ICT Based Research Activities: Ethical Awareness & Applications by the Contemporary Researchers

Research ethics are quite familiar and are followed by the researchers in all research institutes all over the world. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are the major source of collecting, saving, analyzing and disseminating the results of these researches in all over world as well. Therefore, the major question is that whether ICT-Ethics/IT Ethics are also being followed by these researchers during their research work or not? To answer this question, a self-developed questionnaire was administered amongst the contemporary researchers of one of the main public sector University of Southern Punjab. Four factors related to ICT ethics were mainly asked in this questionnaire: Basic Understanding with ICT ethics; Grabbing Data Online; Copyright Acts and Plagiarism. Total 200 (97 male and 103 female) researchers of session 2016-18 participated in this research on the basis of their willingness. With the help of graphs, frequencies, average scores and percentages it was concluded that overall all sampled researchers’ knowledge falls under the category of ‘Average to Above Average’ in all factors of ICT based research ethics which were specifically observed in this study. By comparing results gender-wise; it was found that both categories fall under the category of ‘Below Average to Average’ knowledge; but values disclosed that female researchers’ knowledge was better than to male researchers.

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ОРГАНІЗАЦІЯ ДОСЛІДНИЦЬКОЇ РОБОТИ УЧНІВ ЗАСОБАМИ ХМАРНИХ СЕРВІСІВ OFFICE 365

Information Technologies and Learning Tools ◽

10.33407/itlt.v69i1.2468 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 69 (1) ◽

pp. 54

Author(s):

Petro G. Shevchuk

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Experimental Work ◽

Research Work ◽

Experimental Studies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Cloud Services ◽

Educational Work ◽

Research Activities ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Academy Of Sciences

The purpose of the work is an investigation of cloud services Office 365, as a means of student's research work implementation and coordination. The basis of considering the students’ research organization by means of Office 365 is the analysis of the psychological and pedagogical aspects of students’ educational and research work informatization, as well as a comparison of professional research activities and students’ research work. The work briefly describes individual researches and publications which are related to the use of Office 365 cloud services and to the organization of research works by students of the Minor Academy of Sciences. The author has noticed the importance of the Minor Academy of Sciences students’ research work. The student’s educational research is described as a means of attracting young people to future scientific activities. It is indicated on a certain identity of scientific research and research and experimental work of students. The tasks of the student's extracurricular research and experimental work are determined, as well as explained the priorities of these tasks. The psychological and pedagogical aspects of informatization of students' educational work are considered. Some peculiarities of pedagogical mentoring students-researchers of the Minor Academy of Sciences have been analyzed and explained. Recommendations as for mentoring based on the use of information and communication technologies are presented. The use of some Office 365 services is analyzed in details: Outlook, Calendar, OneDrive, Sites, Delve, Video, Word Online, Excel Online, PowerPoint Online, OneNote Online, and OneNote for learning. The use of Office 365 services at different stages of preparation for the contest-defence works of students of the Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is considered. The list of Office 365 services, which is used at each stage of preparation work, is presented in the article. The practical use of cloud learning services for the organization of students’ research work is described. It is indicated on the prospects of using cloud services for the organization of students’ extra-curricular learning and experimental studies and noticed the need for further research on this issue.

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Research Ethics in the Social Sciences

10.4018/978-1-7998-8473-6.ch005 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 54-64

Author(s):

Gianluca Attademo ◽

Alessia Maccaro

Keyword(s):

Risk Management ◽

Research Ethics ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Codes Of Conduct ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

The Other ◽

The Social ◽

Information And Communication ◽

The One ◽

The Relationship

The formulation of Charts for research ethics and Codes of conduct has been growing in the last few decades, on the one hand due to a renewed awareness of the ethical dimensions of research governance and the relationship between regulators and researchers, and on the other hand for the expansion of possibilities achieved by innovation in information and communication technologies. The voluntary involvement of research participants, risk management and prevention, data protection, community engagement, reflexivity of researchers are some of the centres of gravity of a debate that involves researchers, institutions, and citizens.

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СТРУКТУРНО-ПРОЦЕСУАЛЬНА МОДЕЛЬ ФОРМУВАННЯ ІНФОРМАЦІЙНО-КОМУНІКАЦІЙНОЇ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТІ МАЙБУТНІХ ФАХІВЦІВ ДОШКІЛЬНОЇ ОСВІТИ

Information Technologies and Learning Tools ◽

10.33407/itlt.v67i5.2345 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 67 (5) ◽

pp. 13

Author(s):

Svetlana I. Semchuk ◽

Nelia I. Skripnik ◽

Bogdan I. Semchuk

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Teaching Practice ◽

Computer Software ◽

Preschool Education ◽

Development Stage ◽

Professional Activity ◽

Communication Competency ◽

Research Activities ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Methodological Aspects

The article describes the theoretical and methodological aspects of the development of a structural-processual model for the development of information and communication competency of future specialists in preschool education. It consists of a set of interconnected blocks (methodological, target-oriented, operational, and productive). The model has been implemented at the information-orientated, cognitive-developmental, activity-transformational and creative stages. The authors identify that at the information-orientation stage prospective specialists of preschool education acquire theoretical knowledge that reflects their awareness of information and communication technologies and scientific and methodological bases of implementation the latter in kindergartens. It is emphasized that the cognitive development stage involves intensive creation of knowledge and skills for searching, processing, transmission and preservation of information that forms the information and communication basis for future professional activity in a kindergarten due to introduction of the educational discipline "ICT in working with children” into the university curricula of preschool specialists’ training. At the activity-transformation stage, there is greater involvement of students in individual and collective educational and research activities using computer software. It allows to visualize information figuratively and vividly both during preschool specialists’ training and while working with preschool children. At the creative stage, the development of information and communication competency of future preschool teachers involves testing of the acquired experience on using ICT during the teaching practice in a kindergarten. The article presents scientific considerations of the national and foreign scholars on the essential characteristics of the concept "information and communication competency". Terminological analysis of the concepts of "modeling" and "model" has been carried out.

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Theses for new strategies of development of textile and clothing industry: Part 2

Tekstilna industrija ◽

10.5937/tekstind2101036d ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 69 (1) ◽

pp. 36-46

Author(s):

Dragan Dimitrijević

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

New Technologies ◽

Technological Development ◽

Clothing Industry ◽

Technological Innovations ◽

Research Activities ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Production Economic ◽

Production Technologies ◽

The Way

An important element of the policy of development and modernization of each country is the establishment of a program of balanced long-term development, which must be complementary with strategic priorities and national characteristics, as well as the real state and prospects of technical and technological development of science and industry. Therefore, manufacturing entrepreneurship today, would have to combine scientific research activities, education sector and public administration with production, in order to ensure efficient acquisition of new knowledge and skills, along the generation and production-economic valorization of innovations and diffusion and implementation of technical-technological innovations and new technologies, with priority reliance on ICT (information and communication technologies). It is obvious that sustainable competitiveness, in times of general and business globalization, is no longer in quantitative-qualitative aspects of production, but in new elements of production specialization, adequate and timely implementation of technical-technological innovations, in organizational innovations, in the way cluster business and in global efficiency, as well as in close and flexible connection of design, planning, production technologies and production, with the possibility of quick response (JustInTime and QuickResponseSystem) to the changes required by the market. That is why today the issue of redefining the way of work and business of textile/clothing industry companies is more than current, in fact the issue of redefining the strategic programs of economic development of developing countries.

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Primary teachers’ technological, pedagogical and content knowledge

Comunicar ◽

10.3916/c45-2015-16 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 23 (45) ◽

pp. 151-159 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Rosabel Roig-Vila ◽

Santiago Mengual-Andrés ◽

Patricia Quinto-Medrano

Keyword(s):

Content Knowledge ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Primary Education ◽

Digital Literacy ◽

Research Work ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Training Model ◽

Experimental Methodology ◽

Literacy Campaign ◽

Information And Communication

The emergence of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) poses new educational challenges for teachers, to which it can respond from a consistent training model. This study has as its aim to analyze the technological, pedagogical and content knowledge needed for Primary Education teachers to integrate ICTs into teaching. A research work based on a quantitative non-experimental methodology which involved 224 Preschool and Primary Education teachers working in the province of Alicante (Spain) was performed with that aim. The important results showed that teachers are more knowledgeable in the pedagogical and content fields than in technology, which means that their level of technological knowledge does not suffice to integrate ICTs into their teaching tasks. Significant differences were additionally identified between gender and years of experience, together with the relationship between the fun use of technology and the knowledge of its essential aspects. Our findings confirm the need for a digital literacy campaign addressed to teachers, involving not only a technological type of training but also an overall pedagogical and content approach. This is in keeping with the TPACK model (Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge), which appears as a reference framework to be taken into account when it comes to teachers’ professional development and its connection with the teaching-learning processes in the classroom wherever Information and Communication Technologies are present. La emergencia de las tecnologías de información y comunicación (TIC) plantea nuevos desafíos educativos al profesorado, a los cuales puede responder desde un modelo de formación coherente. El propósito de este estudio es analizar los conocimientos tecnológicos, pedagógicos y disciplinares del profesorado de Educación Primaria, necesarios para la integración de las TIC en la labor docente. Para ello, se llevó a cabo una investigación con una metodología cuantitativa de carácter no experimental en la que participaron 224 profesores de Educación Infantil y Primaria de la provincia de Alicante. Los resultados mostraron que los docentes poseen mayores conocimientos pedagógicos y disciplinares que tecnológicos, lo que conlleva a escasos conocimientos para la integración de las TIC en la labor docente. Se constataron, además, diferencias significativas entre el género y los años de experiencia docente, y la relación entre el uso lúdico de la tecnología y los conocimientos sobre sus aspectos fundamentales. Según los resultados obtenidos, se corrobora la necesidad de una alfabetización digital del profesorado abordada no solo desde una formación tecnológica, sino también pedagógica y disciplinar de forma global. Ello responde al modelo TPACK (Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge), el cual se contempla como un marco de referencia a tener en cuenta por lo que respecta al desarrollo profesional del profesorado y su vinculación a los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje en el aula donde las TIC estén presentes.

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Journey towards E-Learning in Pakistan: A Systematic Review

International Journal of Distance Education and E-Learning ◽

10.36261/ijdeel.v5i2.1040 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 20-44

Author(s):

Nabia Luqman Siddiquei ◽

Ruhi Khalid

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Research Work ◽

Research Literature ◽

Computer Usage ◽

Modern World ◽

Mixed Method Research ◽

Time Period ◽

Information And Communication ◽

E Learning ◽

Descriptive Survey

The 21st century has witnessed the advent of Information and communication technology (ICT) as an imperative medium of education to refurbish education by means of efficient, effective and latest way i.e. e-learning. The intention of introducing e-learning in modern world is to open innovation vistas of learning in education and replacing face to face traditional classrooms. Consequently, researches are becoming progressively more interested to observe the proliferation of e-learning across the country. This review intends to present information of the various findings regarding cumulative research work in the domain of e-learning so far. Reviews of nearly 70 articles published in electronic journals in Pakistan and are recognized by HEC during the time period of 2010-2019. The analysis of documented researches reveal that majority of the research literature related to e-learning during early 2010 to late 2014 were primarily focused on computer usage, implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and adoption of e-learning models using research designs such as descriptive, survey and mixed method research whereas the trend shifted towards distance education and e-learning after this time period. The literature review witnessed many researches during 2015 and 2016 after the growing interest of students towards this mode of education. However, the researchers have started giving immense importance to e-learning as the researches begin to publish in social sciences literature in Pakistan during 2017. As far as 2018-2019 is concerned, the relevance and reliance on e-learning have augmented as compared to past because e-learning has broadened its roots and scope whereas researchers show continued interest in this field.

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eHealth and Ethics

Information and Communication Technologies, Society and Human Beings ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-057-0.ch037 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 454-465 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Diane Whitehouse ◽

Penny Duquenoy

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Radio Frequency Identification ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Ethical Awareness ◽

Ethical Thought ◽

Stakeholder Groups ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Frequency Identification ◽

Radio Frequency Identification Devices

The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) is increasing rapidly in many spheres of contemporary life in Europe. The ethical use of ICT in all areas of its application is of growing importance. This is especially evident in the field of healthcare. The regional, national, and Europe-wide electronic aspects of health services and systems are related fundamentally to these two developments. This chapter explores the relevance of ethics to eHealth generally. It outlines two main contrasting ideas that have influenced ethical thought: Kantian ethics and consequentialism. It investigates the ways in which teaching and practice for ICT professionals and trainees can be enhanced and extended to increase the awareness of ethical issues in eHealth. It takes as examples two technological applications that are in increasing use in the eHealth field: electronic health records and radio frequency identification devices. The chapter ends with a brief discussion and conclusions about how this ethical awareness can be expanded beyond ICT professionals to other stakeholder groups, and to other eHealth technologies or applications.

