Value Of Digital Technologies Research Articles

‘Trust us! We know what we are doing!’ Parent-adolescent digital conflict in Australian families

ABSTRACT Networked technologies and device use have become a significant source of conflict between parents and their children, negatively affecting family cohesion and wellbeing. Drawing on the findings of a participatory action research project which consisted of family workshops designed to discuss, and ultimately reduce, family digital conflict, this article explores the main sources of digital conflict amongst Australian families. Four main causes of digital conflict were reported by parents and their children: the amount of time that young people spend online and the subsequent displacement of other tasks considered by parents as more worthwhile; “inappropriate” content; the perceived effects of digital media use on children’s behaviour, and sibling conflict. Findings also revealed differing perspectives and knowledges about the value of digital technologies between parents and children which contributed to family conflict. The findings point towards a greater need for interventions which facilitate a more democratic approach to digital parenting, premised upon parental listening, negotiation, and mutual understanding.

Digital Engagement and Wellbeing: The Impact of Museum Digital Resources on User Wellbeing During COVID-19

ABSTRACT The global “COVID-19” pandemic resulted in national lockdowns and the closure of museums to visitors. The pandemic had considerable negative impact on individual, community, and society wellbeing and changed museum practice, specifically through increased online presence. This pilot research sought to start to understand the impact online museum provisions had on individual wellbeing during the pandemic. It applied and adapted public health accredited measures to begin to provide empirical quantifiable evidence of the impact and significance of online museum resources on user wellbeing during the pandemic and to consider the value of digital technology within sustainable heritage practices. It sought to consider if the integration of wellbeing objectives into museum digital interpretative strategies could provide a mechanism to support sustainable museum practice and wider social, economic, cultural, and environmental sustainability agendas. This pilot research indicated that digital museum resources had specific and significant impact on user wellbeing and suggested that further research is needed to understand the impact of digital technology within museums and its impact and role in both improving wellbeing and reducing wellbeing inequality.

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE EDUCATIONAL POLICY OF THE STATE

Digital technologies are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of modern education. The educational value of digital technologies has been reinforced by the widespread use of digital educational resources during the pandemic. Thus, the hope that digital technologies can transform education in the direction of empowerment and influence the economic efficiency and competitiveness of the country, despite their uneven history to date, is actively promoted. The purpose of the study is to identify the difficulties of introducing digital technologies into the domestic education system and the directions of their improvement. The article also presents the results of the analysis of the work on the introduction and use of digital technologies in the national education systems of the leading countries of Europe and the Republic of Kazakhstan in particular. This study allowed us to conclude that the introduction of digitalization into the domestic education system creates new difficulties, such as misunderstanding of the processes taking place, insufficient funding, and others. However, it should be noted that countries can reach a new level of digitalization of the economy only with the targeted support of the state.

The value of digital technologies in inclusion

The article considers the importance of digital technologies in inclusion. The work used the analysis of literary sources and the method of heart rate variability. The results of the study showed that the introduction of digital technologies expands the problematic field of inclusive education. Students who have impaired health indicators in the context of the use of digital technologies, including in a remote format, should be attributed to inclusion. In this regard, the training of specialists in the field of cyberspace is a link between the development and implementation of new information technologies in an inclusive educational space and monitoring the health of students.

Analysis of the Application Value of Digital Technology Combined with Electronic Medical Record in Information Management of Hospital Medical Record

Analysis of the Application Value of Digital Technology Combined with Electronic Medical Record in Information Management of Hospital Medical Record

Interest in Receiving Nutrition Information Through Social Media Among Food-Security Program Participants in Washington, DC.

IntroductionEffective communication approaches are necessary to reach food-security program participants. Accessing food-security programs has been especially challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social media can play an important role in reducing some communication barriers. We examined interest in receiving nutrition information via social media among adults participating in food-security programs in Washington, DC.MethodsWe developed and administered a 22-item survey to adults participating in food-security programs (N = 375). Participants were recruited at Martha’s Table, in Washington, DC, from January through March 2020. We performed bivariate analyses and multinomial logistic regressions to examine predictors of interest in receiving nutrition information via social media.ResultsSixty-nine percent of participants reported using social media, and 49% expressed interest in receiving nutrition information via social media. Higher levels of self-efficacy and belief in the value of digital technology were associated with greater likelihood of interest in receiving nutrition information via social media (χ2 6 = 139.0; Nagelkerke R 2 = 0.35; P < .001). We found no differences by sex or digital technology access in interest in receiving nutrition information via social media.ConclusionSocial media is a widely used and a feasible method to reach food-security program participants. Understanding program participants’ interest in receiving health information via social media may help food-security programs plan effective communication strategies to improve food security, especially when in-person participation is limited, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Digital technologies as a new component of the business process

