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Ransbotham, Samuel B. III. "Acquisition and diffusion of technology innovation." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28094.
Full textCollins, Michael. "Randomised shuffle and applied misinformation: An enhanced model for contact-based smart-card serial data transfer." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1997. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/877.
Full textWillett, Melanie. "A framework for assuring conformance of cloud-based email at higher education institutions." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1018664.
Full textOpie, Jake Weyman. "Securing softswitches from malicious attacks." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007714.
Full textStocking, Galen Asher Thomas. "The threat of cyberterrorism: Contemporary consequences and prescriptions." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2590.
Full textHsiao, Chih-Wen, David Turner, and Keith Ross. "A secure lightweight currency service provider." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2594.
Full textFuller, Marvin G. "Technological enhancements for personal computers." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 1992. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA247962.
Full textThesis Advisor: Poock, Gary K. "March 1992." Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-55). Also available in print.
Ratliff, John M. "The persistence of national regimes of innovation in a globalizing economy : Japanese developmentalism in the information and telecommunications industries, 1985-1997 /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC IP addresses, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9837848.
Full textLi, Chuen-Yueh. "Global sourcing in innovation." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1619148901&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full textChristy, Sheila Ann Colley. "Future developments of computer network technologies in K-12 educational environments /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9842520.
Full textRansbotham, III Samuel B. "Acquisition and diffusion of technology innovation." Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28094.
Full textCommittee Chair: Sabyasachi Mitra; Committee Member: Frank Rothaermel; Committee Member: Sandra Slaughter; Committee Member: Sridhar Narasimhan; Committee Member: Vivek Ghosal.
Evert, Candice Elaine, and der Post Leda Van. "A model using Technological support for tutors in practical computing sessions." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/12534.
Full textMashapa, Job. "A model for managing user experience." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020765.
Full textAskins, Stephen Alexander. "Modeling of digital clay for evaluation of coordinated control." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19541.
Full textGray, Andrew Michael. "Telecommunication and computer technologies in distance education : recreating the classroom." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1996. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36285/1/36285_Gray_1991.pdf.
Full textFrancis, Dannie Bruce. "The diffusion of technological innovations in the educational setting expectations, practices, and the role of personality /." Laramie, Wyo. : University of Wyoming, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1679679911&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=18949&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full textVan, der Schyff Karl Izak. "Cloud information security : a higher education perspective." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011607.
Full textDe, Silva Chamelle Rene. "Technology integration : tracing in-service primary teachers' technological, pedagogical and content knowledge development." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2374.
Full textThe past decade has witnessed the proliferation and use of computer technologies or ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) in varying levels in the traditional classroom within the South African context. The policy on e-Education (DoE, 2004) refers to the significance of e-Education and expects schools to be developed into e-Schools, consisting of a community of both teachers and learners. This policy also foregrounds how new models of learning are radically changing and challenging current conceptions of learning. As schools acquire technological infrastructure, teachers are expected to become technically skilled in order to deliver the curriculum utilising technology as a tool. Practising primary school teachers are generalists who subscribe to a more holistic approach of teaching. Specialised knowledge influences the in-service primary teacher's perceptions with regard to technology in the classroom. Technology integration,therefore, represents particular challenges for teachers as they search to construct a coherent, technological content base to inform their teaching. Learners with diverse ranges of learning abilities and needs are also present in classrooms, which may further compound the challenges teachers face within the confines of a rigid curriculum and emergent technologies. This study follows and documents the trajectory of a purposive sample of ten practising primary school teachers who had no specialised training in technology. A qualitative ethnographic research design, underpinned by an interpretive paradigm is employed. This research is premised on the argument that teachers can acquire the technical skill, underscored with the relevant pedagogical aims, needed for the seamless integration of emerging technologies required to enhance teaching and learning. "Without skilled pedagogical application of educational technology, technology in and of itself cannot provide innovative school practice and educational change" (Levin & Wadmany, 2006:158).
Lukianenko, Sofia. "A critical reflection on teaching and learning music in the context of technological change /." Thesis, McGill University, 1998. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21235.
Full textLewis, James Clayton. "Teachers' perceptions of computer technology's impact upon student achievement." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2289.
Full textDuncan, Margot. "Visual arts, technology and education : how can teaching and learning in high school visual arts classrooms be enriched by the use of computer technology?" Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1995. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36494/1/Duncan_36494.pdf.
Full textLucas, David K. "Primitives and design of the intelligent pixel multimedia communicator." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2004. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/843.
Full text李思維 and Sze-wai Wilson Lee. "Development of a synchronous system for collaborative product definition on the internet." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31224659.
