Technostress as a Factor Affecting the Use of Technology by Beginning Teachers

The use of ICTs has become an obligation rather than an option for teachers. This intense pressure leads to a modern adaptation disorder expressed as technostress. Technostress is one of the many problems experienced particularly by beginning teachers, and the technostress levels of these teachers were investigated. For this purpose, in the 2015-2016 academic years, data were collected from 83 teachers having a professional seniority of 0-5 years. It was concluded that the general levels of technostress of the teachers were moderate, which they had a moderate-level technostress at the learning-teaching process-oriented, technical-issue-oriented, and social-oriented technostress factors, and they had a low-level of technostress at the profession-oriented and personal-oriented technostress factors. When examined in terms of the variables, while the general level of technostress does not vary by gender and branch group, it varies by the variable of average use of the internet. Finally, the solution proposals for technostress were examined.

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Ecological perspectives and children’s use of the Internet: exploring micro to macro level analysis

Eesti Haridusteaduste Ajakiri = Estonian Journal of Education ◽

10.12697/eha.2015.3.2.02b ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 32-53 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Brian O’Neill

Keyword(s):

Social Life ◽

Ecological Model ◽

Evidence Base ◽

The Internet ◽

Media Technologies ◽

The Media ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

The Many ◽

The One ◽

Effects Of Media

Age-old debates on children’s encounters with media technologies reveal a long, fractured and contentious tradition within communication and media studies. Despite the fact there have been studies of effects of media use by children since the earliest days of broadcasting, the subject remains under-theorised, poorly represented in the literature and not widely understood in media policy debates. Old debates have intensified in relation to the study of children and the internet. Pitted between alarmist accounts of risks, excessive use and harmful effects on the one hand and the many accounts about "digital natives" and the transformational power of technology is the empirical project – represented by EU Kids Online among others – of building an evidence base for understanding the evolving environment for youth online engagement. In this paper, I situate that body of work in an ecological context, both in the sense of the Bronfenbrenner’s bio-ecological model that has been so important in the new sociology of childhood, as well as in the more loosely defined theoretical approach of media ecology. The latter tradition, associated primarily with McLuhan and later Postman, frames the media environment as a complex interplay between technology and society in which modes of communication and mediated interaction fundamentally shape human behaviour and social life. These strands offer the basis for framing some of the issues of evidence-based policymaking relating to internet governance, regulation and youth protection online.

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The reality of the use of the Internet in the process of learning among a sample of students of the universities of Kerbala and Kufa: واقع استخدام شبكة الإنترنت في عملية التعلّم لدى عينة من طلبة جامعتي كربلاء والكوفة

Journal of engineering sciences and information technology - مجلة العلوم الهندسية و تكنولوجيا المعلومات ◽

10.26389/ajsrp.z220519 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Zinah Abdulridha Abu Tiheen, Asraa Hussien Abdul Ameer

Keyword(s):

Human Study ◽

The Self ◽

Scientific Study ◽

The Internet ◽

Computer Chemistry ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

Faculty Of Education ◽

The Times ◽

Self Learning

In recent years، we have witnessed the revolution of technology in all sides of life. Therefore، education has been used to exploit this revolution and everyone has the opportunity to benefit from it in the learning. Education at this time has become both electronic and traditional. The educational seeks to achieve many results that keep pace with the times. This study aimed at revealing the extent of the use of technology in the learning for students of the Faculty of Science / Karbala University and the Faculty of Education for Girls / Kufa University in all departments (Computer، Chemistry، Physics، Biology، Mathematics، Sports، Geography، History، Arabic) by electronic questionnaire aimed to comparison between students of humanities study and scientific study in the use of the Internet، comparison of the most sites (YouTube، Google، Facebook،…) that used by students، know number of hours spent by learners in the use of the Internet in the learning process، and stand on the reasons not to use the Internet in the self-learning. This article showed that the number of Internet scientific study students in learning exceeded the number of human study students who do not use the Internet in learning.

