Digital Leisure: An Opportunity for Intergenerational Well-Being in Times of Pandemic?

Leisure activities shared by grandparents and grandchildren provide important benefits. The health and humanitarian crisis caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has made it necessary to use digital tools to alleviate the lack of contact between adults and children. This paper had as its aim to identify the digital leisure shared by grandparents and their pre-adolescent grandchildren (10-12 years old) before and during the pandemic, as well as its contribution to intergenerational well-being from a holistic paradigm, ultimately aiming to determine whether that digital leisure constitutes an experience of human development for young and old people alike. The sample was made up of 153 grandparents of 10-to-12-year-old children living in the north of Spain. Alongside the use of an ad hoc questionnaire, descriptive and inferential analyses were carried out. Most intergenerational leisure activities ceased to be performed during the lockdown, except for those that could be carried out remotely, thanks to information and communication technologies, which ensured the continuity of social and family interactions. Technological connectivity between generations provided greater support to communication and meaningful relationships, additionally facilitating active aging processes.

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Defrag and reboot? Consolidating information and communication technology research in I-O psychology

Industrial and Organizational Psychology ◽

10.1017/iop.2021.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 371-396 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Xinyu (Judy) Hu ◽

Larissa K. Barber ◽

YoungAh Park ◽

Arla Day

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Technology Use ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Well Being ◽

Research Perspectives ◽

Technology Experience ◽

Information And Communication ◽

And Performance ◽

Role Of Information

AbstractSeveral decades of research have addressed the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology. However, segmented research streams with myriad terminologies run the risk of construct proliferation and lack an integrated theoretical justification of the contributions of ICT concepts. Therefore, by identifying important trends and reflecting on key constructs, findings, and theories, our review seeks to determine whether a compelling case can be made for the uniqueness of ICT-related concepts in studying employee and performance in I-O psychology. Two major themes emerge from our review of the ICT literature: (a) a technology behavior perspective and (b) a technology experience perspective. The technology behavior perspective with three subcategories (the “where” of work design, the “when” of work extension, and the “what” of work inattention) explores how individual technology use can be informative for predicting employee well-being and performance. The technology experience perspective theme with two subcategories (the “how” of ICT appraisals and “why” of motives) emphasizes unique psychological (as opposed to behavioral) experiences arising from the technological work context. Based on this review, we outline key challenges of current ICT research perspectives and opportunities for further enhancing our understanding of technological implications for individual workers and organizations.

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Diagnóstico sobre desarrollo de competencias informacionales y digitales en posgrados del Centro Universitario del Norte

Revista de Tecnologías de la Información ◽

10.35429/jit.2019.19.6.22.27 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 22-27

Author(s):

Luis Gerardo García-Cruz ◽

Juan Fidel Cornejo-Álvarez ◽

Estela Maricela Villalón-De la Isla ◽

Jorge Daniel Ceballos-Macías

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Postgraduate Students ◽

Five Dimensions ◽

University Center ◽

The North ◽

Show Evidence ◽

Competencias Informacionales ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Digital Competencies ◽

The University

The purpose of this study is to present a diagnosis of the level of development of the informational and digital competencies that the postgraduate students of the University Center of the North (CUNorte) possess. These two variables of Information Literacy are evaluated through a questionnaire organized in five dimensions: capacity, access, evaluation and use of information; and basic notions in the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The results show evidence of some of the competencies acquired by students and graduates of postgraduate courses, however there are opportunities to strengthen their disciplinary development and facilitate their research processes. The answers provided by the students and their consecutive analysis highlight the need to complement the diagnosis using other techniques to assess the knowledge and skills that make up the informational and digital competencies whose development is evaluated. Regarding the contribution of the study, considering the factor analysis of the component matrix rotated in the instrument, it is summarized that it is feasible to develop a diploma that provides the necessary tools to enrich the aforementioned competencies.

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BREVE COMPREENSÃO DA CONJUNTURA BRASILEIRA QUANTO À INTEGRAÇÃO DAS TIC E INTERNET NA EDUCAÇÃO

Cadernos de Educação Tecnologia e Sociedade ◽

10.14571/brajets.v13.n4.474-483 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 474

Author(s):

João Batista Bottentuit Junior ◽

Larize Kelly Garcia Ribeiro Serra ◽

Mizraim Nunes Mesquita

Keyword(s):

Public Schools ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Pedagogical Practices ◽

Mobile Technologies ◽

The North ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Internet Availability ◽

Internet In Education

This study aims to investigate Brazilian scenario regarding the integration of ICT and Internet in education. It aims to investigate these effects by means of a bibliographic research, with a qualitative approach and exploratory and descriptive nature. It presents a brief explanation about cyberculture, information society and the presence of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Internet in educational scenarios, considering the ponderations of authors as Castells (2003), Levy (2010), Primo, Valiati, Lupinacci and Barros (2017), Santaella (2013), among others. It discusses data about schools’ structure in terms of ICT and Internet availability, Internet connection, teacher’s formation to use digital technologies in the teaching and learning process, use of ICT and Internet by students, etc. It highlights the advances and limitations of Brazilian schools towards the integration of technologies for learning. It recognizes that Brazilian public schools are the most limited in this context, especially those that work with the elementary level. It observes that students are every day more connected to the Internet through mobile technologies and, therefore, they could be better explored for educational purposes. It notes that, in general, the North and Northeast regions are those with more struggles to integrate ICT in pedagogical practices.

