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The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years. (1500 words)


IT or Information Technology is clearly defined as the use of computers and software to manipulate information in different organizations of different field of interest. Information Technology is becoming a discipline out of the research and development activities in the fields of technology. Nowadays, change in Information Technology is very massive that it changes environment and organizations, and it goes to show that life is also constantly changing in any aspect. New technology is creating opportunities to produce more timely, accurate, and useful information. As time goes by, organizations are performing critical functions related to information technology to optimize the usefulness of Information Technology. Information Technology has helped develop more advanced community learning environment. School environment is one of those organizations which is very adaptive when it comes to technology changes, for most of the teachings of today’s education conformed with the teachings of the current technology; and so schools have this common objective that people in nearly every career are required to have some knowledge of computers and software since these are the components of information technology. A variety of learning institutions believe that Information technology helps organizations function more efficiently so they can improve. Information Technology is very important to learning communities like school, Information Technology resources are very vital in the learning of the students; it caters a vast of information which sometimes copes up to the limited resources which the school provides. Utilizing IT allows teachers to enhance the curriculum. Software programs are available to make lessons more appealing to students and help them grasp concepts. In addition, students use IT to research topics for papers and discuss their classes with other students locally or in other parts of the country. Information technology has opened up the world to students and if used properly in classrooms will enhance their learning experiences. Teachers must be committed to using IT in their classrooms for the sake of student learning. Attitudes toward technology use within the school setting are an important and often overlooked component of successful curriculum integration of technology. Much of the research done on technology integration assumes that once appropriate technological tools are in place in the classroom, students, teachers, and parents will overwhelmingly support the change toward a technologically based curriculum. Technology becomes a more prevalent part of the education culture with each passing year. Schools cannot ignore the impact of technology and the changing face of curriculum.

Using my crystal ball, I see these three major changes in the school services 3 years from now, these are the following:

1. Societal Changes
2. Educational Paradigm
3. Information Landscape

SOCIETAL CHANGES

As I have mentioned above that I consider school as one of the adaptive learning institutions because some leaning of today’s education conformed with the information brought by Information Technology, hence school has the primary objective to make the students in their nearly every career are required to have some knowledge of computers and software since these are the components of information technology; because of this fact no longer is the accumulation of skills for employment, but an ability to be able to adopt to new strategies, to continue learning independently and to work cooperatively have become imperative.

EDUCATION PARADIGMS

Although much publicity in the media has been generated in the last few years or even nowadays generating the perceived reductions in standards for functional literacy (reading and writing), in the next three yeas maybe educational perspective requires a shift in paradigm to an information technology literacy focus. Educational institutions will be restructuring the framework of the organization to form learning communities with information technology – based curriculum, rather than institutions whore core function is the dispensing functional literacy-based curriculum.


INFORMATION LANDSCAPE


In the current information technology age, a new economy has emerged in which knowledge is traded as a marketable commodity (Tinkler, 1996). In this global knowledge economy, it is essential that students in school be equipped and undertakes appropriate access to data and manipulates it to become more imperative to others to fill everyone’s needs on information. It is therefore self-evident that in order to cater a student’s information literacy skills, an appropriate “library program” is necessary.



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The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years. (1500 words)

We are experiencing a fast changing world today, because of technology, technology in schools can have many different meanings in different
contexts and times.Technology pertains to the full range of computer and computer-related equipment and associated operating systems, networking, and tool software that provide the infrastructure over which instructional and school management applications of various kinds operate. And, in order to assess the effects of technology, this goes beyond equipment and infrastructure. It includes how, how well, and by whom technology is used, as well as the resources that are required for user support. Such aspects as libraries and information services; security needs, both for the protection of facilities and equipment and for the assurance of the safety of both students and staff; the integration of technology into such areas as facility design and professional development and training—technology extends to all these parts of the educational enterprise.

Using this crystal ball, IT changes UseP including:

Adequate and Improved Enrolment System

The university already have its own enrollment system which for years have been developed, some staffs and faculty were not satisfied on the said work. Using this crystal ball, to the next three years, adequacy and efficiency may be practiced, minimizing the time spent and may also help for the faculties to minimize time and manpower.

IT Improved Infrastructure Management

IT Infrastructure Management processes practices analysis, planning, deployment, design and management operations. Including the technical support, this helps school to be more progressive and create a productive management.

recommend best practice for requirements analysis, planning, design, deployment and ongoing operations management and technical support of an ICT Infrastructure. ("ICT" is an acronym for "Information and Communication Technology".)

This involves:

Design and Planning
Deployment
Technical Support


References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Technology_Infrastructure
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003313.pdf
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Information Technology is significant driving force behind organizational change. As the business landscape changes in response to new innovation, changing consumer preferences and new competitive pressures, companies adopt information technology to improve business processes, streamline operations, cut costs and increase profitability. The impact of information technology on organizational change permeates the entire organization. Organizational structure, employee skill base, process change, product delivery and marketing methodology all change in response to information technology. It is so clear that Information Technology really brings life to the organization. It couldn’t stand alone in doing a business. The latest trend of today’s business competition relies on the technology available. It depends on how the organization will use it. The fast growing changes of the environment will also affect the flow of businesses as technology is concern. There would be a lot of adjustments in doing so to adapt on those changes. Well change is really constant in this chaotic world. The change in processes, corporate culture, systems management and operational objectives that result from information technology and organizational change requires careful and dedicated planning. Organizations that do not take the time to plan appropriately risk compromising their operational goals and objectives. Well how will those companies accept the changes may take place as information technology is concern? A company is required to hire personnel who have the skills to work with the new technology processes. This might involve retrenchment of existing staff or an introduction of training programs to retrain a companies existing skill base. When dimensional shifts occur in the way business is conducted, the transition often presents a shortfall in skilled labor as demand outstrips supply. New industries emerge to fill this shortfall and information technology and organizational change has a rippling effect on the industry as a whole. As technology changes the business landscape, qualified and experienced professionals are required to guide and assist companies in unfamiliar territory. The change in processes, corporate culture, systems management and operational objectives that result from information technology and organizational change requires careful and dedicated planning. As to what the university capability of having the technology , it would be a big challenge for them on how will the university adapt to the changes, what would be the strategies that would be use and how it should take place.

As our university is concern, I guess the change in information technology may give some benefit for the good of the university. Change is good since there is advancement in any field. Hmmn if I’ll be using my crystal ball, thinking of what the university can offer for the next years. The university will be more effective when technology is concern. Here are the three changes that will arise in the university.

Online Enrollment System

We can’t deny the fact that most of the universities in the Philippines are now engaged in fully automation of their enrollment system. Why not our university also into it? In doing so, our university will most likely be more productive and can easy mingle with the latest trend. The enrollment process would be much easier at own convenient. By just clicking the mouse, we are get officially enrolled. Well that’s really great since the work is done more easily. Students will not have a hard time going to school fall in line and get exposed with so much heat and dirt. Of course in having this system, there would be good personnel that would take care of the system. He must be skilled enough and must know how the system will work and how it would be fixed as problems arise.

RFID (Radio-frequency identification as school ID)

RFID is now used worldwide. To get into the trend, hopefully by the next few years our university will be engaged in this kind of system. The manual transfer of records will be automated using this kind of system. RFID card system is used by the university to check in and out of the main gate, to both track attendance and prevent unauthorized entrance. With RFID, it would be easier to track students and staff in and out of the building via specially designed cards.

Developed Information Technology Architecture

The university lacks of the IT resources needed for its development. There are limited resources as information technology is concern. With that, there must be a architecture that would serve as a basis in order to have a good development in the university. The purpose of the IT Architecture is to guide the process of planning, acquiring, building, modifying, interfacing and deploying IT resources throughout the departments of the university. As such the IT Architecture should offer a means of stable evolution by identifying technologies that work together to satisfy the needs of the Department users.

References:

http://www.ewita.com/earlywork/itb.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-frequency_identification




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The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years. (1500 words)
Based on my readings, technological change Assignment 9 (Due: February 12, 2010, before 01:00pm) - Page 2 Pictur30is a change in the set of feasible production possibilities. Technological change (TC) is a term that is used to describe the overall process of invention, innovation and diffusion of technology or processes. Pertaining to the computer history, technology is perishable and moves faster than in any other industry. This rapid-fire pace means continuous increases in productivity and competitiveness for our industry and the myriad of other industries.
I have read a quote from Scott G. McNealy, Chairman, President, & CEO, Sun Microsystems …. "Miss one development cycle and you are seriously hurt. Miss Two and you are mortally wounded." That has come to depend on computer products and services for their vitality. Just as our industry has adapted to meet the demands of the competitive global marketplace, so too has our work force.

In the case of USEP, I’ve observed that these three that I’ve mentioned below would be very helpful for the staffs, faculty, and students and for the whole university.


Wireless fidelity (WI-Fi)

• Wi-Fi Assignment 9 (Due: February 12, 2010, before 01:00pm) - Page 2 Pictur34 is wireless technology which enables connection between two or more devices wirelessly for data sharing purposes. It is wireless networking which is based on IEEE 802.11 standards. it is now being used by millions of people using various devices such as personal computers, laptops, pads', printers, camera, games, mp3 players etc, more and more gadgets are coming with built in feature of this amazing wireless technology.In the whole USEP, WI-Fi is very pertinent in order to facilitate convenient access to information, to eliminate the need for wires and cables in order to access data and media, to aid compatibility and connectivity between different systems in the network and most especially to eliminate the need for other paraphernalia like switchboards, adapters and plugs that clutter up the work station.
Online System
Assignment 9 (Due: February 12, 2010, before 01:00pm) - Page 2 Pictur35Online system for me would be very significant for the whole USEP in a way that the different procedures and process that the University wants should be done in online approaches. The best example for this is the online registration for the students who are planning to take USEPAT exams in order to shun from hassles and bustles. This process would be very useful for the students to be acquainted with the results for the said examination.

RFID
Assignment 9 (Due: February 12, 2010, before 01:00pm) - Page 2 Pictur37 As what I have knew it was implemented by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to easily track the plate numbers the vehicles. RFID (radio frequency identification) is a technology that incorporates the use of electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling in the radio frequency (RF) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to uniquely identify an object, animal, or person. In USEP, I can say that implementing RFID is very much essential for the University to monitors those students and other people who are entering the university.

References:
wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology
http://www.wifinotes.com/
http://searchmanufacturingerp.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid193_gci805987,00.html

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Question Question Question The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years.

The USeP three years from now...

When we say pace, it the speed or the rhythm of the changes evolving today. From time to time there is a change; it is the one thing that’s for sure. Due to the changes, we should always adopt the different concepts so that we can engage to present activities.

Idea Idea Idea The three changes....

Idea Automatic borrowing machine for the library...

Just like other universities, I would like to have an automated borrowing machine for our University library. In this case, the process of borrowing books from the university will be hassle free. Just like the library system of Manhidol University they have their own system, here is the sample of their services.
Borrowing and access

Books that circulate are charged out at each library's circulation desk based on the library's borrowing periods. Library materials, such as reference materials, journals and newspapers must be used within the library. A valid library member card is required to borrow library materials.

Membership
Borrowing periods
Library fines and penalties
Guide to self service loans, renewals, holds...
Mahidol library book mobile
Mahidol EDDS
Interlibrary loan
Library policies

Membership

Users can apply for MULINET's membership at their own libraries. MULINET membership application form

Borrowing periods

MEMBER TOTAL Loan period
(days) Overdue fines (baht : day)
General books Reserve books General books Reserve books
Faculty 10 14 1, 2, 3 330
Resident/Fellow
Graduate student
University staff
Undergraduate student 5 7
Temporary staff


Library fines and penalties

1. Users should return all items borrow by the due date.
2. There are fines for late return of loans. Users will not be
able to borrow from the library if unpaid fines/charges more
than Bt.50. Fines vary depending on the borrowing periods
of the item.
3. If an item is lost or damaged user must report this to the
circulation desk immediately and will be responsible
for either the replacement cost plus an processing fee of
Bt. 200, or for the cost of repair.

How to avoid fines
Return items on time.
Renew items on or before the due date by telephone
Make a note of due dates in a diary or keep date receipts
in a safe place.
Check the view your record to see when your loans are
due back.
Don't lend your card to anyone else and don't borrow for
others. If you do you will be responsible for their fines.
Report lost ID cards to the library immediately.

How to borrow self-service loans

Take books you wish to borrow to automated
borrowing machine. Follow the directions on the machine to
borrow the material.
Mahidol borrowers must use a valid library member card.
If you have difficulty using the automated borrowing
machine or the screen displays a message which prevents
you from continuing, go to the circulation desk for
assistance.
You will get a receipt telling you when the items are due
back.

Idea I would also want to have a Automated Attendance System, so that each individual that would comes in and out from the school would be monitored, it will be easier for the teachers to check the attendance of their students. Also, the head of the university can see if all the faculties and staff are regularly coming to our university.

Here is an example of the Automated Attendance System:

Due to the easy availability of almost all information on the internet these days,
students are less and less motivated to come to the lecture rooms than ever
before. Professors and instructors have to come up with ways to ensure a
healthy participation from the students, and make sure that the “classic” student
professor interactive relationship is kept intact. This in the some cases may be in
simple forms like roll call, while in more interesting cases, can be formats like
surprise quizzes, extra credit in class, etc. These things can however be very
time-consuming. Valuable in-class time that could have otherwise been used for
lectures need to be dedicated to “attendance” taking. In addition to all this, the
attendances are entered manually and therefore are error prone. Now, there’s a
technology that can solve all this and MORE.

An automated employee time and attendance system having a central processor and a plurality of sub-systems which are capable of providing data used by the central processor in payroll determination. Each sub-system is capable of maintaining clocking information along with other employee data, adjusting such data and retrieving such data in a printed form when so desired by a timekeeper. A means is provided for allowing the monitoring of loaned and borrowed employees as between the sub-systems so that payroll determination in their regard is accurately maintained. Periodically data stored in the sub-systems are conveyed to the central processor where it sorts and merges all data received from the sub-systems including the clocking data whereby accurate payroll determination is effected.

Idea Lastly I would like to have an online evaluation and enrollment system for the university. So that it would be easier for the students to enroll to their chosen course. In the part of the faculty, it would be hassle free for them to evaluate students.

Our Online student enrollment system enables students to enroll into their subjects prior to the commencement of their semesters. This enrollment system not only allows international students to enroll through internet without traveling to the campus but also incorporates the business rules. These business rules cover a wide range of regulations and policy such as subject pre-requisite, student's payment status, course coordinator's decision and the correspondence of students' seniority to the intended enrolling subjects. Besides business rules, the system also incorporates various notification mechanisms like Short Messaging Service (SMS) and Email. XML is used to store the business rules and thus allow the portability of the system interface to wider range of devices such as Personal Device Assistant (PDA). The interface auto-detects the user's device either PC/laptop or much smaller screen device such as PDA. In short, the enrollment system backend engine runs based on the business rules and front-end engine runs to provide high satisfaction user experience. With the business and user interface, the system is able to run the workflow of student enrollment from the online enrollment form to approval workflow cycle running parallel with the notification capability.

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http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4323771.html

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The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years. (1500 words)


Information technology changes rapidly as we all know. From time to time technology upgrades. We can’t even notice the fast changes of the technology nowadays. In response, many organizations create a formal group of IT professionals to evaluate emerging IT so they can better cope with its change. A survey based on structured interviews was mailed to a nationwide sample of 1,000 IT organizations. Two hundred forty-six respondents provided data to identify categories of coping mechanisms to handle changing IT. Five categories emerged: Education and Training, Internal Procedures, Vendor Support, Consultant Support, and Endurance. Organizations apply Education and Training more extensively than the others. Thus the research contributes to understanding the means by which organizations cope with rapid IT change. The research also found that organizations with a group dedicated to investigating emerging IT cope more extensively, but not more successfully, than do those without one. Thus the research contributes not only by providing an understanding of how organizations cope with rapid IT change, but also by suggesting the need to achieve more from the group charged with emerging IT. The pervasive influence of information technology (IT) in the computing age cannot be overstated. Since the 90s, IT has brought about a revolution at the workplace. The recent development and fast-paced adoption of Internet communication and Web-based technologies and applications has enhanced the potential of IT. IT and computer systems deployed strategically can impact the operational aspects and productivity parameters of a business. IT and attendant technologies and tools can be used to automate key business operations, functions and activities of a business. Businesses can invest in desktop computers, workstations, laptops, minicomputers, notebook computers and high-end servers for a host of organizational tasks and functions. Market-available software, computing applications, networking and other IT productivity tools installed in computers and computer systems can help professionals, workers and staff in a business to streamline work processes and execute tasks and functions faster in order to achieve organizational-defined goals and targets. Internet communication and telecommunication technologies and IT software systems can enable workers to work, interact and share information across locations and geographical boundaries. With the help of IT, businesses with multi location offices and manufacturing facilities in different geographical zones can help staff members and employees to collaborate and work simultaneously on projects. Use of proprietary collaborative software and workgroup support systems can foster greater collaboration, streamline workflow management and encourage proactive human interactions. Information Management Businesses generate vast reserves of data and information on a daily basis. Investing and deploying IT software systems such as enterprise resource planning solutions, management information system, data-processing data centers and related information management technologies can help businesses to manage, leverage and optimize terabytes of data. Information processing, classification and management is the key to operational efficiency and decision making for workers, professionals and top executives in an organization. Investment in large-scale IT systems, networks and technologies calls for budgeting and allocation of resources. Businesses need to account for long-term planning, evaluation and deployment of relevant strategic-fit IT solutions to address business growth, manpower needs and ambitious expansion plans. Used strategically, IT systems can boost employee productivity and impact the bottom line of businesses.


IT or Information Technology is clearly defined as the use of computers and software to manipulate information in different organizations of different field of interest. Information Technology is becoming a discipline out of the research and development activities in the fields of technology. Nowadays, change in Information Technology is very massive that it changes environment and organizations, and it goes to show that life is also constantly changing in any aspect. New technology is creating opportunities to produce more timely, accurate, and useful information. As time goes by, organizations are performing critical functions related to information technology to optimize the usefulness of Information Technology. Information Technology has helped develop more advanced community learning environment. School environment is one of those organizations which is very adaptive when it comes to technology changes, for most of the teachings of today’s education conformed with the teachings of the current technology; and so schools have this common objective that people in nearly every career are required to have some knowledge of computers and software since these are the components of information technology. A variety of learning institutions believe that Information technology helps organizations function more efficiently so they can improve. Information Technology is very important to learning communities like school, Information Technology resources are very vital in the learning of the students; it caters a vast of information which sometimes copes up to the limited resources which the school provides. Utilizing IT allows teachers to enhance the curriculum. Software programs are available to make lessons more appealing to students and help them grasp concepts. In addition, students use IT to research topics for papers and discuss their classes with other students locally or in other parts of the country. Information technology has opened up the world to students and if used properly in classrooms will enhance their learning experiences. Teachers must be committed to using IT in their classrooms for the sake of student learning. Attitudes toward technology use within the school setting are an important and often overlooked component of successful curriculum integration of technology. Much of the research done on technology integration assumes that once appropriate technological tools are in place in the classroom, students, teachers, and parents will overwhelmingly support the change toward a technologically based curriculum. Technology becomes a more prevalent part of the education culture with each passing year. Schools cannot ignore the impact of technology and the changing face of curriculum.


