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Interactive Strategy Training for Active Reading and Thinking en Español, or iSTART-E, is a new intelligent tutoring system (ITS) that provides reading comprehension strategy training for Spanish speakers. This paper reports on studies evaluating the efficacy of iSTART-E in real-world classrooms in two different Spanish-speaking countries. In Study 1, Chilean high school students (n = 22) who practiced with iSTART-E showed significant gains on a standardized comprehension assessment (LECTUM) from pretest to posttest. In Study 2 (n = 85), Argentinian middle school students who practiced with iSTART-E showed greater gains on the ECOMPLEC.Sec comprehension test compared to those in control classrooms. Together these results suggest that iSTART-E is an effective means of enhancing Spanish speakers' reading comprehension, with demonstrated transfer of training to standardized reading tests. [This paper was published in: "Artificial Intelligence in Education. AIED 2018, LNAI 10948," edited by C. Penstein Rosé et al., Springer International Publishing AG, 2018, pp. 215-19.]

Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) and English as a medium of instruction (EMI) are emerging as the preferred contexts of language learning. CLIL and EMI classes continue to proliferate in schools around the globe. The aim of this paper is to investigate the current research trends in studies of motivation to learn within EMI and CLIL settings. We sought to identify the current countries of research, educational levels, and themes that prevail in EMI and CLIL motivation research. We performed a topic search of the keywords "CLIL" or "EMI" and the keyword "motivation" in the "Web of Science" database for Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) articles published in 2020. We analyzed 17 articles related to motivation within EMI or CLIL contexts. The results showed that European countries produced the most research, with Spain being the most prolific. A majority of the studies took place at the secondary and tertiary levels of education. Comparative studies of CLIL or EMI contexts with that of traditional classrooms emerged as the prevailing theme. Future research could include more studies regarding the impact of CLIL on students at the primary level of education, in addition to studies of students from varied socio-economic backgrounds. [For the complete Volume 19 proceedings, see ED613922.]

WHO and UNICEF highlight vaccination as the most cost-effective method of prevention of infectious diseases. An effective public health strategy requires efficient tracking of vaccination to assess coverage, safety, and efficacy of these vaccines. Paper-based immunization records are still being used in most low and middle-income countries. Adequate Electronic Logistic Management Information Systems, Immunization Registries and Records are crucial for proper data collection and analysis, and for making better decisions at an individual and at a population level. In this paper we share our experience in the redesign of an interoperable immunization record to track vaccination, including the recently developed vaccines for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work addresses the importance of innovation in entrepreneurial and business education to ensure that students develop the ability to make complex decisions and solve complex challenges. The intention was to incorporate the complexity theory in decision-making and problem-solving in business and entrepreneurship. To achieve this, we present the results of the first phase of our project, aiming to scale the levels of complex thinking in university students, discuss the need for business and entrepreneurship students to develop complex thinking competency (including its sub-competencies of critical, systemic, scientific, and innovative thinking) in the complexity of the business environment, analyze the relevance of system elements, apply their inductive and deductive reasoning, and create appropriate and relevant solutions. Our findings suggest that an educational model focused on developing complex thinking and its four sub-competencies can enable entrepreneurs to integrate sustainable development, increase their social engagement and critical thinking, develop their imaginative intelligence and discursive and reflective skills, and thus improve their decision-making and problem-solving processes. In the future, we plan to extend this analysis to the behavior of real-life entrepreneurs. [For the full proceedings, see ED654100.]

The intention of the present paper is to show that people have a series of educational needs in the era of information, so that they can become competent digital citizens. These educational needs are evident in the policies promoted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, which were well known to Latin American governments of the decades from the 1960s to the 1990s. Therefore, it is to be hoped that the educational reforms of 1990s have elements based on the principles of education that they advanced, which emphasises the preparation of subjects in the digital era, based on advances in information and communication technology, focusing on the teaching and learning of computer science. [For the complete Volume 17 proceedings, see ED596826.]

This paper will present and discuss the linguistic challenges that Argentinian university students of history and Danish university students of Spanish met during the course of a telecollaboration project based on synchronous communication in Skype. The purpose of this discussion is to identify linguistic pitfalls and the solutions adopted by both native and non-native participants in order to keep the conversations going in spite of misunderstandings, vocabulary limitations and other breaches in communication. The purpose of the discussion is to detect areas of strategic competence that need to be addressed in class, particularly for the benefit of the non-native speakers. [For the complete volume, see ED571330.]