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SCIENTIFIC BASES AND TECHNOLOGIES OF SECURITY HYGIENIC SAFETY OF CHILDREN IN THE «DIGITAL SCHOOL»

Hygiene and Sanitation ◽

10.18821/0016-9900-2019-98-12-1385-1391 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 98 (12) ◽

pp. 1385-1391 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Vladislav R. Kuchma ◽

L. M. Sukhareva ◽

M. I. Stepanova ◽

P. I. Chramtsov ◽

I. E. Aleksandrova ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Children And Adolescents ◽

Digital Media ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Preschool Education ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Well Being ◽

Integrated System ◽

Learning Tools ◽

Randomized Controlled Studies ◽

Information And Communication

Introduction. Modern education of children is one of the most rapidly changing systems, actively using modern capabilities of information and communication technologies and e-learning tools. Information and communication technologies increase the load on the visual, auditory analyzers, the nervous system and contribute to the development of overwork in children. The use of digital media is becoming increasingly widespread, not only in school, before and in preschool education. To substantiate the concept and integrated system of the hygienic safety of electronic educational content and children’s life in conditions of hyper-informatization, physiological and hygienic studies are required. Materials and methods. In order to develop the scientific foundations and technologies for ensuring the hygienic safety of children in the “Digital School”, an expert-analytical study was carried out based on the results of representative hygienic observations and non-randomized controlled studies with Contribution of volunteers. Results. Studies of childhood hygiene allowed justifying the modern system of hygiene and health care of children and adolescents in a hyper-informational society, including criteria of the hygienic safety, including in the editorial, intended for children and adolescents; sanitary rules and norms of ensuring the hygienic safety of the new generation; federal recommendations of medical support of students in the conditions of using information and communication technologies; federal guidelines for students ’mental health and well-being; recommendations to the family in the field of ensuring the safety of children’s life in a digital environment; recommendations to producers and distributors of content in the field of ensuring the medical, psychological and pedagogical safety of children’s life, including the age marking of information products; gaming educational and educational programs on the rules for the safe use of children on the Internet; a system for monitoring the effectiveness of hygienic safety policies and protecting children from negative information in a hyper-information society. Conclusion. The developed system and technologies for ensuring the hygienic safety of the “Digital School” are significant for the medical and preventive basis of the health saving of students in the Decade of Childhood in Russia (2018-2027).

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Using ICT to Resolve the Modernization Paradox for Rural Communities in Africa

E-Agriculture and E-Government for Global Policy Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-820-8.ch007 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 103-120

Author(s):

Dawn Hinton ◽

Joseph Ofori-Dankwa

Keyword(s):

Rural Communities ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Social Relations ◽

Sense Of Community ◽

Well Being ◽

African Countries ◽

Rural Villages ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Modernization Process ◽

Economic Well Being

Rural communities are being heavily influenced by the ongoing modernization process taking place in all African economies and nations. Theoretically the modernization process is intended to help lead to an increase in the economic well being of the citizenry. However, one of the unanticipated outcomes of continuing urbanization and modernization, particularly for rural communities would be the loss of local social relations within such communities. This is similar to what happened in the Western context, where modernization, in the form of industrialization resulted in the loss of social relationships and increasing sense of alienation as cities formed. There is therefore a very real fear that in the African context, the ensuing modernization will result in a paradox where modernization may lead to an increase in economic well-being, but have the unintended consequence of increasing alienation and reducing the sense of community that exists in rural villages. The purpose of this chapter is two-fold. First, the authors theoretically explore the possibility of using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to develop a sense of community in rural villages and thus offset and mitigate the more negative aspects of the modernization process. Second, they propose a way to conceptualize this potential paradox by integrating the well established sociological concepts of Gemeinschaft (community) and Gesellschaft (individualism) with current paradox models of diversity and similarity curves. Such an approach has pedagogical utility in helping to describe and explain the modern paradox confronted by most of the African countries.

