scholarly journals Vision impairment and the transition to university education: The role of ICTs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Edgar Pacheco
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Vision Impairment ◽  
University Education ◽  
Transition To University ◽  
Transition Experience ◽  
Transition Issues

<p>The transition to university is a crucial process in the lives of young people who pursue tertiary education. It can be a stressful experience for all students in general but it is especially challenging for those with disabilities. In recent years the number of students with disabilities enrolled in tertiary institutions has grown steadily. Also, the transition to university has become a topic of interest for policy makers and scholars around the world. However, there is still limited research about the transition to university for students with disabilities and the issues they face when they start their university journey. Additionally, very little research has examined the role of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) in supporting their transition experience.  This research focuses on students with vision impairments, one of the disability groups who have been less studied in academia, and seeks to answer two research questions. First, what are the factors that influence students with vision impairments’experiences of the transition process to university education? Second, how are ICTs used to support this process? The research participants, aged 18 to 24 years old, were all undergraduate students enrolled at Victoria University of Wellington. Data was collected over a year and a half through observations, a researcher diary, individual interviews, social media and focus group meetings. Action research (AR) was the research method used in this qualitative and inductive study. The AR intervention included organising informal face-to-face support group discussions with the participants at different periods of their first trimester at university and setting up a website and a social media group page.  The research findings have significant contributions for knowledge and practice. It was found that students with vision impairments are able to develop self-determination skills as they are using and adapting ICTs creatively and innovatively in order to make sense of their transition. This group of students not only use these tools in compensating for their vision impairment but also to interact and collaborate with their peers. This research has also identified five overlapping transition stages: Exploring, Discovering, Coping with, Readjusting and Settling in. Similarly, it includes a description of different transition issues (e.g. academic system, social connections, and financial matters) that have a positive and/or negative impact on the transition experience.  Likewise, the findings show that ICTs play a role in the transition to university and that this role varies depending on the transition stage, the transition issues the students with vision impairments deal with and their personal needs. To a large extent, ICTs are embedded in the everyday activities of the students with vision impairments. In addition to using adaptive technologies, they have already incorporated other tools, such as Web 2.0 (e.g. Facebook), and portable devices (e.g. smartphones), and use them for their university activities and transition experience. In this respect, this research suggests rethinking transition in terms of the idea of Transition 2.0, a concept that describes the current escenario of transition to university for students with vision impairments.  This study represents a significant contribution from the field of information systems (IS) to research areas such as disability and tertiary education.</p>

scholarly journals Vision impairment and the transition to university education: The role of ICTs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Edgar Pacheco
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Vision Impairment ◽  
University Education ◽  
Transition To University ◽  
Transition Experience ◽  
Transition Issues

<p>The transition to university is a crucial process in the lives of young people who pursue tertiary education. It can be a stressful experience for all students in general but it is especially challenging for those with disabilities. In recent years the number of students with disabilities enrolled in tertiary institutions has grown steadily. Also, the transition to university has become a topic of interest for policy makers and scholars around the world. However, there is still limited research about the transition to university for students with disabilities and the issues they face when they start their university journey. Additionally, very little research has examined the role of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) in supporting their transition experience.  This research focuses on students with vision impairments, one of the disability groups who have been less studied in academia, and seeks to answer two research questions. First, what are the factors that influence students with vision impairments’experiences of the transition process to university education? Second, how are ICTs used to support this process? The research participants, aged 18 to 24 years old, were all undergraduate students enrolled at Victoria University of Wellington. Data was collected over a year and a half through observations, a researcher diary, individual interviews, social media and focus group meetings. Action research (AR) was the research method used in this qualitative and inductive study. The AR intervention included organising informal face-to-face support group discussions with the participants at different periods of their first trimester at university and setting up a website and a social media group page.  The research findings have significant contributions for knowledge and practice. It was found that students with vision impairments are able to develop self-determination skills as they are using and adapting ICTs creatively and innovatively in order to make sense of their transition. This group of students not only use these tools in compensating for their vision impairment but also to interact and collaborate with their peers. This research has also identified five overlapping transition stages: Exploring, Discovering, Coping with, Readjusting and Settling in. Similarly, it includes a description of different transition issues (e.g. academic system, social connections, and financial matters) that have a positive and/or negative impact on the transition experience.  Likewise, the findings show that ICTs play a role in the transition to university and that this role varies depending on the transition stage, the transition issues the students with vision impairments deal with and their personal needs. To a large extent, ICTs are embedded in the everyday activities of the students with vision impairments. In addition to using adaptive technologies, they have already incorporated other tools, such as Web 2.0 (e.g. Facebook), and portable devices (e.g. smartphones), and use them for their university activities and transition experience. In this respect, this research suggests rethinking transition in terms of the idea of Transition 2.0, a concept that describes the current escenario of transition to university for students with vision impairments.  This study represents a significant contribution from the field of information systems (IS) to research areas such as disability and tertiary education.</p>

