EXTENT OF UTILIZATION OF PAPERLESS TECHNOLOGY: BASIS FOR A PROPOSED INTERVENTION PROGRAM

The purpose of this study was to assess the extent of utilization of paperless technology by the teachers in Bula District. The respondents of this study were the 204 teachers in the five different schools in Bula District namely: Bula Central Elementary School, Jose Divinagracia Elementary School, Dadiangas East Elementary School, Bula National School of Fisheries and Baluan National High School. A descriptive evaluative research design was utilized in this study. Based on the results of this study, it was revealed that the teachers have perceived that the utilization of paperless technology has been highly useful in grade management and test bank management; however, they found it moderately useful in user management. Nevertheless, the utilization of paperless technology by the teachers was highly recommended to utilized by the teachers. Finally, this study shows educators how paperless technology can reduce teacher workload, save money, and protect the environment while improving the teaching and learning process.  Article visualizations

Computing Technologies and Paperless Classroom in Library Schools in Rivers State

Paper has been a convenience medium of communicating information, accessing information, as well as delivering and receiving lecture. However, as time changes, the mode of communication and instructional methodology takes a paradigm shift. This has resulted to the use of paperless classroom. Paperless classroom is the use of computing and communication technologies to replace the traditional method of teaching and learning in the classroom. It offers speed and ease of using electronic means in delivering lecture to a large number of students which is cost effective to students and lecturers. Consequently, schools are using computing technologies to ease the cost and stress of using paper-based classroom. Notwithstanding, despite the benefits of using computing technologies in facilitating paperless classroom, there is a poor usage of computing technologies towards promoting or achieving a paperless classroom in library schools in Rivers State, Nigeria. However, colleges, universities and schools have different approaches when putting in place the paperless classroom. Thus, the study investigated computing technologies and paperless classroom in library schools in Rivers State. Two objectives, two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a correlational research survey design. The population of the study was 45 lecturers in library schools in Rivers State. Census sampling technique was used to select the respondents. Questionnaire was used to gather the data. 37 copies of the questionnaire were found valid for analysis. The data was analysed using mean scores and standard deviation for research questions and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) to test the hypotheses. The study revealed that there is a significant relationship between mobile computing, cloud computing and paperless classroom in library schools in Rivers State. The study recommended that library schools management should as a matter of policy implement the use of computing technologies in library schools in Rivers State

Computing Technologies and Paperless Classroom in Library Schools in Rivers State

Paper has been a convenience medium of communicating information, accessing information, as well as delivering and receiving lecture. However, as time changes, the mode of communication and instructional methodology takes a paradigm shift. This has resulted to the use of paperless classroom. Paperless classroom is the use of computing and communication technologies to replace the traditional method of teaching and learning in the classroom. It offers speed and ease of using electronic means in delivering lecture to a large number of students which is cost effective to students and lecturers. Consequently, schools are using computing technologies to ease the cost and stress of using paper-based classroom. Notwithstanding, despite the benefits of using computing technologies in facilitating paperless classroom, there is a poor usage of computing technologies towards promoting or achieving a paperless classroom in library schools in Rivers State, Nigeria. However, colleges, universities and schools have different approaches when putting in place the paperless classroom. Thus, the study investigated computing technologies and paperless classroom in library schools in Rivers State. Two objectives, two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a correlational research survey design. The population of the study was 45 lecturers in library schools in Rivers State. Census sampling technique was used to select the respondents. Questionnaire was used to gather the data. 37 copies of the questionnaire were found valid for analysis. The data was analysed using mean scores and standard deviation for research questions and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) to test the hypotheses. The study revealed that there is a significant relationship between mobile computing, cloud computing and paperless classroom in library schools in Rivers State. The study recommended that library schools management should as a matter of policy implement the use of computing technologies in library schools in Rivers Stat

