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Technology Assessment in Practice and Theory

Author : Armin Grunwald
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429809697
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Technology Assessment in Practice and Theory written by Armin Grunwald and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technological advance affects almost all areas of human life. Rapid digitization, increased mobility, new biotechnologies, and nanotechnology deeply influence, amongst others, industrial production, entertainment, work, military affairs, and individual life. Besides overwhelmingly positive effects on wealth, comfort, innovation, and development, this also raises questions of unintended effects, of tensions with democracy, of the role of citizens, and of its sustainability facing environmental issues. Tools and procedures are needed to cope with this challenging situation. Technology assessment (TA) has been developed more than fifty years ago to enable science, the economy, and society to harvest the potential of new technology to the maximum extent possible and to deal responsibly with possible adverse effects. It was developed more than 50 years ago in the U.S. Congress and has diversified considerably in the meantime. Parliamentary TA in many European states and at the international level, participatory TA at the local and regional levels worldwide, and TA as part of engineering processes are the most relevant fields today. Technology assessment is a growing field of interdisciplinary research and scientific policy advice. This volume (a) gives an overview of motivations of TA, its history and its current practices, (b) develops a fresh theoretical perspective on TA rooted in social theory and philosophy, and (c) draws conclusions from the theoretical perspective for the further development of TA’s practices. It provides the first comprehensive view on the growing field of TA at the international level.

Assessing Medical Technologies

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030903583X
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Assessing Medical Technologies written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1985-02-01 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New drugs, new devices, improved surgical techniques, and innovative diagnostic procedures and equipment emerge rapidly. But development of these technologies has outpaced evaluation of their safety, efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and ethical and social consequences. This volume, which is "strongly recommended" by The New England Journal of Medicine "to all those interested in the future of the practice of medicine," examines how new discoveries can be translated into better care, and how the current system's inefficiencies prevent effective health care delivery. In addition, the book offers detailed profiles of 20 organizations currently involved in medical technology assessment, and proposes ways to organize U.S. efforts and create a coordinated national system for evaluating new medical treatments and technology.

EBOOK: ASSESSING TECHNOLOGY

Author : Richard Kimbell
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335232019
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book EBOOK: ASSESSING TECHNOLOGY written by Richard Kimbell and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 1997-09-16 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the development of assessment practices influence the emerging technology curriculum? How does practice in the UK compare to practice in the USA, Germany, Taiwan and Australia? For thirty years the UK has been evolving a distinctive technology curriculum. In part one of this book Richard Kimbell explores the thorny issues of assessment that have been raised by - and that helped to define - the technology curriculum in the UK. Richard writes as an 'insider' who was closely involved in the evolution of GCSE, in the battles that characterised the development of national curriculum assessment, and in the single biggest research venture in the assessment of technology - the Assessment of Performance Unit project of 1985-91. He analyses the successes and the mistakes and brings these together (in chapter 6) into a series of lessons that we should have learned about technology and about assessment. In part two, Richard presents four vignettes of curriculum and assessment practice in technology from the USA, Germany, Taiwan and Australia. In each case the education system, the technology curriculum and its associated assessment practices are outlined. Thereafter - in the final chapter, Richard brings together the lessons learned in the UK with those that might reasonably be learned from practice in the four case study nations.

Current Status of and Future Directions for Assessing Technology Acceptance for Digital (Mental) Health Interventions

Author : Jennifer Apolinário-Hagen
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832553842
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Book Synopsis Current Status of and Future Directions for Assessing Technology Acceptance for Digital (Mental) Health Interventions by : Jennifer Apolinário-Hagen

