scholarly journals The Synergetic Impact of AI, IoT, and 5G on Information Literacy and Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (2(114)) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mieczysław Muraszkiewicz

Purpose/Thesis: The purpose of the study is to argue, explain and justify that a troika of AI (Artificial Intelligence), IoT (Internet of Things), and 5G broadband cooperating with each other has the trans­formative power that can provide a synergetic impact on the information literacy and education. The troika can provide new methodologies and tools that will unleash and boost the spirit of innovation and trigger energy, passion, and creativity resulting in developing better education ecosystems.Approach/Methods: The method adopted in the study is twofold, namely: (i) it presents and examines the features of AI, IoT, and 5G and the way they can cooperate with each other in order to develop new education models and patterns, and then analyses the issue of e-literacy by breaking it apart into e-skills, information literacy, and media literacy; (ii) it shows how AI, IoT, and 5G can support information literacy and education.Results and conclusions: The outcome of the research is the presentation and examination of AI, IoT, and 5G collaborating with each other towards transforming education models and processes. It concludes that the AI, IoT, and 5G troika has a great potential to boost teaching and learning, and to inspire and support the development of new generation educational ecosystems. However, in the digital age information literacy and education is too serious a matter to be left solely to educators and ICT technologists. Learners, students, and concerned citizens need to be involved in the trans­formation processes.Originality/Value: The originality and value of the research is to prove that while working together AI, IoT, and 5G can provide a significant support for transforming the present education patterns, in particular regarding the information literacy that is a condition sine qua non of effective education in the digital era. This can help scholars and education communities to unleash innovativeness aimed at developing new generations of educational ecosystems, and thereby make learning and teaching processes more efficient and available to significantly larger audiences.

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 339 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Dias ◽  
Angelin Victor

Mobile devices have introduced a new generation of educational tools that afford creative use and instant access to a wealth of resources. These devices hold great potential for transforming learning. On one hand teachers and students are very positive about these devices, on the other hand, there are several obstacles faced. This paper examines the benefits and challenges of mobile devices on learning and teaching. The study shows that teachers and students are optimistic about the use and influence of these devices on students’ motivation, communication, collaboration and ability to research. Adequate training and support can help overcome the challenges faced.


Author(s):  
Natalie Pollard ◽  
Deborah Ashfield ◽  
Jasmin Jelley

Abstract This collaborative article reflects on a set of shared practices that were inspired by a Year 3 undergraduate Literary Studies module, which took place in 2018. In co-teaching and learning on this module, the authors found their disciplinary and pedagogic norms unsettled and set adrift (unhomed). This article traces how their processes of working together – in and beyond the University classroom – stimulated a critique of the rational individualist principles which had unconsciously steered their learning and teaching practices until this point. The article includes case studies from the experiences of three students who took the module, and a narrative frame that speaks from the perspective of a collaborative ‘we’ (which includes students and ‘teacher’). The article tests out writing practices which reorient the customary Humanist terms in which educational research is conducted, and which disrupt the objective voice in which pedagogical reflection is often narrated. From this vertiginous perspective, the article also considers the authors’ particular entanglements with the cultural politics of the contemporary UK Higher Education Institution (HEI), and the role of unhomed Humanities teaching as part of the 21C University.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehrnaz Fahimirad ◽  
Khairuddin Idris ◽  
Sedigheh Shakib Kotamjani

This study provides an in-depth look at the practices of leadership in selected Malaysian Universities that have been identified as academic leadership. The findings of this study support the fundamental elements that have been previously identified by researchers and professional organizations, as academic leadership. Specifically, academic leaders focus on learning and teaching for students in relation to instructor development.This study employs a qualitative research approach. Thematic method was used to analyze the data. Data were collected through in-depth interview. Based on the findings of this study leadership works towards the future of the university through the development and involvement of instructors to facilitate teaching and learning at Malaysian universities.Based on the obtained results, Malaysian universities planned through sustained programs of educational development to use principles of learning and teaching effectively in designing learning environments for students.  Secondly, academics need a supportive culture to put these principles into practice. To date creating learning culture depends not only on well-educated, well-meaning individual academics, but also on an academic community working together to create a student-centered attitude.  


2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-69
Author(s):  
Ethan P Pullman

Purpose – There’s little information available on Qatari students’ experience with information literacy. What little information does exists draws from outdated surveys and assumptions about the current population. The purpose of this paper is to describe how data collected from first-semester Qatari students who enrolled in a semester-long information literacy course at Carnegie Mellon University helped update perceptions of this population, drove changes made to content and instructional delivery, and enabled a reflective process for teaching and learning. Design/methodology/approach – Pre- and post-surveys completed by students explore Qatari students’ pre-college experience with information literacy concepts, using libraries, and writing. They also compare the students’ attitude toward information literacy before and after taking the course. Qatari students’ data were extracted from the overall student population to focus on this population and analyzed descriptively based on cumulative responses. The pre-survey data were used to inform changes made to instructional content and delivery throughout the term. Findings – Contrary to assumptions, first-year Qatari students expressed familiarity with information literacy concepts before attending college. The data indicated strong learning preferences and a positive attitude toward information literacy. Research limitations/implications – Since information collected in this study relied on student perceptions of their experience, results must be paired with performance measurement before drawing additional conclusions about information literacy competencies of first-year Qatari students. Further, the study did not explore gender and sociocultural differences; therefore no general conclusions should be drawn. Practical implications – Instructional design should be based on a current understanding of local information needs and searching habits. In addition, this approach encourages reflective learning and teaching and help instructors avoid prior assumptions about their students. Originality/value – This paper provides information on how Qatari students perceive their experience with information literacy before college, the importance of understanding information literacy concepts and its role in their personal, academic, and professional lives. It centers on a population for whom information literacy concepts remain both relatively challenging and critical for their future learning development and offers suggestions for future research.