Electronic data generation and display system

The Electronic Data Generation and Display System (EDGADS) is a field tested paperless technical manual system. The authoring provides subject matter experts the option of developing procedureware from digital or hardcopy inputs of technical information from text, graphics, pictures, and recorded media (video, audio, etc.). The display system provides multi-window presentations of graphics, pictures, animations, and action sequences with text and audio overlays on high resolution color CRT and monochrome portable displays. The database management system allows direct access via hierarchical menus, keyword name, ID number, voice command or touch of a screen pictoral of the item (ICON). It contains operations and maintenance technical information at three levels of intelligence for a total system

Back to Paper: A Case Study

Documents the developments in California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, and Ohio, where electronic voting machines were introduced after the 2000 election but are now being replaced by paper ballots. Also discusses trends among other states

Favourable approach that influence autism students learning language process

Education is important for all, including those students with special needs.In this context, learning process for students with special needsis certainly different from normal students, with special developed curriculum, as well as special skills for teachers are devotedfor teaching specific courses.This study investigatesthe special education teachers’approach in teaching phonics of the language (i.e. Bahasa Melayu)for autism students, focusing on three elements; namely learning module, oral language and multimedia application. A survey study was designed using questionnaire involving 42 special education teachers from primary schools in the Southern Peninsular of Malaysia.Descriptive analysis were used to obtain percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The results;a moderate level application of the module (M = 3.43, SD = 0.654) and the oral language (M = 3.64, SD = 0.570), but a high level of the multimedia application(M = 4.14, SD = 0.612). The multimedia elements wasthe most favorable approach in the teaching and learning process of autism students.The implication;more special design of a multimedia materials are needed for teaching phonics for language learning to help autism students to speaking correctly

2012 Grantmakers Information Technology Survey Report

Together the Technology Affinity Group (TAG) and Grants Managers Network (GMN) conducted an information technology survey of grantmaking organizations in July 2012. This survey serves as a follow?up to similar surveys TAG has conducted in collaboration with the Council on Foundation (The Council) in April 2003, July 2005, and June 2007, and then independently in 2010

Managing Wireless Networks in the Healthcare Sector: Emerging Experiences of Cultural Impacts

The existing body of knowledge has generally supported that organizational culture plays a significant role in shaping group identity, work pattern, communication schemes, and interpersonal relations; all of these cultural elements are important organizational factors that shape workplaces and operational routines. In the context of emerging information technology, it has also been suggested that organizational culture could affect IT implementation and management. However, little is known about how emerging information technology shapes organizational culture, which in turn helps reshape the organization as a whole. The purpose of this paper is thus to build empirical understanding of how IT in general and emerging wireless networks in particular reshapes organizational culture. Case studies conducted in two hospitals situated in southwest U.S.A. illustrated that the implementation of wireless networks indeed helped shape and/or reshape organizational culture in the healthcare sector and in turn enhance healthcare organizations’ competitiveness in the marketplace. For IT managers and practitioners in healthcare institutions, effective strategy to plan and manage emerging ITs such as wireless networks will thus have long-term implications on cultivating organizational culture that could eventually reshape workplace and competitiveness

Studies in Trade and Investment: The Development Impact of Information Technology in Trade Facilitation

International trade has been, and continues to be, one of the most important factors in the growth and development of the Republic of Korea. Because of the importance of trade, the Republic of Korea has always been interested in ways of making trade easier and faster. By the late 1990s, the Republic of Korea was one of the most "wired" countries in the world. Given the rapid pace of IT adoption, it made sense for the Republic of Korea to utilize IT for customs procedures and trade facilitation. The Government of the Republic of Korea vigorously pursued extensive use of IT for cargo clearance in order to reduce transaction costs and regulatory burden for traders, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).Trade facilitation, ICT, IT, SMEs, international trade, customs, the Republic of Korea

Explaining Health Reform: Eligibility and Enrollment Processes for Medicaid, CHIP and Subsidies in the Exchange

Summarizes healthcare reform provisions for consumer-friendly, coordinated, simplified, and technology-enabled enrollment systems with a focus on low- and moderate-income families