ICT

From the teachers' perspective: A way of simplicity for multimedia design

by Necati Hırça

Paper, “Social Media and the Top 10 Municipal Police Departments: Current Use and Future Prospects for Gov 2.0.” (co-authored with Mariglynn Collins, Ph.D. Candidate, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration). 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Pubic Administration. March 2-6, 2012. Las Vegas, Nevada.

by Lori Brainard

Dimensions of Informational City Research

by Agnes Mainka

Mainka, A., Khveshchanka, S., & Stock, W.G. Dimensions of Informational City Research. In Digital Cities 7 - Real World Experiences, 30 June 2011, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld.

Informational cities are prototypical cities of the knowledge society. According to Castells, in those cities space of... more Informational cities are prototypical cities of the knowledge society. According to Castells, in those cities space of flows (flows of money, power and information) tend to override spaces of place. Infrastructures of information and communication technology (ICT) and cognitive infrastructures have a high impact on urban development and economic growth. This conceptual article frames indicators which are able to mark the degree of “informativeness” of a city. The aim of our article is to provide a basis for further informational city research and to demonstrate a theoretical framework with the help of a case study (with the example of Singapore).

PERCEPCIONES DE LOS ALUMNOS, DOCENTES Y AUTORIDADES ESCOLARES RESPECTO DE LAS NTIC

by Perera Rodríguez Francisco Herminio

Tesis de Maestría

Abstract
The purpose of this research was to describe the views of students, teachers and school officials from... more Abstract
The purpose of this research was to describe the views of students, teachers and school officials from high school, a private school in the municipality of Tizimin, with respect to ICT and their use in the teaching-learning process.  About the characteristics of this study is considered a qualitative descriptive study.
To collect the data, used a focus group for the opinions of students and teachers of the school authorities were semistructured interviews. For the data analysis was to make a affinity diagram or categorization.
Among the most important is that in the opinion of students, they felt that ICT use by teachers dis not maximize their learning. Teachers felt that they needed training and infrastructure to adequately implement ICTs. And school officials added that it is even necessary to adapt the regulatory aspects that are related to ICT.

Sumario

El propósito del presente trabajo de investigación fue describir la opinión  de los alumnos, docentes y autoridades escolares del nivel medio superior, una escuela particular, en el municipio de Tizimín, con respecto a las NTIC y su utilización en el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje. Dadas las características del presente estudio se considera como un estudio cualitativo descriptivo.
Para recabar los datos se utilizó un focus group para las opiniones de los estudiantes y para el de los profesores de las autoridades escolares res realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas. Para el análisis de los datos se realizó un diagrama de afinidad o categorización.
Entre los resultados más importantes se encuentra que en opinión de los alumnos, los docentes están implementando las NTIC de tal manera que impacta poco en su aprendizaje. Los docentes opinaron que les hace falta capacitación e infraestructura para poder implementas adecuadamente las NTIC. Y las autoridades escolares añadieron que incluso es necesario adecuar los aspectos normativos que tienen que ver con las NTIC.

Hesitators – a New Consumer Type?

by Steffen Zorn

Factors that promote or inhibit the implementation of e-health systems: an explanatory systematic review

by Frances Mair

Co-authored with: Carl May, Catherine O’Donnell, Tracy Finch, Frank Sullivan & Elizabeth Murray

Objective To systematically review the literature on the implementation of e-health to identify: (1) barriers and... more Objective To systematically review the literature on the implementation of e-health to identify: (1) barriers and facilitators to e-health implementation, and (2) outstanding gaps in research on the subject.
Methods MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PSYCINFO and the Cochrane Library were searched for reviews published between 1 January 1995 and 17 March 2009. Studies had to be systematic reviews, narrative reviews, qualitative metasyntheses or meta-ethnographies of e-health implementation. Abstracts and papers were double screened and data were extracted on country of origin; e-health domain; publication date; aims and methods; databases searched; inclusion and exclusion criteria and number of papers included. Data were analysed qualitatively using normalization process theory as an explanatory coding framework.
Findings Inclusion criteria were met by 37 papers; 20 had been published between 1995 and 2007 and 17 between 2008 and 2009. Methodological quality was poor: 19 papers did not specify the inclusion and exclusion criteria and 13 did not indicate the precise number of articles screened. The use of normalization process theory as a conceptual framework revealed that relatively little attention was paid to: (1) work directed at making sense of e-health systems, specifying their purposes and benefits, establishing their value to users and planning their implementation; (2) factors promoting or inhibiting engagement and participation; (3) effects on roles and responsibilities; (4) risk management, and (5) ways in which implementation processes might be reconfigured by user-produced knowledge.
Conclusion The published literature focused on organizational issues, neglecting the wider social framework that must be considered when introducing new technologies.

