scholarly journals Key Factors for the Development of a Culturally Appropriate Interactive Multimedia Informative Program for Aboriginal Health Workers

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faeka El Sayed ◽  
Jeffrey Soar ◽  
Zoe Wang
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Interactive Multimedia ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Literacy Learning ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Multimedia Development ◽  
The Impact

This research aims to create and evaluate a model for a culturally appropriate, interactive, multimedia and informative health program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers that aims to improve the capacity to independently control their learning within an attractive learning environment. The research also aims to provide recommendations for policy development and further research. This study involved four phases: program needs assessment, identification of the key factors that should be considered in developing the CD-ROM, model development, and formative evaluation for the model. A general needs assessment as a first step in program development highlighted the presence of continuing education gaps and indicated the need for a new means to deliver a sustainable, efficient and culturally acceptable program. This article explores the second objective in this study, which is the identification of the key factors considered for developing the program. The identification began with a systematic review of the literature which served as background information, followed by qualitative semistructured interviews with diverse key stakeholders to explore their expectations and recommendations. The findings indicated that the most important key factors could be categorised under four main categories: cultural factors, information technology availability and literacy, learning aspects, and interactive multimedia factors. Cultural factors included cultural inclusivity, oral cultural, pre-existing knowledge, and Aboriginal preferred learning styles. Information technology factors concerned technology availability and literacy. Learning aspects highlighted the impact of the learning theory in model design. Interactive multimedia development factors explored included the requirements for the process, fitting and design of the program. Recommendations for program design were also provided.

scholarly journals The impact of socio-cultural factors on blended learning in the development of academic literacy in a tertiary vocational context

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Robert Geoffrey Gutteridge
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Critical Realism ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Delivery Mode ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Impact

This study investigated key factors impacting on blended learning delivery with particular focus on socio-cultural and human-computer-interface issues, in the hope that the outcome of this enquiry might contribute positively towards the empowerment of learners and facilitators alike. The study involved a group of first year students enrolled in a Communications Skills Course offered by the (then) Department of English and Communication at the Durban University of Technology. The PRINTS Project, a webquest around which the course activities were based, provided an example of a blended delivery course in practice. While the teaching paradigm used in the course was constructivist, the research orientation employed in this project was critical realist. Critical realism focuses on transformation through praxis and also lends itself to modelling, which provides a way to understand the factors at play within a social system. In the preliminary stages of the research, an exploratory empirical (i.e. applied) model of blended learning delivery was formulated from a theoretical model of course delivery in order to assess which factors in blended learning were systemic and which were variables. The investigation then sought to uncover key factors impacting on the blended delivery system, utilising both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The findings were analysed in terms of the empirical model to gain an understanding of any factors that might be seen to either enhance or inhibit learning in blended delivery mode. The result was that certain core issues in blended learning and teaching could be clarified, including the use, advantages and disadvantages of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in a learning environment. The notion of the digital divide could also be reconceptualised, and the relationship between literacy (be it academic, professional or social), power and culture could be further elucidated, drawing specific attention to the South African educational environment. The notion of iv culture and its relevance in a blended delivery environment was also further clarified, since the findings of this research project suggested how and why certain key socio-cultural factors might impact, as both enhancers and inhibitors, on the blended learning delivery system.

A Comparative Study of the Effects of Culture on the Deployment of Information Technology

2013 ◽  
pp. 77-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Ditsa ◽  
Saleh Alwahaishi ◽  
Shayma Al-Kobaisi ◽  
Václav Snášel
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
It Adoption ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Culture is thought to be the most difficult to isolate, define, and measure in the adoption and use of IT (Information Technology) (Hassan & Ditsa, 1999). Consequently, the impact of culture on the adoption and use of IT does not feature prominently in Information Systems (IS) literature. As cultural factors are important to the success of IT adoption and use, this research paper examines culture’s impact on the adoption and use of IT in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The results of the study were compared along eight cultural dimensions with a study on the adoption and use of IT in developing and developed countries. The results are also used to identify issues that concern the relationship of culture and IT and their implications for IT adoption and use in the UAE. The study results are further used to suggest ways of bridging the digital divide between the UAE and developed countries.

