ICT Development Research Articles

AI: social perception and the states policy

The specificity of advanced technologies constitutes a transformation challenge in terms of the conditions of social development and influence on state policies. In the last few years, this process has been seen as a consequence of the development of artificial intelligence – a general-purpose digital technology. Due to its complexity, the AI technology has enormous potential for social change, which raises both deepening hopes and fears. AI also influences the policies of countries, which for its development use both the current achievements in the development of ICT (information and communication technology), as well as the demographic potential and accumulated digital data resources, the diversity of the political system and the dominant importance of their own digital sector with international influence. It can be considered that those countries that have been successful as digital powers are taking on the role of AI superpowers with greater freedom and innovation. At the same time, there is a rapid increase in the number of countries that aspire to become AI leaders and those that treat artificial intelligence technology as an opportunity to improve their international position. Public perception is a factor supporting the adoption and implementation of national development strategies and legal regulations for AI. It reveals social fears and hopes associated with the technology in question, influencing the views of both politicians and citizens.

Possibilities and methods of using distance learning applications in school practice

The article presents the possibilities and methods of using applications supporting distance learning. The issues focus on the main others in addition to ICT in the field of didactics of early childhood and preschool education. Part one is a market overview of the children’s ICT development market. Based on parts of the study, solutions were developed which, in the opinion of experts (taking into account age and developmental possibilities), can mostly be used in the first educational age. The last of the main parts of the article, conclusions and recommendations for teachers in the field of comprehensive use of ICT in the educational process.

Building a digital care and support plan: research as a starting point. A session for policymakers.

In 2018, the idea arose of building a digital care and support plan for primary care. The research on life goals and care goals during the COVID years allowed us to clarify informed choices in the ICT specifications and digital development can start in 2023.
 The reform of the primary care in Flanders envisioned a digital capstone. Therefore, a business analysis for a digital care and support plan was prepared in 2018. This digital care plan should:
 * facilitate goal-oriented and integrated care, 
 * give individuals with care and support needs control over their care planning, and 
 * allow care providers to collaborate interdisciplinary and coordinate their care within the care team. 
 The scope and associated resources were largely lacking at that time, and the subsequent COVID crisis prevented the project from even starting at all. 
 We used this pause to engage academia. We asked them what goal-oriented care might look like in practice: 
 * How do you integrate life goals into care planning? 
 * Can you create links between life goals and care goals?
 * In what ways can you link care goals to existing care scales? 
 The researchers' recommendations to these questions, gave us a clearer view of the possibilities and scope of our project. This information helped us to:
 * Write a clearer ICT specification
 * Clearly define the functional requirements
 * Propose an evidence-based approach to stakeholders
 * Prioritize the different digital modules to be developed
 * Engaging academics in a technical debate
 Do not underestimate the impact of sound research. Do not rush into an ICT project without fundamentally questioning the content and scope of the project. Consult academics who will work out the concepts in a research context with people in the field. Then build on this input.
 The inputs from the research questions are currently being used as a starting point for the digital modules on life goals and care goals. These modules are now being further refined with stakeholders and will serve as a starting point for ICT development this year.

Impact of ICT Sector Research and De velopment Expenditure on the Market Capitalization in the US, the EU and China

Purpose: Due to the growing global role of enterprises from the information and communication technology sector from the leading regions of the USA, EU and China in the industry, the author’s research goal was to try to identify factors influencing the value of listed enterprises understood as its stock exchange capitalization. For the purpose, research was carried out on the impact of a group of twenty-six variables on the company’s market capitalization, among which the most important conclusions concern the impact of seven variables, i.e. revenues, research and development expenses, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), total equity, total assets, total revenues and dividend rate. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study used research methods in the form of a random effects model and a fixed effects model, and then used the Hausmann test to verify which of the models is better suited to establishing the relationship between the selected independent variables and the dependent variable in the form of the stock market capitalization of companies from the ICT sector. Findings: It was found that the impact of equity or the level of revenues on market capitalization is much smaller than in the case of research and development expenses and that the issue of depreciation of assets is an important factor in the market valuation of enterprises from the ICT sector. Additionally, the level of assets and equity has, although limited, impact on the market valuation of the company, regardless of the region in which an entity operates. Revenues are important from a regionalization perspective – company’s market capitalization is the largest in the case of the ICT services subsector in China. There is no similar relationship among manufacturers of ICT devices operating in all three regions. Research limitations/Implications: Due to the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic and the global economic slowdown are important factors affecting the ICT sector, further research on the value of ICT enterprises should take the aspects into account.

