scholarly journals Relational Aspects between ICT and the Modernization of Differentiated and Individualized Teaching of Foreign Languages in Higher Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-35
Author(s):  
Brânduşa-Oana Niculescu ◽  
Georgeta Obilişteanu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Theory ◽  
Individualized Instruction ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Advanced Technologies ◽  
Modern Methods ◽  
Individualized Teaching

Abstract The amplitude of the interest and of the concerns related to the identification and the setting of the foundation necessary for perfecting higher education increasingly brings the adjustment of didactic activities to the students’ particularities to the attention of educational theory and practice, with a view to forming and developing their personality. The necessity and utilization of differentiating learning through modern methods specific to an efficient didactic methodology requires the adaptation of higher education to new modalities of organization and development, combined with knowledge adjusted to the particularities of the students’ personality. The rethinking and reconsideration of the didactic activities from this perspective also benefits from the opportunities provided by the facilities of the new scientific breakthroughs in the field of technology. Therefore, making differentiated and individualized instruction efficient by using advanced technologies represents one of the challenges of updating teaching foreign languages within higher education. Being a major component, the information and communications technology (ICT) opens new and significant opportunities, as well solutions for enhancing the level of the outcomes obtained by students in the differentiated and individualized education of foreign languages. Approaching several aspects specific to the implementation of ICT in the didactic activities pertains to the theoretical, methodological and praxiological preoccupations that aim at diversifying and increasing the obvious advantages offered by differentiated instruction in higher education.

scholarly journals Use of ICT to Enhance the Learning Process in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 97-102
Author(s):  
Chetlal Prasad ◽  
Pushpa Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Teaching Learning

ICTs in Education refers to the development of information and communications technology specifically for teaching/learning purposes, while the ICTs in education involves the adoption of general components of information and communication technologies in the teaching learning process. The National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME-ICT), launched in 2009 by the Central Government. Let’s see how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) evolved the Higher Education system: The role of ICT in higher education, what students learn, The role of ICT in Higher Education, how Students Learn, The role of ICT in Higher Education, when students learn, The role of ICT in higher education, where students learn. Online courses, development of e-content, e-learning, digital libraries, online encyclopaedias, journals, and books would promote learning and make knowledge available to all irrespective of the distance or location or financial resources. Government intervention is necessary so that ICT can be made successful in higher education. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has the proven power to change the world. This acronym refers to the merging of audiovisual and telephone networks with the computer single unified system of cabling.

The Value of Information Systems to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

2011 ◽  
pp. 1639-1666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan J. Winter ◽  
Connie Marie Gaglio ◽  
Hari K. Rajagopalan
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Purchase Decisions ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Role Of Information ◽  
Customers Perspective

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face more serious challenges to their survival than do larger firms. To succeed, SMEs must establish and maintain credibility in the marketplace to attract the resources required for survival. Most co-opt legitimacy by mimicking the cues that signal credibility to convince potential stakeholders that something stands behind their promises. This research examines the role of information and communications technology (ICT) in legitimacy-building from the perspective of both SME founders and customers. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted in a variety of industries to determine whether the ICT-related legitimacy schema from the customers’ perspective differs substantially from that of firm founders. Results indicate that customers compare the ICT information provided in SME’s sales pitches to pre-existing ICT expectations about the nature of desirable sales transactions. We describe the relationship between violations of ICT expectations, legitimacy, and purchase decisions. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.

