Search results for "Digital technologies"

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Professional stakeholders' views of the use of digital technologies in Spanish long-term care

2018

Demographic change in Europe has resulted in an aging population, which presents new challenges for implementing and managing long-term care (LTC) systems. One solution aims to increase the efficiency of LTC by using digital technologies. This article focuses on professionals’ opinions of the use of digital technologies in the administration of Spain’s long-term care law (Law 39/2006, December 14, LAPAD). This qualitative research is part of SoCaTel, an H2020 project on the co-creation of LTC services in Europe. Ten focus groups were held with health professionals, care-taking relatives, and care workers, and six semistructured in-depth interviews were conducted with care recipients in Cata…

0209 industrial biotechnologySocial PsychologySocial Welfare02 engineering and technologydigitalizationLAPADsocial services020901 industrial engineering & automation0502 economics and businessdigital technologieslcsh:T58.5-58.64lcsh:Information technologybusiness.industryCommunication05 social sciencesPublic relationsHuman-Computer InteractionLong-term careSpainInformation and Communications TechnologyICTLTClong-term careBusiness050203 business & managementHuman Technology
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Proceedings of ATEE Spring conference "Innovations, Technologies and Research in Education, 2019"

2019

Digital Technologies:SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Education [Research Subject Categories]:TECHNOLOGY [Research Subject Categories]Integrating Education
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Industry 4.0 transition: a systematic literature review combining the absorptive capacity theory and the data–information–knowledge hierarchy

2021

Purpose The effect of the transition toward digital technologies on today’s businesses (i.e. Industry 4.0 transition) is becoming increasingly relevant, and the number of studies that have examined this phenomenon has grown rapidly. However, systematizing the existing findings is still a challenge, from both a theoretical and a managerial point of view. In such a setting, the knowledge management (KM) discipline can provide guidance to address such a gap. Indeed, the implementation of fundamental digital technologies is reshaping how firms manage knowledge. Thus, this study aims to critically review the existing literature on Industry 4.0 from a KM perspective. Design/methodology/approach …

Digital transformationIndustry 4.0 transitionData-information-knowledge hierarchyManagement of Technology and InnovationStrategy and ManagementKnowledge managementOrganizational learningDigital transitionDigital technologiesAbsorptive capacitybsorptive capacity Knowledge management Digital technologies Data-information-knowledge hierarchy Digital transition Industry 4.0 transition Digital transformation Organizational learningSettore ING-IND/35 - Ingegneria Economico-GestionaleAbsorptive capacity; Data-information-knowledge hierarchy; Digital technologies; Digital transformation; Digital transition; Industry 4.0 transition; Knowledge management; Organizational learning
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Viaggi nell’immaginario: il turismo virtuale nel sito UNESCO di Tarragona

2023

Le nuove tecnologie hanno trasformato in modo radicale non solo la geografia come disciplina, ma anche le geografie del mondo. Il digitale ha assunto, infatti, un ruolo di mediazione sempre più pervasivo nella produzione dello spazio, come delle conoscenze e degli immaginari geografici. Le possibilità offerte dal virtuale, in particolare, offrono oggi un contributo decisivo nella comunicazione dei significati attribuiti ai luoghi e rispondono in modo sempre più efficace ai bisogni emergenti del settore turistico. Le esperienze di visita mediate dal digitale mirano a coinvolgere i sensi e risultano efficaci quando promuovono immersioni rigorosamente realistiche. Nel quadro di queste riflessi…

New technologies have radically transformed not only geography as a discipline but also the geographies of the world. Indeed the digital has assumed an increasingly pervasive mediating role in the production of space as of geographic knowledge and imaginaries. The possibilities offered by the virtual in particular now offer a decisive contribution in communicating the meanings attributed to places and respond increasingly effectively to the emerging needs of the tourism sector. Digitally mediated visitor experiences aim to engage the senses and are effective when they promote rigorously realistic immersions. Within the framework of these reflections the paper highlights the renewed relevance of authenticity both of the tourism experience and of cultural heritage in relation to its potential for attraction and proposes a contextualization of the theme in light of the unprecedented opportunities granted by technologies for the creation of virtual and augmented spaces. The proposed discussion is therefore also a journey aimed at exploring authenticity as a tool through which new technologies can effectively mediate a sense of place and foster brand communication of a destination. The case study is the UNESCO site of Tarragona whose most relevant image for urban policies is presented. This shared figuration spatially defined and rooted in a precise historical moment is reconstructed on the one hand through the analysis of functional documentation for the candidacy and on the other by means of a review of mobile applications developed for the promotion of the city's cultural heritage. The proposed journey and exploration of the place return in light of the research data and in conclusion the central role played by digital technologies in mediating the UNESCO imaginary. The forms of virtual tourism in Tarragona confirm that to travel is to experience a text enveloped in time and inscribed in space.Settore M-GGR/01 - Geografia
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From the blogosphere into the parliament: The role of digital technologies in organizing social movements

