RETROSPECTIVE OF STUDY SYSTEM BASED ON USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND ENHANCING TEACHERS LEVEL OF PROFFICIENCY

Computer-based information and communication technologies continue to transform the delivery of health care and the conception and scientific understanding of the human body and the diseases that afflict it. While information technology has the potential to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care, it also raises important ethical and social issues. This IRIE theme issue seeks to provide a forum to identify, analyse and discuss the ethical and social issues raised by various applications of information and communication technology in medicine and health care. The contributions give a flavour of the extraordinarily broad landscape shaped by the intersection of medicine, computing and ethics. In fact, their diversity suggests that much more work is needed to clarify issues and approaches, and to provide practical tools for clinicians.

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Promoting Competitive Advantage in Micro-Enterprises through Information Technology Interventions

Small and Medium Enterprises ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-3886-0.ch030 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 581-606

Author(s):

Mehruz Kamal ◽

Sajda Qureshil ◽

Peter Wolcott

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Competitive Advantage ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Dominance Model ◽

Resource Based View ◽

Modified Model ◽

Enterprise Growth ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Micro Enterprises

The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) have the potential to enable these businesses to grow through access to new markets and administrative efficiencies. However, the growth of the smallest of these SMEs which are micro-enterprises is hindered by their inability to adopt ICTs effectively to achieve competitive advantage. This chapter investigates how micro-enterprises can adopt ICTs to grow and achieve competitiveness. This investigation of a set of seven micro-enterprises took place through an interpretive field study in which action research was used to diagnose and treat the micro-enterprises with interventions through a process of “Information Technology (IT) Therapy”. This process involved providing individualized IT solutions to pressing problems and opportunities and the development of a longer-term IT project plan, customized for each of the businesses. The increase in competitiveness of these micro-enterprises was assessed using the Focus Dominance Model and their growth through a modified model of micro-enterprise growth based on the resource based view of the firm. This research also contributes with a unique set of skills and experiences that ITD innovators can bring in helping micro-enterprises achieve sustained growth and competitive advantage.

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Institutional Isomorphism and New Technologies

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-026-4.ch325 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 2066-2071 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Francesco Amoretti ◽

Fortunato Musella

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

New Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Point Of View ◽

Institutional Isomorphism ◽

Social Construct ◽

Cognitive Frames ◽

Related Information ◽

Information And Communication

Technological factor is mainly underestimated in the literature on institutions and organizations. Although organizational studies and information technology are disciplines dedicated respectively to studying socio-political and technical aspects of organizing, cross-fertilization among such fields has remained quite limited. Only rarely the variable of technology has been interpreted as a crucial element for explaining institutional uniformity. From a more general point of view, changing technical factors have been considered “relatively unimportant sources of organizational change in a mature organizational field” (Yang, 2003, p. 433). Only after the spread of the information and communication technologies (ICTs), a good number of studies has started to consider the relationships among information technology and organizational structure (Guthrie, 1999). Neo-institutional analysis on the use of information technology was mostly directed at showing how the embeddedness of organizational actors “in cognitive, cultural, social, and institutional structures influences the design, perceptions, and uses of the Internet and related [information technology]” (Fountain, 2001, p. 88). Therefore, it can been argued that most of the literature on this field concerns the way in which technology represents a social construct, because it shows that any technological application is strongly influenced by social aspects, such as cognitive frames, political culture, local traditions and so forth. Yet, a few contributions have been dedicated until now to investigate how institutions change through the introduction of new technologies. Although technological innovation is said to be the source of variation in a given institutional context, as “new technology offers new possibilities for solving problems [and] new practices arise when innovative organizations take advantage of its novel benefits” (Leblebici, 1991, p. 335), little attention is focused on technological variables. Despite such disregard, in the following article some examples of the strategic use of information and communication technologies will be included, with specific reference to pressures exerted by ICTs for producing “institutional isomorphism.”

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An Embedded Collaborative Systems Model for Implementing ICT-based Multimedia Cartography Teaching and Learning

Multimedia Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-953-3.ch083 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 1193-1215

Author(s):

Shivanand Balram ◽

Suzana Dragicevic

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Learning Systems ◽

Collaborative Systems ◽

Student Background ◽

Systems Model ◽

Multimedia Cartography ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Teaching Learning

Information and communication technologies (ICT) have created many new opportunities for teaching, learning and administration. This study elaborates a new embedded collaborative systems (ECS) model to structure and manage the implementation of ICT-based pedagogies in a blended learning environment. Constructivist learning, systems theory, and multimedia concepts are used in the model design and development. The model was applied to a third-year undergraduate multimedia cartography course. The findings show that regardless of student background, implementing effective ICT-based learning pedagogies can be managed using the ECS model.