Investigating and Encouraging Student Nurses' ICT Engagement

2011 ◽  
pp. 313-335
Author(s):  
Michael R. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Knowledge Work ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Networked Learning ◽  
Design Teams ◽  
Online Forums

Higher education institutions rely increasingly on information and communications technology (ICT) to provide learning opportunities. Written to support this enterprise, the Guidelines for Networked Learning in Higher Education (Goodyear & NLinHE Team, 2001) carefully blend theory and practice to provide a wealth of sound advice for course design teams. The focus is on “promoting connections” that directly relate to learning. However, in nursing, 6 years after the Guidelines were published, levels of students’ skills and engagement with ICT remain problematic, which undermines attempts to deploy networked learning. I argue that for such initiatives to succeed, other, more foundational connections need also to be promoted. I focus on some of the factors that contribute to student nurses’ ICT non-engagement: gender, caring, professional identity, and knowledge work. Finally, I explain how some of the barriers identified can be overcome through integrating ICT. HE programs can provide students with meaningful encounters with ICT in the different elements of a course: curriculum, teaching methods, and assessment, as well as informal learning through online forums. If successful, this integration can promote the students’ development of working knowledge in ICT, and increase the chances of their engagement in networked learning and evidence-based practice.

scholarly journals How Prefrail Older People Living Alone Perceive Information and Communications Technology and What They Would Ask a Robot for: Qualitative Study

10.2196/13228 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. e13228
Author(s):  
Katia Daniele ◽  
Maura Marcucci ◽  
Cesarina Cattaneo ◽  
Nunzio Alberto Borghese ◽  
Lucia Zannini
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Older People ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
The Past

Background In the last decade, the family system has changed significantly. Although in the past, older people used to live with their children, nowadays, they cannot always depend on assistance of their relatives. Many older people wish to remain as independent as possible while remaining in their homes, even when living alone. To do so, there are many tasks that they must perform to maintain their independence in everyday life, and above all, their well-being. Information and communications technology (ICT), particularly robotics and domotics, could play a pivotal role in aging, especially in contemporary society, where relatives are not always able to accurately and constantly assist the older person. Objective The aim of this study was to understand the needs, preferences, and views on ICT of some prefrail older people who live alone. In particular, we wanted to explore their attitude toward a hypothetical caregiver robot and the functions they would ask for. Methods We designed a qualitative study based on an interpretative phenomenological approach. A total of 50 potential participants were purposively recruited in a big town in Northern Italy and were administered the Fried scale (to assess the participants’ frailty) and the Mini-Mental State Examination (to evaluate the older person’s capacity to comprehend the interview questions). In total, 25 prefrail older people who lived alone participated in an individual semistructured interview, lasting approximately 45 min each. Overall, 3 researchers independently analyzed the interviews transcripts, identifying meaning units, which were later grouped in clustering of themes, and finally in emergent themes. Constant triangulation among researchers and their reflective attitude assured trustiness. Results From this study, it emerged that a number of interviewees who were currently using ICT (ie, smartphones) did not own a computer in the past, or did not receive higher education, or were not all young older people (aged 65-74 years). Furthermore, we found that among the older people who described their relationship with ICT as negative, many used it in everyday life. Referring to robotics, the interviewees appeared quite open-minded. In particular, robots were considered suitable for housekeeping, for monitoring older people’s health and accidental falls, and for entertainment. Conclusions Older people’s use and attitudes toward ICT does not always seem to be related to previous experiences with technological devices, higher education, or lower age. Furthermore, many participants in this study were able to use ICT, even if they did not always acknowledge it. Moreover, many interviewees appeared to be open-minded toward technological devices, even toward robots. Therefore, proposing new advanced technology to a group of prefrail people, who are self-sufficient and can live alone at home, seems to be feasible.

scholarly journals To the Dissertation and Beyond: Independent Study in the New Undergraduate Curriculum

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Ainley
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Undergraduate Curriculum ◽  
Independent Study ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
The Past ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
New Information ◽  
New Knowledge

