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Moffat, Richard Gordon. "Information technology and professional development, what educators need to successfully integrate information technology into schools." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0018/MQ49228.pdf.

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Cetinkaya, Yalcin. "Information And Communication Technology Education In Primary Schools: Students." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610180/index.pdf.

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This study aimed to provide a general picture of ICT education in primary schools. Through this aim, students&rsquo
perceived ICT competencies, their attitudes towards the ICT course, the characteristics of the teaching-learning process in the ICT course, the deficiencies of the IT classrooms and the effectiveness of the ICT Student Workbook were analyzed. This study was designed as a cross-sectional survey study. In order to collect the data, a self-reported questionnaire consisted of 63 items was developed by the researcher. The sample consisted of 442 Grade 8 students in 11 primary schools located in the metropolitan area of Izmit. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized to analyze the data. Multivariate Analysis of Variances with Pillai&rsquo
s Trace test was employed to investigate whether the significant differences among dependent variables across independent variables existed. Results of the study indicated that primary school students generally perceived themselves competent in ICT tasks and they had favorable attitudes towards the ICT course. Significant differences were found in students&rsquo
perceived ICT competencies and attitudes with respect to gender, educational background of parents, computer ownership and availability of home assistance related to the ICT course. This study also revealed several obstacles which prevent taking full benefits of IT classrooms, and problems with the implementation of the new ICT program.
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Rodrigo, Maria Mercedes T. "Information Technology Usage in Metro Manila Public and Private Schools." NSUWorks, 2002. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_etd/872.

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Both public and private schools in the Philippines are using information technology (IT) as a tool to improve teaching and learning. While both government and private sector initiatives indicate national commitment to IT in education, there is little up-to-date information on how extensively the Philippines are using computers and for what purposes. The researcher's goals were to determine the extent to which Metro Manila public and private schools used IT and to determine how these results compared with analogous data on schools in other developing and developed countries. The researcher gathered data with mail-in questionnaires adapted from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), onsite visits, and follow-up telephone interviews. The researcher also compared her results with those from IEA surveyed countries. The researcher determined that actual uses of IT did not meet schools' curricular goals. Although school officials wanted IT to individualize instruction, promote active learning, and improve student achievement, in actual practice, schools used computers to teach computer literacy, productivity tools, and programming. In terms of infrastructure, the researcher found that schools in Metro Manila had the poorest student-to-computer ratio in comparison to schools in IEA-surveyed comprise. Metro Manila students' access to peripherals was also poor. Software selections were limited to productivity tools. Students in Metro Manila primary schools, like their counterparts in IEA-surveyed countries, had limited Internet access. A comparison of results from public and private schools revealed that public and private schools shared many educational goals regarding the use of IT. However, the realization of these goals was uneven. Private schools had been using computers for a greater number of years than public schools. Private schools had lower student-to-computer and student-to-printer ratios. They also had greater Internet access. Furthermore, private schools tended to expose their students to computers at practically all educational levels. The study provided baseline data that was not previously available. The researcher identifies the need for similar studies with greater geographic scope or of a longitudinal nature, deeper investigations of curricular gaps or policy issues, and the development of instructional software for Filipino-specific subject areas.
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蘇冠強 and Koon-keung Teddy So. "The role of information technology coordinator in the implementation of information and communication technology in schools of Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31256442.

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So, Koon-keung Teddy. "The role of information technology coordinator in the implementation of information and communication technology in schools of Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25148424.

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Watson, Deryn Margaret. "Information technology in geography classes : the appearance and reality of change." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.340880.

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Selwyn, Neil. "The permeation of information technology into sixteen to nineteen education." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.313188.

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Bicer, Kader. "An Assessment Of Information Technology Curriculum Implementation In Vocational High Schools." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610488/index.pdf.

