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    Connecting Places, Connecting to Place: Migrants’ Use of ICTs for Exploring Lisbon

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    This chapter provides an integrated understanding of the implications of the use of ICTs by migrant individuals as they explore the Mediterranean city. ICTs have proved crucial for the maintenance of long-distance familial arrangements, for the mobilisation of migrants’ social networks, and for managing remittances, but also for shaping migration decisions and the choice of destinations. Taking a different approach, we look at the ways migrants become aware of the city’s urban resources with the help of ICTs. To this end, we relied on a pilot study comprising in-depth encounters with middling migrants established in Lisbon between 2014 and 2019. Participants were also part of a four-week-long online focus group organised on WhatsApp where they shared ICT resources in “real time”, engaged in discussion among themselves, and responded to questions asked by the researchers. This chapter provides evidence that digital and urban resources are intertwined: that online navigation can actually shape the offline experience of using the city; and that the ways migrants portray the places they use – by posting, commenting, sharing, and leaving reviews online – add up to an ICT-supported imaginary of the city fed by residents, migrants, and other visitors alike.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

    Southern Adventist University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

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    Southern Adventist University\u27s undergraduate catalog for the academic year 2023-2024.https://knowledge.e.southern.edu/undergrad_catalog/1123/thumbnail.jp

    Новий учитель – щасливий учень – успішна нова українська школа

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    Метою монографії є прагнення авторів показати необхідність нового підходу у професійно-методичній підготовці вчителя ІМ початкової школи в контексті реалізації Концепції НУШ. У монографії читач ознайомиться з новою моделлю професійної підготовки вчителя ІМ початкової школи, різними формами та методами, а також з інноваційними технологіями успішного навчання, які розроблені майбутніми вчителями ІМ Житомирського державного університету імені Івана Франка. Монографія буде цікавою для вчителів ІМ початкової школи, викладачів мовних закладів вищої освіти, майбутніх вчителів ІМ, методистам інститутів післядипломної освіти, а також може бути корисною для вчителів основної та старшої школи

    Does banner advertising still capture attention? An eye-tracking study

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    Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate how much visual attention is given to banner ads embedded in Web page content dependent on whether the user’s task is goal- or not goal-oriented, as well as the interplay between attention, banner location, banner click and banner recognition. Design/methodology/approach – The authors used a within-subjects design where 100 participants performed two tasks – reading a news and finding where to click next – on a Web page containing three banner ads embedded into the website content. The authors gathered behavioral and eye-tracking data. Findings – Consumers disregard banner ads when they are performing a focused task (reading news). Visual attention paid to the banners while reading – but not while free browsing – and banner location do not impact ad clicking. In addition, it is not necessary to pay full attention to a banner ad to be able to recognize it afterward. Practical implications – The strategy of embedding banners in the main content of a Web page leads to higher visual attention when consumers are browsing a Web page compared to a focused task (e.g. reading). It also increases ad recognition over time compared to benchmark levels for ads placed in traditional positions. Originality/value – Previous studies mainly assessed effectiveness of banners located at the top or lateral of a Web page. The authors used eye tracking as an objective measure of visual attention to banner ads embedded in Web page content and behavioral metrics to assess ad interest and measured ad recognition over time. Objetivo – Investigar cuánta atención visual se presta a los banners publicitarios incrustados en el contenido de una página Web en función de si la tarea del usuario está orientada a un objetivo o no, así como la interacción entre la atención, la ubicación del banner, el clic en el banner y el reconocimiento del banner. Diseño/metodología/enfoque – Se utilizó un diseño entre sujetos en el que 100 participantes realizaban dos tareas – leer una noticia y encontrar dónde hacer clic a continuación – en una página Web que contenía tres banners publicitarios incrustados en el contenido del sitio Web. Se recogieron datos conductuales y de seguimiento ocular. Conclusiones – Los consumidores no prestan atención a los banners publicitarios cuando están realizando una tarea concentrada (leer noticias). La atención visual prestada a los banners durante la lectura – pero no durante la navegación libre – y la ubicación de los banners no influyen en el hecho de hacer clic en los anuncios. Además, no es necesario prestar toda la atención a un banner publicitario para poder reconocerlo después. Originalidad – Los estudios anteriores evaluaban principalmente la eficacia de los banners situados en la parte superior o lateral de una página Web. Nosotros utilizamos el seguimiento ocular como medida objetiva de la atención visual a los banners incrustados en el contenido de la página Web y métricas de comportamiento para evaluar el interés por el anuncio, y medimos el reconocimiento del anuncio a lo largo del tiempo. Implicaciones prácticas – La estrategia de incrustar banners en el contenido principal de una página Web aumenta la atención visual de los consumidores cuando navegan por una página Web en comparación con una tarea específica (por ejemplo, leer). También aumenta el reconocimiento del anuncio a lo largo del tiempo en comparación con los niveles de referencia de los anuncios colocados en posiciones tradicionales. 目的 – 研究用户对嵌入在网页内容中的横幅广告的视觉注意程度, 取决于用户的任务是否以目标为导向, 以及注意、横幅位置、横幅点击和横幅识别之间的相互作用。 设计/方法/途径 – 我们采用了主体内设计, 100名参与者在一个含有三个嵌入网站内容的横幅广告的网页上执行两项任务–阅读新闻和寻找下一步的点击位置。我们收集了行为和眼球追踪数据。 研究结果 – 消费者在执行重点任务(阅读新闻)时忽略了横幅广告。阅读时对横幅广告的视觉关注–而不是自由浏览时–以及横幅广告的位置并不影响广告点击。此外, 不一定要完全注意横幅广告才能在事后认出它。 原创性 – 以前的研究主要评估位于网页顶部或侧面的横幅广告的效果。我们用眼动仪作为对嵌入网页内容的横幅广告的视觉注意力的客观测量, 用行为指标来评估广告的兴趣, 并测量了广告在一段时间内的识别度。 实际意义 – 在网页的主要内容中嵌入横幅广告的策略导致消费者在浏览网页时, 与重点任务(如阅读)相比, 视觉注意力更高。与放置在传统位置的广告的基准水平相比, 它也会随着时间的推移增加广告识别度

