Management Fads, Pedagogies, and Other Soft Technologies

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We present a model for the diffusion of management fads and other technologies which lack clear objective evidence about their merits. The choices made by non-Bayesian adopters reflect both their own evaluations and the social influence of their peers. We show, both analytically and computationally, that the dynamics lead to outcomes that appear to be deterministic in spite of being governed by...

Searching for Disruptive Pedagogies: Matching Pedagogies to the Technologies

The Contribution of Nearshore Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) to Food Security and Livelihoods in Solomon Islands

Fish aggregating devices, or FADs, are used widely in developing countries to concentrate pelagic fish, making them easier to catch. Nearshore FADs anchored close to the coast allow access for rural communities, but despite their popularity among policy makers, there is a dearth of empirical analysis of their contributions to the supply of fish and to fisheries management. In this paper we demo...

Visual censuses around drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs): a new approach for assessing the diversity of fish in open-ocean waters

This study provides a baseline measure of pelagic fish species diversity around fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the Western Indian Ocean. Using data from visual censuses made by SCUBA divers around drifting FADs we (1) analysed 11 diversity indices describing 4 main components of pelagic diversity: number of species, evenness, taxonomic diversity and rarity and (2) discussed the viability of...

Human Factors Engineering and Design of Learning Pedagogies in a KM framework

This paper presents a review of methodologies and techniques for the design of learning pedagogies and cognitive interfaces within a knowledge management framework. We refer to instructional design principles for the former and to human factors engineering for the latter. Subsequently, we propose a KM-e-learning framework which synergizes both the design of e-learning pedagogies and the design ...