Visions of the future - intimate interfaces: communications technologies beyond Clamshell and Candy-bar

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The Future

ICT Applications in U.S. Higher Education

2010 ◽  
pp. 47-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle O. Crosby-Nagy ◽  
John M. Carfora
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Millennial Generation ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Internationalization Of Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Ict Integration ◽  
Approach To Learning ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The Future

This chapter examines applications of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for education, including multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) and their returns to teaching and learning in U.S. higher education. ICT applications are most valuable when used in the context of courses with a team-based approach to learning or collaboration opportunities. Some drivers of ICT integration are discussed including the internationalization of higher education and the Millennial generation as the new customers of higher education. Recommendations for the fundamentals of positive ICT applications and integration are provided, as well as a discussion about the future of ICT applications such as MUVEs.

The Future of Australasian Psychiatrists: Online or Out of Touch?

2000 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 553-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Yellowlees
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Health Care Environment ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The Future ◽  
National Boundaries

Objective: The aim of this paper is to examine the delivery of mental health care which will be enabled by the various communications technologies over the next 5 to 10 years. Method: A literature review, reviews of multiple Internet websites and the author's personal experience and opinions are combined to provide a commentary on the group of new technologies for communication available within health, and how they will affect the practice of psychiatry and psychiatrists over the next decade. The driving forces for these changes are the rise of consumerism, technological change and financial necessity, and it is evident that patients will have in future much greater choice of access to their therapists than at present. The health-care environment of the future will be different to today, as will the roles of psychiatrists, who will increasingly have to work as members of teams in an expert capacity rather than in traditional one-to-one practice. Conclusions: It is concluded that it is essential for psychiatrists to become involved in online health care, and in particular to join their patients on the Internet, and that there are major opportunities for Australasian psychiatrists to provide high quality psychiatric care across national boundaries, particularly into the Asia-Pacific region.

Inventing the Future of E-Health

2010 ◽  
pp. 2244-2248
Author(s):  
José Aurelio Medina-Garrido ◽  
María José Crisóstomo-Acevedo
Keyword(s):  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The World ◽  
Business Opportunities ◽  
The Future ◽  
Practical Guidelines ◽  
Definition Of

E-health involves the use of information and communications technologies to improve health in general and the healthcare system in particular (Alvarez, 2002; Chau & Hu, 2004; Roger & Pendharkar, 2000). Healthcare, one of the largest industries in the world, suffers from some inefficiencies and inequities in both service provision and quality. Some of these problems are due to the poor management of the information flows (Kirsch, 2002). In this respect, there are business opportunities for e-health. But to understand what the future holds for e-health, we need to find a precise definition of the concept and identify the possible sources of business. This article is structured as follows. The second section, the background, defines the concept of e-health. The third section outlines some of the business opportunities in the area of e-health based on the communications platform that is the Internet, and discusses some practical guidelines for e-health businesses to create value. The fourth section discusses the low level of adoption of e-health at present, as well as the future trends, in which e-health will presumably grow. e-health is also expected to be used to reduce the disparities in the population in access to healthcare, and for the treatment of the chronically ill. The fifth section is dedicated to the final conclusions.

scholarly journals Algerian EFL University Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computer Assisted Language Learning: The Case of Djilali Liabes University

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Miloud Bouchefra ◽  
Meriem Baghoussi
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The Future ◽  
Western Algeria ◽  
Teachers Attitudes ◽  
Information Communications Technologies

Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) is still groping its way into Algerian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classroom, where Information Communications Technologies (ICTs) are defined in terms of occasional use of computers and data projectors for material presentation in the classroom. Though major issues in the image of the lack of training and absence of facilities are clearly apparent, stakeholders’ attitudes are a decisive aspect that needs to be mapped out if we are to alter the current situation. Thus, the present work aims at investigating EFL university teachers’ attitudes towards CALL at Djilali Liabes University (western Algeria). The current work is a cross-sectional descriptive study that explores teachers’ attitudes across the three domains (affective, cognitive, and behavioural) and investigates other related aspects that may help indicate teachers’ likelihood to adopt CALL in the future. The results are promising as the investigated population not only demonstrated a clearly positive attitude towards CALL but also manifested a number of signs that indicate their likelihood to adopt CALL in the future if circumstances are favourable. 

