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Chatti, Walid. "Information and communication technologies, road freight transport, and environmental sustainability." Environmental Economics 11, no. 1 (October 19, 2020): 124–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ee.11(1).2020.11.
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Despite progress in reducing air pollutants in several countries, freight transport continues to have undesirable effects on environmental quality, human health, and the economy. Road freight transport, in particular, is associated with various negative externalities, including environmental and health damages, and the overexploitation of non-renewable natural resources. This paper investigates how ICTs interact with road freight transport to affect environmental quality regarding reducing CO2 emissions. The empirical strategy is focused on the yearly dataset from 2002 to 2014 in 43 countries. Using the two-step GMM techniques, the findings suggest that ICTs can decrease road freight transport’s negative impacts on environmental sustainability. Besides, the interactions of mobile phone and fixed telephone technologies with road freight transport are more efficient in reducing pollution than using internet networks. This paper underlines the importance of using ICTs to dampen road freight transport’s negative effects on environmental sustainability.
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Perron, Brian E., Harry O. Taylor, Joseph Glass, and Jon Margerum-Leys. "Information and Communication Technologies in Social Work." Advances in Social Work 11, no. 1 (March 18, 2010): 67–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.18060/241.
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Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are electronic tools used to convey, manipulate and store information. The exponential growth of Internet access and ICTs greatly influenced social, political, and economic processes in the United States, and worldwide. Regardless of the level of practice, ICTs will continue influencing the careers of social workers and the clients they serve. ICTs have received some attention in the social work literature and curriculum, but we argue that this level of attention is not adequate given their ubiquity, growth and influence, specifically as it relates to upholding social work ethics. Significant attention is needed to help ensure social workers are responsive to the technological changes in the health care system, including the health care infrastructure and use of technology among clients. Social workers also need ICT competencies in order to effectively lead different types of social change initiatives or collaborate with professionals of other disciplines who are using ICTs as part of existing strategies. This paper also identifies potential pitfalls and challenges with respect to the adoption of ICTs, with recommendations for advancing their use in practice, education, and research.
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Laguna, Luz Mariela Linares, Camilo Castillo, Nella Carolina Vega Rey, and Jorge Mario Karam Rozo. "USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND COMMUNICATIONS (ICTS) IN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CULTURE." Revista Observatório 5, no. 2 (April 1, 2019): 60–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.20873/uft.2447-4266.2019v5n2p60.
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This article shows the influence and value that Colombian universities have had on the use of ICTs and how by this, research is fundamental in academy has been an indifferent factor given by traditional elements and in an administrative and cultural nature. In contrast to that, ICTs reveal how an ideal connector between researches results; it is emphasized as the essence of the academy, and the reality of the country that demands solutions that only universities are capable to do.
There is shown the problems and the unknown questions that don’t allow the fluidity of research dynamics, ICTs, innovation and solution of real problems.
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Zulu, Saul F. C. "Emerging Information and Communication Technology Policy Framework for Africa." International Journal of ICT Research and Development in Africa 1, no. 3 (July 2010): 46–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jictrda.2010070103.
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While emerging information and communications technologies (ICTs) offer possible solutions to some of the problems of applying ICTs in Africa, there are many challenges that have to be addressed in order to create an environment that is conducive for harnessing these technologies. This chapter, therefore, reviews emerging ICTs and their potential for application in leveraging Africa’s efforts towards meeting its development efforts. The Chapter highlights the digital divide barriers that may inhibit emergent ICTs in Africa. A review of current ICT policies of selected African countries indicates that the policies are geared towards application of ICTs other than their production. The review also reveals a lack of appreciation for emerging ICTs in Africa, both at the national as well as the sub-regional economic bloc levels. The chapter proposes policy frameworks for emerging ICTs for Africa that are necessary for creating an enabling environment for harnessing the emerging ICTs that will propel the continent into the 21st Century and beyond. The barriers to ICTs cut across many different issues. As such, they require multi-pronged policy approaches to address them. And that an emerging ICT environment must be anchored on a number of strategic policy frameworks including the legal, regulatory/administrative institutional framework, infrastructure, technology advocacy, financial, human resources, education and research frameworks. It concludes that Africa can prepare for its future by creating an appropriate environment for fostering the adoption and application of emerging technologies.
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Alam, Mohammad Zamshed, and Md Ramiz Uddin. "Use of information and communication technologies by the farmers in receiving agricultural information." Research in Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries 5, no. 1 (May 3, 2018): 27–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ralf.v5i1.36549.
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The purposes of the study were to determine the extent of use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by the farmers in receiving agricultural information in Homnaupazilla under comilla district and to explore the contribution of selected characteristics of respondents with their ICTs use in receiving agricultural information. The study was conducted in two villages namely Rampur & Madhabpur of Ghagutia union in Homnaupazilla of comilla district. Data were collected from 110 farmers by using a pre-tested interview schedule during the period from 15 January to 15 March, 2015. Appropriate scales were developed to measure the variables of the study. Descriptive statistics, multiple regression (B) tests were used for analysis. The findings revealed that highest proportion (64.5%) of the respondents’ had medium use of ICTs in receiving agricultural information compared to 13.6 % and 21.8 % having low and high use of ICTs in receiving agricultural information respectively. Education, farm size, annual family income, problem confronted in ICTs use and cosmopoliteness had significant contribution to use of ICTs and provided 51.5 percent contribution to use of ICTs in receiving agricultural information. Findings helps to conclude that educated farmer having large farm size, high annual family income and cosmopoliteness who confronts less problems use more ICTs in their farming practices. All farmers should be encouraged to use ICTs therefore, the Department of Agricultural Extension should focus on personal characteristics of the farmer when motivate them to use more ICTs for getting agricultural information’s for better farming outcome.Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.5(1): 27-32, April 2018
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Angello, Consolata. "Potential of Information and Communication Technologies in Promoting Access to Livestock Information." International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development 7, no. 2 (April 2015): 20–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijicthd.2015040102.
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A study was conducted to investigate the extent of use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by urban livestock keepers. This paper discusses the perceptions of small scale livestock keepers towards the use of different types of ICTs in accessing livestock information. Mixed method approach was used whereby quantitative and qualitative data was gathered. The findings of this study revealed that most of the respondents had a positive opinion towards the use of ICTs and it was concluded that urban livestock keepers perceived ICTs as important tools for accessing livestock information. The study recommended for improvement of telecommunications services through relevant bodies in order to facilitate more access to information through use of ICTs. Information networking among urban livestock keepers and the introduction of livestock information centers were also recommended for enhanced access to livestock information.
