...How technology is changing today’s classrooms Technology is enabling multi-modal teaching, changing curricula and spawning rich forms of online research and collaboration. Nearly 60% of survey respondents say that professors will soon teach in more than one medium. When asked to compare different communications technologies, 52% of survey respondents state that online collaboration tools would make the greatest contribution in terms of improving educational quality over the next five years—the top response—while 48% point to the dynamic delivery of content and software that supports individually paced learning. Sophisticated learning-management systems and enhanced video and presentation tools are among other innovations that respondents say are likely to have a profound effect on the academic experience. It is interesting to note that despite the growing array of technology-enabled teaching tools available, nearly three-quarters of participants say that the greatest potential benefit of technology is something far more straightforward—namely, the expanded access to educational and reference resources that it provides. According to the survey results, online-collaboration tools, software that supports individually paced learning and learning-management systems are among the communications technologies most expected to improve academics over the next five years. Web 2.0 technologies such as wikis, instant messaging and social networking—which have been influential in improving...
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...Globalization and Education Technology Johnathon Norman Grand Canyon University The development of technology in the recent years has not only changed the way we visualize a classroom, but also it changes how students learn. One of the biggest issues with the advancement of technology is a teacher understanding how to effectively understand how to utilize and incorporate it into their curriculum. Once the educators understand the positives with the introduction of technology into the classrooms and the students learn how to effectively learn how to utilize the technology to advance their education. Globalization has affected many areas of the human life, most importantly education. Many third world countries have witness a rise in the type education, whether a school was built, tele-video or via the internet to them, this has been greatly influenced by universities from the west. This gives those students an opportunity to increase not only their education but also skills. The use of technology in elementary and senior High School is an ongoing issue. The lack of continual education for teachers is lacking, and they do not possess the experience or the knowledge in order to utilize the technology in their classrooms as they do with text, chalk boards and over heard transparencies. The use of this advanced technology is more advanced than just using the computer, the Internet, it requires the knowledge of utilizing the information, the was...
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...differently. Technology is advancing faster than anyone could have imagined 20 years ago. Some people are being left behind because they do not want to learn the latest in technological advancements. It also has an effect on our youth with how education is being taught in the 21st century. How do all of these advancements in technology affect our economy? There is a digital divide in our country's healthcare, education, and economics. Understanding the digital divide in these areas advancements in technology, education for our students, and help stimulate economic growth and progress. The digital divide has a major effect on the healthcare system and some of its features. The technology advancements in the healthcare system have been incredible over the past couple years. People are using the latest in technology to access such resources as information about an illness they could have or a person's medical records. The "The Great Digital Divide in Healthcare: Older Americans May Be Left Behind" (2014) a website that points outpatients may gain access to their medical records via smartphone, tablet, or computer. People will have access to reminders of when they are due for visits, screening tests, immunization records and lab results, as well as information on prescription medication. This can result in patients being able to obtain medical information if they are on a vacation or a work trip in case a situation arises. These advancements in healthcare technology can be...
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...EDUCATION IN TECHNOLOGY Submitted by: Hafsah Sarfraz Marium Attiq Sara Khan Table of contents Acknowledgement………………………………………………….1 Abstract……………………………………………………………..2 Introduction…………………………………………………………..3 Objectives…………………………………………………………….6 Review of Literature………………………………………………….7 Sampling Technique………………………………………………10 Target Population…………………………………………………..11 Sample Size…………………………………………………………12 Questionnaire………………………………………………………13 Results……………………………………………………………….14 Conclusion…………………………………………………………22 Limitations………………………………………………………….22 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS “ALL PRAISES TO ALLAH WHO CREATED THIS UNIVERSE FOR THE EXPLORATION OF MAN.” DAROOD & SALAAM ON HAZRAT MUHAMMAD (S.A.W) who enlightened the torch of knowledge for mankind. One of his (S.A.W) sayings is “SEEK KNOWLEDGE FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE.” First of all we would like to thank our respected teacher Mr. Khalil Ullah, from the core of our hearts. It is a mark of distinction for us to be students of him. His precious suggestions, unflagging support and gentle behavior helped us a lot in completing this project successfully. And I would also like to thank all the people in the group who worked hard day and night to complete this project within the given time limit. ABSTRACT We carried out a study related to “Technology in studies”. Our main focus was on the effects of the new technology occurring in the universities in Pakistan. Pakistan’s education system desperately needs to be looked into and...
