Blog 2: The influence of technology on society.
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Blog 2: The influence of technology on society.
Information and communications technology (ICT) and network access is to bring the great impact in our society. Our daily life habit was changed by ICT. We would call it that Information society.
The development of ICT breaks out the physics limit. We can contact our friend with mobile phone even they are not in the same country. Whole the world was close linked by ICT. We can know world news and knowledge. Social media platform also give our new way to make new friends. And then we can communicate with friend via social media platform.
For economic aspect, ICT can bring more business chance to get more benefit. Business firm can use social media to raise the profile of the companies and attract more customers. The companies also can promote their product and service via online. They would collect data form social media platforms for create or increase value of product and service. Because access information faster than past. Big data analyse is a new trend for business organizations. This also can apply in different aspect such as education, political and society. We can use information to boost your creativity and personal value. In this situation, lifelong learning or advanced study is an essential part for everyone. In the past, shopping or buying something may be is a long or short journey. We often spend too much time to go a various of physical shop and traffic but now we have online shopping, online catalogue and online advertisement that give us a great convenience. We can stay at home to enjoy shopping time and make the time management effective. Companies’ staffs have skills to use ICT and update information about market is more important than past.
For educational aspect, we believe that information organizations also face the great challenge about the change of society and technology environment. For educational aspect, we believe that information organizations also face the great challenge about the change of society and technology environment. During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, information organizations such as libraries have to hold on this chance to build up new service and product for user. ICT can help their fulfil this target. Electronic resource and online service is new trend, libraries collections were consist of e-resource and physical material. E-resource would occupy more budget than physical material. According to the website of 2021 Educause horizon report shown us that the development of education would blended and Hybrid Course Models (Educause, 2021). Online teaching and course material would be a normal fact. The development of ICT brings new educational style for the world.
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References
Educause. (2021). 2021 Educause horizon report. Retrieved from