    Modern computing: Vision and challenges

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    Over the past six decades, the computing systems field has experienced significant transformations, profoundly impacting society with transformational developments, such as the Internet and the commodification of computing. Underpinned by technological advancements, computer systems, far from being static, have been continuously evolving and adapting to cover multifaceted societal niches. This has led to new paradigms such as cloud, fog, edge computing, and the Internet of Things (IoT), which offer fresh economic and creative opportunities. Nevertheless, this rapid change poses complex research challenges, especially in maximizing potential and enhancing functionality. As such, to maintain an economical level of performance that meets ever-tighter requirements, one must understand the drivers of new model emergence and expansion, and how contemporary challenges differ from past ones. To that end, this article investigates and assesses the factors influencing the evolution of computing systems, covering established systems and architectures as well as newer developments, such as serverless computing, quantum computing, and on-device AI on edge devices. Trends emerge when one traces technological trajectory, which includes the rapid obsolescence of frameworks due to business and technical constraints, a move towards specialized systems and models, and varying approaches to centralized and decentralized control. This comprehensive review of modern computing systems looks ahead to the future of research in the field, highlighting key challenges and emerging trends, and underscoring their importance in cost-effectively driving technological progress

    A Critical Review Of Post-Secondary Education Writing During A 21st Century Education Revolution

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    Educational materials are effective instruments which provide information and report new discoveries uncovered by researchers in specific areas of academia. Higher education, like other education institutions, rely on instructional materials to inform its practice of educating adult learners. In post-secondary education, developmental English programs are tasked with meeting the needs of dynamic populations, thus there is a continuous need for research in this area to support its changing landscape. However, the majority of scholarly thought in this area centers on K-12 reading and writing. This paucity presents a phenomenon to the post-secondary community. This research study uses a qualitative content analysis to examine peer-reviewed journals from 2003-2017, developmental online websites, and a government issued document directed toward reforming post-secondary developmental education programs. These highly relevant sources aid educators in discovering informational support to apply best practices for student success. Developmental education serves the purpose of addressing literacy gaps for students transitioning to college-level work. The findings here illuminate the dearth of material offered to developmental educators. This study suggests the field of literacy research is fragmented and highlights an apparent blind spot in scholarly literature with regard to English writing instruction. This poses a quandary for post-secondary literacy researchers in the 21st century and establishes the necessity for the literacy research community to commit future scholarship toward equipping college educators teaching writing instruction to underprepared adult learners

    Application of Feedback Conversation for the Efficiency of Interpersonal Communication in Teaching in Higher Education

