Book review: Information and Communication Technologies for African Development: An Assessment of Progress and Challenges Ahead, edited by Joseph O. Okpaku Sr., 2003

This edited book preserits 23 chapters with 454 pages of literatures and case studies on the use of information and communication technologies in urban planning, development and monitoring. With its nomenclature E-Planning, the book provides a comprehensive and in depth elaboration on the theory, concept, methods and tools of the current practices of E-Pl an ning worldwide. ft is a very useful text for students, professionals, academics and government officers interested in learning and understanding about how different forms of E-Planning research have been developed and used.

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Book Review on Integrating Information and Communication Technologies in English for Specific Purposes

The EuroCALL Review ◽

10.4995/eurocall.2020.12786 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 70

Author(s):

Emrah Ekmekçi

Keyword(s):

Language Learning ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Foreign Language Learning ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

English For Academic Purposes ◽

English For Specific Purposes ◽

Learning And Teaching ◽

Information And Communication ◽

English For Occupational Purposes

<p>Rapid developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) in recent years have inevitably affected the nature of learning and teaching process in general. As a result of this, teachers have been constantly seeking innovative and alternative ways of teaching in all educational settings as well as in the domain of foreign language learning and teaching. However, there still exist teachers who do not feel pedagogically and technically competent enough to integrate ICT into learning process. There is no doubt that it is of great importance to decide how and when to use technology in pedagogically principled way. The book <em>Integrating Information and Communication Technologies in English for Specific Purposes </em>is for readers and educators who seek pedagogically appropriate ways of integrating technology in the practice of English for specific purposes (ESP), English for academic purposes (EAP), and English for occupational purposes (EOP).</p>

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Book review: Mirosław Grewiński, Marek Kawa, Joanna Lizut, Gilberto Marzano: TOWARDS CHANGES OF THE LABOR MARKET, SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

Polityka Społeczna ◽

10.5604/01.3001.0014.9722 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 562 (1) ◽

pp. 29-30

Author(s):

Łukasz Arendt

Keyword(s):

Labor Market ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Industrial Revolution ◽

Technological Development ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Economic Changes ◽

Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽

The Future ◽

Information And Communication

The monograph published in English, which is the result of the project "Transformers - for the future labor market", takes up important issues of changes in the labor market in the context of technological development, which recently focuses on topics such as labor market polarization, automation and robotization , the effects of the fourth industrial revolution. The main threads discussed in the following chapters of the monograph relate to social and economic changes conditioned by the development of technology, in particular information and communication technologies, as well as the fourth industrial revolution, referred to as Industry 4.0. The main areas of analysis in the project "Transformers - for the future labor market" were presented in a synthetic way: the future of skills and competences, the future of professions and jobs, challenges related to education, as well as the conclusions drawn from desk-research analyzes and focus groups.

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