Full textSmith, Leone. "Computer-related musculoskeletal dysfunction among adolescent school learners in the Cape Metropolitan region." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1545.
Full textINTRODUCTION Computer use has been identified as a risk factor for the development of musculoskeletal dysfunction among children and adolescents internationally. Computer exposure has increased in the Western Cape since 2002, with the inception of a project to install computer laboratories in all schools in the province. As musculoskeletal dysfunction experienced during adolescence is predictive of musculoskeletal disorders in adulthood, it is essential to identify all risk and/or associative factors. METHODOLOGY A descriptive study was conducted with the aim to investigate whether the musculoskeletal dysfunction of high school learners in the Cape Metropolitan region was related to their computer use. This study was conducted in two phases. Phase 1 of the study entailed the completion of a new questionnaire, the Computer Usage Questionnaire, by grade 10-12 learners. The learner sample was divided in a computer and a non-computer group depending on their exposure to the school computer. Phase 2 of the study involved the assessment of the ergonomic design of the computer laboratories at randomly selected high schools within the Cape Metropolitan region. RESULTS A total of 1073 learners (65% girls & 35% boys), aged 14-18 years, completed the CUQ in phase 1 of the study. The results indicated that learners in the computer group had greater weekly exposure to computers than the non-computer group. The prevalence of musculoskeletal dysfunction among this learner sample was 74%. The most common body areas of dysfunction were the head, low back and neck. The female gender, playing sport and using the school computer for more than three years were associated with musculoskeletal dysfunction. Weekly computer use of more than seven hours was predictive of general musculoskeletal dysfunction, low back pain and neck pain. Twenty nine computer laboratories within 16 selected high schools were assessed by means of the Computer Workstation Design Assessment (CWDA). Out of a total score of 40, the computer laboratories obtained average scores of less than 45%, indicating compliance with less than half of the standard ergonomic requirements. The average scores for the workspace environment was less than 40%. The design of the desk, chair and computer screen had the poorest compliance to ergonomic guidelines. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION The prevalence of musculoskeletal dysfunction among this sample was higher than among other similar samples on the same study topic. The higher prevalence may be attributed to the poor ergonomic design of the computer laboratories in the Cape Metropolitan region. Learners’ reduced participation in activities such as sport and working on a computer due to their musculoskeletal dysfunction, may impact on their choice of a future career. The tendency of learners not to seek medical advice for their musculoskeletal dysfunction may predispose the development of chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Education of related parties on safe computing habits as well as advice on the ergonomic design of computer laboratories is recommended to prevent the progression of adolescent musculoskeletal dysfunction into chronic disorders in adulthood.
White, Jeff. "A vital matter : adjunct faculty transitions in a computer-oriented writing program." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1203651.
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Mooi, Alicia Tenjiswa. "Effectiveness of ICT education in the Northern school area of Port Elizabeth." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1605.
Full textLee, Lit-hong, and 李躐康. "Exploring the use of Wiki in a secondary school science project." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4746916X.
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Turyagyenda, Joy Kyarimpa. "Participants' perceptions of Computer-Mediated Communication: a case study of the Global Teenager Project." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003570.
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Malak, Joe. "An Analysis of the Technological, Organizational, and Environmental Factors Influencing Cloud Adoption." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2845.
Full textJacobs, Ashley. "Investigating call control using MGCP in conjuction with SIP and H.323." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006516.
Full textSchaeffer, Ben. "Computer Aided Design of Permutation, Linear, and Affine-Linear Reversible Circuits in the General and Linear Nearest-Neighbor Models." Thesis, Portland State University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1541050.
Full textWith the probable end of Moore's Law in the near future, and with advances in nanotechnology, new forms of computing are likely to become available. Reversible computing is one of these possible future technologies, and it employs reversible circuits. Reversible circuits in a classical form have the potential for lower power consumption than existing technology, and in a quantum form permit new types of encryption and computation.
One fundamental challenge in synthesizing the most general type of reversible circuit is that the storage space for fully specifying input-output descriptions becomes exponentially large as the number of inputs increases linearly. Certain restricted classes of reversible circuits, namely affine-linear, linear, and permutation circuits, have much more compact representations. The synthesis methods which operate on these restricted classes of reversible circuits are capable of synthesizing circuits with hundreds of inputs. In this thesis new types of synthesis methods are introduced for affine-linear, linear, and permutation circuits, as well as a synthesizable HDL design for a scalable, systolic processor for linear reversible circuit synthesis.
