The Criticality of an ICT Ethics Backbone for Transformation and Social Equality in E-Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 439-460
Author(s):  
Shalin Hai-Jew
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Ethical Reasoning ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Social Equality ◽  
Social Betterment ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Digital Contents ◽  
The World ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Greater Good

The ethics backbone for information and communications technologies (ICT) guides the evolution of the socio-technical spaces and technologies on the WWW and Internet. This backbone directs the ways people harness information for education and social betterment; how they create virtual communities, and what digital contents they share. There are numerous stakeholders to transformative e-learning throughout the world, both now and in the future. To achieve the realities of transformative e-learning that leads to social equality, it helps to first understand the guiding ethical values underpinning these technologies; in addition, it will be important to engage these ethics and to shape them in ways that would optimize e-learning as a force for the greater good. In an information society, e-learning educators need a solid grasp of ICT-based ethical reasoning and practice.

An Assessment of Digital Library Functions and Services in Nigerian Academic Libraries

2015 ◽  
pp. 229-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome Idiegbeyan-Ose ◽  
Stella C. Nduka ◽  
Olalekan A. Adekunjo ◽  
Innocent Okoedion
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Information Preservation ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Digital Contents

This chapter critically assess digital library functions and services in Nigeria academic libraries. It highlighted the roles of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) that brought about digital libraries. It is a collection of digital contents that is housed electronically and made available to users. The advantages of digital library were also discussed such as improved access, improved information preservation, it improved information sharing, it enhances library functions and services. Nigerian academic libraries has benefited from the enormous benefits of digital library. The chapter stressed that effort should be improved consortium building so as to improve the services Nigerian libraries render to their patrons. The chapter concludes that Digital library has come a long way in Nigeria, and 21st century libraries cannot afford to render services to users without digital contents added to the prints resources. Therefore, Nigeria libraries and information centres must cooperate in a formal consortia building; this will go a long way to reduce the burden of all participating libraries.

From Wearing to Wondering

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel R. Drake ◽  
Ryan Cain ◽  
Victor R. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Wearable Devices ◽  
Consumer Information ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The World ◽  
Fitness Tracking ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Tracking Devices ◽  
Elementary And Middle School

Wearable technologies represent a rapidly expanding category of consumer information and communications technologies. From smartwatches to activity tracking devices, wearables are finding their way into many aspects of our lives, changing the way we think about ourselves and the world around us. The rapid adoption of these tools in everyday life hints at the possibilities these devices may hold in school and other educational settings. Drawing on examples taken from a five-year study using wearable fitness tracking devices in elementary and middle school classrooms, this paper presents two examples of how wearable devices can be appropriated for use in school settings. These examples focus on instances where students turned activity trackers into objects of inquiry using data from familiar activities.

The virtual Colombo plan: Implications for developing countries

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Rooksby
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Australian Government ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The World ◽  
Colombo Plan

This paper considers the available documentation on the Virtual Colombo Plan (or VCP for short), launched by the World Bank and the Australian Government in 2001. The Plan is one of the World Bank’s key projects for encouraging greater use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in developing countries, with a focus on the using ICTs for education, as well as for economic benefits.

Networking Through Cultures

2013 ◽  
pp. 437-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oxana Karnaukhova
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Video Conferencing ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
The Core ◽  
Communicative Strategies ◽  
New Information ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The World ◽  
Transnational Communication

Transnational communication is a natural effect escorting activities of research teams throughout the world. We understand this phenomenon not as a new-born process mediated by technologies, but the process of cross-border dissemination of opinions, information, ideas, and toolkits. We also recognize that while so-called “new” information and communications technologies (ICTs) have created their own specific problems and concerns, it should be remembered that all forms of communication are capable of causing tensions and latent conflicts (Cupach, 1997; Ribeiro, 1998). The study concerns networking and ICT-mediated collaboration in transnational research teams with Russian participation affected by cultural differences. The core interest lies in investigation of communicative strategies and effects of visual and interactive techniques, including video-conferencing, participatory social media, podcasting, and others--and, to collaboratively construct, interpret, and theorize participants’ accounts of cooperation.

From Wearing to Wondering

2018 ◽  
pp. 810-832
Author(s):  
Joel R. Drake ◽  
Ryan Cain ◽  
Victor R. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Wearable Devices ◽  
Consumer Information ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The World ◽  
Fitness Tracking ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Tracking Devices ◽  
Elementary And Middle School

Wearable technologies represent a rapidly expanding category of consumer information and communications technologies. From smartwatches to activity tracking devices, wearables are finding their way into many aspects of our lives, changing the way we think about ourselves and the world around us. The rapid adoption of these tools in everyday life hints at the possibilities these devices may hold in school and other educational settings. Drawing on examples taken from a five-year study using wearable fitness tracking devices in elementary and middle school classrooms, this paper presents two examples of how wearable devices can be appropriated for use in school settings. These examples focus on instances where students turned activity trackers into objects of inquiry using data from familiar activities.

scholarly journals De-myth-tifying the gender digital divide in Latin America: libraries as intermediaries in bridging the gap

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Bull
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
True Nature ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The World ◽  
Use Of The Internet

For decades, the gender digital divide has been observed as a concept and a construct throughout countries all over the world. It persists with particular belligerence in areas like Latin America, where myths surrounding its existence have perpetuated disparities in men’s and women’s access to and use of the internet and information and communications technologies (ICTs). In this paper, the author reveals that in order for the gender digital divide to be rectified, it must first be ‘de-myth-tified’, and claims about the divide as nonexistent, unimportant, or due to women’s inherent technophobia systematically discredited. It is then argued that, by exposing the true nature of the divide, spaces are created for libraries to take on a new role in Latin America, as advocates for gender equality in technology and information. Possibilities for improving policy, education, and innovation are explored, with a call for further research in the field. Second Place DJIM Best Article Award.

scholarly journals Enhanced eBooks in the teaching/learning process of electronics

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Gimeno ◽  
Carlos Sánchez-Azqueta ◽  
Santiago Celma ◽  
Concepción Aldea
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Virtual Learning Environments ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Teaching Methodologies ◽  
Multimedia Resources ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Invaluable Tool ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning

Information and communications technologies (ICTs) are an invaluable tool to facilitate and promote meaningful learning. Numerous higher education institutions have already adopted the use of virtual learning environments, incorporating e-learning along with traditional teaching methodologies as part of a mixed learning. M-learning maintains all the advantages of e-learning while adding the possibility of learning anywhere and anytime. This work presents an enhanced book in Electronics that contains a set of multimedia resources (images, videos, and apps) that have been specifically created to stimulate an adapted and interactive learning. The material presented in this work has been designed to be downloadable to mobile devices (smartphones and tables) running iOS and Android.

scholarly journals ICT IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN PORTUGAL. CALL – COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING

2011 ◽  
pp. 153-162
Author(s):  
Maria João Marçalo ◽  
Maria do Céu Fonseca ◽  
Ana Alexandra Silva
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Impact

Este artículo pretende explorar el Aprendizaje de Lenguas Asistido por Ordenador (CALL, Computer-Assisted Language Learning) en Portugal. Para ello, se centrará en el nivel de educación superior. La escasa explotación del CALL en Portugal ha sido ampliamente estudiado en varios informes, por ejemplo, el informe encargado por la UE titulado The Impact of Information and Communications Technologies on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and on the Role of Teachers of Foreign Languages (2002: 5): "The use and employment of ICT in FLT and FLL is far from satisfactory, as ICT resources are traditionally reserved for '(computer) science‘ subjects, and rarely assigned to arts subjects. A general lack of appropriate training of language teachers in meaningful uses of ICT tends to strengthen this trend". Este artículo abordará dichas necesidades centrándose en los resultados de proyectos europeos como POOLS. Analizaremos cuestiones relativas a los materiales en línea que pueden utilizarse para desarrollar contenidos de clases de lengua, hacienda uso de las ventajas del e-Learning.

scholarly journals Editorial: Community Informatics for Improving Health

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Gurstein
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Community Informatics ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Natural Focus ◽  
Cost Of Health Care ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The World ◽  
The Cost

Maintaining and improving the health of its members is one of the most important functions that a community must fulfill. As well, we know that the cost of health care is in many parts of the world becoming a huge and even unsupportable burden because of the directions in which health care has been evolving. Finally, we know that there is a strong and positive relationship between health and one's involvement in social relationships, including those of family, friends and community. Thus exploring how Information and Communications Technologies might enable health and health services by, through and within communities would seem to be a natural focus for Community Informatics.

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