Technological developments in the digital economy will be distributed to all firms in various sectors of the economy. In this regard, the relevance of the topic is due to the need to study the use of digital technologies (DT) to create anti-turbulent conditions in the mode of effective business activity and economy in general, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. DT is the subject of countless discussions and publications about its effects. The aim of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework that reveals the value of DT, which is not in the DT models themselves, but in the ability of organizations to use them. Our results have confirmed that DT are the driving force behind the development of modern business, because, first, they provide a clear incentive for their developers, companies, policy makers and users to solve the economic problems they face; second, DT remove the limitations of obtaining massive data sets based on global cooperation in the field of economic development; Third, given the scale of the beneficial impact of DT on business and the economy as a whole, some institutional innovation will be required to cope with the implementation of DT, as there should be no restrictions on their implementation and application, but rather, there should be promotion of the useful and safe use of DT, spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the end of the article, the conclusions are presented, which will serve as a basis for further research and future practice.

Environmental Health Burdens and Socioeconomic Status in Rhode Island: Using Geographic Information Systems to Examine Health Disparities in Medical School.

Race and class are major predictors of health outcomes in the United States. Health disparities among racial and low-income minorities often have environmental etiologies. Using Rhode Island as a case study, we geocoded and visualized several environmental determinants of health via Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the entire state and conducted a geospatial analysis to determine whether or not patterns existed along racial and class lines. The variables that we geocoded include elementary schools, fast food restaurants, Superfund sites, and community parks. From a census tract level, we then analyzed the racial and income makeup of each geocoded site. We discovered that, on average, the worst-performing elementary schools, fast food restaurants, and Superfund sites in Rhode Island were clustered in neighborhoods with a larger black population and lower household income. Conversely, community parks and the best elementary schools in Rhode Island tended to be located near neighborhoods with a larger White population and higher household income. Our results provide additional evidence for the pervasiveness of the unequal distribution of environmental health burdens between low-income, minority communities and affluent, predominantly White communities. This summer experiential student project demonstrates the feasibility of incorporating GIS as a practical tool for learning health disparities material at a U.S. medical school. Our study also highlights the value of digital technology and citizen science in helping the public recognize and understand the various environmental factors that perpetuate health disparities.

Early childhood practitioner beliefs about digital media: integrating technology into a child-centred classroom environment

ABSTRACTThe effective integration of educational technologies into early childhood education remains a significant challenge. An important element of this challenge is how practitioner beliefs about pedagogy relate to how digital technologies are used in the early years classroom. Focussing on early childhood practitioner beliefs in relation to pedagogy and digital technologies, this paper reports on a doctoral study where Educational Design Research (EDR) methodology was used to investigate how a technology-focussed intervention might lead to changes in one teacher’s approach to integrating digital media into her child-centred pedagogy. The data included reflective discussions over a period of 18 months, video observations of digital media use, and scrutiny of relevant documents. The intervention resulted in a change from the teacher being sceptical about the relevance of digital media for early childhood education to her developing effective strategies to integrate digital media into her child-centred pedagogy. This shift in pedagogic approach was made possible by the teacher changing her beliefs about the value of digital technologies in early education. Findings suggest professional learning should address practitioner beliefs about digital media and early years pedagogy, including providing time and space for teacher reflection.