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Bran Piedrahita, Lemy, Karin Romero Ruíz, Laura Echeverri Sánchez, Juan Peña Plata, Stephanía Vásquez Giraldo, Milady Aguilera Cardona, Carolina Herazo Avendaño, and Alejandro Valencia Arias. "Information and Communication Technologies Influence on Family Relationship." Global Journal of Health Science 9, no. 6 (December 9, 2016): 204. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v9n6p204.
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BACKGROUND: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have affected various dimensions of modern societies, modifying even economic, politic, social and cultural structures. Therefore, it cannot be ignored the positive impacts according to social knowledge appropriation, but even in proper dimensions of social and family relationship, where ICTs usage has been compared with narcotic additions.OBJECTIVE: Explore how the use of ICTs have impacted the family interaction in Medellin city, 2016.METHODOLOGY: The study was carried out through an exploratory qualitative and a convenience sampling research. A self-administered instrument supported by a Likert scale was used, applied to a group of residents of Medellin city.RESULTS: It is observed that although ICTs have enabled a large flow of information that reinforces the nuclear family, particularly children, also have caused a detriment in communication processes and family life, generating sensations that lead to family members perceive a “distant relationship”, which goes against the current family concept.CONCLUSION: It is pertinent to encourage further researches to evaluate the impact of ICTs on the relationship processes from a qualitative vision and through longitudinal studies, and explore how new technologies have redefined the concepts of family life in modern societies.
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Lukic, Vesna. "Relations between information and communication technologies and international migration." Stanovnistvo 55, no. 2 (2017): 53–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/stnv170505004l.
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The paper focuses on the topic of the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on the international migration phenomenon According to the discussed literature, there is an impression that ICTs change the essence of migration and monitoring of migration flows. It also suggests that migration and migrants? needs shape the development of ICT services intended to them, but they also shape the content of social media. The impact of new technologies on international migration (before migration, during migration and upon arrival in the country of destination) has been discussed through an overview of empirical research findings in Serbia and other countries. In this context, the ICT users relevant to the migration process (individuals and interest groups) have been more closely determined and discussed, the aspects of the relations between ICTs and migration have been highlighted, as well as their implications for individuals and society. The considered aspects of relations of ICTs and international migration at different stages of the migration process and their severe implications for individuals and society, in our opinion, point to the need for cooperation of users of information and communication technologies relevant to the migration process in different domains ? the spheres of influence of ICTs. We believe that is how the potential of ICTs will be exploited in an adequate way, for benefit of both ? migrants and other relevant interested parties. While widely accepted by individuals, information and communication technologies have just begun to be recognized as important for migration policy in Serbia and generally, in terms of their opportunities and challenges. In Serbia, only recently (as of the 2011 Census) there has been data available on the use of ICTs by certain migrant groups (long-term settled refugees from former Yugoslav republics). Also, the qualitative surveys on the use of ICTs during the migration by transit asylum seekers have recently started. That can also be said for the research, where ICTs serve for gaining knowledge on migrants and attitudes towards immigrants. Although not voluminous, academic literature on the use and implications of ICTs use in the migration process in Serbia points to greater use of ICTs by certain groups of migrants (long-term settled refugees from former Yugoslavia) in relation to the local population. There are also generational and gender differences in the use of ICTs by migrants. When it comes to transit asylum seekers in Serbia, the use of ICTs at various stages of migration and for various purposes (among them are the selection of the country of destination, the route of movement, but also contact with other migrants and smugglers) is observed.
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Narine, Lendel, Amy Harder, and Grady Roberts. "Farmers’ Preferences for Modern Information Communication Technologies in Trinidad." Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education 26, no. 3 (December 19, 2019): 86–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.5191/jiaee.2019.26306.
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In the island nation of Trinidad, farmers have access to public extension services provided through the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries but still struggle to get the information they need in a timely manner. Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) offer opportunities to improve the relationship between Extension and farmers. This study, guided by the Uses and Gratification (U&G) theory, sought to assess Trinidadian farmers’ preferences for mobile ICTs. From a convenience sample of 200 farmers in Trinidad, results showed almost all farmers used text messaging, and most used multimedia messaging and WhatsApp. Farmers were deliberate in their selection of medium for receiving different types of information. Findings suggest two-way ICTs are contextually appropriate for communicating with Trinidadian farmers. This study highlights the importance of understanding the information needs and preferences of farmers to ensure effective extension service delivery. While many ICT mediums are available, communicators must seek to utilize those mediums that are widely accessible and adopted by the target audience. The U&G theory provided an appropriate framework to investigate farmers’ preference for ICTs and allowed a critical discussion on the suitability of ICTs in Trinidad’s extension system. Keywords: Information Communication Technologies (ICT); preferences; mediums; information; extension
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Farahat, Taghreed M., Nagwa N. Hegazy, and Maha Mowafy. "Information and communication technologies in primary healthcare facilities in Egypt." Primary Health Care Research & Development 19, no. 01 (August 8, 2017): 88–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1463423617000470.
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BackgroundThe health sector has always relied on technologies. According to World Health Organization, they form the backbone of the services to prevent, diagnose, and treat illness and disease. It is increasingly viewed as the most promising tool for improving the overall quality, safety and efficiency of the health delivery system.Aim of the studyThis was to assess the current situation of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in primary healthcare in the terms of describing and classifying the existing work, identify gaps and exploring the personal experiences and the challenges of ICTs application in the primary healthcare.Subjects and methodsA mixed research method in the form of sequential explanatory design was applied. In the quantitative phase a cross-sectional study was conducted among 172 family physicians using a predesigned questionnaire. Followed by qualitative data collection among 35 participants through focused group discussions.ResultsNearly half of the physicians have ICTs in their work and they were trained on it. None of them developed a community-based research using ICTs technology. Training on ICTs showed a statistically significant difference regarding the availability and the type of ICTs present in the workplace (P<0.05). Focused group discussion revealed that the majority of the participants believe that there is poor commitment of policymaker toward ICTs utilization in the primary care. Nearly 97% thinks that there is insufficient budget allocated for ICTs utilization in the workplace. Almost 88% of the participants demanded more incentives for ICTs users than non-user at the workplace.ConclusionsICTs resources are underutilized by health information professionals. Lack of funds, risk of instability of the electric supply and lack of incentives for ICTs users were the most common barriers to ICTs implementation thus a steady steps toward budget allocation and continuous training is needed.
