Creators Of Technology Research Articles

To Become an Object Among Objects: Generative Artificial “Intelligence,” Writing, and Linguistic White Supremacy

AbstractThis paper critically explores the implications of generative artificial “intelligence” (GAI) technologies for literacy theory and practice through a case study of the author's use of OpenAI's ChatGPT. The study opens with an overview of recent literature surrounding the pedagogical implications of using GAI with a focus on issues of racial justice, outlining an abolitionist political ecology approach to literacy that extends relational theories of mediation to machine‐aided writing. The framework is then applied to data from a cognitive autoethnography of GAI use over a 6‐month period, which included a digital ethnography of ChatGPT and an extended semistructured “interview” with the GAI chatbot. Racial justice issues were found, especially linguistic and other biases. As such, soon‐to‐be ubiquitous artificial intelligence (AI) technologies require profound reconsideration of the productive value of literacy exploited by GAI, which will inevitably be pursued through an acquiescence or fundamental rupture with the dystopian visions of the technology's creators.

Exploring the Intersection of Industry 4.0 and Social Entrepreneurship: A Literature Review and Future Directions

Industry 4.0 has affected several industries through AI, big data and IoT integration into various industries for efficiency in production. Nonetheless, the practice of social entrepreneurship has embraced these innovations less than their conventional counterparts because of such challenges as limited access to capital, qualified personnel, and resources. The purpose of this research is to shed light on the specific opportunities Industry 4.0 technologies can unlock for social entrepreneurship to create more value to address social issues with better solutions. In regard to limitations, the current study limits itself to an analysis of past literature, which confines the study findings to the avenues where tools in Industry 4.0 can be most effective in creating a positive impact alongside the manner in which social entrepreneurs could harness the toolbox provided to them by Industry 4.0 to amplify their positive impact on economies, health care, education and conservation of the environment. The review notes a rising trend in scholarly concerns with Industry 4.0 and its implications on social ventures, this discussion also reveals paucity of scientific information especially where there are deficits of concrete empirical data on experience and where there is lack of actual practice of implementing these advanced technologies in short resource environments. In this paper, authors point out that financial, technological, and policy-type challenges keep being the barriers that social entrepreneurs need to overcome to fully capitalise on these innovations. The study concludes that even though Industry 4.0 holds promises for the operationalisation of social enterprise in developing country settings, lack of structures and technical knowledge in the regions acts a limiting factor. To make Industry 4.0 feasible for organizations across the globe with a focus on those in LMICs, the revolution requires integration between technology creators, policy makers, and social entrepreneurs. Another factor significantly tied to these technologies is the emergence of permissive jurisprudential environments and relevant training curricula to safely apply these technologies in the resolution of the world’s problems. Thus, this study adds to the literature on possible impact of Industry 4.0 on social entrepreneurship and calls for more research on the subject to fill the gap that exists in the literature.

Կայուն առաջնորդությունից մինչև տեխնոլոգիական վերափոխում. եվրոպական և ասիական երկրների տեխնոլոգիական զարգացման դասերը / From Sustainable Leadership to Technological Transformation: Lessons from Technological Development in European and Asian Countries

The paper examines the trajectory of technological development of European and Asian countries. The economic complexity index, along with indicators such as patents securing intellectual property rights registered with both the national patent office and the US Patent and Trademark Office, as well as research and development (R&D) expenditures, have been used to characterize technological development. In terms of economic complexity, many EU countries continue to appear in the world's top ten, but the leading EU nations are gradually ceding their positions in the global top three to certain Asian countries. EU countries do not exhibit homogeneity in their performance. The differences between leading and lagging countries in terms of the studied indicators are significant, albeit decreasing over time. The ratio of public and private R&D expenditures is also different, in general, with the predominance of private expenditures on average. The study shows that European countries have consistently maintained a leading role in technological development, while certain Asian countries have transitioned from being consumers to creators of knowledge and technology in recent decades. Key factors contributing to the technological development of Asian countries include acquiring patents from developed nations, importing technologies, attracting foreign direct investments, and establishing industrial clusters. These factors underscore the pivotal role of the state.

