Digital World Research Articles

Connecting Education and Nature: The Benefits of Direct Contact with the Natural Environment for the Holistic Development of Ninth-Grade Students at the Municipal School Prof. Dr. Amaro Fernandes de Oliveira Sobrinho

This study examined the benefits of direct contact with nature for ninth-grade students at Escola Municipal Prof. Dr. Amaro Fernandes de Oliveira Sobrinho. It emphasized hands-on experiences, such as visits to farms, the establishment of vegetable gardens, and the revitalization of existing gardens. These activities were designed to enhance academic learning and promote the holistic development of students. Interaction with the environment provided a deeper understanding of ecosystems and sustainable practices, enabling students to directly engage with concepts such as natural cycles and environmental impacts. In addition to the academic advantages, outdoor experiences have been shown to improve students' emotional well-being by reducing stress and fostering a sense of overall wellness. The activities also cultivated social skills, including communication and collaboration, by involving students in group projects. Immersion in nature contributed to a more collaborative and inclusive atmosphere, while sustainability practices heightened environmental awareness. The findings underscore the importance of integrating natural experiences into the school curriculum to facilitate more meaningful learning and prepare students to become responsible and well-rounded citizens in an increasingly urban and digital world.

Digital Evolution in Education

In the age of technology, “Transformation” gains a new aesthetic. This isn't about being less talented or conforming to old standards. In today's connected, fast-paced, creative world, intelligence, adaptability and creativity are critical to success. Make decisions: Understand analytics, discover trends, and use these analyzes to improve processes, improve user experiences, and predict next-generation trends. This requires constantly acquiring new resources in the digital field, supporting new technologies and mastering latest tools. Promote collaboration and ethics: Everyone deserves to get benefit from technology education. In this digital age, we must ensure justice for everyone, fight injustice and discrimination, and use technology effectively. In the next decade, the key focus will be on the skills needed to solve digital challenges and create technologies that protect people and our planet. This article discusses the nature of these resources as the changing context is required to meet the needs of skilled workers and graduates. We know that situations are different, places are different, and to understand this simplicity we need to explore the digital world with purpose, intelligence and determination. In this study, the digital age, the use of digital education and issues related to digital education are discussed. The purpose of this article is to stimulate research on the importance of digital evolution in education.

Women in the Metaverse and the gender data gap: a cultural approach

The metaverse is an immersive and interconnected technological environment that we are already a part of. We live in a "meta" environment compared to reality, in which the digital world and the analog world continuously intersect in an uninterrupted flow. We are surrounded in our daily lives by digital connections and objects that connect with each other and with the real world, from which they draw data. In the metaverse, whether understood in this broad sense or in a narrow sense, social structures and gender biases are reproduced, with all the elements of intersectionality present in reality, deeply rooted in the socio-cultural context and represented in the data used by algorithmic models. The predominance of men in the fields of study and work in information and communication technologies, where algorithmic models are developed, does not facilitate the overcoming of these problems. The data underlying artificial intelligence and the metaverse reflect the gender biases present in work, education, scientific research, journalism, and many other sectors. However, digital technology, artificial intelligence, and the metaverse can offer opportunities to overcome the gender gap.

COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES AND MEDIA LITERACY IN THE EDUCATIONAL SPACE OF GEORGIA

In the twenty-first century, digital technologies are an integral part of daily life. The technology used has added a whole new dimension to society regarding communication and relationships, learning and cognition, development, and self-realization. Virtual reality has often replaced the real one, making humanity even more dependent on technology. The merits of digital technologies are unlimited access to information, inclusiveness, and availability from anywhere in the world, breaking down cultural, social, and gender barriers, self-realization and development of creative skills, social communication through various multimedia means, promotion of education and science development, and others. At the same time, the technological age has added a whole new dimension to safety in the form of suicidal online challenges, cyberbullying, and other threats that the younger generation may face as they enter adulthood. The older generation has the responsibility to protect them in the digital environment and ensure a safe digital life. Therefore, it is a priority for the education system to develop the digital awareness of young people and prepare the young generation to deal with the challenges in the digital world. This preparation is necessary for living in both the real and virtual worlds. The paper examines the current situation and peculiarities of using modern computer technologies, digital citizenship, and media literacy in Georgia's general education space and determines the possibilities for improving it.

