digital是什么意思？

Digital technology also makes it easier for people to co-ordinate their activities without resorting to hierarchy.

Werbach gives the example of several Disneyland hotels in Anaheim, California, which used large digital leaderboards to display how efficiently laundry workers were working compared to one another.

Still, gamification only stands to become more popular, he says, as more and more people come into the workforce who are familiar with the structures and expressions of digital games.

It might mean monitoring employee productivity on a digital leaderboard and offering prizes to the winners, or giving employees digital badges or stars for completing certain activities.

In a Los Angeles Times article, one employee referred to the board as a digital whip.

Gamification does not have to be digital.

For them, the right kind of gamification might be turning their sales pitches into a competition with other team members, complete with a digital leaderboard showing who is winning at all times.

Which is why digital textbooks, if they live up to their promise, could help ease many of these shortcomings.

But there are a few pilot schools already making the transition（过渡）over to digital books

Digital textbooks are not going to catch on," says Inkling CEO Matt Maclnnis as he's giving me a demo（演示）over coffee.

What I mean by that is the current perspective of the digital textbook is it's an exact copy of the print book

If that's how we're defining digital textbooks, there's no hope of that becoming a mainstream product.

What does the author say about digital textbooks

Inkling CEO Matt Maclnnis explains that the problem with Course Smart's current digital textbooks is that they have to be revised repeatedly.

One additional advantage of the interactive digital textbook is that students can download relevant critical comments

One of the challenges to build an interactive digital textbook from the ground up is that is takes a great deal of manpower.

One problem for students to replace traditional textbooks with interactive digital ones is the high cost of the hardware

According to the author, whether digital textbooks will catch on still remains to be seen.

Kodak's decision to file for bankruptcy（破产）protection is a sad, though not unexpected, turning point for a leading American corporation that pioneered consumer photography and dominated the film market for decades, but ultimately failed to adapt to the digital revolution

Decades ago, Kodak anticipated that digital photography would overtake film — and in fact, Kodak invented the first digital camera in 1975 — but in a fateful decision, the company chose to shelf its new discovery to focus on its traditional film business.

Decades ago, Kodak anticipated that digital photography would overtake film — and in fact, Kodak invented the first digital camera in 1975 — but in a fateful decision, the company chose to shelf its new discovery to focus on its traditiona

Can Digital Textbook Truly Replace the Print Kind?

He repeatedly took an existing but half-formed idea－the mouse-driven computer, the digital music player, the smartphone, the tablet computer（平板电脑）－and showed the rest of the industry how to do it properly.

"I try to make things as inexpensive as possible," said Hunt, who uses free digital textbooks for his classes but designs his own curriculum.

A Pearson spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that "digital materials are less expensive and a good investment" that offer new features, like audio texts, personalized knowledge checks and expert videos.

According to recent studies, digital divide has been caused by three major 32 elements: class, sex, and generation .

As universities go digital, students are complaining of a new hit to their finances that's replacing—and sometimes joining—expensive textbooks: pricey online access codes that are required to complete coursework and submit assignments.

But because it's all digital it eliminates the used book market and eliminates any sharing and because homework and tests are through an access code, it eliminates any ability to opt out.

But critics say the digital access codes represent the same profit-seeking ethos (观念) of the textbook business, and are even harder for students to opt out of.

David Hunt, an associate professor in sociology at Augusta University, which has rolled out digital textbooks across its math and psychology departments, told BuzzFeed News that he understands the utility of using systems that require access codes.

Digital learning systems now charge students for access codes needed to complete coursework, take quizzes, and turn in homework.

highlighting, Post-It notes, dog-ears and other techniques allow for further customization that students value in print books over digital forms of books.

In fact, the more information flows throughout the entire society, the wider the gap becomes between "information haves" and "information have-nots", leading to digital divide .

In terms of class, digital divide exists among different types of workers and between the upper and middle classes and the lower class.

Its digital course materials save students up to 60% compared to traditional printed textbooks, the company added.

McGraw Hill, which controls 21% of the higher education market, reported in March that its digital content sales exceeded print sales for the first time in 2015.

That's the vision of a hotel chain that plans to send digital keys to guests' phones via an app instead of making them check in and get the traditional plastic swipe cards.

Werbach gives the example of several disneyland hotels in Anaheim, California, which used large digital leaderboards to display how efficiently laundry workers were working compared to one another.

with regard to sex, digital divide exists between men and women.

The advancement of digital technology.

Some communities have agreed to share online—geneticists, for example, post DNA sequences at the GenBank repository ( ' , 库), and astronomers are accustomed to accessing images of galaxies and stars from, say, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, a telescope that has observed some 500 million objects—but these remain the exception, not the rule.

Funding agencies note that data paid for with public money should be public information, and the scientific community is recognizing that data can now be shared digitally in ways that were not possible before.

The popularization of digital video recorders has caused advertisers to worry that their commercials will be skipped.

It's been the year of interactive television advertising for the last ten or twelve years, says Colin Dixon of a digital-media consultancy.

find digital devices simply indispensablecommunicate primarily by mobile phonelight their homes with stored solar energydistribute power with wires and wooden polesbenefit their business transmit power faster promote innovationencourage competitionIt might become a thing of the past.

We've held on to this workday structure – but thanks to our digital devices, many employees never really clock out.

Flexibility resulting from the use of digital devices benefits employers instead of employees.

But what is certain is that, in some way or other, Google's entrance into digital book selling will have a significant impact on the book world in the years to come.

Google's entrance into digital book selling will tremendously change the world's book market in the future

"If they are anywhere near worth their salt as engineers, I bet they are rethinking their threat model as we speak," said Jonathan Zdziarski, a digital expert who studies the iPhone and its vulnerabilities.

A quarter of students report that their use of digital devices during class causes their grades to suffer .

Andy Holder—the chief economist at The Bank of England—suggested that the UK move towards a government-backed digital currency.

At the same time, we recognize that children might have an interest in entering adulthood free to create their own digital footprint.

Because previous research has shown that people with high intellectual abilities are better at filtering out distractions, researchers believed students with high ACT scores would not show a significant decrease in performance due to their use of digital

Both bus tours forbade the use of cell phones but one tour provided digital cameras and encouraged people to take photos.

For example, when information is uploaded to a repository,a digital object identifier is assigned.

In response to past critics, Twenge and her co-researchers stress they are not trying to prove that the use of digital devices reduces young people's well-being.

Many successful virtual companies provide digital services, such as financial transactions, in the case of PayPal, or means of communication, as Skype does.

One 2013 study of college students found that 80% of students use their phones or laptops during class, with the average student checking their digital device 11 times in a typical class.

Professor sometimes implement policies designed to minimize students' use of digital devices, and some instructors even confiscate tablets and phones.

Some communities have agreed to share online—geneticists, for example, post DNA sequences at the GenBank repository 库, and astronomers are accustomed to accessing images of galaxies and stars from, say, the Sloan digital Sky Survey, a telescope that has o

They found that adolescents who spent a very small amount of time on digital devices—a couple of hours a week—had the highest well-being.

They include photos repurposed for inappropriate or illegal means, identity theft, embarrassment, bullying by peers or digital kidnapping.

We've held on to this workday structure – but thanks to our digital devices, many employees never really clock out.