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Commercial Use of the Internet: Some Pros and Cons

Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) ◽

10.19030/jabr.v16i1.2024 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Gary Saunders

Keyword(s):

Web Site ◽

Electronic Mail ◽

Local Network ◽

The Internet ◽

Internet Users ◽

The World ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

The Many ◽

Year 2000 ◽

A Company

The U.S. Department of Defense originally designed the Internet to increase the productivity of government workers and it has now become an enormous opportunity for businesses to advertise, correspond with clients, order from suppliers, and conduct many other business functions at minimal cost.  The Internet has achieved faster acceptance by Americans than any other previous technologies and businesses are already discovering that the Web is having a profound impact on how they conduct business.  Conservative estimates are for Internet retail sales to reach $7 billion by the year 2000, and some respected analysts predict it to grow to $100 billion over the next five to eight years.  As with any new initiative, there are costs, benefits, and risks associated with the undertaking.  Anyone who wishes to maintain a Web site on the Internet can do so at a modest cost, or in some cases at no cost.  One of the many benefits to be gained from placing a company on the Internet such as gaining access to the World Wide Web (WWW).  The WWW gives anyone who is connected the ability to communicate with distant computers all over the world and provides the benefit of being able to send and receive electronic mail (E-mail).   While there are a number of different risks incurred when a company establishes a Web site and goes on the Internet the biggest concern, by far, is security.  When a company installs a Web server at their site, they open a window into their local network that the entire Internet can peer through.  These substantial risks notwithstanding, the Internet provides an opportunity that business cannot afford to pass up.  The number of companies that have already taken advantage of the Internet and the rapid increase in the number of Internet users has fueled a phenomenal growth in electronic commerce.  The Internet provides an excellent opportunity to increase sales at a lower marginal cost than was possible before.  Companies that pass up this tremendous opportunity will probably  not survive in the 21st century competitive climate.

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Abstract P135: The Role Of Digital Health In The Management Of Hypertension

Hypertension ◽

10.1161/hyp.78.suppl_1.p135 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 78 (Suppl_1) ◽

Author(s):

Onoriode Kesiena ◽

Kofi Seffah ◽

Navin Kumar ◽

Eunice Hama

Keyword(s):

Medication Adherence ◽

Health Information ◽

Digital Health ◽

The Internet ◽

Chi Square ◽

Health Technologies ◽

Medical Appointment ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

Chi Square Analysis

Introduction: Digital health involves the use of technology to delivery health care. It is associated with improved clinical outcomes in various populations. We assessed its role in medication adherence in adults with hypertension. Methods: Data from the 2018 National Health Interview Survey data was used. We analyzed 8,224 respondents with hypertension representing about 69 million United States adults. The independent variables were: Use of the internet to (1) to look up health information (2) to fill a prescription and (3) to schedule a medical appointment and use of an email (4) to communicate with a healthcare provider. The dependent variable was anti-hypertensive medication adherence. Chi-square analysis was used to identify group differences and a logistic regression was used to analyze the association between digital health utilization and anti-hypertensive medication adherence. Results: Of the study population, 7,387/8,224 (89.8%) of the respondents reported adherence to anti-hypertensive medications. Those who were adherent were predominantly > 65 years of age, 4141/7387 (47.8%) and earned > $75,000/yearly, 580/2581 (25.2%). The use of internet to look up health information as compared to those who do not, was associated with 30% reduced odds of medication adherence [OR 0.71, 95% CI 0.59, 0.86, p=<.001]. However, this was insignificant after adjusting for covariates [AOR 0.92, 95% CI 0.89, 1.22, p=0.551]. Using the internet to fill up prescription as compared to those who do not, was associated with 47% odds of medication adherence [OR 1.47, CI 1.14,1.90, p=0.003]. This odd increased further after adjusting for covariates [AOR 1.95, CI 1.37,2.78, p=<.001]. No significant association was found in the relationship between medication adherence and scheduling a medical appointment with the internet or communicating with a provider via email even after adjusting for covariates. Conclusion: Increase adherence to anti-hypertensive medications is associated with online refill of prescriptions. This means that the use of digital health technologies in hypertensive populations can lead to better health outcomes. Future studies should evaluate other aspects of digital health use in hypertensive populations.