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E-Government in Brazil

Politics, Democracy and E-Government ◽

10.4018/978-1-61520-933-0.ch021 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 347-362 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

José Rodrigues Filho

Keyword(s):

Civil Rights ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

New Technologies ◽

Research Work ◽

Science Research ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Clear Understanding ◽

Modern Democracy ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Developed World

Despite the popularity of, and blossoming research on the use of, information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the information society, especially in terms of e-government and e-democracy, little research has been conducted to answer questions related to the effects of ICTs on citizenship, which is said to be at risk. It is claimed that the political science research in modern democracy has narrowed citizenship down to voting, turning democracy into something to be experienced at election time only and not between elections. We need a very clear understanding of the opportunities brought by new technologies and the dangers and risks regarding the realization of citizenship and civil rights. If it is true that ICT has done little to change our democracy, and if it in itself does not guarantee the realization of the rights of the citizens, research work must be developed in order to better analyze the relationship between ICT and citizenship. Because this kind of research is almost non-existent, even in the developed world, this paper attempts to see whether e-government projects in Brazil are designed in ways which reflect our best understanding of freedom, social justice, addressing the sources of inequalities, alienation, and injustice.

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A Qualitative Approach to Help Adjust the Design of Management Subjects in ICT Engineering Undergraduate Programs through User Experience in a Smart Classroom Context

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s21144762 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (14) ◽

pp. 4762

Author(s):

Josep Petchamé ◽

Ignasi Iriondo ◽

Eva Villegas ◽

David Fonseca ◽

Susana Romero Romero Yesa ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

User Experience ◽

Virus Disease ◽

Strategic Learning ◽

Classroom Context ◽

Engineering Programs ◽

Smart Classroom ◽

Research Activities ◽

Information And Communication ◽

The Subject

Qualitative research activities, including first-day of class surveys and user experience interviews on completion of a subject were carried out to obtain students’ feedback in order to improve the design of the subject ‘Information Systems’ as a part of a general initiative to enhance ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) engineering programs. Due to the COVID-19 (corona virus disease 2019) pandemic, La Salle URL adopted an Emergency Remote Teaching tactical solution in the second semester of the 2019–2020 academic year, just before implementing a strategic learning approach based on a new Smart Classroom (SC) system deployed in the campus facilities. The latter solution was developed to ensure that both on-campus and off-campus students could effectively follow the course syllabus through the use of new technological devices introduced in classrooms and laboratories, reducing the inherent difficulties of online learning. The results of our findings show: (1) No major concerns about the subject were identified by students; (2) Interaction and class dynamics were the main issues identified by students, while saving time on commuting when learning from home and access to recorded class sessions were the aspects that students considered the most advantageous about the SC.

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PODCASTING TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITALIZATION CHANGES OF FOREIGN MEDICAL STUDENTS’ LANGUAGE EDUCATION

OPEN EDUCATIONAL E-ENVIRONMENT OF MODERN UNIVERSITY ◽

10.28925/2414-0325.2020.9.4 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Tetyana Leshchenko ◽

Maryna Zhovnir

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Medical Students ◽

Foreign Language ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Foreign Students ◽

Language Education ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Practical Training ◽

Research Activities ◽

Information And Communication

The article deals with the problem of forming a linguistic personality of foreign medical students. It appeared within the context of rapid changes in the world and national educational systems. The necessities of pedagogically motivated changes and rational introduction of various information and communication technologies into higher education have been emphasized. The problem of choosing more effective ways and innovative approaches capable of competing with the traditional methods of presenting educational information, supplementing and expanding their register has been outlined. The leading goal of such transformations is to prepare future competitive specialists in various industries, including medical. In the course of the research the necessity and the value of systematic use of innovative didactic methods and techniques, as well as modern forms of work, educational resources that will provide qualitative training of future medical specialists have been substantiated. Тhe authors of the proposed article paid their attention to the podcasting technology. They have interpreted the term “podcast”. Also, the peculiarities of podcasts serving foreign students studying the subject «Ukrainian as a Foreign Language» have been described in detail. It was proved that the motivated introduction of information and communication technologies in the courses «Ukrainian as a Foreign Language» is a way to improve the quality of non-professional preparation of foreign students. The transcript of the training podcast has been presented. This podcast can be used in practical classes in the discipline «Ukrainian as a Foreign Language» (3rd year, specialty «Medicine»). The topic of practical training is «In а Cardiology Department». In addition to this, the authors of this article have proposed the system of specifically designed assignments. They also have outlined main priority areas of the computerization of the national higher education system, defined research activities and future prospects in this field.

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