Rebecca Oberst, B. Hedderich, Blanca de Miguel Molina, Daniel Catalá Pérez
{"title":"The Reasons for Distress of First-Semester Students During Covid-19 Pandemic and Mitigation Measures","authors":"Rebecca Oberst, B. Hedderich, Blanca de Miguel Molina, Daniel Catalá Pérez","doi":"10.4995/bmt2022.2022.15446","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4995/bmt2022.2022.15446","url":null,"abstract":"Due to governmental restrictions in Germany regarding the Covid-19 pandemic, presential lectures were either just permitted under strict conditions or not at all. This led to a switch to an online format, which in turn had effects on the students and their perception of stress. This paper investigates the root causes of stress among first-semester students at a mid-sized university in southern Germany. In a quantitative-qualitative approach, 112 first-semester students (69,6 % female) participated in an anonymized survey that contained closed and open questions regarding the reasons for their perceived stress. In the end, the participants had the chance to give additional input on how they think the university can help to reduce stress levels. The most frequently reported reasons for stress were examination (69%), self-managed learning/ online format (57%), and social interaction (53%). The students expressed their wish for more information regarding the general operating procedure and the scope of coursework and exams. Furthermore, many felt overwhelmed with the manifold online tools of the university and were not able to manage their time efficiently. Easy-to-implement measures for the university to support the students are introductory courses to the platforms, a dedicated timetable for the study programs, and time management seminars. These and other measures are presented within this paper.","PeriodicalId":156016,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings - 4th International Conference Business Meets Technology 2022","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121318804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On Overcoming the Gap between Industry and Academic Research in the Field of Music Technology","authors":"Cornelius Pöpel, Jürgen Egbert","doi":"10.4995/bmt2022.2022.15632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4995/bmt2022.2022.15632","url":null,"abstract":"The field of industrial music technology, as well as academic research on music technology, strives for a high innovation potential and depends on it. Therefore, it would make a lot of sense if both areas were in an intensive exchange and cooperative collaboration. In the experience of the two authors, this is the case only to a very small extent. In this paper, observations of islands in research and development are presented. Actions are shown with which attempts were made to establish the transfer between the two areas. On the basis of the experience of the authors where this has more or less worked, it is analysed which factors are decisive for the fact that it is still extremely difficult to establish the transfer. In view of these factors, suggestions are made as to how a better degree of transfer can be achieved in the future","PeriodicalId":156016,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings - 4th International Conference Business Meets Technology 2022","volume":"298 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123192732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
María de-Miguel-Molina, Joaquín Sánchez-Planelles, Yolanda Trujillo-Adriá, Belén Silva-Cardenas
{"title":"A model to explore circular economy activities in hotels and restaurants","authors":"María de-Miguel-Molina, Joaquín Sánchez-Planelles, Yolanda Trujillo-Adriá, Belén Silva-Cardenas","doi":"10.4995/bmt2022.2022.15459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4995/bmt2022.2022.15459","url":null,"abstract":"This work explores the different frontline and offline activities during the use of hotels and restaurants -represented as the touchpoints of a customer journey- to establish what circular actions could be implemented by stakeholders throughout the process, which lead to more circular business models that integrates the seven R’s (redesign, reduce, reuse, reneovate/repair,refurbish/remanufacture, recover/return and recycle) to achieve more efficient and sustainable performance. From the reservation step to the customer satisfaction evaluation, the interactions of hotels or restaurants with suppliers from many different economic sectors determine a variety of activities in their value chain that creates synergies, enhance circularity and add value to the tourism sector through the implementation of sustainable practices or the acquisition of sustainable products and services. Based on the literature, reports and lessons learned in the sector through specific Focus Groups previously carried for the research team, the proposed model can help hotels and restaurants decision-makers to take steps toward circular economy.","PeriodicalId":156016,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings - 4th International Conference Business Meets Technology 2022","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128506380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christian Alexander Gebhard, Monica Baudracco-Kastner
{"title":"We’re more equal on Zoom: Inclusion and personal relations in the virtual classroom. Why we shouldn’t abandon what we’ve learned in the pandemic","authors":"Christian Alexander Gebhard, Monica Baudracco-Kastner","doi":"10.4995/bmt2022.2022.15324","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4995/bmt2022.2022.15324","url":null,"abstract":"Foreign language teaching as well as courses on culture and civilization have had to switch to an online format during the pandemic. During this time, instructors had to defend their teaching methods against reproaches that these course contents could only be adequately taught in a face-to-face setting in a physical classroom. This article shows how online tools create inclusion and closeness in virtual settings and explains that for some learners, online teaching might generally be the better option. Based on our own opinion poll, a brief literature review and a presentation of our best practice examples, we argue that before, during and after the pandemic, online teaching has its advantages that can be applied in a meaningful, targeted way.","PeriodicalId":156016,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings - 4th International Conference Business Meets Technology 2022","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124969238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sophie Henne, Vanessa Mehlin, Elena Schmid, Sigurd Schacht
{"title":"The DIAS project – development of an intelligent digital assistant in higher education","authors":"Sophie Henne, Vanessa Mehlin, Elena Schmid, Sigurd Schacht","doi":"10.4995/bmt2022.2022.15537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4995/bmt2022.2022.15537","url":null,"abstract":"The following paper will introduce the DIAS project (Digital Intelligent Assistant for Studying and Teaching) hosted at the University of Applied Sciences Ansbach, Germany. In this research project, a digital study assistant based on conversational Artificial Intelligence will be developed. To meet the multi-faceted needs of students in their day-to-day studies, the assistant will have four components: communicator, for answering questions, for conversation, and for mentoring; a planner, for performing time management and course planning; a motivator, for actively managing learning success; and an analyzer, for providing the necessary information about the student's study progress.","PeriodicalId":156016,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings - 4th International Conference Business Meets Technology 2022","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132040365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
María Blanca De Miguel-Molina, Virginia Santamarina-Campos, M. Segarra‐Oña, Blanca De Miguel-Molina, Á. Peiró-Signes, Daniel Catalá-Pérez
{"title":"Focus group design for information gathering: an application for circular economy in tourism","authors":"María Blanca De Miguel-Molina, Virginia Santamarina-Campos, M. Segarra‐Oña, Blanca De Miguel-Molina, Á. Peiró-Signes, Daniel Catalá-Pérez","doi":"10.4995/bmt2022.2022.15545","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4995/bmt2022.2022.15545","url":null,"abstract":"The Circular Economy opens a scenario of key business opportunities to improve tourism firms' competitiveness now and in the future. InnoEcoTur is a research project promoting models and strategies based on the Circular Economy in the tourism sector by the creation of a network in the area of hotels and restaurants. Members of the network will analyze first and later propose the implementation of a Circular Economy Strategy for the Tourist Sector of the Valencian Community, transferring also the results to companies of the industry. In the first stage of the project, we performed an audit of the industry needs and detected the potential improvements through the participation of the different stakeholders involved using focus groups. In this paper, we justify the design of the focus groups parameters such as size, location, or type of stakeholder to gather meaningful information for analysis. The methodology reveals to be adequate to draw a rough picture of the situation of Circular Economy in hotels and restaurants in the Valencian Community.","PeriodicalId":156016,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings - 4th International Conference Business Meets Technology 2022","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123882581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}