The Importance Of Information And Communication Technology

Technological advances in the 21st century have changed the world of education forever. The refinement of web-based technology has allowed a growing number of institutions to offer increasingly complex online education courses (Kim & Bonk, 2006, p. 22). The growing presence of online education has created a student body that is intergenerational and more culturally diverse (Ke & Kwak, 2012, p. 43). Powerful, ubiquitous mobile devices have linked students to an information-sharing network that allows students to engage in spontaneous, informal learning, yet is all but invisible to instructors (Kukulska-Hulme, 2010, p. 7). These changes have created both a problem and an opportunity. The problem is that formal learning – the type of learning where an instructor imparts knowledge to students based on a fixed curriculum (Looi et al. 2009, p. 3) – is, by itself, increasingly unable to meet the needs of this modern student body. The opportunity is that if certain obstacles are overcome, mobile technology and learner-centered designs may potentially be used to create a bridge between formal and informal learning, increasing student engagement and paving the way for better results.

Social networking and the amazing things capable on the internet are changing children of the 21st century. “A New Face for Schools” by Laura Lefkowitz is a great source for information on how social networking can help improve students academically. The article highlights how a “purposeful community” could help students learn how to act as a well informed group. The article goes on to say that schools should not fight social networking, but instead support it (“How ‘purposeful communities’ work”). Social networking could be used to help students in more ways than previously thought.

This article focuses on how students understand online learning. According to Kumar, Yufeng, and Chun Yen “ 69% of the population access their smartphone daily” (1). Approximately 59.1% of participants use the internet more than five hours daily” (4). This source talks about how the authors of this article will clarify how online students evaluate their learning experience.

Even though he isn’t against all forms of technology, he is also able to argue that the form of close learning “is entirely compatible with engaging in meaningful conversations outside the classroom.” He uses examples of using e-mail to communicate regularly with his students and has even started using many different forms of media. He has been able to appeal to not only the professionals who may read this article, but also to current college students who are deciding if online courses would be best for them and want to see both sides of this particular

As we continue in the future, online classes are becoming more and more popular. Students are able to work and continue education with more flexibility. The most common problem with the online class is communication, as well as learning is not always successful. In a recent article by Maria Konnikova, Ziming Liu, a professor at San Jose State University suggests, “On screen, people tended to browse and scan, to look for keywords, and to read in a less linear, more selective fashion. On the page, they tended to concentrate more on following the text.”(Konnikova. Par. 3). Perhaps instead of just an online class, an instructor combines the two. Some parts of the class, such as video lectures should be presented online, and other things like homework or work be done in class.

This is a necessity for staying relevant in an increasingly internet-dependent society. Those in higher education must not cling to the traditional classroom. Traditional classes may still have their place, but they are becoming increasingly less preferable to hybrid and completely online alternatives. Unlike its traditional counterpart, online education is better suited towards handling a varied demographic of students. Its advantages lie in the flexibility of its schedule. A student who would be working around the usual time a traditional class would be taking place would have a much easier time fitting an online class into their schedule (Britt 31). For those who feel they need the physical interaction with their instructor, many classes are being offered with varying degrees of hybridity between the traditional class and an online class (Britt 33). As education continues to evolve, more options for digital schooling should become

Many students agree that social networking is an essential tool in education today. Feedback has become a vital tool amongst students and teachers in networking whether it’s Facebook, Myspace, or Twitter (Carey, n.d.). In a recent study, it stated that 59% of students who belong to “social networking sites” admitted that when there on the Internet they explore topics to communicate about such as college preparation and occupations. Another study shows that 50% of students use social networking to improve on their studies and teachers have found that this has helped students become more successful in their reading and writing vocabulary (“Social,”

The technological advancements witnessed in the current generation has benefited individuals by making the world a global village by easing access to information. Specifically, the introduction of the internet enables people to access many different platforms where they can express themselves and search information about their interests. Notably, educators, scholars, and students have benefited from various academic websites that provide information on a range of subjects. While evolutions in internet and technology are applauded for providing convenient means of accessing information, scholars have expressed concerns regarding its influences on human intelligence as far as memory is concerned. According to the adversaries, internet and technology are making individuals stupid because they depend on its mind to remember many things such as phone numbers and important dates in their lives. Additionally, the protagonists believe that internet and technology affect individual’s commitment to conduct efficient research work since people can get the information they want from Google easily. Despite the controversies, internet and technology are changing people’s minds for the better because it presents more direct ways of accessing information and archiving experiences for future reference. Compared with my In-Class-essay, I changed my perspective.