2019

Abstract In this paper, we present a process model exploring the roles played by digital technologies (DTs) in the organization of collective action (CA) of social movements (SMs) at different points in their lifecycles. The process model, which is based on an exploratory case study of the Italian Five Star Movement, relates the environmental conditions to the working logic, structure and use of DTs at three different stages of the SMs. We explain how these choices are adopted at each stage to address internal and environmental challenges and how they create further challenges to be addressed to pass to the next stage. We further explore the dynamics between the logic of connective and coll…

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementKnowledge managementComputer scienceProcess (engineering)ParliamentBlogospheremedia_common.quotation_subjectControl (management)02 engineering and technologyLibrary and Information SciencesCollective actionManagement Information Systems020204 information systemsManagement of Technology and Innovation0502 economics and business0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringmedia_commonSocial movementStructure (mathematical logic)business.industry05 social sciencesSocial movements Collective action Digital technologies Social media Movimento Cinque Stelle (the Five Star Movement)Organizational structurebusiness050203 business & managementInformation SystemsInformation and Organization
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Technology and Architectural Heritage: Dynamic Connections

2019

Technological aspects strongly characterise the built environment in both material and immaterial dimensions. The architectural heritage (the built environment that has acquired cultural meanings, without prejudice regarding the age and the scale of observation) offers a peculiar point of view for dealing with this issue. This paper outlines the dynamic connections between technology, the whole idea of architectural heritage and the approaches to intervention. A focus is placed on four main theoretical aspects, the effects of which are also significant on the practical field: the distance from contemporaneity; the concept of Time; reliable conservation; sustainability. The technological evo…

Reliable conservationTechnologyArchitectural engineeringEngineeringConcept of TimeSustainable conservationPoint (typography)business.industryArchitectural heritageScale (chemistry)Field (Bourdieu)Technological evolutionSettore ICAR/12 - Tecnologia Dell'ArchitetturaIntervention (law)SustainabilityDigital technologies and heritageIndustrial RevolutionbusinessBuilt environment
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IL DESIGN DEI BENI CULTURALI.CRISI TERRITORIO, IDENTITÀ

2013

Sino a pochi anni fa accostare il termine Design a quello di Beni Culturali avrebbe avuto il sapore di una provocazione. Un evidente ossimoro, insomma, tra una parola -Design- per sua natura legata all’idea del nuovo e un’altra -Beni Culturali- evidentemente connessa alla conservazione dell’antico. Se il Design inoltre rimandava quasi automaticamente a una modalità del progetto fondata ancora largamente sul riferimento al paradigma industriale, i Beni Culturali evocavano una concezione “patrimoniale” del lascito storico, per la massima parte individuato nel paesaggio e nei “beni” ereditati dalla cultura delle età preindustriali. E’ dunque evidente che la nuova dizione di Design dei Beni Cul…

Settore ICAR/13 - Disegno IndustrialeDesign Cultural Heritage Crisis Territory Digital technologiesDesign Beni Culturali Crisi Territorio Tecnologie digitali
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The role of parents in the engagement of young children with digital technologies: Exploring tensions between rights of access and protection, from ‘…

2016

This study investigates the role played by parents as mediators of young children’s access and engagement with digital technologies. In Belgium, Germany, Latvia and Portugal, qualitative in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 families in each country, including one child between 6 and 7 years old. Our findings show that parents of young children mainly play the role of ‘gatekeepers’ when it comes to facilitating and constraining access to and use of digital technologies. Parents’ perceptions of the efficacy of digital technologies as responsible entertainment and as educational tools influence the technologies available at home and accessible to the child. These perceptions in turn impa…

Sociology and Political Sciencebusiness.industryGatekeepers05 social sciencesEducational technologyScaffolders050301 educationInformation technology050801 communication & media studiesParental mediationDevelopmentPublic relationsEducation0508 media and communicationsCultural diversityDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyParenting stylesDigital technologiesSociologyParental mediationbusinessChildren0503 educationRecreationDemographyGlobal Studies of Childhood
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The rediscovery of nature: the lost innocence of the digital world

2022

L’impatto della nostra impronta ecologica legata al tasso di crescita incontrollato della tecnologia digitale sta portando ad un aggravamento degli squilibri ambientali esistenti. Il digitale e i new media che fino a ieri ci apparivano una terra promessa dell’emancipazione umana, oggi rilevano enormi effetti inquinanti sulla biosfera che devono essere obbligatoriamente evidenziati. Nel contributo si intende sottoporre a indagine le cause della “perduta innocenza” del mondo digitale anche attraverso una ricostruzione analitica sui fenomeni che sino a poco tempo fa venivano percepiti come veicoli immateriali, assolutamente non invasivi per l’ambiente e dalle straordinarie potenzialità di prog…

Tecnologie digitali consumo digitale coscienza ecologica crisi energetica circolarità delle risorseDigital technologies digital consumption ecological consciousness energy crisis resource circularitySettore ICAR/12 - Tecnologia Dell'Architettura
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Using/Designing Digital Technologies of Representation in Aborginal Australian Knowledge Practices

2007

Yolngu Aboriginal conceptsindigenous Australian knowledgeuse and design of digital technologies of representation
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