Download or read book Current Status of and Future Directions for Assessing Technology Acceptance for Digital (Mental) Health Interventions written by Jennifer Apolinário-Hagen and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2024-09-02 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently, digital interventions have proliferated and show promising results in preventing and treating common mental health disorders, such as depression, in different settings (e.g., workplaces). Digital interventions may have advantages over face-to-face interventions (e.g., more accessible; easily customisable; real-time monitoring). However, despite efforts made by healthcare systems worldwide (e.g., apps on prescription in Germany), actual adoption is still rather low in many countries. It is essential to understand innovation acceptance in order to tailor digital interventions and to measure user technology acceptance. In this way, determinants can be identified to derive strategies to promote acceptance. Technology acceptance has been studied extensively, resulting in the development of various theoretical models (e.g., Technology Acceptance Model-TAM; Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology-UTAUT, UTAUT2). Besides several methodological strengths, technology acceptance models also have various limitations, which makes it difficult to investigate causality or to generalize findings across different contexts, populations, and cultures.

Japan's Growing Technological Capability

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309047803
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Japan's Growing Technological Capability written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1992-02-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perspectives of technologists, economists, and policymakers are brought together in this volume. It includes chapters dealing with approaches to assessment of technology leadership in the United States and Japan, an evaluation of future impacts of eroding U.S. technological preeminence, an analysis of the changing nature of technology-based global competition, and a discussion of policy options for the United States.

Technology Assessment in Education and Training

Author : Eva L. Baker
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780805812466
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Technology Assessment in Education and Training written by Eva L. Baker and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Managing Technology in Society

Author : Arie Rip
Publisher : Burns & Oates
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Managing Technology in Society written by Arie Rip and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 1995 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fateful conceptual gap separates the policy makers and managers charged with promoting technology, and the risk and technology assessors responsible for controlling it. This hampers the effective use of many new technologies, and prevents the development of others. The strategy of constructive technology assessment (CTA) addresses this gap through facilitating societal learning processes, and proposing a shared responsibility for the promotion and control of new technologies." "Combining analysis of both cases and concepts, Managing Technology in Society confronts the underdevelopment of innovative potential for achieving goals of wealth, sustainability and safety. Factors that block change, as well as conditions for successful learning are identified in a wide-ranging selection of cases that encompass biotechnology, clean technologies, information and medical technologies. The contributors build on the convergence of recent theories on technical change within economics, sociology and the history of technology, to offer suggestions for CTA action, and so create a new paradigm of managing technology in society."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Assessing Language Through Computer Technology

Author : Carol A. Chapelle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 052184021X
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Assessing Language Through Computer Technology written by Carol A. Chapelle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-04-20 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook

Author : Stefano Federici
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351230883
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook written by Stefano Federici and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook, Second Edition, proposes an international ideal model for the assistive technology assessment process, outlining how this model can be applied in practice to re-conceptualize the phases of an assistive technology delivery system according to the biopsychosocial model of disability. The model provides reference guidelines for evidence-based practice, guiding both public and private centers that wish to compare, evaluate, and improve their ability to match a person with the correct technology model. This second edition also offers a contribution to the Global Cooperation on Assistive Technology (GATE) initiative, whose activities are strongly focused on the assistive products service delivery model. Organized into three parts, the handbook: gives readers a toolkit for performing assessments; describes the roles of the assessment team members, among them the new profession of psychotechnologist; and reviews technologies for rehabilitation and independent living, including brain–computer interfaces, exoskeletons, and technologies for music therapy. Edited by Stefano Federici and Marcia J. Scherer, this cross-cultural handbook includes contributions from leading experts across five continents, offering a framework for future practice and research.

