scholarly journals Developing Interdisciplinary Team Competencies in a Blended Learning Course: Impact on Student Learning

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharla King ◽  
Elizabeth Taylor ◽  
Franziska Satzinger ◽  
Mike Carbonaro ◽  
Elaine Greidanus
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Interdisciplinary Team ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Team Development ◽  
On Line ◽  
Science Educators ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: Health science educators increasingly focus on preparing health science students to work in interdisciplinary environments. Interdisciplinary communication is often hindered by geographic distances, creating barriers to effective interdisciplinary practice. Information and communication technologies are tools that can help reduce these barriers. Therefore, it is critical to ensure that students learn to communicate and collaborate with other disciplines in both face-to-face and on-line settings. The purpose of this article is to describe students’ perceptions of developing team skills in an interdisciplinary team context using a blended learning format. Understanding the students’ experiences will help health science educators prepare students effectively to use these technologies to facilitate interdisciplinary teamwork. Method: An interdisciplinary team development course was redesigned to be offered in a blended (70% on-line asynchronous/synchronous activities) format to increase flexibility and to provide experience with using the advanced communication technologies. This paper presents qualitative results obtained from student focus groups. The focus groups captured the students’ perspectives of the development of interdisciplinary team competencies in a blended learning format.Results: Although students generally felt they developed interdisciplinary team skills in a blended learning environment, they also expressed mixed feelings about how the environment affected the process of team development. Conclusions: Students’ perceptions of developing and practicing team skills in an interdisciplinary team context were not compromised in a blended learning format. Future research can further explore the on-line dynamics among students from various disciplines and the impact of this type of learning as a team on clinical practice.

scholarly journals Contemporary experience of education digitalization

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-43
Author(s):  
V. V. Godin ◽  
A. E. Terekhova
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
A Value ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
On Line ◽  
The Impact

The article considers the evolution, forms and current situation in the field of education based on information technologies (ITE). The authors investigate directions of changes in the educational sphere as a form of activity, as well as the system and process of knowledge transfer under information and communication technologies (ICT) influence. The paper defines the general properties of the forms of education, based on information technologies. The authors use as a tool of studying the impact of the information and communication technologies on educational institutions and on a learning process the idea of a value chain and employees routine loops reflection in it. The study highlights three areas in which information and communication technologies are changing educational organizations: pedagogics, infrastructure, and organization. The article shows how these changes are seen in the value chain. The paper considers a number of trends in the widely understood process of digitalization of education, the COVID-19 pandemic impact on the development of on-line education, evaluates the existing experience of such education and the limits of its applicability.

scholarly journals Periódicos em acesso aberto na área do direito

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Kelly Ayanna Peters Barros Duarte ◽  
Rosângela Schwarz Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Unrestricted Access ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
On Line ◽  
Online Format ◽  
The Impact

A repercussão das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TICs) viabiliza mudanças nos periódicos digitais. O Movimento de Acesso Aberto promove a socialização do conhecimento científico ao permitir o acesso irrestrito aos conteúdos disponíveis em formato on-line. Uma avaliação dos periódicos surge da necessidade de se refletir a qualidade da informação registrada. Este artigo analisa os periódicos científicos de acesso aberto na área do Direito, classificados nos estratos A2, B1, B2 e B3 pelo Qualis/CAPES (Ano-Base 2007) quanto ao atendimento aos padrões da normalização. O método caracteriza-se pela pesquisa exploratória, descritiva, documental e por análise quanti-qualitativa. Dos sessenta e três periódicos identificados nos estratos mencionados, onze são em acesso aberto. Foi elaborada uma Lista de Verificação para Periódicos em Acesso Aberto com base na literatura e identificou-se que apenas os indicadores título e subtítulo do periódico, ferramenta de busca, instituição, título e subtítulo do artigo e autores apresentaram cem por cento de atendimento aos critérios. Conclui que a ausência de padrões, normas e critérios em publicações periódicas de acesso aberto interferem na disseminação da produção científica, e afetam diretamente na recuperação da informação. Abstract The impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) enables periodic changes in fingerprints. The Movement for Free Access to Information (ALi) promotes the socialization of knowledge to allow unrestricted access to content available in online format. A periodic assessment arises from the need to reflect the quality of information recorded. This article discusses the open-access journals in the fi eld of law falling within strata A2, B1, B2 and B3 for Qualis/CAPES (Base Year 2007) with regard to meeting the standards of normalization. The method is characterized by exploratory, descriptive, document and quantitative and qualitative analysis. Of the sixty-three journals identified in the strata mentioned, eleven are freely available. It was drawn up a checklist for Open Access Journals based on the literature and identified himself only as indicators title and subtitle of the journal, search engine, institution, title and subtitle of the article and authors presented one hundred percent of meeting the criteria Checklist. Concludes that the absence of standards, guidelines and criteria in open access journals negative interference in the dissemination of scientific production, which directly affects the 

THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ON THE ECONOMY OF OUR COUNTRY

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 80-85
Author(s):  
Bekzod Bobomurodov ◽  
◽  
Dilfuza Akabirxodjayeva
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Analytical Analysis ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

This article has discussed the importance of information and communication technologies for the economy of Uzbekistan and the ongoing reforms in this area. The purpose of the study is to give suggestions and recommendations for the development of ICT in Uzbekistan. In the article, an analytical analysis of employment in the field of ICT has been accomplished.

