Specifics of information and communication developments in education: Analysis of value changes before and after 2020 (A critical review)

Introduction. The study examines the ambiguous attitude of the scholarly community to the changes occurring in the education system, in general, and to the use of digital technologies within education, in particular. The aim of this study is to reveal the specifics of the educational changes on the basis of a critical review of research investigations, analysis of value factors determining the problems of integration of digital information and communication technologies in education before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods. The research methodology includes the analysis and generalization of international and Russian refereed research literature investigating the problems of information developments of society, virtualization of cognitive processes and the development of education. Results. The research findings indicate the specificity of highly critical attitudes of the scholarly community to the use of digital technologies in education and to the current outcomes of the use of the virtual environment in the educational process. The authors emphasize that, in contrast to the situation of the previous stage, there is a particularly pronounced mediated nature of communication in the virtual space, which, as a consequence, determines the possibility of losing a range of informative elements in the process of communicative exchange. In this regard, the focus of the study is on the issues of formative assessment and feedback in the process of virtual communication in education. The authors clarify and define modern educational changes. They argue that virtualization in modern educational practice is the most important factor influencing, first of all, value orientations of the individual. The content of value orientations is changing as well. Values are being re-estimated; attention is focused on the values of safety and health. In this concern, the main attention is shifted to the following issues: the influence of digital learning on the functional body responses, the safety of educational interaction, individuals’ adaptation to altered conditions, and formation of adaptive developmental mechanisms. Conclusions. In conclusion, the authors summarize the main characteristic features and value factors which determine the problems of integration of digital information and communication technologies in education.

Graphic Narratives of Open Scholarship

Public engagement and collaboration through networked practices—known as networked participatory scholarship (NPS)—may influence academic culture to “support, amplify, and transform scholarship” (Veletsianos & Kimmons, 2012, p. 768). This study examined the open online scholarly community #FemEdTech as it engages in NPS to create, collect, and curate value statements to generate iterative codes of conduct. Contents of tweets that include the Twitter hashtags #FemEdTech and #FemEdTechValues were thematized. The findings are represented as a visual metaphor of a map charting the fluid nature between policy design and implementation, described as the #FemEdTech Cartography. This collaborative policy creation can serve as a model to shift academic culture towards more socially just practices using open scholarship to address the pressing issues of our time.

Templates in Qualitative Research Methods: Origins, Limitations, and New Directions

In this feature topic, we explore the burgeoning trend to employ templates in qualitative research. To understand authors’ motivations to use templates and perceptions regarding template use in the scholarly community, we conducted an interview study with 21 interviewees who had published qualitative research in one of nine premier management journals between 2014 and 2018. Our analysis identified four key tensions in template use: structure versus restriction, convention versus innovativeness, legitimization versus obscuration, and instrumentality versus craft. We discuss these tensions and their implications for the practice and evaluation of qualitative research. We then introduce the eight empirical papers included in this feature topic. Each of them addresses and explores specific aspects of the origins and limitations of template use, whilst providing insights and guidance for future qualitative research. We envisage this feature topic to be a catalyst for discourse amongst scholars, engaging with contemporary trends and tensions to pave new pathways that embrace the diversity and plurality of qualitative approaches.

New trends in the encyclopedic practice shaped by the digital age (based on Scholarpedia and Scholarly Community Еncyclopedia)

The article describes the changes in the sphere of encyclopedia publishing (online encyclopedic practice) on the example of some notable Internet resources (Scholarpedia and Scholarly Community Encyclopedia) caused by the development of digital technologies. With the appearance of electronic encyclopedias in the late 20th century, the encyclopedic activity has innovated with the multimedia content and the speed of its search. However, today digital encyclopedic practice is moving from formal to qualitative changes associated with the improvement of encyclopedic content and its building. In particular, the model of creating the analyzed in this article the Scholarpedia and the Scholarly Community Encyclopedia shows new approaches to the organization of encyclopedic practice that are different from the traditional ones. It expands the opportunities for improving the quality of encyclopedias as well as reaching them to a new level.

Welcome to Upstream: the new space for scholarly community discussion on all things open

Today we are announcing Upstream. And if you???re reading this, you???re already a part of it! Upstream is a community blogging platform designed for Open enthusiasts to discuss??? you guessed it: all things Open. It???s a space for the whole community to voice opinions, ...

The financialization of rented homes: continuity and change in housing financialization

This paper has two purposes: the first is to offer an empirical account of how rented homes have become more entangled in financial markets over the past two decades, particularly through the advent of real estate investment trusts (REITs) and listed real estate operating companies (REOCs). The second is to assess whether conceptualizing this as a process of “rental housing financialization” — distinct from but connected to the broader concepts of “housing financialization” and “financialization” — offers value to the scholarly community.

Preface: Ninety Years – Something Old and Something New

The book you have in your hands is not an ordinary book. It is the first wider approach to Udmurt folklore in English. Udmurt folkloristics have a relatively long history: taking into account the general pattern of cultural development it is more than one and a half centuries. Unhappily for international communication, it is overwhelmingly in Russian. This is the first systematic attempt to open up this rich material to the international scholarly community.

CURRENT STUDIES: Udmurt Mythology and Folklore

The book you have in your hands is not an ordinary book. It is the first wider approach to Udmurt folklore in English. Udmurt folkloristics have a relatively long history: taking into account the general pattern of cultural development it is more than one and a half centuries. Unhappily for international communication, it is overwhelmingly in Russian. This is the first systematic attempt to open up this rich material to the international scholarly community.

Using ISM-fuzzy MICMAC method: Develop enablers' framework of sustainable supply chain management in textile sector

The assembling area has contributed altogether to construction the country's financial system for agricultural nations similar to India; however it have likewise made numerous ecological and cultural issues. The arrangement with these issues, the current examination has recognized the empowering influences and displayed their interrelationships for the situation association of IndianThe aim of this paper is to identify and create relations between Sustainable Supply Chain Management Enablers (SSCMEs), to comprehend common impacts of these SSCMEs on SSCM use, and to discover the driving and reliance strength of SSCMEs. This paper has recognized 20 SSCMEs based on review and the sentiments of specialists from the scholarly community and industry. A nation poll-based study has been led to rank these recognized SSCMEs. The results of the study and interpretive basic demonstrating (ISM) strategy have been connected to develop shared connections among SSCMEs, which uncovers the immediate and aberrant impacts of each SSCMEs. The consequences of the ISM are utilized to contribute to the fluffy MICMAC (Matriced' Impacts Cruise's Multiplication Applique ea' un Classement) examination, to recognize the driving and the reliance intensity of SSCMEs. The 20 SSCMEs out of 25 SSCMEs (Mean ≥ 3.00) have been considered for investigation through an across-the-country poll that reviews Indian car associations. The coordinated methodology is produced since the ISM show gives just a twofold relationship among SSCMEs. In contrast, fluffy MICMAC examination gives detailed investigation identified with driving and the reliance intensity of SSCMEs. The weighting for ISM show improvement and fluffy MICMAC is based on the opinions of a few industry experts. It is the most emotional decision, and many biases on the part of the judge can have an effect on the final result.The examination gives vital rules to the two professionals, just as the academicians. The professionals need focus on these SSCMEs all the more cautiously amid SSCM execution. SSCM administrators may deliberately design its long-haul development to meet the SSCM activity plan. While, academicians might be urged to classify diverse issues, which are huge intending to these SSCMEs. The course of action of SSCMEs in a progression, the classification into the enablers and ward classifications, and fluffy MICMAC are a selective exertion in the territory of SSCM usage.