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- Kavathatzopoulos, Iordanis, 1956-
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ICT and sustainability : skills and methods for dialogue and policy making
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 1477-996X .- 1758-8871. ; 13:1, s. 13-18
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present an overview and to discuss the following issues: most often, discussions about Information and communication technology (ICT) sustainability focus on environmental issues; however, there are other aspects referring to ICT internal sustainability and to its role as a tool in managing general sustainability issues. The way to handle ICT sustainability issues is also significant.Design/methodology/approach: The paper discusses and investigates various aspects of ICT sustainability, and of methods to handle these issues and make decisions.Findings: Classical philosophy and psychological empirical research on decision-making demonstrate the way to take care of ICT sustainability issues. This way is philosophizing, which has to be trained and supported for people and organizations involved to acquire the necessary skills and to use suitable methods.Originality/value: The paper highlights other significant aspects of ICT sustainability rather than the environmental impact alone. It also proposes focus on the way ICT sustainability issues are handled rather than focus on normative or ideological aspects of it.
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- Kavathatzopoulos, Iordanis
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Information Technology as a tool for democratic skills
- 2007
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Ingår i: Forms of democracy in education. - 9789607860750 ; , s. 155-162
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Democracy does not depend only on political conditions and processes in society. Psychological conditions and processes of participating persons or citizens are also important. Dialog, for example, is necessary for democracy. But dialog does not occur among people who are absolutely convinced about the truth of their ideas. A personal critical attitude toward own beliefs is a necessary precondition for dialog and democracy. How can IT train for self-criticism, systematic searching and critical thinking? This paper presents two IT-tools, a micro-world simulation of society and a decision support system, which can be used to stimulate autonomous thinking. Autonomous thinking is unconstraint, self-critical, systematic and holistic problem solving and decision making. Both these tools can be used in distance education for democracy using the Internet.
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- Kavathatzopoulos, Iordanis
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New technologies in the education of native language
- 2004
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Ingår i: Greek language education in Scandinavia. ; , s. 73-76
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Education in mother tongue as well as any education, demands the use of adequate methods and tools to be effective. New technology offers many possibilities for this purpose. In the present paper different IT solutions are discussed and their contribution to the goal of learning the mother tongue are examined. Necessary conditions for successful learning are supposed to be the careful choice and the continuous adaptation of used IT tools to the psychological learning process of the child.
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- Laaksoharju, Mikael, 1977-, et al.
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Can micro world simulations assess and stimulate ethical competence?
- 2008
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference ETHICOMP 2008. - Mantua, Italy : University of Pavia. - 9788890286995 ; , s. 503-510
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Micro worlds can be constructed to assess and promote the ethical competence of users. However, the theoretical basis has to be on psychological problem solving and decision making processes. In this paper we discuss the conditions necessary for a micro world as a method to measure and train ethical competence. Two things in particular are interesting to investigate: 1) To determine which parameters to measure, that indicate autonomous decision making, and 2) to establish a model for interpreting the proceedings and the subject’s interaction with the simulation as a representation of the psychological problem solving and decision making process.
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- Patrignani, Norberto, et al.
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Cloud Computing : The Ultimate Step Towards the Virtual Enterprise?
- 2015
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Ingår i: Computers & Society. - : ACM Digital Library. ; , s. 68-72
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper proposes a reflection on cloud computing among users, organizations, policy makers, and providers. In particular the focus is on the social and ethical implications for organizations developing a strategy for cloud computing. Also the new roles and responsibilities of the CIOs are analyzed within the complexity of the stakeholders' network around cloud computing. The cloud opportunities but also the issues of concerns are investigated due to their importance for organizations that are more and more shifting towards virtual enterprises.
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- Kavathatzopoulos, Iordanis, 1956-
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Robots and systems as autonomous ethical agents
- 2010
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Ingår i: INTECH 2010. - Bangkok : Assumption University. - 9789746151108 ; , s. 5-9
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- IT systems and robots can help us to solve many problems caused by the quantity, variation and complexity of information; because we need to handle dangerous and risky situations; or because of our social and emotional needs like elderly care. In helping us, these systems have to make decisions and act accordingly to achieve the goals for which they were built. Ethical decision support tools can be integrated into robots and other decision making systems to secure that decisions are made according to the basic theories of philosophy and to the findings of psychological research. This can be done, in non-independent systems, as a way for the system to report to its operator, and to support the operator's ethical decision making. On the other hand, fully independent systems should be able to regulate their own decision making strategies and processes. However, this cannot be based on normative predefined criteria, or on the ability to make choices, or on having own control, or on ability of rational processing. It seems that it is necessary for an independent robot or decision system to have "emotions." That is, a kind of ultimate purposes that can lead the decision process, and depending on the circumstances, guide the adoption of a decision strategy, whatever it may be, rational, heuristic or automatic.
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- Kavathatzopoulos, Iordanis, 1956-, et al.
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What are ethical agents and how can we make them work properly?
- 2011
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Ingår i: The computational turn. - Münster : MV-Wissenschaft. - 9783869913551 ; , s. 151-153
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- To support ethical decision making in autonomous agents, we suggest to implement decision tools based on classical philosophy and psychological research. As one possible avenue, we present EthXpert, which supports the process of structuring and assembling information about situations with possible moral implications.
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- Asai, Ryoko, 1977-, et al.
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The revival of natural and cultural identity through social media
- 2011
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Ingår i: The computational turn. - Münster : MV-Wissenschaft. - 9783869913551 ; , s. 329-331
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Social media has played an important role as hub for information in political change. It can contribute to the development och psychological and social preconditions for dialog and democracy.
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- Cajander, Åsa, et al.
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Användbara IT-stöd : En utvärdering av ett forskningsprojekt vid CSN, Centrala studiestödsnämnden
- 2008
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Utvecklingsrådet för den statliga sektorn har tagit ett initiativ för att stödja myndigheternas arbete med att förbättra arbetsmiljön och sänka sjukfrånvaron. Därför startades programmet Satsa friskt. Programmet ger stöd i form av ekonomiskt bidrag och experthjälp till olika projekt inom statliga myndigheter. Ett av Satsa Friskts insatsområden är Människa IT . Inom detta område har det sedan 2004 bedrivits ett antal olika projekt vid flera statliga verk. Vi har från MDI (avdelningen för människa-datorinteraktion, institutionen för informationsteknologi) vid Uppsala universitet varit mer omfattande inblandad i tre olika sådana projekt: vid CSN, Migrationsverket och SMHI. Syftet och innehållet har varierat en del mellan de olika projekten, men ett huvudsakligt fokus har varit hur man kan se till att de framtida IT-stödda arbetena inom myndigheterna blir effektivare och arbetsmiljön bättre. Genom att bättre beakta användbarhets- och arbetsmiljöaspekter vid kravställande, utveckling och införande av IT-stöd kan man stödja en positiv utveckling av verksamheten som sådan liksom av arbetsinnehåll och arbetsmiljö för den enskilde individen. Resultatet kan då bli effektivare verksamhet, bättre service till kunder och ett hälsosammare och hållbarare arbete för de anställda. Denna rapport beskriver det arbete som under åren 2005-2007 genomförts i samverkan mellan CSN, Centrala studiestödsnämnden, och MDI, Uppsala universitet. Förutom en kort beskrivning av innehållet i det arbete som gjorts inom projektet redovisar denna rapport en utvärdering av resultatet, de lärdomar som vi gjort från projektet, de råd vi kan ge till andra som vill ta del av dessa lärdomar samt en förteckning av de rapporter av olika slag som producerats.
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