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Collaboration Among Multicultural Virtual Teams

Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch044 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 306-313

Author(s):

Kursat Cagiltay ◽

Barbara A. Bichelmeyer ◽

Michael A. Evans ◽

Trena M. Paulus ◽

Jae Soon An

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Virtual Teams ◽

Ad Hoc ◽

Geographical Location ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Face To Face ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Problem Solve ◽

Virtual Setting ◽

E Mail

Due to the increasingly widespread use of various information and communication technologies (ICT), individuals from different countries and cultures are able to learn and work collaboratively in virtual environments (Mowshowitz, 1997). Electronic communication tools, such as chat, e-mail, and the World Wide Web, now make it possible for students and employees to communicate and problem solve with colleagues irrespective of geographical location (Scott, 2000). One of the major downsides of this form of collaboration, though, is that members of a virtual team do not have the advantage of face-to-face interaction and communication. Instead they must rely solely upon an assortment of computer-supported cooperative-learning and class-work tools and strategies—some planned, some ad hoc—to coordinate resources (Bichelmeyer, Cagiltay, Evans, Paulus, & An, 2004). Unfortunately, little research has been conducted to systematically investigate the dialectic between culture and computermediated communication (CMC). There is currently an insufficient understanding of how individual learning and work, cultural features, and CMC mutually influence one another in a purposeful, virtual setting.

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Well-Being and Social Media: A Systematic Review of Bergen Addiction Scales

Future Internet ◽

10.3390/fi12020024 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 24 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Mirko Duradoni ◽

Federico Innocenti ◽

Andrea Guazzini

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Social Media ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Well Being ◽

Qualitative Synthesis ◽

Social Media Addiction ◽

Information And Communication ◽

The Relationship ◽

Academic Search

Does social media addiction impair the well-being of non-clinical individuals? Despite the Internet being able to be considered as a promoting factor for individual empowerment, previous literature suggests that the current massive availability of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) may be dangerous for users’ well-being. This article discusses the relationship between the most used social media addiction measures (i.e., the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale—BFAS, the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale—BSMAS) and well-being. A systematic review considering all the publications indexed by PsycInfo, PsycArticles, PubMed, Science Direct, Sociological Abstracts, Academic Search Complete, and Google Scholar databases was performed to collect the data. Ten of 635 studies were included in the qualitative synthesis. Overall, most of the included works captured a negative but small relationship between BFAS/BSMAS and well-being, across multiple definitions and measurement.

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Uses and integration of augmented reality in the educational cooperatives of Andalusia (Spain)

Journal of Technology and Science Education ◽

10.3926/jotse.622 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 4

Author(s):

Jesús López Belmonte ◽

Santiago Pozo Sánchez ◽

Arturo Fuentes Cabrera ◽

José María Romero Rodríguez

Keyword(s):

Augmented Reality ◽

Mobile Devices ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Ad Hoc ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Mobile Technologies ◽

Quantitative Methodology ◽

Data Collection Instrument ◽

Information And Communication ◽

The Impact

The use of mobile devices in classrooms is becoming more and more common. The introduction of these resources to produce learning is part of the mobile learning methodology. Among the possibilities of these devices provide we can find, as an emerging technology, augmented reality, which combines elements of the real world with virtual images. The purpose of this paper is to know the impact of the augmented reality in the educational cooperatives of Andalusia. In this regard, educational cooperatives are centers characterized in their origin by promoting the development of methodologies based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The data collection instrument used in this questionnaire is a quantitative methodology of a descriptive nature. The questionnaire was prepared ad hoc according to the existing literature and the answers coded on a Likert scale. The results show that only a minority of teachers implement the augmented reality in their classes. In addition, there are statistically significant differences in terms of professional experience, so that younger teachers tend to implement methodologies based on the use of emerging mobile technologies such as augmented reality. Finally, it is emphasized that despite the constant technological advance of mobile devices in society, their application in the classroom occurs slowly.

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THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY: EXAMINING OUTCOMES OF TECHNOLOGY USE AMONG OLDER ADULTS

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igz038.699 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. S194-S194

Author(s):

Shelia Cotten ◽

Shelia R Cotten ◽

Travis Kadylak

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Technology Use ◽

Well Being ◽

The United States ◽

Negative Outcomes ◽

Mobile Phone Use ◽

Ict Use ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Nationally Representative

Abstract Older adults are increasingly using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to communicate with social ties, gather information to make decisions, and for entertainment purposes. Research is increasingly showing that using ICTs has a range of potential benefits for older adults. However, less research examines the potential negative outcomes of ICT use for older adults. Data from a nationally representative sample of older adults in the United States is used to examine positive and negative outcomes of ICT use. Traditional well-being and social connection outcomes are examined as well as new stressors associated with mobile phone use. Our findings suggest that ICT use has varying effects on older adults, depending upon the type, level, and purposes of use. Implications are discussed for entities seeking to encourage ICT use to enhance health and quality of life among older adults.

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