scholarly journals Occupational choice and agricultural labour efficiency in Nigeria: Impact of ICTs

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 111-117
Author(s):  
Egbe Bassey Etowa ◽  
Olugbenga Wilson Adejo
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Choice ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
The Internet ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Jel Code ◽  
General Household Survey ◽  
Significant Factors

Increased labour efficiency is imperative in the developing world and particularly in Nigerian Agriculture which should be in its leaping phase. The interaction between labour efficiency and ICTs is inevitable in the realisation of the nation’s agribusiness potentials. Following a vivid descriptive statistics on main occupations and access to ICTs among the Nigerian populace, this study assessed effects of ICTs on the probability that a working aged Nigerian chose agricultural occupation over non-agricultural occupations. In doing so, the study analysed the effects of access to ICTs on agricultural labour efficiency in Nigeria. Data used for the analysis were drawn from the Nigerian General Household Survey-Panel held in 2010-2011 period. Analytical framework for the study include: Logistic Regression and Multiple Regression Models. Results show that access to mobile phones, using the internet to obtain information, and using the internet to send or receive mails were significant factors of the probability that a Nigerian chose agriculture or its related activities as a main occupation. Again, access to personal computers, use of the internet for e-banking, e-learning and for reading e-newspapers had significant impact on agricultural labour efficiency in Nigeria. The study recommends that labour policies should find a place for the role of ICTs, particularly the internet. JEL. Code: Q12

scholarly journals Characterizing the building blocks of Problematic Use of the Internet (PUI): The role of obsessional impulses and impulsivity traits among Italian young adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 152225
Author(s):  
Francesco Di Carlo ◽  
Mauro Pettorruso ◽  
Maria Chiara Alessi ◽  
Elena Picutti ◽  
Rebecca Collevecchio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Problematic Use ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Positive And Negative Aspects Of The Psychological Impact Of The Virtual World

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (05) ◽  
pp. 25-29
Author(s):  
Rakhimova I.I. ◽  
◽  
Mukhiddinova U.A. ◽  
Bеrdiqulоvа G.N. ◽  
Suleymanova D.I. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
The Internet ◽  
National Values ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Individual

In today's age of the Internet, computers and mobile phones for people of all ages are available in almost every home. In addition, in today’s world-wide pandemic, the use of the Internet for education and all aspects of cultural, socio-economic life as well as games such as games is growing rapidly. This, in turn, has a psychological effect on the individual, both positively and negatively on our society and national values. In this article, I have tried to highlight the positive and negative aspects of the internet world that affect the individual. In the article we will focus on the role of the virtual world in human life, the need not to depend on it, to use it for useful purposes.

scholarly journals El uso seguro del Internet y el rol de los padres / The Safe Use of the Internet and the Role of Parents

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Elizabeth Moreno Carrillo ◽  
Gustavo Adolfo León Duarte ◽  
Carlos René Contreras Cázarez
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Mixed Approach

ABSTRACTSociety has been transforming throughout the last years. The easy access to Internet has made two important institutions, family and school, cope to new challenges. Teenagers in different countries have access to Internet. However, understanding how these changes affect them, their families, their education, their community and the risks they cope help us get to empiric research. The main inquiry is to identify the use and the role parents have around the Internet and technological devices. The research is based in a mixed approach, combining qualitative and quantitative methods, using a questionnaire and a focus group to collect data.RESUMENLa sociedad ha venido transformándose durante las últimas décadas. El fácil acceso al Internet ha hecho que dos importantes instituciones, la familia y la escuela, se enfrenten a nuevos retos. En distintos países alrededor del mundo, los adolescentes tienen acceso al Internet. Sin embargo, para entender como estos cambios los afecta a ellos, a sus familias, a su educación, a su comunidad y los riesgos que enfrentan, es posible llevar a cabo la investigación empírica. La pregunta central es conocer el uso y el rol que tienen los padres en torno al Internet y a los dispositivos tecnológicos. Como parte de la metodología, la construcción del objeto de estudio se basa en la implementación de un enfoque mixto. La combinación de enfoques cualitativos y cuantitativos conlleva al diseño de dos fases en las que se utilizarán dos herramientas, la encuesta y el grupo focal. Contacto principal: [email protected]

scholarly journals Together Alone: What Students Need from an E-moderator

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane P. Janes
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Education Degree ◽  
Master Of Education ◽  
Made In

It has often been suggested that education via the Internet, or e-learning, leads to a sense of separation in individual learners; this need not be the case. Teaching is a relationship: a relationship that is built on a connection between teaching and learner, between learner and learner, and between the learners and the content. What then is the role of the instructor in moderating online learning? This paper will explore how that connection might be better made in an online environment and will explore the interpersonal or emotive distinctiveness needed in an e-moderator from the perspective of a group of graduate students engaged in an online master of education degree offered in Canada.