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    Wydział Studiów EdukacyjnychCelem prowadzonych badań była ocena skuteczności zastosowania informacji zwrotnej dla efektywności komunikacji interpersonalnej w nauczaniu w szkolnictwie wyższym. Skonstruowano proces osobistego instruktarzu, który umożliwiał ocenę komunikacji interpersonalnej wykładowcy w trakcie prowadzenia zajęć ze studentami w pięciu wymiarach: organizacji lekcji, klarowności przekazu, kontaktu z grupą docelową (studentami), wzbudzania zainteresowania oraz tworzenia wartości. Aby osiągnąć cel badawczy, przeprowadzono badania jakościowe z zastosowaniem badania w działaniu, które umożliwiło uczestnikom aktywność i zaangażowanie w całym procesie. Wzięło w nim udział dziesięciu wykładowców z Beit Berl Academic College. Narzędziami badawczymi wykorzystanymi były: wywiad częściowo ustrukturyzowany (na początku i na końcu procesu), obserwacja nagrania video z prowadzonych zajęć (trzy lekcje w semestrze), rozmowa z zastosowaniem informacji zwrotnej i refleksji (po każdym filmie). Wyniki badań wskazują na zmianę, jaka zaszła w aspektach poznawczych, emocjonalnych i behawioralnych na każdym z wymiarów komunikacji interpersonalnej. Ponadto ustalenia wskazują, że dla wszystkich wykładowców rozmowy zwrotne były znaczące i przyczyniły się do zmiany ich praktyk dydaktycznych. Wykładowcy doświadczyli rozmów zwrotnych jako pozytywnych doświadczeń instruktażowych, które przyczyniły się do doskonalenie ich nauczania.The objective of this research study is to explore the application of the feedback conversation on the efficiency of interpersonal communication in higher education teaching. For this purpose, a process of personal instruction was constructed that examined the interpersonal communication of the lecturer during the lecture in five dimensions: the organization of the lesson, the clarity of the messages, the contact with the target audience (the students), the creation of interest, and the creation of value. To achieve the objective, a qualitative research was carried out in the method of action research that enabled the participants to be active and involved throughout the entire process. Ten lecturers from the Beit Berl Academic College participated in this research study. The research instruments used in the research study are a semi-structured interview (before the beginning of the process and at the end of the process), films of the lecturer’s lessons (three lessons during the semester), feedback conversation, and reflection (after each film of the lesson). The research findings indicate a change that occurred among all the lecturers in the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral aspects in each one of the dimensions of interpersonal communication during the feedback conversation. In addition, the findings indicate that for all the lecturers the feedback conversations were meaningful and contributed to the change of their teaching practices. The lecturers experienced the feedback conversations as a positive experience, instructional, which contributed to the improvement of their teaching. pracy (max 1400 znaków) The objective of this research study is to explore the application of the feedback conversation on the efficiency of interpersonal communication in higher education teaching. For this purpose, a process of personal instruction was constructed that examined the interpersonal communication of the lecturer during the lecture in five dimensions: the organization of the lesson, the clarity of the messages, the contact with the target audience (the students), the creation of interest, and the creation of value. To achieve the objective, a qualitative research was carried out in the method of action research that enabled the participants to be active and involved throughout the entire process. Ten lecturers from the Beit Berl Academic College participated in this research study. The research instruments used in the research study are a semi-structured interview (before the beginning of the process and at the end of the process), films of the lecturer’s lessons (three lessons during the semester), feedback conversation, and reflection (after each film of the lesson). The research findings indicate a change that occurred among all the lecturers in the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral aspects in each one of the dimensions of interpersonal communication during the feedback conversation. In addition, the findings indicate that for all the lecturers the feedback conversations were meaningful and contributed to the change of their teaching practices. The lecturers experienced the feedback conversations as a positive experience, instructional, which contributed to the improvement of their teaching

    The Importance of Conceptualising the Human-Centric Approach in Maintaining and Promoting Cybersecurity-Hygiene in Healthcare 4.0

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    The cyberspace depicts an increasing number of difficulties related to security, especially in healthcare. This is evident from how vulnerable critical infrastructures are to cyberattacks and are unprotected against cybercrime. Users, ideally, should maintain a good level of cyber hygiene, via regular software updates and the development of unique passwords, as an effective way to become resilient to cyberattacks. Cyber security breaches are a top priority, and most users are aware that their behaviours may put them at risk; however, they are not educated to follow best practices, such as protecting their passwords. Mass cyber education may serve as a means to offset poor cyber security behaviours; however, mandatory education becomes a questionable point if the content is not focused on human factors, using human-centric approaches and taking into account end users’ behaviours, which is currently the case. The nature of the present paper is largely exploratory, and the purpose is two-fold: To present and explore the cyber hygiene definition, context and habits of end users in order to strengthen our understanding of users. Our paper reports the best practices that should be used by healthcare organisations and healthcare professionals to maintain good cyber hygiene and how these can be applied via a healthcare use case scenario to increase awareness related to data privacy and cybersecurity. This is an issue of great importance and urgency considering the rapid increase of cyberattacks in healthcare organisations, mainly due to human errors. Further to that, based on human-centric approaches, our long-term vision and future work involves facilitating the development of efficient practices and education associated with cybersecurity hygiene via a flexible, adaptable and practical framework

    Challenges and Opportunities for the Design of Smart Speakers

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    Advances in voice technology and voice user interfaces (VUIs) -- such as Alexa, Siri, and Google Home -- have opened up the potential for many new types of interaction. However, despite the potential of these devices reflected by the growing market and body of VUI research, there is a lingering sense that the technology is still underused. In this paper, we conducted a systematic literature review of 35 papers to identify and synthesize 127 VUI design guidelines into five themes. Additionally, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 15 smart speaker users to understand their use and non-use of the technology. From the interviews, we distill four design challenges that contribute the most to non-use. Based on their (non-)use, we identify four opportunity spaces for designers to explore such as focusing on information support while multitasking (cooking, driving, childcare, etc), incorporating users' mental models for smart speakers, and integrating calm design principles.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figure
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