Will COVID-19 be the tipping point for the Intelligent Automation of work? A review of the debate and implications for research

As part of the urgent need to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments, healthcare providers, and businesses have looked to applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to compensate for the unavailability of human workers. This interest has renewed the debate regarding the use of AI for the automation of work, which has been described as Intelligent Automation (IA). A new dimension to this debate is whether COVID-19 will be the catalyst for higher IA adoption levels. This article reviews arguments in favour of COVID-19 increasing the level of IA adoption and possible counter-arguments. Key arguments in favour of increased IA adoption include consumer preferences changing to favour IA, increasing familiarity of IA technologies, and increased business confidence in IA. Counter-arguments include big data availability and reliability limitations, many tasks still favouring human skills over IA, the narrow capabilities of IA technologies, and a high availability of human workers. The article also discusses the implications of this debate for information management research and practice.     

长征叙事在高校理想信念教育中的运用摭探

长征是伟大的史诗,长征叙事中有海量的文本资源,是高校理想信念教育的宝库.长征叙事对理想信念的培育是多重的、全方位的,涉及对大学生、思政教师和校园文化的三重影响.开发长征叙事文本,建立理想信念精神认知,创新长征叙事方法,落实理想信念知行合一,是培育理想信念的正确路径.     

中荷研究型大学教师信念类型与取向之比较——基于厦门大学与莱顿大学教师的问卷调查

由于教师对师生在教学过程中的角色和地位认识的差异,其信念在教师中心与学生中心间的取向也有所不同。对厦门大学和莱顿大学教师的问卷调查,结果显示:学生中心取向的多元信念系统是中荷研究型大学教师信念的特点。在中荷研究型大学教师中主要存在着五种类型的信念:知识型、结果型、能力型、兴趣型和价值型。两国教师在最强调以能力为导向的信念的同时,能力型、兴趣型以及价值型信念的均分都高于知识型和结果型。这说明两国教师都偏好学生中心的教学取向。但与荷兰教师相比,中国教师仍然十分重视学生能否学有所成。     

基于五大发展理念的水利水电工程移民政策评价——以《大中型水利水电工程建设征地补偿和移民安置条例》为例

基于五大发展理念对《大中型水利水电工程建设征地补偿和移民安置条例》(国务院471号令)移民政策的进步性、局限性、制度合理性和实践合理性进行评价,有助于条例的修订完善及水利水电移民事业健康发展.471号令相对于74号令在各个方面都有了较大的进步,但一些条款已经不能适应发展要求,需在五大发展理念的指导下进行完善:移民管理体制要从"管理"转变为"治理",实现创新发展;要进一步明确项目法人与地方政府的权责,实现协调发展;要将生态文明建设、美丽中国建设的新要求贯彻到移民工作中,实现绿色发展;要消除部门立法、行业保护的影响,实现开放发展;要更多地让利于移民及安置区群众,实现共享发展.     

Implicit intelligence beliefs of computer science students: Exploring change across the semester

This study investigated introductory computer science (CS1) students’ implicit beliefs of intelligence. Referencing Dweck and Leggett’s (1988) framework for implicit beliefs of intelligence, we examined how (1) students’ implicit beliefs changed over the course of a semester, (2) these changes differed as a function of course enrollment and students’ motivated self-regulated engagement profile, and (3) implicit beliefs predicted student learning based on standardized course grades and performance on a computational thinking knowledge test. For all students, there were significant increases in entity beliefs and significant decreases in incremental beliefs across the semester. However, examination of effect sizes suggests that significant findings for change across time were driven by changes in specific subpopulations of students. Moreover, results showed that students endorsed incremental belief more strongly than entity belief at both the beginning and end of the semester. Furthermore, the magnitude of changes differed based on students’ motivated self-regulated engagement profiles. Additionally, students’ achievement outcomes were weakly predicted by their implicit beliefs of intelligence. Finally, results showed that the relationship between changes in implicit intelligence beliefs and student achievement varied across different CS1 courses. Theoretical implications for implicit intelligence beliefs and recommendations for STEM educators are discussed.     

Beliefs of teachers in Italian schools concerning the inclusion of disabled students: a Q‐sort analysis

This paper presents a course of research into the beliefs of class teachers concerning the scholastic integration of children with disabilities. In the current situation in Italy, due to limited specialist training, the attitudes that teachers develop can constitute an obstacle to the full realization of scholastic integration. Of the 23 teachers who took part in the study, conducted using the Q‐sort methodology, some had direct experience with scholastic integration (with opinions both positive and negative); and others had no direct experience (but also had both positive and negative opinions). Using the Q‐sort system, the paper sets out to verify whether effectively the simple manifestation of positive or negative beliefs in relation to inclusion on the part of the teachers (whether they had direct experience or not) could be confirmed, and whether it lent itself to being developed in reference to specific areas of scholastic experience. From the factorial analysis of the Q‐data, four factors emerged that confirm our hypothesis regarding the existence of different beliefs among teachers.     

现代图书馆的网络门户及其建设

概述图书馆网络门户的基本概念、主要类型，以智能信息提交层次模型为基础讨论了图书馆网络门户的建设与发展的策略。在提出了基于商务智能技术的图书馆网络门户的体系结构后，从图书馆信息知识门户平台上的图书馆信息系统的集成、图书馆网络门户的信息知识资源整合、图书馆网络门户用户接口系统的设计等几个主要方面全面论述了图书馆网络门户的基本构成及其主要内容。作者以数据挖掘技术、智能代理技术在图书馆网络门户用户接口中的应用为倒．展现了人工智能技术在图书馆网络门户建设中应用的必要性及其美好前景。     

竞争情报系统监控引擎的研究与设计

在对互联网情报采集存在的问题进行分析的基础上，设计具有监控设定、监控训练、搜索生成、情报搜索、情报过滤、情报分类、变化侦测、分发接口、情报网络、相关反馈等功能的一个监控引擎，可以满足进行持续情报搜索的、推式范式的、全生命周期的互联网竞争情报需求。     

浅议《三侠五义》中的叙事性因素

由于长期闭关锁国所造成的封闭性,公案小说并没有学习到西方文学中先进的叙事技巧,而是在延续着传统古典小说的基本模式,长期以来停留在一个表面的、感性的层面。为了适应这种叙事模式,浓重的封建迷信思想、对故事情节的高度重视及对人物性格塑造的压制和漠视等叙事性因素都被纳入到这个轨道之中。     

网络化趋势与图书馆发展观

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