Web design skills and competencies: an empirical analysis

2002 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-128
Author(s):  
Francesca Sgobbi
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Web Design ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Knowledge Domains ◽  
Skill Gaps ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Fast Pace ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
On Line ◽  
Design Skills

The availability of proper human capital represents a key-factor in order to support the current fast pace of diffusion of Internet-based applications. The careful assessment of the skills and competencies required to manage and develop Internet technologies in different application domains represents a necessary step to solve the emerging skill shortage and skill gap problems. While most existing analyses of skill needs in information and communication technologies deal with broad professional categories, the paper focuses the attention on a specific professional figure, the Web designer. By resorting to an on-line questionnaire administered to a sample of Italian Web designers, the paper shows that jobholders recognise greater usefulness to organisational rather than technical knowledge domains. However, perceived skill gaps are larger in the case of technical skills and competencies. Moreover, specialisation paths are emerging.

scholarly journals The Teaching Digital Competence of Health Sciences Teachers. A Study at Andalusian Universities (Spain)

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 2552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio Cabero-Almenara ◽  
Julio Barroso-Osuna ◽  
Juan-Jesús Gutiérrez-Castillo ◽  
Antonio Palacios-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Teaching Competence ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Educational Field

The impact and benefit that information and communication technologies (ICT) have in the educational field require new teaching skills. This fact has been increased by the recent crisis caused by COVID-19. This study tries to investigate the level of digital teaching competence (DTC) of Higher Education teachers of Health Sciences, and its relationship with several variables. For this, it has the participation of 300 teachers from the 9 universities of Andalusia (Spain). The research is structured through a descriptive (RQ1) and inferential (RQ2) design. The answers given to the DigCompEdu Check-In questionnaire adapted to the Spanish context are analyzed. The results, which show high levels of reliability of the questionnaire (Cronbach and McDonald) and validity (CFA), indicate that the level of competence is basic-intermediate. In addition, the area in which teachers excel is digital resources. For this reason, it is proposed to structure personalized training plans and continue expanding the characteristics of this study at an international level.

IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF USING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BANKING SYSTEM

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Ra’no Parpieva ◽  
◽  
Nafisa Norboyeva ◽  
Adiba Turayeva
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Payment Systems ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The Impact

This article will serve to select the system required for the effective use of information and communication technologies in the banking system and the impact of national payment systems in the banking sector on modern society, the effective use of new modern information technologies in the system.Study of foreign experience to select information and communication technologies that should be used in modern banks with information and communication technologies in the banking system, which have been used before.

scholarly journals The impact of socio-cultural factors on blended learning in the development of academic literacy in a tertiary vocational context

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Robert Geoffrey Gutteridge
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Critical Realism ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Delivery Mode ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Impact

This study investigated key factors impacting on blended learning delivery with particular focus on socio-cultural and human-computer-interface issues, in the hope that the outcome of this enquiry might contribute positively towards the empowerment of learners and facilitators alike. The study involved a group of first year students enrolled in a Communications Skills Course offered by the (then) Department of English and Communication at the Durban University of Technology. The PRINTS Project, a webquest around which the course activities were based, provided an example of a blended delivery course in practice. While the teaching paradigm used in the course was constructivist, the research orientation employed in this project was critical realist. Critical realism focuses on transformation through praxis and also lends itself to modelling, which provides a way to understand the factors at play within a social system. In the preliminary stages of the research, an exploratory empirical (i.e. applied) model of blended learning delivery was formulated from a theoretical model of course delivery in order to assess which factors in blended learning were systemic and which were variables. The investigation then sought to uncover key factors impacting on the blended delivery system, utilising both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The findings were analysed in terms of the empirical model to gain an understanding of any factors that might be seen to either enhance or inhibit learning in blended delivery mode. The result was that certain core issues in blended learning and teaching could be clarified, including the use, advantages and disadvantages of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in a learning environment. The notion of the digital divide could also be reconceptualised, and the relationship between literacy (be it academic, professional or social), power and culture could be further elucidated, drawing specific attention to the South African educational environment. The notion of iv culture and its relevance in a blended delivery environment was also further clarified, since the findings of this research project suggested how and why certain key socio-cultural factors might impact, as both enhancers and inhibitors, on the blended learning delivery system.

scholarly journals Strategic Risks and Problems of Cyber Security

2020 ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Nataliya Romashkina ◽  
◽  
Dmitry Stefanovich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Global Stability ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
International Security ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
Strategic Stability ◽  
Global Problems ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: To identify the current strategic stability problems associated with the destructive impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on the basis of analysis and systematization according to various parameters of cyber risks and threats to international security and global stability that can reduce the level of strategic stability and to develop relevant proposals that can lay the foundation for creation of a deterrence policy in the ICT domain. Research method: analysis, synthesis and scientific forecasting, expert assessment, comparative analysis of the cyber domain within the framework of a systematic approach. Result: the article presents analysis and systematization risks and threats to international security and global stability emanating from the cyber sphere according to various parameters. The article proves the impact of the accelerated development of information and communication technologies (ICT) on strategic stability, and that ensuring the cybersecurity of nuclear weapons requires special attention. The global problems of strategic stability at the current stage are posed and the conclusions are that the protection of strategic weapons, early warning systems, air and missile defense, communications, command and control over nuclear weapons from harmful ICTs are the pressing global problems of our time. Specific scenarios of cyber threats leading to a decrease in the level of strategic stability below the necessary and sufficient level have been elaborated, and proposals have been formulated to minimize the corresponding escalation threats. Proposed measures can become a basis for a deterrence policy in the ICT domain, as it was done during the period of bipolarity with regard to nuclear weapons, and become the foundation for broader international agreements on arms control in the so-called nuclear information space of the future.

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