scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF INTEGRATED INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ON PUBLIC EDUCATION INSTITUTION

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Janet Kibera
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Computer Hardware ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Management Functions ◽  
Integrated Information

Purpose: Information communication and technology (ICT) has remained an innovation that has shifted attention from traditional working arrangement to a modern day of doing things in several organizations. The general objective of the study was to the study was to establish influence of integrated information communication technology on public education institution. Methodology: The paper used a desk study review methodology where relevant empirical literature was reviewed to identify main themes and to extract knowledge gaps. Findings: The study found out the use of ICT in schools, leads to educational and pedagogical outcomes which is useful to both the facilitators, teachers and the students. The use of ICT across educational institutions can promote collective, zealous and long-life learning, enhancing students’ enthusiasm, provide better convenience to information, enhance shared working resources, generating and deepen comprehension, and help learners reason and express communication creatively Recommendations: The study recommends that there should be more funding to particularly the public schools which are the most constrained, as well as all the others, so that the schools may afford to procure computer hardware, management software, and Internet connectivity which are critical in supporting management functions in the schools and also for the investments sustainability. Such funding will address the initial high cost of ICT infrastructure as well as the recurrent cost of maintenance and operations like hardware servicing, acquisition of requisite and updated software, printing and data

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN POLITICAL AND TRIBAL CONFLICT IN KENYA

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-28
Author(s):  
Mary Njeri
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Computer Hardware ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
The Public ◽  
Recurrent Cost ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
Management Functions

Purpose: Information communication and technology (ICT) has remained an innovation that has shifted attention from traditional working arrangement to a modern day of doing things in several organizations..The general objective of the study was to the study was to establish influence of integrated information communication technology on public education institution. Methodology: The paper used a desk study review methodology where relevant empirical literature was reviewed to identify main themes and to extract knowledge gaps. Findings: The study found out the use of ICT in schools, leads to educational and pedagogical outcomes which is useful to both the facilitators, teachers and the students. The use of ICT across educational institutions can promote collective, zealous and long-life learning, enhancing students’ enthusiasm, provide better convenience to information, enhance shared working resources, generating and deepen comprehension, and help learners reason and express communication creatively Recommendations: The study recommends that there should be more funding to particularly the public schools which are the most constrained, as well as all the others, so that the schools may afford to procure computer hardware, management software, and Internet connectivity which are critical in supporting management functions in the schools and also for the investments sustainability. Such funding will address the initial high cost of ICT infrastructure as well as the recurrent cost of maintenance and operations like hardware servicing, acquisition of requisite and updated software, printing and data

Taiwan's Experience in Switching Its Engines of Growth

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-Cheng Hu ◽  
Vei-Lin Chan
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Venture Capital ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Financial Liberalization ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Computer Hardware ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Capital Intensive

Taiwan became a leading worldwide manufacturer of computer hardware in the 1990s. The purpose of this paper is to review the process that led to the birth and growth of Taiwan's information-communication technology (ICT) industries. We further discuss such factors as research and development, high-tech human capital, venture capital, financial liberalization, and telecommunications liberalization, which have contributed to the success of the ICT industries and the shift in the economy from labor-intensive to capital-intensive and technology-intensive production.

scholarly journals When online learning becomes compulsory: Student nurses’ adoption of information communication technology in a private nursing education institution

Curationis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Bester ◽  
Karlien Smit ◽  
Maryke De Beer ◽  
Pieter H. Myburgh
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Ict Adoption

Background: Integrating the use of information communication technology (ICT) in nursing curricula when preparing student nurses for the digital health future such as the sudden online learning as a result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is vital. However, when student nurses in a South African private nursing education institution, struggled to complete obligatory online learning courses, nurse educators had to search for solutions.Objectives: To explore the barriers and enablers for ICT adoption by a diverse group of student nurses in a private nursing education institution in the Free State Province.Method: Following a qualitative, explorative, interpretive-descriptive design, student nurses were invited to participate. Based on all-inclusive, purposive sampling with inclusion criteria enabled selecting, a total of 17 participants who took part in three focus groups and written narratives. Transcribed interviews underwent thematic analysis with co-coder consensus. The study adhered to strategies to enhance trustworthiness.Results: Students shared their views related to ICT and online learning within their theory and practice training. Student nurses held positive, negative and contrasting views of ICT adoption and online learning. Actions to master ICT adoption and online learning are highlighted. Information communication technology brings a challenging interdependence between nurses and technology.Conclusion: Integration of ICT into nursing programmes is important. The enablers and barriers to ICT are described. Expose students to different technologies, especially using smart phones to search for (academic/non-academic) information. The adoption of ICT should enhance the learning process and facilitate deep learning. Students preferred online learning for self-assessment and described how they tried to master ICT and online learning. Information communication technologies in the clinical setting highlight the challenged interdependence between nurses and technology. Context-specific recommendations are proposed.

Current Requirements of the Society to the Professional Training of Specialists in Information Technology Industry in Japan

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
Inna Pododimenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education

Abstract The problem of professional training of skilled human personnel in the industry of information communication technology, the urgency of which is recognized at the state level of Ukraine and the world, has been considered. It has been traced that constantly growing requirements of the labour market, swift scientific progress require the use of innovative approaches to the training of future ІТ specialists with the aim to increase their professional level. The content of standards of professional training and development of information technologies specialists in foreign countries, particularly in Japan, has been analyzed and generalized. On the basis of analysis of educational and professional standards of Japan, basic requirements to the engineer in industry of information communication technology in the conditions of competitive environment at the labour market have been comprehensively characterized. The competencies that graduate students of educational qualification level of bachelor in the conditions of new state policy concerning upgrading the quality of higher education have been considered. The constituents of professional competence in the structure of an engineer-programmer’s personality, necessary on different levels of professional improvement of a specialist for the development of community of highly skilled ІТ specialists, have been summarized. Positive features of foreign experience and the possibility of their implementation into the native educational space have been distinguished. Directions for modernization and upgrading of the quality of higher education in Ukraine and the prospects for further scientific research concerning the practice of specialists in information technologies training have been suggested

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