scholarly journals PERAN MEDIA SOSIAL “FACEBOOK” JELANG PEMILIHAN UMUM KEPALA DAERAH TAHUN 2017 DI KABUPATEN ACEH JAYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aminah Aminah
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Track Record ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Use Of Social Media

This study aims to explain the role of Social Media "Facebook" and its impacts ahead of the elections of regional heads in 2017 in Aceh Jaya district. Data required in this study was obtained through literature and field research. The research literature is done by reading textbooks, legislation, and other reading materials related to this research. While the field research conducted by interviewing informants. The results showed that social media "Facebook" very effective way of delivering a variety of things including the introduction of a track record as well as the vision and mission of the future leaders of Aceh Jaya fore. Campaigns that use social networking "Facebook" more influential than campaigns that are only focused on the delivery of any information or content (in the sense of simply using billboard and his card only). In the use of social media "Facebook" there are various impacts. There are two impacts: the effect of positive and negative impacts. The positive impact of the using social media "Facebook" in the election of Aceh Jaya, namely (1) the establishment of kinship fellow Team (timses) of each candidate, (2) can foster public participation in politics (3) provides information on the dynamics of the election in Aceh Jaya (4) to introduce the candidates (5) to introduce the vision and mission of the candidates. As for the negative impact of (1) to attack each other between supporters and supporters Irfan TB Well yahGam (2) Dropping Party Opposition. Keywords: Role of Facebook, Political Communication and Election

scholarly journals How does social media negatively affects the beginning of relationships?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Aronowicz
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
The United States ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
People Search ◽  
The Way

“Between 2005 and 2012 more than one third of couples who got married in the United States met through an online dating site. Online dating was the single biggest way people met their spouses. Bigger than work, friends, and school combined.” Aziz Ansari, (2015).Romantic relationships have drastically changed in today’s world, affected by the role of social media and deeply changing the way we interact with each other. The way we approach one another might seems standard today, but importantly differs from what people did even just decades ago. The percentage of people meeting online keeps rising while traditional ways of finding your partner are constantly decreasing.Online dating transformed our romantic lives; single people today have more romantic options than ever. The new trend of online romantic relationships leads to various questionings. Why do people decide to use social media to interact with each other rather than approaching someone in the street and invite him/her for diner? The issue of online self-presentation, the necessity of body language, and how does this change affect us in finding our life partner? It is this change we want to focus on, to try and find out how the rise of online dating drastically affected the art of finding a companion. The aim is to intent to understand the different intentions behind social media when concerning romantic relationships. We can ask ourselves for instance, do people search today for long term connection when chatting on the net or maybe more alternative motives.Of course, the rise of social media implies some new challenges and risks that are necessary to mention, we will mainly focus on how social media negatively affects the beginning of romantic relationships.Throughout the paper we will first focus on 5 focus points based on related work to the topic, in order to organize the information. The aim is to understand the connection between romantic relationships and social media, how do we present ourselves online, media richness, the Initiation of social ties on social media and finally analyzes the initiation of romantic ties on social media. We will discuss prior research and go further into our research questioning focusing on the negative impact of this new kind of romantic relationship by conducting a survey and analyze how people perceive the role of social media in their own romantic life. People have become so used to using social media that a more traditional way of dating is less and less considerable nowadays. Using social media to approach someone has become the new norm, and maybe the reason why we should be more alert and consider the negatives impacts it has on the initiation of romantic relationships.