EXPLORING THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE OF TRANS TECHNOLOGY DESIGN

Transgender people face substantial challenges in the world, such as discrimination, harassment, and lack of access to basic resources. Some of these challenges could be addressed to some extent with technology. In this paper I examine the world of trans technology design through interviews with 115 creators of trans technologies: apps, games, health resources, and other types of technology. I demonstrate that trans technology design processes are often deeply personal, and focus on the technology creator’s needs and desires. Thus, trans technology design can be empowering because technology creators have agency to create tools they need to navigate the world. However, in some cases when trans communities are not involved in design processes, this can lead to overly individualistic design that speaks primarily to more privileged trans people’s needs.

Teacher Challenges in Designing the Learning after Curriculum Change: An Analysis of Learning Management System

Curriculum change is an essential educational milestone, which often aims to align the education system with the needs of continuously developing society and global trends. This research aims to identify teachers' challenges in designing learning after curriculum changes. The research design uses quantitative description. The respondents were 214 elementary school teachers in six Central Java, Indonesia cities. An online questionnaire form created using Google Forms is used to collect data. Data was taken using a survey and analyzed descriptively. This instrument consists of 3 (three) parts: (1) teacher challenges regarding curriculum changes, (2) the teacher's ability to design learning, and (3) knowledge and competence about and in using the LMS. The study results show that the biggest challenge for teachers lies in management, experience, and references in implementing the new curriculum, even though their readiness is high. Teachers need supporting facilities like a learning management system (LMS) to help them design lessons and develop learning modules. The majority of teachers are familiar with using LMS, so LMS can be a solution to adapt to teacher challenges. Using LMS to create teaching modules can increase the effectiveness and efficiency of all teacher activities at every level of education. It is hoped that the findings of this research can serve as a guide for educators, researchers, educational technology creators, and governments in exploring and developing new ways to support teachers' work, from planning to assessing learning tools. They can easily upload materials, create assignments and tests, and provide feedback to students.

Teacher Challenges in Designing the Learning after Curriculum Change: An Analysis of Learning Management System

Curriculum change is an essential educational milestone, which often aims to align the education system with the needs of continuously developing society and global trends. This research aims to identify teachers' challenges in designing learning after curriculum changes. The research design uses quantitative description. The respondents were 214 elementary school teachers in six Central Java, Indonesia cities. An online questionnaire form created using Google Forms is used to collect data. Data was taken using a survey and analyzed descriptively. This instrument consists of 3 (three) parts: (1) teacher challenges regarding curriculum changes, (2) the teacher's ability to design learning, and (3) knowledge and competence about and in using the LMS. The study results show that the biggest challenge for teachers lies in management, experience, and references in implementing the new curriculum, even though their readiness is high. Teachers need supporting facilities like a learning management system (LMS) to help them design lessons and develop learning modules. The majority of teachers are familiar with using LMS, so LMS can be a solution to adapt to teacher challenges. Using LMS to create teaching modules can increase the effectiveness and efficiency of all teacher activities at every level of education. It is hoped that the findings of this research can serve as a guide for educators, researchers, educational technology creators, and governments in exploring and developing new ways to support teachers' work, from planning to assessing learning tools. They can easily upload materials, create assignments and tests, and provide feedback to students.

Gymnastics, innovation and technological development: an intellectual property perspective

Intellectual property can be conceptualized as the branch of private law that regulates legal relations directed at intellectual production, particularly the interests of authors, inventors and/or those created in their productions, both in material and moral aspects. The concern of this study is to know whether gymnastics stimulates the production of technology and technological development, to investigate whether this sport goes beyond sporting elements, and to present a new perspective on gymnastics and its social contributions. Following the principles of documentary research, the technique of document analysis was applied to systematize and construct the principles of the present study. Initially, it was necessary to carry out a bibliographical survey to provide theoretical depth on the topic: Intellectual property and gymnastics. Having some results that gymnastics has elements for technological development, being an area of production and technological innovation, in addition to stimulating and attracting the attention of researchers, inventors and technology creators.