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This study aims to provide a general picture of newly adopted IT program in vocational high schools. Through this aim, the issues of to what extent are the objectives and content of Vocational high schools&rsquo
new IT curriculum satisfied the needs, how it is implemented in schools, how it is practiced under different circumstances and which factors influence its implementation process are examined. This study was designed as a formative evaluation based on CIPP Model-Process valuation. In order to grasp perceptions of vocational high school IT teachers and 11th grade IT area students&rsquo
two self-reported questionnaires were developed by the researcher. The sample constituted of 683 Grade 11 students and 83 IT teachers from 28 vocational high schools in the 7 urban district of Ankara. Heavily, descriptive and statistics and quantitative data analysis techniques were utilized to analyze the data however in some parts, inferential statistics were also employed. Results of the study indicated that the objectives of the new IT program are responsive to the local, national and global IT sector and catching the demanded skills in the world of work. Moreover it is determined that the new program supports flexibility in principle however in action there are some obstacles those barriers the adequately functioning of the new program. Therefore, this study also attempts to reveal the problems related to students, teachers, schools quality indicators and program modules in order to supply the deficiencies in the early stages of program implementation.
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Yuan, L. "Information and communications technology in schools in China : policy and practice." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.431440.

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Aral, Sinan. "Essays on information, technology and information worker productivity." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39003.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2007.
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I examine how information technology (IT) skills and use, communication network structures, and the distribution and flow of information in organizations impact individual information worker productivity. The work is divided into three essays based on the task level practices of information workers at a midsize executive recruiting firm: Essay 1: "Information, Technology and Information Worker Productivity: Task Level Evidence." I develop and econometrically test a multistage model of production and interaction activities at the firm, and analyze correlations among network structure, characteristics of information flow and real economic output. I find that (a) IT use is positively correlated with non-linear drivers of productivity; (b) the structure and size of workers' communication networks are highly correlated with performance; (c) an inverted-U shaped relationship exists between multitasking and productivity such that, beyond an optimum, more multitasking is associated with declining project completion rates and revenue generation; and (d) asynchronous information seeking such as email and database use promotes multitasking while synchronous information seeking over the phone shows a negative correlation. These data demonstrate a strong correspondence among technology use, social networks, and productivity for project-based information workers.
(cont.) Essay 2: "Network Structure and Information Advantage: Structural Determinants of Access to Novel Information and their Performance Implications." I examine relationships between social network structure, information structure, and individual performance. I build and validate a Vector Space Model of information diversity, develop hypotheses linking two key aspects of network structure - size and diversity - to the distribution of novel information among actors, and test the theory using data on email communication patterns, message content and performance. Results indicate that access to diverse, novel information is related to network structure in non-linear ways, and that network diversity contributes to performance even when controlling for the positive performance effects of access to novel information, suggesting additional benefits to network diversity beyond those conferred through information advantage.
(cont.) Essay 3: "Organizational Information Dynamics: Drivers of Information Diffusion in Organizations." I examine drivers of the diffusion of different types of information through organizations by observing several thousand diffusion processes of two types of information -'event news' and 'discussion topics' - from their original first use to their varied recipients over time. I then test the effects of network structure and functional and demographic characteristics of dyadic relationships on the likelihood of receiving each type of information and receiving it sooner. Discussion topics exhibit more shallow diffusion characterized by 'back-and-forth' conversation and are more likely to diffuse vertically up and down the organizational hierarchy, across relationships with a prior working history, and across stronger ties; while news, characterized by a spike in communication and rapid, pervasive diffusion through the organization, is more likely to diffuse laterally as well as vertically, and without regard to the strength or function of relationships. The findings highlight the importance of simultaneous considerations of structure and content in information diffusion studies.
by Sinan Aral.
Ph.D.
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Batchelor, Jacqueline. "Mobile information communication and technology use in secondary schools a feasibility study /." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09102007-161045/.

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Kirkman, Colin Peter. "The development of information technology in secondary schools under the National Curriculum." Thesis, University of Exeter, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.244967.

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Bergner, Christiane, and Thomas Köhler. "The link between information technology, performance management and school effectiveness: An empirical study in German schools." TUDpress, 2017. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A30882.

