A Japanese experience of a mission-oriented multi-methodology technology foresight process: an empirical trial of a new technology foresight process by integration of the Delphi method and scenario writing

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daisuke Kanama
Keyword(s):  
Delphi Method ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Technology Foresight ◽  
Japanese Experience

scholarly journals Comparative lessons in regenerative medicine readiness: learning from the UK and Japanese experience

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-282
Author(s):  
Maki Umemura ◽  
Michael Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Regenerative Medicine ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Technology Readiness ◽  
Sociotechnical System ◽  
Disruptive Technologies ◽  
Technological Adoption ◽  
Japanese Experience ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Function ◽  
Systems Framework

This paper explores how ‘regenerative readiness’ varies between different national research and healthcare systems. Here, ‘readiness’ refers to both the readiness of a given technology and the ability of a given setting to adopt a new technology. We compare two settings that have taken active yet dissonant approaches to improve readiness: the UK and Japan. Existing scholarship observes that disruptive technologies such as regenerative medicine require many adaptations to become useable and function along the principles of their design. We incorporate the sociotechnical systems framework to consider the range of adaptive measures taken across elements of the sociotechnical system for novel technological adoption. Building upon existing works on technology readiness and institutional readiness, we also expand the conceptualization of readiness toward system-wide readiness.

scholarly journals Strategies for improving use of text-matching software by staff

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Sullivan ◽  
Miela Kolomaznik
Keyword(s):  
Delphi Method ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
Correct Usage ◽  
To Come ◽  
Training And Support ◽  
Text Matching

Universities are increasingly requiring the use of text-matching software (e.g., Turnitin, Urkund) for assessment. Even so, teaching staff may be resistant to using new technology for a variety of reasons. This study aimed to determine specific strategies and recommendations for improving uptake and correct usage of text-matching software at universities by gathering the experiences of training staff who have combatted resistance to new technologies. Two focus groups with 22 participants across five universities used a modified version of the Delphi method to come to consensus on their top five recommended strategies, which included: offering “out of the box” materials, using evidence, fostering champions, providing training and support to teaching staff, ensuring consistent messaging, building relationships, and offering student-facing support. These strategies may help university trainers improve the adoption of text-matching software, though more research is needed to determine the relative effectiveness of different strategies.

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