Jakkula, Vikramaditya Reddy. "Enhancing smart home resident activity prediction and anomaly detection using temporal relations." Online access for everyone, 2007. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Fall2007/v_jakkula_102207.pdf.
Full textWang, Xiaohuan, and 王晓欢. "Knowledge sharing and utilization of the ontological agent-based virtual enterprises." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46593056.
Full textThompson, John Ronald. "Development and Analysis of a Model for Change in the Workplace, Using Quasi-Experimentation with Computer Professionals in Northwestern Investor Owned Utilities." PDXScholar, 1991. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1248.
Full textDay, Jason A. "Investigating learning with web lectures." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/22627.
Full textCommittee Chair: Foley, James; Committee Member: Abowd, Gregory; Committee Member: Anderson, Richard; Committee Member: Catrambone, Richard; Committee Member: Guzdial, Mark.
Marsolais-Johnson, Suzanne Florence. "Enhancing foreign language learning through the integration of computer technology." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2672.
Full textJulio, Luiz Mariano. "Catch-up tecnológico nos países de industrialização recente : o caso da indústria de computadores pessoais em Taiwan." [s.n.], 2012. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/287733.
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Resumo: O objetivo do trabalho é entender as estratégias adotadas pelas empresas sediadas em países de industrialização recente para poderem competir nos segmentos mais dinâmicos da economia mundial. Inicialmente se estabeleceu uma contextualização, apresentando a relevância econômica e a representatividade dos setores dinâmicos em termos de participação na economia, com isso demonstrando a lógica inerente a buscar um espaço de competição nesses segmentos. Uma vez determinados esses pontos, identificamos dentre os setores mais dinâmicos um setor particularmente relevante, o de Computação Pessoal, o qual foi analisado quanto à sua estrutura e cadeia de valor. De sua compreensão partimos para a identificação de quais são os países cuja indústria é dominante nesse segmento, onde identificamos Taiwan como um exemplo marcante de país em desenvolvimento que tem domínio tecnológico no setor. Partimos para o estudo de caso da indústria taiwanesa de computadores pessoais, estudando sua evolução histórica, ações governamentais e ações empresariais do segmento, identificando as maneiras como obtiveram seu aprendizado tecnológico e como isso influenciou seu sucesso empresarial. Além de recorrer à literatura entrevistamos executivos de diversas empresas ODM taiwanesas e com isso obtivemos uma visão interna do segmento, suas dificuldades e suas estratégias (antigas e atuais) para prosseguir evoluindo e se mantendo na vanguarda tecnológica do setor. A partir desses dados elaboramos um resumo das estratégias mais bem-sucedidas empregadas por tais empresas para atingirem seu (atualmente) elevado nível de competência tecnológica no segmento e apontamos estratégias e práticas que possivelmente poderão ser úteis a empresas que busquem similar evolução em outros segmentos onde a importância do domínio tecnológico seja significativa
Abstract: The objective is to understand the strategies adopted by firms in newly industrialized countries to compete in the more dynamic segments of the world economy. We initially established a context, presenting the economic relevance and representativeness of the dynamic sectors in terms of participation in the economy, thereby demonstrating the inherent logic to search a way to compete in these segments. Once determined these points, we identified among the most dynamic sectors a particularly important one, the Personal Computing segment, which was analyzed for its structure and value chain. From this point of understanding we proceed identifying which countries dominate this segment identifying Taiwan as a striking example of a developing country that has technological dominance in the sector. We left for the case study of Taiwanese Personal Computer Industry, studying its historical development, governmental and corporate actions of the segment, identifying the ways in which they acquired their technological learning and how it influenced their business success. Besides the available literature we interviewed executives from several Taiwanese ODM companies and therefore got insider view of the segment, their difficulties and their strategies (past and present) to proceed evolving and staying at the technological forefront of the sector. From these data we developed a summary of the most successful strategies employed by such companies to achieve their (currently) high level of technological competence in the segment and pointed out strategies and practices that could possibly be useful to companies seeking similar development in different segments, where the importance of technological mastery is significant
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Ford, Heather. "Fact factories : Wikipedia and the power to represent." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b34fdd6c-ec15-4bcd-acba-66a777739b4d.
Full textChitnis, Anurag Ashok. "Mobile-Based Smart Auscultation." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1011820/.
Full textGuillen, Linda Diane. "Curriculum for an online course in technical communications using the I-CARE delivery system." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1851.
Full textMulumba, Patrick. "A common analysis framework for simulated streaming-video networks." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2009. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/1691/.