HiSC4D: Human-Centered Interaction and 4D Scene Capture in Large-Scale Space Using Wearable IMUs and LiDAR.

We introduce HiSC4D, a novel Human-centered interaction and 4D Scene Capture method, aimed at accurately and efficiently creating a dynamic digital world, containing large-scale indoor-outdoor scenes, diverse human motions, rich human-human interactions, and human-environment interactions. By utilizing body-mounted IMUs and a head-mounted LiDAR, HiSC4D can capture egocentric human motions in unconstrained space without the need for external devices and pre-built maps. This affords great flexibility and accessibility for human-centered interaction and 4D scene capturing in various environments. Taking into account that IMUs can capture human spatially unrestricted poses but are prone to drifting for long-period using, and while LiDAR is stable for global localization but rough for local positions and orientations, HiSC4D employs a joint optimization method, harmonizing all sensors and utilizing environment cues, yielding promising results for long-term capture in large scenes. To promote research of egocentric human interaction in large scenes and facilitate downstream tasks, we also present a dataset, containing 8 sequences in 4 large scenes (200 to 5,000 m2 ), providing 36k frames of accurate 4D human motions with SMPL annotations and dynamic scenes, 31k frames of cropped human point clouds, and scene mesh of the environment. A variety of scenarios, such as the basketball gym and commercial street, alongside challenging human motions, such as daily greeting, one-on-one basketball playing, and tour guiding, demonstrate the effectiveness and the generalization ability of HiSC4D. The dataset and code will be publicly available for research purposes.

KEGIATAN MASA PENGENALAN LINGKUNGAN SEKOLAH DENGAN PENDEKATAN SOFT SKILL DALAM MENGEMBANGAN KETERAMPILAN DAN EMOSIONAL SISWA BARU DI SD NEGERI KADUBERUK CIOMAS – KAB. SERANG

Computer training in Cibadak Village aims to improve students' technological skills in hardware, applications, and creativity. The training was held to prepare students for the challenges of the digital era by providing them with relevant and practical capabilities. The training method involved both practical and theoretical approaches, which included hands-on sessions for hardware assembly and maintenance, the use of various productivity and creative applications, and projects that encourage innovation. The results of the training showed significant success in three key areas. First, students demonstrated improved proficiency in handling computer hardware, including basic skills in assembly and troubleshooting. Second, application training helped students master software such as word processing, worksheets, graphic design and basic programming tools. Third, students' creativity thrives through technology-based projects that encourage them to create innovative solutions, such as video creation, animation, and simple application development. In conclusion, the computer training in Cibadak Village successfully improved students' technical and creative skills, demonstrating the importance of integrating technology education in the school curriculum to prepare the younger generation for the digital world.

PENDAMPINGAN PENGGUNAAN KOMPUTER ANAK DI DESA CIBADAK KECAMATAN CIBADAK KABUPATEN LEBAK-BANTEN

Computer training in Cibadak Village aims to improve students' technological skills in hardware, applications, and creativity. The training was held to prepare students for the challenges of the digital era by providing them with relevant and practical capabilities. The training method involved both practical and theoretical approaches, which included hands-on sessions for hardware assembly and maintenance, the use of various productivity and creative applications, and projects that encourage innovation. The results of the training showed significant success in three key areas. First, students demonstrated improved proficiency in handling computer hardware, including basic skills in assembly and troubleshooting. Second, application training helped students master software such as word processing, worksheets, graphic design and basic programming tools. Third, students' creativity thrives through technology-based projects that encourage them to create innovative solutions, such as video creation, animation, and simple application development. In conclusion, the computer training in Cibadak Village successfully improved students' technical and creative skills, demonstrating the importance of integrating technology education in the school curriculum to prepare the younger generation for the digital world.

