Integrating Work–Life Balance with 24/7 Information and Communication Technologies: The Experience of Adult Students With Online Learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory R. Berry ◽  
Heidi Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Adult Students ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Information And Communication

scholarly journals The Effect of the Intensity of Telework Use on Employees’ Work-Life Balance

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Neringa Grincevičienė
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Intellectual Activities

The intensive penetration of information and communication technologies into the labour market has also determined the modernisation of work organization processes. The digitization of information and telecommunications enabled to perform most of intellectual activities not only in the work premises but also in other spaces distant from the main workplace. Thus, as the technology revolution gradually releases modern intellectual work from the constraints of the physical location, telework is becoming an increasingly accelerating trend in the world. Together with technological changes allowing to reach the employee 24 hours a day and 7 days a week create challenges for teleworkers seeking to successfully reconcile two areas of life – work and personal life. Employees from different fields, among them accounting, audit, finances, analysis and others that carry out tasks via telework face this challenge.Relevance of the scientific research problem formulated in this paper was determined by the lack of studies in the scientific research to date, which would evaluate the intensity of telework use as an important factor that has a different effect on work-life balance.The research aim is to reveal the effect of the intensity of telework use on employee work-life balance. A quantitative study – the survey of telework employees was conducted and 320 respondents were surveyed. The results of the empirical study revealed that the intensity of telework use had equally positive effect only on two dimensions of work-life balance: time intended for the family and friends and time intended for oneself.

REMOTE WORKING AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE – THE REGULATIONS OF POLISH LABOUR CODE

2021 ◽  
Vol specjalny (XXI) ◽  
pp. 511-521
Author(s):  
Agata Ludera-Ruszel
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Work Organisation ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
The Right ◽  
Key Aspects

Work-life balance is one of the key aspects of rempote working which deserves our attentions. The current regulations of the Labour Code does not make any explicit reference to work-life balance idea. However, in the legislative changes during the last two decades there is a trend away to take better account of the values that underpin this idea, such as privacy, family and equality in employment and on the albour market. As if follows from the above considerations, in the regulations of Labour Code more emphasis should be put on the protection of employee working remotely against the clash between the professional and private spheres of employee’s life. This is the case for the rules for the use of remote work oand certain flexible forms of work organisation, which should be more „equal” in nature. Secondly, this i salso true for regulations on working time. The current regulations, that indirectly implement the right to disconnect, do not reflect specific risks for work-life balance, relating to the common use of information and communication technologies in employment relations.

Educational Platforms for Online Learning in a Cloud Environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neli Kiskinova ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Cloud Environment ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
Cloud Technologies

This paper presents the types of distance learning platforms with the use of information and communication technologies. It analyses their main functionalities and outlines the advantages and disadvantages of using cloud technologies in e-learning.

scholarly journals CAB - Collaboration across Borders: Peer Evaluation for Collaborative Learning

10.28945/2848 ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice Whatley ◽  
Frances Bell ◽  
Jan Shaylor ◽  
Elena Zaitseva ◽  
Danuta Zakrzewska
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Peer Evaluation ◽  
Online Portal ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Collaborative Activities

Use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and the development of tools to enable communication, can change the ways in which students in higher education learn, including online learning, both as individuals and through collaboration with other learners. This paper is a review of two cases of online peer evaluation of web sites or multimedia presentations, between students from several countries. Examining the research feedback from these collaborative activities has contributed to our understanding of online learning tasks, and led to the development of a dedicated online portal for carrying out collaborative activities. We have found that there is a clear benefit to be derived from incorporating activities of this type within the learning of students in higher education. The CAB portal we have developed helps tutors, wishing to set up a collaborative activity, to address issues of reciprocity of learning outcomes and guidelines for students’ participation.

scholarly journals WORK- LIFE BALANCE AND WORK- LIFE CONFLICT ON CAREER ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN PROFESSIONALS IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR, BENGALURU, INDIA

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 119-130
Author(s):  
Munwari Padmanabhan ◽  
Sampath Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Women Professionals ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Industry

The dynamics of socio-economic, personal and career advancement aspects were analysed from 75 information and communication technology (ICT) women professionals, from 7 various ICT organisations from Bengaluru, India. ICT industry continues to be the largest private sector employer in India for women in that 800,000 women currently working in this sector account for over 30 per cent of the existing hires and this figure is all set to rise in the future. The characteristics of the ICT industry in India and the nature of the work pose some unique challenges for women professionals in the industry. This study focuses on how does work and family related factors influence the work life balance and work conflict of women professionals. It is very evident that career oriented women has to manage / balance work & life due to stereotypic roles played. ICT women professionals have agreed that their career advancement is influenced by work or personal life enhancement. ICT Women Professionals have said that they have been affected by gender through various reasons on work interferences with personal life & career advancement. It is evident that there is a concern among women professionals working in shifts and it does bring in work on family conflict & family on work conflict.There is a very high significant relationship between Work Life Balance (WLB) and Work Life Conflict (WLC). Even when there is a support from the family, the individual undergoes conflict on not managing both sides effectively.WLB & WLC is a significant factor leading to overall performance of the ICT Women Professionals.They should possess strong work role salience since work helps define the career-cantered professional’s self- concept, which should further intensify the potential incompatibility between the work and life domains.

scholarly journals The influence of information and communication technologies in the educational process of the university

2021 ◽  
Vol 258 ◽  
pp. 07070
Author(s):  
Asya Bersirova ◽  
Fatimet Khakunova ◽  
Nurbi Khakunov ◽  
Zarema Shkhakhutova ◽  
Veronika Grebennikova
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Motivation For Learning ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

This article summarizes the results of research aimed at studying the impact of the transition to online learning using information and communication technologies (ICT) in the educational process on the psychological comfort of students at the Adyghe State University in the direction of “Psychological and pedagogical education”. During the study, a set of complementary research methods was used: theoretical, empirical, statistical, as well as private methods aimed at assessing the level of anxiety, sociability, motivation for learning, and the questionnaire aimed at identifying the level of psychological comfort of students in online learning. We suspected that the transition to online learning can affect the psycho-emotional state and psychological comfort of students: trait and state anxiety will increase; the level of motivation for learning, and the level of students’ communicative activity will decrease. Analysis and interpretation of the data showed that in the process of online learning, the majority of the tested respondents were dominated by average and high values of situational and personal anxiety (43.9% and 47.9%, respectively). 59% of respondents faced psychological discomfort because of the necessary to sharply adapt to the new format of education. There were also difficulties with self-organization of learning process outside the university - 21.7%, as well as difficulties associated with the material and technical base, created an uncomfortable psycho-emotional state in the subjects of the educational process - 3.5%. Therefore, in introducing online learning, it is necessary to take into account several possible risks that affect both the quality of the learning process and the psycho-emotional state of students. Moreover, a necessary condition, in our opinion, is considering the individual and personal characteristics of students in the process of integrating ICT into the educational system to improve health and create conditions for the psychological comfort of students.

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