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In the last decades, several research studies have been executed on the key factors that influence school effectiveness. Taking state of the art literature into account, six broad areas can been identified: student, home, school and leadership, curricula, teachers and teaching/learning approaches. As part of the area of school and leadership, the overarching topic of performance management has been empirically tested to be an effective strategy for improving student outcomes. The role of organizational performance metrics and monitoring cannot be overstated as a success factor of an organization because they affect strategic, tactical and operational planning in setting objectives, evaluating performance, and determining future courses of action. Consequently, the research project at hand aims to analyze, as a first step, the interrelation between the use of technology and performance monitoring and, as a second step, the impact of these management practices on the organizational effectiveness of schools. For that, an online survey is sent to about 20.000 principals in Germany. Statistical analysis will be conducted.
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Botha, Joalise. "Beliefs and attitudes of school management about the implementation of Information and Communication Technology in schools." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/43288.

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Without the support of school leaders, particularly the school management team (SMT), the educational potential of information and communications technology may not be realised. SMT’s need to assume a major responsibility for initiating and implementing school change through the use of information and communications technology and can facilitate complex decisions to integrate it into teaching and learning. Utilising the ‘theory of action’ as a theoretical framework this qualitative case study investigates the perceived beliefs and attitudes of SMTs regarding ICT implementation at school. Furthermore this study explores the perceived necessary provisions that have to be in place to realise the perceived attitudes and vision of the SMTs. The findings of this study suggest that school management has significant and consistent espoused theories about ICT implementation and practice in schools. First, the majority of school managers advocate that ICT is indispensable for teaching and learning, as it enhances the quality of pedagogical practices. Second, they espoused that ICT in teaching and learning should be mandatory practice. Third, majority of school managers were adamant that teachers and school managers should be ICT literate. Fourth, school managers believed that ICT implementation should be a collaborative process. Fifth, school management’s vision for ICT should be aligned with the school’s vision for ICT. Sixth, SMT’s believe that ICT should be an integral component of the curriculum and policies. The study concludes that the perceived espoused beliefs, attitudes and visions of SMTs could establish the general climate for ICT use within a school.
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
lk2014
Science, Mathematics and Technology Education
MEd
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Carey, David R. "Information technology : attitudes and implementation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14534.

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Shallwani, Mehdi Azizali. "The impact of information technology on the administration of secondary schools : principals' perceptions." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=60583.

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Principals believe that Intech applications are suitable for most administration tasks. They appear to be content with the amount of user documentation provided by the vendor and supplemented by the school board. The principals hold the opinion that while Intech does not threaten school administration jobs, it does not create many new jobs. Support from the governing bodies (in this case, the Quebec Ministry of Education) is limited and budgeting for Intech almost always presents a problem.
There appear to be at least two types of principals insofar as Intech use and application are concerned. The "enabling" principal provides a supportive environment to school staff for the proper use of Intech for administration purposes. The "nonenabling" principal is indifferent to Intech use in schools and actively attempts to avoid any and all contact. The study revealed the former are in a significant majority.
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Alajmi, Saad Shaji Saad. "Factors influencing information and communication technology implementation in government secondary schools in Kuwait." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3682.

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Over the last few decades, Information Communication Technology (ICT) has become increasingly important in all organisations in modern societies including schools. Expectation about ICT and its role in developing and transforming the educational process through its inclusion in the daily school environment is increasing in many developed and developing countries. Many researchers and practitioners are involved in exploring and investigating ICT implementation in the learning and teaching process in secondary schools. This research explores and investigates influential factors and barriers surrounding ICT implementation in government secondary schools in Kuwait from the perspectives of students, teachers and expert educators. The study is executed through two phases: an exploratory pilot study, (see Appendix 11), and this deep investigating study. The exploration and investigation process of this study focuses on six main areas: the ICT policies and strategies in the Ministry of Education, the readiness of school environment for ICT implementation, teachers' views regarding ICT, surrounding socio-political factors, other main barriers to ICT implementation and, finally, the main requirements for better ICT implementation. The research has adopted a sociocultural approach whereby research problem has been explored and investigated through different individuals in different contexts that are related directly or indirectly to ICT implementation in government secondary schools. Data, as well, has been collected through a wide range of probing methods such as documents, self-managed questionnaires and interviews in order to answer the research question. The pilot study explores the research situation through 52 students and four teachers and in this main study 306 teachers were investigated through questionnaires and 15 teachers and expert educators were interviewed. The findings indicate that Government of Kuwait and the Ministry of Education have a strong intention to implement ICT in secondary schools and have already executed many related practical steps. The study also reveals that most teachers have positive views towards ICT. However, findings also show that the school environment is not yet ready for ICT implementation and that policy and decision-making processes are suffering from a lack of clear vision and instability. The surrounding socio-political factors have a negative impact on educational policy in general and ICT policy in particular. This research also identifies some other barriers to ICT implementation and, finally, highlights some requirements for improving the implementation of ICT.
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Adebisi, Adeolu Abiodun. "Information communication and technology in Port Elizabeth secondary schools : exploring the digital divide." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/914.