Meet Me in the Middle: Evaluating Middle Power Cyber Doctrine and Strategic Culture Through the Cases of Canada and Australia

The global expansion in reliance on information and communication technologies has thrust the digital world of cyberspace into the forefront of strategic security discourse. Meanwhile, the responsibilities, capabilities, and strategic interests of middle powers have been fraught with ambiguity and debate in international relations literature. While existing studies examine how the cyberspace domain has become an increasingly competitive arena for geopolitics and strategic competition between and among great powers, there remains a dearth of literature evaluating cyberspace objectives and behaviour for middle powers. This paper aims to fill this gap, drawing on prior frameworks of analysis used for great power cyber studies, alongside extant middle power literature, to employ the theoretical lens of strategic culture toward evaluating the unique behaviour of middle powers in cyberspace. This paper thus suggests that cyberspace presents scholars with an outlet to further examine and define middle powers in the international realm, as well as middle powers with opportunities to assert and potentially expand their position in the global order, while protecting and promoting their distinct interests. This paper also incorporates a synthesis of quantitative and qualitative cyber data, and the deployment of a Most Similar Systems Design to assess two middle power case studies: Canada and Australia. The findings help to challenge and refine our understanding of what roles, capabilities and objectives define middle power behaviour in cyberspace, as well as provide insight into the implications that the rise of cyber operations and security considerations might have for Canadian and Australian grand strategy, and middle power strategic culture more generally. Ultimately, this study serves to refine past theoretical assumptions in the context of a novel and expanding domain for statecraft and competition, and identify a foundation from which the principles of a more coherent and effective cyber doctrine for middle powers might be pursued.

The Necessity of Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on Electronic Transactions

The technological revolution, fueled by the sweeping changes of the information age, has profoundly impacted all spheres of life. This transformation has revolutionized the realms of inventions and communications, setting the stage for the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI has evolved into a formidable force that rivals human intellect, increasingly becoming a focal point of research aimed at integrating it across all aspects of daily life. Its capacity to address individual needs and provide tailored solutions has made it an indispensable tool in today’s digital world. This rapid scientific progression and the burgeoning interest in AI have established it as a critical necessity, offering significant benefits in various fields. These advancements have transformed traditional, human-controlled mechanisms into intelligent systems that emulate human reasoning and decision-making processes. This shift is particularly evident in the realm of electronic transactions, where AI has played a pivotal role in advancing these technologies and has been instrumental in the development of smart electronic contracts.

The Cloud Security Revolution: Unlocking the Potential of AI and Machine Learning to Stay Ahead of Threats

As we navigate the digital world, cybersecurity has become a top priority. With each technological advancement, new vulnerabilities emerge, making robust defenses essential. The fusion of machine learning and artificial intelligence has become a game-changer in the fight against cyber threats. This paper delves into the latest applications of these technologies in network security, shedding light on their critical roles in addressing pressing concerns and identifying areas for further exploration. We also examine the ethical and legal implications of implementing these technologies. Our research highlights current challenges and open questions, with a focus on recent breakthroughs in network security leveraging AI and ML. The findings are promising, suggesting that further innovation in integrating AI and ML into network security frameworks holds significant potential. Exciting applications include bolstering network security, detecting malware, and responding to intrusions. Interestingly, while 45% of organizations recognize the need to adopt these technologies, half have already done so, while 5% remain hesitant.

Review Heitner’s Growing up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World

Review Heitner’s Growing up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World

Scope of Yoga Education in Promoting ‘21st Century Skills’ of the Digital Natives: An Overview

The pattern of social life of the adolescent has completely altered with the onslaught of digital media; truly they are digital natives nurtured in a unique period of an unprecedented influx of technology. Teens are usually have inadequate ability for self-regulation and are fragile and vulnerable to peer pressure and indulgence to any kind of adventure and experimentations with social media may be lethal for them. Adolescents exposed heavily in digital world are less competent in formal socialization as evident by latest research. In this era of digitalization, Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is a dragging attention of educationist to mitigate negative impact of such digital dumping and to inculcate core social and emotional competencies. An ancient scientific way of life practiced in India which is combinations of practice of specific postures, breathing regulation, and meditation is yoga, which have been shown its efficacy in improving in cognitive performance in executive function and also in socio emotional adjustment. Broadly Desk Review Method has been adopted. Collection & analysis of the data collected by other researchers and as published in the journal of Repute has been considered. In the context of school education, the curriculum agreed to accommodate yoga as it could contribute to the physical, social, emotional and mental development of a child (NCF, 2005). The theoretical idea of Yoga are organized from experiences. Therefore, the need of the time is to device a frame work which can relate the theoretical construct of Yoga with learning objectives of ‘21st Century skills’ also referred to as ‘Transversal competencies’. This overview the scope of yoga education in the current approaches of the social cognitive principle of “Transversal competencies” in reference to digital generation.