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Virkar, Shefali. "Public Administration and Information and Communication Technologies." International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age 1, no. 2 (April 2014): 43–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijpada.2014040103.
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This article critically examines the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in governmental reform processes in development through a case study of the Greater Bangalore Municipal Corporation. The study explores the increasing use of ICTs for property taxation and its impact on municipal government reform processes within a developing world context. Attracted by the ‘hype and hope' of such technologies and related platforms, development actors across the world have adopted computer-based systems and related ICTs for use in government as a means reforming the inefficiencies in public service provision. Much has been written about e-governance within a growing stream of literature on ICT for development, generating countervailing perspectives where optimistic, technocratic approaches are countered by far more sceptical standpoints on technological innovation. This paper will examine not only the interplay of local contingencies and external influences acting upon the project's implementation but also aim to offer an insight into disjunctions in these relationships which inhibit the effective exploitation of ICTs in the given context. The research on which this paper is based focus on an empirical case study surrounding the implementation and use of an electronic property tax collection system in Bangalore, India between 1998 and 2008. Drawing on the theoretical perspectives of the ‘Ecology of Games' and ‘Design-Actuality Gaps' which recognise the importance of a multitude of diverse motives and individualistic behaviour as key factors influencing organisational reform and institutional change, the article contributes not just to an understanding of the role of ICTs in administrative reform in development, but towards that emerging body of research which is critical of managerial rationalism for an organization as a whole, and sensitive to an ecology of actors and their various motivations within the organisation.
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Dr. Y. Rajasekhar, Dr Y. Rajasekhar. "The Role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Higher Education." International Journal of Scientific Research 3, no. 3 (June 1, 2012): 83–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.15373/22778179/march2014/28.
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Asiedu, Christobel. "Information communication technologies for gender and development in Africa." International Communication Gazette 74, no. 3 (March 28, 2012): 240–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1748048511432606.
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The information communication technologies for development literature (ICT4D) has identified information communication technologies (ICTs) as a significant tool for economic and social development of least developed countries. The discourse has marginalized radio and promoted ICTs. However, there are numerous challenges to using ICTs as a communication tool in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Although investment in technology could create a much more effective use of ICTs, local appropriation should be at the center of any communication tool for development. This article discusses the widespread exposure to radio in SSA, and emphasizes the effectiveness of using radio to create indigenous knowledge, and in the process empower local women to actively frame their own messages and be active participants in development agendas. Combining radio and ICTs, also known as technological blending, would make certain that rural, poor and non-literate women are not only given meaningful access to new technologies, but also ‘brought into’ the development discourse, as active agents of social change.
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Rodger, D., A. Skuse, M. Wilmore, S. Humphreys, J. Dalton, M. Flabouris, and V. L. Clifton. "Pregnant women’s use of information and communications technologies to access pregnancy-related health information in South Australia." Australian Journal of Primary Health 19, no. 4 (2013): 308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py13029.
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This paper examines how pregnant women living in South Australia use information and communication technologies (ICTs), principally Internet and mobile phones, to access pregnancy-related information. It draws on 35 semistructured interviews conducted as part of the ‘Health-e Baby’ project, a qualitative study designed to assess the information needs and ICT preferences of pregnant women cared for at a South Australian metropolitan teaching hospital. Our research shows that although ICTs offer exciting possibilities for health promotion and the potential for new forms of communication, networking and connection, we cannot assume the effectiveness of communicating through such channels, despite near universal levels of ICT access. In turn, this highlights that if e-mediated health promotion is to be effective, health promoters and practitioners need to better understand ICT access, usage and content preferences of their clients.
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Adedoyin, Christson, and Mary S. Jackson. "A Review of America's Religious Institutions' Utilization of Information Communication Technologies in Shaping Social Policy and Governance." International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development 6, no. 3 (July 2014): 53–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijicthd.2014070105.
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Information Communication and Technologies (ICTs) are vital tools that religious organizations pervasively utilize in the United States of America (USA) to shape social issues, influence social policy and participate in governance. This paper articulates the different methods of deploying ICTs by religious organizations toward social justice and human development in the USA from historical to contemporary times. Furthermore, the article highlights the nexus of intervention strategies and ICTs to address social problems such as poverty, unemployment, child abuse, human trafficking, and environmental issues. Contemporary ICTs applications such as twitter, Facebook, blogs, online communities and classical media outlets such as television, satellite communications and radios used by religious organization in influencing governance will be examined. Implications for teaching, practice and future research are delineated.
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Wu, Sarah Jinhui, and Wullianallur Raghupathi. "The Strategic Association between Information and Communication Technologies and Sustainability." Journal of Global Information Management 23, no. 3 (July 2015): 92–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jgim.2015070105.
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The authors investigate the strategic association between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and sustainability using empirical data. Their hypothesis is that ICTs can promote a country's sustainability. In their framework the authors include the ICT factors of access, quality, affordability, applications, and institutional efficiency & sustainability. Sustainability is represented by individual development indicators, grouped in the clusters of environment, transportation infrastructure, energy consumption efficiency, economic development, and education. Using secondary data on ICTs and sustainability development indicators for countries from the World Bank, meanwhile controlling for the wealth effect, our main multivariate result indicates that ICTs factors have a positive association with sustainability. ICTs, therefore, have the potential to promote sustainability. The authors' results are useful in shaping strategic policy decisions that involve the nature and extent of investment in ICT infrastructure at the country level.
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Ugoani, John N. N., and Anthony Ugoani. "Information and Communication Technologies Management and Nigerian Banking Sector Liquidity." Independent Journal of Management & Production 8, no. 3 (September 1, 2017): 849. http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v8i3.548.
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The study sought to explore the relationship between ICTs management and NBS liquidity. ICTs management helps the business to effect proper planning, coordinating, controlling and decision-making. Liquidity is important for banks to meet the demands of customers and a means of public confidence. The Internet connectivity in the NBS discouraged incentives for manipulations and other inefficiencies that characterized the paper and pen banking of the pre-reform era. The e-FASS approach and heavy investments and application of quality ICTs management by banks restored national and international confidence in the NBS which in a great measure, helped to lure back capital and liquidity into the system. Previous studies have found positive relationship between ICTs management and business productivity, bank profitability and economic growth. Through theoretical and empirical results this study found a high positive relationship between ICTs management and NBS liquidity.
