scholarly journals Information Technology and Transcription of Reading Materials for the Visually Impaired Persons in Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Nkiko ◽  
Morayo I. Atinmo ◽  
Happiness Chijioke Michael-Onuoha ◽  
Julie E. Ilogho ◽  
Michael O. Fagbohun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Modern Information Technology ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Information Materials ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons

Studies have shown inadequate reading materials for the visually impaired in Nigeria. Information technology has greatly advanced the provision of information to the visually impaired in other industrialized climes. This study investigated the extent of application of information technology to the transcription of reading materials for the visually impaired in Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design of the ex-post facto to select 470 personnel as respondents. A questionnaire titled Information Technology Use Scale (α=0.74), and Interview Schedule (α=0.75), were used. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The findings indicate that information technology in transcription was low and a significant positive relationship between application of information technology and transcription of information materials (r=0.62: p<0.05). The study recommended among others that Multi-National Corporations should be sensitized to extend their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities to help in procuring modern information technology devices and software to enhance transcription.

Nigerian Undergraduate Students' Computer Competencies and Use of Information Technology Tools and Resources for Study Skills and Habits' Enhancement

2019 ◽  
pp. 90-102
Author(s):  
Adekunle Olusola Otunla ◽  
Caleb Okoro Amuda
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Study Skills ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
Rivers State

Information technology (IT) policy implementation by higher educational institutions is geared towards innovative teaching and learning delivery. This chapter investigates undergraduate students' computer and IT tools and resources competences and use in enhancing study skills and habits. The study adopted ex-post facto research design and involved a total of 450 undergraduate students from three universities in Rivers State, Nigeria. Five research questions were answered using three duly validated instruments and data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that undergraduate students in Rivers State, Nigeria were technologically capable and are competent in the use of IT tools and resource. The study also establishes the fact that undergraduate students perceived themselves to possess information literacy skills. It was suggested that undergraduate students should use IT tools towards their studies and research.

Nigerian Undergraduate Students' Computer Competencies and Use of Information Technology Tools and Resources for Study Skills and Habits' Enhancement

2018 ◽  
pp. 2303-2313
Author(s):  
Adekunle Olusola Otunla ◽  
Caleb Okoro Amuda
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Study Skills ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Information Literacy Skills ◽  
Rivers State

Information technology (IT) policy implementation by higher educational institutions is geared towards innovative teaching and learning delivery. This study, investigates undergraduate students' computer and IT tools and resources competences and use in enhancing study skills and habits. The study adopted Ex-post facto research design and involved a total of four hundred and fifty undergraduate students from three universities in Rivers State, Nigeria. Five research questions were answered using three duly validated instruments and data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that undergraduate students in Rivers State, Nigeria were technologically-capable and are competent in the use of IT tools and resource. The study also establishes the fact that undergraduate students perceived themselves to possess information literacy skills. It was suggested that undergraduate students should use IT tools towards their studies and research.