Interaction as a Method of Educating Constructivism

2020 ◽  
pp. 170-205
Author(s):  
Stylianos Eyaggelos Gouloudis
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Interactive Television ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Constructivism allows the student to build knowledge and learning on his own. Through the discovery, experimentation, and tests, the student tries to consolidate the learning objects. Τhis chapter approaches constructivism through the use of methods used by information technology. An advantage of IT tools is the interaction that turns the teaching into experiential and experimental where the student tries to evaluate and improve his abilities. Methods such as robotics, interactive television, and the use of the internet provide forms of interactive learning based on the methodology of game-based learning, which contribute to constructivism. In this chapter, once the construction and importance in education and especially in IT is presented, the importance of game-based learning and video games is presented. The authors show the role of robotics and the internet in relation to the interaction they offer, and also the role of interactive television in the educational process from the point of view of constructivism.

Between Individuality and Collectiveness

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Kavada
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Individual Autonomy ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Global Justice Movement ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Unity In Diversity ◽  
Communication Practices ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Decentralized and internally diverse, the Global Justice Movement (GJM) is thought to be influenced by its use of the internet. Operating in an environment characterized by the conditions of globalization and late modernity, the movement strives to be a collective that accommodates individual difference. Focusing on the organizing process of the European Social Forum, this article examines the role of email lists and physical meetings in realizing this ‘unity in diversity’. Based on interviews with movement activists and a content analysis of three email lists, this article examines how online and face-to-face communication practices engender different dynamics in terms of individuality and collectiveness. While communication on email lists tends to afford divergence, diversity, and individual autonomy, face-to-face contact enables convergence, unity and the affirmation of the collective. Thus, it is the combination of those two modes of communication that helps the movement to fuse seemingly opposing dynamics.

The Role of the Internet in Self-Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 393
Author(s):  
Alina Gil
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Traditional Model ◽  
Basic Form ◽  
Self Study ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Modern Form

<p><em>The concepts of teaching, learning and self-education are the most essential aspects in the processes of preparing employees for knowledge economy as well as in the processes of developing and improving skills required not only at work, but also in personal life.The Internet constitutes an essential link in educationasa basic form of teaching and a supplementary element not only in the traditional model of instruction, but also in self-education.The following article presents questions concerning self-education and the Internet as a place and technique of self-education, as well as the concept of e-learning as a modern form of distance education.</em><em></em></p>

HABITS OF USING INTERNET AND DIGITAL DEVICES IN EDUCATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 348-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristīne Mackare ◽  
Anita Jansone
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
Desktop Computers ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Study Process

According to Central Statistical Bureau data of 2017 at least 46.8% of Latvian population are involved in educational activities. Such digital devices as computers (both desktop computers and laptop computers), tablets, smartphones, book readers, etc. and the internet directly or indirectly are used in both formal and non-formal education. Digital devices can be used in training or study process, or some part of it directly, as well as students or training participants may be assigned tasks to be performed with these devices – searching for information, reading and learning e-material, writing articles, etc. In addition to statistical data research, two e-polls were conducted for respondents who are computer users in different age groups. Respondents were asked about their habits in using the internet and digital devices, additional interest was about which of the digital tools are used and for what purposes these devices are used. All answers have been analysed. The survey results show that the responses provided by the participants of the sample group are very close to the whole population, both for the use of the Internet and digital devices. The results also show the purpose of using digital devices, especially in education, and which devices are most commonly used for each purpose. More than 90% of respondents use digital devices to get information. In order to participate successfully in e-learning and e-studies, users need both good e-skills and well-designed e-learning materials: high-quality content, comfortable, easy-to-understand and comprehensible text, suitable formatting parameters of text.

scholarly journals A Survey on the Use of the Internet of Multimedia Things for Precision Agriculture and the Agrifood Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Alvertos Ioannis Mourikis ◽  
Romanos Kalamatianos ◽  
Ioannis Karydis ◽  
Markos Avlonitis
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
In Situ Sensing ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) has already penetrated an ever-increasing array of daily aspects of life. IoTs bridge the analog and digital worlds in an unprecedented manner and degree by providing in situ sensing. Adding to the IoT the capability to collect interrelated multi-modal sensing, the use of the Internet of Multimedia Things (IoMTs) has recently been exhibited to significantly enhance the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in numerous applications, and most importantly in agrifood systems. In this work, we review key recent works in the conjunction of the three domains of IoMT, agrifood and precision agriculture and present open research directions.

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