scholarly journals Technology Transfer - The Human Side of IT

10.28945/2665 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward P. Holden
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovations ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Integrating Technology ◽  
Rochester Institute Of Technology ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Human Side

Information Technology (IT) is fundamentally a people business that involves integrating technology into human processes in order to solve problems and create new capacities. These integration skills are not often taught in undergraduate computing curricula. The Galisano College of Computing and Information Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has been offering a course in the diffusion of innovations for several years now and considers the communication needed to diffuse an innovation core to IT’s mission. The course, called Technology Transfer, is the study of the "flow" of technology from its creation through adoption to implementation and eventual effects. Our BS in Information Technology has one of the few courses that address these issues directly. Many students are skeptical of the reality of organizational life and fail to understand the way that change actually occurs. The course provides a framework by which students can interpret and understand their roles as change agents in the organization. This paper provides an overview of RIT's Technology Transfer course, explains its rationale within the curriculum and its contribution to professional practice. It also discusses some of the techniques used in teaching these skills. The paper concludes with feedback on the value of the course to our graduates.

scholarly journals Prior Experience and New IT Students

10.28945/2861 ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Holden ◽  
Elissa Weeden
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Prior Experience ◽  
College Courses ◽  
Rochester Institute Of Technology ◽  
Core Courses ◽  
It Department ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Programming Courses

The Information Technology (IT) Department of the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences (GCCIS) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) offers core courses in four threads. These threads cover various subject areas of Information Technology. Increasingly, students enter the IT program with prior programming experience from high school or college courses, work, or from other activities. Several studies, including the authors’ own have indicated that students, who have prior experience, often perform better in the first programming course. Our earlier study verified that using 2002 data and found that after the first course, the experience did not have a significant impact on student performance in subsequent programming courses. In this study, we reexamined the results of our first study with data from 2003 and looked at beginning courses in other core threads to see if the prior experience had a significant impact on those courses.

STRUCTURING A SUCCESSFUL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROCESS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF ACTOR NETWORK THEORY

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huda Ibrahim ◽  
Hasmiah Kasimin
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Transfer Process ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Private Company ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Technology Transfer Process

An effi cient and effective information technology transfer from developed countries to Malaysia is an important issue as a prerequisite to support the ICT needs of the country to become not only a ICT user but also a ICT producer. One of the factors that infl uences successful information technology transfer is managing the process of how technology transfer occurs in one environment. It involves managing interaction between all parties concerned which requires an organized strategy and action toward accomplishing technology transfer objective in an integrated and effective mode. Using a conceptual framework based on the Actor Network Theory (ANT), this paper will analyse a successful information technology transfer process at a private company which is also a supplier of information technology (IT) products to the local market. This framework will explain how the company has come up with a successful technology transfer in a local environment. Our study shows that the company had given interest to its relationships with all the parties involved in the transfer process. The technology transfer programme and the strategy formulated take into account the characteristics of technology and all those involved.  

Final Outcomes Report: Rochester Institute of Technology: Advance RIT

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Bailey ◽  
Maureen Valentine ◽  
Elizabeth Dell ◽  
Carol Marchetti
Keyword(s):  
Rochester Institute Of Technology ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Technology Advance

Information Technology Transfer Curricula 2020

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Geissler ◽  
Dana Brown ◽  
Norma McKenzie ◽  
Svetlana Peltsverger ◽  
Tim Preuss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technology Transfer

The nanotechnology revolution in Barcelona: innovation & creativity by universities

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 111-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esteve Juanola-Feliu
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
New Directions ◽  
University Industry ◽  
Opening Up

Abstract This paper analyses the state of the art for nanotechnology in Barcelona, focussing on the scientific and economic challenges arising from nanotechnologies and the creative and innovative framework in Barcelona that could be used to meet them. Nanotechnology is an endless source of innovation and creativity at the intersection of medicine, biotechnology, engineering, physical sciences and information technology, and it is opening up new directions in R + D, knowledge management and technology transfer. Given the huge economic investment and cutting-edge research in the field of nanotechnology, a creatively managed and cooperation-based university industry is more in demand than ever before.

Integrating Technology with the Creative Design Process

2011 ◽  
pp. 26-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Fairchild ◽  
Scott Cassidy ◽  
Liliya Cushenbery ◽  
Samuel T. Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Creative Process ◽  
Creative Design ◽  
Creative Performance ◽  
Integrating Technology ◽  
Creative Solutions ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Psychology Literature ◽  
Creative Design Process

In our fast-paced world, it is necessary for organizations to continually innovate in order to stay competitive. At the same time, technology is continually advancing, and tools to facilitate work are frequently changing. This forces organizations to stay abreast of current technologies, and also puts pressure on employees to utilize the technologies available to them in order to devise innovative solutions that further the organization’s goals. To date, there has been little research on how such technologies may best be used to facilitate such creative performance. The present chapter addresses this gap by integrating a model of the creative process from the psychology literature with technology literature from engineering and information technology. This chapter examines how specific technologies may influence performance at each stage of the creative process, and provides specific recommendations for how technology may be used to facilitate the development of creative solutions.

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