:arrow:as what they said the only thing that is constant is changes.when we say pace..
it is the manner of moving or simply the manner of changing.

i can foresee our school in the next three years having these services
that has a substantial impact on our school:

Automated Systems for students advantages
**automated library system
this automated library system can be online or offline.
online== the students can do reservation online by just registering to have an account
and give the books information such as title, author, date of publication, and the section
where you can found this book.
you can also search the books in the university library online, just input onthe search engine,
this would also show if it was in the library or it was borrowed already.

offline== in borrowing books offline, the students will only swipe their library card in the
device, the students data will automatically inputed to the borrowing sheet in the library system.
and let the book's barcode will be able to read by the barcode reader so that it will automatically
be inputed to the borrowing sheet of the database. with this,the students and even the library personnel
have leessen their effort.since,this will also give the due date and calculate the penalties if ever
the book will return late.

**attendance tracker of faculties
with this, the students will able to know whether the faculty is on duty,in class or in office, or on leave

it is possible by just downloading the list of the faculties that is categorized by department
through your cellular phones.

it is advantage to the students who want to see their busy professor.

**event manager for all organizations
this will give you calendar of the events of all of the organization in the university.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
--"is the use of an object (typically referred to as an RFID tag) applied to or
incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification
and tracking using radio waves. Some tags can be read from several meters away and
beyond the line of sight of the reader."

wireless fidelity (WI-Fi)
--"is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance that may be used with certified products that belong to a class of wireless local area network (WLAN) devices based on the IEEE 802.11 standards. Because of the close relationship with its underlying standard, the term Wi-Fi is often used as a synonym for IEEE 802.11 technology."

--is wireless technology which enables connection between two or more devices wirelessly for data sharing purposes. It is wireless networking which is based on IEEE 802.11 standards. it is now being used by millions of people using various devices such as personal computers, laptops, pads', printers, camera, games, mp3 players etc, more and more gadgets are coming with built in feature of this amazing wireless technology.In the whole USEP, WI-Fi is very pertinent in order to facilitate convenient access to information, to eliminate the need for wires and cables in order to access data and media, to aid compatibility and connectivity between different systems in the network and most especially to eliminate the need for other paraphernalia like switchboards, adapters and plugs that clutter up the work station.



references:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-frequency_identification


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The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years. (1500 words)


A popular theory and explanation of the contemporary changes occurring around us is that we are in the midst of a third major revolution in human civilization, i.e., a Third Wave. First there was the Agricultural Revolution, then the Industrial Revolution, and now we are in the Information Revolution. Yet are we, in fact, in the middle of a revolutionary jump? Are we seeing and living through a continuous or a discontinuous change in human society? And even if the present era embodies a fundamental change, is the rise of information technology and all its associated effects the key dimension of change in this fundamental societal transformation? Information and communication technology and a world wide system of information exchange has been building growth for over a hundred years and physical technology and industry is not slowing down in growth - rather it is accelerating.

Perhaps, the fundamental change is from a Newtonian Clock Model of the universe, technology, and human society to a Mental/Computational Model
I would suggest that society is, in fact, transforming in a fundamental way, but the Information Revolution is only part of a more general phenomena involving multiple and interdependent causes, including human values, ways of life, culture, science, politics, and economy. This holistic revolution is creating chaos, unrest, numerous social problems and a reorganization of human life. Economy, society, education, religion, psychology, science, and technology are all changing, since they are all reciprocally interconnected.

Information technology (IT) is playing a crucial role in contemporary society. It has transformed the whole world into a global village with a global economy, which is increasingly dependent on the creative management and distribution of information. Globalization of world economies has greatly enhanced the values of information to business organizations and has offered new business opportunities.

Today, IT provides the communication and analytical power that organizations need for conducting trade and managing business at global level with much ease. To coordinate their worldwide network of suppliers, distributors and consumers, organizations have developed global information systems that can track orders, deliveries, and payments round the clock. This has been possible because of the development of IT in its present form. In the broadest sense, information technology refers to both the hardware and software that are used to store, retrieve, and manipulate information. At the lowest level you have the servers each with an operating system. Installed on these servers are things like database and web serving software. The servers are connected to each other and to users via a network infrastructure. And the users accessing these servers have their own hardware, operating systems, and software tools.


1. Certified WiFi campus

A wireless LAN has some specific advantages over wired LAN:

(a) Flexible Learning - the accommodation of different learning styles and the adaptation of any learning space to suit the type of learning taking place.

(b) Accessible – access to the network can be from anywhere in the school within range of an access point, giving users the freedom to use ICT where and when it is needed.

(c) Adaptable – it is typically easier and quicker to add or move devices on the network.

(d) Cost – while the initial investment required for wireless LAN hardware can be similar to the cost of wired LAN hardware, installation expenses can be significantly lower.

(e) Flexibility for teachers – a teacher with a wireless enabled laptop can access the wireless network to show students work, share resources, obtain information from the internet from anywhere within a range of an AP, without being tied to a wired PC.

(f) Portability – they allow computer devices to move around the school with the pupil rather than the pupil going to a specific place to use the device. This allows for outdoor field work and work in non-classroom spaces (common areas, library, canteen, gymnasium / sports hall, playgound).

WiFi is short for Wireless Fidelity and is a particular type of wireless local area network (WLAN) - i.e., you don't need to plug your computer into a phone network via a cable. There are many types of WLAN but all of them allow two or more computers to form a network using radio frequency (RF) signals. They allow users to access and share data, applications, internet access or other network resources in the same way as wired (cable) systems.
WiFi and WLANs signals are very low power, typically 0.1 watt (100 milliwatts) in both the computer and the router (access point). Based on current knowledge and experience, radio frequency (RF) exposures from WiFi are likely to be lower than those from mobile phones. Also, the frequencies used in WiFi are broadly the same as those from traditional RF applications.


2. RFID as Students Identification Card.


Technology has grown in many sectors during the past decade and this has brought new advances in everything from computers and automobiles to your identity cards.


There is an especially effective technology that surrounds ID cards today and one that is slipping into greater use among companies and employers. This technology is called RFID, and the cards it powers are called ‘contactless smart cards.’

The technology behind the card is Radio frequency identification, or RFID. RFID is a broad term that encompasses the span of technologies that use radio waves to automatically identify people or objects and work with a microchip to store information.

The most common way of storing information is to store a serial number that identifies a person, object, or information on a microchip. The microchip is attached to an antenna and imbedded between the layers of the card. Information can be written, erased, and rewritten, and is stored on the microchip and transmitted by the antenna.

The chip and antenna combination is called an RFID transponder or an RFID tag. The antenna enables the chip to transmit the identification information to a reader. Radio waves reflected from the card (RFID tag) to the reader allow the reader to convert the radio waves reflected back from the RFID tag into digital information that can be processed by the computer.

Instead of inserting your card into a card acceptor or scanning it through, all you have to do is passing within range of the radio frequency acceptor and you are done. You usually have to be within a few inches of the machine for it to operate, but it still saves a ton of time and headache.



3. Virtual Learning Environment

virtual learning environment (VLE) is a software system designed to support teaching and learning in an educational setting, as distinct from a Managed Learning Environment, (MLE) where the focus is on management. A VLE will normally work over the Internet and provide a collection of tools such as those for assessment (particularly of types that can be marked automatically, such as multiple choice), communication, uploading of content, return of students' work, peer assessment, administration of student groups, collecting and organizing student grades, questionnaires, tracking tools, etc. New features in these systems include wikis, blogs, RSS and 3D virtual learning spaces.

While originally created for distance education, VLEs are now most often used to supplement traditional face to face classroom activities, commonly known as Blended Learning. These systems usually run on servers, to serve the course to students Multimedia and/or web pages.

In 'Virtually There', a book and DVD pack distributed freely to schools by the Yorkshire and Humber Grid for Learning Foundation (YHGfL), Professor Stephen Heppell writes in the foreword: "Learning is breaking out of the narrow boxes that it was trapped in during the 20th century; teachers' professionalism, reflection and ingenuity are leading learning to places that genuinely excite this new generation of connected young school students - and their teachers too. VLEs are helping to make sure that their learning is not confined to a particular building, or restricted to any single location or moment."

A VLE is a computer program that facilitates computerized learning or e-learning. Such e-learning systems are sometimes also called Learning Management System (LMS), Content Management System (CMS), Learning Content Management System (LCMS), Managed Learning Environment (MLE), Learning Support System (LSS), Online Learning Centre (OLC), OpenCourseWare (OCW), or Learning Platform (LP); it is education via computer-mediated communication (CMC) or Online Education.

A more correct term may be a virtual environment for learning, rather than virtual learning environment. This removes any ambiguities and identifies that it is the environment which is virtual and not the learning. The term virtual may also contribute to confusion, suggesting that the learning is not real or authentic.


CONCLUSION:


There is no doubt that information technology (IT) plays a vital role in today’s society. Every facet of one’s life is practically linked to IT. The Internet, one
of the marvels of modern society, has spawned several industries and fueled considerable economic growth.

But the Internet did not develop overnight. It is a product of academic researchers who made such revolutionary technologies possible.

Information technology contributes immensely in advancing knowledge in many fields of endeavour. For example, information technology enables scientists and academics to collaborate remotely on common research projects which speed up the process of discovery and the search for new knowledge.

Because technology continues to play an important role in modern industrial society, integrating technology into the schools will help prepare students to succeed in a rapidly changing world. "Technology is transforming society, and schools do not have a choice as to whether they will incorporate technology but rather how well they use it to enhance learning" (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory & Illinois State Board of Education, 1995).

Technology integration also is important because it supports the goals of education reform. To ensure that technology is effectively integrated into the schools, educators and community members must collaborate to create a formal technology plan. Developing a plan for using technology to support education reform means more than providing for the acquisition of computers and software. To be successful, a technology plan must promote meaningful learning and collaboration, provide for the needed professional development and support, and respond flexibly to change.


REFERENCES: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/48795/rfid_id_card_overview.html?cat=15
http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/tnc.html
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te300.htm


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As a student of this university and having stayed here for almost three years, there are just few changes that I’ve been noticed to be honest or maybe I am just too blind to see that the university has provided the students all the needs for learning (Oh! Com’on! Am I?).

I’ve been in a private school during my first year in college. Though they said that private schools are “No Sweat!” for students who would like to bleed, I barely disagree. Maybe others will view it differently but for me, it is up for the student on how will you going to respond on your learning environment. Will you stop searching for new knowledge because of the “spoon-feed” thing? Or you will crave new learning for your own benefit.

Why I have this talking about a public and private thing is because were talking here of changes. I believe that education must be the focal point when it comes to change. Though our very own university produced unbeatable students as they say, it can’t be denied that the learning system here is not yet into the highest level. Yes, we are competent but not that enough.

Here are the Three Changes that I would like for the University, very simple yet i think would be a great help for the students...

bounce Free WiFi Hot Spot in all colleges/department

This can be viewed as a responsibility for the university to provide for the students as we adapt the fast changing technology trends especially that IT courses are offered. But why is it that it is a dream for us to have this free wifi hot spot? Simply because of the word “free”. Yes! The university is having this wifi thing but the problem is the word “secured”.

The laboratories are such a mess. Sorry but it is a fact. But thanks to Heaven, some students could afford to have their own laptops. Thus laboratory issues don’t matter big. Virtual library is an option but it cannot cater all the students at the same time. Another thing is the time allotted for each student plus the internet connection, too fast for the next 48 years. Thus falling inline with those students who wants to use the virtual library is just a waste of time especially if you’re catching for a deadline. Paying hourly rate in the internet café is very expensive and if you’re very lucky for that day, you’ll have to wait for vacant seats which means a lot of bull**** in your head. Yes it’ true. Everybody experienced that fateful day. And so do I.

Having your own laptops/notebooks/whatever is an advantage. You will not mess up with those computers in the laboratory; you will not worry for your time to reach on a zero credit, you will not pay for expensive rates. All you have to do is find a seat in a corner and open your laptop and detect a wifi range in your area. But wait! Wow, secured. That is the problem now. Whatever reasons they may have, we also have our reasons why we need free Wireless Fidelity connection. We are students and we are members of this community as long as we are still enrolled here. We are entitled to be provided with free access to the internet connection because it is an aide for our learning. Whatever we achieve will reflect to this community where we are, where we belong. Being provided with this free wifi connection is a great help. The laptop is ours. May the connection is available. Thus, having this free connection is still a dream and hopefully be fulfilled.

bounceUtilization of the UNIISYS

Being a university who aim to produce competent and unbeatable students, the development of UNIISYS must have a support from the institution. It should be a pride of the university that students were able to develop a system like any other university has been done. The UNIISYS comprises ten (10) subsystems that are usable. Maybe developed into a profitable system if given the right promotions. Just like the famous social networks, it was created by students and later on captured the whole world. I want to see that the university is giving credit to the effort, ability, capability and worth of the students. That’s the real scenario of a university that produces world class skills.

bounce to be continued...


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Three Changes on the University

The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years. (1500 words)

There is a saying that goes “the only constant thing on earth is change”. In the field of information technology, change is constant as well because from time to time, new discoveries and trends are coming out and replaces the old ones. Regarding the university I am enrolled in, the current technologies used are always being modified from time to time so students would make use of them more effectively and efficiently. Even students like us continue to seek for new innovations for us to make use and help the university to be more progressive and do processes as easy as possible with the use of the latest technologies.

Seeing the university three years from now, I have thought of these three changes that would make an impact on the school services and they are the following.

Automated School Processes
What I mean about school process are those different procedures a student of the university does within their stay in the university. One example is the enrollment system which every student would have to undergo before being admitted to the university. A change in a procedure would make an impact to a student for they would have to adjust with it. Automating some of these processes would ease the life of the students. Currently, Information Technology students as well as the Computer Science students are developing the University Integrated System or the UniiSys. This is a collection of systems made by the students from the Institute of Computing of the university which would automate some services of the different offices and organizations of the university. If this project would be implemented hopefully in the future on the university, it would make a big impact on the students and those who are within the university who could make use of this system. This system is an ease to some services offered in the university. The subsystem of UniiSys are, e-benta, e-dikit, U-pahibalo, Iskolar, Alumnay sa USeP, Share-It, e-tudlo and e-scheduler.

Educational Approach
Educational approach refers to the type or a standard of teaching that a university follows for the education of their clients who are the students. If ever there would be a change on the educational approach in the university, there would definitely be a big impact to the students. On my experience as a students if this university, I think I the change on the curriculum of our college could be considered as one. When the ladderized curriculum was implemented starting school year 2008-2009 on the Institute of Computing there are changes that we students have to cope to. There are subject that have been added and some are removed in the new curriculum which made it hard for us to adjust. If changes like these would come out in the future it would somehow help improve the quality of education of the university but then could make confusions for the students.

Infrastructure
Infrastructure defined by Wikipedia is the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function. Having a change on the infrastructure of the university specially the IT infrastructure could also have a big impact on the university services. If there would be changes I hope these would be additions on the facilities that the students would make use of not deduction of this.

To wrap it up changes would not mean there would be additions all the time it could sometime mean removing some services. Changes could have positive impact to which it concerns but not all the time it could be for improvement, there are times negative outputs come out of the new implementations or changes that are made.

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The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years. (1500 words)

A lot has already been said about change – that it is the only thing which is permanent, that it changes everything and that change itself is everything. Moreover, whether we like it or not, change happens rapidly. And for the record, most of the time people find themselves trying not to get left behind. The same thing happens in the world of Information Technology. Technology has come a very long way and it never stopped changing. From the very first computer man has ever built, up to the latest technologies man has never dreamed would ever be built. What is new today becomes obsolete in the next few months due to fast innovations and upgrades.

In the case of the University of Southeastern Philippines' technology, change is slow and so is its progress. There are factors that hamper change in the university; few of them are resistance and the lack of facilities and budget. These affect the university, seriously. On the contrary, there had been a lot of attempts made to somehow change and improve the student services of the University of Southeastern Philippines. It took me two to three years to see change in the university's student services, most particularly, in information technology.

I had identified three changes that will have substantial impact on the university's student services. These are:

>Library automation
>Student ID System or Transaction Processing Systems
>University scheduling system

The library is an important body in the university. It is where the students study, do research works and/or simply read books. It offers a whole lot of services for the students such as a virtual library where the students can use computers and surf through the internet. Another service is the audio visual room where the students will be able watch films that are related to their education. Another service that is offered is the OPAC system where the students will be able to search the books they need by using the computer.

Despite the services that the library offers, still, some students are not satisfied with the type of service they offer. The internet service is slow, some audio visual equipments are defective and the OPAC is not accurate. However, the University Library is now planning to outsource a system that will be able to allow the users search the necessary books, journals and important documents accurately. Through this, the library staff and users will no longer have difficulty in looking for books and documents. The automation in the library will be able to provide fast library services such as book borrowing to returning of books that were borrowed, updated and accurate Online Public Access Catalog, a database of books and documents for faster search and retrieval of records by the library staff and a faster internet services and computer units for the University Virtual Library users. Aside from an accurate record of books, the library also plans to integrate all the learning and resource centers in the university for easy an easy access of the documents and books. In this way, if the library clients and/or staff will search for certain document or book, they will know whether that particular book or document is located in a learning and resource center. The library automation is a major investment which must not be taken for granted.

The second change that will have a big impact on the university’s student services are having transaction processing systems for vital offices where the student transactions are mostly done. These services involve the online application for entrance examinations, notifications and other transactions. It may also include some processes for enrollment like having the students pay their enrolment fees in the banks or through credit cards and/or PayPal. These types of payment will spare the clients from falling in line at the cashier just to pay their fees. Another change is the proper use of priority numbers which will be able to organize the order of transaction.

Another student transaction process is the renewal of scholarships. For years, in every enrolment period, the students fall in line outside the Office of the Student Services and wait for their forms to be signed. The process usually takes long and the patience and perseverance of the students will be tested. It may sound funny but it is true. If the renewal of scholarship will be automated, the students will not have to fall in line outside the Office of the Student Services without any certainty of having their forms signed for verification within one day. Moreover, the process will take less long and will be more organized. One cure regarding the transactions I had stated above is the Student ID system where the student IDs will be embedded with a barcode system that will be capable for use in any student transaction processes such as the transactions usually done in the library and even the renewal of scholarships. With this type of ID system, the e-Library ID will no longer be used. It will be a one-ID system which the students will be able to borrow and return books in the library by using their ID. It will make the transaction processes faster. Moreover, the library and the students will be saved from any expenses in printing the e-Library and the Borrower’s cards.

The third change in USEP’s information technology which I found substantial impact on student services is having a Scheduling System. For years, the colleges continue to have conflicts and unofficial changes in the schedules of the subjects. Normally, it would take days, even weeks just to make the necessary schedules. There are times that the person assigned to make the semester schedules might overlook some classrooms, subjects or teachers. Every enrollment, the schedules of subjects are posted and will be taken by the students. However, at the beginning of the semester, they get confused due to some conflicts and unofficial changes.

The scheduling system will act like a decision support system that will automatically generate the semester schedules. It will be capable of assigning subjects to the teachers based on the number of their teaching load, skills and preferred time to teach the subjects. The system will also be able to designate rooms to the subjects depending on its needs like laboratories. The system can also divide the maximum number of lecture hours per week based on the subject’s credit units and the teacher’s preferred time. Moreover, it will be able to minimize the unofficial changes and conflicts in the generated schedules. Through this kind of system, the faculty members and the students will be given assurance that the schedules posted in every enrolment are final and official. Furthermore, the person assigned to create the semester schedules will not have to spend days or weeks just to come up with the said schedules.

Aside from the changes I had mentioned, another change in the university’s information technology which, I am sure, will have substantial impact on its student services is putting up a full blast wifi in the campus that can be accessed by all the internet users. It will not have a security code and is not limited for office use only. The university can also put up a station or computer rooms, not exactly a laboratory, where they can stay, surf through the internet, make their projects and even charge their laptop computers.

In the next three years, the University of Southeastern Philippines will be able to cater students from outside Mindanao where the teachers will be able to conduct lessons through video conferencing and forums intended for the university and its clients only. In this way, the students will no longer have to travel in order to avail education. Moreover, there will be additional computer units that will be used by the students in computer laboratories. All the offices in the University of Southeastern Philippines, Obrero Campus, will be integrated. One example is the integration of the University Guidance and Testing Office and the Office of the Registrar. The reason is that there are student records in the University Guidance and Testing Office that are not updated such as a student’s current year level or status. In addition, some “tests” that are being done in the said office will be automated. There will be a database where it will be able to hold the testing results for the office such as psychology tests, personality tests and the like. The recording of results will no longer be done in a manual process; all they have to do is to input all the results to the computer in similar forms that they can print if the students will need a copy of the test results.


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The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years.


I think 3 years from now these are the three changes of University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP) that improve the school service for the students.



1.)Improved Facilities and Classrooms

As I observed, University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP) has a lack of facilities like computer sets and ceiling fans. Being a student we need computers for us to have an easy tools to do our research and assignments. Ceiling fans is also important because students can be more comfortable to their studies inside the classrooms. It is also good if the school improve some classrooms or add some for the large students studying in the university. In my research classroom attempts to provide a safe space where learning can take place uninterrupted by other distractions and classroom is clearly the dominant setting for learning .

2.)Automated Process in Library

We are aware that every process we had in our university is manual like the log-in and log-out system of students who go inside the library. It is good if we make this process automated so that the students will only swipe their ID and the machine will automatically read it and if the ID is valid then the students allow to use the library. This process minimize the hassle of the librarian and of course the students as well. And it minimize the use of papers and traffic in the log-in and log-out station. This process involve machines like computers and scanner in order to implement the new system. By this implementation I am looking that the school will also apply this kind of system or automated process in different area which will make the work easier. In my research automation is the use of control systems (such as numerical control, programmable logic control, and other industrial control systems), in concert with other applications of information technology , to control industrial machinery and processes, reducing the need for human intervention.

3.)Free WiFi Zone

We know some students has their own laptops because of the increase demand of technology in our generation. I observed that the school has some spots of Free WiFi Zone area but those spots are not enough to serve those students who has their laptops. It is good if the school will make the whole campus a free wifi zone area. A Wi-Fi enabled device such as a personal computer, video game console, mobile phone, MP3 player or personal digital assistant can connect to the Internet when within range of a wireless network connected to the Internet. The coverage of one or more interconnected access points called a hotspot can comprise an area as small as a few rooms or as large as many square miles covered by a group of access points with overlapping coverage.


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The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years. (1500 words)



1. Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity)

A Wi-Fi enabled device such as a personal computer, video game console, mobile phone, MP3 player or personal digital assistant can connect to the Internet when within range of a wireless network connected to the Internet. The coverage of one or more interconnected access points — called a hotspot — can comprise an area as small as a few rooms or as large as many square miles covered by a group of access points with overlapping coverage. Wi-Fi technology has been used in wireless mesh networks, for example, in London. In addition to private use in homes and offices, Wi-Fi can provide public access at Wi-Fi hotspots provided either free of charge or to subscribers to various commercial services. Organizations and businesses such as airports, hotels and restaurants often provide free hotspots to attract or assist clients.
Since the school recently have Wi-Fi spots but there are some area are exclusive for personnel only. But I do believe that this coming 3 years, the University has a Wi-fi connection. This is very helpful to the students and visitor also to access the net even they are in school.
Many public buses and other forms of transportation are testing public Wi-Fi, with the Vail School District now testing Wi-Fi on school buses.

Instead of sitting around chatting or listening to music, students are now quietly working on their laptops on the way to school. The students also have refrained from the rowdy behavior that previously took place on the bus.

"It's made a big difference," said J.J. Johnson, No. 92 school bus driver, to the N.Y. Times. "Boys aren't hitting each other, girls are busy, and there's not so much jumping around."



2. Enrollment Process

the enrolment system and process of the university is still unorganized. Though there were changes made, still cannot be considered as the best or a strategic way of catering the students, especially the incoming first years. Enrolment process should be one of the most organized processes in the school because it motivates the students specifically first year students to enroll and encourage their friends to enroll too in our university. I think the reason why are still have this kind of process is because of the mindset that “kung unsay na-andan, mao nay ipadayon”. Thus, keeps the whole process on improving the thing that needs to be improved. We need to change. If not, then, we will never change at all. As one author says, “change is the only constant in this world”.


3. Improved Computer Laboratories and Facilities

As we observed, our facilities and computer laboratories was not improved, though in this generation lots of new technology offered but suddenly our university wasn’t this technology. Also, our facilities are lacking, some students experienced this cases especially in our university. But improving our facilities and laboratories help our students to enhance their talents and capabilities in learning.



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The Information Technology had created a great impact in the society especially when it comes to the education of students nowadays. With my generation, technology, particularly the Internet, has assumed a substantial stake with our social and educational lives. Information has emerged as an agent of integration and the enabler of new competitiveness for today’s school services. As a result, many changes have occurred that had given substantial impact to the society and most especially to our very own university. If I were to be asked, I think it would be better for me as a student if my school is adapting to changes and technological advancements for through this, it will allow me to widen my knowledge when it comes to such developments.

One thing that I think would create a substantial impact with the school’s services would that be of the fact that with today’s easy access to information, students are allowed to widen and not limit their knowledge regarding the things that they barely understand. With that, students do not only learn from the four corners of their rooms but with the knowledge that the world of information technology has to offer. Internet has created a great impact on student’s learning practices. Similarly, some argue that today's students, surrounded by digital technology since infancy, are fundamentally different from previous generations and are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach. As a result, a widening gap has formed between the knowledge and skills students are acquiring in schools and the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the increasingly global, technology infused 21st century workplace.
While many different terms have been used to describe what students need, such as digital literacy, technological literacy, and 21st century skills, education leaders, nationally and internationally, are beginning to come together around a new common definition of what students need to know, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy. ICT Literacy reflects the need for students to develop learning skills that enable them to think critically, analyze information, communicate, collaborate, and problem-solve, and the essential role that technology plays in realizing these learning skills in today's knowledge-based society.
With today’s modern world, a lot of changes have brought substantial impact to schools thus, gives the students the ability to:
• Communicate effectively where students acquire a range of skills to express themselves not only through paper and pencil, but also audio, video, animation, design software as well as a host of new environments (e-mail, Web sites, message boards, blogs, streaming media, etc.).
• Analyze and interpret data where students possess the ability to crunch, compare, and choose among the glut of data now available Web-based and other electronic formats.
• Understand computational modeling where students may posses an understanding of the power, limitations, and underlying assumptions of various data representation systems, such as computational models and simulations, which are increasingly driving a wide-range of disciplines.
• Manage and prioritize tasks for students will be given the ability to manage the multi-tasking, selection, and prioritizing across technology applications that allow them to move fluidly among teams, assignments and communities of practice.
• Engage in problem solving where students will have an understanding of how to apply what they know and can do to new situations.
• Ensure security and safety for students will be able to know and use strategies to acknowledge, identify, and negotiate 21st century risks.
Another thing that may have a substantial impact to schools nowadays is the development of the different types of technology which has brought several educational applications everything from video content and digital moviemaking to laptop computing and handheld technologies which have been used in classrooms, and new uses of technology such as podcasting are constantly emerging. For example, word processing and e-mail promote communication skills; database and spreadsheet programs promote organizational skills; and modeling software promotes the understanding of science and math concepts. It is important to consider how these electronic technologies differ and what characteristics make them important as vehicles for education.
Each technology is likely to play a different role in students' learning. Rather than trying to describe the impact of all technologies as if they were the same, we need to think about what kind of technologies are being used in the classroom and for what purposes. Two general distinctions can be made. Students can learn "from" computers—where technology used essentially as tutors and serves to increase students basic skills and knowledge; and can learn "with" computers—where technology is used a tool that can be applied to a variety of goals in the learning process and can serve as a resource to help develop higher order thinking, creativity and research skills.
Lastly, another change that has brought a substantial impact to the society is the reality that the educational technology has brought a great impact to data driven decision making.
The effectiveness of educational technology on student learning depends not only on what outcomes are targeted and how the technology is integrated into instruction, but also on how teachers assess student performance in classrooms and adjust instruction accordingly. Technology offers teachers a broad range of tools to collect and analyze data, and richer sets of student data to guide instructional decisions.
It is prompted to educators to think much more systematically about educational decision-making and the use of data to inform their decisions about everything from resource allocation to instructional practice. Schools are now expected to monitor their efforts to enable all students to achieve, and administrators and teachers are now expected to be prepared to use data to understand where students are academically and to establish "targeted, responsive, and flexible" ways to improve this academic standing. However, despite encouragement at the policy level, there is growing consensus that schools are not adequately prepared for the task of routinely thinking critically about the relationships between instructional practices and student outcomes.
It is found that educators working at different levels of a school system have distinctive intuitive approaches to the process, despite the absence of systematic training in a particular approach to data-driven decision-making. For example, school administrators use high-stakes test data to allocate resources and plan professional development and other kinds of targeted intervention activities by identifying general patterns of performance, class-, grade-, and school-wide strengths and weaknesses. Teachers tend to use multiple sources of data—homework assignments, in-class tests, classroom performances, and experiential information—to inform their thinking about their students strengths and weaknesses.
While drawing on varied sources of data to form opinions about students' competencies is not new behavior for teachers, significant research suggests that teachers examine factors that contribute to individual patterns of behavior and think case-by-case, rather than identify patterns in data at different levels of aggregation, from student-to-student, class-to-class, and year-to-year, and systematically analyze the relationship between student performance and instructional strategies and materials.
Data literacy—the ability of instructional leaders and teachers to work individually and collectively to examine outcomes-based achievement data, formative assessment measures of student performance, and students' work products, and to develop strategies for improvement based on these data—is now widely recognized as a critical strategy in the academic performance of schools. A key concept of data literacy is generating only the data that are needed and making full use of what's collected.
Taken as a whole, the emerging research in this area suggests that what is needed is a comprehensive and purposeful approach to the use of data that not only informs the practices of individual teachers, but is supported as an essential and strategic part of school-wide improvement strategies.
Technology has a vital role to play in enabling data-driven decision-making. Web-based test data reporting systems provide an interface to the state and city testing results by organizing raw data into information that is aligned with state standards and mobile computing devices, such as handhelds, provide teachers with a platform to administer and analyze the data of classroom-based assessments.
The Complex Nature of Change
Another factor influencing the impact of technology on student achievement is that changes in classroom technologies correlate to changes in other educational factors as well. Originally the determination of student achievement was based on traditional methods of social scientific investigation: it asked whether there was a specific, causal relationship between one thing—technology—and another—student achievement. Because schools are complex social environments, however, it is impossible to change just one thing at a time. If a new technology is introduced into a classroom, other things also change. For example, teachers' perceptions of their students' capabilities can shift dramatically when technology is integrated into the classroom. Also, teachers frequently find themselves acting more as coaches and less as lecturers. Another example is that use of technology tends to foster collaboration among students, which in turn may have a positive effect on student achievement. Because the technology becomes part of a complex network of changes, its impact cannot be reduced to a simple cause-and-effect model that would provide a definitive answer to how it has improved student achievement.

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The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using my crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years.

USEP is a State University which means all funds and monetary involvement is liquidated regularly, maybe the change in information technology in USEP may be delayed or slowed due to lack of support and budget from the officials.

In the next three years, these changes will have an impact for the University:

Automated Election

In addition to the current UNYSIIS, one of the groups in SAD 1 proposed the system to automate the Annual University election. The election these previous years has full of controversy which makes the situation more complicated. It will also cost time and budget for the university.

afro advantage of automated election afro

geek It provides efficient way for voting with less hassle.
geek Voters cannot prolong the process of voting and lined up in a crowd.
geek You get a tally immediately, rather than having to count votes by hand.
geek Increased speed and efficiency of electoral task and faster electoral results

afro disadvantage of automated election afro

jocolor Financial Savings
jocolor Possibilities for the candidates can hire a computer experts to hack the system and manipulate the entire votes.Unless if the system is fully secured.
jocolor Since it is computer based, there is no paper trail and no way to double check the tally.

RFIDs

RFID is a broad term that encompasses the span of technologies that use radio waves to automatically identify people or objects and work with a microchip to store information. The most common way of storing information is to store a serial number that identifies a person, object, or information on a microchip. The microchip is attached to an antenna and embedded between the layers of the card. Information can be written, erased, and rewritten, and is stored on the microchip and transmitted by the antenna.

Enrollment Process

As of now, the enrollment system and process of the university is still unorganized. Though there were changes made, still cannot be considered as the best or a strategic way of catering the students, especially the incoming first years. Enrollment process should be one of the most organized processes in the school because it motivates the students specifically first year students to enroll and encourage their friends to enroll too in our university. I think the reason why are still have this kind of process is because of the mindset that “kung unsay na-andan, mao nay ipadayon”. Thus, keeps the whole process on improving the thing that needs to be improved. We need to change. If not, then, we will never change at all. As one author says, “change is the only constant in this world”.

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The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years.

Technology, in this fast-changing world is very important in our daily existence. The world has never been the same with technology around. Every year, technological advancements are made to make us live with ease. However, technology has its share of adverse effects to humanity as well. With new technology, countries have been destroyed and thousands of lives are lost. Some people take advantage of technology, using it for personal gain. Out of greed, people use high-powered technology to get ahead of others. This should never be the case. Technology was invented to make life easier for all of us, not to destroy us. Advertising and marketing has played a big role in the influence of technology to humanity.

Information technology has a great impact in our daily lives, as our environment changes also the technology changes rapidly. People need to adopt those rapid changes and fast innovation of information technology.
The role of digital technology in the evolving knowledge society is comparable to that of the railroad during the Industrial Revolution (Attali, 1992). With the aid of information-technology “tracks”—high-speed computer and telecommunications systems—now inter-connecting so much of the world, reaching into the marketplace, government, and our homes and lives, we often learn about events virtually as soon as they occur and we are able to process the information in a myriad of increasingly useful ways.

This extensive network is bringing peoples and cultures together and creating new social dynamics in the process. It is leading to the formation of closely bonded, widely dispersed communities of people united by their interest in doing business or in sharing experiences and intellectual pursuits. New forms of knowledge accumulation are developing, as are computer-based learning systems that open the way to innovative modes of instruction and learning (Brown, 2000). And new models of libraries are exploiting vast amounts of digital data in physically dispersed computer systems that can be remotely accessed by users over information networks (National Research Council, 2000a).
A major frontier over the next one or two decades is certain to be the “user interface” for complex information systems. How can it become a more natural environment that transcends limitations of keyboard, mouse, and screen—moving toward an immersive environment in which attributes of human face-to-face exchange can essentially be captured? Ultimately, “virtual environments,” in which we respond to lifelike simulations that are replete with artificially created sights, sounds, and other stimuli, may liberate us from physical restrictions; current targets
“We are going to have a huge shift in the way people access information. . . . Billions of people worldwide are suddenly able to afford basically the same access that we in this room typically enjoy.” —Stuart Feldman, Workshop on the Impact of Information Technology on the Future of the Research University

The three changes involving information technology to school services in the future:

Full Service Automation

In the next three years, considering the rapid changes including the changes on information technology I can say that almost all of the services that can be adopt into automated system will be innovated into automated one. Using internet services, computers, data storage servers, the student’s knowledge on information technology, and the teacher’s guidance and administration, full service automation can be achieved. Nowadays some services in the university still use a manual system, in the next three years all of those services will be change into an automated one. Through automated services, faster performance and services will be achieve and satisfy the needs of service takers.

Enough Advance Technology Resources

Nowadays in our University, we have resources sustaining the technology adaptation such as computers, internet connections and etc. but they are not enough to sustain the numbers of users allocating those resources. Then as a fast changing environment involving the information technology resources will be increased that would satisfy the number of users. By satisfying those services, much more students will have a greater access and connections to the world of technology. Having enough resources on technology, much student will satisfy their needs in studies, researches and etc.

Fast and Accurate Service Performance

Through the help of information technology, university services will be faster and accurate. As the University adopts the fast changing environment involving information technology, such as the combination of the two changes above, having a full automation (computerize system), and advance and enough technology resources this changes will be achieve.
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Question:

The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years.


Technology affects every aspect of our lives. From romance to business, it has shown its presence everywhere. But technology has had a huge impact on education that cannot be denied, and has done nothing but improve the quality and quantity of education. It is conform that we as aiming the premiere university in the Asian region should poses the facilities with highly recommended technologies, since the University of Southeastern Philippines luck of the necessary “high-tech” machineries or software that enables every work easy to make.

One of the more demanding challenges of the University is educational selection of the right combination of technology for multiple educational objectives. Every place is different. Every student has his or her individual needs and interests. Various curricula require different technological approaches. We still think that the only way to educate is to put an adult in a room with 20 or 30 students, but with educational technology a great deal can be done with machines, particularly in higher education, where students have already learned the initial, fundamental intellectual skills. For example, how do people learn? By action they themselves perform, sometimes by thinking, sometimes by practicing, often by a combination of both thinking and motor coordination. In most cases, teachers cannot perform those actions for students; students must teach themselves, and teachers can only stand by to offer assistance.

1.Wireless fidelity (WI-Fi)


Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) (pronounced /ˈwaɪfaɪ/) is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance that manufacturers may use to brand certified products that belong to a class of wireless local area network (WLAN) devices based on the IEEE 802.11 standards. Because of the close relationship with its underlying standard, the term Wi-Fi is often used as a synonym for IEEE 802.11 technology.[1][2]

The Wi-Fi Alliance, a global, non-profit association of companies, promotes WLAN technology and certifies products if they conform to certain standards of interoperability. Not every IEEE 802.11-compliant device is submitted for certification to the Wi-Fi Alliance, sometimes because of costs associated with the certification process. The lack of the Wi-Fi logo does not necessarily imply a device is incompatible with Wi-Fi devices.

As of 2010[update] an IEEE 802.11 device is installed in many personal computers, video game consoles, smartphones, printers, and other peripherals, and virtually all laptop or palm-sized computers.
- A communication technology that uses the 'Direct-sequence spread spectrum radio technology' and the 'Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing radio technology', Wi-Fi is the trademark used by a trade group known as Wi-fi Alliance. The essence of the Wi-Fi technology is that, it acts as a bridge between wireless devices that operate on different technologies. So what does Wi-Fi stand for? The term Wi-Fi is used for wireless fidelity. Although the word, Wi-Fi is used as a substitute for 'wireless LAN', every single LAN (Local Area Network) is not necessarily certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance.

How Does Wi-Fi Work

Radio waves are used for the working of Wi-Fi technology. The wireless adapter of the computer and the wireless router play an important role in its working. The adapter receives data from the computer in digital form. This data, after its conversion in radio waves is sent to the router by means of an antenna. The router decodes the signal and sends it to the Internet. The process is reversed when information is sent from the Internet to a computer.

The difference between the radio waves sent by Wi-Fi and those sent by walkie-talkies and cell phones is that Wi-Fi uses high frequency waves of 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz. The Wi-Fi technology operates on the platform of IEEE 802.11 networking standards. Implemented by the IEEE LAN/MAN Standard Committee, the 802.11 networking standards have different forms such as 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11n.

2. RFID (New Student’s ID)

Also called electronic tags, IC tags, ubiquitous ID systems and RF tags, RFID Systems allow data to be read and written without contact using electrical and electromagnetic signals, not being affected by the material or surface condition of the target object. RFID systems also used over a large communications area.

RFID systems can be used just about anywhere, from clothing tags to missiles to pet tags to food - anywhere that a unique identification system is needed. The tag can carry information as simple as a pet owners name and address or the cleaning instruction on a sweater to as complex as instructions on how to assemble a car.

- RFID or Radio Frequency Identification is currently being used around the world. Philippines tried to implement a system with Radio Frequency Identification as their tool but unfortunately it’s implementation is being suspended (As Far As I know ) because some motorist in our country are complaining on the extra cost of installing a RFID on their vehicle and some people are concerned of privacy issues. RFID works like an identification card where every RFID is distinct and unique from each other. A gadget is pointed towards the RFID sticker and then data would be retrieved from the said RFID stickers. This is a big help to the authorities as they can know the driver of the vehicle even though they are far away from the field.

So how does this technology be useful to our school? It is simple. Give RFID cards to students instead of the normal plastic cards. This may sound useless but think of the relief that it could give to the authorities of the school. The security of the school would be improved if this technology would be utilized by the university. How could I say that the security may improve? Imagine a gadget similar to a close circuit television camera that could read RFID would be installed on the gate for example and a live feed of the entrance of the gate is being displayed on the guards monitor. If you have an RFID card clipped on your uniform, a mark would be put onto you by the system saying that you are a student of the university and people without marks could be easily identified as outsiders. Breach of security on the university would be minimized. Another possible use of this technology is could be a database of information for a specific student. Flashing your card to a gadget would easily retrieve your unique information and perform processes that a system may provide. For example, instead of lining up on the student’s account section of the finance division and asking how much your balance is but instead you may just flash your card on the gadget and after that a slip would be printed with all your liabilities to the school. This process could really hasten the process as you don’t have to wait for the personnel to check, compute and write your liabilities.

3. Virtual Library

What is a virtual library? The term has been defined by many different people in many different ways. It is a library in which the holdings are found in electronic stacks. It is a library that exists, without any regard to a physical space or location. It is a technological way to bring together the resources of various libraries and information services, both internal and external, all in one place, so users can find what they need quickly and easily.

Sounds great, right? Well, the virtual library also has its drawbacks and limitations. Michael Schuyler makes this point very clearly with his definition of the virtual library. He likens the virtual library to a popsicle, stating that "…[i]f the electricity goes off, the cold goes away - and so does the popsicle, leaving a soggy smear on the shelf where something substantial once resided. The virtual library suffers the same vulnerability and the same precarious existence." 2

However, when they work, virtual libraries can be very useful and very diverse in what they contain. The options for what they can include are virtually endless, and become more and more boundless as technology advances. Some of the content of a virtual library may include, but certainly is not limited to, CD-ROM, Internet subscriptions, lists of annotated web links, internal work products (such as brief banks), proprietary databases (such as LexisNexis or Westlaw) and even web spiders or push technology that deliver targeted research to the user.

So, what does the future hold? What will the law library of the future look like? Or will it even exist at all? The simple answer is yes, it will exist. It will most likely still be similar to what it is today - a carefully thought out mix of electronic and paper resources. Over time, products will find their own niche, or more precisely, librarians will figure out what products are better in print and what products are better electronically, striking the appropriate balance between the two. So, the future doesn't look too much different from the present. And, surely, we are not moving any closer to the"paperless society" that everyone was talking about. In fact, I think we're moving farther in the opposite direction every day.

What will the role of the librarian be in all of this? Will librarians even exist at all? The simple answer, again, is yes, definitely. Librarians will continue to be able to do and provide more for users than ever before with the advantages provided by virtual libraries. We will continue to work towards providing users with seamless, organized access to virtual library resources. Perhaps we will even start to push the envelope and become innovators in the use of nontraditional training and reference services. Who knows? As long as librarians continue to share with one another, both informally and on Internet discussion lists, and at conferences, the opportunities and possibilities are ours for the taking.

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The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years.

information technology as a means of making things easier for humans has brought the human age a great transition from a manual to automated.

Before we can know about all the advantages and disadvantages of information technology, it is essential that we know what information technology is exactly, and why it has it come to play such a important role in our daily lives. Today information technology involves more than just computer literacy; it also takes into account how computers work and how these computers can further be used not just for information processing but also for communications and problem solving tasks as well.

Our world today has changed a great deal with the aid of information technology. Things that were once done manually or by hand have now become computerized operating systems, which simply require a single click of a mouse to get a task completed. With the aid of IT we are not only able to stream line our business processes but we are also able to get constant information in 'real time' that is up to the minute and up to date.

The significance of IT can be seen from the fact that it has penetrated almost every aspect of our daily lives from business to leisure and even society. Today personal PCs, cell phones, fax machines, pagers, email and internet have all not only become an integral part of our very culture but also play an essential role in our day to day activities. With such a wide scope for the purpose of this article we shall focus on the impact of the internet in information technology.


BELOW ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE in the SCHOOL SERVICES OF OUR UNIVERSITY:

ONLINE CLASS or COURSES

Additional advantages of computer-based training over traditional classroom training include the ability to:
1. Pay less per credit hour
2. Reduce overall training time
3. Spread training out over extended periods of time (even months)
4. Bookmark progress (computer remembering where the student left off so they can resume the courses from there)
5. Remain in one location (e.g., home, office, airport, coffee shop, etc.) with no need to travel (also reduces the cost of transportation to physical classrooms and benefits environment).
6. Participate in class activities when convenient (not tied to class meeting times)
7. Access public content such as webcasts or other course content
8. Access courses from a variety of locations.

Computer-based learning

Computer-based learning, sometimes abbreviated to CBL, refers to the use of computers as a key component of the educational environment. While this can refer to the use of computers in a classroom, the term more broadly refers to a structured environment in which computers are used for teaching purposes. The concept is generally seen as being distinct from the use of computers in ways where learning is at least a peripheral element of the experience (e.g. computer games and web browsing).


WI-FI

A school can quickly add wireless networking to their existing network infrastructure however first check with the Principal for any related policies or technical compliance requirements. One way to start is to organise a qualified company to work with your network manager to arrange a wireless site survey - this can measure how the radio signal strength varies through your school walls, fittings and furniture - which then allows a calculation of the number of wireless access points needed for full site coverage.

This technology is much less intrusive in a classroom! Once a few teachers find success others will want the same advantages. Wireless notebook technology has proved popular in schools around the world. However for the best results qualified installers need to verify wireless coverage and security. Relevant professional development with good support is another essential part of the package - then teachers really can empower student learning with technology.

In most cases it is recommended that a school have high bandwidth optic fibre cable between buildings, suitable network switches and a reasonable number of physically cabled data points. This allows the maximum speed of data transfer and minimises the amount of radio traffic required for network coverage. It is also essential to have well managed and highly reliable network servers. Schools can install different ratios of cabled to wireless devices as required - the guiding principle should be the needs of the students and staff - however larger numbers of notebooks will require more access points.

green computing

Green computing or green IT, refers to environmentally sustainable computing or IT. It is "the study and practice of designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of computers, servers, and associated subsystems—such as monitors, printers, storage devices, and networking and communications systems—efficiently and effectively with minimal or no impact on the environment. Green IT also strives to achieve economic viability and improved system performance and use, while abiding by our social and ethical responsibilities. Thus, green IT includes the dimensions of environmental sustainability, the economics of energy efficiency, and the total cost of ownership, which includes the cost of disposal and recycling. It is the study and practice of using computing resources efficiently."[1]

With increasing recognition that man-made greenhouse gas emissions are a major contributing factor to global warming, enterprises, governments, and society at large now have an important new agenda: tackling environmental issues and adopting environmentally sound practices. Greening our IT products, applications, services, and practices is both an economic and an environmental imperative, as well as our social responsibility.[2] Therefore, a growing number of IT vendors and users are moving toward green IT and thereby assisting in building a green society and economy.

The goals of green computing are similar to green chemistry; reduce the use of hazardous materials, maximize energy efficiency during the product's lifetime, and promote recyclability or biodegradability of defunct products and factory waste.

Green computing researchers look at key issues and topics related to energy efficiency in computing and promoting environmentally friendly computer technologies and systems include energy efficient use of computers, design of algorithms and systems for environmentally-friendly computer technologies, and wide range of related topics.


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http://www.zardec.net.au/keith/wireless.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_class
http://www.smallbusinessbible.org/advan_disadvan_informationtechnology.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_computing
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Having a dynamic environment nowadays affects our way of living also. Technology is one of the factors that affect our way of living. Existing in the Information Age, lots of changes every second, minute and every hour that we do not know because we are unconscious of some discoveries and inventions done by the people who are engaged actively in discovering some latest stuffs.

Many people now invest their money especially in the latest technology. They invest it so that their tasks will be easier for them to do but of course, for convenience also. Universities and colleges inside and outside the country invest some technologies that will help them to improve their work and quality of education they rendered to the students. Some invest their funds for the security of their students, faculty and staffs and convenience for everybody.

The University of Southeastern Philippines is a university in the southern part of Mindanao that is very not up-to-date in terms of technology. It is not following the latest technology trends but using my crystal ball, I’m visioning some fine technology that will contribute and to the school services for the next 3 years.

For in three years I’m staying in the University of Southeastern Philippines, I notice that the security services in the campus is not too well-improve especially to those public vehicles that is in and out that you are not even sure that this type of vehicle does have a bomb to explode inside the school premises. This may cause harm to the students and also to the visitors who visit our school. Last 2008, universities and college institutions in the Philippines trembled to the news about the robbery happened inside in the University of the Philippines-Diliman Campus. Due to this news that was aired on different television programs, many students afraid because they thought that school is the safest place in terms of robbery but it is not. Even you are inside in the school campus, robbers and some bad entities can still trespass or enter. That is why; I’m visioning a technology that will suit to the needs of the student in terms of security technology. I’m viewing a security technology called “Sekyu”. This kind of technology will scan the public vehicles or any vehicles before entering the school premises. It will scan the interior and exterior of the vehicle so that they will know whether this vehicle contains bomb or other things such as guns that is questionable. If this kind of technology will be deployed, it will help a lot to the community of USEP to make the students, faculty, staff and visitors safe from harm.

In the design and structure of the buildings of the University of Southeastern Philippines, it is not capable of resisting the earthquake especially Philippines is located in the pacific ring of fire which means, Philippines is also a highway of earthquakes. Buildings inside of the campus premises don’t have the technology just like in Japan that just shakes when earthquake comes. As I’ve watched a program television named Pacific Friend, Windows of Japan, the tallest buildings in Japan was placed a high-specialized metal balls at the base on it so that it will just shake when there is an earthquake. Way back to 1990s (I’m not sure), Japan experienced the worst earthquake tragedy. Many buildings and railroads that were structured and were placed above the superhighways just like in Manila were destroyed because of the killer earthquake. That was noted on the Japanese history the worst earthquake visited on Japan. If all of the buildings of USeP have also this kind of technology that was applied on Japan, it will make everybody in the school safe from earthquake.

Classrooms also must have the state-of-the-art audio-enhancement technology. Since the instructors find quite difficult to teach a class if a class was merged to another class, just like in our case, our class was merged to the other class and some of our instructors find this difficult for it is not easy to teach a class with a large number of students. They used to talk with a loud voice so that everyone can hear what him or she teaches about. If each of the classrooms in the University of Southeastern Philippines does have a latest technology in terms of audio-enhancement technology, it is a good ambience of learning and studying. If all of the classrooms will be equipped with overhead speakers and small microphones that teacher will wear on their collars and because of this, teachers won’t need to talk with a loud voice.

In teaching methods also, other components include video cameras with a latest pixels and flat screens which are in high definition in each classroom as well as “interwrite pads “ or an interactive overhead projection that will allow students to write on pads and have their work appear on screens especially for minor and major subjects of all courses.

The roofing system also of each building has a venting system with suction and whirl cage structure so that if there is a strong wind, the vents create suction and hold down the roof. The school will house also a media center so that all collections of videos that are related to the school activities of the students will be viewed in the media center of the University of Southeastern Philippines.

Since the UNIISYS of the university was launched last March 2010, and there is a subsystem called E-Benta, which is a good source of money and commerce for students also it is good to have a transactions via mobile. As mobile phones mobile phones become full-fledged computers, they can be used for mobile commerce also. One area poised to take off is mobile payments and transactions. This idea is that any mobile phone can become a point of sale, and those mobile transactions can tie into back-end accounting, CRM, and other enterprise systems. If this kind of technology will be deployed, it is now easy for the part of a student to have money just in the palm of their hands.

In the library system of the University of Southeastern Philippines is not all automated. Just like when you are going to enter and leave the library. From entering to leaving of the university library, it is not automated. Just not like in any universities here in the Philippines, for example in Silliman University, as you entered to the room, you cannot easily entered into it without a specialized card that will be scanned by a machine. This card contains profile of the student so that the computer will store all the data of the students who were visited the university library. This kind of technology is good so that it easy for the library personnel to conduct a survey of what course has the most number of students who visits in the library. Not just like that, this kind of technology will help also the library personnel to detect those students who are fond of collecting books without in the proper borrowing methods. Once the machine detects a book that was not yet confirmed as a borrowed book, the machine will just alarm so that the librarian will alarmed his or her self to hold the student from snatching it.

Our band rooms, music rooms and other rooms that were assigned for other student organizations are not capable of catering of more than 100 students to stay inside of the rooms to have their meetings, gatherings and other important matters of gatherings. One of the best technologies in Japan also is that, one of the rooms of a school there does have the technology of keeping the second layer or floor of it to cater more people to stay inside. If this kind of technology in USeP will be done, it is such a nice technology so that we can save spaces inside the campus from putting some building extensions more.

In terms of tons of garbage (for biodegradable only) that we produce everyday, I think it is a big problem of the Local Government Unit of Davao but also to the entire Philippines in the collection of other tons of garbage to be thrown in the landfill. If we do have the latest technology to turn into the garbage into small pieces just like sand in the beaches, it is a good form of fertilizer to the plants so that the university doesn’t need to buy commercialized fertilizers anymore.

I speculate that all the database systems of the university are not centralized. It is difficult to search such an important data and documents of a certain student. Centralizing the database of every college will help the administrators and authority to search if there is a criminal case that was filed against student.

Since most of the corners of the school campus does have wireless or internet or the simply so-called WiFi and wireless network connections that do not require via cables and other mediums, the WiFi technology will be strengthen more. If whole campus of USEP will be WiFi there will be advtanges and challenges. Wikipedia.com stressed some operational advantages; Wi-Fi allows the deployment of local area networks (LANs) without wires for client devices, typically reducing the costs of network deployment and expansion. Spaces where cables cannot be run, such as outdoor areas and historical buildings, can host wireless LANs.

As of 2010 manufacturers build wireless network adapters into most laptops. The price of chipsets for Wi-Fi continues to drop, making it an economical networking option included in even more devices. Wi-Fi has become widespread in corporate infrastructures.

Different competitive brands of access points and client network-interfaces can inter-operate at a basic level of service. Products designated as "Wi-Fi Certified" by the Wi-Fi Alliance are backwards compatible. "Wi-Fi" designates a globally operative set of standards: unlike mobile phones, any standard Wi-Fi device will work anywhere in the world.
Wi-Fi operates in more than 220,000 public hotspots and in tens of millions of homes and corporate and university campuses worldwide. The current version of Wi-Fi Protected Access encryption (WPA2) as of 2010 is considered secure, provided users employ a strongpassphrase. New protocols for quality-of-service (WMM) make Wi-Fi more suitable for latency-sensitive applications (such as voice and video); and power saving mechanisms (WMM Power Save) improve battery operation.

