Assessment 5

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5
Essay: Read the statement/s carefully. Answer the given statement/s concisely.
1. Discuss how digital technology change society in the area of:

a. Business - Digital technology empowers people to share knowledge and advice
instantaneously and set up an online shop or website at a low cost, dramatically lowering
the barriers to starting a business. As such, ICT maturity is closely linked to economic
growth. ICT helps to increase productivity in business with the use of social Media
platforms for marketing and promotion. The use of websites now allowed companies to
develop new and cheaper ways of offering customers with opportunities of buying goods
and services at their convenient time and enhance the level of customer service. Online
platforms have been the marketplace where people can transact and communicate.
b. Job - Digital technology generates substantial changes in the composition of the labor
market as jobs that require certain skill sets are replaced by a combination of technology
and higher skilled labor, or even completely automated. At the same time, digitalization
yields opportunities by creating employment in new and existing industries, with greater
job-to-job mobility facilitated by online job search tools. The digital economy also
fundamentally changes the nature of work for many people, with fewer jobs exerting
physical demands on workers but more jobs placing an emotional strain on desk-
workers.New jobs in ICT and in other sectors become available.
c. Health - Digitalization can affect people’s health status through the emergence of new
physical and mental health risks and through its impact on the health-care delivery
system. Health risks associated with the digital transformations include mental health
problems associated with the extreme use of digital technologies, especially among
children and teenagers and the crowding out of other activities such as physical
exercise. Health-care delivery is also affected by new digital technologies, such as
electronic records, new treatment options, telecare, and teleconsultation. An important
aspect of digitalization concerns the production and use of medical data to improve the
effectiveness and efficiency of health systems. As a caveat, the exchange and use of
medical and health data must meet high data protection and data security standards,
considering its sensitivity. How and where care is delivered is also affected by digital
innovations, which challenges the traditional role of care providers, with implications for
interactions among care providers and between providers and patients. The effects of
these changes in healthcare delivery of health inequalities are potentially large, but also
less well documented. Extreme use of digital technologies may have negative mental
health effects. The effects of mobile phones, video games, and the pervasiveness of
ubiquitous screens on the mental health of children and teenagers have drawn
significant attention in the public debate because they may present risks of addiction.
Extreme Internet use, defined as children who spend more than 6 hours on the Internet
outside of school, is becoming more common among children and teenagers, with time
spent online by 15-year-olds increasing by about 40 minutes between 2012 and 2015 on
average.
d. Lifestyle - The emergence of Internet, World Wide Web, mobile cell phones, digital
television, and several other new electronic devices pertaining information and
communication technologies (ICTs) are opening a fresh passageways for transforming
the way we live, work, learn, communicate and also provides a strategic opportunities of
diverse and significant social and economic benefits to people across the globe. These
technologies enabled people to communicate information easily and rapidly. Digital
Technology became prevalent and widely used around the world. Information can be
accessed easily especially with the use of the internet. House chores and jobs are
getting automated with the help of machines and equipment. Mobile phones became
very useful in every area of life like in education, entertainment, jobs, etc. Digital
technologies have radically changed the way people work, consume, and communicate
over a short period of time.
e. Entertainment - With the advent of new technologies, the world of entertainment is
constantly evolving. Digital broadcasting has completely changed the way we
experience television and radio. Cinema can now be found at the comfort of your home
through applications such as Netflix, iFlix, etc. We get entertained by the content that we
see on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram. Computer gaming has also been an
important influence in the development of graphical interfaces. Technology has been at
the forefront of changes in production and distribution of music. We can now listen to
music and podcasts using Spotify. These are some of the many technologies we use for
entertainment that arise in the Digital Age.
f. Education - The impact of ICT on teachers, trainers, learners, researchers and the
entire education society is tremendous. It is changing the way of the education delivery
system in the world by enhancing access to information for all. It also ensures effective
and inclusive education. ICT supports the concept of open learning where the thrust is
upon enhanced student access and the development of student autonomy. It assists
teachers and helps explain core content concepts and addresses misconceptions. It acts
as a stimulant and fosters analytical thinking and interdisciplinary studies. It networks a
learner with the peers and experts and develops a collaborative atmosphere. It plays the
role of a guide and mentor by providing tailor made instructions to meet individual needs.
Online learning facilitates learning through digital mode. With the help of multimedia, it
enhances the effectiveness of teaching-learning and hence proves crucial for early
learners, slow learners and differently abled learners. Modern ICT tools not only deliver
the content but also replicate formal learning experience via virtual learning. The
intention of virtual classrooms is to extend the structure and services that accompany
formal education programs from the physical environment to learners. ICT also
addresses the need of mobile learning. It offers independent space and flexibility that
comes from working away from the learning institute or tutor. It makes education
accessible to all, irrespective of geographical barriers or resource constraints. Digital
technologies can unlock new learning opportunities in the classroom by giving students
access to a wider range of resources, by complementing the teacher in learning
processes (computer-assisted learning) and by providing other advantages to students,
such as access to motivational and informational resources associated with access to
tertiary education programs..

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