scholarly journals The Role of Social Media on Students GPA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karzan Wakil ◽  
Rebwar Nasraddin ◽  
Rajab Abdulrahan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Educational Technology ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Educational Tool ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Basic School ◽  
The Impact

In academia, social media is an educational tool that can attract students inside and outside classrooms and affect their total success. Using social media can have negative effects on the students like wasting time and social problems which have negative effects on grades and studying performance. In this work, conducted a survey in a basic school at Sulaymaniyah Governorate about the impact of using social media on students, Facebook particularly. We received 127 forms; then our analysis shows that using social media has a negative impact on students’ grades. Students who use Facebook for more than three hours had average grades of (66.88%), (73.59%) for one to three hours, and (%82.93) for less than an hour usage. Overall, every one hour using Facebook, the average score decreases by (%5.35). Therefore, decreasing the duration of using Facebook is helpful to increase the student’s average grades. Abstrak Dalam dunia pendidikan media sosial merupakan perangkat pendidikan yang dapat menarik perhatian siswa baik di dalam maupun di luar kelas dan memengaruhi kesuksesan mereka. Salah satunya wujudnya adalah penggunaan media sosial yang berlebihan dan membuahkan masalah-masalah sosial serta berimbas pada prestasi akademik mereka. Dalam penelitian ini peneliti melakukan survei di beberapa sekolah dasar di daerah Sulaimaniyah berkaitan dengan efek penggunaan media sosial, terutama Facebook, terhadap capaian akademik siswa. Balikan survei yang diterima oleh peneliti sejumlah 127 dokumen dan hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan media sosial berimbas negatif pada prestasi siswa. Rinciannya, siswa yang menggunakan Facebook lebih dari tiga jam rata-rata prestasinya 66,88%, untuk penggunaan antara satu hingga tiga jam rata-rata prestasinya 73,59%, dan untuk penggunaan di bawah satu jam rata-rata prestasinya 82,93%. Secara keseluruhan tiap penggunaan Facebook selama satu jam rata-rata prestasi siswa menurun 5,35%, oleh karena itu dapat disimpulkan bahwa pengurangan durasi penggunaan Facebook dapat membantu meningkatkan skor ratarata prestasi siswa  Keywords: Facebok; educational technology; social media; GPA

scholarly journals Connected Despite COVID-19: The Role of Social Interactions and Social Media for Wellbeing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Sun ◽  
Carlotta Rieble ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Disa Sauter
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The United Kingdom

Physical distancing is crucial for slowing the spread of COVID-19, but the associated reduction of social interaction can be detrimental to psychological wellbeing. Here, we sought to understand whether different ways in which people connect to others might mitigate this negative impact. We examined how amount and type of social interactions and social media use would predict wellbeing during a period of physical distancing in the United Kingdom. In a 30-day diary study conducted in April-June 2020, 108 participants reported their daily social interactions and social media use, as well as their end-of-day wellbeing. Using multilevel regressions, we found that more face-to-face interactions positively predicted wellbeing, while technology-mediated communication had less consistent positive effects on wellbeing. More active and less passive social media use was associated with greater wellbeing. Our results suggest that while technology-mediated communication can improve wellbeing, face-to-face interactions are unique and important for wellbeing during physical distancing.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Role of Parental Education and Adolescent Health Problems in Educational Attainment

Demography ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 2245-2267
Author(s):  
Janne Mikkonen ◽  
Hanna Remes ◽  
Heta Moustgaard ◽  
Pekka Martikainen
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Linear Probability