Blended Librarianship as a Fulcrum for Librarians’ Relevance in a Developing Country

The paper examined the emergence and important role of blended librarianship as a fulcrum of relevance for librarians in Nigerian universities. It x-rayed the global trends in blended librarianship vis-à-vis the Nigerian situation. Furthermore, the study considered perceived challenges libraries may be confronted with in deploying relevant ICT infrastructure geared towards transitioning from traditional to hybrid services provision for the successful implementation of blended librarianship. The paper recommended the design and implementation of an appropriate framework for the development of ICTs in Nigerian universities, urgency in the acquisition of new skill sets by academic librarians in Nigeria, while also calling on relevant stakeholders to review the current curricula of Nigerian library schools to reflect current realities in the work place.

Exploring the Information-seeking Behaviour of Students at the Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, who Use Mobile Technologies to Access Information

The advent and development of ICTs brought about changes that influence users’ information-seeking by using mobile devices. This article contains a report from a doctoral thesis on a qualitative phenomenological study that explored the use of mobile devices by undergraduate students at the Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, to seek academic-related information. A semi-structured interview schedule was employed to collect data from 21 students from years 2, 3 and 4. Owing to certain features of mobile devices, the findings suggested that mobile devices influenced the students’ information-seeking behaviour. The features that influenced the use of mobile technologies for information-seeking purposes included affordability, ease of use, portability, and convenience. However, features such as screen size and unstable networks negatively affected the use of mobile devices for information-seeking purposes. In turn, some user-related characteristics, such as a lack of information literacy skills and a lack of knowledge on how to use mobile technologies, seemed to affect the students’ willingness to use mobile technologies for information-seeking purposes.

Differences in Screen Addiction in the Past 15 Years.

The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has become widespread in recent years, leading to an increase in addiction cases. A total of 118 patients who attended the Behavioral Addictions Unit of Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa (Barcelona, Spain) between October 2005 and December 2021 were included in the study. The sample was divided into three groups according to the time period in which they started treatment: between 2005 and 2010 (before the rise in new technologies, named the pre-ICT period), between 2011 and 2019 (a time of major ICT development, named the ICT period) and between 2020 and 2021 (with massive use of the internet due to effects of the pandemic, named the COVID-19 period). We found an increase in the incidence of screen addiction cases related to the development of technology throughout the study years, and this increase was accentuated during the COVID-19 period. This increase was not equal for all types of content consumed via the internet, with patients with video game addiction increasing to a greater extent than patients with internet/social network addiction. In addition, patients with video game addiction were younger and had started gaming at a younger age than those with internet/social network addiction. These results contribute to a better understanding of the phenomenon of technology addiction and to the design of appropriate treatment protocols and preventive programs.

Effect of Exchange Rates and Information and Communication Technology on Indonesia’s Economic Growth

Foreign exchange rates as well as information and communication technology (ICT) are crucial in the global economy. Exchange rates affect trade balance, which influences gross domestic product (GDP) and economic growth. ICT also affects economic growth by reducing business transaction costs and increasing the income of investors and companies, stimulating national income and economic growth. This research examines the effect of exchange rate asymmetry and ICT on Indonesian economic growth, using annual time-series data on exchange rates, ICT usage (proxied by Internet, telephone, and mobile phone users), and economic growth (GDP from 1994 to 2018). The data were analyzed using a non-linear auto-regressive distributed lag model. The results show that the exchange rate exerts an asymmetric effect on long-term economic growth. ICT has short- and long-term positive effects on economic growth. According to the findings, the Indonesian government should stabilize the IDR/USD exchange rate through monetary policies to encourage economic growth. Monetary policy needs also to support IDR/USD exchange rate appreciation to enhance the trade balance, GDP, and economic growth. The economic growth of Indonesia, which is driven by ICT development, still needs to be sustained by the government initiating ICT development in cities and rural areas.

Literasi, Numerasi, dan Adaptasi Teknologi Bagi Guru Sekolah Dasar

The development of ICT has an impact on the education sector. In Indonesia itself, the development of ICT is not balanced with literacy and numeracy skills. There needs to be follow-up on the low literacy and numeracy skills of students. Follow-up should not only focus on student abilities, but should also be teacher-centered. PGSD Study Program, STKIP Kusuma Negara, through the Field Work Lecture (KKL) course, implements the tri dharma of higher education, namely Community Service (PKM) in the form of a national webinar with the theme My Teacher, My Hero - Literacy and Numeracy in the Digital Era for Elementary School Teachers. PKM implementation goes through 3 stages, namely pre-preparation, implementation and post-implementation stages. The training was conducted with 2 resource persons and attended by 268 participants who were elementary school teachers and students from all over Indonesia.

