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Digital education has progressed through several stages and transitions over the past thirty or forty years. It is an umbrella term that represents the continued integration of digital education. It provides complementary use of technology in the classroom, using one or more of online instruction tools. Libya for instance is currently between those developing countries that used to be a unified, interconnected world of free trade. However, the past and recent studies highlight several boundaries and shortcomings that significantly delay the inclusive performance and procedure of the education system in Libya such as complicated exchange of information due to poor infrastructure, previous conflict, and recently impact of Covid -19 pandemic. Covid-19 pandemic has made many countries adapt to new situations in different sectors including education. This study supports the need to prepare and implement e-learning strategies, and shift into resilience e-learning technologies in Libyan educational system. This is done by conducting a comprehensive and critical review in some of the past and recent related studies to understand better its status. Besides to determine which factors or barriers that the most significant challenges and limit stakeholder to implement e-learning technologies, to identify related solutions to prepare and implement learning strategies, and then to shifting into resilience e-learning technologies with its role in modern and sustainable Libyan society. These solutions can be implemented not only during the current pandemic and after, but it can be shifted into resilience e-learning technologies that are adopted into other crises such as those caused by weather and digital infrastructure. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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The study's purpose is to create an LMS model that is adapted to the characteristics of university students to enhance the learning experience by utilizing various multidimensional learning resources in Cyber Pedagogy. This research and development study used the Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate (ADDIE) instructional design framework as well as the Waterfall system development model to develop learning materials and infrastructure. The study involves 50 students from the Bali Institute of Technology and Business, as well as five lecturers and six judges at the expert test stage, namely learning media experts, learning design experts, and teaching experts, who were chosen through purposive sampling. The SMILE Model (Simple, Multidimensional, and Interactive Learning Ecosystem) is designed to meet the learning needs and expectations of today's largest market share of higher education, the millennial generation. The SMILE Model was developed successfully with ongoing assistance from researchers' students, particularly in the E-Tourism course. The implementation is accomplished through the combination of university E-Learning and the use of Microsoft Teams as a virtual learning platform alternative. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this was considered the new face-to-face norm. © 2022. All Rights Reserved.
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Carbon capture is among the most sustainable strategies to limit carbon dioxide emissions, which account for a large share of human impact on climate change and ecosystem destruction. This growing threat calls for novel solutions to reduce emissions on an industrial level. Carbon capture by amorphous solids is among the most reasonable options as it requires less energy when compared to other techniques and has comparatively lower development and maintenance costs. In this respect, the method of carbon dioxide adsorption by solids can be used in the long-term and on an industrial scale. Furthermore, certain sorbents are reusable, which makes their use for carbon capture economically justified and acquisition of natural resources full and sustainable. Clay minerals, which are a universally available and versatile material, are amidst such sorbents. These materials are capable of interlayer and surface adsorption of carbon dioxide. In addition, their modification allows to improve carbon dioxide adsorption capabilities even more. The aim of the review is to discuss the prospective of the most widely available clay minerals in the Baltic States for large-scale carbon dioxide emission reduction and to suggest suitable approaches for clay modification to improve carbon dioxide adsorption capacity.
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BACKGROUND: In response to COVID-19, there has been increasing momentum in telehealth development and delivery. To assess the anticipated exponential growth in telehealth, it is important to accurately capture how telehealth has been used in specific mental health fields prior to the pandemic. OBJECTIVE: This systematic review aimed to highlight how telehealth has been used with clinical samples in the neurodevelopmental field, including patients with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), their families, and health care professionals. To identify which technologies show the greatest potential for implementation into health services, we evaluated technologies for effectiveness, economic impact, and readiness for clinical adoption. METHODS: A systematic search of literature was undertaken in April 2018 and updated until December 2019, by using the Medline, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL Plus, EMBASE, and PsycInfo databases. Extracted data included the type of technology, how the technology was used (ie, assessment, treatment, and monitoring), participant characteristics, reported outcomes and authors' views on clinical effectiveness, user impact (ie, feasibility and acceptability), economic impact, and readiness for clinic adoption. A quality review of the research was performed in accordance with the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Levels of Evidence. RESULTS: A total of 42 studies met the inclusion criteria. These studies included participants and family members with autism spectrum disorders (21/42, 50%), attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (8/42, 19%), attention deficit hyperactivity or autism spectrum disorders (3/42, 7%), communication disorders (7/42, 17%), and tic disorders (2/42, 5%). The focus of most studies (33/42, 79%) was on treatment, rather than assessment (4/42, 10%) or monitoring (5/42, 12%). Telehealth services demonstrated promise for being clinically effective, predominantly in relation to diagnosing and monitoring NDDs. In terms of NDD treatment, telehealth services were usually equivalent to control groups. There was some evidence of positive user and economic impacts, including increased service delivery efficiency (eg, increased treatment availability and decreased waiting times). However, these factors were not widely recorded across the studies. Telehealth was demonstrated to be cost-effective in the few studies that considered cost-effectiveness. Study quality varied, as many studies had small sample sizes and inadequate control groups. Of the 42 studies, only 11 (26%) were randomized controlled trials, 12 (29%) were case studies or case series, 6 (14%) were qualitative studies, and 5 (12%) were noncomparative trials. CONCLUSIONS: Telehealth has the potential to increase treatment availability, decrease diagnosis waiting times, and aid in NDD monitoring. Further research with more robust and adequately powered study designs that consider cost-effectiveness and increased efficiency is needed. This systematic review highlights the extent of telehealth technology use prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and the movement for investing in remote access to treatments. TRIAL REGISTRATION: PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews CRD42018091156; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42018091156.