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1	Technology: A Significant Factor for Developing Education Herrington, Glen D. (Glen Dale) 05 1900 (has links) The problem to which this study is addressed is that of education in a technological age. The principal concern is for the recognition of technology in developing general education for the student with particular reference to industrial arts education. The purposes of the study are to assess technology's significance for education, concepts of education which postulate technology as significant, and the impact of technology on education. Finally, the study discusses critically the implications of these assessments for industrial arts education. Four categories of sources provide the data: the history and philosophy of technology, social sciences, the work of generalists, and education. Selection of data includes both common and divergent viewpoints of facts and judgments. The data are formed into a composite structure of ideas which have implications for education in a technological world. industrial arts education impact of technology education in a technological age
2	Technology Enabled New Inventory Control Policies in Hospitals Rosales, Claudia R. 20 April 2011 (has links) No description available. Operations Research medical supplies inventory theory impact of technology semi-Markov decision models Healthcare
3	An investigation of Internet usage among a group of professionals in South Africa : a uses and gratifications approach Gilbert, Juliet Francis 07 1900 (has links) New mass media impact on the nature of public communication and the use and gratification of existing mass media because each new medium is used and experienced differently. As a new mass medium, the Internet offers different forms of communication, such as Internet Relay Chat, Multi-User Dungeons and chatrooms. It has also combined traditional mass media, namely print, radio and television, into a single powerful medium. Due to the fact that the Internet is still an emerging medium, its long-term effects on the nature of public communication and traditional mass media warrants ongoing investigation. The first part (Part A) of this dissertation situates the Internet chronologically within the development of traditional mass media and their impact on public communication. Part B investigates Internet use among a group of professionals in South Africa. The objective is to identify how they use the Internet and the gratification they derive from it. / Communication Science / M.A. (Communication) Internet Use and gratification Mass media Public communication Impact of technology Virtual worlds E-mail Newsgroups Chatrooms Online publishing Internet Relay Chat WebTV MUDs South African professionals 004.678 Internet users -- South Africa Mass media -- South Africa Internet -- South Africa
4	An investigation of Internet usage among a group of professionals in South Africa : a uses and gratifications approach Gilbert, Juliet Francis 07 1900 (has links) New mass media impact on the nature of public communication and the use and gratification of existing mass media because each new medium is used and experienced differently. As a new mass medium, the Internet offers different forms of communication, such as Internet Relay Chat, Multi-User Dungeons and chatrooms. It has also combined traditional mass media, namely print, radio and television, into a single powerful medium. Due to the fact that the Internet is still an emerging medium, its long-term effects on the nature of public communication and traditional mass media warrants ongoing investigation. The first part (Part A) of this dissertation situates the Internet chronologically within the development of traditional mass media and their impact on public communication. Part B investigates Internet use among a group of professionals in South Africa. The objective is to identify how they use the Internet and the gratification they derive from it. / Communication Science / M.A. (Communication) Internet Use and gratification Mass media Public communication Impact of technology Virtual worlds E-mail Newsgroups Chatrooms Online publishing Internet Relay Chat WebTV MUDs South African professionals 004.678 Internet users -- South Africa Mass media -- South Africa Internet -- South Africa

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