Trademark Rights Dispute (Geprek Bensu With I Am Geprek & Singapore Company With Hadi Darsono)

Legal protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) is very important to encourage technological progress. By providing legal protection to writers, technology creators and artists, IPR can inspire people to create more. The research method used is descriptive qualitative research method. This research uses data sources that are written records, namely cases that occur and can be accessed freely on news media pages and so on. The results of this study explain that the settlement of intellectual property rights disputes over the culinary business brand Geprek Bensu with I Am Geprek Bensu based on the Commercial District Court has been decided by decision Number 57/Pdt. Sus. Brand/2019/PN Niaga Jkt Pst. The Supreme Court decided to reject Ruben Onsu's lawsuit and granted the reconception of PT Ayam Geprek Sujono." The judge stated that PT Ayam Geprek Sujono was the legal owner and first user of the name "Bensu" in the I Am Geprek Bensu trademark. Because Ruben Onsu had bad faith and had similarities resembling the brand of PT Ayam Geprek Sujono, the registration certificate with the six names of Geprek Bensu was cancelled. And in the "Lotto" brand dispute, the sanctions or penalties given to the first defendant must be pay the case fines that have been written in the lawsuit.

Expert Validation of a Python Test, Reliability, Difficulty and Discrimination Indices

In recent years, different countries have implemented the teaching of computer programming from the first grade in schools, with the aim of incorporating computational thinking as a new way of thinking that is a necessary skill for scientific and technological development, a fundamental axis for development in the 21st century. Recent reviews of the state of the art have shown that this task is only being carried out by countries that have given space to technology and science, incorporating it at the elementary school level. However, developing countries do not yet consider the significance of the issue, so to date they have not taken the necessary steps in this direction. In addition, learning computer programming is fundamental for countries to join technological development, so that they can be creators of technology and not just users of it. The problem is that there is no didactic development for the teaching of programming, nor validated evaluation instruments to quantify the learning of computer programming. The objective of this research is to validate a programming test that evaluates technical skills in the Python programming language. The instrument proposed to be validated is a 90-item test, which after validation by experts was reduced to 70 items, and after the psychometric analysis that considered the calculation of reliability, difficulty and discrimination indexes, resulted in the proposed 45-item instrument, as a standard instrument for the evaluation of learning in the Python programming language. It should be noted that the validation methodology was carried out using the classical theory of psychometric analysis.

DOCUMENTARY AND ARCHITECTURAL MARKERS OF «LES LIEUX DE MÉMOIRE» OF AEROSPACE SAMARA IN THE ARCHIVE AND ON MEMORIAL SQUARES

The article considers the architectural and urban planning complexes of Samara squares, named after the aircraft designer S.V. Ilyushin and the creator of space technology D.I. Kozlov, as components of «les lieux de mémoire», which include, along with sculptural, technical, museum components, also archival documents. These documents are not only stored in the Russian State Archives in the same city («RGA in Samara»), but they are also presented at its public exhibitions, including virtual ones. Thus, the artistic and emotional impact is combined with the scientific and educational effect, emphasizing the importance of «les lieux de mémoire» in the visible historical and cultural space of the Volga metropolis, which has become the bearer of aviation glory and space power of Russia.

Values in AI: bioethics and the intentions of machines and people

Artificial intelligence has the potential to impose the values of its creators on its users, those affected by it, and society. The intentions of creators as well as investors may not comport with the values of users and broader society. Users also may mean to use a technological device in an illicit or unexpected way. Devices change people's intentions as they are empowered by technology. What people mean to do with the help of technology reflects their choices, preferences, and values. Technology is a disruptor that impacts society as a whole. Without knowing who intends to do what, it is difficult to rely on the creators of technology to choose methods and create products that comport with user and broader societal values. The AI is programmed to accomplish tasks according to chosen values or is doing so through machine learning and deep learning. We assert that AI is quasi-intentional and changes people's intentions. Investors wishing to promote or preserve public health, wellbeing, and wellness should invest in ethical, responsible technology. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations and metrics should include ethical technology, wellness, public health, and societal wellbeing. This paper concludes that the process by which technology creators infuse values should be couched in bioethical and general ethical considerations, reflective of potential multiple intentions, and should entail a willingness and process to adapt the AI after the fact as the circumstances of its use change.