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...New transportation and navigational technologies would later connect all world zones, ushering in greater global exchange, commerce, and collective learning. Humans gained control over much of the Earth. Many believe that this has had an adverse effect, but the positives greatly outweigh the negatives. The modern revolution has improved the quality of life today because of advancements in healthcare, technology, and education. The development of new healthcare improves your quality of life physically. Now citizens can live longer, “In 1700, life expectancy was 27 years, but in 2100 it is anticipated that it will be 81 years” (Text 1). This shows a direct correlation to better health. Life expectancy could be up because of improved technology, medically based like the “X-ray and stethoscope” (Text 4). In the middle of the modern revolution, these inventions were discovered and were groundbreaking. These advancements led to diseases such as “Smallpox, Diphtheria, and Polio decreasing 100%” (Text 5). This is critical since these diseases were very deadly and...
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...Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………...3 Global Development………………………………………………………………..4 Technology in the 21st Century……………………………………………..4 Intelligence in the 21st Century……………………………………………..5 Artificial Intelligence and Modern Society……………………………………….....6 Advancements in Technology………………………………………………..7 Advancements in Human Education and Growth…………………………..8 Technology and its Role in Developing Human Minds…………………………..…9 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………...10 References…………………………………………………………………………....11 Introduction During the onset of what has been dubbed the Digital Age, a debate has arisen over the ethical and developmental implications of technology and the dependence of the human world on Artificial Intelligence. This paper serves as an added voice to the debate of Artificial Intelligence versus the Human Mind. The fundamental question being addressed is that of whether the rapid technological advancements that have and are still being made are stifling the growth of human innovation. The realization that technology is increasingly becoming a huge facet in the day to day lives of billions of people around the globe makes it ever more necessary to evaluate how dependent the world will be on it in the near future. For example, technology is used to determine weather patterns, determining the direction the global economy is taking and so forth. So it is pertinent for an evaluation...
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...Science and Technology is a double edge sword it cuts both ways depending on how it is used science and technology can make or destroy us. It is essential that we must know and understand its advantages and disadvantages. ADVANTAGES OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Communication From hand-held computers to touch phones, technological advancements in the field of communication are endless. The means and the modes of communication are unlimited. Some of the benefits of technological advancements in the field of communication are: Speed : time is no longer a constraint in communication Clarity : With megapixel images and video, and high fidelity audio systems clarity in communication has become a never-before experience Proximity : technological advancements have made the world a smaller place to live in Dissemination : whether spreading information, broadcasting news, or sharing knowledge, technology has made it faster, easier, and smarter Education Technological advancements in the field of education are fast evolving. Today, e-learning is a familiar and popular term. Some of the benefits of technology in this field are: Personalized learning experience: Learners are able to take control and manage their own learning. They set their own goals, manage the process and content of learning, and communicate with peers. Immediate response: Most e-learning programs provide immediate feedbacks on learner assessments. Similarly there are features such as chat, discussion boards...
