scholarly journals A STUDY OF THE VALUE OF ICT IN IMPROVING CORPORATE PERFORMANCE: A CORPORATE COMPETITIVENESS VIEW

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 1388-1407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Barba-Sánchez ◽  
María José Calderón-Milán ◽  
Carlos Atienza-Sahuquillo
Keyword(s):  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Principal Axis ◽  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Competitive Environments ◽  
Ordered Logistic Regression ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Principal Axis Factoring ◽  
Strong Competition ◽  
The Impact

In a context of economic crisis and strong competition between companies, managing information and knowledge seem to be key to the new productive model. The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact that the intensity of a firm’s adoption of information and communications technologies (ICT) and industry attractiveness has on corporate performance. A sample of 871 SMEs took part in the study and data were analysed using ordered logistic regression and principal axis factoring analysis. The results emphasise the existence of a significant positive relationship between ICT intensity of use and corporate performance and highlight the importance of ICT in very competitive environments. Our survey suggests that full integration of ICTs in the company is advisable. The drawback, however, is that the rapidly changing nature of ICTs makes the adoption of emerging ICTs difficult.

scholarly journals Building as Interface: Sustainable Educational Ecologies

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (Educational Media Ecologies) ◽  
pp. 75-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne De Castell ◽  
Milena Droumeva ◽  
Jen Jenson
Keyword(s):  
Educational Context ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
New Information ◽  
22Nd Century ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Theory Research ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Educational Sustainability

This paper begins with the most obvious, and yet most elusive, of educational media ecologies, the buildings which are ‹home› to pedagogic communication and interaction, and considers how we might understand «building as interface», construed first as a noun, («a structure with roof and walls» – OED) referring to places as physical structures, and then as a verb, («the action or trade of constructing something» – OED), referring to the activities of construction through which we can engage technologies central to theory, research and practice. Our concern is with exploring the larger question of educational sustainability: with what ‹sustainability› means when applied to a specifically educational context, and with the sustainability of the kinds of emerging educational environments in which new information and communications technologies play a significant role. This question of sustainable educational environments is driven by a need to be responsible and accountable for the impact of the technologies and practices we eagerly embrace in the name of «21st century learning», even as prospects for a 22nd century are so rapidly receding from view. As one prominent media ecologist put the point: «we have to find the environments in which it will be possible to live with our new inventions» (McLuhan 1967, 124).

The Impact of ICT in Educating Students with Learning Disabilities in Australian Schools

2016 ◽  
pp. 2028-2041
Author(s):  
Tas Adam ◽  
Arthur Tatnall
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Special Schools ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Beneficial Impact ◽  
Education Of Students ◽  
The Impact

The term “Learning Difficulties” (sometimes also referred to as Special Needs) is used in reference to students who have significant difficulties in the acquisition of literacy and numeracy skills and need extra assistance with schooling. This is a large heterogeneous group. Another more specific term is “Learning Disabilities” that refers to the small sub-group of students who exhibit severe and unexplained problems. This chapter presents a report on an investigation, framed by the use of actor-network theory, of how the use of Information and Communications Technologies can aid in improving the education of students with Learning Disabilities. The study involved case studies and participant observation of the use of ICT in two outer Melbourne suburban Special Schools and an investigation of the impact of Education Department policies on these school environments. Research at the two Special Schools revealed that use of Information and Communications Technologies can have a very beneficial impact on these students by improving their self-esteem and facilitating their acquisition of useful life skills.

scholarly journals Physiological basis of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation in patients with lung or heart disease

Breathe ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zafeiris Louvaris ◽  
Ioannis Vogiatzis
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Daily Physical Activity ◽  
List Type ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Physical Activity Levels ◽  
The Impact

Educational AimsTo illustrate the common mechanisms limiting exercise tolerance in patients with chronic lung and heart diseaseTo highlight the impact of lung and heart disease on daily physical activity levelsTo outline the effects of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation on functional capacity in patients with chronic lung and heart diseaseTo discuss an innovative tele-rehabilitation intervention using information and communications technologies to improve functional capacity in patients with chronic lung and heart diseaseSummaryShortness of breath associated with cardiorespiratory abnormalities and peripheral muscle discomfort are the major factors that limit exercise capacity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and those with congestive heart failure (CHF). Both of these symptoms negatively impact on patients’ daily physical activity levels. In turn, poor daily physical activity is commonly associated with increased rates of morbidity and mortality. Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programmes partially reverse muscle weakness and dysfunction and increase functional capacity in both COPD and CHF. However, benefits gained from participation in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programmes are regressing soon after the completion of these programmes. Moreover, several barriers limit access and uptake of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation programmes by eligible patients. A potential solution to the underutilisation of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation is the implementation of tele-rehabilitation interventions at home using information and communications technologies. Thus, tele-rehabilitation may be useful to encourage and educate patients with COPD or CHF on how best to maintain and/or further enhance daily physical activity levels.

scholarly journals The Impact of COVID Pandemic Consequences on Public Demand for Competence Formation in Humanitarian Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuri Vsevolodovich Maslov ◽  
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Iryna Sergiivna Pypenko ◽  
Yuriy Borysovych Melnyk ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
The Public ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New Situation ◽  
Public Demand