A comprehensive investigation into robust malware detection with explainable AI

In today’s digital world, malware poses a serious threat to security and privacy by stealing sensitive data and disrupting computer systems. Traditional signature-based detection methods have become inefficient and time-consuming. However, data-driven AI techniques, particularly machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL), have shown effectiveness in detecting malware by analyzing behavioral characteristics. Despite their promising performance, the black-box nature of these models requires improved explainability to facilitate their adoption in real-world applications. This can complicate the ability of cybersecurity experts to evaluate the model’s reliability. In this work, Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) is employed to comprehend and evaluate the decisions made by machine learning models in the detection of malware on Android devices. To evaluate malware detection, experiments were conducted using CICMalDroid dataset by applying ML models like Logistic Regression and several tree algorithms. An overall 94% F1-score was achieved, and interpretable explanations for model decisions were provided, highlighting more critical features that contributed to accurate classifications. It was found that employing XAI techniques can provide valuable insights for malware analysis researchers, enhancing their understanding of the operations of the ML model, rather than solely focusing on improving accuracy.

From news disengagement to fake news engagement: Examining the role of news-finds-me perceptions in vulnerability to fake news through third-person perception

Despite the wealth of literature vested in the association between social media use and vulnerability to fake news, it remains underexplored how and what kinds of social media usage contribute to fake news susceptibility. To fill this research gap, we draw upon the emergent scholarship of News-Finds-Me and propose a new conceptual model to examine fake news vulnerability and engagement in digital worlds. Drawing upon an online national sample in the US (N = 1014), results corroborated the prevalence of the News-Finds-Me perception, a social media-derived news attainment pattern that propels users to misconceive knowledgeability, over-depend on intimate peers and algorithms, and disengage from active news learning. Furthermore, evidence showed that News-Finds-Me perceptions make individuals more likely to believe and share fake news by creating a biased mentality that one is fake-news-proof while others are fake-news-impressionable. Such an asymmetric cognitive fallacy is called Third-Person Perception in literature. Our findings elucidate that the widely noted social media empowerment hypothesis might be double-sided. While social media can facilitate the dissemination and diversification of knowledge, they may also foster a sense of illusioned knowledgeability and overconfidence. This, in turn, could impede users from being adequately informed.

Psychological Balances in the Digital World: Dynamic Relationships Among Social Media Addiction, Depression, Anxiety, Academic Self-Efficacy, General Belongingness, and Life Satisfaction.

In the present era, the rapidly growing social media trends of the digital age have the potential to affect the psychological well-being of individuals. In this context, understanding how Social Media Addiction (SMA) interacts with various factors is important to understanding its potential impact on individuals' psychosocial health. In particular, the prevalence of SMA and its strong relationship with important variables such as anxiety, depression, stress, academic self-efficacy, general belongingness, and life satisfaction have received considerable attention from researchers and the society. This research aims to address the relationship between SMA and these variables in a holistic manner. The research further explored the relationship between life satisfaction and depression, anxiety, academic self-efficacy, and general belongingness. The research is based on a study conducted with 616 students (388 female and 228 male; 17-32 age range) at a state university in the Southeast of Turkey. Personal information form, Smartphone Addiction Scale, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, Academic Self-Efficacy Scale, General Belongingness Scale, and Life Satisfaction Scale were used as data collection tools. Using a structural equation modeling approach, the research not only examined the significant relationships but also examined the mediating and moderating effects in more detail. According to the research results, SMA significantly affects academic self-efficacy, general belongingness, depression, stress and anxiety. Academic self-efficacy and general belongingness both impact life satisfaction. However, SMA does not have a significant effect on life satisfaction. Moreover, it is revealed general belongingness play effective roles in the relationship between SMA and life satisfaction. As a result of the research, it was revealed that gender plays a moderating role in the relationship between SMA and life satisfaction. It has been observed that gender has a moderating role in the relationships between academic self-efficacy, general belongingness, depression, anxiety and stress and life satisfaction. Conversely, there is no moderating influence of gender on the impact of SMA on academic self-efficacy, general belongingness, depression, anxiety, or stress. Consequently, the relationships between SMA and other variables play an important role in understanding their effects on individuals' mental health.

