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Living in the
Information Technology Era
President Ramon Magsaysay State University Computer Engineering Department
Lesson 7 Digital Technology and Social Change Introduction to the Digital Age Digital age, also known as Information age, is a period when the computer and internet were introduced. It is caused by rapid shift from traditional industry to computerization all the way to artificial intelligence which brought by Industrial Revolution. These technologies enabled people to communicate information easily and rapidly. Digital Technology became prevalent and widely used around the world. Information can be accessed easily specially with the use of the internet. House chores and jobs are getting automated with the help of machines and equipment. Mobile phones became very useful in every areas of life --- in education, entertainment, jobs, etc. Digital technologies have radically changed the way people work, consume, and communicate over a short period of time.
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The ICT and its role in Social Change Information Communications Technology (ICT) has the The development of a society mostly depends on the power to transform society. ICT is defined as a group of access to information. The Information and interrelated technologies (electronic devices) for Communication Technologies (ICTs) greatly ease the flow accessing, processing, and disseminating information. It of information and knowledge offering the socially is a system of electronic network activated through a marginalized community an extraordinary chance to complex hardware and software systems linked by a vast attain their own rights socially, economically, array of technical protocols. ICTs are indisputably educationally, and politically. Despite ICT’s massive important part of our social setting today. The term ICTs potential, the current global information outburst has has been used to embrace technological innovation and had surprisingly little impact on development activities merging in information and communication transforming and access to practical information for rural our world into information or knowledge societies. The communities, local people, and forefront development rapid development of these technologies has fainted the workers in developing countries. boundaries between information, communication, and various types of media.
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The ICT and its role in Social Change The emergence of Internet, World Wide Web, mobile cell Social change refers to a transformation of culture and phones, digital television, and several other new social organizations/structures over time. We are aware electronic devices pertaining information and that in a modern world, a society is never static and that communication technologies (ICTs) are opening a fresh of social, political, economic, and cultural changes occurs passageways for transforming the way we live, work, constantly. The social transformations that could result learn, communicate and also provides a strategic from the increasing use of ICTs depend strangely on opportunities of diverse and significant social and verdicts made by organizations and individuals outside economic benefits to people across the globe. It also our household, many of whom have great economic enables financial inclusion through ecommerce and leverage, political power or technical expertise. To allows people to connect with millions instantaneously. increase the consent potential of ICTs, it is important to understand some of their basic features, which make them a unique kind of technologies.
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The ICT and its role in Social Change Entertainment Business With the advent of new technologies, the world of The impact of ICT on business is particularly significant. It entertainment is constantly evolving. Digital empowers people to share knowledge and advice broadcasting has completely changed the way we instantaneously and set up an online shop or website at experience television and radio. Cinema can now be a low cost, dramatically lowering the barriers to starting found at the comfort of your home through application a business. As such, ICT maturity is closely linked to such as Netflix, iFlix, etc. We get entertained by the economic growth. content that we see in Facebook, YouTube, and Businesses in today’s life have promoted a lot with the Instagram. Computer gaming has also been an important coming of ICT. Its impact cannot be over emphasized. For influence in the development of graphical interfaces. example, ICT helps to increase productivity in business Technology has been at the forefront of changes in with the use of social Media platforms for marketing and production and distribution of music. We can now listen promotion. The use of websites now allowed companies to music and podcast using Spotify. These are some of to develop new and cheaper ways of offering customers the many technologies we use for entertainment that with opportunities of buying goods and services at their arise in the Digital Age. convenient time and enhance the level of customer service. Online platform has been the marketplace where people can transact and communicate.
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The ICT and its role in Social Change Business Education The impact of ICT infrastructure on social businesses The impact of ICT on teachers, trainers, learners, cannot be understated. It has made social impact researchers and the entire education society is affordable, social impact scalable, and enables new ways tremendous. It is changing the way of the education to connect to and engage with local communities. delivery system in the world by enhancing access to information for all. It also ensures effective and inclusive education. ICT supports the concept of open learning where the thrust is upon enhanced student access and the development of student autonomy. ICT can play varied roles in developing an effective learning environment. It assists teachers and helps explain core content concepts and addresses misconceptions. It acts as a stimulant and fosters analytical thinking and interdisciplinary studies. It networks a learner with the peers and experts and develops collaborative atmosphere. It plays the role of a guide and mentor by providing tailor made instructions to meet individual needs. Online learning facilitates GEE 4 Living in the IT Era learning through digital mode. With the help of 7 By: Engr. Froilan G. Cantillo multimedia, it enhances effectiveness of teaching- The ICT and its role in Social Change Education The impact of ICT on teachers, trainers, learners, ICT can play varied roles in developing an effective researchers and the entire education society is learning environment. It assists teachers and helps tremendous. It is changing the way of the education explain core content concepts and addresses delivery system in the world by enhancing access to misconceptions. It acts as a stimulant and fosters information for all. It also ensures effective and inclusive analytical thinking and interdisciplinary studies. It education. ICT supports the concept of open learning networks a learner with the peers and experts and where the thrust is upon enhanced student access and develops collaborative atmosphere. It plays the role of a the development of student autonomy. guide and mentor by providing tailor made instructions to meet individual needs. Online learning facilitates learning through digital mode. With the help of multimedia, it enhances effectiveness of teaching- learning and hence proves crucial for early learners, slow learners and differently abled learners. Modern ICT tools not only deliver the content but also replicate formal learning experience via virtual learning. The intention of virtual classrooms is to extend the structure and services that accompany formal education programs from the physical environment to learners. GEE 4 Living in the IT Era By: Engr. Froilan G. Cantillo 8 The ICT and its role in Social Change Education ICT also addresses the need of mobile learning. It offers Digital technologies can unlock new learning independent space and flexibility that comes from opportunities in the classroom by giving students access working away from the learning institute or tutor. It to a wider range of resources, by complementing the makes education accessible to all, irrespective of teacher in learning processes (computer-assisted geographical barriers or resource constraints. Learners learning) and by providing other advantages to students, from remote areas, working people who want to learn such as access to motivational and informational further and update their knowledge and differently resources associated with access to tertiary education abled students who find travelling an issue of concern - programs. Access to technology is quite certainly benefit from the mobile learning mode. beneficial to students’ digital skills and provide a clear advantage to students in that area. But the effects on other learning outcomes are generally considered Digital resources in classrooms can help prepare limited or potentially negative. Some studies find that students for a digital society and economy computer-assisted learning has some positive effects, especially in science and mathematics, because it provides students with personalized learning modules that are adapted to their level.
