A Study of New Ways of Professional Development of Rural Teachers Supported by Information Technology

Teacher professional development has been put forward since the 1980s. After nearly 30 years of theoretical research and practical exploration, it has become a common concern of many countries in the world. It is the mainstream discourse of teacher education reform. As a special group of teachers in our country, the professional development of rural teachers is directly related to the improvement of the quality of education in rural schools. In this paper, information technology was briefly analyzed, and the problems in the professional development of teachers in rural schools were discussed;finally, strategies of rural school teachers' professional development supported by information technology were put forward.

Coping up with the Information Overload in the Medical Profession

The recent technological advancement has proved to be tremendously helpful for medical consultants. However, this advancement has also generated an enormous volume and variety of data, with a high velocity causing an information load for the medical consultants. Information overload can be defined as a difficulty a person can have in comprehending issue and making judgments that are caused by the presence of too much information. Information overload occurs when the amount of input to a system surpasses its processing capability. Decision-makers have a limited cognitive processing ability. Consequently, when information overload happens, it is possible that a decline in decision quality will take place. Decision-makers, such as medical consultants, have fairly limited cognitive processing capacity. Consequently, when information overload occurs, it is likely that a reduction in decision quality will occur. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of information overload on medical consultants’ life, its causes, and potential ways to deal with it. We performed a literature review to find the effects of information overload on medical consultants. Twelve research papers were considered for thematic analysis using NVivo 10 tool. These papers revealed four themes: 1) traditional methods of data collection;2) modern ways of data collection;3) consequences of modern ways of data collection;and 4) the need for handling information overload. This study suggests the development of a Continuing Professional Development course that explains how to deal with information overload, and availing the same through E-Learning mode might be one immediate solution.

Nursing Students’ Experience with Information Literacy Skill

This study examined the searching skills and extent of usage of electronic databases by Nursing, Midwifery and Public Health Nursing students in the University of Health and Allied Science (UHAS). The focus was on forty (40) level 300 students drawn from a universe of two hundred and forty six (246) of the School of Public Health (SPH). The study used quantitative method approach and the survey instruments were questionnaire, interview and observation. The data collected were analyzed and classified into the following themes: usefulness, extent of use, determinants of use of e-databases, searching skills, and main drawbacks of learning information literacy skills (ILS). Although all the respondents strongly agreed that e-databases are indispensable for academic and professional practice, findings revealed that majority of them have low quality of searching skills and that accounts for the sparse use of the e-databases. This positive association is proven by Pearson’s chi square test (0.000). The study also established that students’ attitude, academic loads and methodology of teaching were the challenges hindering the acquisition of ILS of students. As a consequence, the study recommends that Academic librarians should intensify their education on e-databases, the development of research guides and encourages stronger collaboration with faculty members in the teaching of ILS so that student nurses would be more adept in searching for information to enhanced scholarship and professional practice.

On the informationization of accounting information in China： The perspective of accounting information systems and its regulatory framework in the USA

The informationization of accounting information systems has brought many improvements to those systems. This paper highlights some of those significant advances in the informationization of accounting information systems in China. As China has become a major industrial power in the international economy, further improvements for these information systems are critical to the continued successes of China. To additionally improve these systems, China can draw upon the systems from other world economic leaders. With its fully developed capital markets, the United States offers development experience for the external reporting components of a fully integrated information system. This paper discusses a typical integrated information system in the United States and addresses the regulatory milestones that were instrumental in the development of those external components of accounting information systems. Recommendations are presented for improving informationization of systems in China based on U.S. systems＇ responses to those milestones.

Analysis of the Factors Affecting Successful Accounting Information of Listed Companies in the Stock Exchange of Thailand

The objective of this research is to examine the factors affecting successful accounting information of Thai-listed companies. The factors affecting successful accounting information are two variables including accounting professional and accounting information system （AIS） competency. Population and sample of this research is the companies listed in the Stock Exchange of Thailand （SET）. A questionnaire mail was used for collecting the data from chief accountant officer of the companies listed in the SET. The results indicate that accounting professional has a positive significant effect on successful accounting information in all dimensions including effective planning, efficient controlling, and promoting decision and communication. Moreover, AIS competency has a positive significant effect on successful accounting information only in dimension of promoting decision and communication. Overall, the results indicate that internal resource and capabilities including accounting professional and AIS competency are the primary factors that influence successful accounting information of Thai-listed companies. Theoretical and managerial contributions are explicitly provided. Conclusions, suggestions and directions for future research are also presented.

Language Teacher's Information Literacy in the ICT context

With the rapid development of Information and Communication Technology(ICT),the modern information and communica tion media have been changing the rationale of learning and teaching.Under such circumstances,a person's,especially an educator's in formation literacy plays an important role in their personal and professional development.This essay discusses the influence of the new challenge on EFL(English as a foreign language) teachers'professional development.EFL teachers should be fully empowered to be infor mation literate language educators in the curriculum innovation of TEFL(teaching English as a foreign language).It is suggested that EFL teachers'awareness,attitudes,and personal needs should be taken into account in the process of integrating ICT into their professional practice and self-development.

