lesson 6 Flashcards
(34 cards)
- Also known as Information age
- a period when the computer and internet were introduced
- rapid shift from traditional to computerization all the way to artificial intelligence by Industrial revolution
Digital Age
prevalent and widely used around the world.
- information can be accessed easily thru internet
Digital Technology
transformation of culture and social organization/structures over time.
Social Change
Helps to increase the productivity in business with the use of social media platforms for marketing and promotion
Business
play varied roles in developing an effective learning environment
- assists teachers and helps explain core content concepts and addresses misconceptions.
- acts as a stimulant and fosters analytical thinking and interdisciplinary studies
Education
Income security, employment fulfils a number of important roles for human wellbeing such as time structure, social contact, sense of purpose, social position, and opportunity for skill use.
- labor market effects of the digital transformation
Jobs and Earnings
Digitalization can affect people’s health status through the emergence of new physical and mental health risks through its impact on the health-care delivery system.
- extreme use of digital technologies
Health
The ICT and its role in social change
Social Change
Business
Education
Jobs and Earnings
Health
Theories in Technology
Technological Determinism
Social Constructivism
Technological Change
Process of Technological Change
the theory which strongly believes that technology shapes the culture, values, social structures of a society.
Technological determinism
Opposite of Technological Determinism
- believes that humans play a main role in shaping Technology rather than technology shaping society.
- does not determine human action but human action shapes the technology
Social Constructivism
technology is the most powerful means of wresting power from nature in all possible ways
- strengthens the facilities of man.
technological change
technological changes devise new goods and techniques of production.
- can be defined as the growth of the new technique that can produce goods and services at a lesser cost
Process of Technological Change
Refers to the collective network of connected devices and the technology that facilitates communication between devices and the cloud, as well as between devices themselves
Internet of things (IoT)
Embedded w sensors that see, hear, and touch the world.
- can turn physical data to digital data
- devices are billions of them around the world
Internet of Things
Components of IoT
device sensors
connectivity
data processing
user interface
Some ways of the IoT likely to shape daily life
Smart Homes
Health and Wellness
Transportation
Agriculture
Energy Management
control of lighting, heating, and appliances from a smartphone or other device
Smart Homes
wearable fitness trackers and smart scales can help monitor and improve physical health
health and wellness
vehicles can communicate with each other and with infrastructure, improving safety and reducing traffic congestion
transportation
sensors and devices can be used to optimize crop yields, reduce waste, and improve sustainability.
Agriculture
help households and business monitor and reduce their energy usage; reducing costs and increasimv efficiency
Energy Management
software engineer and early internet evangelist
- built one for the 1990 show floor of Interop, trade show for computers
- IoT device: toaster controlled by his computer
John Romkey
Inventor of IoT
- working in the supply chain optimization
- described a system where sensors acted like the eyes and ears of a computer
Kevin Ashton