동시대 명품 브랜드 패션쇼의 혼종적 표현 연구

In contemporary luxury fashion shows, various artistic experiments are implemented to express a brand's identity and philosophy. Therefore, as a cultural phenomenon, the study of fashion show spaces requires an understanding of their aesthetic context. The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics and significance of hybridity in luxury brands’ fashion show. After clarifying the concept of hybridity as a prominent feature of postmodern culture where boundaries are blurred and outlining developments in transportation and ICT, we identify three hybrid characteristics of 21st-century fashion shows: hybridity of time and space, of cultures and arts, and of nature, human and machine (media). Accordingly, we analyze how Chanel and Gucci’s recent shows experiment with and converge artistic, cultural codes and media effects, strengthening brand image: Chanel as representing modern elegance and sophistication, and Gucci as aligned with subculture. This study thus reveals how hybridity has become an important artistic strategy for luxury brands in order to provide an unfamiliar experience to the audience, while reflecting contemporary social issues and expressing brand values and identity.

Fuzzy Geographically Weighted Clustering Method for Grouping Provinces in Indonesia Based on Welfare Indicators Aspects of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

The welfare of the people is a task and goal that must be realized by the Republic of Indonesia. To find out the condition of the welfare of the Indonesian people, it can be seen from 8 areas of Indonesia's welfare indicators. Indicators The welfare of the Indonesian people is undergoing a digital transformation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in 2021. However, there was a gap in ICT development due to geographical conditions and the distribution and dynamics of each region's society. Cluster analysis is a solution for target setting for better future decisions. Fuzzy Geographically Weighted Clustering (FGWC) is one of the cluster methods with fuzzy logic that considers geographical and population elements in grouping targets. The results of the research resulted in 3 optimum clusters with different characteristics of each cluster based on indicators of ICT aspects of people's welfare. Cluster 1 has a low status of ICT indicators of people's welfare and is located in the middle or at the end of the island, provinces from cluster 2 have a medium status of ICT indicators of people's welfare with a medium area, while cluster 3 has a high status of ICT indicators of people's welfare with a large area or dense populations.

E-MODULE DEVELOPMENT IN ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS COURSES BASED ON PROJECT LEARNING

The lack of maximum learning motivation has a direct impact on student lecture out-comes. The provision of teaching modules needs to be adjusted to ICT developments in order to provide more meaningful lectures. This development research aims to produce e-modules based on project learning (PjBL) in electrical circuit courses that are valid, practi-cal and have a positive impact on student learning outcomes. This research is development research using the ADDIE model with five stages: analysis, design, development, imple-mentation, and evaluation. The subjects of this study consisted of 2 material, media, lan-guage experts, 38 semester 2 students, and 2 course lecturers. Data was collected through questionnaires and tests. The research instruments included validity and practicality ques-tionnaire sheets, as well as tests of electrical circuit lecture results. The results of the re-search show that the E-module developed has a validity level from media experts of 90.00% with a Very Valid classification, a validity level from language experts of 86.00% with a Very Valid classification, and a validity level from material experts of 92.00 % with Very Valid classification. This PjBL-based e-module also has a level of practicality in terms of the student aspect of 88.14%, including in the "Very Practical" category, a level of practicality in terms of the lecturer's aspect of 82.60%, including in the "Very Practical" category and is effective in improving results Electric circuit lecture.

ICT and rural development in the global south. By Willemvan Eekelen, 1st edn, Routledge, London, 2023, p. 226.

ICT and rural development in the global south. By Willemvan Eekelen, 1st edn, Routledge, London, 2023, p. 226.

Financial inclusion, environmental degradation, and the moderating role of ICT: a global perspective.

This study aims to investigate the global perspective on the relationship between financial inclusion and environmental degradation, taking into account the potential moderating role of information and communication technology (ICT). The research utilizes panel data from 131 countries, covering the period of 1995 to 2019. The findings show that financial inclusion has significant and positive impact on carbon emissions, implying that as financial inclusion increases, so do carbon emissions. Moreover, our findings reveal a significant negative moderating effect of the ICT on the relationship between financial inclusion and carbon emissions. This implies that the impact of financial inclusion on carbon emissions is contingent upon the level of ICT development. The robustness of these findings is confirmed through the use of alternative proxies for the explanatory and moderating variables, as well as alternative estimation methods. The outcomes of this study carry significant implications for both policy and practice.