scholarly journals PENGARUH PEMANFAATAN TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI DAN SISTEM PENGENDALIAN INTERN TERHADAP KUALITAS LAPORAN KEUANGAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Herman Darwis ◽  
Meliana Meliana
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Control Systems ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan bukti empiris pengaruh pemanfaatan teknologi informasi dan sistem pengendalian intern terhadap kualitas laporan keuangan. Manfaat yang dapat di peroleh bagi pemerintah daerah agar lebih menyadari pentingnya laporan keuangan sebagai alat untuk mengawasi dan menilai kinerja keuangan secara lebih baik. Bagi masyarakat, hasil penelitian ini diharapkan dapat membantu mendeteksi tingkat transpransi dan akuntabilitas pengelolaan keuangan dan mendorong agar lebih berpartisipasi dalam mengawasi serta mendorong peningkatan kinerja keuangan daerah. Hasil Penelitian ini diharapkan dapat bermanfaat sebagai referensi untuk menambah pengetahuan mengenai pengaruh pemanfaatan teknologi informasi dan sistem pengendalian intern terhadap kualitas laporan keuangan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kuantitatif, berupa hubungan sebab akibat (asosiatif). Penelitian asosiatif merupakan salah satu bagian penelitian ex–post facto karena peneliti tidak memanipulasi keadaan variabel yang ada. Penelitian ini rencananya akan memakan waktu selama 6 bulan dan menggunakan teknik pengumpulan data dengan kuesioner yang disebarkan kepada responden. Populasi dari penelitian ini adalah para pegawai yang ada di bagian keuangan pada setiap OPD kota Ternate. Tehnik sampling yang digunakan adalah proporsional random sampling. Tehnik analisa data yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi linier berganda.Kata Kunci: Pemanfaatan Teknologi Informasi, Sistem Pengendalian Intern, Kualitas Laporan keuanganThis study aims to provide empirical evidence of the influence of the use of information technology and internal control systems on the quality of financial statements. The benefits can be obtained for local governments to be more aware of the importance of financial reports as a tool to better monitor and assess financial performance. For the community, the results of this study are expected to help detect the level of transparency and accountability in financial management and encourage more participation in monitoring and encouraging improvements in regional financial performance. The results of this study are expected to be useful as a reference to increase knowledge about the influence of the use of information technology and internal control systems on the quality of financial statements. This research uses quantitative research methods, in the form of causal (associative) relationships. Associative research is one part of ex-post facto research because researchers do not manipulate the state of existing variables. This research is planned to take 6 months and use data collection techniques with a questionnaire distributed to respondents. The population of this study is the employees who are in the financial section in each OPD Ternate city. The sampling technique used is proportional random sampling. The data analysis technique used is multiple linear regression analysis.Keywords: Utilization of Information Technology, Internal Control Systems, Quality of Financial Statement

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN PEMANFAATAN TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI DAN MOTIVASI BELAJAR DENGAN PRESTASI BELAJAR IPS SISWA SMPN DI KABUPATEN TAPIN

Jurnal Socius ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sriyanti Sriyanti
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Student Motivation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Technology Learning ◽  
Learning Aids ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Media Learning

This study is an ex-post facto, with a population of 1,045 students. Research sample of 204 students, which is determined by random cluster sampling technique. To determine the minimum sample size used Solvin formulas. The results showed that most of the students of SMPN in Tapin district has been using information technology in learning IPS that as many as 127 respondents (62.25%) in the medium category. Use of information technology is used as a media / learning aids (57.35%) and as a learning resource (68.63%). Student motivation in the category were as many as 140 students (68.63%) and the achievement of social studies are also in the category of being a total of 143 students (70.10%). The analysis showed that there is a significant relationship between the use of information technology and the learning achievement IPS (r = 0.752, p <0.05), between the students' motivation and academic achievement IPS (r = 0.604, p <0.05) and collectively cooperation between the utilization of information technology and student motivation and academic achievement IPS (r12y = 0.691, p <0.05).Keywords: Utilization of Information Technology, Learning Motivation, Achievement IPS

PENGARUH PENGUNGKAPAN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TERHADAP HARGA SAHAM PERUSAHAAN PERTAMBANGAN YANG TERDAFTAR DI BEI

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
Muhammad Fahmi Sulaiman ◽  
Herry Punawan
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Social Disclosure

ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to know the affect of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure toward stock prices of mining companies registered on the Indonesia Stock Exchange 2012-2016. This study is an ex post facto study, the sample of this study were 95 companies annual reports. The data in this study was obtained by study documentation method. Data analysis method used was an analysis of multiple regression. The results showed that (1) Economic Disclosure in Corporate social Responsibility Disclosure affected significantly on stock prices , (2) Environment Disclosure in Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure didn’t affect significantly on stock prices, (3) Social Disclosure in Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure didn’t affect signifacantly on stock prices, (4) Economic Disclosure, Environment Disclosure, Social Disclosure in Corporate Social Responsibility Dsiclosure simultaneously affected significantly on stock prices.

scholarly journals Symbiosis and the Humanitarian Marketplace: The Changing Political Economy of ‘Mutual Benefit’

