A Decade Later

2014 ◽  
pp. 1781-1790
Author(s):  
J. Oola Lindberg ◽  
Susanne Sahlin
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
School Development ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Lead Teachers ◽  
Long Term Effect ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
High Degree

Today, an increased impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the society at large has lead teachers to engage in professional development activities related to the use of ICT. Even though this development has been prominent for more than two decades, its long term effects seem complex to determine. This paper is based on interviews with twelve Swedish teachers who participated in a national program for promoting school development and use of ICT in 2000-2001. The program was aligned with the pedagogical approaches set out in the national Swedish curriculum, such as a shift from teaching to learning and giving pupils more responsibility, introducing interdisciplinary approaches to teaching in teams, and a problem based pupils-oriented pedagogy. The analysis of the interviews show that teachers still feel a high degree of appreciation for the program, and that they share a relative agreement of the importance of the program for their teaching with ICT in the last decade. The general intentions of the program to be more concerned with school development and pedagogy rather than technology and ICT seem also to be present today as a long term effect.

A Decade Later

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. O. Lindberg ◽  
Susanne Sahlin
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
School Development ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Lead Teachers ◽  
Long Term Effect ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
High Degree

Today, an increased impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the society at large has lead teachers to engage in professional development activities related to the use of ICT. Even though this development has been prominent for more than two decades, its long term effects seem complex to determine. This paper is based on interviews with twelve Swedish teachers who participated in a national program for promoting school development and use of ICT in 2000-2001. The program was aligned with the pedagogical approaches set out in the national Swedish curriculum, such as a shift from teaching to learning and giving pupils more responsibility, introducing interdisciplinary approaches to teaching in teams, and a problem based pupils-oriented pedagogy. The analysis of the interviews show that teachers still feel a high degree of appreciation for the program, and that they share a relative agreement of the importance of the program for their teaching with ICT in the last decade. The general intentions of the program to be more concerned with school development and pedagogy rather than technology and ICT seem also to be present today as a long term effect.

Individual, Social, and Occupational Effects of Cyberbullying During Adolescence

2021 ◽  
pp. 153-175
Author(s):  
Yeşim Yurdakul ◽  
Utku Beyazıt ◽  
Aynur Bütün Ayhan
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Effects Of Bullying ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Bullying Behaviors

Technological developments enable adolescents to establish crowded peer groups through communication over extensive social networks that are difficult to supervise. However, inappropriate and unsupervised use of information and communication technologies can make adolescents the target of behaviors related to cyberbullying. Cyberbullying and victimization have severe negative effects on individuals' social, academic, and emotional lives. The negative effects of cyberbullying can be experienced more intensely during adolescence as a result of the changes occurring in the cognitive developmental field. The cyberbullying experienced in adolescence is also a predictor of bullying behaviors in social relations and professional lives as adults. The effects of bullying behaviors in adulthood can be an indication of the long-term effects of cyberbullying. Taking this as the starting point, this chapter aims to examine the types, prevalence, short and long-term effects of cyberbullying behaviors during adolescence.

Exploring Possibilities for Transforming Established Subscription-based Scientific Journals into Open Access Journals

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (06) ◽  
pp. 481-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanie Kuballa ◽  
Mareike Schulze ◽  
Claudia Böhm ◽  
Olaf Gefeller ◽  
Jan Haaf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Open Access Publishing ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Important Approach ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
International Research Project

SummaryBackground: Based on today‘s information and communication technologies the open access paradigm has become an important approach for adequately communicating new scientific knowledge.Objectives: Summarizing the present situa -tion for journal transformation. Presenting criteria for adequate transformation as well as a specific approach for it. Describing our exemplary implementation of such a journal transformation.Methods: Studying the respective literature as well as discussing this topic in various discussion groups and meetings (primarily of editors and publishers, but also of authors and readers), with long term experience as editors and /or publishers of scientific publications as prerequisite.Results: There is a clear will, particularly of political and funding organizations, towards open access publishing. In spite of this, there is still a large amount of scientific knowl edge, being communicated through subscription-based journals. For successfully transforming such journals into open access, sixteen criteria for a goal-oriented, stepwise, sustainable, and fair transformation are suggested. The Tandem Model as transformation approach is introduced. Our exemplary implementation is done in the Trans-O-MIM project. It is exploring strategies, models and evaluation metrics for journal transforma tion. As instance the journal Methods of Information in Medicine will apply the Tandem Model from 2017 onwards.Conclusions: Within Trans-O-MIM we will reach at least nine of the sixteen criteria for adequate transformation. It was positive to implement Trans-O-MIM as international research project. After first steps for transforming Methods have successfully been made, challenges will remain, among others, in identifying appropriate incentives for open access publishing in order to support its transformation.

