Telework has become a natural part of regular work life of employees who use the information communication technology (ICT). Telework has a potential to support postponing retirement for mental workers. The objective of this research was to find out interaction between senior employees' teleworking and well-being. The main research question was -can telework improve elderly employees' well-being? Over 100 respondents from different areas in mental work were involved in a quantitative survey. The results of a conducted survey showed that telework is exaggerated to some extent as teleworkers' well-being (M = 7.79; SD = 1.28) does not diverge from non-teleworkers' wellbeing (M = 7.75; SD = 1.40). However, telework can be neither underestimated nor taken as interchangeable with traditional work. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to telework as a different way of working with its specialties. Systematic approach to telework enables companies to employ elderly by providing diversity of work forms.
In this chapter it is argued that blended learning with web-based support by the Moodle e-learning environment based on social constructivist learning theory is an effective tool for teaching and learning ergonomics and human factor issues for future managers. The author has eight years experience of computer based teaching and learning. The author`s own teaching experience of the Moodle e-learning environment for creating and providing courses in Tallinn University of Technology (TUT), in Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration at TUT, will be presented. According to the questionnaires given to students at the end of each course, the teaching and learning in the Moodle e-learning environment as blended learning is very useful for development of a learning culture and efficiency. The efficiency and motivation for learning are higher than providing traditional methods of learning. New possibilities and dimensions for teaching and learning are opening.
BackgroundAccording to the statistics of the National Labour Inspectorate, an alarming number of deaths and serious fire accidents have taken place during the past 10 years in the health care institutions in Estonia. There is a special legislative act for insuring fire safety in these institutions, but it has proven to be insufficient. Each hospital and nursing home has to ensure their own safety. Therefore, the Fire Safety Training course has been implemented in Tallinn Health Care College for the future personnel of medical institutions as a method of raising awareness. It consists of an introductory training for future hospital employees and annual trainings held by hospitals. The introductory portion of the programme lies in simulation training and E-learning.The aimof this study is to assess the effectiveness of the learning programme.Material and methodsThe course is located in an online environment in which every employee goes through a number of topics followed by a test. Everyone who passes the test can print out a certificate as a confirmation of the theoretical knowledge acquired throughout the course. This programme was first used in 2014. The practical portion of the programme takes place at Tallinn Health Care College’s simulation centre and includes patient evacuation practice, fire extinguishing simulations etc.The effectiveness of the learning package was examined by comparing the results of different approaches on the programme with the participation of 70 nurses, that had undergone the usual fire safety training for 2 hours in their workplaces. The nurses were divided into 2 equal groups (35 people). The training took place for two days.The first group began with a 2-hour lecture, followed by individual training in the E-learning environment and the simulation portion of the programme.The second group began with a 2–hour lecture, directly followed by simulation, leaving individual training portion in the E-learning environment for last. In the first phase of the simulation portion it was necessary to extinguish a fire, the second was to ensure the proper evacuation of the patients. All of the action was filmed. The training ended with discussions, analysis and evaluating the activities recorded on video.ResultsThe results were better in the group that passed the E-learning course before entering simulation training, than for those who began their course with simulation training.The students got the possibility to analyse important problems that may arise in real-life work situations.ConclusionsIt is necessary to use the advanced training methods to decrease the number of fire related accidents and human losses.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.