2021 ◽  
pp. 026327642110001
Author(s):  
Carlos Palacios
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Market Exchange ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Volunteer Tourism ◽  
Social Reciprocity ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Historical Contextualization ◽  
Argument Proceeds ◽  
Corporate Social

This article develops a diagnostic lens to make sense of the still baffling development of a ‘humanitarian marketplace’. Ambivalently hybrid initiatives such as volunteer tourism, corporate social responsibility or even fair trade do not strictly obey a distributive logic of market exchange, social reciprocity or philanthropic giving. They engender a type of ‘economy’ that must be apprehended in its own terms. The article argues that the large-scale collaborative effects of such a dispersed market can be theorized without resorting to the classical biopolitical move of simplified agency/holistic reification. The argument proceeds counterintuitively, by appropriating the notion of symbiosis as redefined by contemporary biology, contending through historical contextualization and conceptual work that nature itself offers the best example to grasp spontaneous collaboration among unrelated human beings as a non-automatically balanced and intrinsically political affair that calls for critical management through an ex post facto interventionist policy of selective cultivation.

scholarly journals Developing apps for people with sensory disabilities, and implications for technology acceptance models

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-40
Author(s):  
Paraskevi Theodorou ◽  
Apostolos Meliones
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Technology Acceptance Model ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Indoor Navigation ◽  
Blind And Visually Impaired ◽  
Acceptance Model ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons

The significance of digital assistive technology in everyday life of people with disabilities has been continuously increasing during the last decade. An important example is that of the development of mobile apps which are suitably adapted for use by sensory-deprived people. We are involved in developing two such initiatives. The first offers interactive indoor navigation for blind and visually impaired persons, while the second offers deaf people a user-friendly environment for text depiction of the verbal speech, even when the articulation is defective, which is usually the case when the speaker is deaf. Despite the possible benefits of these apps, this does not necessarily signify automatic acceptance. This study aims to examine factors that may inhibit take up, in order to obviate these as much as possible. Factors contributing to the acceptance of technology may be complex, such as ‘perceived usefulness’, ‘self-efficacy’ and ‘social influence’. An exploratory study of this issue will accrue qualitative evidence from the potential users. The paper concludes by presenting recommendations for the development of a tentative modified Technology Acceptance Model that considers the special circumstances around technology use by disability cohorts, to be tested as the research continues. Keywords: Technology acceptance model, blind and visually impaired, deaf, mobile apps, qualitative analysis. Keywords: Technology Acceptance Model; blind and visually impaired; deaf; mobile apps; qualitative analysis

Bangla Braille Adaptation

2013 ◽  
pp. 16-34
Author(s):  
Syed Akhter Hossain ◽  
Fakhruddin Muhammad Mahbub-ul-Islam ◽  
Samiul Azam ◽  
Ahamad Imtiaz Khan
Keyword(s):  
Computational Model ◽  
Machine Translation ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Finite Automata ◽  
Reading Materials ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Automated Information System ◽  
Partially Sighted ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons

Braille, a tactile writing system, is used by visually impaired and partially sighted people for reading and writing in everyday life. Visually impaired persons in Bangladesh are deprived of basic education due to inadequate textbooks and sufficient reading materials written in Bangla Braille. This is widening the knowledge gap and disparity within the society with progress of time. In order to improve this scenario, an automated information system for facilitating machine translation of Bangla text to readable and recognizable Braille code is essential. In this book chapter, a detailed research on Bangla Braille has been accomplished and necessary grammatical rules as well as conventions are identified for rule-based Bangla Braille translation. Through the analysis of investigations, a computational model is proposed using Deterministic Finite Automata (DFA) for the machine translation. The proposed DFA demonstrated very acceptable conversion, which is validated by the visually impaired community. Based on the computational model, another software architecture is also proposed for the implementation of machine translation of Bangla to Braille using open source technology. The translator is tested with Bangla Unicode-based text contents, and the generated Braille code is validated after printing in the Braille printer. The performance of the conversion of Bangla to Braille code has been found accurate and also free from grammatical errors.

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