Mitigating Ethno-Cultural Differences

2020 ◽  
pp. 312-324
Author(s):  
Hasnain Falak ◽  
Tariq Zaman
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Information And Communication

Community engagement is necessary for the success and sustainability of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) projects. To ensure active participation of community, researchers need to understand and adhere to the local cultural norms and adapt in the lifestyle of people. These cultural norms are mainly unwritten and implicit in nature. Hence the researchers spend maximum time of their field visits in observing and developing understanding of the community's life. In our long-term partnership with the indigenous Penan community of Long Lamai in Malaysian Borneo, we co-developed written guidelines for researchers and visitors. The researchers demonstrated their interest in aligning research process to the community's cultural values, however norm internalisation and development of associated behaviour is still a challenging. The written guidelines are yet only one of the attempts to the practices of community researchers' engagement and we are refining our methodology to enhance the researchers' learning process.

scholarly journals Revisiting the Nexus between Digital Economy and Economic Prosperity: Evidence from a Comparative Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-90
Author(s):  
Nidhal Mgadmi ◽  
Wajdi Moussa ◽  
Azza Béjaoui ◽  
Tarek Sadraoui ◽  
Afef Guachaoui
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Economic Prosperity ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
New Institutions

In this paper, we try to investigate the contribution of digitalization on economic growth in both developed and developing countries over the period 1990-2020. For this end, different econometric tools are applied on a panel dataset. Overall, we show that the digital technologies seem to significantly and positively affect economic growth in both groups of countries. The digitalization impact level tends to differ across countries. Our empirical results also display that the short- and long-term relationship between information and communication technologies and economic growth is well documented. Such results can be useful for policymakers to enhance the digital economy and provide novel channels to develop adequate policies and promote new institutions. So, benefits from digitalization can lead to realize substantial economic growth.

scholarly journals Features of Attention of Modern Adolescents in Multitasking Conditions when Involving Them in Information and Communication Technologies

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (36) ◽  
pp. 43-51
Author(s):  
Yaroslav O. Gorshenkov ◽  
◽  
Sergey D. Polyakov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Media Multitasking ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Research Procedure ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Relationship

The article examines a fairly widespread psychological phenomenon of media multitasking (a subspecies of multitasking) in teaching adolescents in the context of their active involvement in information and communication technologies. The subject of the research is the peculiarities of attention of generation Z representatives in the realities of media multitasking among modern adolescents. The article presents the results of an empirical study of media multitasking in modern adolescents. The article analyzes the relationship between multitasking and the involvement of adolescents in interaction with information and communication technologies and with the peculiarities of their attention (concentration and selectivity). The article describes the research procedure, the sample, the empirical tools used, the reliability of the results obtained, also the research conclusions are formulated. In the course of the empirical study, it was shown that today multitasking is a very common phenomenon, to a greater extent inherent in people with a high degree of involvement in ICT. Our empirical research has confirmed our assumption that most of today’s adolescents are characterized by either a high or medium degree of involvement in interaction with ICT. In the conclusion, the main results of the study are presented, on the basis of which new tasks are posed in the study of the phenomenon of multitasking, as the available data on the issue of multitasking and its impact on humans need further research and clarification

scholarly journals Importancia de las tecnologías de la información y comunicación en la primera infancia

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Javier Macías Arias ◽  
Blanca Celina Meza Cruz ◽  
Sandy Raúl Chun Molina ◽  
Gregorio Isoldo Mendoza Cedeño
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Nature Of Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Native Nature ◽  
Continued Use ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Sobre Todo

