scholarly journals Breaking Down Barriers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianne Oberg
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Study Data ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Teacher Librarians

In Canada, as in many countries, teachers are being encouraged to integrate information and communication technologies (ICT) such as the Internet into the curriculum. A study conducted in Canada in 1999-2002 examined Internet use in schools through interviews with technology leaders, through surveys of teachers and principals, and through case study investigations of three school districts, each in a different province of Canada. The case study data from the three districts was analyzed, using the NVivo software program, to address three main questions: (1) To what extent was teachers' use of the Internet consistent with “best practice,” as described by Moersch (1999)? (2) What types of support systems appeared to be essential for effective Internet use in classrooms to occur? (3) What was the role of the teacher-librarian in contributing to effective Internet use in classrooms? The study showed that teachers were integrating the Internet into their teaching, but had not yet achieved “best practice,” and that teacher-librarians were influential in supporting teachers’ progress towards “best practice” in the use of the Internet in instruction.

New Urban Layers and Spaces

2019 ◽  
pp. 72-103
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Multiple Domains

This chapter explores infrastructures, experiences, and interactions in relation to emerging urban layers and spaces for engagement in the city. The purpose of this chapter is to shed light on the digital layers enabled by information and communication technologies, the internet of things, the internet of people, and other emerging technologies to complement and extend existing urban infrastructural layers. The research literature for infrastructures, experiences, and interactions is explored in this chapter in the context of smart cities, enabling identification of issues, controversies, and problems. Using an exploratory case study approach, solutions and recommendations are advanced. This chapter makes a contribution to 1) the research literature across multiple domains, 2) the identification of challenges and opportunities for research and practice relating to emerging urban layers and spaces going forward, and 3) the extending of existing understandings of urbanity to incorporate digital layers and spaces enabling connected, contextual, and continuous engagement.

scholarly journals Smart Villages: Where Can They Happen?

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Łukasz Komorowski ◽  
Monika Stanny
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Economic Data ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Use Of The Internet

The European Union is actively promoting the idea of “smart villages”. The increased uptake of new technology and in particular, the use of the internet, is seen as a vital part of strategies to combat rural decline. It is evident that those areas most poorly connected to the internet are those confronted by the greatest decline. The analysis in this paper is based on Poland, which at the time of EU accession had many deeply disadvantaged rural areas. Using fine-grained socio-economic data, an association can be found between weak internet access and rural decline in Poland. The preliminary conclusions about the utility of the smart village concept as a revitalisation tool for rural Poland point to theoretical and methodological dilemmas. Barriers to the concept’s implementation are also observed, although there is a chance they may be overcome with the continued spread of information and communication technologies in rural areas.

scholarly journals A Survey on the Use of the Internet of Multimedia Things for Precision Agriculture and the Agrifood Sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Alvertos Ioannis Mourikis ◽  
Romanos Kalamatianos ◽  
Ioannis Karydis ◽  
Markos Avlonitis
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
In Situ Sensing ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) has already penetrated an ever-increasing array of daily aspects of life. IoTs bridge the analog and digital worlds in an unprecedented manner and degree by providing in situ sensing. Adding to the IoT the capability to collect interrelated multi-modal sensing, the use of the Internet of Multimedia Things (IoMTs) has recently been exhibited to significantly enhance the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in numerous applications, and most importantly in agrifood systems. In this work, we review key recent works in the conjunction of the three domains of IoMT, agrifood and precision agriculture and present open research directions.

scholarly journals USOS Y ABUSOS DEL INTERNET EN LOS ALUMNOS UNIVERSITARIOS DE LA DIVISIÓN ACADÉMICA DE CIENCIAS ECONÓMICO ADMINISTRATIVAS

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (53) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Gladys Hernández Romero
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Internet Abuse ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Set Up