Professional One-Day Training Course in BIM: A Practice Overview of Multi-Applicability in Construction

The implementation of Building Information modelling (BIM) methodology in the construction industry has been covering wide applicability with recognized benefits in designing, constructing and operating buildings. A recent short course organized in the University of Lisbon, actualized with the most relevant achievement based in master research, was offered to professionals of the industry, namely, architects and civil engineers coming from diverse engineering areas, environment, construction, maintenance, consult and patrimonial enterprises and also from public organizations like city councils. The proposed action covers the areas of construction (conflict analysis, planning and materials take-off), structures (interoperability, analyses and transfer of information between software) and the most recent Heritage Building Information Modelling (HBIM) topic. The course aims to contribute to the dissemination of the potential of BIM in the areas of designing, construction and refurbishing of historical buildings. The participants followed the course with great interest and satisfaction, formulating several questions directed to the particular activity of each of the attendees.

The Effects of Information and Communication Technology on Health Service Delivery at Tafo Government Hospital

This study sought to find out the effects of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on health service delivery at Tafo Government Hospital. A descriptive survey design was used. Data were collected through the use of semi-structured questionnaire and administered to 50 respondents where stratified random sampling technique was used by ranking position as strata. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. From the findings, 56% of the respondents overwhelmingly agreed to the fact that the applications of ICT provide quicker medical diagnoses, reduced workload among users, improvement in patients’ waiting time and information accessibility. Nonetheless, 72% bemoaned lack of ICT infrastructure, poor ICT network concerns coupled with that insufficient knowledge on the use of ICT could impede the impact of ICT in quality service delivery. This could be deduced from the findings that ICT improves collaboration and clinical decision support in facilitating clinical work flow integration among nurses and other medical professionals. Moreover, the findings above affirm the fact that without electricity, ICT infrastructure, insufficient skills and technical knowledge in dealing with ICT innovations, it is impossible to successfully adopt ICT resources in health care delivery. The above findings show that the majority of healthcare professional generally had a positive attitude towards ICT prospects as they rated their skill as fairly well. The study recommends that the Ministry of Health plays a supporting role by investing in health care ICT.

Professionalism and patient education in urologic surgery

Medical professionalism provides the guidelines that govern the patient-physician relationship. This implicit contract requires that patients be informed before making decisions regarding their medical care. Educating patients about diagnostic and treatment decisions is critical to an informed decision-making process. Shared decision-making is a recent paradigm shift in patient education that allows patients to make decisions based both on the counsel of their physicians and according to their own preferences and values. This approach moves away from previous models that focused on physicians or third-party payers as the arbiters of diagnostic and treatment choices. Urologic surgeons have been at the forefront of shared decision-making research and continue to promote this concept in the most recent American Urological Association Guideline on Detection of Prostate Cancer. Unfortunately, the feefor-service financial structure that predominates in the United States' health care system provides a disincentive for shared decision-making. By promoting patient volume rather than time spent with patients, this system rewards physicians who spend less time educating patients about diagnostic and treatment options. Therefore, to promote adherence to the educational responsibility inherent in medical professionalism, werecommend physician payment reform that rewards physicians for time spent with patients rather than the volume of patients seen.

The Essence and Structure of Information Competency of an Interpreter in the System of Continuing Education

The paper highlights the problem of training of interpreters in the system of continuing education in Russia. The theoretical analysis of the essence and structure of the information competency of an interpreter in continuing education as subjects is proposed. The research techniques were document analysis, interviews, participant observation, work process analysis, and focus groups. This paper presents a brief overview of the information competency of an interpreter. The importance of the information competency in the structure of professional competency of an interpreter is acknowledged by the majority of modern experts. But there still exists the problem of determining the set of skills which present the information competency of an interpreter. This paper introduces the author＇s view on the problem of defining the essence and structure of the information competency of an interpreter.

Exploration of Digital Transformation Schema for Professional Degree Postgraduate Training

Professional degree postgraduate education is the strategic focus of the reform and development of postgraduate education in China, and the digital transformation of education is also the strategic theme of the reform and development of education in China. This paper analyzes the current situation of informatization of professional degree postgraduate training in China, and puts forward the construction scheme of digital comprehensive service platform for professional degree postgraduate education and teaching based on the actual situation of China University of Geosciences (Beijing). It focuses on three aspects: postgraduate education information management, intelligent online teaching and teachers’ digital literacy improvement. The article also discusses the significance of the digital ecology of the education industry and the entire country for the evaluation of the cultivation of professional degree postgraduates in colleges and universities.

