Developing In-House Digital Tools

2018 ◽  
pp. 117-139
Author(s):  
Ayyoub Ajmi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Visualization ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Online Data ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Law Library

The author describes his experiences working in the Leon E. Bloch Law Library designing and prototyping in-house digital tools to improve communication among internal and external stakeholders. The projects discussed include a custom study room schedule application syncing university calendar to affordable tablets to increase staff productivity, an online data visualization dashboard to help digest large and complex sets of data for better understanding and decision making, and a mobile application to offer students and community an easy access to library resources and services. In addition, the author calls for the need to engage in innovative and experimental practices in libraries by encouraging collaboration with external partners to help develop new services and improve existing ones.

scholarly journals АНАЛІЗ ВПЛИВУ МІГРАЦІЇ НА РОЗВИТОК ЕКОНОМІКИ УКРАЇНИ

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (6(18)) ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Комаринець С. О. ◽  
Байко Л. Т.
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Reliable Information ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Application Model ◽  
Emergency Assistance ◽  
Money Transfers ◽  
To Receive

The main problems that cause labor migration are reviewed. The factors that cause labor migration are examined. Information about the ways of money transfers affect the state of Ukrainian economy is provided. The experience of Ireland regarding the return of migrants is shown. Some organizational steps that can stabilize the situation with labor migration in Ukraine have been worked out. The Umigrant mobile application model for Ukrainians abroad has been developed. The Umigrant mobile application will provide migrants with easy access to reliable information about organizations and services available to them in a particular country: embassies, consulates, migration departments, hospitals and civil society organizations. It will also provide information on migration options and requirements, and will allow migrants to receive alerts on emergencies in a country or region, as well as contacts for emergency assistance.

scholarly journals Learning with the use of distance learning technologies or what digital tools should a teacher possess?

2021 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 00032
Author(s):  
D.М. Voronin ◽  
A.V. Nechaev ◽  
E.G. Voronina
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Digital Audio ◽  
Video Content ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies

This work is devoted to the analysis of the digital tools that a modern teacher should possess to implement the educational process using distance learning technologies. Based on the conducted research, the main competencies that a teacher should have to conduct professional activities from the point of view of students were established. Digital tools are urgently needed to implement these competencies. In this paper, we will show our view on the algorithm for using digital tools in the educational process. A teacher should have a wide arsenal of digital tools: be able to use office programs, be able to search, to select, to analyze and to interpret information. To be able to create a teacher’s website, record digital audio and video content, to be able to place it for easy access for students, and, of course, be able to use the University’s learning management system.

The Perspectives of Women and Their Health-Care Providers Regarding Using an ECA to Support Mode of Birth Decisions

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-144
Author(s):  
Somphit Chinkam ◽  
Courtney Steer-Massaro ◽  
Ivan Herbey ◽  
Zhe Zhang ◽  
Timothy Bickmore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Decision Aids ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Embodied Conversational Agent ◽  
Tertiary Care Medical Center ◽  
Mode Of Birth

This study used focus groups to assess the feasibility and acceptability of adapting an Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA) to support decision-making about mode of birth after previous cesarean. Twelve women with previous cesareans, and eight prenatal providers at an academic, tertiary-care medical center, viewed a prototype ECA and were asked to share feedback on the potential role in helping women prepare for decision-making. Both groups felt that although it was somewhat “robot-like,” the ECA could provide easy access to information for patients and could augment the visit with providers. Future work is needed to improve ECA visual appeal and clarify the role and timing for utilization of decision aids using ECA technology to enhance the shared decision-making process.

Transnational Advocacy and NGOs in the Digital Era: New Forms of Networked Power

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Hall ◽  
Hans Peter Schmitz ◽  
J Michael Dedmon
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
International Relations ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Transnational Advocacy ◽  
Digital Activism ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Elite Networks

AbstractInternational relations (IR) scholars have recognized the importance of technology in enabling nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to build transnational networks and enhance their influence. However, IR scholars have typically focused on elite networks across NGOs, states, and international organizations. This article considers how digital technologies generate new types of networked power between NGOs and their members. Digital tools allow for fast feedback from supporters, rapid surges in mobilization, and more decentralized campaigns. Importantly, in the digital era, NGOs must decide not only which digital platforms to use, but also whether to devolve decision-making to their supporters. Two questions arise: First, do NGO staff or supporters primarily define and produce advocacy content? Second, is the goal of digital activism to broaden or intensify participation? Answers to these questions generate four digital strategies: proselytizing, testing, conversing, and facilitating. These strategies change advocacy practices, but only facilitating strategies open up new forms of networked power based on supporter-to-supporter connections. Digital strategies have profound ramifications for individual organizations, the nature of the advocacy sector, and its power in relation to states, corporations, and other nonstate actors. Digital adoption patterns shape how NGOs choose campaigns, how they legitimate their claims, and what strategies they rely on.

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