“what are the factors affecting the usefulness of social networking in e-learning at GUtech”? This will help the university administrator, students, and educators to know the value of social networking in e-learning and will help and guide those who develop, implement, and deliver e-learning systems. There are many social networking sites available that the researcher perceived to be useful in the academe. However, the researcher have used Facebook group for this study because of its popularity to the students and educators of GUtech. II. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The TAM developed by Davis is one of the most

Short Paper One Social Class in American Films ARTH 204 Natarsha Bassett   In America when considering what social class one is in one typically fall into one of three categories upper class, middle class, or lower class. I consider myself to be middle class. My husband and I both work and we make a pretty good living.

Let’s face it. The digital age is here and the way the majority of today’s society communicates has changed insurmountably. Today’s generation of teenagers have never known how to communicate any other way other than with the use of modern day technology. It was not all that long ago, that the main channels of communication were in the form of face to face contact between two people or perhaps a simple phone call using the actual land line in your home. If the need arose to communicate with someone a long distance away, this was done normally in the form of a hand written letter which was dropped off at the local post office ready to be sent to its’ destination. Over the years, there have been so many technological advancements that it has revolutionized the ways people use to communicate.

The study mainly revolved on uses and gratification theory, descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis to sample 151 respondents of the university from whom data was collected through a structured questionnaire and analyzed deeply. The study highlights that students utilize social networking sites for numerous reasons. This associate to the research carried out by Shriky, (2011) which stated that through social media, students could interact with each other which lead to a positive effect on the student. It increases their depth of connection and knowledge. It also leads to collaboration and higher levels of engagement.

However, this paper discusses the use of a Facebook page for another purpose. Facebook can be used for academic educational purposes. Many schools, if not all, have Facebook pages as a secondary platform for sharing, discussion, advertisement, etc., to supplement their major websites. Some of these pages are managed by students. For example, students from the Department of English, Translation and Interpretation, College of Arts, University of Mosul, Iraq, from which I graduated, keep a Facebook group page for sharing ideas, translations, and other language-related aspects. A student, for instance, may post an idiom and ask other members of the group to guess its meaning. Another student may ask other students to give feedback on his or her translation, or offer corrections on the grammar used in a certain text. Therefore, upon observing the increasing number of students joining this page and interacting on it, I thought it would be intriguing to look at what students believe they are gaining from it. This paper examines students’ perceptions of the benefits resulting from interacting in the Facebook group.

The urban landscapes, physical and social, are rapidly transforming in modern society. Our making sense of space, time, the urban and the rural, the private and the public are also deeply affected by this rapidity of change. To a significant extent, the development of communications and information technologies is central to this transformation and to all the functions that combine to make up contemporary cities, and can have a serious influence of the experience of the city today. Whether this level of connectivity and speed brought by technology has a meaningful and socially equitable return can only be argued to a certain extent.

Information and communication technologies have lately significantly changed and improved, developing and implementing new means of communication (Muscalu, 2015). Effective communication is understanding both your employees and your customers. It’s ensuring that the right message is utilizing the right channel in order to reach your audience. Customer Relationship Management involves generating superior shareholder value by developing appropriate relationships with the strategic customers and customer sectors (Muscalu, 2015). Understanding your customers and how they fit into the hierarchy is essential for creating effective communication. The information that is gathered about your customers will aid in connecting with them and potentially open opportunities that an organization may not have realized was there. The adverse of that is that there are also many ways to poorly communicate and it’s these poor communication methods that can be the down fall of a company. It is not simply how you communicate with your customers externally but internally as well. Issues associated with human resources management, sales and marketing have also become increasingly relevant to call center operations (Jyoti & Sharmaa, 2015). The proper training and internal informative communication can go a long way toward customer satisfaction.