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Fang, Siyan, Chester K. M. To, Zhiming Zhang, and Jimmy M. T. Chang. "Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies in Textile Virtual Collaboration." Research Journal of Textile and Apparel 18, no. 3 (August 1, 2014): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/rjta-18-03-2014-b001.
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Modern organizations face more and more challenges in today's globalizing markets. Many textile firms operate collaboratively as a globally-networked virtual team to sustain their competitiveness. How to select and utilize a diversity of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to facilitate collaboration among these textile virtual teams is a critical issue to these enterprises. This paper explores the criteria of ICT adoption in collaboration processes from both theoretical and practical perspectives. First, ICTs theories of telecommunications are reviewed to conclude background knowledge and examine contextual requirements for ICTs. We find that the conveyance of social cues, the ability of fostering member involvement and coordinating interruptions, and the user-friendly interface of communication technology are crucial to the remote collaboration among textile firms. Second, empirical in-depth interviews with 20 practitioners in textile and apparel companies are conducted. Then, combining the findings, we discuss the features of primary ICTs adopted in practice at present. We recommend six essential facets in ICTs adoption during textile virtual team communication (i.e. synchronicity, medium richness, connectedness, disruptiveness, ease of use, and cost). We also suggest how these ICTs can be deployed in line with organizational and individual factors to facilitate textile virtual collaboration.
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Carrión-Martínez, José Juan, Antonio Luque-de la Rosa, José Fernández-Cerero, and Marta Montenegro-Rueda. "Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) in Education for Sustainable Development: A Bibliographic Review." Sustainability 12, no. 8 (April 17, 2020): 3288. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12083288.
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In recent years, technological advances have played a very important role in our society, as well as in different educational contexts, including Education for Sustainable Development. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), which have made it possible to improve the quality of life of many people. The aim of this study is to review the scientific evidence on the use of ICTs for Sustainable Development. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyzes (PRISMA) guidelines, a bibliographic search was carried out using the Web of Science and Scopus bibliographic repositories, with a total of 19 articles comprising the final sample for review. The results show that the most preeminent strategies used are mobile learning and distance education, which are related to the achievement of the sustainable development goals. Included among the conclusions of this study is the need to investigate the different strategies that are being carried out, with ICTs in school aimed at developing a more sustainable environment standing out.
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Oleksy, Wieslaw, Edyta Just, and Kaja Zapedowska‐Kling. "Gender issues in information and communication technologies (ICTs)." Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 10, no. 2 (May 11, 2012): 107–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14779961211227010.
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Southern, Alan. "Re-booting the Local Economy." Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit 12, no. 1 (May 1997): 8–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02690949708726362.
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Many local economic strategies today include reference to a communications infrastructure that involves electronic networks alongside that of roads and railways. Information and communication technologies (ICTs), often referred to as the “information superhighway” or informatics, are considered useful to stimulate local economic activity. This paper, based on a North East case study, suggests that the importance of ICTs to local economic strategy lies in the rationale of key local strategy makers, while the use of ICTs for local economic development means that the local governance of ICTs will become a salient feature in future economic development
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Liu, Jun. "Information and Communication Technologies as Contentious Repertoire." European Journal of Sociology 61, no. 1 (April 2020): 1–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s000397562000003x.
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AbstractThis study advances an original theoretical framework to understand the deployment of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in political contention. It argues that we should not look only at the use of ICTs in contention, as technologies are not “born” to be used in and for political activism. Rather, people appropriate and manoeuvre technologies—some but not others—for such purposes, in specific contexts. This study proposes a relational understanding of ICT uses in contention, taking into account their technicalities and their sociality, as well as the transformation and actualisation that occurs between them. It suggests that an investigation necessitates the perception of communication technologies as a repertoire of contention on the basis of affordances that structure the possibilities of the use of technology. The study further presents an application of the framework in cases of protests in mainland China. Through fieldwork and in-depth interviews, this study indicates that the choice of (certain functions of) mobile phones as protest repertoire derives from a confluence of (a) a given social group’s habitus of media use that manifests particular affordances, and (b) the learned experience of the contested means of the past in official mass communication. It concludes that what people do and do not do with ICTs in political contention is significantly shaped by affordances and habitus, thereby revealing the dynamics behind repertoire selection and constraint.
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Gergely Ráthonyi. "Information and Communication Technologies in tourism." Acta Agraria Debreceniensis, no. 44 (November 20, 2011): 49–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.34101/actaagrar/44/2605.
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Technological progress and tourism have gone hand in hand for years. Information communication technology (ICT) and tourism are two of the most dynamic motivators of the emerging global economy. Tourism can be considered as one of the most profitable sectors of the Hungarian economy, and in rural areas it is often the only successful economic activity.Development of ICTs and the expansion of the Internet have changed dramatically in the past few decades. This process is noticeable inHungary, as well. Platform of tourism increasingly get to the Internet nowadays, which is vitally important because tourism is an information-intense industry. Therefore, it is critical to understand changes in technologies in order to maintain the crucial role of this sector in the Hungarian economy.The aim of my study is to support the significance of tourism in Hungary and especially in the North Plain Region with the help of statistical data. Then, I try to show how ICTs appear in this sector and emphasize the role of these tools with some concrete examples.
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Magawata, Dahiru. "Information and Communication Technology: A Variable Tool for Mitigating Climate Change and Improving Crop Production." International Letters of Natural Sciences 18 (July 2014): 53–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ilns.18.53.
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Climate change is widely rec ognized as one of the most complex challenges that humankind has to face in the next decades. As agriculture is likely to suffer the biggest impacts, sound adaptation processes are required to sustain agricultural production and food system as a whole. IPCC, the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change, stressed the ability of decision-makers to manage information as an important factor determining the chance for a community to adapt to climate change. We all know that information and communications technologies (ICTs) have revolutionized our world. ICTs are also very vital to confronting the problems we face as a planet the threat of climate change. Indeed ICTs are part of the solution. Already these technologies are being used to cut emissions and help countries adapt to the effects of climate change. This is one of the reasons why the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can play an important role in this challenge
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Stahl, Bernd Carsten, Richard Heersmink, Philippe Goujon, Catherine Flick, Jeroen van den Hoven, Kutoma Wakunuma, Veikko Ikonen, and Michael Rader. "Identifying the Ethics of Emerging Information and Communication Technologies." International Journal of Technoethics 1, no. 4 (October 2010): 20–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jte.2010100102.