Full textSedlack, Derek J. "Reducing Incongruity of Perceptions Related to Information Risk: Dialogical Action Research in Organizations." NSUWorks, 2012. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/299.
Full textConniry, Krystal Lynn. "National Security, Mass Surveillance, and Citizen Rights under Conditions of Protracted Warfare." PDXScholar, 2016. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3204.
Full textKerr, Simon. "Visual based finger interactions for mobile phones." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006621.
Full textHelsel, Sandra Kay. "A set of criteria derived from curriculum theory to assist in the planning, use and evaluation of educational interactive videodisc." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184372.
Full textBurgess, Stephen Keith 1958. "Business-to-consumer interactions on the Internet : a model for small businesses." Monash University, School of Information Management and Systems, 2001. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/8027.
Full textRicci, Andrea. "The Early Political Web, 1995-2005: A ten-year observational research seeking evidence of eDemocracy in the information architecture of political parties web sites worldwide." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209496.
Full textThe study of the impact of new media in party politics or presidential elections dates back the forties (with the outgrowth of radio) and has evolved in cyclical waves until today, covering the emergence of television, the development of global telecommunications, the birth of internet and finally what’s popularly called the Web 2.0.
The notion of eDemocracy emerges from this dynamic, but is in a league of its own.
There is no agreement on many of the terms that one needs to use to dissect its meaning. Scholars diverge on virtually every foundational concept: from the very definition of democracy and interactivity, to the core functions of political parties, to the definition of propaganda as opposed to political communication or to political marketing. As a consequence of this, there is little agreement on both what could be done in theory with eDemocracy and what is actually done in practice.
A permanent tension exist between idealtypes and real types in this domain.
The aim of this research is to prove this thesis with the largest and most global research unit of political parties web sites at the time of writing.
The choice of an information architecture approach has allowed to cover some uncharted territory while providing a first set of data on the structures of the political web (in 2004-2005) for public scrutiny.
The core of this research contribution consists in a basic taxonomy and a set of data (on the intentions and on the information architecture) resulting from a 10 years observational research on the early actors of the political web (stricto sensu i.e. 2073 political parties web sites), reviewed with a new degree of detail (through an ad hoc software procedure aiming at dissecting the structure of political web sites) and grouped into 3 main families (protosites, mesosites and neosites) of party web sites. These clusters of homogeneous web sites share a common way to deal with space, with files, with usability, with multimedia.
Classic views on eDemocracy insisted on the improvement deriving from more political information online: in theory, the more information we have, the more we can compare it and use it for our political orientation/participation. In practice, to describe the problem in cybernetic terms, this empirical research shows that load appears to be an issue for most party sites: there is too often either too little content (one out of five party sites around the world is a "protosite") or too much (11% of the observed universe materializes in real “content caverns”). A little more than 4% of the sites (a high end mesosite or neosite) had between 10000 and 48,000 links !
Cyber optimists have seen in the proliferation of party web sites a sign of improved party competition. For political minorities or for incumbent parties, in the political web, like in eCommerce, what really makes the difference is the conversion rate i.e. the number of visitors that turn into involved voters. Now, with the type of technical, socio-economical constraints reducing the widespread access to the net, with motivational factors (trust and degree of social connectedness) that may alter the individual’s response to the online information offer, with the imperfect implementation (in terms of usability) of the information architecture requirements for optimal political persuasion and communication online, the actual conversation rate of political parties web sites is likely to remain modest.
One of the most characteristic uses of the political web discovered in this research is to provide cloud like archival services for the party community. Parties - in the first ten years of the political web - were trying to check mainstream media and use their sites as a low cost, contemporary version of the party newspapers of the 70s.
Although this dissertation is not investigating the specific impact of party sites, the structural analysis carried out in the empirical validation suggests that the architecture of party sites in the years 1995-2005 was developing in such a way to be less and less capable of injecting meaningful inputs in the circuitry of modern democratic institutions. Engaged in a frontal competition with traditional news media (and deprived of the same assets), the early political web stricto sensu (and the set of interactive applications it contains) seems to be too a weak vector to channel adequate stimuli to alter and modify electoral processes or institutional dynamics.
The majority of the respondents of a political webmasters survey (107 individuals responded to the survey) carried out in the course of this research project indicates that the party site is not the party's leaders favourite platform to launch messages (64% of the answers disagree or strongly disagree to the statement). The majority of the respondents in the same empirical fieldwork agrees to the following statements: “the web is not the most important tool for the party communication strategy (58%)”, “key messages are published simultaneously on all media available (77%)”, “the party has created this site to allow people to contact candidates directly (63%)”, “the biggest part of the interaction with the public happens live, in meetings - the web is used essentially to post the party documents and to give news to the electorate (73%)”.
The most interesting results of this question are related to the transactive / mediating role of party communication online. It is beyond any doubt that in the view of these respondents their site has not been created “to invite the opposition to discuss with us (81%)”. If there is a politically relevant process that goes on in these sites it’s really among like-minded.
The mission statement [our party site is meant] “to gather the wants and needs of the electorate” splits respondents in two (54% of the respondents agrees and 47% and disagrees), but 73% of all respondents also agrees that most of the interactions with the electorate are non mediated, thus limiting the relevance of the political web stricto sensu to a mere information delivery platform.
The central thesis emerging from this first major reality check of the political web is that the structure of most party sites is simply not made to generate the ambitious levels of deliberative democracy. Not only a large number of party sites are microscopic, but they lack the basic means for human to human interactivity, a criticism that .In 34,7% of the cases scrutinized in the survey the sites lacked even of the mailto command (used to allow end users to write mails to the webmaster). In 51.9% of the cases there is no form at all, to facilitate structured communications between the party and the audience. The majority of the early actors of the political web were not structured to engage in deliberative activities. Only a fraction of the universe (between 1 and 2%) showed multiple forms and input methods corresponding to advanced neosites (along the model of the US Green Party Action Centre) or the so called over exposure sites (such as the Argentinian Humanista party). The bottom line is that interactivity levels found – worldwide - on the largest array of political parties sites were (in the period between 1995 and 2005) simply discouraging, if one tends to believe in the rhetoric of eDemocracy.
A corollary of my central thesis is that the reality of the political web generated by parties between 1995 and 2005, shows a significant presence of techniques and communication forms typical of political marketing and propaganda. ‘Commands’, calls for ortopraxy, confrontational communication and a growing number of ‘digital tricks’ structure the toolbox of the best party web architects. A form of weak propaganda (the only sort of ‘naked hand’ propaganda that most political parties can afford to pay) has invaded and captured cyberspace. And the user community is becoming increasingly aware of this.
This research does not cover the user dimension. However marginal data obtained in one of the three empirical sections (the Web Master survey) seem to indicate that the political web (of the early years) maintained the capacity to swing some marginal seats.
This research covers forms of interactivity based on BBS, online fora and blogs but does not cover the historical period of the development of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. The scientific conclusions are therefore intrinsically limited in value to the decade they refer to, but it is argued in the conclusions that recent surveys (Internet and Campaign 2010 Survey by Pew) do not seem to indicate that the so called Web 2.0 is drastically changing the levels of online political participation.
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Chiza, Albin Boris Lugerero. "Adoption of cloud computing services amongst the micro-enterprise sector in Cape Town." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2862.
Full textMicro-enterprises play a vital role towards the South Africa’s economic growth by contributing towards job creation. Despite the importance of the role of micro-enterprises, micro-enterprises face several challenges such as lack of finance, lack of skilled workers and lack of technological resources. Previous studies indicate that Information Technology has a distinct role in assisting micro-enterprises overcome several challenges. It is further evidenced in the extant literature that cloud computing, provides a low cost entry for enterprises to support several facets of their business operations. In the current era cloud computing requires a constant as well as fast internet connection and the South African government has various interventions to address the infrastructure divide. However, we have a scant understanding of the adoption challenges amongst micro-enterprises to adopt cloud solutions, which to date feature more prominently amongst larger organisations. This research investigated the factors that influence cloud computing adoption in the micro-enterprise sector in Cape Town. This is a city that promotes the contribution of micro-enterprises to their economic activity, and was such an ideal location to investigate cloud computing adoption amongst the micro-enterprise sector. This research provides a rich understanding of the factors that influence micro-enterprises in Cape Town to adopt cloud computing services and proposes guidelines to encourage micro-enterprises in Cape Town to use cloud services to improve their productivity. The researcher uses the UTAUT model as a framework and a qualitative research methodology to investigate the research question. Data for this research study was collected via face to face interviews with semi-structured questions of ten micro-enterprises and an IT expert. The findings showed that the factors influencing the adoption of cloud computing services are performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, lack of training, cost efficiency and reduction of working hours.
Schneider, Diana Sensenbaugh. "Descriptive analysis of technology use at the Riverside County Office of Education, Riverside, California." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1377.
Full textRose, William B. (William Burford). "The Introduction of Robotic Technology: Perceptions of the Work Force of an Aerospace Defense Company." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1988. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330596/.
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