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Emerging Technologies: What's Around The Corner? And Why Should We Care?, Robert L. Nunez Ii
Emerging Technologies: What's Around The Corner? And Why Should We Care?, Robert L. Nunez Ii
Robert L Nunez II
There are so many possibilities for what is right around the corner with technology. A number of the technologies that we take for granted now were originally called fads by many, so the begs the question "What is right around the corner and why should I care?"
Exploratory Study On The Informational Abilities Of Havana University Students, Carlos Luis González-Valiente, Yilianne Sánchez Rodríguez, Yazmín Lezcano Pérez
Exploratory Study On The Informational Abilities Of Havana University Students, Carlos Luis González-Valiente, Yilianne Sánchez Rodríguez, Yazmín Lezcano Pérez
Carlos Luis González-Valiente
The present article shows the results of a survey aimed at identifying the informational abilities of Havana University students. Several methods such as the survey, expert’s interviews and content and document analysis are used. The questionnaire has been structured base on three basic variables: information search, information analysis and release and self-evaluation elements. The identification of these abilities was a key element for guiding libraries in the development of actions focused on their communities.
Implementing And Evaluating Cancer Consumer Health Programming, Martha E. Meacham
Implementing And Evaluating Cancer Consumer Health Programming, Martha E. Meacham
Martha E. Meacham
Objectives: This paper proposes to examine the implementation and effectiveness of consumer health programming developed for cancer patients and caretakers. Programs focused on outreach, traditional health literacy, and instruction about finding and evaluating medical information on the Internet. Methods: Three programs for patients and caregivers were developed and implemented at a large, urban cancer treatment center. The first program, "Dana-Farber Reads," was a general literacy and education program, formatted as discussion about cancer-related readings that had been freely distributed. The second program, "Beyond Google," was designed to improve skills related to searching for and understanding information on the Internet. The …
Information Literacy In The Workplace: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu
Information Literacy In The Workplace: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Yuhfen Diana H. Wu
Diana H. Wu
This cross-cultural study has two main purposes: to investigate how information literacy is perceived in the workplace and to discover how employees obtain information to carry out their jobs in an effective and timely fashion. This project applies a mix of research methods, including site visits, interviews, and a survey. More than 120 participants from forty companies were involved in this study. They were from a wide variety of industries in Taiwan and Silicon Valley, in Northern California, where many companies base offices or operations from around the world. Major obstacles in conducting cross-continent research are cost, time demands, scheduling, …
The Folksong Jukebox: Singing Along For Social Change In Rural India, Payal Arora
The Folksong Jukebox: Singing Along For Social Change In Rural India, Payal Arora
Payal Arora
In designing digital literacy content for marginalized demographics, we need to garner local resources to structure engaging and meaningful media experiences. This paper examines the socio-cognitive implications of a novel edutainment product in rural India on learning, stemming from an e-development initiative funded by Hewlett-Packard. This product encapsulates a multiplicity of media forms: text, audio and visual, with social-awareness folk themes endemic to the locality. It uses the karaoke ‘same language subtitling’ feature that won the World Bank Development Marketplace Award in 2002 due to its simple yet innovative application that has proven to have an impact on reading skills. …