2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 296-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tara Brabazon

This is an article of activism, application and intervention. It offers new models and modes of teaching and learning by aligning information literacy, media literacy and multiliteracy. The priority is on learning outcomes rather than technological choices, and social justice rather than transferable skills. These are not – obviously – ‘either/or’ categories, but the author wishes to shift thinking to demonstrate the diversity of assessment options that can activate the insights and innovations of literacy theory. The aim is to show, through examples and applications in university assessment, how students can move from everyday competencies and skill development and into disciplinary and transdisciplinary scholarship. With public funding under threat, the time for ‘easy’ technological solutions to complicated problems in widening participation agendas requires renewed commitment to literacy, professional development and academic expertise.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 432-437
Author(s):  
Veena Prachagool ◽  
Prasart Nuangchalerm

The rapidly changed in our society and education may influence to nature of learning and learning behaviors in young new generation. The 21st century learning is requiring educators to prepare our children by quality of learning and teaching. Teachers are key change agent to help learners live and learn with new learning environments. The study aimed to explore perspective of Thai educators toward 21st century learning and teaching by surveying method. The study investigated 41,991 educators who have responsibility or concerns in teaching and learning. Data were collected through online questionnaire and then analyzed by statistical package in terms of frequency and percentage. Finding revealed that 21st century learning and teaching in classroom should be conducted in appropriate ways, but a few misunderstand in support system and learning environment were reported. Educators should be discussed and prepared both teachers and learners to modern classroom.


2020 ◽  
pp. 43-48
Author(s):  
Priyanki Vyas ◽  
Kinjal Parmar

Literacy become common word’s among people, usually it defined the ability to read and write. Development of the information technology literacy develop in the form of various categories, i.e. Information literacy, media literacy, digital literacy etc. Media literacy is the ability to identify different types of media and understand the message they’re sending. The library is place of sharing resources, ideas, information and knowledge with different media, because of the library also need require awareness of media literacy among users. Library have many kinds of media like social media, printed media, electronic media and digital media which help in creating media literacy among users. The digital era makes easy to create any kind of media. With the media literacy innovative ideas and activities should be introduce in form of library campaigns.


Author(s):  
Susan Hallam

It is debatable whether it is appropriate to assess performance in the arts. However, formal education institutions and the systems within which they operate continue to require summative assessment to take place in order to award qualifications. This chapter considers the extent to which such summative assessment systems in music determine not only what is taught but also what learners learn. The evidence suggests that any learning outcome in formal education that is not assessed is unlikely to be given priority by either learners or teachers. To optimize learning, the aims and the processes of learning, including formative, self-, and peer assessment procedures, should be aligned with summative assessment. Research addressing the roles, methods, and value of formative, self-, and peer assessment in enhancing learning is considered. A proposal is made that the most appropriate way of enhancing learning is to ensure that summative assessment procedures are authentic and have real-life relevance supporting the teaching and learning process, to ensure that learners are motivated and see the relevance of what they are learning. This might take many forms depending on musical genre, communities of practice, and the wider cultural environment.


IFLA Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 034003522110182
Author(s):  
Evans F Wema

This article reviews literature on the use of virtual learning environments by highlighting their potential and the challenges of introducing the same in Tanzania. It introduces the concept of virtual learning environments by demonstrating their applications to support teaching and learning. The article discusses the use of virtual learning environments in teaching information literacy courses by highlighting the success of using such tools in facilitating the teaching of information literacy courses to library users. In this review, special emphasis is placed on attempts by Tanzanian institutions of higher learning to introduce web-based teaching of information literacy and the challenges faced. The review reveals the need for Tanzanian institutions of higher learning to develop virtual learning environments to facilitate the teaching of information literacy courses to students and faculty so as to reach many of those who may not manage to attend the face-to-face information literacy sessions that are offered by librarians on a regular basis.


Author(s):  
Chrysi Rapanta ◽  
Luca Botturi ◽  
Peter Goodyear ◽  
Lourdes Guàrdia ◽  
Marguerite Koole

AbstractThe Covid-19 pandemic has presented an opportunity for rethinking assumptions about education in general and higher education in particular. In the light of the general crisis the pandemic caused, especially when it comes to the so-called emergency remote teaching (ERT), educators from all grades and contexts experienced the necessity of rethinking their roles, the ways of supporting the students’ learning tasks and the image of students as self-organising learners, active citizens and autonomous social agents. In our first Postdigital Science and Education paper, we sought to distil and share some expert advice for campus-based university teachers to adapt to online teaching and learning. In this sequel paper, we ask ourselves: Now that campus-based university teachers have experienced the unplanned and forced version of Online Learning and Teaching (OLT), how can this experience help bridge the gap between online and in-person teaching in the following years? The four experts, also co-authors of this paper, interviewed aligning towards an emphasis on pedagogisation rather than digitalisation of higher education, with strategic decision-making being in the heart of post-pandemic practices. Our literature review of papers published in the last year and analysis of the expert answers reveal that the ‘forced’ experience of teaching with digital technologies as part of ERT can gradually give place to a harmonious integration of physical and digital tools and methods for the sake of more active, flexible and meaningful learning.


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