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The use of the Internet in the teaching process

Proceedings of the 4th annual SIGCSE/SIGCUE ITiCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education - ITiCSE '99 ◽

10.1145/305786.305939 ◽

1999 ◽

Author(s):

Dariusz Put ◽

Janusz Stal ◽

Marek Zurowicz

Keyword(s):

The Internet ◽

Teaching Process ◽

Use Of The Internet

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Business Models based Technology for Startups

Journal of Innovation in Business and Economics ◽

10.22219/jibe.v3i02.10168 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (02) ◽

Author(s):

Dhanar Intan Surya Saputra ◽

Kuat Indartono ◽

Sitaresmi Wahyu Handani

Keyword(s):

Business Model ◽

Business Models ◽

The Internet ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

The World ◽

The Many ◽

The Right ◽

The Impact ◽

User Trust

The many and existence of startups in Indonesia and the world continue to increase, along with the increasing use of technology and the internet. This encourages startups, newcomers to compete and survive to attract the attention of consumers. One of the determinants of startups' success is the business models, especially those related to technology. The use of the right business model will bring the impact of consumer or user trust on the startup. In this article, the author presents a theoretical reviews related to some technology-based business models trends that can be used by a startup in starting his business as well as how to determine the right business model for startups.

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Strategies to Create Competitive Advantage Through Promotions at Samana Resto Villa and Catering

International Journal of Social Science and Business ◽

10.23887/ijssb.v5i2.33310 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

Author(s):

I Gusti Made Oka Astana

Keyword(s):

Human Resources ◽

Hospitality Industry ◽

Language Skills ◽

The Internet ◽

Catering Industry ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Strategic Location ◽

New Strategy ◽

Android Applications ◽

Use Of The Internet

The purpose of this research is to create excellence compete at the Samana Resto Villa and Catering. Data collection techniques used in. This study uses documentation techniques and interview techniques with several informant. The results of this study explain that based on the results of the VRIO analysis (Valuable, Rarity, Imitability and Organization) obtained from interviews with several informants, it was found that there were 18 resource and capability in Samana Resto Villa and Caterings that can be specified are 8 tangible resource competencies and resources There are 6 intangibles while for the capabilities there are 4. Competencies owned Samana Resto Villa and Catering more from a resource aspect than capabilities because resource competencies are 14 and there are 4 competencies. Based on 18 resources and capability included in the highly rated category need a new strategy such as for the resources owned by Samana Resto Villa and Caterings there are strategies that can be done, namely from (1) Human resources, this strategy conducted by involving human resources in workshops, seminars or training regarding the Resto Villa and Catering industry as well as increasing the number of competent employees in the hospitality industry, (2) Facility (Wi-Fi) strategy can be done with maximize the use of the internet as a means of promoting the dissemination of information regarding Samana Resto Villa and Catering as well as a branding tool. (3) Location, to draw visitors are not only a strategic location but also need cooperation with travel parties and tour agents, because this strategy can be done as a means promotions and branding for the Samana Resto Villa and Catering. (4) The use of technology can done by leveraging android to increase promotion and increase services with android applications. While the strategy that can be done from the side Capabilities are (5) Service Skills with care improve employee abilities in serving visitors and improving language skills by following training. (6) networking skills, this can be done by increasing the number network and cooperation so as to create new networks and can improve number of visitors

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Differences in the Use and Opinions About New eHealth Technologies Among Patients With Psychosis: Structured Questionnaire

JMIR Mental Health ◽

10.2196/mental.9950 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. e51 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Lucia Bonet ◽

