scholarly journals How Digital Natives Learn and Thrive in the Digital Age: Evidence from an Emerging Economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trung Tran ◽  
Manh-Toan Ho ◽  
Thanh-Hang Pham ◽  
Minh-Hoang Nguyen ◽  
Khanh-Linh P. Nguyen ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Digital World ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Digital Knowledge

As a generation of ‘digital natives,’ secondary students who were born from 2002 to 2010 have various approaches to acquiring digital knowledge. Digital literacy and resilience are crucial for them to navigate the digital world as much as the real world; however, these remain under-researched subjects, especially in developing countries. In Vietnam, the education system has put considerable effort into teaching students these skills to promote quality education as part of the United Nations-defined Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4). This issue has proven especially salient amid the COVID−19 pandemic lockdowns, which had obliged most schools to switch to online forms of teaching. This study, which utilizes a dataset of 1061 Vietnamese students taken from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s “Digital Kids Asia Pacific (DKAP)” project, employs Bayesian statistics to explore the relationship between the students’ background and their digital abilities. Results show that economic status and parents’ level of education are positively correlated with digital literacy. Students from urban schools have only a slightly higher level of digital literacy than their rural counterparts, suggesting that school location may not be a defining explanatory element in the variation of digital literacy and resilience among Vietnamese students. Students’ digital literacy and, especially resilience, also have associations with their gender. Moreover, as students are digitally literate, they are more likely to be digitally resilient. Following SDG4, i.e., Quality Education, it is advisable for schools, and especially parents, to seriously invest in creating a safe, educational environment to enhance digital literacy among students.

Implementation of a Health Information Systems Programme

2005 ◽  
pp. 420-426
Author(s):  
Zubeeda Banu Quraishy
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Advisory Group ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Large Growth ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Government

In general, developed countries in the world is where Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is in an advanced state, governments in developing countries particularly in the Asia- Pacific region are only in the initial phases of adopting ICT. ICT has demonstrated benefits for governments in developing countries to improve management, information and reporting, streamline the delivery of government services, enhance communication with the citizenry, and serve as a catalyst for empowering citizens to interact with the government. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP, 2001) considers that ICT is a useful tool for developing countries to progress and leapfrog to the applications applied in the developed world. The Indian draft report on ICT and Human Development records that in the 21st century there is large growth and diversification of the ICT sector in India particularly in areas of agriculture and in service sectors (UNDP, 2004). The United Nations even has an ICT advisory group with representatives from governments of developing countries and the industry (Singh, 2001).

scholarly journals TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT AND CHILD-FRIENDLY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: A POST-COVID REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Ololade Adekunle ◽  
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Olawale Yinusa Olonade ◽  
Olaniyi Trust Ayodele ◽  
Tayo Ola George
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Child Friendly ◽  
The United Nations

Over the years, education has been a source of sustainable development in many countries in the world. Unfortunately, even though it is a potent weapon for measuring a country's development, it has suffered setbacks resulting in poor quality education. Quality Education is a significant prerequisite for developing every country's one of the United Nations' sustainable development goals. According to the United Nations, every child is entitled to quality and accessible education equipped with skills useful for their future development. For a child to enjoy quality education regarding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, technology is necessary. Technology in education has helped solve many problems, making life-learning processes enjoyable and exciting for every child to learn. The adoption of technology in education comes with many advantages embedded in improving communication and research. However, some challenges have affected easy access to learning, which has led to low participation in educational activities. This study embraces the Modernization theory, which talks about the description and explanation of transformation processes from a simple traditional society to a more complex modern society in all spheres of life. Hence, this paper seeks to examine the challenges and impacts of technological advancement in education in Nigeria. Keywords: Technology, Education, Child friendly, Sustainable Development, UNESCO, UNICEF

scholarly journals Empiricism in non-communicable disease mortality measurement for the Asia-Pacific: lost in translation

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. e003626
Author(s):  
Chalapati Rao ◽  
Matthew Kelly
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
National Data ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Mortality Estimates

Control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a key target for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030. Available information indicates that countries in the Asia-Pacific Region accounted for 63% of the global NCD mortality burden in 2016. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for the Asia Pacific (UNESCAP) Regional SDG progress report for 2020 included estimates of trends in NCD mortality rates from 2000 to 2016, which showed considerable variation in national NCD mortality by sex and location.However, while the UNESCAP report states that there was sufficient primary data to derive these NCD mortality estimates for all countries, the critical gaps in availability of national data on causes of death in the Asia-Pacific region are well known. A closer review identified that the UNESCAP obtained these estimates from the United Nations Statistics Division, which in turn obtained the same estimates from WHO. Further analysis revealed that these organisations used varying and often inconsistent terms to describe estimation methodology as well as primary data availability for different countries, with substantial potential for misinterpretation.The analysis also found that for countries without primary data, WHO reported NCD mortality estimates were based on complex epidemiological models developed for the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study, and this contradicts the UNESCAP rating of primary data sufficiency. The GBD Study also derives modelled cause of death estimates for countries with national data, but these were different from WHO estimates for these countries. This article discusses prevailing international practices in using modelled estimates as a substitute for empirical data, and the implications of these practices for health policy. In conclusion, a strategic approach to strengthen national mortality statistics programmes in data deficient countries is presented, to improve NCD mortality measurement in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Digital Literacy in the World of Digital Natives

2021 ◽  
pp. 486-504
Author(s):  
Cicek Coskun
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Communication Devices

Digital literacy includes use of technological communication devices and being conscious while using them and to benefit from accurate and useful information and to produce accurate and useful information in the digital world. This study is an attempt to understand the digital literacy of the digital natives who are currently undergraduate students. The objective is to try to understand how they add new media communication devices to their education and to their daily lives. A qualitative field research was conducted with 28 undergraduate students at Baskent University, Ankara. With this aim, the concept of digital literacy was examined first, and the concept of digital natives was examined second. Finally, results of the field research were analyzed. According to the results of the study, it was seen that participants of the study have digital literacy in the context of using new communication technologies. But they need guidance on which digital resources they can use in the fields in which they take education.

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