A Informatização no Turismo na Serra da Estrela – O Caso de Estudo da Hotelaria e Restauração na Cidade de Seia

by Vitor Roque

Roque, Vítor; Fernandes, Daniela; Coelho, Luís e Eusébio, Pedro
ISBN 978-972-8681-31-9
2011 Instituto Politécnico da Guarda - Col. Politécnica
A INFORMATIZAÇÃO NO TURISMO NA SERRA DA ESTRELA: O CASO DE ESTUDO DA HOTELARIA E RESTAURAÇÃO NA CIDADE DE SEIA
In Fernandes, Gonçalo; Sardo, Anabela e Melo, António (Coords.) (2011).Inovação em Turismo & Hotelaria

Actualmente é, cada vez mais, visível que as novas tecnologias se têm tornado uma mais-valia para todos os sectores... more Actualmente é, cada vez mais, visível que as novas tecnologias se têm tornado uma mais-valia para todos os sectores económicos, inclusive o sector do Turismo e em particular o subsector da Hotelaria e Restauração, que é o subsector em estudo neste trabalho. Utilizar o computador na ajuda da contabilidade da empresa, ou mesmo para facilitar o trabalho na mesma, são alguns do factores que levam as empresas da área da Hotelaria e Restauração a usufruir destas tecnologias. Assim, de forma a conhecer um pouco melhor o grau de informatização do subsector da Hotelaria e Restauração da cidade de Seia, realizaram-se inquéritos às empresas de hotelaria e restauração pertencentes à mesma. Os resultados obtidos, assim como, todas as conclusões tiradas são divulgadas ao longo deste trabalho.

The Relation of the Availability and Use of Computers with Students’ and Teachers’ Performance in Secondary Schools in Barbados

by Mario Brun

Working paper, co-authored with J. Enrique Hinostroza, Christian Labbé, Ernesto San Martín, Jaime Vargas, Michelle Fryer, Monica Almonacid, Ursula Quijano, Mariela Dal Borgo and Jennifer Obidah

This paper presents the results of an analysis of the correlations between the introduction and use of computers in... more This paper presents the results of an analysis of the correlations between the introduction and use of computers in Barbados’ secondary schools, and related outcomes considering students’ tests scores, their interest in acquiring information and communication technology (ICT)-related skills over time, their exposure to ICT, and teachers’ instructional practices. The results first show that students’ confidence in their ability to use computers for basic productivity tasks correlates with improved test scores; however, this finding cannot be directly linked to ICT access or use at the school level. Second, they confirm that ICT
access in schools and homes increases the frequency of students’ use of computers, but does not necessarily improve their ability to use ICT tools. Third, data reveals that teachers’ belief in the usefulness of technology and their level of confidence using computers are key factors which contribute to the integration of ICT in instructional practice. This outcome contributes to the literature by providing additional support for the incorporation of ICT teacher training in education policies. Further, it provides evidentiary proof that such training should address not only ICT mastery, but also teachers’ readiness for the pedagogical integration of technology.

Spatiotemporal correlations of handset-based service usages

by Juuso Karikoski

Jo, H-H., Karsai, M., Karikoski, J. and Kaski, K., 2012. Spatiotemporal correlations of handset-based service usages. arXiv:1204.2169v1

We study spatiotemporal correlations and temporal inhomogeneities of handset-based service usages by analyzing a... more We study spatiotemporal correlations and temporal inhomogeneities of handset-based service usages by analyzing a dataset collected from 124 users for over 16 months. The dataset consists of detailed information about the users' locations and service usages, including web domain visits, applications, emails, voice calls, and short message services. By analyzing the spatiotemporal trajectories of the users we detect several meaningful or contextual places for each one of them and show how the context affects the service usage patterns on the individual basis as well as at the aggregate level. In addition to service usage distributions over the contexts, we find the similarity and diversity of weekly patterns of service usages and their temporal correlations. Positive and negative correlations among services imply that services can be either complementary or substitute to each other. These results help us to understand the complexities of information and communications technology enabled human behavior.

Cognitive Communication 2.0 in the classroom: Resonance of an experience in Higher Education

by Cornélia Castro

Co-authored with Sérgio Ferreira & António Andrade

10 th European Conference on e-Learning
ECEL 2011
Brighton Business School, University of Brighton,
Brighton, UK
10-11 November 2011

Innovative Teaching and Learning and ICT: what's the connection ?

by Michael Lightfoot

Paper presented at the Gulf Comparative Education Society 3rd annual symposium, Bahrain. March 2012

A Pedagogical Framework for Embedding C&IT Into the Curriculum

by Martin Oliver

Conole, G. & Oliver, M. (1998) A Pedagogical Framework for Embedding C&IT Into the Curriculum. ALT-J: Research In Learning Technology, 6 (2), 4-16.

This paper proposes a methodology for effectively embedding communication and information technologies (C&IT) into... more This paper proposes a methodology for effectively embedding communication and information technologies (C&IT) into the curriculum. This builds on existing frameworks for designing courses involving C&IT. A hypothetical illustration of this process is provided, and issues relating to the adoption and application of the methodology are identified.