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...blame technology for destroying nature and causing pollution, and say that it is the worst evil in the world , I still believe that it has greatly changed our lives for the better as we hardly imagine what would happen if we went for a day without technology. Technology is very popular in our daily life thanks to its advantages. As we know, firstly, technology in household helps people do the housework. For example, housewives do not need to wash manually, but they can use washing machine. Another reason why I advocate the viewpoint that technology has made the world a better place to live is that it makes the world smaller. Nowadays people can travel faster and easier to other places by car, bus and air-plane, and see many new interesting things around the world. In addition, they communicate with people in different countries through the Internet and phones, which saves them lots of time and money. But the most worthwhile benefit technology has brought to us is that it makes us healthier and happier. Clear progress in medicine, use new technologies to diagnose and combat diseases make therapy more effective. It allows us to cure serious diseases such as cancer and cardiopathy. Statistics show that life expectancy is getting longer. In Europe, for example, today life expectancy has climbed past 80 and people are glad to be alive; the longer they live in good health, the happier they feel they are. So, as we go forward into this ‘magical future’, will technology make...
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...lessons. As the advancement of technology continually grows, some lessons taught in class seem inapplicable towards teenagers and younger kids nowadays. “Why was I being taught how to use a typewriter instead of a word processor? Why was I learning shorthand when we have tape recorders?” (“What Will a 21st Century Education Look Like?”, 2012). Students as of today always ask themselves why they have to learn how to plot points on a graph, when they can use an online graphing calculator when they’re out of school. Students right now question why they have to study certain long-established or traditional subjects or lessons, when they find no use for it in the future due to the technological advancements of today. “Throughout my own education I saw a rapidly changing world that wasn’t matching up to the textbook-driven, passive learning of facts I was being exposed to in my classrooms. Fast forward to today and the rapid changes I witnessed back in the late 80s and early 90s are nothing compared to what I’ve seen in the last ten years. The fact we can look up anything at anytime on our smartphones is itself a game changer in education.” (“What Will a 21st Century Education Look Like?”, 2012) We are starting to see the gap and relationship between our traditional textbooks and technological advancements. Of course, when the authors of our textbooks first published these books, they probably would have never predicted the convenience technology has given us towards education today. People...
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...Education is becoming one of the most important things in a person’s life, most people are trying to obtain an education. Most countries have a concern on the quality of the education provided to the people so that those people will be able to improve upon the resources that are available. If the quality of the resources that a person has available is good, the quality of that entire country will also be good. The advancement of technology has had a large impact on education. Before this advancement of technology the implementation of education was only traditional. Currently, this has changed because of the advancement of the technology has allowed the education system to be implemented online along with traditionally. Both traditional education and online education are not alike in several ways for example the cost and student equality. There are many factors that are alike between online and traditional education for example the books and paper required to take the class. With any type of education the main factor for a student in deciding to go to a traditional college or an online college is the cost. The students who attend a traditional education setting may spend more money than a student enrolled in online education. If the student chooses not to live on the college campus then that student will need to spend money on gas for the transportation to and from school. If the person chooses to live away from home while in college than the person will also need to pay...
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...Contemporary Technologies on the Performance Potential of students Dr.AMRUTH G KUMAR ALI USSAIN T Associate professor Dept. of Education Research Scholar, Dept of Education Central University of Kerala Central University of Kerala ABSTRACT As technology use continues its steady growth among contemporary students, both within and outside of the classroom, its impact on academic performance becomes an increasingly important question to address. Cognitive theory and multitasking research strongly support a negative effect while other studies have found little to no effect. This article seeks to explore the impact of modern technologies on the performance potential of learners. It also describes the intellectual and theoretical contributions of great scholars whose scholarly intervention paved the for the advancement of technology in the field of education Key words CONTEMPORARY TECHNOLOGIES, PERFORMANCE POTENTIAL Introduction The role of technology in the field of education has been discussed in a vivid manner. It remains an important issue even today as the debates about the impact of technology on our society, the implications of quick and easy online access to information for knowledge and learning and the effect of technology on young people’s social, emotional and physical development is being analyzed and discussed the educationalists and social scientists. As the report presented by the School of Education in Durham...