The Phygital experience in the smart tourism destination

PurposeInformation communication technologies (ICTs) of destination are not a mere mechanism of technical interaction; they are, above all, new mixed realities that integrate physical and digital resources. Using the utility of technology indicator, the purpose of this paper is to evaluate a new experiential model.Design/methodology/approachA survey of 377 tourists that stayed at hotels was conducted. It dealt with three different issues: the value of digital technologies when creating experiences, the different appeal of the digital device applications, and the measurement of the level of satisfaction with the destination, stay and expenditure.FindingsICTs are the main tool for building the value of the tourist experience and technological utilities increase the competitiveness of the destination. Furthermore, two types of ICT utility were identified: individual and social experience.Research limitations/implicationsThese include the problems of a sampling procedure, operating with a database of tourists’ opinions, and also the specificities of each destination in particular.Practical implicationsSmart tourism destination should be considered a part of the tourist service. They are not merely information feedback but facilitate the generation of experiences built on the new digital realities.Social implicationsThe Phygital phenomenon represents a radical change in the personal and social behaviour of tourists, incorporating technological matters as a direct component in their decisions and actions.Originality/valuePhygital experience is a radical change for co-creation in tourism. Tourists are not demanding improvements but rather a new experiential model.

Multilevel model of meme diffusion of fracking through Twitter

The recent identification of potentially extensive shale-gas resources within the United States has generated mixed public and political responses. The purpose of this study is to apply the Multilevel Model of Meme Diffusion (M3D) in an empirical case study of the fracking controversy. This analysis supports the heuristic value of the M3D and the value of digital technologies as indexes of controversial opinions, showing the potential of monitoring and registering social opinion trends with geospatially sensitive methods. This study integrates the fields of geography and computer-mediated communication technology to account for social processes.

The Effectiveness of Using Technology in English Language Classrooms in Government Primary Schools in Bangladesh

Across the globe, governments of different countries have recognized the importance and value of digital technologies in language learning. This article is based on the pilot project of Save the Children using information and communication technology (ICT) in education. Through this initiative, interactive multimedia software based on national curriculum of English Class 4 were developed and tested in selected government primary schools. The pre-intervention survey indicated that the teachers do not have the language competence to confidently facilitate English classes using the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach. The results of the project showed that the use of audio-visual content has strong potential for enhancing and promoting interactive language classes. However, the success of the program depends on how the technology is designed and implemented and how the teachers are trained to use it. The full text of the article can be found at 10.18275/fire201502011049

Discussion on Digital Technology in the Application and Innovation of Idustrial Electrical Automation

along with our country economy and the development of technology,the technical development of industrial electrical automation is the irreversible trend. In this context, the digital technology emerge as the times require, is being used more and more widely in industrial electrical automation, play a decisive role in the development of China's industrial electrical automation. This paper expounds the necessity of the application of digital technology in the domestic and industrial electrical automation, analyzes the application value of digitaltechnology in the industrial electronic automation system, and discusses theinnovative application of digital technology in the industry of electrical automation.

Mandatory use of technology in teaching: Who cares and so what?

AbstractToday's teachers are expected to use modern digital technology (DT) to optimise pedagogical effects. Singaporean policy makers have introduced directives to explicitly require teachers to apply DT in teaching. Inherent in such directives is an assumption that by requiring teachers to apply DT, they will perceive its value and use it in their teaching. This paper tests this assumption. Students in initial teacher education programs in Singapore responded to a survey on four variables about their use of DT: (1) compliance with requirements, (2) sense of competence, (3) perceived value and (4) frequency of DT application. Compliance was found to be negatively correlated with competence and uncorrelated with frequency, indicating that teachers who were more competent in DT were less likely to be compliant and those who were compliant may not actually apply DT in teaching. In contrast, both competence and value were positively correlated with frequency of application. Compliance differs for students in different programs and is higher for females. The results indicate that mandating use of DT may not be useful. A more productive approach may be to enhance the competence of teachers in DT so that they value its effectiveness and are confident to apply it in classroom activities.Practitioner NotesWhat is already known about this topic There is a global trend that education authorities require teachers to apply educational technology in classroom practices. Requiring people to comply with directives from the authority may not always lead to conformity. Self‐perception of competence has significant positive influence on human behaviour. What this paper adds Teachers who are more competent with DT are less likely to be compliant. Teachers who are compliant may not actually apply DT in teaching. It is essential for teachers to see the value of DT and build up their competence to use technology effectively. Implications for practice and/or policy Teacher educators need to reconsider their training approaches in order to cultivate positive attitudes towards DT and develop preservice teachers' competence in using DT for teaching and learning. School administration should strive to create a culture that values DT in teaching and learning. Teachers need to have successful experiences in DT application that in turn change their perceptions and classroom practices.