Exploring Institutional Logics in Technology-Mediated Higher Education

Dwivedi, Neelam

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“…Within the atmosphere of information technology revolution the world witnesses today, there is no place for the old traditional methods of learning. The application of computer to the different literary courses at Saudi universities should be considered from not only an academic perspective, but also from a professional one in a way that prepares graduates for the recent requirements of today's labor market [21,35].…”

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“…The associations of words also reveal a thematic distribution within texts. For Higgins, there are two objectives for the use of concordance in the classroom: first, it helps students, by using searching, find out certain words as well as their functional meanings in contexts [20]; and, second, it facilitates the task of students in exploring the particular combination of words, which in turn enables them to identify the significance of these words within their different contextual combinations [21,22]. Levy [10] further proposes that the learner might use the concordancer in the following ways: checking meaning, checking general syntax, checking usage, exploring special lexis especially ESP vocabulary, checking derived forms, checking collocates of words, and exploring set pieces, e.g.…”

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Using Concordance to Decode the Ideological Weight of Lexis in Learning Narrative Literature: A Computational Approach

Khafaga¹,

El-Nabawi²

2020

IJACSA

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In learning narrative literature, students find difficulty in comprehending and approaching the ideological messages beyond the usage of recurrent lexical items in literary narrative texts. This problem comes as a result of the huge number of lexical items literary texts, particularly the narrative, abound in. The use of the computer and of computational linguistics work makes it possible to process and examine large data for a variety of purposes and to investigate questions that could not feasibly be answered if the analysis was carried manually. This paper, therefore, investigates the relevance of using concordance to decode the ideological weight of lexis in narrative literature. The main objective of the paper is to explore the extent to which certain ideologies and themes are decoded in literary narrative texts undergone a computational concordance analysis. This is conducted by means of a computational concordancing that is intended for providing two verifiable inputs: Frequency Distribution (FD) and Key Word in Context (KWIC). The paper is grounded on an experimental study, where 39 majoring English students attending one novel course at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, were voluntarily involved in an optional course addressing the study of a narrative literary text: Animal Farm. Participants were divided into two groups: an experimental group and a control group. The former was allowed to use concordance, whereas the latter was only permitted to use conventional methods of studying narrative texts (mere reading). Both groups are assigned to find out the themes and the ideological meanings inferred from a selected list of 13 words from the novel. Results show that the experimental group manages, by applying concordance, to decode the ideological weight of the selected words in a more accurate, credible and faster way than the control group. This in turn facilitates the process of determining the intended message addressed in the novel, either at the character-character level of discourse or at the author-readers one.

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Using Concordance to Decode the Ideological Weight of Lexis in Learning Narrative Literature: A Computational Approach

Khafaga¹,

El-Nabawi²

2020

IJACSA

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“…However, implementing a technology-based network in a formal educational setting is difficult in many respects since it requires both cognitive and technical abilities, as well as administration, replacement, and maintenance services. Dwivedi (2019) asserted that an institution-wide technology-based network is also associated with cost-related issues. It is heavily dependent on the socioeconomic and socio-cultural backgrounds of students and teachers.…”

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Information Communication Technology (ICT) among University Students in Pakistan

Mumtaz¹,

Ali²,

Fatima³

et al. 2023

Pak. J. Humanit. Soc. Sci

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In the sphere of education, the influence of technology is growing tremendously. However, due to rapid technical progress, its implementation has been fraught with various difficulties, particularly in developing countries. This study investigates current trends and challenges in the use of information and communication technology (ICT) among university students in Karachi, Pakistan. The study is based on a quantitative approach. A random sample of 130 university students is collected through a paper-pencil survey questionnaire. For data analysis, descriptive statistics are applied. According to the results, the majority of students use smartphones for educational purposes and spend more time on the internet for entertainment and other purposes than for academic purposes. They acknowledge the significant role of technology in their learning and have an intermediate level of computer skills. Most of the students are dissatisfied with the available ICT-based technology in universities.

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“…Regardless of the huge development and advancement in software technology in education in general, and in translation in particular, many educational institutions still resist the use of translation technologies and software in instruction and learning processes [6,7]. This is clearly shown in the insistence of translation instructors who believe that translation does not need the application of such technologies.…”

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The Impact of Translation Software on Improving the Performance of Translation Majors

Omar¹,

Khafaga²,

Shaalan³

2020

IJACSA

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The recent years have witnessed a high demand for professional translation services due to the global nature of world economy, accessibility to data in different languages, and the development of unprecedented communication channels. Translators can no longer meet these growing needs of customers and businesses. As such, different translation technologies have been developed to help translation learners and professionals improve their performance in producing a high quality translation. These technologies are now widely integrated into translation programs in different universities, institutes and training centers around the world for their usefulness and reliability in improving the performance of translation learners and professionals in the delivery of trustworthy and professional translation services. Nevertheless, surveys show that the Saudi labor market still has serious problems with qualified translators who are familiar with translation technologies that have negative impacts on the quality and delivery of translation services. This study, therefore, seeks to explore the opportunities and challenges of incorporating translation software and latest technologies into translation pedagogy in the Saudi universities. An open-ended interview with 37 translation instructors from 9 Saudi universities was conducted. Results indicate that the integration of translation software and technologies is still less than expected. This can be attributed to the fact that the majority of instructors prefer manual translation over computer-assisted translation (CAT), translation technologies are not provided by the institutions, and learning outcomes are not linked to labor market needs.

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Exploring Institutional Logics in Technology-Mediated Higher Education

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Using Concordance to Decode the Ideological Weight of Lexis in Learning Narrative Literature: A Computational Approach

Using Concordance to Decode the Ideological Weight of Lexis in Learning Narrative Literature: A Computational Approach

Information Communication Technology (ICT) among University Students in Pakistan

The Impact of Translation Software on Improving the Performance of Translation Majors

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