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...Introduction to e-commerce Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education 1 Slide 1-1 Introduction to e-commerce OBJECTIVES To understand the complexity of e-commerce and its many facets. To explore how e-business and e-commerce fit together. To identify the impact of e-commerce. To recognize the benefits and limitations of e-commerce. To use classification frameworks for analyzing e-commerce. To identify the main barriers to the growth and development of e- commerce in organizations. Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education Slide 1-2 1. What Is E-commerce? Use of Internet and Web to transact business More formally: Digitally enabled commercial transactions between and among organizations and individuals Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education Slide 1-3 Advent of the Internet -The term ecommerce :1. Electronic trading of physical goods and of intangibles such as information. 2. All the steps involved in trade, such as on-line marketing, ordering payment and support for delivery 3. The electronic provision of services such as after sales support or on-line legal advice. 4. Electronic support for collaboration between companies such as collaborative on-line design and engineering or virtual business consultancy teams Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education 4 Slide 1-4 Facebook: The New Face of E-commerce? Do you use Facebook, and if so, how often? What has the experience been like? Have you purchased...
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...Name: Mohammad yaseen Technology changes our society Technology is the usage and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems, and methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, accomplish goals or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, including machinery, modifications, arrangements and procedures. This new innovation comes with both advantage and disadvantages. Technologies significantly affect human as well as animal species' ability to rule and adapt to their natural environments. Nowadays technology in general has made life simpler and keeps people in touch even though they are thousands of miles away from each other (Technological Advancement). Technology can a communication revolution, information technology and it helps the world for a better living in the future. Technology has become a very important part of our lives nowadays. During the past few years, technology has evolved in many ways and is probably without a doubt better than ever before. People are always trying to invent something new that will enhance our lives dramatically. Some major creations that have changed our lives are e-mail, supercomputer, telephone, internet, television, cell phone and voice mail. On the firsthand how technology helps people communicate more information to more people in less time is what student need to experience, it has a greater accuracy and less misunderstandings situations. In this brief lesson, students...
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...(B. F. Skinner) Technology advancements has been both a blessing and a curse, the benefits of faster, simpler and better has caused society to not only be physically lazy but mentally lazy as well. Society tends to rely on technology probably more than they should, remote control vacuums, talking refrigerators, and controlling appliances from miles away has taken away just small chunks of brain power, but as technology continues to evolve, those chunks keep adding up and soon humans won’t need to use their brains for much of anything. While technological developments have made life amazingly easier, simpler and anything is just a mouse's click away, it has brought several negative health impacts, psychological problems and stress in daily life. Furthermore, the presence of technology in the world today has created many benefits and issues in almost every facet of life. For instance, in Business, companies are much more productive due to the various advancements in communication. Company provided cell phones, email and instant messenger are just a few of the ways that colleagues, bosses and customers can communicate, allowing instant access and quicker results. One of the newer advancements that I have used recently is called “Telepresence”, which is real-time video conferencing that has the effect of people literally being in the room together when in fact they are hundreds of mile apart. Business’s have benefited greatly from these new technologies, on the other hand...
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...Information Technology BIS 220 DATE Information technology has made an astounding measure of advancements in the last few decades. Information technology has become a large part of our daily lives from educational uses to entertainment and communication. With the continued advances in technology, new ethical issues arose and created a need for new laws and regulations. The following paper will discuss two separate acts, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA). Health information technology (IT) is a frequently used system that has improved the quality of health care while preventing medical errors, decreasing paperwork, and reducing healthcare cost just to name a few important aspects. “It is imperative that the privacy and security of electronic health information be ensured as this information is maintained and transmitted electronically” (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1996). Health IT includes the use of computer software to store important health information for patients and gives the ability to share within a secure system. The importance of protection and laws was necessary with this new form of technology because of the ethical issue of possibly placing personal health information into the wrong hands. HIPAA was enacted in 1996 by Congress to ensure security and privacy of patient’s health information because of the new advances in health information technology. Due...
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