Poster Session (Asynchronous Session)
Multimodality and Multiliteracies in the Online Classroom: Teaching Action Films View Digital Media
Poster Session Lan Dong
This study examines how integrating action films can help to enhance the teaching and learning experience in online classes. It discusses the benefits of incorporating visual components such as film clips, short videos, trailer, MTV, feature films, among others in an interdisciplinary class using a Learning Management System (LMS). On the one hand, the presentation addresses the importance of motivating students’ interest and engagement as well as structuring an interactive atmosphere in the online classroom that is accessible and inclusive. On the other hand, it examines the careful guidance needed in order for the instructor to help students improve critical thinking, reading, and writing skills while acquiring multiliteracies through multimodal learning. In mapping out the transnational identities, cultural transformation, multinational production and casting, and stardom, this presentation focuses on examining how clips from action films such as: Enter the Dragon, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Once Upon a Time in China and America, and The Forbidden Kingdom can offer opportunities for productive asynchronized discussions on gender politics, racial politics, transnationalism, and cultural contextualization.
Challenges and Solutions for Information Security Threats in Hospitals View Digital Media
Poster Session Maor Weinberger, Dan Bouhnik
Information security (IS) events are a growing threat in the health system in general, and hospitals in particular. Compared to other systems which are experienced in coping with IS threats, the health system is dragging behind in this regard and, as of late, finds itself investing considerable amounts of resources in order to protect its assets. However, hospitals are by nature complex, technologically laden and open to internal conflicts and regulatory pressure. These all hinder the development of an effective IS defense system (Jalali & Kaiser, 2018). Advanced technologies, such as The Internet of Things and Big Data, have changed the way large organizations, including health groups, contend with IS – which have become highly indubitable and even life threatening (Blobel et al., 2016; Islam et al., 2015). This study aims to clearly map the IS and privacy preservation issues present in hospitals, with an emphasis on the existence of advanced technologies (such as, the Internet of Things), which if damaged may endanger patients and medical staff. In this framework, we carry out in-depth interviews with hospital information system administrators, in order to examine their position regarding IS challenges and the existing solutions. Furthermore, the interviews serve as a basis for the construction of quantitative questionnaires, for exploring patient and medical staff IS awareness regarding the dangers posed to their personal information stored upon the hospital systems, and regarding their coping methods.
In Search of Effective Remote-learning Methods for the STEM Education View Digital Media
Poster Session Vladimir Riabov
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed many aspects of people’s lives including all forms of education. Online studies and distance learning have become the reality over the globe. This study offers a detailed review of the effectiveness of “traditional” online class activities (online lectures with recordings, video conferencing, and online lab demonstrations) as well as openly-accessed educational resources (digital libraries, collections of the digitized films and videos, free-license software tools, hands-on lab tutorials, and project-development environments and infrastructures) that could be effectively used by instructors and students to enrich the STEM educational activities. The case studies overview the necessity of improving students’ self-study skills, online tutoring, faculty training, new partnerships between academic institutions and high-tech companies, the role of multimedia platforms, and financial-support opportunities. The challenges of unresolved issues (remote internship, constraints of old-style professional certification examinations and learning-outcome assessments, and violations of students’ privacy in Cloud and social-media communications) are addressed.
How to Sustain Successful Remote Working post COVID -19: Learning from the Experience of Implementing a Remote Working Initiative Pre Covid-19 View Digital Media
Poster Session Valerie Mc Taggart, John Joseph Mc Carthy
The formulation and implementation of a remote working strategy has become a key concern for many organisations since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. As organisations around the globe set about adhering to national guidelines of self-isolation, and social distancing, individuals moved from onsite to working form home rapidly. However many organisations who had not implemented remote working before the pandemic had little time to prepare. We used an interpretive in-depth case study research methodology to investigate how a leading European financial services provider had formulated and implemented its remote working strategy pre the pandemic. We demonstrate how the systems and structures that were put in place a number of years ago, supported there ongoing of uninterrupted service provision during the pandemic. Our paper makes two contributions. First, the theoretical outcome is a framework for implementing remote working. Secondly, we identify factors that organisations need to consider to sustain successful remote working post the pandemic.
Using American Federal Copyright Law to Design Online Courses View Digital Media
Poster Session Michael Lorenzen
The COVID pandemic forced many higher educators to move to online courses. Yet, many did not know how to do this with copyrighted material. There are tools to assist with this. The TEACH Act of 2002 was passed into American Federal law to give educators guidance for the use of copyrighted material in online courses. It gives broad leeway to a variety of uses and protects educators from copyright holders who do not want their work used without compensation even if the work is clearly allowed under previous provision of copyright exemption under fair use. This study examines the literature surrounding the topic of teaching copyright in higher education to faculty. It also looks at how this topic (in particular the TEACH Act of 2002) was taught to faculty at Western Illinois University and also cover some of the material that was highlighted in the workshop curriculum.
