הילמ"ה- הייטק למען החברה, היא חברה לתועלת הציבור וללא מטרות רווח, שהוקמה ב-2018 על ידי בכירים בעולם ההיי-טק הישראלי, המבקשים להפוך את ישראל למובילה עולמית בתחום חדשנות האימפקט,
על מנת לתת מענה לאתגרים ציבוריים וחברתיים.
הילמ"ה הוקמה בהשראת יחידת 8200 הצה"לית, והיא מכשירה דור של צעירות וצעירים מוכשרים ושאפתנים לפיתוח פתרונות טכנולוגיים-חברתיים פורצי דרך לתועלת החברה.
הפתרונות של הילמ"ה מתוכננים בהתאמה מלאה לצורכי החינוך, הרווחה והבריאות, ומתקבלים באהדה רבה על ידי לקוחות, קולגות ושותפים לדרך.
Our research impact is the demonstrable contribution that our work makes to society – to individuals, communities, organisations, nations and the economy.
Engaging with research users and identifying potential impacts from the outset will help you to plan processes by which your research may directly or indirectly catalyse change. Planning includes considering the kinds of impact you are hoping to achieve; that is, what might change, for whom, to what extent, and when.
The NIHR have produced a comprehensive toolkit which can help you to plan for impact at the start of a research project – which will help you to outline how you will engage with research users to deliver impact from your research.
Extreme weather events are anticipated to increase the existing challenges and generate new combination of vulnerabilities, especially in developing countries. Agricultural sector is the most vulnerable due to overreliance on unpredictable rainfall. This study examined the impact of extreme weather events on urban crop production and its adaptation strategies applied by the farmers. Secondary data were collected through literature survey and primary data were collected using structured interviews, observations and focus group discussions. A total of 108 crop farmers were interviewed in two wards of Kinondoni District. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 was used to analyze the data and Pearson Chi-square was used to test the statistical significance between variables. The study observed that, farmers perceived extreme weather events including floods (39%), extreme temperatures (36%), and drought (25%). These extreme weather events affected negatively crop production leading damaging of crops and low yields (38%), outbreak of crop pests and disease (38%), drying of water sources (20%), and loss of soil fertility (4%). Crop farmers used various adaptation strategies such as crop diversification (28%), the use of pesticides (23%), changing of cropping patterns and planting calendar (16%), irrigation practices (18%) and replanting (10%). The study recommends for adoption of new farming systems such as vertical farming systems for better output with the use of limited water and land resources.
Ioana Jivet ist seit 2021 assoziierte Wissenschaftlerin im EduTec-Team am DIPF. Als Postdoktorandin in der Einrichtung studiumdigitale der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt ist sie als Forschungskoordinatorin wissenschaftlicher Forschungsanteile der laufenden Projekte: HIKOF und IMPACT tätig. Im Rahmen des Hessen Hub – Netzwerk digitale Hochschullehre Hessen leitet sie das Schwerpunktthema Trusted Learning Analytics. Im Gespräch führt Sie an das Thema Learning Analytics heran und geht auf dessen Mehrwert für Lehrende und Lernende auch im Hinblick auf eine mögliche Bedeutung für den größeren Nutzen von OER ein.
The following post is an attempt to develop a regular writing routine after some extended leave and was catalysed by some recent readings and thinking.
Seit dem 01. Dezember 2021 fördert das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) im Rahmen der Förderlinie „Digitale Hochschulbildung“ das Verbundprojekt IMPACT – Implementierung von KI-basiertem Feedback und Assessment mit Trusted Learning Analytics in Hochschulen.
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Alternative metrics demonstrate the value and influence of scholars’ work apart fromtraditional citation counts and can enhance the impact of a CV. Altmetrics provideadditional, supplementary information and can balance misleading metrics tied toparticular journals. More timely than traditional metrics, altmetrics quickly reveal theimpact of recent work and add authority to different types of scholarly products notcaptured as articles. Altmetrics can capture social media references that escape traditionalmetrics and reflect public engagement prompted by scholarly writing. The availability ofaltmetrics expands publishing opportunities to include new venues and stimulatesinnovative strategies for evaluating research. When included in a CV altmetrics must beaccurate, clear and meaningful
Charles Baird, data architect at the Data Standards Authority, and Phil Richards, chief innovation officer for data analytics at Jisc, discuss how data standards are developing across government, and their impact on higher education.
Commentary on Students’ sense-making of personalised feedback based on learning analytics by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more
This blog contains text and some of the images used for the invited seminar, UNESCO Chair on Open Distance Learning, University of South Africa (UNISA), Wednesday 12 August 2020
Whether they’re driven by commercial interests or not, most developers and companies care about positive impact. Of course, impact helps in selling products, but it’s also a key motivation in why people develop and refine technologies: they care about supporting learning.
This post is a piece of procrastination. And I'm partly writing it because Matthew Syed brilliantly describes a form of procrastination in his excellent book Black Box Thinking, but truthfully I'm just procrastinating because I'm putting off a task that I'm finding difficult. :) The book deserves a better review than this, because I think it's…
In this episode, we discuss the topic of measuring impact with Dr Linda Corrin from Swinburne University in Australia and Prof Bart Rienties from Open University in the UK
Interest in learning analytics is intensifying, yet organizations continue to face huge analytics challenges. Why? Analyst John Leh takes a closer look
This latest blog explores what is xAPI and how to use it to accelerate modern elearning success. We take a closer look at xAPI and share some real-world examples of it in action. Widely replacing SCORM xAPI is redefining tracking a measuring elearning programs.
