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Protection and Conservation of Environment: An Important Role of Education

Aftab Alam*

Research Scholar, Department of Teachers' Training and Non-Formal Education, Faculty of Education, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, India.

Alam, A. (2018). Protection and Conservation of Environment: An Important Role of Education. i-manager’s Journal of Educational Technology, 15(3), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.15.3.14936

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to discuss the role and importance of education in awareness, protection, and conservation of the environment. Education and environment are two sides of the same coin and are complementary to each other. The environment may be promoted by various means and one of the most effective among them is the provision of proper education to both old and new generations. Education also provides awareness about the protection and conservation of the environment, which is essential for the benefit of the whole of mankind. It may also be used as a reasonable measure to solve different types of societal problems that people face in their day to day lives. Likewise, education can play a key role to conserve and protect the natural environment and generate awareness among people about the significance of keeping the environment uncontaminated. It also plays a crucial role in building a society that is sensible and conscious towards the environment and its associated challenges and problems. Education promotes a holistic approach toward the protection and conservation of nature. Appreciation of the environment among people and society can create and raise positive environmental behavioural change. Air pollution, poor management of waste materials, rising water crisis, declining groundwater levels, water pollution, poor conservation and low quality of forests, loss of biodiversity, and degradation of land and soil are a few of the important and key environmental issues faced by the present world. Thus education about the environment and its associated issues is an important factor because it lets people build required skills, foster a dedication to take steps collectively, and individually balance, maintain, and enhance the natural environment.

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Willingness to Communicate and Communication Anxiety of EFL Learners in a Virtual World

Galip Kartal* , Cem Balçikanli**

* Assistant Professor, English Language Teaching Department, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.

** Associate Professor, English Language Teaching Department, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.

Kartal, G., and Balçikanli, C. (2018). Willingness to Communicate and Communication Anxiety of EFL Learners in a Virtual World. i-manager’s Journal of Educational Technology, 15(3), 7-25. https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.15.3.14549

Abstract

This mixed-method study explored the changes in Turkish EFL learners' reported willingness to communicate and communication anxiety after conducting ten real-life tasks in a virtual world. Sixty-five university EFL learners (experimental = 30; control = 35) participated in this study. The participants were the first-year students of a foreign language teacher education program in Turkey. The intervention involved ten real-life tasks, one task each week. Data were collected via questionnaires, introspective interviews, weekly evaluation forms, observation, and focus-group and semi-structured interviews. Questionnaire data were analyzed through ANCOVA tests, and the qualitative data were subjected to content analysis. Overall results suggested that using a virtual world had a positive effect on the reported WTC and communication anxiety of participants who participated in the experiment compared to those who did not. Furthermore, the study suggests a model (NATURAL vs MATURAL) that explains the nature of communication in traditional classrooms and in a virtual world. These results suggest that incorporating virtual worlds in EFL context is worth the investment. Moreover, virtual worlds can become useful tools for learning and teaching of English because the interactions within the environment and learners' positive views on it are promising authentic and effective communication.

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"The Power" of the Keyboard in Online Academic Conference

Smadar Bar-Tal* , Michal Schleifer**

* Lecturer, Center for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching, Levinsky College, Israel.

** Former Head, Literacy and Language Arts Division, Center for Educational Technology, Israel.

Bar-Tal, S., and Schleifer, M. (2018). "The Power" of the Keyboard in Online Academic Conference. i-manager’s Journal of Educational Technology, 15(3), 26-39. https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.15.3.14604

Abstract

Today, conferences for academic communities can provide continuous active participation in lectures through an accompanying academic-professional discussion written into a document known as an Internet ‘chat’. In this environment, participants are invited to react, ask questions, contribute knowledge, and form a learning community. This pioneer study investigates the character of a chat accompanying an online academic seminar. The aims of the written chat in this study were to create a digital environment which provides technical and social support, encourages intimate dialog among the participants, and might even serve as a kind of a new networking for a professional community composed by the participants and others. Qualitative data-collection of 827 speaking turns produced by 87 out of 283 seminar participants were analyzed using Anderson and Archer's characteristics of teaching, cognitive, and social presences (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2000). Findings revealed different presences representing the participants' different perceptions concerning their roles in the chat. Thus, the chat's environment provided technical, cognitive, and social support. Unfortunately, the attempt to create a new networking for further learning was not achieved. Practical proposals are suggested for effective management of online conference chats, pointing up the need to foster essential skills for participants and moderators, so that they can conduct an effective chat that stimulate learning and contains balanced presences.