Kalogiannakis, M. (2010). Training with ICT for ICT from the trainer’s perspective. A Greek case study, Education and Information Technologies, 15(1), 3-17.

by Michail Kalogiannakis

The introduction of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) presents new challenges for teachers and often... more The introduction of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) presents new challenges for teachers and often meets with their belief that ICT, as well as other changes present a factor, which can cause several changes in school. Although there have been many education reforms regarding teachers’ training policy in recent years and the number of training programs has been increased, they have not been able to satisfy teachers’ needs to a substantial degree. In this research the results from an exploratory study conducted within the framework of a national training programme in Greece on ICT known as "In-service teacher training in the use of ICT in Education" are presented. Based on a specially constructed questionnaire intended for the educators, this research elicits teachers’ attitudes towards this programme. Some of the main results point out the preparedness of these teachers to use ICT in the daily school practice. Furthermore, they expressed their wish for further in-training programmes concerning the pedagogical development of the ICT use in class practice.

Information & communication technology diffusion in the Republic of Armenia

by Katy Pearce

Pearce, K. E. (2012, March). Information & communication technology diffusion in the Republic of Armenia. Poster presented at the Fifth International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies & Development, Atlanta, GA. doi:10.1145/2160673.2160713

The Republic of Armenia, a high literacy and high poverty country, allows for a test of digital divide beliefs about... more The Republic of Armenia, a high literacy and high poverty country, allows for a test of digital divide beliefs about the role of economic wellbeing in ownership of and skills in using information communication technology. While socioeconomic status was related to adoption and skill, the role of English language proficiency in computer skill is noteworthy.

Innovation and growth of e

by Adriana Mertea

ICT Network Impact on Structuring a Competitive ERA

by Koichiro Okamura

Stefano Breschi, Robert Fisher, Franco Malerba, Koichiro Okamura, Siemon Smid, Nick Vonortas (2012), "ICT Network Impact on structuring a competitive ERA", Final Report of the study "ICT Network Impact on Structuring a Competitive ERA" (http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/information_society/evaluation/studies/2009/index_smart34_en.htm)

The core objective of this study was to develop and implement a methodological framework for assessing the... more The core objective of this study was to develop and implement a methodological framework for assessing the effectiveness of ICT-RTD networks formed in Framework Programme Six (FP6) and Framework Programme Seven (FP7) in supporting the competitiveness of the European Research Area (ERA). More specifically, the study analysed the networks of organizations engaged in FP funded pre-competitive research co-operation. The basic building blocks of the network are a set of organizations and the ties that link them. The set of organizations included the 7286 distinct organizations that participated in the collaborative ICT-RTD projects funded by the DG INFSO in FP6 and FP7.

Net Gain? The Integration of Computer-Based Learning in Six NSW Government Schools, 2000.

by Celina McEwen

Llorar delante de una pantalla plana. Emociones compartidas en un locutorio - Crying in front of a flat screen. Shared emotions in a telephone calling shop

by Simone Belli

Co-authored with Adriana Gíl

En este artículo presentaremos una parte del análisis de entrevistas realizadas a usuarios y usuarias de locutorios en... more En este artículo presentaremos una parte del análisis de entrevistas realizadas a usuarios y usuarias de locutorios en Barcelona, Manchester y Milán. El énfasis se ha puesto en el análisis de las emociones ligadas al uso de estas tecnologías en estos espacios específicos. Nos centraremos en comprenderlos como espacios públicos en continuo movimiento y evolución, que generan emociones estrictamente relacionadas con ellos, y construidas a través del lenguaje. Utilizando el concepto de performance, se explora cómo el habla crea una necesidad de construir emociones particulares, que no existen antes de su performance.


English version
In this paper we will present a piece of the analysis of interviews realized to users of Telephone calling shops in Barcelona, Manchester and Milan. The emphasis has been put in the analysis of the emotions tied to the use of ICT in these specific spaces. We will focus on understanding these spaces as public spaces in continuous movement and evolution, which generate emotions strictly related to them. Using the concept of performance, we explore how speech creates a need for the construction of particular emotions, which do not exist before they performance.

ANTHONY MELVIN CRASTO PHD SYNOPSIS

by Anthony Melvin Crasto Ph.D

PHD THESIS--SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL PYRETHROID ANALOGUES, 1987-1991, UDCT, MATUNGA, MUMBAI, INDIA, UNDER PROF S SESHADRI

1987-1991, UDCT, MATUNGA, MUMBAI, INDIA, UNDER PROF S SESHADRI, PHD THESIS--SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL PYRETHROID ANALOGUES 1987-1991, UDCT, MATUNGA, MUMBAI, INDIA, UNDER PROF S SESHADRI, PHD THESIS--SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL PYRETHROID ANALOGUES

MARTINEZ M (2011). ICT, productivity and organizational complementarity. In: CECILIA ROSSIGNOLI, ANDREA CARUGATI. Emerging Themes in Information Systems and Organization Studies. p. 271-281, BERLINO:Springer Verlag, ISBN: 9783790827385

by Marcello Martinez