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Ethical issues of information and communication technologies (ICTs) are important because they can have significant effects on human liberty, happiness, and people’s ability to lead a good life. They are also of functional interest because they can determine whether technologies are used and whether their positive potential can unfold. For these reasons, policy makers are interested in finding out what these issues are and how they can be addressed. The best way of creating ICT policy that is sensitive to ethical issues pertain to being proactive in addressing such issues at an early stage of the technology life cycle. The present paper uses this position as a starting point and discusses how knowledge of ethical aspects of emerging ICTs can be gained. It develops a methodology that goes beyond established futures methodologies to cater for the difficult nature of ethical issues. The authors outline how the description of emerging ICTs can be used for an ethical analysis.
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Mitter, C. S. "INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN KG TO PG." International Journal of Engineering Technologies and Management Research 5, no. 3 (February 14, 2020): 226–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.29121/ijetmr.v5.i3.2018.194.
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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become significant commodities in all aspects of life of all age groups in human beings. ICT’s have revolutionized the field of food sector, companies, banking sector, health, IT sector, social media etc. Use of ICT in the classrooms of Kindergarten (KG) to Post Graduate (PG) can create innovative atmosphere which reduces the distance between the teachers and students. ICTs help to monitor and evaluate various activities such as exams, admissions, evaluations, results, teaching, alumni network, day to day office work, records of staff and students attendance etc. This work is an attempt to make understand ICT is useful in KG to PG to enhance the quality education.
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Enakrire, Rexwhite Tega. "USING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULUNATAL AND UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN LIBRARIES." Mousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies 33, no. 4 (March 10, 2016): 38–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/0027-2639/147.
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The use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for knowledge management (KM) has become a critical success factor in present-day university libraries. University libraries have continued to use ICTs to foster and enhance the operations of information services on a daily basis in the library environment. The use of ICTs requires librarians to have proven knowledge and skills in order to achieve effective and efficient work performance in the libraries. This article focuses on the two research questions, namely: ‘What are the skills needed for ICTs by librarians at the university libraries?’ and ‘What are the challenges faced by librarians in the use of ICTs for KM at the university libraries?’ The research specifically targeted the libraries at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa, and the University of Ibadan (UI), Nigeria. Quantitative and qualitative research approaches were adopted in order to conduct data collection and data analysis. The research findings were that, when compared, the two university libraries showed a correlation in the skills required by librarians. This is accompanied by knowledge of ICT hardware and software; various subject areas in librarianship; structure and process of cataloguing, and classification, to function better in the library environment. Several challenges, including the high cost of hardware and software; lack of implementation of ICT policies; and inadequate in-depth knowledge of the library holdings were observed. In conclusion, the dynamic information environment requires librarians to be proactive and have enhanced education that would enable them to address change management, leadership roles, and technical information skills. Librarians need to constantly update their knowledge and skill-sets to keep up with current trends of technology in library and information services.
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Graham, Stephen. "Bridging Urban Digital Divides? Urban Polarisation and Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs)." Urban Studies 39, no. 1 (January 2002): 33–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00420980220099050.
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Heeks, Richard. "Do information and communication technologies (ICTs) contribute to development?" Journal of International Development 22, no. 5 (June 28, 2010): 625–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jid.1716.
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Nwagwu, Williams Ezinwa. "FARMERS’ AWARENESS AND USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES IN THE LIVESTOCK INNOVATION CHAIN IN IBADAN CITY, NIGERIA." Mousaion: South African Journal of Information Studies 33, no. 4 (March 10, 2016): 106–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/0027-2639/288.
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The use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in agriculture is a new and growing field that focuses on how agricultural and rural development activities can be enhanced using modern ICTs. Currently in Nigeria, this field has not addressed how livestock farmers use ICTs to conduct their businesses. The objective of the study was to examine the awareness and use of ICTs by livestock farmers in Ibadan, an agrarian community in Nigeria. The study also investigated the relationship between ICT awareness and use in the various innovation links as well as how the farmers’ demographic characteristics relate to these uses. A questionnaire was used to guide data collection from various types of farmers. From the trade societies of each type of livestock, 340 farmers were selected for the study and usable data was collected from 300 respondents. For all the ICTs listed, more respondents reported awareness of ICTs than use, except for mobile phones where an equal number of respondents reported awareness and use. Marketing was the purpose for which most of the respondents reported using ICTs. Computers were used by large farmers for feed formulation and knowledge management; mobile phones served the purpose of managing animal health, linking customers, managing farms and marketing goods, while Internet/email was scarcely used for farming purposes. The findings of the study raise the question of the need of building electronic livestock farmers network in Ibadan as well as training farmers in the city on how to use ICTs to meet livestock farm needs.
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Pang, Sangho, David Reinking, Amy Hutchison, and Deanna Ramey. "South Korean Teachers’ Perceptions of Integrating Information and Communication Technologies into Literacy Instruction." Education Research International 2015 (2015): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/783593.
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We investigated South Korean literacy and language arts teachers’ perceptions about integrating interactive communication technologies (ICTs) into instruction. The survey addressed their access to various applications and technologies associated with ICTs, access to technological support, frequency and importance of use, and obstacles to and conceptions of integrating ICTs. Descriptive and correlational data are reported suggesting that although classroom use of ICTs is mandated at the national level, South Korean teachers perceive access to some tools and applications, as well as the availability of technical assistance at both the school and district level, to be limited. We compare data from this study to our findings from a similar study conducted in the USA and discuss what the findings reveal about integration of ICTs into literacy instruction in South Korea. The implications for education policy in South Korea and for continued research to clarify findings across national and cultural boundaries are discussed. For example, despite reporting greater impact of obstacles and less technical support than their US counterparts, South Korean teachers reported using ICTs more frequently than teachers from the USA.
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Omotayo, Funmilola Olubunmi, and Michael Chinweike Chigbundu. "Use of information and communication technologies for administration and management of schools in Nigeria." Journal of Systems and Information Technology 19, no. 3/4 (August 14, 2017): 183–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsit-06-2017-0045.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the adoption and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by school administrators in the management of schools, as well as factors that influence use of ICTs by the administrators. Design/methodology/approach Survey research design was adopted. A two-stage sampling procedure (random and purposive) was used to select the respondents, while quantitative and qualitative methods were used for data collection. Findings Findings reveal that the school administrators use various ICTs to carry out administrative and management duties. Task characteristics, task-technology fit, attitude and perceived ease of use have significant relationships with use of ICTs by the administrators. Research limitations/implications The findings and conclusion from this paper cannot be generalised to all schools in Nigeria because the population was limited to only private secondary schools. Practical implications The study contributes to an existing knowledge on adoption and use of ICTs in schools, and provides information to policymakers on factors that should be given consideration when there is a need to implement ICTs in schools. Social implications This paper could assist school administrators that are yet to adopt and implement ICTs in their schools of the need to do so in order to enjoy the benefits associated with ICTs use in the workplace. Originality/value This paper is one of the first pieces of empirical research that has adopted the integrated technology acceptance and task-technology fit models to investigate use of ICTs by administrators of schools in Nigeria.