Over the past 30 years social changes have taken place which makes the dialogue of teachers with students as the essential preserve of the higher educational community difficult. This is not only the case for the new universities that have made the most efforts to widen participation. With the decline of industry and the expansion of services, a reformation of social class has re-designated many jobs in what has become the ‘working-middle’ of society as professional occupations requiring higher qualifications. Partly in response to this pressure for certification, many young people are leaving school and college later with supposedly higher standards but often trained rather than educated, or “over schooled but undereducated” (A. Ainley, and Allen 2010). Training to meet externally verified competences is also extending into higher education. Paradoxically, considering the hopes invested in it, new information and communications technology has not necessarily helped. While ICT allows access to a mass of information, it has also facilitated a culture of plagiarism and undermined existing expertise by multiplying the possibly verifiable criteria for new knowledge. On top of all this, academics have also often not helped themselves by designing courses which make a virtue of student choice from a range of options that may even deny the possibility of students constructing coherent conceptual totalities related to their fields of study.

scholarly journals TAREAS INTEGRADORAS INTERDISCIPLINARIAS EN LA ENSEÑANZA-APRENDIZAJE DE LENGUAS EXTRANJERAS EN LA UNIVERSIDAD CUBANA DEL SIGLO XXI

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Liset González Agulló ◽  
Maylín Rodríguez Sánchez ◽  
Olga Lidia Fontes Guerrero
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Empirical Methods ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
E Mail

En el presente artículo las autoras revelaron puntos de vista teórico-prácticos que sustentan la enseñanza-aprendizaje de  lenguas extranjeras en la educación superior. Se tuvo como objetivo analizar desde la teoría y la praxis concreta la necesidad de una clase de lenguas extranjeras que considere la implementación de la interdisciplinariedad como premisa fundamental en la educación superior del siglo XXI, a través de tareas integradoras interdisciplinarias. Se emplearon métodos teóricos, como análisis-síntesis e inducción-deducción. De los métodos empíricos se emplearon el análisis documental, el cual complementó las generalizaciones teóricas de las autoras sobre la relación integración-interdisciplinariedad, y sus criterios valorativos sobre la enseñanza- aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras en la educación superior, así como la modelación de tareas integradoras interdisciplinarias para elevar la calidad del aprendizaje en los estudiantes. Los análisis realizados sobre el tema permitieron elevar los niveles de concienciación por parte de los profesores de los aspectos tratados. En segundo lugar, se presentó un cuerpo teórico-metodológico de trabajo para su modelación en clases.  PALABRAS CLAVE: enseñanza-aprendizaje; lenguas extranjeras; tareas integradoras interdisciplinarias; Educación Superior. INTEGRATING-INTERDISCIPLINARY TASKS IN THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AT THE CUBAN UNIVERSITY OF THE XXI CENTURY ABSTRACT The authoresses revealed their theoretical and practical views on the teaching-learning of foreign language in high education. The main objective focused on analyzing from theory and practice, the need of planning a lesson of foreign language in higher education that considers the implementation of interdisciplinarity as the main premise in the XXI century Higher Education by means of integrated tasks. Analysis- synthesis and induction-deduction were methods used theoretically. Documentary perusal and theoretical-methodological modeling were part of the empirical methods, which contributed to the generalizations on the nexus between integration and interdisciplinarity. The material presented allowed the activation of an awareness of the problems discussed and the rendering of a theoretical and methodological corpus to crystallize in the actual lesson of foreign language. KEYWORDS: teaching-learning; foreign languages; integrative interdisciplinary tasks; Higher education.   [1] [2] Profesor de Lengua Inglesa. Profesor Principal de la disciplina Didáctica de las Lenguas Extranjeras. Máster en Ciencias de la Educación. Universidad de Camagüey. Cuba. E-mail: [email protected] [3] Profesor de Lengua Inglesa. Máster en Ciencias de la Educación Superior. Universidad de Camagüey. Cuba.  E-mail: [email protected]

Evaluating Distance Education and E-Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 654-663
Author(s):  
Som Naidu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
National Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Learning Programs ◽  
E Learning

The number of distance education and e-learning programs has been on the rise for some time now (Hannan & Silver, 2000). In the United States, the National Survey of Information Technology in Higher Education, as part of its Campus Computing Project, carries out regular surveys of the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in higher education (USA-DOE, 2000).

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