College Students’ Interest in Programming

In today’s world, tertiary institutions provide Computer Science and Information Technology courses to students for them to have the opportunity to improve the thinking computational skills they will need to function in today's computation-dependent society. Moreover, pupils who think they can finish programming tasks successfully are likely more to become interested. Additionally, effective approaches to impart computer programming frequently rise pupils' interest in programming. As a result, the study sought to examine college students’ interest in programming. The research design for the study was a survey method. The study’s population comprise of Computer Science and Information Technology students at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The sample size was 368 where we used a systematic sampling technique to select participants for the study. The study shows that majority of college students have interest in programming. The results revealed that the total number of males who have interest in programming are greater than females and that the total number of males who study programming far outweigh the total number of females. It is recommended that females should be encouraged to study programming at the various institutions that provide programming courses to students.

The Effectiveness of an Intergenerational Technology Program for Older Adults: A Pilot Study

While an increasing number of services and opportunities are available through technology devices such as smartphones and iPad, older adults often lack the technology skills and know-how to access such services. The use of social media, email, and texting can also lessen social isolation of older adults. In this project, nine undergraduate Computer Information Technology students enrolled in a service-learning course served as mentors for older adults. A total of 33 older adults (MAge= 77.9 SDAge= 8.62) participated in a 14 weeks intergenerational technology education at two community senior centers in an urban Midwest city. Fourteen participants completed both pre- and post-surveys. Significant improvement was found between pre- and post- surveys outcomes in technology anxiety and social engagement of the older adults. Findings from our qualitative data revealed that intergenerational program enables older adult to benefit from individual and group learning, make new friends among peers, experience intergenerational interactions, and have confidence in technology use. However, the intergenerational technology program helped to decrease technology anxiety and improve the participants’ social engagement. Engaging technology students in mentoring older adults in small group at a community center proved to be mutually beneficial to both the students and the older adults. The program boosted older adults’ comfort with technology use as well as encouraging social engagement with peers, mentors, and the virtual world.

Distance learning tools for the development of foreign language communicative competence

The primary feature of modernity is the dynamic development of information technology. Students must be taught the way to select and find useful information for a particular educational task from the start. The development of this skill is based on the various learning strategies. Thus, the strategies that contribute to the development of autonomy is a crucial aspect in the process of language learning supported by the tools of modern digital technology. Distance learning, video conferencing systems, telecollaboration are technological advancements that require a new paradigm for their usage. Both asynchronous and synchronous distance learning have already become part of nowadays reality. Thus, it is difficult to question the effectiveness of this form of learning and knowledge acquisition even though there is still a lack of the "infrastructure" to take advantage of new technologies to the fullest. The subject of the article is to reflect the use of distance learning in language education. A description of empirical research was made based on the method of distance learning in linguistic education, which main goal was to assess the effectiveness and analysis of features of the distance method for studying/learning foreign languages.

Forced distance learning in Covid-19: peculiarities of the position of lecturers, students of IT and humanitarian specialties

This research examines the attitude of faculty lectors, Information Technology students (IT) and humanitarian students (HS) towards the aspects of forced distance learning (DL) due to Covid-19. About 70% of the surveyed IT students and 50% of HS believe that DL can fully replace face-to-face classes and completely switch to DL, about 70% of lecturers have the opposite opinion. At the same time, IT had a 4.5 times higher chance of a positive attitude towards the transition to DL than HS. The majority of all respondents consider that their own notes are important and that classroom learning is better than online. At the same time, among IT that are ready to switch to DL, 69.03% believe that the perception of educational material is better in the classroom. Fewer IT students (30.1%) than HS (68.2%) and lecturers (100%) consider that printed textbooks are important. About 70-90% of students consider that the following DL disadvantages are important: communication difficulties, cocial isolation, the need of self-discipline and self-motivation and fears that the employer will not appreciate the knowledge gained from DL. For the majority of IT, lack of student events is significant, and for the majority of HS,

Artificial intelligence in the accounting profession

Accounting, classified as an information system, today in our world is aligned with information technology to expand its productivity capabilities. As information providers, accountants must improve the efficiency and productivity of their tasks and operations. Technological changes occur over time, and this has made accounting activities and tasks easier. The accounting profession has changed as a result of the evolution of accounting software, information technology, and the latest advances in artificial intelligence. Accounting practice is not the only beneficiary from the use of information technology, students, bodies and administrations within accounting have been effectively affected by the power of digital systems, the understanding of information systems and technologies, and their application in accounting education. Students will improve their understanding and practical ability to use technology and apply it to the accounting profession.

What do Computer Games have to do with Libraries and Learning?

Two teachers have undertaken a project in which year five and six students design computer games and year ten to twelve students build them. The younger students are taught basic flow diagram techniques and thus patterns of logic. They then select a topic of personal interest for their game design. The game is in the form of a quest for the player and must contain material that has been researched using Library resources. The complete, fully documented game designs are passed to the senior Information Technology students who produce them. All students are fully and formally accredited for their work.