RESUMEN Objetivo: Este trabajo analiza los usos y abusos del Internet en los jóvenes universitarios de la Licenciatura en Administración de Empresas de la Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, con sede en Villahermosa Tabasco, mostrando evidencias de la manera en que el uso de Internet ha influido en su desempeño académico; ya que el modelo global entre sus mecanismos más sugestivos trajo consigo las denominadas Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación, (TICs) las cuales tienen la particularidad de que una vez incorporadas a la vida cotidiana del sujeto resultan imprescindibles y en algunos casos crean dependencia entre sus usuarios. Material y método: El instrumento que se empleó fue entrevista no estructurada focalizada, con la particularidad de concentrarse en el tema Usos y Abusos del Internet en los alumnos de la División Académica de Ciencias Económico Administrativas, aplicado a una muestra de dieciocho alumnos que fungieron como informantes. Se empleó un enfoque cualitativo como método general de la investigación bajo el muestreo aleatorio simple que permite llevar a cabo el contraste o correlación de los planteamientos teóricos del problema. Resultados: Los resultados obtenidos dieron un panorama general del uso y abuso de Internet en los mencionados alumnos; quienes no reconocieron abusar del Internet en la redacción de sus trabajos de investigación. Conclusiones: Finalmente, se establecieron conclusiones y recomendaciones que pueden contribuir a minimizar los efectos negativos del uso de Internet y las aplicaciones que le dan a éste. ABSTRACT Objetive: This paper analyzes the internet use and abuse from young university Business Administration degree students of the Universidad Juarez Autónoma de Tabasco, that is located in the city of Villahermosa in the state of Tabasco, showing evidence on the way how the internet use has influenced the academic performance of those students, because one of the most suggestive mechanisms that the global model brought, are the so-called Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) which have the particularity that once they are incorporated into the daily life of the individuals, they become essential, and in some cases, create dependency among their users. Material and method: The instrument used was a focused unstructured interview, with the particularity to focus on the topic of Internet Use and Abuse from students of the Academic Division of Economics and Administrative Sciences. This interview was applied to a sample of eighteen students who acted as informants. A qualitative approach was used as a general method of research under simple random sampling that allowed the researcher to carry out the contrast or correlation of the problem theoretical approaches. Results: The given results provided an overview of the use and abuse of the Internet in the above mentioned students, who did not recognize Internet abuse in the drafting of their research. Conclusions: Finally, conclusions and recommendations were set up so that they can help minimize the negative effects that the use and abuse of internet is given by the students.

scholarly journals New technologies and quality of customer service – case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 548-558
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Midor
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Purchase Process

Abstract Nowadays, companies are increasingly forced to fight against competition. The number of competitors on the market is constantly growing, and customer’s demands on the products offered by the companies are increasing. The role of customers on the market has changed in recent years. Customers are more active than before, i.e. they started to actively co-create value, so they stopped being passive to the purchase process. Organizations that make appropriate use of the increase in customer activity can count on large benefits for the company. One of the methods to increase competitiveness is continuous introduction of new technologies based on the Internet, which recently resulted in easier cooperation between customers and suppliers, making and settling transactions, coordination of orders in the supply chain thanks to e.g. solution supporting electronic exchange of EDI documents. Therefore, the development of information and communication technologies has significantly influenced the development of organization through its improvement. This paper presents the importance of new technologies for the customer that improve the process of its service in a selected clothing sales network in Poland.

Cloud Computing and Its Application to Information Centre

2016 ◽  
pp. 1256-1269
Author(s):  
Nihal Alam ◽  
Ranjan Karmakar
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Information Centre ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Digital Library Services ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Information and communication technologies are developing very fast and providing us opportunities due to their benefits such as reduced cost, anytime, anywhere availability, as well as its elasticity and flexibility. Cloud computing is one of the newly emerged models for technology that provide us the facility of central remoting of servers to maintain data, software, and application through the use of the Internet. Nowadays it is widely applicable in many areas such as libraries, information centres, in-house, applications and digital library services. Our chapter will focus mainly on: Models of cloud computing, types of cloud suitable for information centres, application of cloud computing with examples, opportunity and risk in developing cloud services, and impact of cloud computing to information centres.