La tecnología avanza notablemente en  el  mundo, las  tecnologías de la información y comunicación (tics) han causado revuelo en la primera infancia, los niños de hoy tienen un alto grado en el manejo de la tecnología pero es preciso direccionarlos en un buen camino. Los niños se consideran nativos naturaleza de la tecnología pero debe ser acompañado pues trae consigo necesidad de conocimiento y en ocasiones se puede utilizar de forma inadecuada, es por esto que se debe capacitar en las tics, ya que hacen parte de la vida. Las tics cobran la mayoría de la parte del tiempo en infantes y adultos, sobre todo en los juegos pero es necesario darles tiempo para explorar y en compañía de sus padres se puede lograr una mejor comprensión del mundo del internet y las Tics, como consecuencia de la necesidad de información en la actualidad se han originado por parte de los docentes un interés por beneficiar a niños y niñas con el uso continuo de las Tics, donde los padres   se hagan participes de dicho proceso y esto contribuya a mejorar no solo la parte académica de los estudiantes sino que al mismo tiempo se cree una cultura de pensamiento dirigida al mundo  Las tecnologías de la información en la infancia  de  la  internet  donde  se  aborden    competencias    que  se  puedan  desarrollarse    con la integración y acceso a las tics desde la primera infancia. Palabras claves: Niños, enseñanza, competencia, información    The technologies of information and communication in early childhood Abstract Technology advances greatly in the world, technologies of information and communication technologies (tics) have caused a stir in early childhood, children today have a high degree in technology management but we must address them in a good way. Children are considered native nature of technology but should be accompanied it brings need for knowledge and sometimes can be used improperly, is why should be trained in tics, and that are part of life. The tics charge most of the time in infants and adults, especially in games but you need to give them time to explore and accompanied by their parents can gain a better understanding of the world of Internet and tics, as a result of the need for information today have originated by teachers an interest benefit children with continued use of tics, where parents become participants in this process and this will help to improve not only academics students but at the same time a culture of thinking led to the world of the internet where skills that can be developed with integration and access to early childhood tics from addressing believed.  Keywords: Niños, enseñanza, competencia, información

scholarly journals Digital Technology Education and its Impact on Traditional Academic Roles and Practice

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-41
Author(s):  
Jennifer Sappey ◽  
◽  
Stephen Relf ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Work Identity ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Labour Process ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

This paper explores the interface between digital technologies and the teaching labour process in Australian higher education. We develop an adaptation of the seminal Clark (1983, 1994, 2001) and Kozma (1991, 1994) debate about whether technology merely delivers educational content unchanged – technology as the ‘delivery truck’ – or whether education is changed as a result of using different technologies – education as ‘groceries’. Our adaptation is an extension of this metaphor to include the academic teacher as the driver of the grocery truck. With the implementation of new educational technologies, the human resource management aspects of job design, motivation, skilling and work identity are often overlooked, with critical debate about the impact on the teaching labour process seldom considered. In this argument, we will unpack the Clark-Kozma dichotomy of the education/technology interface by looking beyond the embedding of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Australian higher education to examine more broadly the changes to the traditional academic role as the creator, developer and delivery agent of the educational groceries. This has been reinforced by the marketisation of the sector and the concomitant reconfiguration of the traditional teaching process. All this has led to changes in the sense of work identity for academics (McShane, 2006). While we embrace ICT as a potential benefit for both students and academic teachers, we seek to ensure that the ‘truck driver’s’ evolving role is acknowledged in scholarly debates and included in models of learning and teaching if long-term sustainable work practices are to be achieved. One such model is offered.

scholarly journals Towards a National Framework for Digital Preservation in Nigeria: Technologies and Best Practices

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 146-155
Author(s):  
David Oguche ◽  
Asabe Aliyu
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
National Memory ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
National Framework

The need for preserving digital resources (acquired or generated) by institutions in Nigeria becomes imperative in the wake of adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by these institutions. The paper advocates for a national framework for preserving digital resources for long-term or future use and to avoid the risk of losing national memory in this digital age. Technology emulation, migration and encapsulation are some of the digital preservation strategies discussed in the paper. The paper also identified two key national institutions that can drive the digital preservation initiative in Nigeria. Keywords: Archive, Preservation, Digital materials, Technology Obsolence

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