Evaluating the Impact of Information Technology on Knowledge Management Performance with Balance Scorecard Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Hossein Siadat ◽  
Ali Abdollahi ◽  
Laleh Garshasbi
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Direct Relationship ◽  
Significant Positive Effect ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Balance Scorecard ◽  
It Application ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Management Issues

Knowledge is one of the key factors of success and development in today's Firms. Therefore, managers are strongly fascinated by organizational knowledge management issues. In this way, information technology (IT) is known as an enabler of knowledge management (KM). In this paper, the impact of IT on knowledge management is evaluated with the balance scorecard approach considering financial, customers, internal processes and learning criteria. A conceptual model is presented for this purpose using IT application and infrastructure factors. The significant positive effect of the infrastructure factor on KM was 0.7 and that of the application was 0.79. The final result indicated a significant direct relationship between IT and KM that was 0.78, confirming the effect of IT on KM.

scholarly journals Interactive Learning Multimedia Development Using Articulate Storyline 2 on Plant Breeding Course in State Vocational School Loa Janan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 5628-5636
Author(s):  
Zaenab Hanim Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Plant Breeding ◽  
Interactive Multimedia ◽  
School Principal ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Research Development ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
East Kalimantan ◽  
Multimedia Development ◽  
Is Development

The research aims to find out the feasibility and effectiveness of using interactive multimedia using articulate storyline 2 on plant breeding course. It was conducted at State Vocational Senior High School (SMK Negeri 1) Loa Janan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is development-based research which is a process used to develop and validate educational products using interactive multimedia Articulate Storyline 2 with the following respondents: multimedia experts, school teachers and all students of grade X of the school. Interviews were conducted with the school principal, media expert of Information Technology (IT), the teacher of plant breeding course and 4 students of the grade X, while the data were descriptively analyzed. The results of the research indicated that the feasibility of the research development was categorized very good or very feasible and its effectiveness has increased even exceeded the school completeness standard of 75.  

scholarly journals Creating Books in Communities: A Book Making Program with Families in a Remote Community in Western Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-58
Author(s):  
Caroline Barratt-Pugh ◽  
Yvonne Haig
Keyword(s):  
Early Literacy ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Literacy Learning ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Community Outcomes ◽  
Family Literacy Programs ◽  
State Library ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This article describes the needs analysis, implementation and outcomes of a pilot program aimed at creating books with families in ways that represent their language and culture. Creating Books in Communities is part of Better Beginnings, a state-wide program, developed by the State Library of Western Australia, for children and their families, that aims to develop literacy skills through fostering a love of books and language. Literature about the importance of recognising and valuing home languages and culture in supporting early literacy learning and the impact of family literacy programs is explored to provide a background to the program. The process of Creating Books in Communities is described in detail—it involves collaboration between librarians, early childhood partners, and community based artists working with families to produce a high-quality book. The impact of the program is explored through the voices of all the participants, revealing a number of positive family and community outcomes. We conclude the article by identifying six key factors related to the success of the program, which can be used as guidelines for implementation of the program both nationally and internationally.

Secular stagnation in the modern world

2018 ◽  
pp. 125-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Drobyshevsky ◽  
P. V. Trunin ◽  
A. V. Bozhechkova
Keyword(s):  
Public Debt ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Japanese Economy ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Destruction Process ◽  
Secular Stagnation ◽  
The Impact

The paper studies the factors of secular stagnation. Key factors of long-term slowdown in economic growth include the slowdown of technological development, aging population, human capital accumulation limits, high public debt, creative destruction process violation etc. The authors analyze key theoretical aspects of long-term stagnation and study the impact of these factors on Japanies economy. The authors conclude that most of the factors have significant influence on the Japanese economy for recent decades, but they cannot explain all dynamics. For Russia, on the contrary, we do not see any grounds for considering the decline in the economy since 2013 as an episode of secular stagnation.

The impact of cultural factors on attachment dynamics: a view from Irish society

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-223
Author(s):  
Michael O’Toole
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Seamus Heaney ◽  
Irish Society ◽  
Irish Context ◽  
Key Points ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

In this article I examine aspects of the relationship between mothers and sons from an attachment perspective in an Irish context. Through the works of Irish writers such as Seamus Heaney, John McGahern, and Colm Tóibín, I focus on particular aspects of this relationship, which fails to support the developmental processes of separation and individuation in the many men who come to me for psychotherapy. I illustrate key points concerning this attachment dynamic through the use of clinical examples of my work with two men from my practice. While acknowledging that many other cultural factors play a significant role in the emotional development of children, integrating the work of our poets, novelists, and scholars with an attachment perspective

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