Review of Crowdfunding Regulations across Countries: A Systematic Review Study

In recent years, the financial industry is seeing rapid implementation of an increasing number of new technologies. In crowdfunding campaigns, borrowers, potential investors, and platform providers may face some issues in terms of information disclosures, selecting an appropriate threshold, and platform insolvency. However, there is insufficient research to provide a cohesive view of the regulatory framework for crowdfunding platforms. This research offers comparative and comprehensive insights through a systematic literature review (SLR) in analyzing the existing regulatory environment across countries. The results suggest the fundamental regulatory framework in supporting startups, early-stage companies, innovation and entrepreneurs, and balancing investor protections and support for businesses seeking to raise funds, particularly in protecting client’s fund, crowdfunding advertising law, fundraising and investment limit, authorization and disclosure obligations. This study contributes to providing a comprehensive understanding of crowdfunding regulatory frameworks and informing governments or policymakers in the future development or reform of crowdfunding regulation frameworks

Incorporating Technology Adoption in Medical Education: A Qualitative Study of Medical Students’ Perspectives

Fahad Abdulaziz Alrashed,1 Tauseef Ahmad,1 Muneera M Almurdi,2 Asma A Alderaa,2 Saad A Alhammad,2 Mohammad Serajuddin,3 Abdulrahman M Alsubiheen2 1Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Health Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 3College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Fahad Abdulaziz Alrashed, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud University, P.O Box 2925, Riyadh, 11461, Saudi Arabia, Tel +966596130110, Email [email protected]: The integration of technology into medical education has witnessed significant growth in recent years, with tools such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and telemedicine gaining prominence. These tool in medical education, offering immersive, experiential learning experiences.Methods: We approached medical students currently enrolled in medical education programs and who are familiar with and actively use AI in medical education. Initially, we invited 21 random students to participate in the study; however, only 13 agreed to interviews. Some students cited their busy exam schedules as the reason for not participating. The participants were informed of the objective of the study before the commencement of the recorded interviews. Semi-structured interviews were used to guide the record interviews. Audio recordings were transcribed and analyzed using Atlas.ti, a qualitative data analysis software.Results: Participants exhibited a diverse range of perceptions and levels of awareness regarding VR, AI, and telemedicine technologies. Learning with virtual reality was considered to be fun, memorable, inclusive, and engaging by participants. The use of virtual reality technology is seen as complementing current teaching and learning approaches, helping to build learners’ confidence, as well as providing medical students with a safe environment for problem-solving and trial-and-error learning. The students reported that AI was seen as a potential game-changer in the healthcare sector. Participants hoped that telemedicine would provide healthcare services to remote and underserved populations.Conclusion: The study conducted focus group discussions with medical students and residents in Saudi Arabia to explore their views on integrating VR, AI, and telemedicine in medical education and practice. Their insights highlight the need for informed decision-making and strategic development to optimize the benefits and address challenges like initial investments, technical issues, ethics, and regulations. These considerations are crucial for fully realizing the potential benefits of technology in medical education globally.keywords: learning education, medical education, medical education with virtual reality, technology in medical education, qualitative research teaching technology, artificial intelligenc

Threat Poker: Gamification of Secure Agile

Part 3: Gaming for Cybersecurity TrainingInternational audienceAgile software development is practiced in most software development projects around the world. To explicitly consider and include security requirements as part of agile software development is referred to as ‘secure agile’. To include security will naturally require additional time and effort, with potentially reduced agility as a consequence. To maintain agility, it is important to have efficient methods to include security in the development process. In this study, we describe enhancements to Threat Poker, which is a game designed for the software development team to deal with security threats identified during the agile development project. Games can be valuable educational tools for actively engaging students and practitioners alike. An experiment with students indicates that playing Threat Poker increases security awareness and that it is a fun and simple way to discuss identified security threats and how to remove security vulnerabilities during the software development process

Gamified Strategy Oriented to Decrease SPI Change Resistance: A Case Study

Software development companies seek to improve their processes implementing best practices through SPI initiatives. Such initiatives look for modifying the conditions and behavior of the process stakeholders. For this reason, change resistance increases the complexity of the SPI initiatives implementation; and exist a permanent search of strategies for facing with change resistance. Gamification is an alternative for influencing employee behavior, allowing them to improve the SPI initiatives. With this motivation, this paper shows a case study of the application of a gamified strategy oriented to decrease change resistance. The methodology for the strategy definition includes a sequence of steps for selecting and associating change resistance causes, change management models, and gamification principles. The study case evidences a positive impact on causes like lack of commitment management and a general improvement in the change resistance in SPI initiatives when the gamification is the central element of the strategy. © 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG