J. Tate, Sergio Espinoza, Davontae Habbit, C. Hanks, Walk Trybula, D. Fazarro
{"title":"Military and National Security Implications of Nanotechnology","authors":"J. Tate, Sergio Espinoza, Davontae Habbit, C. Hanks, Walk Trybula, D. Fazarro","doi":"10.21061/JOTS.V41I1.A.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/JOTS.V41I1.A.3","url":null,"abstract":"The U.S. is currently the leader of the development of nanotechnology based applications for military and national defense. A dva c ments in nanotechnology intend to revolutionize modern warfare with the development of applications. Although the improvements in nanotechnology hold great promises, this technology has the potential to pose some risks. This poster addresses a few of the more recent, rapidly evolving, and cutting edge developments for defense purposes. To prevent irreversible damages, ethical regulatory measures must be taken in the advancem ent of dangerous technological developments implementing nanotechnology. The context will then introduce recent efforts that attempt to raise awareness in the societal implications of military and national security nanotechnology as well as recommendations for national leaders.","PeriodicalId":142452,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Technology Studies","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132787020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Proposed Progression of Lean Six Sigma","authors":"J. Taylor, J. Sinn, J. Ulmer, M. Badar","doi":"10.21061/JOTS.V41I1.A.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/JOTS.V41I1.A.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":142452,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Technology Studies","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117155559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adopting Mobile Technology in the Higher Education Classroom","authors":"Christopher B. Davison, E. Lazaros","doi":"10.21061/JOTS.V41I1.A.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/JOTS.V41I1.A.4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":142452,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Technology Studies","volume":"237 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133030519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"History of the (Virtual) Worlds","authors":"Steve Downey","doi":"10.21061/jots.v40i2.a.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/jots.v40i2.a.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":142452,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Technology Studies","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132740828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Technology and Engineering Education Doctoral Students' Perceptions of Their Profession","authors":"G. Martin, J. Ritz, Michael F. Kosloski","doi":"10.21061/jots.v40i2.a.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/jots.v40i2.a.3","url":null,"abstract":"The growth and vitality of both technology and engineering education professions rely on the quality of contributions of its new and emerging leaders. Many of these leaders are currently enrolled students in doctoral programs. These students will be challenged to assume leadership roles in which they are not currently engaged (Ehrenberg, Jakubson, Groen, So, & Price, 2007). Some students may choose to focus their careers in developing new curricula; some will become active in grant writing and grant procurement; some will choose to serve as officers in their professional organizations; and others will contribute to the body of literature in their discipline. Wherever these future leaders decide to focus their efforts, they will likely have an impact on their profession. This study reports on currently enrolled doctoral students’ perceptions related to the focus of content taught in formalized K-12 technology and engineering education programs, methods used to prepare future technology and engineering teachers, characteristics of their planned professional involvement, and future forecasting for their school subject. This is the second study by the authors focusing on doctoral students’ perceptions.","PeriodicalId":142452,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Technology Studies","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125917300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Technological Literacy Courses in Pre-Service Teacher Education","authors":"R. Skophammer, P. Reed","doi":"10.21061/JOTS.V40I2.A.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/JOTS.V40I2.A.2","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of this study was to determine to what extent technological literacy courses were required in K-12 teacher education. A documents review of the appropriate course catalogs for initial teacher preparation was conducted. The documents review identified general education requirements and options for technological literacy courses, as well as requirements and options for these courses for English, social studies, mathematics, and science education majors. For this study, technological literacy was defined as “the ability to use, manage, assess, and understand technology” (ITEA, 2000/2002/2007, p. 9). This definition of literacy is broader than technology literacy associated with computer use and instructional technology, as well as courses limited to the history or philosophy of technology. A finding from this study is that there is very little exposure to technological literacy courses for prospective K-12 teachers. This may be due in part to the confusion between instructional technology literacy and technological literacy.","PeriodicalId":142452,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Technology Studies","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125024261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Pre-Defined Color Rendering Intents (CRI) on the Hue Attributes in a Color Managed Workflow (CMW)","authors":"H. N. Dharavath, U. Kokil","doi":"10.21061/jots.v40i1.a.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/jots.v40i1.a.2","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to determine intents on the digital printing solid colors output hue and gray output (Overlap of CMY: 50%, digital color output hue of gray and solid colors. an accepted color management practice to gain associated with the application of rendering color rendering intents as independent groups gray hue deviation of the reproduction among The colorimetric data suggests that selection of a rendering intent is an important activity in a colors for a desired purpose.","PeriodicalId":142452,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Technology Studies","volume":"207 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121191363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characteristics of Today's Applied Engineering College-Level Educator","authors":"J. Ulmer, Doug Koch, Troy E. Ollison","doi":"10.21061/jots.v40i1.a.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/jots.v40i1.a.4","url":null,"abstract":"Higher education is constantly changing and evolving. Many contend that the recent changes have not always been positive and that current changes have greatly affected applied engineering programs. The purpose of this article is to investigate and collect information regarding current issues and the current state of educators in postsecondary, applied engineering/technology programs. It is a broad overarching approach with the intent of identifying the current state, potential research needs, and concerns within the discipline. Two hundred and twelve faculty members within the United States responded to a national survey to help fellow faculty determine the current and evolving characteristics of today’s applied engineering college-level educator. Previous literature and data identifies changes related to financial challenges, salaries, technological advancement, professional experience, course load and class size, globalization, and lack of advancement opportunities. The survey sought to determine the current status of the field in those areas and found that the mean salary of $73,567 for the respondents was above the mean national higher education salaries but had a high standard deviation. Of the faculty, 74% are teaching in the classroom followed by 13% hybrid, and 13% online. The mean number of years of service outside of academia was 12.34. Regarding positional status and opportunities for advancement, the respondents were 21% contract only, 19% tenure track, and 60% tenured faculty. The data collected points out some areas that have potentially changed over time and areas that need further investigation. Long-term data is needed to establish a change in trends.","PeriodicalId":142452,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Technology Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130491873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Examining the Impact and Cognition of Technology on Preservice Teachers of English in Swaziland","authors":"Patrick Mthethwa","doi":"10.21061/jots.v40i1.a.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/jots.v40i1.a.3","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the impact and cognition of technology on preservice teachers of English in Swaziland, where English is taught as a second language (ESL). Colleges and universities in Swaziland embarked on an initiative to equip preservice teachers with technology skills. However, despite that every preservice teacher who graduates from either a university or college must complete a module in technology, it has not been established if preservice teachers perceive technology as useful, and if they are prepared to integrate it into their future teaching experiences. One hundred and thirty-five ESL preservice teachers participated in this study. They completed a 20-item questionnaire that was later analyzed using quantitative methods. Subsequently, follow-up interviews were conducted with 23 participants. Overall, the results revealed that while preservice teachers had positive perceptions of the usefulness of technology in language teaching, they were less likely to integrate technology into their language teaching experiences.","PeriodicalId":142452,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Technology Studies","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114361108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Technology skill development among education majors","authors":"C. Sherman","doi":"10.21061/jots.v40i1.a.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/jots.v40i1.a.1","url":null,"abstract":"This study sought to determine the influence that numerous variables have on the technology skill development of education majors. The study investigated how the participants' age, gender, race, ethnicity, level of comfort with technology, and learning style(s) correlated with their level of digital literacy. The results revealed that level of verbal-linguistic intelligence significantly correlated with the subjects' level of digital literacy, whereas the other seven multiple intelligence variables did not yield significant findings. Further statistical analysis demonstrated that each of the multiple intelligence variables (including level of verbal-linguistic intelligence) had a weak correlation with level of digital literacy when isolated from the other variables. Each one of the independent variables was found to be a poor predictor of the education majors' technology capabilities. Therefore, this article suggests that these variables (age, gender, level of prior technology use, etc.) should not be relied upon to predict a student's technology skills.","PeriodicalId":142452,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Technology Studies","volume":"122 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127999848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}