A Technological Revolution in Higher Education

1994 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald I. Barker
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Intelligent Agents ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Video On Demand ◽  
Virtual Classrooms ◽  
Tutoring Systems ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Campus Residency ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the impact of key information technologies on the future of higher education. Rapid growth and advancement in the areas of telecommunications and human-computer interaction are leading to a fundamental change in how, what, and who we teach at our universities. In the near future, students will be able to “attend” class and exchange ideas with other students without leaving the comfort of their living rooms. Technologies such as computer-mediated communications, electronic publishing, intelligent tutoring systems, groupware, multimedia, intelligent agents, videoconferencing, video-on-demand, and virtual reality are maturing and converging to create “virtual classrooms.” Virtual classrooms free students and faculty from having to be in the same place at the same time, making the traditional four years of campus residency unnecessary. Administrators who ignore the implications of these technological trends risk the very existence of their institutions.

The impact of identity on anxiety during wiki editing in higher education

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Richard Cowan ◽  
Mervyn A. Jack
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Bulletin Boards ◽  
Psychology Course ◽  
The Impact ◽  
System Characteristics

Purpose – Although wikis are common in higher education, little is known about the wiki user experience in these contexts and how system characteristics impact such experiences. The purpose of this paper is to explore experimentally the hypothesis that changing the anonymity of identity when editing wikis will impact significantly on user editing anxiety and that this may be dependent on the type of edit being conducted. Design/methodology/approach – This hypothesis was explored using a controlled experiment study whereby users were given excerpts to include in their own words on a wiki site used for a psychology course. Users edited the wiki anonymously, using a pseudonym relevant to the context (a matriculation number) and using a full named identity. Users were also either asked to add content to the wiki or to delete and replace content on the wiki site. Findings – The paper found that users experienced significantly less anxiety when editing anonymously compared to when editing with a pseudonym or full name and that the type of edit being conducted did not impact the anxiety felt. Originality/value – The research highlights that the effects of anonymity discussed are also in operation in a wiki context, a more fundamentally anonymous context compared to blogs, bulletin boards or general computer-mediated communication tools.

scholarly journals DIGITAL ECONOMY AND RECRUITMENT POTENTIAL: STRATEGICAL INTERCONNECTION AND PROSPECTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 50-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Yu. Peshkova ◽  
А. Yu. Samarina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Structural Unemployment ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Introduction.Nowadays, information technologies are developing rapidly. This process affects practically all spheres of life and causes the need of system technological revolutions and modern methods of data processing. A process of digitalisation inevitably changes the structure of population employment and the educational environment as being provider of new HR-recourses.Theaimsof the research were to identify the problems of the digitalization policy in Russia and to formulate possible solutions.Methodology and research methods.The methods of theoretical investigation were used: abstraction, synthesis, analysis and generalisation.Results.The interaction of education systems and science in the field of preparation of HR-recourses at the stage of digital modernisation of the Russian economy is considered. The impact of digitalisation on vacancies and competences needed and the level of preparedness of Russia for the new technological mode are analysed. The perspective directions of higher education and recruitment policy of enterprise and the whole state are identified. The authors have come to the conclusion that rational recruitment policy is an essential part of Russian economy’s digitalisation. The efficiency of realisation of this strategy requires systembased approach to the organisation of staff training for the enterprises in actively changing economic conditions. HR management has become an extremely important element of this system. It is impossible to manage with such digitalization risks as structural unemployment and – at the same time – deficit of highly-qualified specialists without paying attention to what HR-market requires.Scientific novelty. The originality of digital economy is in its optimising effect on production and consumption possible because of operativeness and consolidation of information and computing systems. There has appeared an opportunity to manage socio-economic processes systematically. The necessity of structural changes in HR-market is proved. Moreover, high schools should head the process of overcoming the expected structural unemployment caused by new technologies appearing, i.e. they provide high-quality education of specialised competencies necessary for workers, in particular. Universities must not wait for the government to work out and present new standards and recommendations. On the contrary, high schools ought to independently and urgently initiate the organisation of competitive experts training and to form innovative methods of education of new specialists by cooperating with business sphere and taking examples of digital leaders. To sum up, sensible approach to educational policy can solve the problem of balancing the HК-market and prevent social disturbance.Practical significance.On the example of activity of separate higher education institutions, the ways and models of functioning of the higher school are shown according to economic tendencies.