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The ICT and its role in Social Change Jobs and Earnings Beyond income security, employment fulfils a number of At the same time, digitalization yields opportunities by important roles for human wellbeing, such as time creating employment in new and existing industries, with structure, social contact, a sense of purpose, a valued greater job-to-job mobility facilitated by online job social position as well as an opportunity for skill use. For search tools. The digital economy also fundamentally this reason, the labor market effects of the digital changes the nature of work for many people, with fewer transformation are among the most significant for jobs exerting physical demands on workers but more people’s well-being. The digital transformation has the jobs placing an emotional strain on desk-workers. New potential to generate substantial changes in the jobs in ICT and in other sectors become available. composition of the labor market as jobs that require certain skillsets are replaced by a combination of technology and higher skilled labor, or even completely automated.
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The ICT and its role in Social Change Jobs and Earnings Despite fears for the automation, there is little evidence While the previous section has pointed to the lack of so far that technological change has led to a net loss of evidence of the negative effects of technological change jobs. There are theoretical reasons for which on total employment so far, a number of authors have technological progress may contribute to job creation. argued that ICT based technological change will be more Efficiency gains and cost-savings may induce job creation profound than previous instances of great technological within industries by expanding the market and therefore change. This argument is mainly supported by the increasing demand. Increased productivity in one sector observation that the laborsaving potential of digital can also have positive spillovers in other sectors, if this technologies is far greater than in the case of previous translates into lower prices and higher demand across technological changes. As a result, automation may, in the economy. While these processes may imply short- the future, have much more impactful consequences on term unemployment among displaced workers, they the need for human labor than it has so far. For the have the potential to generate economy-wide moment, while a shift away from manufacturing jobs has employment gains. been observed, this has not translated to overall losses in employment, as middle-skill jobs have been replaced by new high-skill and low-skill jobs. Digital technologies may destroy jobs at risk of automation
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The ICT and its role in Social Change Jobs and Earnings Concerns of the automation of jobs are warranted, More recent estimates of the potential job displacement however, at least in order to make the case for the need effects of automation have looked at job tasks rather to invest in the most appropriate skills for the future than entire job categories. Food preparation assistants, digital economy. Thus far, estimates of the impact of cleaners and helpers, laborers in mining, construction, automation mainly rely on expert’s predictions of the manufacturing and transport, and assemblers are the types of tasks that are likely to be replaced by machines. most likely to see their job tasks automated, while Previous estimates by Autor, Levy and Murnane (2003) teaching professionals, health professionals and personal quickly proved to be too cautious: tasks that Autor et al. care workers are among the least likely to lose their job considered to be out of reach for machines, such as to a machine. Similarly, Schwab (2016) and Susskind and truck driving, are already being threatened by rapid Susskind (2015) consider that the work of lawyers, advances in machine learning and AI. financial analysts, journalists, doctors or librarians could be partially or totally automated. Schwab (2016) emphasizes that algorithms made available by AI are able to successfully replace human actions, even creative ones. The author presents the example of automated narrative generation, in which algorithms can conceive written texts for particular types of audience.
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The ICT and its role in Social Change Jobs and Earnings Teleworking (Work from Home) allows people to save time and combine their work and personal lives Teleworking (Work from Home), on the other hand, may present an opportunity for work-life balance as it improves time management and may reduce time spent commuting. A variety of studies have found that employees who engage in telework have higher job satisfaction. Among positive effects, teleworkers report reduced commuting times, more flexibility in organizing their working time, and better overall work-life balance. Evidence from the American Time Use Survey shows that reductions in the time spent commuting and in-home production due to Internet increase labor force participation.
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Theories in Technology
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