The Hong Kong professional publication of the architecture and design field

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Thoughts on the Professional Growth of University Teachers in Digital Era

The development of information and technology has changed education namely teaching and learning.This paper analyzed the main characteristic of university teachers’professional growth in digital era by theoretically analyzing the impact on education of information and technology.In the new era,teachers should assume more abundant roles,such as lecturer in the classroom environment,model of students’life,mentor/instructor,teaching evaluator,resource developer,planner,leader and manager,etc.Teachers in the digital era should own the qualities of“foundation”,“growth”,and“expansion”.On this basis,several suggestions for promotion of teachers’professional growth have been given.It is necessary to explore the way of professional growth for university teachers in the IT age by constructing a UGIT collaborative“front and behind continued”teacher cultivation mechanism;exploring a practice-oriented,precise,scientific and demand-driven cultivation model;and strengthening the training of teachers’IT application ability.

图书情报硕士专业学位(MLIS)教育发展状况调查报告(2023)

[目的/意义]全面、客观地反映我国MLIS教育在2023年的状况和发展变化。[研究设计/方法]采用调查问卷收集MLIS培养单位师资、招生、教育培养、就业等方面的数据,通过统计描述和对比反映现状,揭示发展变化。[结论/发现]我国MLIS教育稳健发展。具体表现为:师资队伍稳定增长,招生规模不断扩大,培养特色鲜明,毕业生就业状况良好,各培养单位的课程设置、教育资源建设和培养过程管理日益规范。[创新/价值]连续11年发布MLIS教育发展状况调查报告,为学位和教育管理部门以及各培养单位决策提供支持。

以学生为中心的电子信息类“双链四融”创新人才培养路径研究

为了提高电子信息类专业创新型人才培养的内涵和质量,在以学生为中心的教育理念引领下,从教学模式改革和加强创新创业教育与电子信息类专业教育融合等两方面开展研究。聚焦于研究导向型的教学模式改革、创新教育课程群建设、教学团队建设、教学与实践活动开展等,阐述了将创新教育链与专业人才培养链在培养理念、课程体系、课内课外及培养阶段等方面深度融合的“双链四融”创新人才培养路径。

新一代电子信息技术专业学位研究生培养模式创新与实践

该文首先梳理专业学位研究生培养模式的现状,分析当前专业学位研究生教育中存在的问题。随后,以东北林业大学新一代电子信息技术专业学位研究生人才培养模式为背景,介绍产教融合的培养模式创新性探索。该创新举措旨在使学生能够更好地适应快速变化的行业需求,培养学生的创新思维和实践能力。

大数据时代空间信息与数字技术专业建设探讨

面对大数据时代“空间信息与数字技术”专业建设的挑战,如何适应经济社会发展的人才需求,培养兼具“信息技术”+“领域知识”的“空间信息与数字技术”专业的复合型人才,是该专业持续建设需要着重探讨的问题。从创新“3332”人才培养模式、重构“信息技术+领域知识”的课程体系、构建“基础-综合-创新”相结合的实践教学体系三方面对该专业的建设问题进行了探讨,给出了与之对应的专业建设的具体措施、路径与办法,以期为大数据时代“空间信息与数字技术”专业建设和人才培养提供参考,以满足国家战略对该专业高层次复合型人才培养的需求。

地方高校电子信息专业学位硕士培养影响因素及对策探讨

电子信息专业技术人才在国家战略和区域经济发展中发挥着重要的作用。在对河南省电子信息专业学位硕士研究生招生的15所高校调研基础之上,该文分析电子信息专业学位硕士培养的影响因素,包括专业涉及多个学科领域、培养需要多个主体共同参与、管理采用静态的质量评价、教学缺乏思想政治元素融入。接着,该文依据国家政策探讨相应的改革对策,包括开展跨学科交叉融合培养、构建多主体协同育人机制、健全分层多维质量保障体系、推进专业课程与思政教育融合。通过研究,以期为电子信息专业学位研究生培养的高质量发展提供参考。

新工科与OBE-CDIO模式下电子信息实践教学改革

在加快建设发展新工科的背景下,针对现有电子信息专业实践教学方式的弊端,提出了基于OBE-CDIO模式的实践教学体系改革与探索。该实践教学体系根据OBE模式明确了专业实践教学的目标导向,根据CDIO理念改进了实践教学过程和考核机制。结合OBE-CDIO的教学模式,将教学过程和考核机制与新工科建设的总体思路相对应,在新形势下积极培养符合新工科建设要求的创新型人才,有利于高等院校一流专业建设、一流人才培养。

基于思政教育驱动内生动力的专业课程教改探索——基于《数字电路基础》课程思政创新实践

当前,高校专业教育与思想政治教育呈现出人为割裂性,专业课程“思政”教学目标存在定位模糊、课程思政元素开发不足、思政“隐形”教育实际效果不佳等问题。本文围绕端正学生为国学习动机、激发学生强烈学习欲望,提升学生内在动力、厚植学生报国情怀和科学探索精神等,探索以“学生为中心”的专业课程思政教学目标定位、课程思政元素开发和教学组织方法,提出了新的思路。以《数字电路基础》课程专业思政为例,从专业课程思政元素挖掘策略、专业课程“思政”教育需立足激发内生动力、专业课程“思政”需融合科技伦理教育等方面提出理论依据和实践举措,探索将科技伦理教育和课程思政教育融合的创新模式,为促进高校专业课程思想教育打造特色提供新的途径。