Effects of Digital Technologies on Zimbabwean Adolescent Lives During the COVID-19 Era

2022 ◽  
pp. 198-208
Author(s):  
Wilfreda I. Chawarura ◽  
Munyaradzi Zhou ◽  
Cyncia Matsika ◽  
Tinashe Gwendolyn Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Self ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Self Discovery ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Device Use ◽  
Effective Use

The chapter focuses on the effects of using digital technology amongst Zimbabwean adolescents. The research was necessitated by the fact that adolescents are a vulnerable group still in the self-discovery age. COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the widespread use of digital learning to facilitate learning, communication, and social interaction among adolescents. Focus groups and interviews were used to gather data in primary schools. There is a disparity in technological device use and access to the internet between urban and rural areas dwellers. Ninety percent of students in rural areas did not have access to technological devices, and during the pandemic, they hardly used them for learning purposes but mostly used them for communicating with relatives. In Zimbabwe, digital technology devices have not yet replaced social relationships as most adolescents are restricted to 2-3 hours on their devices. A model for effective use of digital technologies in adolescents can be developed and implemented.

scholarly journals "Effectiveness of Diagnosis Based Remediation on Attainment of MLL in Mathematics among V Standard Students "

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Prakash K ◽  
Premalatha Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Test Design ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Class Room ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Regular Classes ◽  
Experimental Group

Present study is aimed to assess the effectiveness of diagnosis-based remediation programme in improving the proportionate of students mastering each competency (percentage of competency mastered) by the group of V standard students in the selected (experimental) schools of Shimoga District. A total of 100 students of 4 government primary schools from Shimoga district constituted the sample for the study, of which 50 were boys and remaining 50 were girls. They were selected from both urban and rural areas of Shimoga district. This is an experimental study with pre and post test design. Among the selected100 non-mastered students, 50 were non masters and they formed control group and remaining 50 constituted the experimental group. After 2 months of intervention for the experimental group, the investigator conducted post test for both controlled and experimental groups. The controlled group students were attending regular classes whereas students from experimental group were attending the intervention class outside the class room which was taken by the investigator himself. MLL based test developed by Kashinath (2005) was adapted and used for assessing selected MLL competencies, which had 7 competencies was administered on the students selected 4 government primary schools of Shimoga district. The results showed that experimental group had gained significantly higher competencies in total scores than the control group. Further, male students of experimental group had substantial gain compared to all other groups.

scholarly journals Smart Village and Sustainability. Southern Moravia Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 651-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonín Vaishar ◽  
Milada Šťastná
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Rural People ◽  
Rural Infrastructure ◽  
Intensive Use ◽  
Southern Moravia ◽  
Main Barrier

Abstract The paper is aimed at an attempt to define a smart village in the Czech conditions. It argues that the principles of smart villages are very similar to the concept of sustainability. The analysis deals with preventing rural exclusion, promoting digital technologies for the management of the rural infrastructure, teleworking in rural areas and using ICT for participation and governance. This approach is documented in the case of the South-Moravian Region. It was concluded that it was not so much coverage or accessibility of digital technology that was the main barrier of more intensive use of the smart village concept but rather the lower qualification level and conservatism of rural population is. It is suggested that more attention should be paid to increasing the digital literacy of rural people.

Digital Technology Integration in Different Educational Fields

2020 ◽  
pp. 112-131
Author(s):  
Hridayjit Kalita ◽  
Kaushik Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Technology Integration ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
Modern Technologies

The perception of learning and teaching in the educational universities have been affected by digital technology. With the industrial concern over sustainability of resources and efficiency in operation in a digital environment, the need arises to implement digital technologies in the educational setting so that digital competence of the future workforce can be elevated, and better industrial output-based education is provided. In this chapter, an attempt has been made to describe and discuss the current scenario of digital integration in higher educational disciplines. The issues concerning this integration include teacher inability to incorporate digital thinking into student learning, student non-adaptability to modern technologies, unreliability of digital educational resources, and lack of infrastructure/power supply in most of the educational institutes. An active digital learning approach in students and extensive training sessions for digital utilization excellence in teachers and educators are a few ways to solve issues regarding the above-mentioned integration.

Integration of Digital Technologies into Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-33
Author(s):  
Albina Вilyalova
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Test Group ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Digital Education

The number of universities using digital technologies is growing year by year. Digital technology in the modern world is not only a tool, but also a living environment that opens up new opportunities: learning at any convenient time, continuing education, etc. This article aims to describe the specificity of digital education, the current state of its implementation, the expected results and concerns in this respect. Having shown the core of the digital education and the state of its implementation in modern society, this type of education must be critically analyzed in terms of advantages and risks with reference to contemporary students and the effectiveness of the teaching – learning process, in which they participate. In the study pros and cons of digital learning are revealed. The current study presents information about advantages of using electronic educational resources in teaching a foreign language based on the experimental work which was done in Naberezhnye Chelny Institute of Kazan Federal University. The success of the experiment presented in this paper is demonstrated by comparing the results of the test group who were taught using electronic educational resources with the reference group who were taught in a common traditional way. The results of the questionnaire suggest that the majority of students believe they have acquired food knowledge using digital technology in education. The statistical analysis shows that the test group students had better achievements compared to the reference group since students from test group have the digital skills.

