Evaluation of an Institutional Framework Designed to Retard Cultural Eutrophication

Towards Capturing Complexity: an interactive framework for institutional evaluation

This article describes the strategy we adopted to evaluate the implementation of virtual learning environment (VLE) across the institution. The paper presents the theoretical model we developrf and the methods used. The availability of a VLE has affected many aspects of University life and practices and we are endeavouring to understand the impact of the changes on staff and students in terms o...

Globalization and Cultural Conflict : An Institutional Approach

an investigation into translation of cultural concepts by beginner and advance student using think – aloud protocols

this research aims at answering the questions about translation problems and strategies applied by translators when translating cultural concepts. in order to address this issue, qualitative and quantitative study were conducted on two groups of subjects at imam reza international university of mashhad. these two groups were assigned as beginner and advanced translation students (10 students). ...

a frame semantic approach to the study of translating cultural scripts in salingers franny and zooey

the frame semantic theory is a nascent approach in the area of translation studies which goes beyond the linguistic barriers and helps us to incorporate cognitive and cultural factors to the study of translation. based on rojos analytical model (2002b), which centered in the frames or knowledge structures activated in the text, the present research explores the various translation problems that...

A Cross-Cultural Framework for Evaluation

The evaluation of information systems (ISs), especially in the healthcare field, is a complex task. Evidently, there is a need for better understanding of the different aspects evaluation. While in the general IS science field there have been several attempts to build frameworks and models to better understand the evaluation of ISs, in healthcare similar frameworks have been almost nonexistent....