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The primary goal of the research is to investigate the extent of ICT adoption in secondary schools within the larger Port Elizabeth area. In order to demonstrate the current status, two geographical areas within that area namely privileged and less privileged areas will be selected and surveyed. The main objective of this research study is to survey the access to ICT services by learners and teachers living and working in less privileged communities compared with that of learners and teachers in the more privileged communities of Port Elizabeth. At present all the schools in these communities are funded by the same provincial government, but the extent of the digital divide is not known. This research will investigate the factors that lead to the inequalities in the access to ICT among secondary school learners and teachers. This research has the following sub goals and objectives: 1. To identify the factors that impact on the status of access to ICT services; 2. To determine which socio-economic factors contribute to the status of access to ICT services in the specific areas; 3. To determine the status of access to ICT services in specific communities within the larger Port Elizabeth area; 4. To determine whether the level of access differs between secondary schools and the homes of teachers and learners in the identified areas.
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Ryan, Cynthia A. (Cynthia Anne) 1961. "Sustainable competitive advantage through information technology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9193.

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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2000.
Also available online on DSpace at MIT.
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 48).
This paper discusses the difficulty of achieving sustainable competitive advantage through information technology. While information technology proliferates and innovations arise frequently, few companies have been able to use IT to remain leaders in their industries. Using a framework proposed by Michael Scott Morton, this paper examines how one firm, Capital One Financial, has created sustainable competitive advantage through a powerful combination of its information technology, strategic planning, and organizational design. The first section provides an introduction and information about the Scott Morton framework. Section two provides background information about the credit card industry and Capital One;s history. The third section analyzes why Capital One's advantage has been sustainable to date and includes discussion of strategic, economic, organizational and technical reasons. Section four analyzes the risks to Capital One's advantage in the future and includes discussion of technicalogical risks, organizational risks and customer risks. The final section includes a summary and some conclusions.
by Cynthia A. Ryan.
M.B.A.
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Bhansali, Sumit Milap. "Essays on impact of information technology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40861.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2007.
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references.
The five essays in this dissertation look at how specific information technologies (such as Electronic Document Management (EDM), Semantic Web and RuleML) and IT in general can be used to automate and standardize data and processes, enable faster and more accurate information flow, and improve individual as well as firm performance. The first essay is an analytical review-type study in which we provide a comprehensive survey of research literature about different complementary organizational assets that when coupled with IT can lead to higher firm performance. In the second essay, we study the causal effects of digitizing work on information workers' time- use and performance at a large insurance firm. We make causal inferences and obtain unbiased estimates by exploiting a quasi-experiment: the phased introduction of Electronic Document Management (EDM) across multiple offices at different dates. In addition to large changes in time-use and performance, we find that digitization leads to a decline in the substitutable routine labor input and an increase in complementary non-routine cognitive labor input at the information worker level. We also uncover a new micro-level mechanism, "IT-enabled slack", that explains how exactly IT can lead to payoff in terms of information worker productivity. In the third essay, we examine the IT productivity relationship using a large primary source firm-level dataset about IT investments that spans the 2003-2005 period. Given results from previous studies, we present evidence of an inverted U-shaped returns curve, with returns now close to what they were in pre-Internet era. The fourth essay explores what high-performing firms specifically do to gain the greatest benefits from their IT investments.
(cont.) Through a set of matched interviews with multiple respondents at 138 firms, we find that data/process standardization and systems integration, level of application integration and several IT-specific cultural elements are positively correlated with IT impact on customer satisfaction. The fifth essay shows the first detailed realistic e-business application scenario that exploits capabilities of the SweetRules V2.1 toolset for e-contracting using the SweetDeal approach. SweetRules is a powerful integrated set of tools for semantic web rules and ontologies. SweetDeal is a rule-based approach to representation of business contracts.
by Sumit Milap Bhansali.
Ph.D.
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Liao, Kenny Ghen-yue 1966, and Luis Alberto 1967 Reátegui. "Information technology outsourcing in emerging markets." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/26892.