scholarly journals EXTENT OF COUNSELORS EFFECTIVENESS IN POST PRIMARY INSTITUTIONS IN ENUGU STATE

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 52-64
Author(s):  
EGBO ANTHONIA CHINONYELUM ◽  
ONUOMA LOVENAH IKODIYA ◽  
EGBO CHINONYE EMMANUELLA
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Guidance And Counseling ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Enugu State ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Primary Institutions

This study is an appraisal of counselors’ effectiveness in post primary institutions in Enugu State. This study adopted descriptive survey research deign. It was carried out in the six educational zones of Enugu state with a total of two hundred and seventy-five (275) government-owned secondary schools. The population for the study comprises a key officer each from all the two hundred and seventy-five (275) government owned secondary schools in Enugu State. Two hundred and seventy-five (275) is small and manageable as a sample for study. Hence, the researcher used all of them for the study. Therefore, no sampling was done. The researcher explored eight research questions and formulated two hypotheses on the comparison of the performance of counselors by gender and locations using t-test statistics at 0.05 level of significance. The research questions were answered using means and standard deviations. It was found that the respondents generally had high perceptions of the counselors’ performance in each of their professional roles except with respect to the referral function. It was also found that there is no significant difference in the performance of male and female counselors in both urban and rural areas. Recommendations were made that counselors should be adequately motivated and that counselors should specialize on guidance and counseling services to improve their effectiveness in post primary schools in Enugu State, Nigeria.

scholarly journals Identifying the Configuration Differences of Primary Schools with Different Administrative Affiliations in China

Buildings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Wenwen Sun ◽  
Xin Hu ◽  
Zhuoran Li ◽  
Chunlu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Limited Resource ◽  
Indicator System ◽  
Entropy Weight ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Urbanization In China ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

Equalization of education facilities, which means the balanced distribution of human and material resources under limited resource conditions, is one of the goals of sustainable development. In the process of rapid urbanization in China, there are apparent discrepancies between urban and rural areas because of different land and household registration systems. Primary schools with three types of different administrative affiliations also have significant distinctions. This study is aimed at assessing and comparing the configuration of primary schools with three different administrative affiliations, including cities, towns, and villages. After building an indicator system, the entropy weight method is applied to calculate the overall and category configuration scores of each school. Based on a spatial database, the ArcGIS thematic maps display the geography characteristic of each school in different geolocations. Moreover, the Kruskal–Wallis test identifies if the configuration of primary schools with different administrative affiliations is equal. The results indicate that the allocation of primary schools with three different administrative affiliations showed a ternary development. Moreover, although primary schools with city affiliation had significant advantages in education quality and convenience, their supply–demand conditions were not optimistic. In addition, the quality of the primary schools subordinate to towns was better, but convenience was generally lower. Finally, the quality of primary schools subordinate to villages and some towns was still poor. The results provide facts and a basis for policymakers to achieve an equity configuration in the sustainable development context.

scholarly journals Digital Technologies for Schizophrenia Management: A Descriptive Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Chivilgina ◽  
Bernice S. Elger ◽  
Fabrice Jotterand
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Mental Health Disorders ◽  
Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Health Disorders

Abstract While the implementation of digital technology in psychiatry appears promising, there is an urgent need to address the implications of the absence of ethical design in the early development of such technologies. Some authors have noted the gap between technology development and ethical analysis and have called for an upstream examination of the ethical issues raised by digital technologies. In this paper, we address this suggestion, particularly in relation to digital healthcare technologies for patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. The introduction of digital technologies in psychiatry offers a broad spectrum of diagnostic and treatment options tailored to the health needs and goals of patients’ care. These technologies include wearable devices, smartphone applications for high-immersive virtual realities, smart homes, telepsychiatry and messaging systems for patients in rural areas. The availability of these technologies could increase access to mental health services and improve the diagnostics of mental disorders. Additional Instruction Abstract In this descriptive review, we systematize ethical concerns about digital technologies for mental health with a particular focus on individuals suffering from schizophrenia. There are many unsolved dilemmas and conflicts of interest in the implementation of these technologies, such as (1) the lack of evidence on efficacy and impact on self-perception; (2) the lack of clear standards for the safety of their daily implementation; (3) unclear roles of technology and a shift in the responsibilities of all parties; (4) no guarantee of data confidentiality; and (5) the lack of a user-centered design that meets the particular needs of patients with schizophrenia. mHealth can improve care in psychiatry and make mental healthcare services more efficient and personalized while destigmatizing mental health disorders. To ensure that these technologies will benefit people with mental health disorders, we need to heighten sensitivity to ethical issues among mental healthcare specialists, health policy makers, software developers, patients themselves and their proxies. Additionally, we need to develop frameworks for furthering sustainable development in the digital technologies industry and for the responsible usage of such technologies for patients with schizophrenia in the clinical setting. We suggest that digital technology in psychiatry, particularly for schizophrenia and other serious mental health disorders, should be integrated into treatment with professional supervision rather than as a self-treatment tool.