In Data Security Risks, according to Wikipedia.com the most common wireless encryption-standard, Wired Equivalent Privacy or WEP, has been shown to be easily breakable even when correctly configured. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2) encryption, which became available in devices in 2003, aimed to solve this problem. Wi-Fi access points typically default to an encryption-free (open) mode. Novice users benefit from a zero-configuration device that works out-of-the-box, but this default does not enable any wireless security, providing open wireless access to a LAN. To turn security on requires the user to configure the device, usually via a software graphical user interface (GUI). On unencrypted Wi-Fi networks connecting devices can monitored and record data (including personal information), but such networks may use other means of protection, such as a virtual private network or secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS) and Transport Layer Security.

Because of these risks, security is needed. The role of a security is a great need so that it will help you to protect your network. Just like in a bank, security is really much needed so that the money inside of the bank will not be easily trespass by robbers. The main issue with wireless network security is its simplified access to the network compared to traditional wired networks such as ethernet. With wired networking one must either gain access to a building (physically connecting into the internal network) or break through an external firewall. Most business networks protect sensitive data and systems by attempting to disallow external access. Thus gaining wireless connectivity provides an attack vector, particularly if the network lacks encryption or if the intruder can defeat any encryption.
Attackers who have gained access to a Wi-Fi network can use DNS spoofing attacks very effectively against any other user of the network, because they can see the DNS requests made, and often respond with a spoofed answer before the queried DNS server has a chance to reply.
For security methods, a common but unproductive measure to deter unauthorized users involves suppressing the access point's SSID broadcast, "hiding" it. This is ineffective as a security method because the SSID is broadcast in the clear in response to a client SSID query. Another unproductive method is to only allow computers with known MAC addresses to join the network. But intruders can defeat this method because they can often (though not always) set MAC addresses with minimal effort (MAC spoofing). If eavesdroppers have the ability to change their MAC address, then they may join the network by spoofing an authorized address.

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption was designed to protect against casual snooping, but is now deprecated. Tools such asAirSnort or Aircrack-ng can quickly recover WEP encryption keys. Once it has seen 5-10 million encrypted packets, AirSnort can determine the encryption password in under a second; newer tools such as aircrack-ptw can use Klein's attack to crack a WEP key with a 50% success rate using only 40,000 packets.
To counteract this in 2002, the Wi-Fi Alliance approved Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) which uses TKIP as a stopgap solution for legacy equipment. Though more secure than WEP, it has outlived its designed lifetime, has known attack vectors and is no longer recommended.

In 2004, the IEEE ratified the full IEEE 802.11i (WPA2) encryption standards. If used with a 802.1X server or in pre-shared key mode with a strong and uncommon pass phrase WPA2 is still considered secure, as of 2009.
Piggybacking refers to access to a wireless Internet connection by bringing one's own computer within the range of another's wireless connection, and using that service without the subscriber's explicit permission or knowledge.
During the early popular adoption of 802.11, providing open access points for anyone within range to use was encouraged to cultivate wireless community networks, particularly since people on average use only a fraction of their downstream bandwidth at any given time.

Recreational logging and mapping of other people's access points has become known as war driving. It is also common for people to use open (unencrypted) Wi-Fi networks as a free service, termed piggybacking. Indeed, many access points are intentionally installed without security turned on so that they can be used as a free service. Providing access to one's Internet connection in this fashion may breach the Terms of Service or contract with the ISP. These activities do not result in sanctions in most jurisdictions; however, legislation and case law differ considerably across the world. A proposal to leave graffiti describing available services was called warchalking. A Florida court case determined that owner laziness was not to be a valid excuse.

Piggybacking often occurs unintentionally. Most access points are configured without encryption by default, and operating systems such as Windows XP SP2, Mac OS X or Ubuntu Linux may be configured to automatically connect to any available wireless network. A user who happens to start up a laptop in the vicinity of an access point may find the computer has joined the network without any visible indication. Moreover, a user intending to join one network may instead end up on another one if the latter has a stronger signal. In combination with automatic discovery of other network resources (see DHCP and Zeroconf) this could possibly lead wireless users to send sensitive data to the wrong middle-man when seeking a destination (research also Man-in-the-middle attack). For example, a user could inadvertently use an insecure network to log in to a website, thereby making the login credentials available to anyone listening, if the website uses an insecure protocol such as HTTP. (Wikipedia.com)

To those Identification Cards by students, these are just ordinary. But there is a common storing of information of a person especially to those employees and faculties of the university who worked. Instead of having punch cards that you need to punch at the Bundy clock, there is a new technology that will be easier to the employees to time in especially if they are in a hurry. This kind of technology is called the RFID. As I search over the internet, I found this interesting thing will help a lot to the university. RFID or the Radio Frequency Identification is broad term that encompasses the span of technologies that use radio waves to automatically identify people or objects and work with a microchip to store information.

The most common way of storing information is to store a serial number that identifies a person, object, or information on a microchip. The microchip is attached to an antenna and imbedded between the layers of the card. Information can be written, erased, and rewritten, and is stored on the microchip and transmitted by the antenna.
The chip and antenna combination is called an RFID transponder or an RFID tag. The antenna enables the chip to transmit the identification information to a reader. Radio waves reflected from the card (RFID tag) to the reader allow the reader to convert the radio waves reflected back from the RFID tag into digital information that can be processed by the computer.

Instead of inserting your card into a card acceptor or scanning it through, all you have to do is pass within range of the radio frequency acceptor and you are done. You usually have to be within a few inches of the machine for it to operate, but it still saves a ton of time and headache.

The greatest benefit of this card is its inherent security. Forging a card like RFID is very difficult and it greatly minimizes security risks. RFID cards can be used by anyone, and are most effective in every environment from the very large to the very small.

If all of these technologies will be implemented to the University of Southeastern Philippines, I do believe that the USEPians will feel more convenient while spending their years in the university. It will also help the students be more advance and open to the latest technology and not be static to those technologies what they’ve used to do. Without the aid from the government, state universities and colleges in the Philippines won’t like those private universities and colleges that have latest technologies that made their student and faculties more competitive and secure.












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The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years. (1500 words)

These are the three changes likely to have substantial impact on USEP's services in the next three years:

Information technology (IT) is "the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware", according to the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA).[1] IT deals with the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and securely retrieve information.

Today, the term information has ballooned to encompass many aspects of computing and technology, and the term has become very recognizable. IT professionals perform a variety of duties that range from installing applications to designing complex computer networks and information databases. A few of the duties that IT professionals perform may include data management, networking, engineering computer hardware, database and software design, as well as the management and administration of entire systems. Information technology is starting to spread farther than the conventional personal computer and network technology, and more into integrations of other technologies such as the use of cell phones, televisions, automobiles, and more, which is increasing the demand for such jobs.
When computer and communications technologies are combined, the result is information technology, or "infotech". Information technology is a general term that describes any technology that helps to produce, manipulate, store, communicate, and/or disseminate information.

In recent days ABET and the ACM have collaborated to form accreditation and curriculum standards[2] for degrees in Information Technology as a distinct field of study separate from both Computer Science and Information Systems. SIGITE is the ACM working group for defining these standards. Information technology (IT) changes rapidly, seriously challenging IT management. In response, many organizations create a formal group of IT professionals to evaluate emerging IT so they can better cope with its change. A survey based on structured interviews was mailed to a nationwide sample of 1,000 IT organizations. Two hundred forty-six respondents provided data to identify categories of coping mechanisms to handle changing IT. Five categories emerged: Education and Training, Internal Procedures, Vendor Support, Consultant Support, and Endurance. Organizations apply Education and Training more extensively than the others. Thus the research contributes to understanding the means by which organizations cope with rapid IT change. The research also found that organizations with a group dedicated to investigating emerging IT cope more extensively, but not more successfully, than do those without one. Thus the research contributes not only by providing an understanding of how organizations cope with rapid IT change, but also by suggesting the need to achieve more from the group charged with emerging IT.

A stream of research has been done on the individual use of information technologies (IT). Their purpose was to find out how technology was received and utilized by the users. The researchers knew that information technologies could add significant value to an organization in terms of productivity increases and performance improvements, but technologies were constantly evolving over time, and as a result, adoption behaviors of individuals were changing with them. Traditionally, the earlier models of innovation adoption represented marketplace deterministically and proposed improvements based on assumptions of certainty. They claimed that although more recent adoption models integrate some dynamic effects (i.e., learning and risk), the basic recommendations had not changed much for decision-making. In fact, the only distinction came from the fact that the later models improved the traditional models by elaborating on them and by providing understanding of additional variables. We think that the traditional models underestimate the forces of changes and uncertainty that dominate today's innovative markets, which are full of continuous processes of technology development, improvement, and application.

Thus, it is the objective of this paper to provide a conceptual framework for discussion of how technologies get diffused through their acceptance by the users and to understand the characteristics of technologies, users, and organizations in the face of changes and uncertainty. Our paper draws on various branches of previous research. From the marketing perspective, we look at several researchers who have discussed the models of and/or issues of innovation adoption. We begin with Kamien and Schwartz and Reinganum] who present models of firm adoption of innovations, examining the factors affecting a firm to adopt a certain innovation. Gatignon and Robertson describe the implications of organization adoption decisions in a competitive environment. Bass develops a mathematical model to examine the timing of adoption of new products and applies it by empirically testing demand growth for consumer products. This model later becomes widely adopted, extended, and applied in empirical research. Mahajan et al. review extensively the deterministic models for diffusion of innovations. Whereas Kalish and Sen discuss how the marketing mix variables impact diffusion, Eliashberg and Chatterjee provide thorough review of the stochastic models for innovation diffusion. From a strategy viewpoint using the diffusion of innovation theory, a stream of researchers has contributed to the subject matter.

They have examined various factors, generally regarded as determinants of IT adoption and usage, in their studies. Examples of these factors include individual user characteristics, innovation characteristics, and environment characteristics. Similarly, Information Systems (IS) researchers have addressed the issues of acceptance and diffusion of IT by providing varying answers to what are the factors determining IT usage by individuals, and discussing the relevance of different IT usage models. For example, the theory of reasoned action (TRA) developed by Fishbein and Ajze] helps to predict and understand human behavior in making adoption decisions. In their review, Igbaria et al. incorporate the concern for the determinants of behavior and relations among beliefs, attitudes, subjective norms, intentions, and behaviors. Determining how the relevant factors affect each other to lead to a decision-making is the primary focus of the TRA model. Ajzen also introduces the theory of planned behavior (TPB) model as an extension of an earlier TRA to consider the situations where individuals do not have complete control over their behavior. TPB was designed to predict individual adoption behavior across different settings and can be applied to IS use as well. Davis et al.’s well- known technology acceptance model (TAM) is an improvement of the generic TRA model. TAM adapted certain components of the generic TRA model and applied them to the particular domain of computer technology, and more broadly, to the information technology.

The difference between the two models is that in place of the TRA’s attitudinal determinants, TAM introduces two key variables, perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness, as having central relevance for predicting computerbased technologies user acceptance behaviors. Although previous models of IT acceptance provide useful insights, more research is needed to determine the key factors affecting or motivating individuals to use computer-based information technologies for various purposes. In light of this need for more research, our paper tries to extend previous research by examining the major determinants of IT adoption and diffusion based on what other researchers have done and by proposing an additional determinant of IT adoption that is of important relevance. As such, the purpose of this research is to seek better and valid measures for predicting and explaining IT use by individuals in network computing environment. Our research differs from other previous studies in that we try to move away from the old ways of thinking and pursue new ideas. Recognizing that the computing environment has changed due to the development of innovative technologies and the growth of the Internet, we scrutinize carefully the changes which have occurred and propose an enhanced IT acceptance (usage) model which can help to explain the new phenomenon of technology adoption in today’s distributed network computing environment.

Thus, we present an extended and improved model of IT usage by reexamining the key determinants of IT usage, taking account of the changes in user needs and computing environment. We believe that only by understanding various factors affecting the IT adoption and diffusion can we truly understand how and when individuals use information technologies. The paper proceeds as follows: In section , we discuss the relevant prior literature and the motivation for the study. The core of our study is contained in section. The model of IT usage (acceptance) and theoretical rationales are presented in this section. Section discusses the contribution of the model of IT usage in IT adoption research. Future research directions and issues not covered in this paper are outlined in section. We conclude in section . The topics of interest which are relevant in the study of user acceptance model of IT (IT adoption) are network externality, complementarity, diffusion of IT, user acceptance of IT, etc. We review the relevant literature on each of the topics to provide background information and theoretical support for our research, and especially to set the stage for a constructive discussion of our IT usage model. We try to integrate the ideas derived from the different disciplines to contribute a new body of knowledge to the area of IT adoption and diffusion research.

We argue that until now, research on IT has primarily focused on the problems and issues of IT use in the context of individual computing environment. In particular, the field of economics has studied the diffusion of externality-related products such as telephone, focusing on the positive externality. These studies introduce positive externality but they rarely mention negative externality. An example of negative externality is illustrated in the following example. When we have many people using the World Wide Web (WWW) or collaborating in some other ways, people get easily overwhelmed by the volume of information they come in contact with. As a result, it becomes difficult for them to get organized and seek out the information they need in a timely manner. Thus, we have an information glut. As seen, there are definitely both positive externalities (i.e., characteristics of network environment, especially the Internet) and negative externalities, as in blocking in phone lines. We now look at the topics that are relevant to the study of IT adoption and diffusion in greater details.


Online Voting of Election in Clubs, Organizations, Local Councils of different colleges and Campus Student Council

This change in school services is based on the System Analysis and Design and Software Engineering project proposal which is the Project E-Vote. I think this project is feasible in the next three years. Based on the Project E-Vote description, it offers features such as simultaneous online elections as it aims to cater more than one election at a time. Project E-Vote features a customizable election page where the administrator may choose to generate a different election page depending on the demand of the organization. Project E-Vote also features an automated storage system that is more efficient in terms of capacity and data security. Project E-Vote marks an automated counting of votes thus consumes less time during canvassing. The development of Project E-Vote is a move that tries to solve the problems faced during elections conducted within the university such as the large cost of manual elections and election fraud. If well develop this application may be an inspiration to other organizations that conducts elections. The first part is the manual system, which involves accepting of candidacy. The second part is the automated system, which involves online casting of votes, automated counting of votes, data storage and also a part of data process.

Based on the developers’ project proposal document, the application provides the following benefits:

• It minimizes the cost of an election.
• It minimizes the time needed for canvassing the vote’s cast.
• Election procedure is automated thus eliminates or minimizes election fraud and cheating.
• It could cater to any election within the University.
• It can be integrated with other existing systems and databases.
• It has a concept of green computing as it minimizes the use of paper materials.
• It may be developed further to cater future problems concerning elections.


Online Passbook/Gradesheet

This is another application that will change in the next three years. This is also based on the System Analysis and Design and Software Engineering project. The Online Passbook is comparable to the manual passbook system used by the university. However, the online passbook avoids the students to actually go to each of their respective subject instructors. This could ease the process of retrieving the grades of the students since it can be viewed online. The online passbook has its owns restrictions in which only instructors designated to the subject is authorize to personally put the respective grades of the students and will only retrieve the grades when it’s done. The students, on the same manner, are only allowed to view his grades in which he is enrolled in that semester.

The objectives of this application are to discontinue the use of manual passbook system of the students, to cease manual retrieval and passing of grades of the teachers in the registrar, and to provide an easy and efficient way of retrieving the grades of the students. In accessing the online passbook, the registered student of the university is subjected to a password of his own for security and for him to view his own grade. The online passbook would also give an evaluation of grades of the students instantly. On the other hand, for the instructor, this could also avoid manual distribution of grades to the students of each of the subject they handle. The instructor will have a security password in accessing the system. The instructor will be able to put the grades of his students into the system and it will automatically distribute the subject grades to the corresponding students. It will then also automatically submit the respective subject grades to the registrar.

Online Tutorial of Different Languages

This service change in the University is based on the office of Institute of Languages. Institute of Languages offers language tutorial different languages like French, Arabic, German, Korean, Italian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Nihongo, Bahasa Indonesia, and Philippine Dialects. The International Languages tutorial is a web-based step by step lesson covering basics, pronunciation, but also grammar, vocabulary. It offers audio support for better oral comprehension, a table of contents and an index for faster searches. It offers audio support for better oral comprehension, a table of contents and an index for faster searches. The online tutorial support is well structured and organized. The tutor employs strategies to encourage dialogue amongst students online. The tutor is prompt in responding to my questions or insights. The student expect s a response online within one day.The student would benefit from more interaction online. The student would benefit from more training to communicate online. The benefits of online different languages courses reach far and wide. With the difficulty of the language posing numerous stumbling blocks even for those with the different native language tongue, strong instruction that works is essential. Whether you are taking English as a second language or you need to increase your communication skills in other languges to be a better professional, online courses offer you a great freedom as well as a good opportunity.

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The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years. (1500 words)

1. IT Infrastructural change

If I have that crystal ball, I want to make changes on the information technology infrastructure of the University for a better service on students. We do have a centralize container on all records and information of all the students, faculty and staff but the physical process on getting those information is redundant.

In today’s complex business environment, new opportunities constantly emerge, which can challenge a company’s ability to quickly and successfully respond. These new opportunities often stem from a company’s ability to “connect with and know” their customers, suppliers and partners in order to be successful in the world of e-business. Driving these opportunities may be changing technology or market, social and legislative issues. Too often companies may want to capitalize on these new opportunities but are delayed or even prohibited by the changes required to their information technology (IT) systems. No CEO wants to hear that the company’s information technology systems and networks are so complex that making changes to foster customer service, enable a new sales channel or improve supply chain dynamics is an extremely costly and lengthy process. Or even worse, that after these changes are made, the IT infrastructure is unable to meet the new capacity, performance and availability demands. To be successful today, you must be able to respond rapidly to changing conditions, and this means that your IT infrastructure is key. No longer do you have the luxury of implementing changes to your infrastructure after a new initiative is clearly defined. Instead, you must ensure that your current IT infrastructure is flexible and ready for future needs. You cannot have your business stymied by an oppressive IT environment that is a hindrance to success. Instead, you must be able to implement new business functions or change existing ones as quickly and painlessly as possible.