Computer Mediated Communication and Multimodal Instruction in Higher Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 128-145
Author(s):  
J. Patrick Williams ◽  
Hsin-Liang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Seamless Integration ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Enhanced Learning

This chapter examines the impact of multimodal, computer-mediated communication strategies on instruction in higher education. Colleges and universities have realized positive effects of using computer- mediated communication in instruction, but these effects are often accompanied by unintended, unexpected, and surprising changes to instructional practices, course dynamics, and student outcomes. With the introduction of computer-mediated communication in the instructional setting, the array of roles and expectations increases substantially. This chapter outlines the use of ICTs in “blended” and fully-online learning spaces and highlights some of our observations gained in teaching and performing research in an online course. Researchers should focus on investigating the roles, expectations, and interactions that accompany these changes and work to support the evolving needs of all constituents of technology-enhanced learning spaces. We believe it is important that, as researchers, we investigate ways in which accessibility, flexibility, and seamless integration of ICTs, user experience, and pedagogy can be maximized.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC QUERIES ON THE STRUCTURE OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (34) ◽  
Author(s):  
E.V REPRINTSEVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Education System ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Structural Problems ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
The Impact

The imbalance between the labor market and the higher education system in the Russian Federation is highly relevant for discussion in the pedagogical environment. Overcoming structural problems is a difficult task, especially in the context of an economic crisis. The transition of Russian higher education to the Bologna model was complicated by many factors. An additional task at this point was the need to reform the structure of the output of specialists, since for some of them there was a large oversupply in the labor market, and for others there was a lack. In addition, the growing process of digitalization has made it necessary to train a sufficient number of specialists in the areas that ensure the spread of information technologies. State policy in the field of higher education has changed the number of students enrolled in the most popular bachelor's degree programs and has affected their structure depending on the form of tuition fees. The study found that the total number of students in the most popular areas of training-economics, management and law-has decreased, but they have retained their leadership, and the structure of students in these specialties is dominated by those who study on a contractual basis. At the same time, the demands of the economy caused a fairly rapid reaction of the higher education system and led to an increase in the number of students in the areas of linguistics, information systems and technologies, and defectological education. As a result of state support, despite the reduction in the total number of students, the share of budget and target students in those professions that are now most in demand in the economy has increased: construction, electric power and electrical engineering, agricultural engineering, computer science and computer engineering, applied computer science.

American Sign Language in virtual space: Interactions between deaf users of computer-mediated video communication and the impact of technology on language practices

2003 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 693-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELIZABETH KEATING ◽  
GENE MIRUS
Keyword(s):  
American Sign Language ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Language Change ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Deaf Community ◽  
Language Practices ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

According to some discussions concerning new information technologies and technologically enhanced communication, we are now in a revolution as profound as the printing press. The Internet is creating new kinds of meetingplaces and work areas and the possibilities of new types of relationships across time and space. This article reports on some ways that the Internet is shaping language practices in the Deaf community, with an interest in how new tools mediate and influence human behavior, including language and the organization of interaction. This includes the development and manipulation of a computer-mediated image of self and other, creativity and problem-solving in new communicative spaces, creating reciprocal perspectives, new participation frameworks, and specifics of language change. For the first time, deaf people can communicate using manual visual language, in many cases their native language, across space and time zones. This groundbreaking situation makes the Deaf community a particularly productive site for research into relationships between technological innovations and new communicative practices.

scholarly journals On strategies to improve student engagement

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Asunción García ◽  
Ana María Valle
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Basque Country ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Virtual Classrooms ◽  
Spanish Higher Education ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