scholarly journals Investigative Study on the Self-Perceived Level of Teachers’ Professional Development Correlated with the Attitude Toward the Continuous Training in Romania

Educatia 21 ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 59-69
Author(s):  
Horațiu Catalano ◽  
Ion Albulescu ◽  
Sebastian Emanuel Turda
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
The Self ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Professional Needs ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Teachers Professional Development

Professional development throughout continuous training programs has a major role in teachers’ career path. The effectiveness of these programs can be acknowledged by every teacher, as long as the aims of the programs are proper for one’s professional needs. Teachers’ attitude towards these programs is also very important. The study we conducted probed the opinion of a non-probability sample consisting of 118 teachers from urban and rural areas as concerns their capacity to correlate the level of professional training with the attitude toward the need for continuous training in their career. By choosing a quantitative method, the investigation on the basis of a questionnaire was used with the intention to find out not only the ability of self-evaluation reported at the level of the training, but also the motivation, attitudes and teachers’ expectations regarding the need for continuous professional development. The self-evaluation questions provided respondents’ perceptions of the investigation thus, allowing us to further understand issues related to their internal nature. Therefore, sometimes these items involve difficulties in establishing the accuracy of the answers provided as regards finding a correspondence between the actual respondents’ opinions and those expressed in the suitable or not so suitable answers.

scholarly journals “ORANG KAMPUNG”, PEMASARAN DIGITAL, DAN KEBIJAKAN PUBLIK: SEBUAH TINJAUAN DAN AGENDA PENELITIAN. STUDI KASUS : PEMASARAN TRADISIONAL SONGKO RECCA

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 575
Author(s):  
Rulinawaty Rulinawaty ◽  
Risnashari Risnashari ◽  
Ranak Lince
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Consumer Adoption ◽  
Digital Communities ◽  
Generational Groups ◽  
Geographical Group ◽  
Digital Gap ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Digital Channels ◽  
Society Research

ABSTRAKMengatasi tantangan yang ditimbulkan oleh penduduk pedesaan adalah topik yang sangat menarik bagi pemasar, pembuat kebijakan, dan peneliti. Namun, hanya ada sedikit penelitian tentang bagaimana penduduk pedesaan menerima atau menolak teknologi digital baru. Dengan perubahan kekuatan ekonomi dan tingkat adopsi ketika komunitas digital tumbuh antara daerah perkotaan dan pedesaan, menjadi semakin penting bagi pemasar untuk memahami bagaimana mereka menggunakan teknologi dan bagaimana mereka menggunakan saluran digital. Agar pemasar dan pembuat kebijakan memahami sepenuhnya bentuk masa depan masyarakat digital berbasis data, penelitian perlu lebih mempertimbangkan dampaknya terhadap kelompok generasi yang berbeda dalam hal adopsi dan penggunaan teknologi digital oleh konsumen di daerah pedesaan.Melalui tinjauan multidisiplin literatur tentang orang-orang tradisional menggunakan lensa teoritis kelompok geografis, penulis mengidentifikasi tantangan penelitian utama, peluang, dan dampak bagi pemasar dan pembuat kebijakan. Kata Kunci : pemasaran digital; kebijakan publik; kesenjangan demografis; generasi; kesenjangan digital ABSTRACTAddressing the challenges posed by rural populations is a topic of great interest to marketers, policymakers, and researchers. However, there is little research on how rural residents accept or reject new digital technologies. With changing economic power and adoption rates as digital communities grow between urban and rural areas, it is becoming increasingly important for marketers to understand how they use technology and digital channels. For marketers and policymakers to fully understand the future shape of a data-driven digital society, research needs to consider its impact on different generational groups in terms of consumer adoption and use of digital technology in rural areas. Through a multidisciplinary review of the literature on traditional people using a theoretical lens geographical group, the authors identify key research challenges, opportunities, and impacts for marketers and policymakers. Keywords : digital marketing; public policy; demographic gap; generation; digital gap

scholarly journals Digital technology for Indonesia’s young people

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (Media literacy) ◽  
pp. 20-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jee Young Lee ◽  
Didin Nuruddin Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
University Students ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Adoption Of Technology ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Effective Use

Indonesia has recognized the growing demand for information technology, with the most rapid adoption of this technology being amongst its young people. Within the perspective of a balanced knowledge information society, the adoption of technology is crucial for improving social development in developing countries and is considered a particularly important tool in education. The education sector is well-placed to harness the potential of ICT for the millennial generation in these societies. Based on a survey of students enrolled in a university in Jakarta, this study attempts to identify the learning and development opportunities available through digital technology by exploring both how university students in Indonesia use this technology, and how they experience and perceive the benefits of digital learning. In particular, we examine how their access to and use of technology is associated with their digital literacy and their perceived usefulness of ICT. In general, Indonesian university students are actively engaged in a number of diverse activities online, including educational activities, which in turn result in increased online learning outcomes. A better understanding of the role of digital literacy and learning environments and effective use of technology for learning can provide important insights into education and technology use in Indonesia and similar contexts.

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