digital activities—such as virtual labs—that can be contextualized with text, images, and interactive content. Once downloaded, teachers can make use of these capsules and share them with their students without the need of an internet connection. Furthermore, Graasp Desktop can record learning analytics, allowing (i) students to reflect on their learning, (ii) teachers to visualize and get insights into the offline activity of both individual students and entire cohorts, and (iii) researchers to conduct studies with data obtained in underconnected schools.

2021

Accessible Maker-based Approaches to Educational Robotics in Online Learning

Amaury Robert Dame, Christian Giang, Anthony Guinchard, Aditya Mehrotra, Francesco Mondada

Educational Robotics holds the potential to promote the development of important 21st century skills, such as creativity and problem-solving skills in addition to digital literacy. However, the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic has posed particular obstacles that had to be overcome in order to allow Educational Robotics activities to be conducted in distance learning. In the first place, the obligation to work from home limited the access to required equipment for many students. Secondly, many teachers had to face the novel challenge of creating pedagogically meaningful activities in online learning formats. Aiming to address these challenges, this work explored maker-based approaches as a way to implement Educational Robotics activities in online learning. The devised tools and activities were evaluated in two case studies performed with (i) high school students participating in a mobile robotics summer school and (ii) in-service teachers attending a professional development course on Educational Robotics. The teachers’ and students’ perception of the proposed activities was analyzed using online surveys and video interviews. The findings showed that the combination of the devised tools and activities allowed teachers and students to explore the basics of mobile robotics while helping them develop a maker mindset. The use of ubiquitous construction materials and affordable electronic components promotes accessibility of the approach. The proposed tools and activities may therefore provide an exemplary framework for more general applications of Educational Robotics in online learning that go beyond the context of emergency remote teaching.

2021

Graasp Desktop: Supporting Digital Education in Underconnected Schools in Africa

Juan Carlos Farah, Denis Gillet, Kim Lan Phan Hoang, Hagop Taminian

2021