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Gulati, Rakesh Kumar, and Manveen Kaur. "Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Inclusive Human Development: A Review." International Journal of Emerging Research in Management and Technology 6, no. 10 (October 20, 2017): 130. http://dx.doi.org/10.23956/ijermt.v6i10.76.
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Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) adoption is increasing globally for human development because of its potential affect in many aspects of economic and societal activities such as GDP growth, employment, productivity, poverty alleviation, quality of life, education, clean water and sanitation, clean energy, and healthcare. Adoption of new technologies has been the main challenge in rural areas and is the main reason for the growing gap between rural and urban economy. The work related ICT use have also yielded mixed results; some studies show the individual’s perceived work-family conflict, negative cognitive responses e.g. techno stress while others show increased productivity, improved job satisfaction and work-family balance due to flexible work timings. This paper attempts to understand the role of ICT in human development areas of health, education and citizen empowerment taking into consideration of digital divide which exists in geographic area and within the communities through literature review.
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Chérrez-Ojeda, Ivan, Miguel Felix, Valeria L. Mata, Emanuel Vanegas, Daniel Simancas-Racines, Manuel Aguilar, Antonio WD Gavilanes, Peter Chedraui, and Carlos Vera. "Use and Perceptions of Information and Communication Technologies Among Ecuadorian Nurses: A Cross-sectional Study." Open Nursing Journal 14, no. 1 (February 14, 2020): 8–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874434602014010001.
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Background: Nurses represent a key group for the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), however, few studies have explored the current use of these technologies among healthcare professionals in developing countries. Our study aims to achieve a better understanding of how Ecuadorian nurses perceive the theoretical advantages and limitations of ICTs, as well as to explore the current use of these technologies in the setting of the professional nursing practice. Methods: We conducted an anonymous survey-based cross-sectional study where 191 nurses rated their frequency of use and level of agreement to specific statements on perceptions related to ICTs. For the statistical analyses, adjusted binomial logistic regressions and the chi-squared test for association were applied. Results: In general, 96.3% of nurses reported the use of ICTs to communicate with colleagues, and 80.1% reported the use of ICTs to communicate with patients. More than 70% of participants agreed that ICTs can be useful to promote professional services, help in the search for new job opportunities and/or professional development, foster health promotion, and improve the workflow with colleagues. Meanwhile, 78.6% of nurses had privacy or security concerns about personal and/or patient information, and 60.6% reported not having enough time neither to learn how to use ICTs nor to use them. Conclusion: High use of ICTs was found among Ecuadorian nurses for communicating with both colleagues and patients. Most of the participants had a positive perception of the use of ICTs in the healthcare practice, particularly among younger nurses. Finally, the major reservations perceived were related to privacy and patient confidentiality, and lack of time to learn how to use, or use ICTs.
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Chérrez-Ojeda, Ivan, Miguel Felix, Valeria L. Mata, Emanuel Vanegas, Daniel Simancas-Racines, Manuel Aguilar, Antonio WD Gavilanes, Peter Chedraui, and Carlos Vera. "Use and Perceptions of Information and Communication Technologies Among Ecuadorian Nurses: A Cross-sectional Study." Open Nursing Journal 14, no. 1 (February 14, 2020): 8–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874434602014010008.
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Background: Nurses represent a key group for the implementation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), however, few studies have explored the current use of these technologies among healthcare professionals in developing countries. Our study aims to achieve a better understanding of how Ecuadorian nurses perceive the theoretical advantages and limitations of ICTs, as well as to explore the current use of these technologies in the setting of the professional nursing practice. Methods: We conducted an anonymous survey-based cross-sectional study where 191 nurses rated their frequency of use and level of agreement to specific statements on perceptions related to ICTs. For the statistical analyses, adjusted binomial logistic regressions and the chi-squared test for association were applied. Results: In general, 96.3% of nurses reported the use of ICTs to communicate with colleagues, and 80.1% reported the use of ICTs to communicate with patients. More than 70% of participants agreed that ICTs can be useful to promote professional services, help in the search for new job opportunities and/or professional development, foster health promotion, and improve the workflow with colleagues. Meanwhile, 78.6% of nurses had privacy or security concerns about personal and/or patient information, and 60.6% reported not having enough time neither to learn how to use ICTs nor to use them. Conclusion: High use of ICTs was found among Ecuadorian nurses for communicating with both colleagues and patients. Most of the participants had a positive perception of the use of ICTs in the healthcare practice, particularly among younger nurses. Finally, the major reservations perceived were related to privacy and patient confidentiality, and lack of time to learn how to use, or use ICTs.
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Yekinni, Oyedeji T., Temitope A. Ladigbolu, Rhoda T. Adeniyi, and Sola J. Oluwasusi. "Information and Communication Technologies Usage among Agricultural Students of Tertiary Institutions in Southwest of Nigeria." Journal of Agricultural Extension 25, no. 1 (March 1, 2021): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jae.v25i1.1.
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The study examined information and communication technologies usage among agricultural students of tertiary institution in Southwest of Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select 300 agricultural students from tertiary institutions. Structured questionnaire was employed to elicit information on students’ socioeconomic characteristics, availability of ICTs, accessibility and purposes of ICTs usage. Data were subjected to percentage, chi-square, the Pearson Product Moment Correlation and the Analysis of variance at p=0.05. Findings revealed that the most available ICTs among students were internet and mobile phone (95.0%) respectivelywhile they had access to mobile phone (Weighted Mean (WM)=0.58) and radio (WM=0.51), they used ICTs for information (WM=0.77), academics (WM=0.70) and entertainment (WM=0.70) purposes; with high level of availability (71.0%), access (56.7%) and ICTs usage purpose (51.3%) respectively. There were significant relationships between respondents’ monthly stipend (r=0.200), state of institution (χ2=8.000), religion (χ2=222.660), marital status (χ2=211.680), category of students’ programme (χ2= 320.4608), type of institution (χ2=56.000) and their purposes for using ICTs but with a significant difference across the states (F=23.821; p=0.00). Students used ICTs for information, academic and entertainment purposes based on their age and type of their institutions. Since ICTs are used for beneficial purposes, it is recommended that ICTs should be adapted, applied and incorporated into tertiary institutions’ curricula across the nation.