Knowledge Management for Healthcare

2011 ◽  
pp. 1903-1917
Author(s):  
Rajeev K. Bali ◽  
A. N. Dwivedi ◽  
R.N.G. Naguib
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Support Services ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Telephone Hotline ◽  
Software House ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
And Training

This case study is based on data collected from a prominent UK-based healthcare software house (Company X Ltd). The organization specializes in information and communication technologies (ICT) solution development, implementations, support services (including system and application support and telephone hotline support), and training and consultancy services. The organization prides itself on the fact that, by providing unique customized ICT solutions based on the Internet and database technologies, it is able to ensure that its healthcare-based clients (hospitals and allied organizations) have strategic advantages. The case study describes the outcome of a three-year research project, the chief outcomes of which were the development of a knowledge management (KM) conceptual model for use in the healthcare solutions sector as well as detailed advice and recommendations for the organization.

scholarly journals Islam in the Digital Age

2004 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 97-99
Author(s):  
Karim H. Karim
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Rational Analysis ◽  
Current Events ◽  
Networking Tool ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Electronic Activity ◽  
The University

This is Gary Bunt’s second monograph on the Muslims’ use of the Internet,the first being Virtually Islamic (Cardiff, UK: The University of Wales Press:2000). It is a good contribution to the growing literature, and will appeal tostudents of contemporary Muslim societies and the sociocultural and religiousinfluence of new communication technologies. The book provides auseful list of websites containing information on Islam and Muslims.Bunt suggests that a substantial number of Muslims use the Internet asa propagation and networking tool, to dialogue with each other, and to conductresearch. For some, it is an important way to bypass state censorshipand access other media, and it acts as a means of local and global contact.The Internet is used to disseminate and obtain decisions and points of interpretationon current events, and, for some individuals who are relativelyunknown or treated as pariahs locally, to achieve fame in the larger ummah.Since September 2001, Muslims’ activities and activism on the Internethave proliferated; meanwhile, those in power have increased attempts torestrict them. There has been an increase in websites, chat rooms, and e-maillists. The author justifies linking Muslims’ uses of the Internet with jihad andfatwas by stating that these two areas have seen the most significant integrationof electronic activity with religion. However, he shuns alarmism aboutthe Internet and Islam by presenting a rational analysis and discussion.Bunt admits that a small, albeit growing, minority in Muslim-majoritycountries uses information and communication technologies. Muslim onlinediscourses are part of the contemporary discussion about Islamic identities.The Internet “has not superseded traditional forms of political expression, butis a means through which conventional boundaries and barriers can be transcended”(p. 11).

scholarly journals The websites of Portuguese trade unions: surfing for rights?

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Rego ◽  
Paulo Marques Alves ◽  
Jorge Silva ◽  
Reinhard Naumann
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Trade Union ◽  
Trade Unions ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Union Structure

Studies on industrial relations in Portugal have not paid much attention to the roleof the latest information and communication technologies. In seeking to help fillthis gap, this article characterises the use of the Internet by Portuguese trade unions,by presenting a typology of theirwebsites and determining whether there arestatistically significant associations between that typology and each union’s membershipof the main national confederations. The authors base themselves on theprinciple that the fragmented nature of the trade union structure in Portugal leadsto different communication strategies. The conclusion sets out a number of hypothesesthat may help explain the results of the present study.

Cloud Computing and Its Application to Information Centre

2014 ◽  
pp. 63-76
Author(s):  
Nihal Alam ◽  
Ranjan Karmakar
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Information Centre ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Digital Library Services ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Information and communication technologies are developing very fast and providing us opportunities due to their benefits such as reduced cost, anytime, anywhere availability, as well as its elasticity and flexibility. Cloud computing is one of the newly emerged models for technology that provide us the facility of central remoting of servers to maintain data, software, and application through the use of the Internet. Nowadays it is widely applicable in many areas such as libraries, information centres, in-house, applications and digital library services. Our chapter will focus mainly on: Models of cloud computing, types of cloud suitable for information centres, application of cloud computing with examples, opportunity and risk in developing cloud services, and impact of cloud computing to information centres.

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