After Bologna declaration, the change of roles between student and instructor in Spanish Higher Education has meant the search of new strategies to improve student engagement. In fact, they are trying to transform the previous extremely instructor-centred model to a learner-centred model. In this line, many courses of Higher Education have used new learning methods, such as problem-based learning, project-based learning or flipped classroom, during the last decade. Faculty also is able to count on new tools, for example, virtual classrooms. In this paper, we analyse the use of  a virtual classroom in an elective course of the Degree in Mathematics at the University of the Basque Country to detect the assignments to improve student engagement and the impact on achievement of competences. We conclude that the inclusion of collaborative assignments in virtual classrooms increases their use and, hence, student engagement. Moreover, the acquisition of competences is also getting stronger, as the percentage of students that pass the course increases.

scholarly journals About the Impact of The Concept Of E-Government on Modern Education in Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 01007
Author(s):  
Vladimir Olegovich Mikryukov ◽  
Sergey Anatolevich Melkov ◽  
Artur Sergeevich Sushanskiy ◽  
Ivan Vladimirovich Kholikov ◽  
Nadezhda Vsevolodovna Gruver
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Civil Defense ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Russian Education

The hermeneutics of the concept of “e-government” is implemented, and the results are interpreted in the article using the method of expert survey. The goal of the study was to find out the relation between the digitalization of public administration in modern Russia and higher education. The conclusions on the impact of the concept of e-government on Russian education have been drawn, based on the interpretation of the experts’ answers. Some conclusions from a pedagogical experiment conducted on an ongoing basis at the Academy of Civil Defense of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters since 2016 have been also provided in the article. The goal of this experiment is to find out which pedagogical and information technologies are the most efficient for teaching at a university. The authors are confident that the problems of the mutual influence of the e-government and modern education in Russia described in the article are inexhaustible and will be continued by them.

Learning and Teaching with CMC in the U.S. Higher Education Arena

2011 ◽  
pp. 34-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison V. Level ◽  
Amy E. Hoseth
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

This chapter provides an overview of current issues and trends related to the impact and integration of computer mediated communication (CMC) and technological innovation in the teaching and learning environments of higher education in the United States. The chapter includes an introduction to the higher education arena, and then focuses on the current learning and teaching environments. Topics such as learning styles, learning behaviors, and CMC as an infrastructure in the student environment are discussed, along with transformational changes in the teaching environment. Recent fundamental changes in teaching and learning due to the incorporation of CMC are also discussed.

scholarly journals METHODICAL APPROACH FOR ASSESSMENT OF THE INTERACTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION ECONOMY

2019 ◽  
pp. 31-41
Author(s):  
Antonina Djakona ◽  
Natalia Ivanivna Kholіavko ◽  
Dmytro Georhiiovych Savchuk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Information Economy ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Methodical Approach ◽  
The Impact

Urgency of the research. The current tendency of the national economy development is the development of the information economy, characterized by the defining role of information and information technologies in the processes of production, exchange, distribution, consumption of public goods and the effective functioning of which are provided by sectors capable of generating knowledge, high quality scientific products and productive use of information resources. Target setting. The existence of mutual influence of higher education and information economy has been proved, which is manifested in the presence of correlation between the rates of development of this type of economic system and the development of partnership between business and universities, in particular in the fields of training and research. Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. The theoretical and methodological basis for the study are the works of D. Bell, Z. E. Toffler, Yu. S. Kristinevich, V. Kutsenko, I. Malik, R. Tolstyakova, L. Fedulova, A. Chukhna and others. Uninvestigated parts of general matters defining. Despite the high interest of scientists in the problems of development of the higher education system in the context of informatization of the national economy, the question of improving the methodological tools for assessing the components of the information economy and analyzing the impact of higher education on its development processes remain open. The research objective: development and testing of a comprehensive methodological approach to assessing the development of educational, innovative, research components of the information economy. The statement of basic materials. The article proposes and approves a methodical approach to assessing the development of the information economy in the threedimensional space of features grouped within the educational, research and innovation components. The structure of a complex integral indicator, the cluster analysis of Ukrainian regions was constructed. Conclusions. The measures of state regulatory impact, structured in accordance with the pace of development of the structural components of the information economy, are specified.

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