Knowing What Students Know

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309293227
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Knowing What Students Know written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2001-10-27 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Education is a hot topic. From the stage of presidential debates to tonight's dinner table, it is an issue that most Americans are deeply concerned about. While there are many strategies for improving the educational process, we need a way to find out what works and what doesn't work as well. Educational assessment seeks to determine just how well students are learning and is an integral part of our quest for improved education. The nation is pinning greater expectations on educational assessment than ever before. We look to these assessment tools when documenting whether students and institutions are truly meeting education goals. But we must stop and ask a crucial question: What kind of assessment is most effective? At a time when traditional testing is subject to increasing criticism, research suggests that new, exciting approaches to assessment may be on the horizon. Advances in the sciences of how people learn and how to measure such learning offer the hope of developing new kinds of assessments-assessments that help students succeed in school by making as clear as possible the nature of their accomplishments and the progress of their learning. Knowing What Students Know essentially explains how expanding knowledge in the scientific fields of human learning and educational measurement can form the foundations of an improved approach to assessment. These advances suggest ways that the targets of assessment-what students know and how well they know it-as well as the methods used to make inferences about student learning can be made more valid and instructionally useful. Principles for designing and using these new kinds of assessments are presented, and examples are used to illustrate the principles. Implications for policy, practice, and research are also explored. With the promise of a productive research-based approach to assessment of student learning, Knowing What Students Know will be important to education administrators, assessment designers, teachers and teacher educators, and education advocates.

Technology Assessment

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Technology Assessment written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Technology Assessment System for the Executive Branch

Author : National Academy of Public Administration
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Technology Assessment System for the Executive Branch written by National Academy of Public Administration and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Technology Assessment, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development...91-1, November 18, 24; December 2, 3, 4, 8, and 12, 1969

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Author : United States. Congress. House Science and Astronautics
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology Assessment, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development...91-1, November 18, 24; December 2, 3, 4, 8, and 12, 1969 written by United States. Congress. House Science and Astronautics and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Technology Assessment System for the Executive Branch, Report of the National Academy of Public Administration...91-2, July 1970

Author : United States. Congress. House. Science and Astronautics
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
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Download or read book A Technology Assessment System for the Executive Branch, Report of the National Academy of Public Administration...91-2, July 1970 written by United States. Congress. House. Science and Astronautics and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ethics and Technology Assessment: A Participatory Approach

Author : Matthew Cotton
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642450881
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Ethics and Technology Assessment: A Participatory Approach written by Matthew Cotton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether it is nuclear power, geo-engineering or genetically modified foods, the development of new technologies can be fraught with complex ethical challenges and political controversy which defy simple resolution. In the past two decades there has been a shift towards processes of Participatory Technology Assessment designed to build channels of two-way communication between technical specialists and non-expert citizens, and to incorporate multiple stakeholder perspectives in the governance of contentious technology programmes. This participatory turn has spurred a need for new tools and techniques to encourage group deliberation and capture public values, moral and choices. This book specifically examines the ethical dimensions of controversial technologies, and discusses how these can be evaluated in a philosophically robust manner when the ones doing the deliberating are not ethicists, legal or technical experts. Grounded in philosophical pragmatism and drawing upon empirical work in partnership with citizen-stakeholders, this book presents a model called “Reflective Ethical Mapping” - a new meta-ethical framework and toolbox of techniques to facilitate citizen engagement with technology ethics.

Office of Technology Assessment for the Congress

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Rules and Administration
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Office of Technology Assessment for the Congress written by United States. Congress. Senate. Rules and Administration and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tech Tally

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309164613
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Tech Tally written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-07-27 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a broad sense, technology is any modification of the natural world made to fulfill human needs or desires. Although people tend to focus on the most recent technological inventions, technology includes a myriad of devices and systems that profoundly affect everyone in modern society. Technology is pervasive; an informed citizenship needs to know what technology is, how it works, how it is created, how it shapes our society, and how society influences technological development. This understanding depends in large part on an individual level of technological literacy. Tech Tally: Approaches to Assessing Technological Literacy determines the most viable approaches to assessing technological literacy for students, teachers, and out-of-school adults. The book examines opportunities and obstacles to developing scientifically valid and broadly applicable assessment instruments for technological literacy in the three target populations. The book offers findings and 12 related recommendations that address five critical areas: instrument development; research on learning; computer-based assessment methods, framework development, and public perceptions of technology. This book will be of special interest to individuals and groups promoting technological literacy in the United States, education and government policy makers in federal and state agencies, as well as the education research community.