Need for change in your IT infrastructure
Companies earnings outstrip forecasts, consumer confidence is retuning and city bonuses are back. What does this mean for business? Growth! After the recent years of cost cutting in IT budgets, there is the sudden fear induced from increased demand. Pre-existing trouble points in IT infrastructures that have lain dormant will suddenly be exposed. Monthly reporting and real time analytics will suffer as data grows. IT departments across the land will be crying out “The engine canna take no more captain”. What can be done?
What we need is a scalable system that grows with the business. A system that can handle sudden increases in data growth without falling over. There are two core principles to a scalable system (1) Users experience constant QoS as demand grows (2) System Architects can grow system capacity proportionally with the available resources. In other words, if demand increases twofold, it is “enough” to purchase twice the hardware.
This is linear growth. Is it enough to satisfy CEOs IT demands? Generally, the achievement of linear growth is favorable. In computational science, software problems are characterized by their complexity denoted as O(n). Trivial problems to solve are O(n). An example, is the simple summing of employee salaries. With increasing problem complexity we can observe O(n2), O(n3), or O(2(n)). How does this relate to ensuring I get the same performance as my data grows? Well, an O(n3) problem means that if the number of database records grows 3x, the amount of hardware needs to grow 27x to maintain QoS.
Computational complexity can be minimized using code level techniques, especially if the code is badly written. However, the fact is that with certain problems, their complexity will never be lowered. For instance, NP-complete problems require non polynomial computation time. In other words, only small datasets can be processed due to their massive computation times - optimization of cargo storage is one such example.
However, if badly implemented, the simple summing of employee salaries can become NP-complete! What can be learnt? Consider your-self lucky if the problem grows linearly.
So, are we cursed to buying X times hardware each time our domain grows X items? No. Polynomials have many parameters (y=a+ b*x + c * x*x…). “a” indicates the starting barrier. “b, c” indicate the steepness of the curve. For small sets, it is possible that the problem of a cubic complexity grows slower than linear. For large sets, it is impossible.
Need for change

The spiraling growth in data can be anticipated and planned for. The need can be predicted based on (1) past experience, (2) known amount of data, eg by market impact, (3) complexity calculations. Take Facebook, which has 850 million photos and 7 million videos that need storing per month. To cope with exponential data increase, expenditure on its data centers has risen from $30 million, 2007 to $100 billion, 2009.
Facebook's rapid expansion was only achieved with a clear and forward thinking IT strategy. Successful IT planning needs (1) responsible people (2) brave decision makers. A culture of responsibility needs to be instilled within businesses. Underlying problems of the IT infrastructure must not be hidden from upper management. Decision makers need to know about problems. Only then, can pro-active decisions be made that guarantee an agile response to growth. IT cannot be allowed to block business.

Often, warning signs are ignored and the need for change comes too late: “We need our new system tomorrow”. Tomorrows systems only add up to more steel. This is better known as “save your ass tactics” - a quick fix with poor ROI.

2. Enrollment Process

As of now, the enrolment system and process of the university is still unorganized. Though there were changes made, still cannot be considered as the best or a strategic way of catering the students, especially the incoming first years. Enrolment process should be one of the most organized processes in the school because it motivates the students specifically first year students to enroll and encourage their friends to enroll too in our university. I think the reason why are still have this kind of process is because of the mindset that “kung unsay na-andan, mao nay ipadayon”. Thus, keeps the whole process on improving the thing that needs to be improved. We need to change. If not, then, we will never change at all. As one author says, “change is the only constant in this world”.

Well, if I have that crystal ball, I would change the whole process of our enrolment. It may have the risk on having a year of losses but when it is finished, it will give more return of investments.

3. Dissemination of Information
Using my crystal ball, one of the things that I want to change is the process on disseminating information especially announcement for a sudden changes of the schedule or anything during school days. One of the problems is that, the student may not be informed immediately of whatever has change specifically on their schedules on that day. An example of this is during holidays. The students don’t have any idea if there’s really a class on that day or not because of national changes on holidays which lead to students coming to school yet classes was cancelled. It affects the economic aspect of the students considering that they enrolled in a ‘state u’ so they can minimized their expenses but because of improper or lacking of information, another expenses were added to them. Another problem is that bulletin boards are not updated and there are no restrictions on who, what and when to put announcements or information on those bulletins. Thus, students are tempted to vandalism on different information posted on bulletin boards.

Within the span of three years, mobile application will substitute bulletin board in disseminating announcements as a solution to lack of information to students. Relaying the message through mobiles will help inform everybody on what are the latest updates of all announcements in the university. Economically, it helps lessen the expenses of the students and the rest of the people involve faculty, staff and etc.

4. RFID as New Student’s ID

RFID or Radio Frequency Identification is currently being used around the world. Philippines tried to implement a system with Radio Frequency Identification as their tool but unfortunately it’s implementation is being suspended (As Far As I know ) because some motorist in our country are complaining on the extra cost of installing a RFID on their vehicle and some people are concerned of privacy issues. RFID works like an identification card where every RFID is distinct and unique from each other. A gadget is pointed towards the RFID sticker and then data would be retrieved from the said RFID stickers. This is a big help to the authorities as they can know the driver of the vehicle even though they are far away from the field.

So how does this technology be useful to our school? It is simple. Give RFID cards to students instead of the normal plastic cards. This may sound useless but think of the relief that it could give to the authorities of the school. The security of the school would be improved if this technology would be utilized by the university. How could I say that the security may improve? Imagine a gadget similar to a close circuit television camera that could read RFID would be installed on the gate for example and a live feed of the entrance of the gate is being displayed on the guards monitor. If you have an RFID card clipped on your uniform, a mark would be put onto you by the system saying that you are a student of the university and people without marks could be easily identified as outsiders. Breach of security on the university would be minimized. Another possible use of this technology is could be a database of information for a specific student. Flashing your card to a gadget would easily retrieve your unique information and perform processes that a system may provide. For example, instead of lining up on the student’s account section of the finance division and asking how much your balance is but instead you may just flash your card on the gadget and after that a slip would be printed with all your liabilities to the school. This process could really hasten the process as you don’t have to wait for the personnel to check, compute and write your liabilities. (This could take up time especially if there is a long queue).

I foresee that processes around the school would be hastened with the help of RFID. It may replace all Identification Card being used inside the school such as our school identification card, library card, scholarship card and other cards that are being used inside the university. RFID cards are useful because it could serve as your walking database of school information.


5.Electronic Processing of all services

Electronic Data Processing (EDP) can refer to the use of automated methods to process commercial data. The term Electronic Data Processing is one that is infrequently used in modern computing. Originally coined in an era in which the idea of storing and processing data on computers could be entertained by only the largest of businesses, EDP is now a reality of daily life for the vast majority of businesses around the globe. In fact, the term has since been updated variously to the better known terms ‘IT’ (Information Technology) and ‘IS’ (Information Systems). Typically, this uses relatively simple, repetitive activities to process large volumes of similar information. For example: stock updates applied to an inventory, banking transactions applied to account and customer master files, booking and ticketing transactions to an airline's reservation system, billing for utility services. Its advantages are: speed, it operates the speed of electric flow which is measured in billions and trillionth of a second. It is faster than any other machine designed to do similar works; accuracy, high speed processing by computer is accompanied by high accuracy results the electronic circuitry of computer is such that, when the machine are programmed correctly and when incoming data is error free, the accuracy of the output is relatively assured; automatic operation, an electronic computer can carry out sequence of many data processing operations without human interaction, the various operations are executed by way of a stored computer program; decision making capability, a computer can perform certain decision instruction automatically; compact storage, electronic data processing system have the ability to store large amounts of data in compact and easily retrievable form; discipline imposes, to solve problem-with computer you must, first understand the problem, second, program the computer to give you right answers. Understand a problem is one thing but understanding it to the depth of detail and insight required to program the computer is a completely different matter.

Despite this being a highly computerized age a large majority of enterprises still rely heavily on (more expensive) paper documents. However, for both cost and ecological reasons, businesses are attempting to move towards the ‘paperless office’, the Holy Grail of modern business which dispenses with manual data transfer altogether.

6. FREE WIFI
Wi-Fi allows communications directly from one computer to another without the involvement of an access point. This is called the ad-hoc mode of Wi-Fi transmission. This wireless ad-hoc network mode has proven popular with multiplayer handheld game consoles, such as the Nintendo DS, digital cameras, and other consumer electronics devices.

Similarly, the Wi-Fi Alliance promotes a pending specification called Wi-Fi Direct for file transfers and media sharing through a new discovery- and security-methodology. Wi-Fi technology builds on IEEE 802.11 standards. The IEEE develops and publishes these standards, but does not test equipment for compliance with them. The non-profit Wi-Fi Alliance formed in 1999 to fill this void — to establish and enforce standards for interoperability and backward compatibility, and to promote wireless local-area-network technology. As of 2009 the Wi-Fi Alliance consisted of more than 300 companies from around the world.[22][23] Manufacturers with membership in the Wi-Fi Alliance, whose products pass the certification process, gain the right to mark those products with the Wi-Fi logo.

Specifically, the certification process requires conformance to the IEEE 802.11 radio standards, the WPA and WPA2 security standards, and the EAP authentication standard. Certification may optionally include tests of IEEE 802.11 draft standards, interaction with cellular-phone technology in converged devices, and features relating to security set-up, multimedia, and power-saving.
Wi-Fi allows the deployment of local area networks (LANs) without wires for client devices, typically reducing the costs of network deployment and expansion. Spaces where cables cannot be run, such as outdoor areas and historical buildings, can host wireless LANs. As of 2010 manufacturers build wireless network adapters into most laptops. The price of chipsets for Wi-Fi continues to drop, making it an economical networking option included in even more devices. Wi-Fi has become widespread in corporate infrastructures.

Different competitive brands of access points and client network-interfaces can inter-operate at a basic level of service. Products designated as "Wi-Fi Certified" by the Wi-Fi Alliance are backwards compatible. "Wi-Fi" designates a globally operative set of standards: unlike mobile phones, any standard Wi-Fi device will work anywhere in the world.

Wi-Fi operates in more than 220,000 public hotspots and in tens of millions of homes and corporate and university campuses worldwide. The current version of Wi-Fi Protected Access encryption (WPA2) as of 2010 is considered secure, provided users employ a strong passphrase. New protocols for quality-of-service (WMM) make Wi-Fi more suitable for latency-sensitive applications (such as voice and video); and power saving mechanisms (WMM Power Save) improve battery operation. Wi-Fi networks have limited range. A typical wireless router using 802.11b or 802.11g with a stock antenna might have a range of 32 m (120 ft) indoors and 95 m (300 ft) outdoors. The new IEEE 802.11n however, can exceed that range by more than two times. Range also varies with frequency band. Wi-Fi in the 2.4 GHz frequency block has slightly better range than Wi-Fi in the 5 GHz frequency block. Outdoor ranges - through use of directional antennas - can be improved with antennas located several kilometres or more from their base. In general, the maximum amount of power that a Wi-Fi device can transmit is limited by local regulations, such as FCC Part 15 in USA.
Wi-Fi performance decreases roughly quadratically as distance increases at constant radiation levels. Due to reach requirements for wireless LAN applications, Wi-Fi has as fairly high power-consumption compared to some other standards. Technologies such as Bluetooth (designed to support wireless PAN applications) provide a much shorter propagationrange of <10m and so in general have a lower power-consumption. Other low-power technologies such as ZigBee have fairly long range, but much lower data rate. The high power-consumption of Wi-Fi makes battery life in mobile devices a concern.

Researchers have developed a number of "no new wires" technologies to provide alternatives to Wi-Fi for applications in which Wi-Fi's indoor range is not adequate and where installing new wires (such as CAT-5) is not possible or cost-effective. For example, the ITU-T G.hn standard for high speed Local area networks uses existing home wiring (coaxial cables, phone lines and power lines). Although G.hn does not provide some of the advantages of Wi-Fi (such as mobility or outdoor use), it's designed for applications (such as IPTV distribution) where indoor range is more important than mobility. Due to the complex nature of radio propagation at typical Wi-Fi frequencies, particularly the effects of signal reflection off trees and buildings, algorithms can only be predict Wi-Fi signal strength generally for any given area in relation to a transmitter. This effect does not apply equally to long-range Wi-Fi, since longer links typically operate from towers that broadcast above the surrounding foliage. The main issue with wireless network security is its simplified access to the network compared to traditional wired networks such as ethernet. With wired networking one must either gain access to a building (physically connecting into the internal network) or break through an external firewall. Most business networks protect sensitive data and systems by attempting to disallow external access. Thus gaining wireless connectivity provides an attack vector, particularly if the network lacks encryption or if the intruder can defeat any encryption. Attackers who have gained access to a Wi-Fi network can use DNS spoofing attacks very effectively against any other user of the network, because they can see the DNS requests made, and often respond with a spoofed answer before the queried DNS server has a chance to reply.
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PostSubject: The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years.   Assignment 9 (Due: February 12, 2010, before 01:00pm) - Page 2 EmptyThu Apr 08, 2010 9:48 am

Technology has come a very long way and it never stopped changing. From the very first computer man has ever built, up to the latest technologies man has never dreamed would ever be built. The world has never been similar with technology around. Change is constant because from time to time, new discoveries and trends are coming out and replaces the old ones. Every year, technological advancements are made and greatly facilitated to make us live with ease. Most of the time people find themselves trying not to get left behind and have latest version and models of laptops and other high technology equipments which become obsolete in the next few months due to fast innovations and upgrades.

School is embracing this technology which performs a wide variety of activities.From class scheduling to homework assignment submission, new technology is changing the way that schools handle most traditional aspects of the educational experience. At the most basic level, more teachers are embracing new tools, whether it’s an e-book lecture for their courses. Even more so, students are using these tools to thrive in their educational environment.
Talking about information technology and its changes, as a student and as part of the university, a change in the information technology affects not only the school but even the students and faculties. Since change is increasing relentlessly, our university is trying their best to cope up with that change. Honestly, in terms of technology, our university is not that competitive and innovative. Still, we don’t have enough computers that would cater more students at the same time. There are some services of the university that not all students can participate. If we look around the university, there are a lot of problems and some of those problems can be solved and lessen through the use of information technology. One thing that triggers the university to successfully adapt the changes is the cost. Though the university aims to be competitive with the other big schools and as the vision of the university, “premier university in the Asian region”, budget is an intruder to that dream. An implementation of new information technology needs a sufficient budget, especially on the hardware to the software that will be used. Resistance to change is one reason why a certain organization doesn’t want to implement a new information technology. Those organizations are left behind in the modern way of business since every process and transactions are manually done. But as I observe on our school, resistance to change is not a big risk. Everyone wants to be updated with the latest information technology but we fail to achieve this because of the cost.

Using my crystal ball, (ahohmmmm……) with regards to our university, USeP (University of Southeastern Philippines), I foresee some changes likely to have a substantial impact to our school services in the next three years. These are:

RFID as Students Identification Card
At first, I thought RFID means “Request for ID”…hehe! But it was a broad term that encompasses the span of technologies that use radio waves to automatically identify people or objects and work with a microchip to store information. RFID simply means Radio frequency identification. We, student in the University of Southeastern Philippines have our own identification card and identification number which is unique. Through this technology, all you have to do is passing within range of the radio frequency acceptor and you are done instead of inserting your card into a card acceptor or scanning it through. It is most common way of storing information is to store a serial number that identifies a person, object, or information on a microchip. The microchip is attached to an antenna and imbedded between the layers of the card. Information can be written, erased, and rewritten, and is stored on the microchip and transmitted by the antenna.
The chip and antenna combination is called an RFID transponder or an RFID tag. The antenna enables the chip to transmit the identification information to a reader. Radio waves reflected from the card (RFID tag) to the reader allow the reader to convert the radio waves reflected back from the RFID tag into digital information that can be processed by the computer.


Enrollment System
For me, with the current state and the situation of the school enrollment process I observed that it is still unorganized. Though there were changes made, still cannot be considered as the best or a strategic way of catering the students, especially the incoming first years. Enrolment process should be one of the most organized processes in the school because it motivates the students’ specifically first year students to enroll and encourage their friends to enroll too in our university. We need a change in a procedure would make an impact to a student for they would have to adjust with it. Automating some of these processes would ease the life of the students. Like UNIISYS that are developed by Information Technology as wells as Computer Science graduating students. This is a collection of systems made by the students from the Institute of Computing of the university which would automate some services of the different offices and organizations of the university. If this project would be implemented hopefully in the future on the university, it would make a big impact on the students and those who are within the university who could make use of this system. This system is an ease to some services offered in the university. UNIISYS is a big system which consists of ten (10) subsystems. Namely: Agila (a Davao Geographical Information System that shows all familiar places here in Davao City), eGayd(the university map in school that helps the students, not only the students but also freshman especially visitors who will be entering the University school and helps them know all the departments in the building where they are located), eBenta (an online bidding system for the university students to engage in E-Commerce activity promoting their competitiveness and experience in entrepreneurship), eDikit (an online publication system which let the students upload and publish their literary works online), uPahibalo(an electronic bulletin board or an organizational information system, which handles the information of organizations and its members), eHatag(the title they give to the one of the subsystem which is for file-sharing system), eSkular(a scholarship renewal system), eTudlo(an online tutorial-seeking system which will be helpful to all the students who find difficulties in their subjects that needs to be guided more and explain more to understanding such kind of problems), eSkedyul(a schedule organizer for faculty and students in which it helps in aiding such conflicts between students and teachers that need to be verified just like for example about their schedule time), and the last but not the least is the Alumnay(a community for USEP graduates). From UNIISYS itself, it gives something really significant especially to the developers that enable them to share what they have learned from their Alma matter. This can give also to the university itself a great work that can be proud of as part of the technology trends.

IT Infrastructure

Next change would be the IT infrastructure. Infrastructure defined by Wikipedia is the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function. Having a change on the infrastructure of the university specially the IT infrastructure could also have a big impact on the university services. If there would be changes I hope these would be additions on the facilities that the students would make use of not deduction of this.

To wrap it up changes would not mean there would be additions all the time it could sometime mean removing some services. Changes could have positive impact to which it concerns but not all the time it could be for improvement, there are times negative outputs come out of the new implementations or changes that are made.
According to (Malone and Crowston, the increasing speed pace of change require more flexible and adaptive organizations. Rockart and Short cites the ballooning need for the interdependence of organizational structure to IT in managing competitive pressures that included globalization, time-based competition, increased market risk, and a greater emphasis on customer service and cost reduction. Bennis states that "the organization's response to the environment will continue to be the crucial determinant for its effectiveness."

As organizations use information, effective usage of Information Technology likely results to the organizations development and growth.