Keywords: ICTs usage, undergraduate students, entertainment purposes, mobile phone, tertiary institutions.
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Southern, Alan, and Fiona Tilley. "Small firms and information and communication technologies (ICTs): toward a typology of ICTs usage." New Technology, Work and Employment 15, no. 2 (September 2000): 138–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-005x.00070.
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Poudel, Prem Prasad. "Information and Communication Technologies and Teacher Educators of English in Nepal." Journal of NELTA 20, no. 1-2 (May 4, 2018): 27–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/nelta.v20i1-2.19774.
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Nepal’s teacher education is witnessing a number of hurdles and the case has been deteriorating further. It is imperative to improve the existing situation with no delay. Regarding Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), I have tried to figure out the present situation of knowledge, practice and expectations of the teacher educators of English working in both public/community and private teacher education institutions of Nepal. A survey was conducted using a questionnaire. A total of twenty-five informants fully responded to the questionnaire. It was found that they were aware of the need for including ICTs in classroom instruction but due to the resource constraints, lack of trainings and lack of readiness in the administrative systems, they have not been able to make use of ICTs in classroom instruction. Journal of NELTA, Vol 20 No. 1-2, December 2015, Page: 27-33
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Cao, Chau T. M. "Information and Communication Technologies in Inclusive Education: Selected Practices in Asia." Journal of Education and Learning 8, no. 6 (November 1, 2019): 159. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jel.v8n6p159.
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Inclusive education has grown from the belief that education is a basic human right, and that it provides the foundation for a more just society. All learners have a right to education, regardless of their individual characteristics or difficulties (UNESCO, 2003). The educational needs of people with disabilities (PWD) are diverse. They need to acquire the fundamental knowledge that enables survival in society under the specific demands caused by functional limitations that hinder participation in ordinary education systems. In this setting, information and communication technologies (ICTs) are indeed a powerful tool to support education and the inclusiveness of the PWD. This paper will review the use of ICTs in education for PWD in an inclusive education setting, with the aim to explore the different possible uses of ICTs in inclusive education for PWD in the Asia region.
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Camargo Pongutá, David. "Using Information Communication Technologies to Foster the Communicative Competence in Undergraduate Students at the UPTC." Cuadernos de Lingüística Hispánica, no. 31 (February 26, 2018): 117. http://dx.doi.org/10.19053/0121053x.n31.2018.7745.
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This research article describes the results of implementing activities through Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in order to foster the communicative competence in a group of students at Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, a public University in Sogamoso, Boyacá. After an exploration in which it was determined that students prefer activities with ICTs to learn English, contents and activities were adapted so they could fit students’ interests. The results are shown in three categories: ICTs as a tool to foster oral production, ICTs to build vocabulary, and ICTs as a motivator to learn and interact in the target language.
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Gonzalez, Reyes, Jose Gasco, and Juan Llopis. "Information and communication technologies and human resources in hospitality and tourism." International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 32, no. 11 (September 29, 2020): 3545–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijchm-04-2020-0272.
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Purpose ICTs play a key role in the tourism sector, influencing the labor context among other things. Hence, the purpose of this study: a review of the literature in which the topics of tourism, ICTs and human resources converge through an analysis of the articles published in the relevant journals, which are included in the Web of Science. Design/methodology/approach The 60 articles analyzed – published over a period of 31 years – were studied according to several criteria such as research methodology, statistical techniques used, topics dealt with, technologies addressed, authors and countries. Findings The topics under study were divided into four broad areas – technology and employees, technology and HR processes, technology and results and technology and organizational structure – the first, which focuses on how employees behave in relation to technology, received the most attention. Research limitations/implications The literature review was confined to articles on the topics of tourism, ICTs and human resources published in 73 academic journals, leaving aside other research sources, e.g. books and papers presented at conferences. This study can be useful both in the academic field and for tourism firm managers – especially those in ICT and human resources. Originality/value Although there are several previous reviews of the literature on human resource management and ICTs in the tourism sector, none of them has jointly examined these three topics.
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Verzola, Roberto. "Technology Issues and the New ICTs." Leonardo 39, no. 4 (August 2006): 311–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/leon.2006.39.4.311.
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The author provides examples of low-cost information and communications technologies (ICTs) and suggests five major strategies for their low-cost deployment in developing countries: (1) appropriate technology, (2) free/open software, (3) compulsory licensing, (4) pay-per-use public stations and (5) community/public ownership of ICT infrastructure. Aside from the problems of affordability and universal access, the author identifies the Internet's built-in biases for (1) English, (2) subsidizing globalization, (3) automation and (4) the technofix, and explores the implications of these biases. The challenge is not only to design affordable and accessible technologies or to redesign technologies to be consistent with our deeply held values, but also to make ourselves less technology dependent.
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Evans, Olaniyi. "Information and communication technologies and economic development in Africa in the short and long run." International Journal of Technology Management & Sustainable Development 18, no. 2 (September 1, 2019): 127–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/tmsd_00002_1.
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This study investigates the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and economic development in Africa for the period 2001–15 using Fully Modified Ordinary Least Square (FMOLS) and panel Granger analysis, which accounts for cross-sectional dependence. The empirical results show that ICTs have significant positive effects on economic development. Similarly, the results show that ICTs lead to economic development and economic development also leads to greater investment in ICTs both in the short and in the long run. ICTs therefore play significant roles in economic development and in turn economic development plays significant roles in the expansion of ICTs in Africa both in the short and in the long run. The study concludes that the rapid growth of mobile telephony and Internet penetration in Africa can be used to promote the needed economic development in the continent not only in the short run but also in the long run.
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Woodhead, Peter, and David M. Kennedy. "Digital Natives and H1N1." International Journal of E-Adoption 2, no. 3 (July 2010): 53–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jea.2010070105.