Blanca Llácer ◽

Miguel Hernandez-Viadel ◽

David Arce ◽

Ignacio Blanquer ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Psychotic Disorders ◽

New Technologies ◽

Early Psychosis ◽

The Internet ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Age Related ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

Use Of Internet ◽

Structured Questionnaire

Background Despite a growing interest in the use of technology in order to support the treatment of psychotic disorders, limited knowledge exists about the viability and acceptability of these eHealth interventions in relation to the clinical characteristics of patients. Objective The objective of this study was to assess the access and use of, as well as experiences and interest in, new technologies using a survey of patients diagnosed with early psychosis compared with a survey of patients diagnosed with chronic psychotic disorders. Methods We designed a structured questionnaire. This questionnaire was divided into five parts: (1) clinical and demographic information, (2) access and use of the internet, (3) use of the internet in relation to mental health, (4) experiences with technology, and (5) patients’ interest in eHealth services. In total, 105 patients were recruited from early psychosis units (n=65) and recovery units (n=40). Results In this study, 84.8% (89/105) of the patients had access to the internet and 88.6% (93/105) owned an electronic internet device. In total, 71.3% (57/80) of patients who owned a mobile phone were interested in eHealth systems and 38.2% (37/97) reported negative experiences related to the internet usage. We observed differences between the groups in terms of device ownership (P=.02), the frequency of internet access (P<.001), the use of social media (P=.01), and seeking health information (P=.04); the differences were found to be higher in the early psychosis group. No differences were found between the groups in terms of the use of internet in relation to mental health, experiences and opinions about the internet, or interest in eHealth interventions (P=.43). Conclusions The availability and use of technology for the participants in our survey were equivalent to those for the general population. The differences found between the groups in relation to the access or use of technology seemed to due to age-related factors. The use of technology involving mental health and the interest in eHealth interventions were mainly positive and equivalent between the groups. Accordingly, this group of patients is a potential target for the emerging eHealth interventions, regardless of their clinical status. However, 28.7% (23/80) of the studied patients rejected the use of internet interventions and 38.2% (37/97) had unpleasant experiences related to its usage; thus, more in-depth studies are needed to better define the profile of patients with psychosis who may benefit from eHealth treatments.

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E-Health Dot-Coms' Critical Success Factors

Medical Informatics ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-050-9.ch138 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1813-1821

Author(s):

Abrams A. O’Buyonge

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Information ◽

Success Factors ◽

The Internet ◽

Venture Capitalists ◽

Communication Tool ◽

Critical Success ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

Medical Records System ◽

The Many

The increasing use of the Internet by consumers gave rise to an information boom to health-care consumers. Not only could the Internet be used as a communication tool to provide information that would allow patients to make informed decisions, but it could also be used to generate revenue for investors. The dot-com boom of the late 1990s exploited this opportunity, targeting the healthcare system, a $1.7 trillion market in the United States alone. Overall, the health-care system is wasteful and costly (Itagaki, Berlin, & Schatz, 2002), and as a result, health-care IT was touted as the magic pill for cutting costs. The Internet boom of the late 1990s saw the emergence of e-health: the delivery of health services and health information through the Internet and Internet-related technologies (Eysenbach, 2001). Leading the many entrepreneurs and venture capitalists who stepped in to seize a piece of the health-care industry cake were WebMD Corp., an online provider of medical information for doctors and consumers in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, and DrKoop.com, an Austin, Texas-born company that later moved to Santa Monica, California, and began doing business as Dr. Koop LifeCare Corp. Dr. C. Everett Koop, the former U.S. surgeon general, had spent over 6 decades in the medical profession. He envisioned the Internet as an opportunity to change the health-care delivery system in order to empower individuals to take charge of their own health care (Musselwhite, 2002). With this vision and his reputation as an advocate for health-care reform, along with the help of two budding entrepreneurs, Don Hackett and John Zacarro, the trio opened a businessto- consumer Internet portal: DrKoop.com. The portal was designed to provide health information to consumers in areas such as chronic illness, food and nutrition, fitness, and medical break- throughs. At the beginning, the Web site was an overwhelming success, receiving a million hits per month after 2 years of operation, and about 4 million unique visitors per month at its peak. The portal included a personal medical-records system that facilitated the cross-referencing of medications for interactions, as well as the storage of medical reports that could then be accessed by both patients and physicians.