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Has the Development of Rapid Prototyping Influenced the Creative Processes in Product Design Education?

Tom Page*

Associate Professor, Department of Product Design, Nottingham Trent University, England.

Page, T. (2018). Has the Development of Rapid Prototyping Influenced the Creative Processes in Product Design Education? i-manager’s Journal of Educational Technology, 15(3), 40-51. https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.15.3.14699

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This paper examines the development of rapid prototyping and how it affects industrial design students. Using a combination of survey and interview sessions the researcher studied how the development of these technologies affected the creative processes that designers use to develop new products, and whether this has had a positive or negative effect. The results show that the reduction in cost, increase in speed, and increase in dimensional accuracy has influenced many students to look to rapid prototyping/additive manufacturing to produce prototypes, despite production costs still being relatively high. This has led to designers prioritising certain areas of the design process over others, yet to what extent and to what consequences remains to be seen.

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Social Influence: Testing the Predictive Power of Its Dimensions in Explaining the Intention to Use Mobile Learning Systems in Universities-Empirical Evidence from Ugandan Universities

Faisal Mubuke* , Geoffrey Mayoka Kituyi , Kutosi Ayub Masaba , Cosmas Ogenmungu, Shakilah Nagujja

* Research Scholar, Makerere University Business School (MUBS), Uganda.

Senior Lecturer and Dean, Faculty of Vocational and Distance Education, Makerere University Business School (MUBS), Uganda.

* Senior Lecturer and Director, MUBS-Mbale Regional Campus, Uganda..

Lecturer, Department of Applied Computing & IT, Faculty of Computing & Informatics, Makerere University Business School Kampala, Uganda..

* Lecturer and Director, E-learning Center, Makerere University Business School (MUBS), Uganda.

Mubuke, F., Kituyi, G. M., Masaba, A. K., Ogenmungu, C., and Shakilah, N. (2018). Social Influence: Testing the Predictive Power of Its Dimensions in Explaining the Intention to Use Mobile Learning Systems in Universities-Empirical Evidence from Ugandan Universities. i-manager’s Journal of Educational Technology, 15(3), 52-61. https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.15.3.14931

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Among information systems, mobile learning systems are acknowledged for the exponential growth in recent years into education sector specifically in the higher education learning institutions. Mobile learning systems are viewed as a kind of information system, which universities use to better serve their students efficiently and effectively in order to provide sustainable value for education. While past studies from numerous scholars positioned their focus on development of mobile learning frameworks to enhance the usage of mobile learning systems. Comparatively, little research has been conducted to explore the predictive, positional, and potential influence of social influence and its dimensions on student's intention to continuously use mobile learning systems in universities of developing countries like Uganda. This study used a cross sectional survey methodology to gather data from a sample size of N=375 students from both public and private universities. The results of correlation and regression analysis revealed significant positive relationship between social influence and the intention to use M-learning systems in Ugandan universities, implying that social influence is a significant determinant of student's intentions to use M-learning systems in Uganda. Additionally, social influence significantly impacts student's intention to use mobile learning systems. Social influence as presented in this study, explain 34.90% variation in enhancing student's intention to use mobile learning systems in Ugandan universities. Therefore, universities should pay meticulous attention to social influence as one of the major determinants and predictors needed to enhance student's intention to use M-learning systems.

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* Lecturer, Center for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching, Levinsky College, Israel. ** Former Head, Literacy and Language Arts Division, Center for Educational Technology, Israel.

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Tom Page*

Associate Professor, Department of Product Design, Nottingham Trent University, England.

Page, T. (2018). Has the Development of Rapid Prototyping Influenced the Creative Processes in Product Design Education? i-manager’s Journal of Educational Technology, 15(3), 40-51. https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.15.3.14699

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Faisal Mubuke* , Geoffrey Mayoka Kituyi **, Kutosi Ayub Masaba ***, Cosmas Ogenmungu****, Shakilah Nagujja *****

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* Assistant Professor, English Language Teaching Department, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.

** Associate Professor, English Language Teaching Department, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.

* Lecturer, Center for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching, Levinsky College, Israel.

** Former Head, Literacy and Language Arts Division, Center for Educational Technology, Israel.

Faisal Mubuke* , Geoffrey Mayoka Kituyi , Kutosi Ayub Masaba , Cosmas Ogenmungu, Shakilah Nagujja