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This paper examines what happens when young learners in a primary school in Hong Kong start from learning about information and communication technologies (ICTs) to learning with and through ICTs. The authors focus on how students used learning technologies when an H1N1 outbreak closed the school for three weeks and teachers were required to use ICTs to initiate at-home learning. This gave the researchers an opportunity to assess the capacity of young students using Web 2.0 technologies to support learning and the impact that these tools have on teacher views and practice. Data includes interviews with teachers and examples of students’ work. Findings demonstrate how confident and comfortable young learners are with new technologies, raising questions about prevailing assumptions that young students have the capacity to easily use the existing school-based learning management system and Web 2.0 applications. The authors provide evidence that students can effectively engage with ICTs and demonstrate very high levels of skills. However, students did not do so automatically, and required assessment tasks were often key drivers for initiating student engagement and learning.
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Mogeni, Jackson Mobisa, Prof Samson R. Ondigi, and Dr Bernard C. Mugo. "Extent of Integration of Information and Communication Technologies in Classroom Instruction in Nepad E-Schools, Kenya." Journal of Education and Practice 4, no. 3 (November 4, 2020): 56. http://dx.doi.org/10.47941/jep.480.
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which teachers integrate ICTs in classroom teaching and learning in NEPAD e-Schools, Kenya.Methodology: This study adopted a descriptive survey design and collected quantitative and qualitative data using mixed methods. The target population were 256 teachers. Sampling was done employing a mixture of techniques; stratified sampling to pick 5 schools, and purposive sampling to pick 110 teachers. Data were collected using questionnaire, resources checklist and observation. Data were coded, and run for descriptive analysis; including frequencies, percentages, measures of central tendency and measures of variability using SPSS version 22.0. Data were then presented aided by notes, frequency tables, percentages, charts and figures. Findings: Schools had functional, but unreliable electricity, and had altered ICTs to different degrees and directions; some had either been replaced or totally lost. The schools faced maintenance challenges; impeding ICTs integration in instruction. More teachers infrequently, or rarely integrated ICTs than those who did so regularly. The mean frequency of ICTs integration was once a month. Computers and word processing were teachers’ most preferred ICT tools. Teachers mainly used ICTs to illustrate main ideas during lessons. Subject content mostly determined choice and use of instructional ICTs. Most teachers found ICTs integration being generally easy, had above average proficiency in integrating ICTs, and could apply their technological, pedagogical and content knowledge well. The study concludes that teachers are alienated from integrating ICTs frequently owing to their location. Therefore, there is need to designate more places for teachers to be unimpeded from accessing and integrating ICTs.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study lends insights to other instructional ICTs initiatives to reminisce and study as they initiate or expand their projects; like provision and sustenance of infrastructure, tools, and support services. It also contributes to the body of knowledge in educational technology, which might inform theory and practice in ICTs integration. It could also inform the development of best practices in application and integration of ICTs in instruction.
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Ratheeswari, K. "Information Communication Technology in Education." Journal of Applied and Advanced Research 3, S1 (May 10, 2018): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.21839/jaar.2018.v3is1.169.
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Information communication technologies (ICT) at present are influencing every aspect of human life. They are playing salient roles in work places, business, education, and entertainment. Moreover, many people recognize ICTs as catalysts for change; change in working conditions, handling and exchanging information, teaching methods, learning approaches, scientific research, and in accessing information communication technologies. In this digital era, ICT use in the classroom is important for giving students opportunities to learn and apply the required 21st century skills. ICT improves teaching and learning and its importance for teachers in performing their role of creators of pedagogical environments. ICT helps of a teacher to present his teaching attractively and able to learn for the learners at any level of educational programmes. Today in India teaching training programmes making useful and attractive by the term of ICT. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) exemplified by the internet and interactive multimedia are obviously an important focus for future education and need to be effectively integrated into formal teaching and learning – especially in a teacher education institution.
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Njoh, Ambe J. "The relationship between modern Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) and development in Africa." Utilities Policy 50 (February 2018): 83–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2017.10.005.
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Drigas, Athanasios, and Eugenia Gkeka. "Montessori Method and ICTs." International Journal of Recent Contributions from Engineering, Science & IT (iJES) 4, no. 1 (March 29, 2016): 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijes.v4i1.5481.
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This article bridges the gap between the Montessori Method and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in contemporary education. It reviews recent research works which recall the Montessori philosophy, principles and didactical tools applying to today’s computers and supporting technologies in children’s learning process. This article reviews how important the stimulation of human senses in the learning process is, as well as the development of Montessori materials using the body and the hand in particular, all according to the Montessori Method along with recent researches over ICTs. Montessori Method within information society age acquires new perspectives, new functionality and new efficacy.
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Paek, Hye-Jin, and Thomas Hove. "Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), Crisis Communication Principles and the COVID-19 Response in South Korea." Journal of Creative Communications 16, no. 2 (January 18, 2021): 213–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0973258620981170.
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This case study highlights several communication insights that have emerged from the South Korean national response to COVID-19. In particular, it focuses on how innovative disease control programmes and information and communications technologies (ICT) have been used in conjunction with appropriate message strategies. The South Korean government used ICTs in a variety of ways to enhance crisis communication, coordinate large-scale public health efforts and supply chains, and facilitate widespread adoption of preventive measures such as social distancing and mask wearing. The response and communication strategies were based on principles established by research in social sciences and recommended for pandemic response, including social marketing, crisis communication, and normative influence. South Korea’s COVID-19 response and communication strategies can provide useful insights for national efforts to manage COVID-19 and other possible future infectious disease outbreaks.
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Zhu, Yaguang. "Combinatorial use of communication technologies in organizations." Corporate Communications: An International Journal 24, no. 4 (October 7, 2019): 623–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ccij-04-2018-0047.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critique and extend contemporary scholarship on information and communication technologies (ICTs). This paper argues that the focus on the selection and use of a single communication medium limits the understanding of current ICT use in organizations. A combinatorial perspective is needed to capture the complexities of multiple ICTs use for achieving communication goals and completing tasks. Design/methodology/approach This paper addresses the trending phenomenon of combinatorial use of ICTs by offering a critical review of the theoretical studies and empirical research in scholarly books and journals and deriving novel theoretical research questions that set the stage for future studies. Findings This paper identifies how combinatorial ICT use as a perspective that uniquely elucidates ICT use in organizations, clarifies key terms used in previous research and proposes theoretical and operational recommendations for researchers and corporate practitioners who are interested in studying the combinatorial use of ICTs. Originality/value This paper highlights that understanding the combinatorial use ICTs in complex work environments could have significant implications for productivity and efficiency of individuals and corporations. This paper serves as a catalyst for on-going research conversations regarding combinatorial ICT use, while assisting organizational communication researchers and practitioners in describing, theorizing and advancing ICT implementation, use and outcomes.