Commentary: the unintended consequences of digital service technologies

PurposeThis commentary puts forth a conceptual framework, referred to as the consumer, organization, government framework of unintended digital technology service failures, that specifies consumer, organizational and governmental shortcomings that result in digital technologies failing in terms of negatively affecting consumer, communal, national and/or global welfare.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conceptualize an original framework by engaging in a literature review regarding marketplace failures associated with digital service technologies.FindingsThe framework shows that three drivers explain why commercial digital technologies often fail. The first driver highlights misuse or criminal intent from individuals. The second involves organizations failing to prevent or to address technology failures. The third pertains to failures that stem from governmental institutions.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors encourage researchers to build on their framework by putting forth research questions. To prevent or lessen opportunities for digital technologies to result in service failures, the authors also offer practitioners a “digital technology service failure audit.” This audit shows how digital technology creators and managers can anticipate and address consumer, organizational and governmental factors that often cause digital service technologies failures.Social implicationsDespite the absence of industry-specific regulations and the existence of some regulatory immunities, digital technology providers have an ethical duty, and may be obligated under applicable tort law principles, to take steps to prevent unintended harm to consumers before launching their service technologies.Originality/valueThis work reveals that digital technologies represent new and different threats to vulnerable consumers, who often rely on, but do not fully understand, these technologies in their everyday living. The framework helps consumers, organizations and government agencies to identify and remedy current and potential instances of harmful digital technologies.

Review of "Equipping technical communicators for social justice work: Theories, methodologies, and pedagogies," by Rebecca Walton & Godwin Y. Agboka; Walton, R., & Agboka, G. Y. (Eds.) (2021). Equipping technical communicators for social justice work: Theories, methodologies, and pedagogies. University Press of Colorado

Historically, the field of technical and professional communication (TPC) has seen its ethical responsibility in a rather narrow way: TPC has been thought to be related only to precisely and correctly transmitting information, and TPC's ethical responsibilities are more related to either technology creators or users, but less so to technical communicators (Dombrowski, 2000). However, in recent years, with the rapid development and application of science and technology, scientific discourse and technical communication have made greater impacts on society and people's lives than ever before. Our discpline has increasingly realized the "complex, active, and creative" (Dombrowski, 2000, p. 3) roles technical communicators can play. Under the influence of modern theorists (Weaver, Burke, Foucault, etc.), we start to think of science itself as a value and ethical system that involves goals, ethical procedures, and decision making, and more importantly, we realize the power of the language we use for scientific and technical communication. Our ethical decisions relating to the genre, language style, layout design, and inclusion/exclusion of certain information influences readers' perceptions of the fact, shaping their knowledges, values, and beliefs of the world. As Dombrowski (2000) puts it: "as our influecne grows, so do our responsiblities" (p. 3). Now it is the right time for technical communicators to realize our expanded roles and responsiblities in doing our work and to embrace the ethical and social justice turn in our field.