It is apparent that IT has great impact in the university, and whatever changes in IT has the university as an IT-reliant organization has to go with the changes in order not to be behind. As Keen (1991) noted that IT increasingly and continuously affects the organizations operations as well as its behavior including issues as on how the organization organize, transact business, and contend with other organization.


Automated Library Process
The library is an important body in the university. It is where the students study, do research works and/or simply read books. It offers a whole lot of services for the students such as a virtual library where the students can use computers and surf through the internet. Another service is the audio visual room where the students will be able watch films that are related to their education. Another service that is offered is the OPAC system where the students will be able to search the books they need by using the computer.

Despite the services that the library offers, still, some students are not satisfied with the type of service they offer. The internet service is slow, some audio visual equipments are defective and the OPAC is not accurate. However, the University Library is now planning to outsource a system that will be able to allow the users search the necessary books, journals and important documents accurately. Through this, the library staff and users will no longer have difficulty in looking for books and documents. The automation in the library will be able to provide fast library services such as book borrowing to returning of books that were borrowed, updated and accurate Online Public Access Catalog, a database of books and documents for faster search and retrieval of records by the library staff and a faster internet services and computer units for the University Virtual Library users. Aside from an accurate record of books, the library also plans to integrate all the learning and resource centers in the university for easy an easy access of the documents and books. In this way, if the library clients and/or staff will search for certain document or book, they will know whether that particular book or document is located in a learning and resource center. The library automation is a major investment which must not be taken for granted.

OTHER CHANGES:
Scheduling System
The other change in USEP’s information technology which I found substantial impact on student services is having a Scheduling System. For years, the colleges continue to have conflicts and unofficial changes in the schedules of the subjects. Normally, it would take days, even weeks just to make the necessary schedules. There are times that the person assigned to make the semester schedules might overlook some classrooms, subjects or teachers. Every enrollment, the schedules of subjects are posted and will be taken by the students. However, at the beginning of the semester, they get confused due to some conflicts and unofficial changes.

The scheduling system will act like a decision support system that will automatically generate the semester schedules. It will be capable of assigning subjects to the teachers based on the number of their teaching load, skills and preferred time to teach the subjects. The system will also be able to designate rooms to the subjects depending on its needs like laboratories. The system can also divide the maximum number of lecture hours per week based on the subject’s credit units and the teacher’s preferred time. Moreover, it will be able to minimize the unofficial changes and conflicts in the generated schedules. Through this kind of system, the faculty members and the students will be given assurance that the schedules posted in every enrolment are final and official. Furthermore, the person assigned to create the semester schedules will not have to spend days or weeks just to come up with the said schedules.
Computer Room with Free WiFi Zone
The university can put up a station or computer rooms, not exactly a laboratory, where they can stay, surf through the internet, make their projects and even charge their laptop computers. A venue for us, students to gain access to the internet that greatly helps us especially to those who don’t have a computer at home, and those who have a computer at home but don’t have an internet connection. All students in our university are really in need of the internet particularly us, IT students. Virtual library is an option but it cannot cater all the students at the same time. Another thing is the time allotted for each student plus the internet connection is too slow. Thus, you must wait for your turn.
Having your own laptops is an advantage. All you have to do is find a seat in a corner and open your laptop and detect a WiFi range in your area. A Wi-Fi enabled device such as a personal computer, video game console, mobile phone, MP3 player or personal digital assistant can connect to the Internet when within range of a wireless network connected to the Internet. The coverage of one or more interconnected access points — called a hotspot — can comprise an area as small as a few rooms or as large as many square miles covered by a group of access points with overlapping coverage. Wi-Fi technology has been used in wireless mesh networks, for example, in London. In addition to private use in homes and offices, Wi-Fi can provide public access at Wi-Fi hotspots provided either free of charge or to subscribers to various commercial services. Organizations and businesses such as airports, hotels and restaurants often provide free hotspots to attract or assist clients.
Since the school recently have Wi-Fi spots but there are some area are exclusive for personnel only. But I do believe that this coming 3 years, the University has a Wi-fi connection. This is very helpful to the students and visitor also to access the net even they are in school.
Many public buses and other forms of transportation are testing public Wi-Fi, with the Vail School District now testing Wi-Fi on school buses. Unfortunately, wireless connection in school was secured and we are not advice to charge our laptops anywhere.

Virtual Library

What is a virtual library? The term has been defined by many different people in many different ways. It is a library in which the holdings are found in electronic stacks. It is a library that exists, without any regard to a physical space or location. It is a technological way to bring together the resources of various libraries and information services, both internal and external, all in one place, so users can find what they need quickly and easily.

Sounds great, right? Well, the virtual library also has its drawbacks and limitations. Michael Schuyler makes this point very clearly with his definition of the virtual library. He likens the virtual library to a popsicle, stating that "…[i]f the electricity goes off, the cold goes away - and so does the popsicle, leaving a soggy smear on the shelf where something substantial once resided. The virtual library suffers the same vulnerability and the same precarious existence." 2

However, when they work, virtual libraries can be very useful and very diverse in what they contain. The options for what they can include are virtually endless, and become more and more boundless as technology advances. Some of the content of a virtual library may include, but certainly is not limited to, CD-ROM, Internet subscriptions, lists of annotated web links, internal work products (such as brief banks), proprietary databases (such as LexisNexis or Westlaw) and even web spiders or push technology that deliver targeted research to the user.

So, what does the future hold? What will the law library of the future look like? Or will it even exist at all? The simple answer is yes, it will exist. It will most likely still be similar to what it is today - a carefully thought out mix of electronic and paper resources. Over time, products will find their own niche, or more precisely, librarians will figure out what products are better in print and what products are better electronically, striking the appropriate balance between the two. So, the future doesn't look too much different from the present. And, surely, we are not moving any closer to the “paperless society" that everyone was talking about. In fact, I think we're moving farther in the opposite direction every day.

What will the role of the librarian be in all of this? Will librarians even exist at all? The simple answer, again, is yes, definitely. Librarians will continue to be able to do and provide more for users than ever before with the advantages provided by virtual libraries. We will continue to work towards providing users with seamless, organized access to virtual library resources. Perhaps we will even start to push the envelope and become innovators in the use of nontraditional training and reference services. Who knows? As long as librarians continue to share with one another, both informally and on Internet discussion lists, and at conferences, the opportunities and possibilities are ours for the taking.
As I continue looking at my crystal ball, I happened to foresee that if these changes will be implemented, our university will surely to be proud of. Aside from having competitive students, we can be proud to have a best teachings and good services facilities to offer for aspiring enrollees.
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PostSubject: Re: Assignment 9 (Due: February 12, 2010, before 01:00pm)   Assignment 9 (Due: February 12, 2010, before 01:00pm) - Page 2 EmptyFri Apr 09, 2010 5:22 pm

Change is inevitable and it offers us a chance to grow and get better. Technology is one of those which is innovated and fostered because of such transformations. IT is the social product of subjective human action within specific structural and cultural contexts, and is simultaneously an objective set of rules and resources involved in mediating human action – hence contributing to the creating, recreation and transformation of these contexts (Orlikowski & Robey, 1991:151). Change is truly a constant within the Information Technology (IT) realm, such that it requires a discipline and framework within which the entire process can be effectively managed and controlled. IT Service Management (ITSM), a discipline with the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), offers that discipline while complying with best practices for managing change. We use the term information technology or IT to refer to an entire industry. In actuality, information technology is the use of computers and software to manage information. In some companies, this is referred to as Management Information Services (or MIS) or simply as Information Services (or IS). The information technology department of a large company would be responsible for storing information, protecting information, processing the information, transmitting the information as necessary, and later retrieving information as necessary.

Most of the organizations like those that are involved in information and communication technologies, or ICT companies, introduced new techniques and offer help for firms which need information technology in running their business. They develop systems that are being used as tools and techniques in managing the information systems (IS) in the company. Firms and corporations who rely on information and communication technology in running their business are what we call ICT-enabled companies. These comprise of such corporations, schools, government agencies, private firms, and many others who use technology applications to excel in their fields of industry.

Colleges and universities are institutions of higher education that offer programs beyond the high school level. Colleges and universities provide necessary training for individuals wishing to enter professional careers. They also strive to develop students’ creativity, insight, and analytical skills. By acquainting students with complex ideas in an intellectually stimulating environment, colleges and universities can provide unique opportunities for personal enrichment while also preparing students for future careers. Colleges and universities strive to inform students of established principles of knowledge as well as of the most recent developments in academic research. Methods of instruction may be a lecture, lecture-discussion, discussion, laboratory, seminar, internship, clinical experience, community service, distance education, or a combination of these and other formats.

Colleges and universities (or schools, in general) provide trainings for students to prepare them for future careers. As an institution of higher education, they should strive in giving the best teachings to produce highly competitive students. A lot of colleges and universities now engage in using computers and other audio-visual aids as means in delivering instructions in the classroom. There are also several schools which offer distant education programs. Apart from instruction, universities and colleges need to have the essential tools to deliver their business to satisfy their customers and clients. Schools rely on information technology for a more efficient process in its business transactions.

If there are changes most likely to happen within the university I may say it would be more on the expansion of the information systems. Probably there would be great emphasis on the upgrades of hardware and software components, supplementary trainings and empowerment of more IS/IT personnel, the use of technology as a method of instruction, and students’ access to computers and internet in learning.

With the fast evolution of new products and services in information and communications technology, hardware components are now increasing in specifications with high speed and efficiency. I believe there is no need to get the latest trends in hardware units just to make out the success in the organization because it does not solely depends on it and having the newest and most advanced computer units does not guarantee utmost productivity. However, a firm may maximize its hardware components to give out the necessary job outputs in a fast and efficient manner. With this, I imagine our institution considering in upgrading the hardware elements in the information system. This is important especially that the institute houses the servers which are essential in processing the data and information in the campus. Not only that, new computer units with better (higher) specifications appropriate for the course learning methods would replace those old units and other audio-visual materials. This will further improve the transactions of the university in view of the fact that better facilities will increase efficiency and productivity of the services. Of course, this will yield better results if there are supplementary trainings and empowerment of more IS/IT personnel that will be done. Since the framework of IT will now expand due to the expansion of the university’s information systems, more staff that will cater these responsibilities is required.

Assuming I have with me the crystal ball and I would have to foresee on what USeP shall be three years from now (that would be along 2013), I have to identify three IT changes in IT which has significant impact on the school services of the university. These changes include system integration, improved enrollment system and organizational plan that adopts to the fast changing IT environment. I can foresee different changes that have a substantial impact on the schools services. First is the deployment of the university information system or the Uniisys. As of this year, the fourth year student of the institute of computing are busy integrating the systems that they have developed last year. They develop these systems not only for the completion of their project in systems analysis and design but to help the student, faculty and staff with their needs. The uniisys is composed of 10 subsystems which include edikit, upahibalo, ebenta, eskolar, egayd, agila, etudlo, and alumnay sa usep. Those systems are all web-based application that accommodates some of the services that our school offers and additional services for the university. Through this application, the university will have online services such as online scholarship process (eskolar), online publication and announcements (upahibalo), online map of the university (egayd), and online tutorial services (etudlo). The systems that was proposed and developed are dynamic so that it will be useful that would last a decade. The services supplied by the uniisys do not stop there because after this year more online services will be develop and will integrate. Those additional services will be developed on the next batch of fourth year students. And I am proud to say that I am one of those next batches. Our aim is to improve and add some services offered by the university information system. Services such as online voting, university’s social networking site, forums, blogs and online games, autoscheduler, and plagiarism detector will be added on the University information system that will help the need of every one and will also be useful for entertainment. By 2013, the students from our school and even the faculty will interact not only inside the campus but also on the virtual world through the help of the internet. All the manual process of every department is projected to be automated.

These are the things that would be more likely have a substantial impact on my school services in the next three years. To have a brief description to why I chose these three changes in our school, the reason is because enrollment process in our school is such a hassle for students. And the process is not followed accordingly in some way. About the infrastructure, when we talk about infrastructure we really don’t say that it’s all about the buildings that exist in the university but also about IT infrastructure, maybe the next three years the Institute of Computing shall have its own building exclusively for IC students and a better IT infrastructure. And about the Wi-Fi connection, we all know that the university have a Wi-Fi access, but it is limited, sometimes is secured and sometimes unsecured. To elaborate I will describe it further one by one. Let’s start with the enrollment.

1.) Integrated systems utilization

Faculties and students in the university with certain initiatives powered by motivations are able to create information systems which have different goals. These systems if successfully deployed will be of great help in the services of the university. The university integrated system also known as the “uniisys” encompasses several batches of system which include: Ebenta which is an online bidding system for the students to engage in E-Commerce activity; Edikit, an An online publication system; Upahibalo, an organizational information system; Iskolar which is a scholarship information system Alumnay sa USeP, a university alumni information system, Shareit, an online file sharing social site; Etudlo, an online tutorial service provider; Escheduler, and scheduling information system among others.

I believe these are few of the changes that could happen in the university which has a great impact on the operations of the university. Systems are created to bring benefit to the residents such as the students, faculty and staff.

The university strives for more developed systems which bring forth more productive operations. And because of this, students are still initiating and developing for the possible systems that could be integrated on the said system. Also, staff is making other systems, although not for the intent of integrating the uniisys, but for the development of the other operations’ concerns.

For years of the systems integration and development, it is possible to look at the university utilizing the systems developed by the students.

2.) Improved enrollment system

Although the university already has its own enrollment system which for years have been developed, involved parties seem not really satisfied. With this, I consider the improvement of the said system to take place in the next three years. With the goal of minimizing the cost and time spent among the students, faculty and staff, the enrollment system is expected to be developed in a way that it is being efficiently utilized.

3.) Organizational structure

According to (Malone and Crowston, the increasing speed pace of change require more flexible and adaptive organizations. Rockart and Short cites the ballooning need for the interdependence of organizational structure to IT in managing competitive pressures that included globalization, time-based competition, increased market risk, and a greater emphasis on customer service and cost reduction. Bennis states that "the organization's response to the environment will continue to be the crucial determinant for its effectiveness."


As organizations use information, effective usage of Information Technology likely results to the organizations development and growth. It is apparent that IT has great impact in the university, and whatever changes in IT has the university as an IT-reliant organization has to go with the changes in order not to be behind. As Keen (1991) noted that IT increasingly and continuously affects the organizations operations as well as its behavior including issues as on how the organization organize, transact business, and contend with other organization.

These changes however, will have considerable impact on the university, the school services, and the personnel. The expansion of information system will surely boost the processing time of the transactions of the school services. Instead of extra time that will be used in the old manual systems of processing data and information, the development and enhancement of the systems will take less time thus increasing time for other concerns. The advancement of skills, student access to computer and internet access, particularly the method of instruction could affect the attitude of students and faculty alike towards information technology and education. Probably students will have diverse reactions regarding the computer use in education. The effectiveness of computer use in studies is now at issue. Truly, distance learning for example, gives opportunity for those who cannot manage to be on the campus and study onsite. However, this does not guarantee effective learning at all. Many would still believe that computers do not replace the need for lectures and class discussions. This I think will draw out attention especially to those colleges which have courses that are not so reliant on technological advancements or those who have minimal IT applications. Although many would say that computers make learning easier and more efficient, some faculty and staff may choose to have the conventional way of teaching as the need for it arises.

There is no doubt that information technology (IT) plays a vital role in today’s society. Every facet of one’s life is practically linked to IT. The Internet, one
of the marvels of modern society, has spawned several industries and fueled considerable economic growth. But the Internet did not develop overnight. It is a product of academic researchers who made such revolutionary technologies possible. Information technology contributes immensely in advancing knowledge in many fields of endeavor. For example, information technology enables scientists and academics to collaborate remotely on common research projects which speed up the process of discovery and the search for new knowledge.

Because technology continues to play an important role in modern industrial society, integrating technology into the schools will help prepare students to succeed in a rapidly changing world. "Technology is transforming society, and schools do not have a choice as to whether they will incorporate technology but rather how well they use it to enhance learning" (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory & Illinois State Board of Education, 1995).

Technology integration also is important because it supports the goals of education reform. To ensure that technology is effectively integrated into the schools, educators and community members must collaborate to create a formal technology plan. Developing a plan for using technology to support education reform means more than providing for the acquisition of computers and software. To be successful, a technology plan must promote meaningful learning and collaboration, provide for the needed professional development and support, and respond flexibly to change.


Reference:
http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/careersintechnology/p/ITDefinition.htm
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0SMG/is_n15_v11/ai_11608052/


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Over the years, information technology has changed overwhelmingly making the lives of people easier compared to previous years. Information technology has changed the way people handle information and now can access it in an organized and faster way. In addition, information technology has been a very useful tool in providing a faster and organized way of communicating ideas and information for learning particularly in the field of education. IT has provided services ranging from offline to online services that changed the lifestyle of people in a positive way - making it better. Some schools even use information technology strategically to make learning and access to school services easier and effective for the school’s resident’s benefit. Usually, one of the reasons that forces schools to improve IT is for strategic competence over other universities.

Change has always been a must especially when we’re dealing with information technology. I remembered that one of my classmates asked if the current information system of a certain organization is already satisfying and working, is there still a need for a change of strategy? At first, I thought that the answer to that question would be no. At that time, I thought that if your information system is already producing good results for the company then the best move would be to keep it. However, our professor thought otherwise. He said that even though the information system of a company is already working for now.. but what about in the next years to come? It is basically a rule in nature that a certain company will try to surpass or improve strategically to have a huge advantage over their competitors. This concept can also apply to your company’s competitors. From this point of view, if your company will stick to your current strategy and will try not to formulate strategic changes and options then the possibility that your competitors will surpass you in the next years to come will be higher. From that discussion, I understood that a company should not be satisfied with their current strategy. Our environment is so fast changing that new technologies come up almost every day. In this case, change is definitely necessary in order to cope up. And just like any organization, I believe that our university must be also compelled to change as well. Change is always good as long it’s for the better. I believe that a change in the university’s information technology contributes in achieving the vision of the university which is “to become a premier university in the ASEAN region”. As a state university, I can’t really blame the school for having obsolete and overused IT components. Budget and approval for IT improvements play a major role in pursuing improvements in information technology for our university and for now they tend to be insufficient. In addition to this, I also think that the university does not consider investments in information technology as one of their top priorities which really saddens me. But three years from now, I can see that there could be some significant improvements in information technology that can happen in our university.

