Millennials”, listed the ways technology could be used as learning tools by saying “There are many established an emerging instructional technologies that can be used effectively, including PowerPoint, course management systems, student response systems, podcasting, and online learning systems.” Besides these ways that are used by college, there are also many study resources online. I can carry only a computer and found everything I need on the internet from a graphing calculator to a cheat…
Society is in the midst of a great media revolution, thus it may be considered as a “Mediated” one, with media offering most of its commodities to the public, which in turn is embraced by them. Media has utilized itself in various ways in order to entice, inform, offer convenience, be needed, and ultimately be a key player in the lives of people. Possessing the two key traits of easy accessibility and instant provision of almost any information, media has encompassed not only the people’s…
As we can see from the figure above, US advertisers spend $165 Billion on advertising in 2012. Notice a majority ($66.4 Billion) was spent on TV advertising. The average length of a TV announcement is 30 seconds. How effective are these advertisements if the average attention span of an American is 8 seconds (the average attention span of a goldfish is 9 seconds)(Weinreich, Obendorf, Herder, & Mayer, 2008). This means that the average American loses interest and potentially doesn’t pay attention…
This idea failed due to announcement by Apple to introduce their podcasting platform which would be integrated with their iTunes software. Twitter (or Twttr as it was first called) was internally designed as a system where you could send a text to one number and it would be broadcasted out to all of your friends (Carlson…
CMS for Businesses Content Management System (CMS) can be defined as a system for managing a website’s web content. CMS offers its user’s, including those without critical coding and web technology skills, a powerful platform to accomplish common functions such as content editing from a web browser. The system contains two elements; the Content Delivery Application (CDA) and the Content Management Application (CMS). Some of the typical features of a CMS include; Format Management, Web Publishing…
RESEARCH REPORT ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE of & SUBMITTED TO: PATTY ZAKARIA COURSE: WDI 1001_8 SUBMITTED BY: RAMANDEEP KAUR - C0696264 DEEPANJANA GHOSH - C0708488 TAMANNA SAMA - C0701338 PREETRAJ KAUR - C0709314 What is Organizational culture? Organizational culture is shared beliefs, values and assumptions which are shared by the members of an organization. Organizational culture strongly effects the organization and management. The culture…
year 2006, and to be exact in March 2006 when twitter was founded. The idea of twitter came from Jack Dorsey; he had an idea of sending SMS messages from one person to many people. Later on, Jack Dorsey introduced the idea to the employees of the podcasting company Odeo; Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams (Parson, Branch, Burkholder, Cochran, & Marrero, 2013). In July 2006, twitter was introduced to the world. And few people started using it. But it wasn’t too long until twitter has split…
more than that. “Social media is a generalized term for a group of online software tools that allow for increased interaction, authorship and development of online content by any web user. Social media, which includes tools such as wikis, blogs, podcasting, social networking and social bookmarking, represents a shift from the Internet as an information warehouse, with passive consumers, to a place that promotes and facilitates active participation on a variety of levels”(Kuhns, 2012). On many…
Coaching Before we get into this it’s important to note the differences of similar terms thrown around. What is the difference between consulting, counseling, coaching, and mentoring? Most people, particularly with mentoring and coaching, use some of these terms interchangeably but I think their are important differences to note. Consulting takes a look at what someone’s doing, analyzes where their going wrong and tells them how to fix it and then walks out the door. Counseling is a form of…
Experiencing a piece of literature is like becoming a mind-reader. Books and other formats of literature offer readers a unique passage into the brain of the author, allowing them to see into the writer’s inner thoughts, feelings, fears, and hopes. Unfortunately, books are limited in length and unlike seeing the author’s complete raw thoughts, a lot is left up to the interpretation of the reader. The thoughts of the author displayed on paper are purposefully calculated and edited, leaving out…