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DAURU AL INTERNIT FI TAHSINI MAHARATI AL TADRISI MIN WIJHADI NADZARI ASATDZATI WA AL TULLABI AL DIRASATI AL ULYA BI JAMIATI MALANG AL HUKUMIYYAH

Al-Arabi: Journal of Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language ◽

10.17977/um056v3i2p99-120 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 99

Author(s):

Gaafar Mosbah Mohamad

Keyword(s):

Graduate Students ◽

Arabic Language ◽

The Internet ◽

Teaching Skills ◽

State University ◽

Teaching Process ◽

Educational Authority ◽

Teachers And Students ◽

Use Of The Internet

Abstract: The present study aimed to identify the role of the Internet in improving the teaching skills from the perspective of professors and graduate students at Malang State University. Therefore, two questionnaires were set, the first for the professors in the Department of Arabic Language at the Malang State University and the second for the students of the higher studies in the same department. These questionnaires were applied to a sample of 25 and a sample of 10 graduate students respectively.The research reached, through the preparatory study, to the following results :To begin with, creating groups, or online mailing groups, is mainly to strengthen the communication among supervisors, professors and students, as well as, the use of the Internet to remotely train teachers. Then, according to the findings, the main obstacles to the use of the Internet are the uncertainty of professors of its importance and uses, and the weak cooperation between teachers and administrative teachers. In addition to that, the most important ways to using the internet are providing schools and universities with the necessary equipment and programs to access to the Internet, and giving professors and teachers authority regarding educational matters. Furthermore, graduate students were rarely using the Internet to access educational sites. Moreover, the lack of programs that serve the educational teaching process is the biggest obstacle to the use of the Internet, which indicates the lack of an important element, namely, programs in Arabic. This is a common result between teachers and students. Last but not least, teachers and professors should be given some educational authority, while highlighting the importance of the Internet and its uses to some of them.المستخلص: تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى التعرف على دور الإنترنت في تحسين مهارات التدريس من وجهة نظر أساتذة وطلاب الدراسات العليا بجامعة مالانج الحكومية. فلذلك، تم وضع استبيانين، الأول للأساتذة في قسم اللغة العربية بجامعة مالانج الحكومية والثاني لطلاب الدراسات العليا في نفس القسم. وفقًا للنتائج، فإن العوائق الرئيسية أمام استخدام الإنترنت هي عدم اليقين من جانب الأساتذة حول أهميتها واستخداماتها، وضعف التعاون بين المعلمين والإداريين. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، تتمثل أهم طرق استخدام الإنترنت في تزويد المدارس والجامعات بالمعدات والبرامج اللازمة للوصول إلى الإنترنت ومنح الأساتذة والمدرسين السلطة فيما يتعلق بالمسائل التعليمية. وعلاوة على ذلك، نادراً ما يستخدم طلاب الدراسات العليا الإنترنت للوصول إلى المواقع التعليمية. علاوة على ذلك، فإن نقص البرامج التي تخدم عملية التدريس التعليمية هو أكبر عقبة أمام استخدام الإنترنت، مما يدل على عدم وجود عنصر مهم، وهو البرامج باللغة العربية. يجب إعطاء المعلمين والأساتذة بعض السلطة التعليمية، مع تسليط الضوء على أهمية الإنترنت واستخداماتها لبعضهم. كلمات مفتاحية: الإنترنت؛ مهارات التدريس؛ تدريس اللغة العربية؛ تدريس اللغة الثانية.

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