Significant improvements in Hardware components

In the next three years, I expect that there would be some improvements in the information technology components of the university. According to the definition by Encarta 2008 Dictionary, Information technology means the use of technologies from computing, electronics, and telecommunications to process and distribute information in digital and other forms. Information technology includes two distinct components. These components are the hardware and software components of a computer system. Since information technology covers two components, I will cite the improvements in those two areas that I can see slowly being enacted in the next three years. In terms of hardware components, I can see improvements in the computers being used in the university. There will be improvement not only on the outside appearance of the computer but also in its inner components. I could see that higher RAM components and hard disk capacity will be provided for faster processing. In addition, I can also see that the computer components that will be bought will promote green computing. With the energy shortage that the country is experiencing right now and the abnormal fluctuations of the earth’s temperature, more and more people are already aware of the significance of protecting our environment and conserving energy. Because of this, I believe that the university will consider the environmental effects of the hardware components that will be bought in the future.

ENHANCE THE POWER OF SCHOOL ID SYSTEM USING BARCODES

As I have observed, most universities in Davao already adapted the technology of using the school id system to facilitate and improve their services. It is unfortunate that up until now, the university hasn’t taken the advantage of using our school ids to improve student services. Three years from now, I can see that there is a significant improvement in the school services through the use of embedded bar codes in our school ids.
Through bar codes, student ID cards can act as a "portable database" where we can store digital photographs, signatures, schedule data, emergency contact information and even biometric data in a single code the size of a magnetic stripe - all at virtually no extra cost.
According to the article by Vasishta, S. and Dhanda M.(2010), barcode technology is most accurate and least expensive way to identify and get data into the computer. The extent of achievement in the library after introduction of barcode technology is quite high. The following are the benefits of the barcode technology:
Improved operational efficiency: Manual charging/ discharging of documents is very cumbersome. Operational efficiency has improved a lot after using the barcode technology as barcodes permit faster recording of information.
Accuracy: In the manual system, the writing of accession number and member code may result in charging/discharging a wrong book to a wrong member. But barcode scans accession number and member code at the time of charging/discharging to ensure the accuracy in transactions. It leads to an error free data entry.
With the help of barcode issue/return of documents can be done faster, which helps in saving the time of both the user as well as library staff.
Barcode helps reducing in cost of preparing duplicate borrowers card.
Barcode technology is fast and user-friendly.
Barcode will help in stock verification expeditiously and easily.
Barcode will help in maintaining duplicate borrowers’ card, which were occupying more space on the issue counter.
Issuing of no dues certificate will become easy; it was very cumbersome to verify from a manual system.
It will facilitate preparation of reminders and fine lists for overdue books.
It provides reliable statistics.
It adds to elegance and aesthetics of the front office and its activities.

Free WIFI access within the university

Recently, I have been noticing that more and more students are now using portable computers like laptops and notebooks even those students whose courses are not even computer related. This is now quite evident maybe because of the fact that laptops nowadays are more affordable compared to laptops before. How much more in the future? With the increasing population of students that are using laptops, it is a shame that up to now there is still no free wifi access in the university for the students. I can still notice some students with laptops are sneaking near offices and faculty rooms within the university just to have free wifi access. To make it worse, there are security restrictions which prevent the student from accessing the wifi connection.
The university admin may say that there is no need for a free wifi access because the university already has a virtual laboratory to suffice the internet needs of the students. This may be true for those students who don’t have personal computers. But what about those students who literally use their laptops as personal notebooks that they even use during classes. And let’s all face it, the computers provided by the computer laboratories are not that satisfactory when it comes to data processing and the computer laboratory cannot accommodate all the students because of the scarcity of computers. The least the university can do is provide a free wifi service in which the students who has laptops can access free internet by just staying inside the campus. I believe that this kind of change will be a “substantial change for the good” because I believe that it will really help the students in particular to stay inside the campus than go outside just to access the internet.

Continuous improvement and user acceptance of UniiSys

For the benefit of those who are not aware of what UniiSys is, here are some information about it:
UniiSys stands for University Integrated Information System. It is a collection of online systems made by IC students from the University of Southeastern Philippines Obrero Campus. It generally aims to improve the current systems in the university.

Three years from now, I can see that UniiSys will have a huge impact on the aspect of school services if properly implemented and supported by the students. With the increasing number of students going online and using the internet, I think UniiSys can be very useful and a huge hit. Three years from now, I believe that the internet will still play a significant role in the lifestyle of people world wide. Because of this, online systems are still relevant and have a huge possibility of user acceptance. UniiSys provides a venue for students to create and integrate unique and useful systems for the benefit of the university in general.

The following are my reasons why I think UniiSys is beneficial for the university:

1. It will improve student services from the effort of students
2. It will help showcase student skills to the world through the World Wide Web
3. It will promote system development for the benefit of the university
4. It will help in pioneering the creation of unique and relevant online systems

Reference:
Vasishta, S. and Dhanda M.(January, 2010).Transforming a Traditional Library to Modern Library using Barcode Technology: An Experience of Central Library, PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 44-48

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The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years. (1500 words)

The University of Southeastern Philippines (USEP) is a regional state university created in 1978 through Batas Pambansa Bilang 12. The university is an integration of four state institutions, particularly, the Mindanao State University-Davao, the University of the Philippines-Master of Management Program in Davao, the Davao School of Arts and Trades, and the Davao National Regional Agricultural School.

The university has four campuses, namely, Obrero (main) and Mintal Campuses in Davao City, Tagum-Mabini Campus which has two units – one in Tagum City and one in Compostela Valley Province, and Bislig Campus in Surigao del Sur.

The USEP offers graduate and undergraduate academic programs in the fields of engineering, education, arts and sciences, economics, business, computing, governance, development, resource management, technology, agriculture and forestry.

VISION: A PREMIER UNIVERSITY IN THE ASEAN REGION

By becoming a premier university in the ASEAN Region, the USEP shall be a center of excellence and development, responsive and adaptive to fast-changing environments. USEP shall also be known as the leading university in the country that fosters innovation and applies knowledge to create value towards social, economic, and technological developments.

MISSION:

USEP shall produce world-class graduates and relevant research and extension through quality education and sustainable resource management.

Technology is very important in today’s world. Every company and every organization had technology application to help them to improve their services and even their survival. In schools and even universities technology is a partner in improving the teaching services for the faculties and staffs. With the use of technology, teaching strategies is improved and best delivered. Before the technology laboratories and libraries are manual now not only laboratories and libraries are improved, new course are now available through the application of technology. Information Technology is just an example of a product of technology.

The University Of Southeastern Philippines (USEP) is an institution that served many Filipino students and produces competent graduates in the areas of its specialty. Just like any other universities around the globe, USEP had its own vision and mission. The university is improving its services not only for the students but for all the residents of its campuses. The university is already using applications to help improve their services and benefits all. Using the technology is an evident that USEP is advancing. Even though USEP is using and applying technology, the university also needs to take a lead in improving the services. We have the university website, the technology applied enrolment process, selected Wi-Fi spot school buildings, Internet laboratories and internet libraries and etc... As a student of the university I want to suggest below some application that I think would be helpful in improving the university for the next 10 years.

More Wi-Fi


Some areas of the school campus is a Wi-Fi spot and it is only limited. The college of engineering is a Wi-Fi spot and the Institute of computing is having one. The problem is the said wireless connection is not enough for the number of students (even though not all) having mobile computers and phones who wants to access the internet. Promoting wireless technology in all areas of the school campus is ideal and improving the bandwidth is a need for the school. Most students in the university are using mobile devices such as laptops, and mobile phones. The school must have Wi-Fi on its campuses as learning evolves and the needs for learning changes with the involvement of the technology. I think having wireless networking inside the campus accessible to the whole campus of the university range is ideal. This will benefit the residents (students, university staffs and faculties) of the university and learning is fun and fast. Wi-Fi phones employ the latest wireless technology that many people need to conduct business on the go. Advanced technology means that people are now able to use this wireless devise to make calls, connect to the Internet and access their work and files, wherever they are.

There are many benefits to using Wi-Fi phones, and it is thought that this is the way forward for technology even though it may take a while to fully catch on. This technology will offer total convenience and simplicity to users, and could help to cut the costs of communications. This could adversely affect standard cell phone service providers by cutting their revenue, but can benefit service users in a variety of ways.
Wi-Fi phones were limited to offices and buildings with built-in access points until recently. However, there are now hot spots located in a wide variety of public places, enabling many more people to enjoy the cost-effective and convenient benefits of Wi-Fi phone technology. The number of hot spots and access points is likely to increase quite quickly, hence increasing the accessibility to Wi-Fi technology.
The technology used by Wi-Fi phones could help to really reduce the cost of call charges and access fees. For example, there are no extra charges for long distance calls, because there is no concept of ‘long distance’ with this type of technology. The devices themselves are also lightweight and convenient, and although there are a limited number of Wi-Fi phones on the market at the moment, this number will increase so consumers should have plenty of choice.

Having Wi-Fi will help student do their research easy and this will reduce the paper written assignments during their research.

The main benefits of WiFi technology include:
• Convenient, wireless technology that can be used on the go
• Savings on calls and access fees that are charged by traditional cell phone service providers.
• Increasingly easy access, with hot spots and access points being located in many public areas.
• High speed data processing and access
As technology within this area advances, the accessibility and choice that comes with WiFi technology will also broaden, and this will increase both the popularity and the usability of WiFi phones.
WiFi phones are far more cost effective than standard cell phones, and as hotspots increase users will be able to use these gadgets worldwide, enjoying low cost communication from wherever they are. At present the coverage of WiFi phones is not as broad as that of standard cell phones. However, this is likely to change as accessibility is increased.


RFID
To help the security guards of the university identify the validated and registered students in the university, I suggest the school must have an RFID located in every entrance on the school campus. In these way only valid students wearing ID cards with RFID technology can go inside the school campus.

Radio frequency ID also known more commonly as RFID is a relatively new technology that promises to change the way inventories are managed. An RFID device can vary in size depending on what it is being attached to. Small, individual products would have small devices whereas large items such as shipping contains would likely have a larger RFID device attached to them. The RFID device transmits a signal when it is activated by an RFID receiver. Depending on the device, this signal can have a range as short as 6 feet or as great as 90 feet. The data transmitted can include various product identifiers of value to the manufacturer, shipper, or purchaser. The signal emitted by an RFID device can help companies track the location and quantity of their inventory. (Pronounced as separate letters) It is short for radio frequency identification, a technology similar in theory to bar code identification. With RFID, the electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling in the RF portion of the electromagnetic spectrum is used to transmit signals. An RFID system consists of an antenna and a transceiver, which read the radio frequency and transfer the information to a processing device, and a transponder, or tag, which is an integrated circuit containing the RF circuitry and information to be transmitted. RFID systems can be used just about anywhere, from clothing tags to missiles to pet tags to food -- anywhere that a unique identification system is needed. The tag can carry information as simple as a pet owners name and address or the cleaning instruction on a sweater to as complex as instructions on how to assemble a car. Some auto manufacturers use RFID systems to move cars through an assembly line. At each successive stage of production, the RFID tag tells the computers what the next step of automated assembly is. One of the key differences between RFID and bar code technology is RFID eliminates the need for line-of-sight reading that bar coding depends on. Also, RFID scanning can be done at greater distances than bar code scanning. High frequency RFID systems (850 MHz to 950 MHz and 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz) offer transmission ranges of more than 90 feet, although wavelengths in the 2.4 GHz range are absorbed by water (the human body) and therefore has limitations. RFID is also called dedicated short range communication (DSRC).

Architecture of RFID Technology
Similar to any communication device, RFID technology consists of transmitters and receivers in the form of RFID tags. These are microchips that have all the necessary information on them. The information is comprehended with the help of an RFID card reader. An antenna is also provided on the tags that help in the transmission of the signal. Active and passive RFID tags are the two types of RFID tags that are generally used. The active RFID tags transfer the information directly to the reader without the use of an external battery or source, whereas, the passive tags require external power for functioning.

Advantages of RFID Technology
RFID technology has a number of advantages.
• RFID tags are very simple to install/inject inside the body of animals, thus helping to keep a track on them. This is useful in animal husbandry and on poultry farms. The installed RFID tags give information about the age, vaccinations and health of the animals.
• RFID technology is better than bar codes as it cannot be easily replicated and therefore, it increases the security of the product.
• Supply chain management forms the major part of retail business and RFID systems play a key role by managing updates of stocks, transportation and logistics of the product.
• Barcode scanners have repeatedly failed in providing security to gems and jewelries in shops. But nowadays, RFID tags are placed inside jewelry items and an alarm is installed at the exit doors.
• The RFID tags can store data up to 2 KB whereas; the bar code has the ability to read just 10-12 digits.


Advantages of RFID versus Barcodes

RFID tags and barcodes both carry information about products. However, there are important differences between these two technologies:
• Barcode readers require a direct line of sight to the printed barcode; RFID readers do not require a direct line of sight to either active RFID tags or passive RFID tags.
• RFID tags can be read at much greater distances; an RFID reader can pull information from a tag at distances up to 300 feet. The range to read a barcode is much less, typically no more than fifteen feet.
• RFID readers can interrogate, or read, RFID tags much faster; read rates of forty or more tags per second are possible. Reading barcodes is much more time-consuming; due to the fact that a direct line of sight is required, if the items are not properly oriented to the reader it may take seconds to read an individual tag. Barcode readers usually take a half-second or more to successfully complete a read.
• Line of sight requirements also limit the ruggedness of barcodes as well as the reusability of barcodes. (Since line of sight is required for barcodes, the printed barcode must be exposed on the outside of the product, where it is subject to greater wear and tear.) RFID tags are typically more rugged, since the electronic components are better protected in a plastic cover. RFID tags can also be implanted within the product itself, guaranteeing greater ruggedness and reusability.
• Barcodes have no read/write capability; that is, you cannot add to the information written on a printed barcode. RFID tags, however, can be read/write devices; the RFID reader can communicate with the tag, and alter as much of the information as the tag design will allow.
• RFID tags are typically more expensive than barcodes, in some cases, much more so.

Disadvantages of RFID Technology
The RFID technology, though very beneficial, is expensive to install. Small and medium scale enterprises find it costly to use it in their firms and offices.
• It is difficult for an RFID reader to read the information in case of RFID tags installed in liquids and metal products. The problem is that the liquid and metal surfaces tend to reflect the radio waves, which makes the tags unreadable. The tags have to be placed in various alignments and angles for taking proper reading. This is a tedious task when the work involves big firms.
• Interference has been observed if devices such as forklifts and walkie-talkies are in the vicinity of the distribution centers. The presence of mobile phone towers has been found to interfere with RFID radio waves. Wal-Mart, the retail sector giant, has installed billions of RFID tags in their products throughout the world and they have encountered such problems.
• The USA and Europe, for instance, have different range of frequencies that allow RFID tags to function. This makes it mandatory for international shipping companies and other organizations to be aware of the working pattern of other nations also, which can be very time-consuming.
• RFID technology has been referred to as invasive technology. Consumers are apprehensive about their privacy when they purchase products with RFID tags. Once the radio chips are installed in the product, the customer can be tracked and his personal information can be collected by the RFID reader. However, many stores have a facility that deactivates the RFID tags after the product has been purchased.
RFID technology can be the next tool for success and management of various businesses. With more research, the flaws and limitations of this technology can be removed. This will make RFID technology very useful for diverse sectors like retail, transport and jewelry businesses.


Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

A virtual learning environment (VLE) is a set of teaching and learning tools designed to enhance a student's learning experience by including computers and the Internet in the learning process. The principal components of a VLE package include curriculum mapping (breaking curriculum into sections that can be assigned and assessed), student tracking, online support for both teacher and student, electronic communication (e-mail, threaded discussions, chat, Web publishing), and Internet links to outside curriculum resources. In general, VLE users are assigned either a teacher ID or a student ID. The teacher sees what a student’s sees, but the teacher has additional user rights to create or modify curriculum content and track student performance. The terms virtual learning environment (VLE) and managed learning environment (MLE) are often interchanged.

In a virtual classroom, the teacher may communicate with the students in real-time using video or Web conferencing. This type of communication is typically used for giving lectures and for question and answer sessions. If the teacher only needs to send out a homework assignment, he or she can simply post a bulletin on the class website. The students may also receive an e-mail notification letting them know a new assignment has been posted. If class members have questions about the homework, they can participate in online forums or submit individual questions to the teacher. Virtual learning environments are a popular method of e-learning, which refers to learning through electronic means. While a VLE cannot fully replace the traditional classroom, it can be a useful way of teaching students who reside in many different locations. Virtual learning environments are a popular method of e-learning, which refers to learning through electronic means. While a VLE cannot fully replace the traditional classroom, it can be a useful way of teaching students who reside in many different locations.

"Virtual Learning Environment" is the term used here, but in other parts of the world, other names are used to describe the same thing. In Europe and the Republic of Ireland, the terms Managed Learning Environment (MLE) and Virtual Learning Environment are more commonly used. Alternatively, Course Management System (CMS) and Learning Management System (LMS) are used to describe the same product in the United States. Learning Management System is more commonly associated with software for managing corporate training programs rather than courses in traditional education institutes.

There are a number of VLE packages available. We divide these between commercial packages and open source packages. A commercial package is one developed and sold by a commercial company, whereas an open source packages is usually developed by an online community and is available for free, or at the fraction of the price of a commercial product.
The leading commercial VLE packages available include Blackboard, WebCT, eCollege, Desire2Learn, and Angel Learning. Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology currently use WebCT as its VLE package.
The leading open source VLEs includes OLAT, Atutor, Moodle, and Dekeos. Most of these provide all or nearly all of the facilities above, though the user interface is not smooth in all cases for all tasks.

Advantages of a Virtual Learning Environment

• Most VLEs provide information about how often and when students access the information within the VLE. Tutors can track if students are engaging with the online communication and associated materials by submitting assessments online and providing quick feedback.

• The communication facilities can encourage collaboration and communication both between tutor and student and between student and student. Tutor and student can also engage more actively with a course at a time and place that is convenient for both.

• Course information such as past exam papers, timetables, and administrative information can all be found in one place, and are available from one authoritative source.

• Careful signposting (such as including links with course material) can provide additional support for students, or encourage students to study at an intensive level.

• Using a VLE can save time for tutors by reducing time required for photocopying, course material distribution and updating course material.

Why should you use a Virtual Learning Environment?
• You should use a VLE if you want to economise on teaching time, especially if research or administration is involved.
• You should use a VLE if you want to provide an on-line service to students.
• You should use a VLE if you want to ensure that quality control requirements are met by providing a standard vehicle for collecting information.
• You should use a VLE if you want to facilitate the integration of distance and campus-based learning.


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