Turning crisis into opportunity: the emergence of cyber risk takaful in the digital world

Turning crisis into opportunity: the emergence of cyber risk takaful in the digital world

Digital Marketing and Consumer Behavior: Shanker Dev Campus Youth Perception

The objective of this research was to access the digital marketing landscape from students of SDC. The factor that were taken to consideration for this study were convenience, time saving, website design, motivation, cost , security/trust, communication, social media. This study finds that the emergence of digital marketing is at its peak in current business world. Thus, it is important for organizations to understand the importance of digital marketing from various perspectives to sustain in today’s digital world. The outcomes of the study reflect that the digital platform such as facebook, instagram, snapchat, tiktok and so on has a great influence in attracting customers through their online advertisement. This has made easier for the customer to find and compare all the relevant information about the product they want to purchase. And they find it more convenient and time saving to make online purchase. It has been observed through the study that customers tend to shop more through online platforms during sales, offers and festive seasons.

Digital Literacy as an Indicator of Adolescent Mental Health and Implementation for the Role of School Counselor: A Systematic Literature Review

The impact of problematic social media leads to mental health tendencies experienced by teenagers. One of the skills that teenagers are pioneering in using social media is digital literacy skills. The tendency for low levels of digital literacy among teenagers is very likely to be correlated with the mental health conditions of teenagers. This research aims to describe the correlation of digital literacy as an indicator of adolescent mental health and how role of school counselors. This research method is a systematic literature review with the search keywords "digital literacy"; "adolescent mental health"; "digital literacy and mental health" on the ScienceDirect, Sage, Taylor and Francis platforms. The results of the identification resulted in 14 articles which were studied in depth and resulted in the finding that digital literacy skills contributed to the mental health conditions of teenagers. Digital literacy is a link between teenagers and the digital world which will have an impact on mental health. Implementation of prevention and intervention is carried out by school counselors to prevent the impact of adolescent mental health problems.

La cultura informática en la enseñanza-aprendizaje del inglés

This review article aims to analyze the impact of computer culture on the teaching and learning process of the English language. The methodology used included the systematic review of previous studies that explored the integration of computer technology in the English classroom, as well as the analysis of pedagogical approaches and technological tools used. The results revealed that incorporating computer culture in English teaching can improve variables like motivation, active participation, and the development of communication skills. Furthermore, it was observed that digital technologies offer opportunities for the individualization of learning and the creation of more interactive and dynamic educational environments. In conclusion, the importance of continuing to investigate and promote the strategic use of computer culture in the teaching of English is highlighted, with the aim of enhancing the quality and effectiveness of education in an increasingly digitalized world.

Efficacy of continuous employee learning and development in the South African public service between 2014 to 2023 era

Modern technologies have intensified innovations and necessitated changes in public service processes and operations. Continuous employee learning development (CELD) is one means of the molecule-atom that keep employees motivated and sustain competitiveness. The study explored the efficacy of CELD in relation to modern technology in the South African (SA) public service departments between 2014 to 2023 era. Departments are faced with challenge of equipping their employees with adequate professional and technical skills for both the present and the future in order to deliver specific government priorities. Data for the study were gathered utilizing a qualitative semi-structured e-questionnaire. The study sample consisted of 677 human capital development practitioners from national and provincial government departments in SA. The inefficacy CELD and the inadequacy of technological infrastructure and service delivery can be attributed to the failure by executive management and senior managers to invest in CELD to prepare employees for digital world. It is recommended that departments should use Ruggles’s knowledge management, Kirkpatrick’s training, and Becker and Schultz’s human capital models as sound measurement tools in order to gain a true return on investment. The study adds pragmatic insight into the value of CELD in the new technological environment in public service departments.