scholarly journals Criteria of the Formation of the Future Automobile Engineering Bachelors’ Professional Competence to Use Information and Communications Technologies

2019 ◽  
pp. 111-126
Author(s):  
Artem Korehov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Automobile Engineering ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The Future

The article presents the criteria which were determined with the aim of seeking to improve the efficiency of forming the professional readiness of future automobile engineering bachelors in the system of activity of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGSU). The benefit of the study is that a number of criteria have been identified which, in our opinion, are capable of testing the effectiveness of the proposed solutions in the education organizing process. Moreover by the method of experts (the employees of the Department of Vehicles and Special Engineering) evaluation, the following criteria were determined as motivational, activity-communication, reflexive, cognitive. The complex of criteria has been formed taking into account the specifics of training at a military higher education institution based on the educational process analysis. The article determines that the use of information and communications technologies by the future bachelors-border guards of automobile engineering requires the formation of specific components of the appropriate readiness. Many specific requirements have been put forward for future specialists, both for a personality and the content of their activity, so a majority of the given qualities are necessary for these technologies application in the border units of the SBGSU. When defining the complex, the experience of the scientific-pedagogical staff of a military higher education institution was used, as well as the job descriptions of future automobile engineering bachelors in the area of the border agency responsibility. The obtained complex of criteria provides an opportunity to form organizational and pedagogical conditions for the future automobile engineering bachelors’ development with the adjustment of the educational process content by intensification and introduction of intense activity with the ICTs usage. It is established that the validity of the proposed model of the future automobile engineering bachelors’ readiness to use ICTs in a professional activity is possible to check with the help of a complex of criteria and to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed solutions during training.

Inventing the Future of E-Health

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
José Aurelio Medina-Garrido ◽  
María José Crisóstomo-Acevedo
Keyword(s):  
Chronically Ill ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The World ◽  
Business Opportunities ◽  
The Future ◽  
Practical Guidelines ◽  
Definition Of

E-health involves the use of information and communications technologies to improve health in general and the healthcare system in particular (Alvarez, 2002; Chau & Hu, 2004; Roger & Pendharkar, 2000). Healthcare, one of the largest industries in the world, suffers from some inefficiencies and inequities in both service provision and quality. Some of these problems are due to the poor management of the information flows (Kirsch, 2002). In this respect, there are business opportunities for e-health. But to understand what the future holds for e-health, we need to find a precise definition of the concept and identify the possible sources of business. This article is structured as follows. The second section, the background, defines the concept of e-health. The third section outlines some of the business opportunities in the area of e-health based on the communications platform that is the Internet, and discusses some practical guidelines for e-health businesses to create value. The fourth section discusses the low level of adoption of e-health at present, as well as the future trends, in which e-health will presumably grow. e-health is also expected to be used to reduce the disparities in the population in access to healthcare, and for the treatment of the chronically ill. The fifth section is dedicated to the final conclusions.

The Future of Change

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Brescia
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Change ◽  
American History ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Past ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The Future ◽  
Effective Lessons

This book identifies a series of “social innovation moments” in American history. Through these moments—during which social movements have embraced advances in communications technologies—the book illuminates the complicated, dangerous, innovative, and exciting relationship between these technologies, social movements, and social change. It shows that, almost without fail, developments in how we communicate shape social movements, just as those movements change the very technologies themselves. From the printing press to the television, social movements have leveraged communications technologies to advance change. In this moment of rapidly evolving communications, it is imperative to assess the role that the Internet, mobile devices, and social media can play in promoting social justice. But first we must look to the past, to examples of movements throughout American history that successfully harnessed communications technology, thus facilitating positive social change. Such movements embraced new communications technologies to help organize their communities; to form grassroots networks in order to facilitate face-to-face interactions; and to promote positive, inclusive messaging that stressed their participants' shared dignity and humanity. Using the past as prologue, the book provides effective lessons in the use of communications technology so that we can have the best communicative tools at our disposal—both now and in the future.

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