applications for teaching and learning could open further researches on computer applications in education and their educational and economic implications. Key words: computer applications, education, educational policy, teaching-learning Management, effects. benefits of web-based learning environments [3], and computer applications in education. Flexible and innovative teaching and learning based on computer applications will expand and will change the educational process. Within a knowledge-based society
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starting a war between technology and education. Sun-Tzu once said “The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.” With this quote I see education as being the opponent to the technology that is taking the attention of children from education. Bring in the technology and use it to teach, Education should surrender the old ways of teaching and bring in a new way with technology being an ally. There are
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customers. Stereotyping Stereotyping plays a significant role in developing marketing strategies that are both effective and ethical. "The challenge for brands is to develop messages that strike a chord with targeted audiences without reinforcing negative stereotypes" (pp. 672). Companies must ensure that their marketing tactics are not alienating certain individuals or groups while reaching the appropriate target market. In order to build and maintain profitable customer relationships, a company's
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MNC's Effect on Local Businesses in Retailing Sector (India) Contents Abstract 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 2 Effect of MNC’s into Indian Retail Market 5 Advantages 5 Disadvantages 7 Hypothesis 8 Conceptual Model 8 Conclusion 10 References 10 Abstract Globalization paved the way for entrepreneurs to expand their wings beyond their respective counties. MNCs exploit the business opportunities in other countries based on the FDI policies in those countries. This has
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Table of Contents 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.2 POSITIVE INSTITUTIONAL- PERSONAL FACTORS 2 1.3 NEGATIVE INSTITUTIONAL-PERSONAL “CULTURE SHOCK” FACTORS 3 1.4 EFFECTS 4 REFERENCES 5 1.1 INTRODUCTION This essay explains the perspective of being a new post graduate master student in the University of Wolverhampton. Consequently it identifies positive institutional personal factors as well as negative –personal “culture shock” and lastly elucidates how they affect my engagement with my master’s
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How Does Communication Technology Affect People’s Lives? Introduction There is hardly any place around us today where technology is not used. A typical life for a student for instance, starts at 8 am, waking up on an alarm which these days is an application on a mobile smartphone. With a single button pressed, they can get a warm cup of coffee on the go and head to school. At school, an overhead projectors and laptops are widely present in class, with most of class material are communicated via
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INTRODUCTION Video games have come a long way since today's adults sat down at a computer to play Pong or Donkey Kong. The newest-generation gaming consoles are as powerful as personal computers, and can accomplish many of the same things. And today's games are increasingly realistic and technologically advanced. Social networking has even made its way into the video game industry with online gaming. These virtual worlds can be complicated and perplexing to parents, which is why it's important for
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film pointed out the positive aspects of the technology that we have today, as well as the many negative effects that it can have on individuals. One of the main topics that was debated in this film was multitasking. Today teenagers and college students have an extremely difficult time focusing on one thing. Students are so used to being simulated that they do not know how to function if they must do one thing for a long period of time. All the technology has made us pray to distractions, and as a
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Physiological Effects of Mindfulness and Loving Kindness Meditation Antonia Rupert Warren Wilson College For years, people have practiced meditation and mindfulness techniques to manage stress, improve mood and to boost their overall sense of wellbeing. With new advances in technology and medicine, we are now able to understand the physiological changes occurring in the body and the brain when engaging in these techniques. This paper will look specifically at the effects of loving kindness meditations
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early global economy across the Old World resulting in a globalization of crops, trade, knowledge and technology” (Wikipedia.com) before the turn of 16th century. In modern term of globalization “is a process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments of different nations [with intention of] international trades and investment and exchange of information technologies” never seen before. (Levin Institute, 2009). To most people, they think of as “to bring people of all
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