Статья — размышления о книге Киры Белостоцкой «Как же мне повезло! Моя жизнь в ОКБ: люди, события» [1

The article is devoted to the multifaceted topic of attitude to labour, which remains relevant for representatives of a number of social sciences and practices due to the extraordinary complexity of the phenomenon of labour itself and the increasing rate of change in the structure of employment. Representatives of the exact sciences also do not ignore this topic. A worthy example is the fascinating book of autobiographical essays by the famous radio engineer and scientist Kira Belostotskaya, Honored Creator and Tester of space technology. In addition to the undoubted literary merits, these are undoubtedly useful for professionals carefully documented observations about labour and work, expressed in a literary, emotionally caring form. About their fullness of meanings associated with a specific job in the outstanding work collective of Experimental design bureau of MPEI, a talented social community and its outstanding persons. This is a cognitively interesting story about the value foundations of highly qualified creative engineering labour, about the choice of “work that matches your soul” and professional growth, behavior at work and effective organizational culture, leadership and personnel policy, about many other things that are important for organizing work with personnel that meet the requirements of the time. The list of problems that form the whole subject of activity of specialists in personnel management would take up too much space. However, even the listed ones allow us to recommend reading the book under discussion to representatives of this demanded profession as a rare opportunity for a broader view of the corresponding labour activity that goes beyond current affairs.

Development Of Learning Videos With Video Cribe Software On Digital Simulation Lessons Class X Tktl 1

In accordance to its essence, the creator of technology is done to facilitate and assist human life activities, such as in the learning process. The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of video learning media in digital simulation subjects. This research resulted in a learning video produk developed with videoscribe software that features hand animation writing or drawing something on the screen, such as the hand of the maker doing it himself, and can help students focus more and not get bored during the teaching and learning process so that the presentation of material can be conveyed to students. The research method applied uses R&D using a 4-D or four D model. The development of this learning video has been validated by media experts with a validity percentage of 80% in the “Eligible” category and from material experts with a 90% validity percentage with the “Very Appropriate” category. “,it is known that the product is in the category of” Appropriate “and can be used by students for learning as well as teachers in the learning process in class.”

Examining the materiality and spatiality of design scaffolds in computational making

As researchers focus more on engaging youth with advanced technologies to build computational skills, there is a need to develop tools that support youth to become creators of digital content rather than consumers of these technologies. Scholars refer to this shift in becoming creators of technology as computational making, which enables new forms of learning and thinking at the intersection of the physical and the digital. The interdisciplinary and multidimensional nature of computational making design processes means learners must negotiate their design idea across space, time, mode, and expertise. In this paper, we draw on multiple iterations of design and implementation work with wearable and locative technologies to investigate the affordances and challenges of design scaffolds in youths’ computational making design processes. We present examples from learning with electronic textiles and locative game design to illustrate the unique problem spaces of materiality and spatiality specific to computational making. Our insights highlight a significant need for sharing scholarship and design work on implementing design scaffolds in computational making contexts toward the collective goal of developing a system of design scaffolds to effectively support learners’ thinking across the interdisciplinary, multimodal problem spaces unique to computational making.

ASSESSING THE AVAILABILITY AND USAGE OF ONLINE RESOURCES AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN PAKISTAN

Purpose of the study: This study aims to shed light on how university students' access to resources, use, and diversity of online resources influence their academic performance and overall learning outcomes across different academic disciplines and institutions.Methodology: A cross-sectional survey approach was used in this quantitative study. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select 450 students from different departments of public and private sector universities in Lahore. A standardized close-ended questionnaire that was electronically delivered was used to collect data. Inferential statistics like chi-square tests or correlation analysis were used to determine statistically significant correlations between the variables.Principal Findings: Results show that university students from various academic areas and institution types have easy access to online resources. The popular categories of online resources were e-books and instructional videos. Several factors influence them, including usability, relevance to coursework, comfort with the platform, and recommendations from teachers and peers. The study shows a favorable association between students' perceived impact of using online resources and their academic achievement (GPA) and learning outcomes (exam scores).Applications of the study: Universities, teachers, politicians, and educational technology creators are just a few of the educational stakeholders. This research has significant ramifications or applications in the academic sector. Universities can better adjust to the changing demands of modern learners by examining the patterns of online resource use among their student body. Educators can create pedagogical strategies that improve student learning.Novelty/Originality of the study: The study results can help create pedagogical strategies that include technological inclusions to advance student learning. To close the digital divide between students from different backgrounds/ individual differences and enable fair access to online resources, policymakers may learn more about the digital infrastructure needed in Pakistan.