AbstractThis article reconsiders the role of social origin in health selection by examining whether parental education moderates the association between early health and educational attainment and whether health problems mediate the intergenerational transmission of education. We used longitudinal register data on Finns born in 1986–1991 (n = 352,899). We measured the completion of secondary and tertiary education until age 27 and used data on hospital care and medication reimbursements to assess chronic somatic conditions, frequent infections, and mental disorders at ages 10–16. We employed linear probability models to estimate the associations between different types of health problems and educational outcomes and to examine moderation by parental education, both overall in the population and comparing siblings with and without health problems. Finally, we performed a mediation analysis with g-computation to simulate whether a hypothetical eradication of health problems would weaken the association between parental and offspring education. All types of health problems reduced the likelihood of secondary education, but mental disorders were associated with the largest reductions. Among those with secondary education, there was further evidence of selection to tertiary education. High parental education buffered against the negative impact of mental disorders on completing secondary education but exacerbated it in the case of tertiary education. The simulated eradication of health problems slightly reduced disparities by parental education in secondary education (up to 10%) but increased disparities in tertiary education (up to 2%). Adolescent health problems and parental education are strong but chiefly independent predictors of educational attainment.

scholarly journals Role of Media in Representation of Sociocultural Ideologies in Aurat March (2019–2020): A Multimodal Discourse Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 414
Author(s):  
Fatima Zafar Baig ◽  
Muhammad Zammad Aslam ◽  
Nadia Akram ◽  
Kashaf Fatima ◽  
Alisha Malik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Multimodal Discourse ◽  
Language And Power ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact

The researchers have explored the role of print media and social media to present the social, cultural and political ideologies through the support of liberal feminist women in Aurat March 2019&ndash;2020. Moreover, the researchers have identified the connection/s between the language and power in the construction of ideologies, specifically through the media (print and social media). Print media, specifically print social media, has a negative impact due to its lesser amount of validity and a positive keeping wide coverage. For this study, researchers took three articles from three different local newspapers about the specific topic &ldquo;Aurat March&rdquo;. These articles along with the posters (which were present in the specific articles) of Aurat March have been analyzed. The researchers collected the data through a qualitative approach and purposive sampling. The research is exploratory and multi-directional. Fairclough&rsquo;s model of critical discourse analysis is used for the analysis. The findings of the study have suggested that media discourse is intentionally crafted to create specific ideologies. As media has created and represented different socio-cultural ideologies in Aurat March. Media can play a positive and negative role in language and power. However, the impact of the media&rsquo;s ideologies is depending on the feedback of the concerned society.

Inclusion in university contexts and the role of internships in the education of students with disabilities: Critical issues, perspectives and good practices

2021 ◽  
pp. 197-218
Author(s):  
Gigliola Paviotti ◽  
Ilaria D’Angelo ◽  
Simone Aparecida Capellini ◽  
Catia Giaconi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
University Education ◽  
National Agency ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Critical Dimensions ◽  
Life Project ◽  
National Debate ◽  
Critical Issues

The topic of university inclusion is today at the centre of the international and national debate. The reasons are related to a significant increase in the number of students with disabilities enrolled in university, as shown by the first report "Disability, Dsa and access to university education", presented these days by ANVUR (Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of the University system and Research) and CNUDD (National Conference of University Delegates for Disability). From this report, several steps forward for the inclusion of university students emerge, but also several critical dimensions that still require the attention of research and academic policies. This article will examine this issue and focus on exploring one of the critical nodes of university inclusion, namely the role of internships in the educational experience of students with disabilities and in their life project. A growing literature has explored their academic experience; on the contrary, there is little research to date that explores the issues and challenges of a central aspect of the higher education and training pathway, namely internships. Completing the study pathway in higher education is identified as a factor that can impact increasing the social and employment inclusion of people with disabilities (Union of Equality Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) and consequent improvement of levels of Quality of Life (Giaconi, 2015). However, one of the main obstacles to obtaining a qualification is the accessibility of internships. This article addresses the meaning and implications of internships for competences' building and insertion into the labour market of disabled graduates. Therefore, it explores the state of play of research, identifies the most critical issues, and reports about the running debate in the field.

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