The implementation of health Information Technologies (IT) contributes to improve quality of care and management processes. In spite, evidence shows that the rates of IT adoption are not the expected ones. Since 2004, Public Healthcare System of Buenos Aires city has been implementing a Healthcare Information System with a difficult adoption in clinical setting. In December 2015, the Government made some changes that allowed the implementation of an Electronic Health Record in 20 Primary Care Centers. This paper describes the change management strategies that were designed in order to transform a difficult implementation into a successful one. The combination of timely approach to change management, good governance and specialized human resources were keys to achieve this goal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the authors will try to do an in depth study and analysis of Argentina's economy. Argentina, just like any other country during the last six or seven years, had its own economic meltdown. Recently though, it seems that other economic problems are impacting Argentina. The goal in this paper is to present and discuss the current situation, and if possible to make some projections. To that end the authors are going to present data for about thirty five years, including Gross Domestic Product, Growth Rates, Population, Unemployment and Trade. Based on this the conclusions will be derived. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A Chatbot or Conversational Agent is a computer application that simulates the conversation with a human person (by text or voice), giving automated responses to people's needs. In the healthcare domain, chatbots can be beneficial to help patients, as a complement to care by health personnel, especially in times of high demand or constrained resources such as the COVID-19 Pandemic. In this paper we share the design and implementation of a healthcare chatbot called Tana at the Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. Considering best practices and being aware of possible unintended consequences, we must take advantage of information and communication technologies, such as chatbots, to analyze and promote useful conversations for the health of all people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the study is to examine business education that aims to prepare students to understand poverty and design sustainable solutions for people living in subsistence in a yearlong course at a Midwestern U.S Land-grant university. I conduct a case study of the course in order to understand the curriculum and pedagogical arrangements and to examine the experiences of the course participants. Theoretically, my project is situated at the intersections of globalization and education studies, capabilities approach, and critical pedagogy. Theoretically informed and empirically grounded, my study offers a more nuanced understanding of pedagogical possibilities to prepare students to understand the conditions of poverty around the world and to contribute to global poverty reduction in the age of globalization.

In 1999, the Province of San Luis (Argentina) approved the creation of the so-called 'Escuelas Experimentales Autogestionadas' (SelfManaged Experimental Schools) inspired by the US charter schools, but with important differences. This article explores the circumstances under which the project was dismantled and abandoned prematurely. The study included a thorough documental analysis and interviews with key informants including members of the project's steering committee, scholars, members of the evaluation committee and the external audit, government and ex-government officials of the Ministry of Education, and teachers. We found strong incompatibilities among the guiding principles of the project, i.e. democratization, cooperativeness, autonomy and plurality, the practices of the provincial rentier political system, and the traditional structures of power bureaucratically organized at the national level.

The objective of this study was to investigate and analyze the most relevant aspects that influence the development and implementation of electronic informed consent for genetic studies. Interviews were conducted with experts in the area within our institution, the different informed consents available and the number of genetic studies requested in the last 5 years were analyzed. Professionals acknowledged the ethical dilemmas related to the genetic studies and the importance of having an electronic informed consent that not only provides the patient with the information necessary to understand the implications of the study, but also be flexible enough to adapt to the various genetic studies today. The development of informed consent is a challenge for health IT professionals, due to the complexity of the information it contains and the ethical implications it represents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the implementation of an electronic health record (EHR) system in the public system of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, different patient indexing strategies were devised and implemented. We sought to assess the association between these strategies and effective indexing (proportion of patients who are indexed and have a consultation registered in the EHR). Strategies were grouped into three modalities (High, Intermediate, and Low intensity). We estimated hazard ratios (HR) comparing the High and Low intensity to the Intermediate strategies. The crude analyses showed a significant difference between the curves (p < 0.0001). In the multivariate analysis, the HRs of High and Low intensity interventions showed on average, values above 1 from 0 to 90 days compared to the Intermediate intensity strategy (High: 2.08 (1.65, 2.52); Low: 2.59 (2.29, 2.9)). From that point on, the HRs of both strategies were not different from 1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While medications can improve the health of patients, the prescription process is complex and prone to errors. The structured medical order entry systems (CPOE) with clinical decision support (CDS) are increasingly implemented to improve patient safety, however the organizations that decide to implement them will have several challenges: understanding which classes of CDS can admit their systems, ensure that clinical knowledge is adequate and design tools for proper monitoring. We share our experience of over ten years of development and implementation of clinical decision support tools during drugs prescription process and tools that have allowed us to monitor them correctly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Atopic dermatitis is a common chronic dermatological disease in childhood that can affect people's quality of life. The aim of this study was to inquire about the difficulties, needs and interests related to the disease that people with eczema and their caregivers have; in order to develop a tool that is useful for the follow-up of the illness. Electronic surveys were sent to potential users and interviews were conducted with professionals who are specialized on the subject. The main findings allowed us to understand the challenges and situations they face on a daily basis, such as the difficulties related to the family support, the queries on the eczema flare-ups, the struggles with the adherence to treatment and the needs of optimizing their quality of life. These results helped us design a tool that allows patients and their companions to better monitor their disease while optimizing communication with their health professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Health information systems face the challenge of collecting data on patients' gender identity. The absence of this information may lead the patients to situations of vulnerability and discrimination. The objective of this study is to describe the process of designing and developing an Electronic Health Record according to the Argentine Gender Identity Law. This health record allows clinics to record legal names and surnames, other social names, gender identity, sex at birth, and legal sex. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Updating electronic health record systems to meet new clinic needs and government regulations presents an ongoing challenge for health care organizations. To redesign an existing system for two HIV clinics in Argentina, we employed a three-phase approach of exploration, participatory design, and prototyping. The process and resulting architecture of the HIV-centered "RedClin" electronic health record may inform electronic health records at other clinics in Latin America and worldwide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]