The COVID pandemic has affected all human activity, most of all education. Lockdowns obliterated traditional teaching. Student attitudes towards educational format and content have also changed. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact of the pandemic consequences on public demand for competence formation in humanitarian education. Gathered through systemic written surveys (Project Tuning methodology) and interviewing the respondents (173 faculty and 322 students), participants to CIES-2020 and PPPMSF-2021 international conferences, the data were systematized, rated and analyzed using the methods of statistical analysis. Consequently, actual public demand for student competences was formulated. Top five choices by the faculty include: 1) ability to adapt to and act in new situation; 2) commitment to safety; 3) ability to search for, process and analyze information; 4) skills in the use of information and communications technologies; 5) ability to evaluate and maintain the quality of work. The student choices differ from faculty prioritizing the abilities: 1) to work autonomously; 2) to design and manage projects; 3) to adapt to and act in new situation; 4) to apply knowledge in practical situations; 5) to work in an international context. The results have shown a statistically significant difference between the public demand prior to the pandemic and after the introduction of social distancing measures. Views of faculty and students on the importance of particular competences have remained divergent, and the specific priorities are changing. One noticeable trend is prioritizing the ability to adapt to new situations by both faculty and students.

The Afterlives of Georges Perec

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Georges Perec ◽  
Electronic Communications ◽  
Art And Design ◽  
Games Studies ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Shed Light

Georges Perec is widely acknowledged as one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. His far-reaching influence has inspired many fields of creativity, extending far beyond literature itself.The Afterlives of Georges Perec examines the impact of Perec’s ideas, writing and analytical experimentation in architecture, art and design, media, electronic communications and computing, and studies of the everyday. It asks: what are the lessons that architects, artists, game-designers and writers can draw from Perec’s fascination with creative constraints? What do his descriptions of the minutiae of everyday life reveal about use of information and communications technologies? What happens if we readLife A User’s Manual as a toolbox of ideas for games studies? How might his fascination with the ‘infra-ordinary’ shed light on the uses of contemporary social media? What insights might Perec’s use of algorithmic writing generate for the digital humanities? Through an examination of such questions, this collection takes Perec scholarship beyond its existing limits to offer new ways of rethinking our present.

scholarly journals The impact of COVID-19 on the hotel supply chain management

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-78
Author(s):  
Vesna Milovanović ◽  
Mihailo Paunović ◽  
Stefan Avramovski
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Size Category ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 virus pandemic appeared to be a low-probability, high-impact event that has caused significant disruptions in supply chains worldwide. The hotel industry has been one of the most severely affected, with all participants in the supply chain suffering from the crisis. This paper aims to analyze if, and to what extent, hotels in the Republic of Serbia have faced difficulties in supply chain management (SCM) due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic, with special reference to the difficulties in introducing information and communications technologies (ICTs) for SCM. Empirical research was conducted in May, 2021 involving managers from 40 hotel companies categorised as 4-and 5-star. The study results reveal that majority of hotel companies have experienced difficulties in SCM and implementation of ICTs for SCM due to the pandemic, while the intensity of difficulties is not found to be correlated with hotel size, category and affiliation.

scholarly journals ICT IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN PORTUGAL. CALL – COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING

2011 ◽  
pp. 153-162
Author(s):  
Maria João Marçalo ◽  
Maria do Céu Fonseca ◽  
Ana Alexandra Silva
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Impact

Este artículo pretende explorar el Aprendizaje de Lenguas Asistido por Ordenador (CALL, Computer-Assisted Language Learning) en Portugal. Para ello, se centrará en el nivel de educación superior. La escasa explotación del CALL en Portugal ha sido ampliamente estudiado en varios informes, por ejemplo, el informe encargado por la UE titulado The Impact of Information and Communications Technologies on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and on the Role of Teachers of Foreign Languages (2002: 5): "The use and employment of ICT in FLT and FLL is far from satisfactory, as ICT resources are traditionally reserved for '(computer) science‘ subjects, and rarely assigned to arts subjects. A general lack of appropriate training of language teachers in meaningful uses of ICT tends to strengthen this trend". Este artículo abordará dichas necesidades centrándose en los resultados de proyectos europeos como POOLS. Analizaremos cuestiones relativas a los materiales en línea que pueden utilizarse para desarrollar contenidos de clases de lengua, hacienda uso de las ventajas del e-Learning.

scholarly journals Community and Inclusion: The Impact of New Communications Technologies

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Komito
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
New Information ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Community Information ◽  
Community Information Systems ◽  
The Impact

Can new information and communications technologies increase citizen participation in civic life and promote community development? Worldwide studies of community information systems demonstrate that new technologies can enhance the effectiveness of activists. However, there has been little evidence that they bring in new participants. This article argues that e-government systems can, if properly designed and implemented, involve citizens who have not previously been active in local community life, and describes an Irish pilot project which has this capacity. The success of such systems depends not only on design issues, but also on the willingness of government to respond to the resulting policy inputs by citizens.

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