KONSEP INFORMATIKA DAN COMPUTATIONAL THINKING DI DALAM KURIKULUM SEKOLAH DASAR, MENENGAH, DAN ATAS

Informatics or computer science is an important subject for school education today. Informatics can be presented as a scientific discipline to understand technology in a way that is more deeply behind computer programs. With the introduction of informatics to schools is to prepare young people to become creators of information technology not just users of information technology. To achieve this, informatics concepts need to be introduced from basic education, high school, and high school. On the other hand, we need to help people solve problems by using technology and developing computational thinking in various fields. This paper presents the role of Indonesia specifically through universities in Indonesia in introducing computational thinking through Bebras Computational Thinking.

The Pandemic Preferred User

As COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, universities acted quickly to move their core business of teaching and research online. Classes shifted to platforms such as Zoom, Webex, Collaborate and Microsoft Teams and teachers and students alike were expected to adapt. And they did. While there has been much discussion of the unpaid labour involved in making this shift and the difficulties inherent in merging work, study and domestic life, there has been little acknowledgement or analysis of inherent notions of the preferred user in this rapid shift to technology. This paper draws on critical disability studies to offer a conceptual and theoretical analysis of a deeply problematic aspect of the rapid move to online education in response to COVID-19: the reliance of notions of the preferred user. The preferred user is simply the type of person technology creators or institutions envision using their product or service. Within critical disability studies the preferred user is often recognised as white, male and able bodied (see Ellcessor, 2017). In other words, the preferred user often excludes people with disability and other forms of disadvantage. Accordingly, in this paper we offer a preliminary overview, conceptualisation, and reflection on students with disability (and by extension other non-preferred users), their experiences and perspectives in relation to what might be described as disabling approaches to online learning, for example synchronous learning, video conferencing. Firstly, we introduce the concept of disability, as it has been redefined in the past two decades, as social, political, cultural, and rights-based – rather than some kind of biomedical condition or charity topic. We also give an overview of universal design for learning to reflect on the importance of adapting learning environments for all students. Secondly, we discuss the disconnect between students, teachers and support staff. From these cases, there are some significant challenges to key questions, such as how we understand students with disability, whose responsibility is it to provide access and support, and is mainstreaming accessible technology always the most appropriate answer? Thirdly, we chart the ways these already existing issues have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the opportunities that have also arisen. For example, accessibility features such as captioning for people with disabilities, or non-preferred users, are actually beneficial to everyone. Finally, while the forced shift to online learning during this pandemic has the ideal potential to accommodate “non-preferred” users, the actual roll out and delivery of online learning is still defaulting to modes that are both difficult and challenging, and in many cases exacerbates existing issues and inequalities. We conclude with suggestions about how a consideration of the non-preferred user might actually be the preferred approach for all.

Acceptance of 5 G technology: Mediation role of Trust and Concentration

Abstract Even though 4 G technology is still under development, many investors are currently working to advance the following type of Internet networks identified as ‘5 G’. The importance of 5 G technology has been demonstrated over the past few years, extended to different activities related to technology acceptance. Therefore, the primary purpose of our study is to assess factors affecting the intention to use 5 G. A new integrated model was developed by incorporating trust and concentration constructs (from Flow Theory) into the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). A total of 518 students were studied in Iran and the USA. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was applied to analyze the research model. The empirical findings support the hypotheses testing the significant influences of perceived ease of use (PEoU) and perceived usefulness (PU) on the intention to use 5G. Moreover, this study provides evidence that trust and concentration mediate the relationships among PEoU, PU, and the intention to use 5 G. Implications from this evidence suggest that 5 G technology should be designed in the way to deliver trustworthy and supportive services. As a result, it can obtain potential users’ trust and concentration as well as enhance public engagement and optimize the implementation of such technologies, thereby maximizing population benefits. Furthermore, the results of this study could aid as a resource for technology creators and offer support to develop marketing strategies based on users’ necessities.