Identifying the roles of governance, ICT, and financial development to facilitate renewable energy generation in BRICS countries

Identifying the roles of governance, ICT, and financial development to facilitate renewable energy generation in BRICS countries

Sustainability in the metallic minerals industry: The imperative for carbon accounting - insights from firm-level analysis in China

This paper presents an in-depth exploration of critical factors influencing sustainability within China's metallic resource mining sector, examining 100 publicly listed companies within the sector on China's stock exchanges. Using the CS-ARDL technique, the study finds that carbon accounting positively impacts energy expenditure reduction by enhancing transparency on pollution, optimizing resource efficiency, incentivizing energy-efficient technology adoption, and improving market access. Additionally, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development significantly lowers energy costs in both the short (0.26%) and long term (0.48%) by enabling real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, automation, and data-driven decision-making. Crucially, Research and Development (R&D) investments reduce energy expenses, with a 1% increase resulting in a 0.16% short-term and 0.36% long-term reduction. Enhanced stock prices correlate with increased energy expenditure, and boosting employment efficiency reduces energy costs. These findings underscore the importance of ICT development, innovation, and comprehensive policy measures in advancing sustainability within China's metallic resource mining companies, aligning with evolving sustainability goals.

Impact of ICT development on bilateral intermediate input trade: Considering cross-country heterogeneity

ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on bilateral trade flows, focusing on intermediate inputs across 161 countries from 1990 to 2016. We utilize the Eora global supply chain input-output tables to distinguish trade in intermediate inputs from gross trade. By adopting the Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood (PPML) estimator, we find that ICT promotes bilateral and intermediate input trade by lowering trade costs. Notably, the similarity in ICT development between home and host countries is positively associated with bilateral intermediate input trade. Furthermore, the positive effects of ICT on bilateral intermediate input trade are stronger in labor-abundant countries than in capital-abundant countries. We also find that the positive relationship becomes more significant in low-income countries than in high-income ones. Labor-abundant and low-income countries are expected to experience an increase in intermediate input trade through ICT development.

Pengaruh Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi terhadap Produk Domestik Regional Bruto Indonesia

The urgency of ICT development and interconnectivity among regions has recently gained attention. This research aims to mediate and assess the progress of ICT by analyzing factors that can impact the economy. Consequently, it can be observed how ICT influences the economy of each Indonesian province. This study is conducted to contribute and enrich empirical studies on Regional Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and its influencing factors. It provides insights for policymakers, especially the central and local governments, in stimulating regional economies and gaining a different perspective on ICT and its impact on GDP. However, to capture the indirect effects of development on the economy, a lag of one year is applied to each variable. The data period for the GDP variable is limited to 2017-2021, while for other variables, it is 2016-2020, aligning with the research objective of examining the economic development overview. These data are then processed using panel data regression. Based on descriptive and statistical analysis, it can be concluded that the percentage of the population aged 5 and above accessing the internet has a significant contribution to the economy as depicted by GDP. However, there are other more significant factors contributing to Indonesia's GDP.
 

Utilizing the resources efficiency: Evidence from the impacts of media industry and digitalization

This study explores the intricate link between media, cultural industries, and mineral resource efficiency in ten major global CO2 emitters from 2000 to 2020, using the CS-ARDL technique. Key findings indicate that the culture and media sector's value addition positively impacts mineral resource efficiency, particularly in the long term, underscoring the need for sustained efforts in this sector. Financial development shows a positive correlation with mineral resource efficiency, with a 1% increase corresponding to about 0.36% and 0.41% increases in short- and long-term mineral resource efficiency, respectively. Poverty ratios are negatively correlated with mineral resource efficiency, highlighting the importance of addressing poverty to indirectly enhance resource efficiency. The study also demonstrates a positive relationship between ICT development and resource efficiency, showcasing digitalization's role in optimizing resource utilization. Good governance and patent applications are positively linked to mineral resource efficiency, emphasizing transparent governance frameworks and innovation. Policy recommendations for major CO2 emitters include leveraging media for sustainability awareness, poverty alleviation, ICT diffusion, fostering green finance growth, and supporting green patent development.

Complex patterns of ICTs' effect on sustainable development at the national level: The triple bottom line perspective

Building upon the complexity theory, we explore the interaction effects of the development of key digital information and communication technologies (ICTs) at the national level on a country's sustainability performance. By the means of the fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis on a sample of 77 countries, we show that 1) a country's ICT profile matters for national sustainability performance, not a single ICT element; 2) national sustainability performance is not (only) about the level of ICT development of a country, but about composition and a quality of its ICT profile; 3) there are multiple distinctive ICT profiles that may lead to high or low sustainability performance (social, economic or environmental) at the national level; and 4) environmental sustainability may have conflicting ICT-related antecedents in comparison to social and economic sustainability. These results offer two primary contributions to research focused on the role of ICTs in supporting (or deterring) sustainable development. First, moving away from simplified perspective of a country's ICT development by focusing on a country's ICT profile allows us to distinguish effects (both positive and negative) of different ICT elements, as well as to take synergies brought by technological convergences into account. This allows us to capture effects of ICT elements in their totality, avoiding to lose richness and comprehensiveness. Second, by focusing on the triple-bottom line sustainability, we add to the growing evidence that environmental-focused goals often conflict with those related to social and economic aspects of sustainable development.