This paper shows how Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) serve to expand privatization in areas of social reproduction and care work. SIBs extend neoliberalism and austerity in the social care sector through the financialization of care work. They open these domains as a new frontier for investment markets, creating inequity for already marginalized groups. The paper concludes with an overview of the SIB landscape in Canada and explores its possibilities for growth.
This paper aims to provide an introduction to and overview of the social investment market for policy makers in OECD and non-OECD countries. Social investment
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Social impact bonds funnel private capital into philanthropic projects. Investors receive a return based on whether the project saves public money by addressing the social issue it targets.
Goldman Sachs' move to buy San Francisco-based Imprint Capital has the small community of impact investment asset managers and dealmakers buzzing about who might next be asked to dance by a Wall Street suitor.
Results from the first generation of social impact bonds (also known as pay for success deals) are starting to come in. Today, the field has learned the results of the evaluation of the first social impact bond transaction in the United States.
A New York City program aimed at cutting recidivism rates among Rikers Island adolescent prison inmates failed to meet its desired goal. As a result, the city paid nothing for it.
A new study by the Parkland Institute details the devastation to
Alberta's social services sector following decades of experimentation by
the provincial Tories. The main goal of many of these initiatives was to
cut government spending on social welfare and offload provision to
anyone willing to take them on – for-profit and not-for-profit
organizations alike.
Pursuant to its mandate under Standing Order 108(2), the Committee has studied Exploring the Potential of Social Finance in Canada and has agreed to report the following.
The federal government's plan to help the private sector fund the public sector with 'social impact bonds' appeals to some cash-strapped social service agencies but worries others.
Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) as a vehicle for funding social change are gaining renewed momentum right now as U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Michael Bennet (D- Colorado) have crafted legislation to appropriate $300 million for state and local social-impact bonds over 10 years.
On April 1, the Saskatchewan government announced that June Draude was appointed the legislative secretary responsible for expanding social impact bonds (SIB). I only wish this had been an April Fool's Day joke.
Unfortunately, the Wall government has decided to develop a casino approach to social programs. Instead of simply funding worthy social projects, the government will hand the financing over to private investors who will get paid back in full and with interest at the end of the project. The two investors in the first SIB in Saskatoon are set to earn five-per-cent interest on their investment - that's better than any rates the banks are offering.
“Under Mayor Emanuel, $16.6 million in ‘social impact bonds’ from Goldman Sachs will cost taxpayers more than double the amount borrowed. The money used to pay the interest and multimillion-dollar fees will come from property tax dollars that would have otherwise gone to schools and further mortgage our children’s future,” Garcia said.
The commercial director of the children's charity says it's wrong to compel charities to sign up to social investment schemes as a condition in a contract or programme
Learning is a life-changing opportunity - and a great education should have a measurable, proven impact on learners’ lives. That’s what Pearson’s efficacy programme and tools are all about.
The city is about to enter into a $30 million agreement with several Wall Street lenders to finance an early education program that will allow banks to profit off the educational success of children.
Board of Education member Henry Bienen took an unusual step at last month’s meeting: He voted against a plan that came down from Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office.
The University of Utah's James Lee Sorenson Center for Global Impact Investing has been awarded a $1.15 million grant by the Corporation for National and Community Service to create a "Pay for Success
We will launch a Social Impact Bond pilot program, allowing community groups to bid to make the greatest impact upon fighting poverty and to fuel sustainability of the organizations that work to improve people’s lives.There will be no financial consequences for the province.
The NFP Experience with Social Impact Bonds
Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) are a new funding tool that uses private capital to fund preventative social interventions. A new idea generating high levels of excitement and controversy, advocates see SIBs as a vehicle for innovation, while critics fear that they will be used by government to offload social spending. In fact, it is still early days and the evidence is not yet available to determine their success, failure, threat or promise. This Sector Signal looks at the early experiences of NFP service providers in SIBs and examines challenges and opportunities of the model.
In late July, the Social Innovation Fund, a new $50 million federal program aimed at financing the replication of nonprofit programs that work, made its first grants.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Paul Ryan proposed a new way to help poor Americans on Thursday with a plan to allow charities, community groups and even for-profit firms to compete
The latest from Mowat in our ongoing Shifting Gears research partnership with KPMG, this study looks at the growing global trend toward outcomes-based program funding in an era marked by fiscal restraint and rising expectations for accountability and effectiveness. The paper studies the challenges facing governments that seek to extend an outcomes-based model to highly complex program areas like criminal justice and child and family welfare.
Recently the Government announced that it was pulling the plug on the Peterborough Prison Social Impact Bond (SIB) pilot, despite an interim evaluation showing “promising results”.
Among some promoters of social impact bonds, one might find a tendency toward irrational exuberance. They’ll slip into language that suggests the market discipline purportedly inserted into social programming by private capital is much more broadly applicable to a range of social problems than experience so far bears out. We have some enthusiasm-tempering considerations that SIB advocates and critics might reflect upon.
This paper aims to provide an introduction to and overview of the social investment market for policy makers in OECD and non-OECD countries. Social investment
The third tranche of the pilot social impact bond project working with offenders at Peterborough Prison will be replaced with an “alternative funding arrangement”, the Ministry of Justice has decided.
Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) represent a new and particularly disruptive form of social service privatization that bears resemblance to the introduction of public private partnerships for the development of hard infrastructure. Social impact bonds pose a major risk to the preservation of valuable public services. Based on this detailed critique, unions and non-profit organizations involved in the delivery of services to people must oppose them.
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