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An Embedded Collaborative Systems Model for Implementing ICT-based Multimedia Cartography Teaching and Learning

Information Communication Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-949-6.ch087 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 1254-1269

Author(s):

Shivanand Balram ◽

Suzana Dragicevic

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Learning Systems ◽

Collaborative Systems ◽

Student Background ◽

Systems Model ◽

Multimedia Cartography ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Teaching Learning

Information and communication technologies (ICT) have created many new opportunities for teaching, learning and administration. This study elaborates a new embedded collaborative systems (ECS) model to structure and manage the implementation of ICT-based pedagogies in a blended learning environment. Constructivist learning, systems theory, and multimedia concepts are used in the model design and development. The model was applied to a third-year undergraduate multimedia cartography course. The findings show that regardless of student background, implementing effective ICT-based learning pedagogies can be managed using the ECS model.

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The value of using the autocad program in the works of machine-building drawings for building fastening parts

Proceedings of the ICECRS ◽

10.21070/icecrs.v3i0.257 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

Author(s):

Mamurova Dilfuza Islamovna

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Mechanical Engineering ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Machine Building ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Computer Technologies ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Modern Technologies

This paper makes analyses according to XXI century, not for nothing called the century of information technology. With the development of modern technologies, information and communication technologies are widely used in all educational institutions. The use of information and communication technologies in the lessons and classes of mechanical engineering, as well as the problems of computerization, required several observations and solutions. In this way, it concludes, information computer technologies you can clearly show and explain the possibilities of computer technologies, which allows you to master the topic well.

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Using the Capabilities of New Technologies to Preserve and Promote the Thracian Cultural Heritage

Cultural and Historical Heritage: Preservation, Representation, Digitalization ◽

10.26615/issn.2367-8038.2020_2_011 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 131-142

Author(s):

Vesela Georgieva ◽

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

New Technologies ◽

Mixed Reality ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Different Types ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Modern Information ◽

Positive Practices

The paper presents opportunities to preserve the Thracian cultural heritage associated with the Thracian Valley , using the potencial of new technologies. The results of the study of the process are presented, related to the socialization of the museum sites, who are important for the development of the culture and tourism in the Kazanlak region and the need to introduce practices to attract different types of museum audiences. Positive practices have been identified towards the application of modern information and communication technologies, relating to presentation and promotion of the Thracian cultural heritage and improving the service that promotes the visitation of museum sites from the Valley of the Thracian Kings by paying special attention to providing intellectual access to all of them and the application of modern ICT.Prospects for preservation and promotion of the Thracian cultural heritage related to the Valley of Thracian rulers are presented, among them providing intellectual access to museum sites from the Kazanlak region and applying practices that provide opportunities for innovations, interactive forms, virtual walks, use of technological walks, virtual and mixed reality solutions and other innovations related to contemporary ICT in museums. Keywords: Thracian heritage, socialization, information technology

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Improving the Effectiveness of Education through the Use of Modern Information and Communication Technologies in the Training of Designers

Journal La Edusci ◽

10.37899/journallaedusci.v1i5.253 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (5) ◽

pp. 6-10

Author(s):

Muslimov Narzulla Alekhanovich ◽

Umarova Fotima Abdurakhimovna

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Educational Process ◽

Modern Information Technology ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Modern Information ◽

Methodological Principles ◽

Radical Solution

The article describes the pedagogical conditions for organizing the educational process, training designers using modern information and communication technologies, performing tasks for students in practical and laboratory classes. The radical solution to the problem of increasing the effectiveness of education is not to expand the technical capabilities of modern information technology, but to develop a system of didactic and methodological principles of their application in the educational process.

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The Effect of Innovative Communication Technologies in Higher Education

Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Modern Education Delivery - Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7365-4.ch043 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 545-558

Author(s):

Stavros Kiriakidis ◽

Efstathios Kefallonitis ◽

Androniki Kavoura

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Information Technology ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Learning Processes ◽

Government Support ◽

Limited Government ◽

Current Trends ◽

Information And Communication ◽

New Students

The aim of this chapter is to (1) present a review of some innovative communication technologies in higher education and how these are implemented for organizational, marketing, and learning processes, (2) illustrate how information and communication technologies (ICTs) may drive the introduction and use of inventive activities in education. Financial cutbacks and limited government support for institutions of higher education led to (1) either a withering effect for them that made them shrink or merge in order to survive, or (2) they had to find innovative ways to survive and attract new students and audiences as potential users while making connections with the community and firms. Current trends in higher education institutions (HEIs) are associated with supplying the student with those learning methods that can lead to skills and contribute to his/her creative and individual thought. At the same time, teaching instructors need to be aware of the know-how in the communication and information technology sectors that can be further employed.

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The IT Architecture Dimension

Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics - Effects of IT on Enterprise Architecture, Governance, and Growth ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-6469-2.ch007 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 133-149

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Proper Understanding ◽

It Architecture ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Complementary Domain

The main purpose of this chapter is to present some important aspects of a complementary domain of the concept of architecture: the Information Technology (IT) dimension of the enterprise, or its “IT architecture.” There are several ways to reveal the elements and importance of information and communication technologies (the application of computers and telecommunications equipment to store, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate data, often in the context of a business or other enterprise). A simple and straight description is offered by Englander (2009). Therefore, a proper understanding of the concept of IT architecture as a complement of the corporate dimension is what this chapter is about.

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