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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2002.
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Information Technology (IT) firms can better differentiate themselves and achieve improved profitability through IT outsourcing business. This can be explained by using Hax and 'Wilde's Delta Model. Several IT firms have successfully achieved these objectives in well-developed countries. However, this thesis argues that developing successful IT outsourcing business in emerging markets cannot be achieved simply by replicating previous experiences in well developed countries, as IT outsourcing is greatly influenced by the cultural factors and the macro environment of the local markets. This thesis discusses the factors through two perspectives. The first encompasses the factors influencing a firm's decision whether or not to outsource its IT functions. Those factors can be categorized into five different concerns: financial, resource, strategic, managerial, and cultural. The second perspective focuses on the eight critical factors for IT outsourcing projects to be successful, four inside and four outside the firm. For emerging markets, we use Michael Porter's Diamond Model to analyze how IT outsourcing business is influenced by the environment in which it is operating. To give an example of an emerging market, we have studied IT outsourcing business in China. We have conducted in-depth interviews locally with a variety of IT firms and corporate customers, and applied once more Michael Porter's Diamond Model to analyze our findings. This thesis identifies the market segments and reviews the critical success factors in each of them, and concludes with recommendations to IT firms on strategies for the IT outsourcing business development in China.
by Kenny Ghen-yue Liao and Luis Alberto Reátegui.
M.B.A.
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Randall, Michael H. "Information technology certification programs and perceptions of attitude and need by high school principals, information technology teachers, and information technology professionals in Ohio." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1141334061.

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Maruthavanar, P. V. "Information technology in educational management : a case study of a Malaysian high school 1996-1998." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.323475.

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Kan, Wing-lok. "School-based information technology strategy : its policy formation and implementation : a case study of two secondary schools in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1999. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B21184379.

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Higgins, Steven. "Teacher development and the effective use of information and communications technology in primary schools." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.423586.

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Vandeyar, Thirusellvan. "The appropriation of education policy on information and communication technology in South African schools." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25178.

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The purpose of this study is to explore how education policy on information and communication technology (ICT) influences teaching and learning in South African schools. An instrumental case study applying backward mapping principles as a strategy of inquiry was used. Utilizing a social constructivist lens and guided by a theoretical framework of a socio-cultural approach to policy analysis, this exploratory qualitative research study set out to investigate how teachers in South African schools appropriate education policy on ICT. The case study included three schools from diverse socio-cultural settings, with two participating teachers at each of the identified research sites. The principal at each school and e-learning specialists (officials) at the District and Provincial Departments of Education constituted additional data sources. Data collection methods included interviews, classroom observations, field notes and document analysis. Constructivist grounded theory methods and computer assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS)were employed in the analysis of data. It was found that, teachers’ professionalism and agency are crucial in formulating and implementing a school-based e-education policy in practice. The national e-education policy currently exists as an “invisible policy” within the school context. Secondly, teachers reposition themselves as social and cultural actors of school-based policy appropriation and formulation rather than as recipients of, or reactors to the national e-Education policy. Thirdly, the lack of systemic support to teachers acted as the catalyst for the emergence of communities of practice between schools. The notion of “our” system as opposed to an imposed system prevails. Fourthly, teachers’ ignorance of the national e-Education policy indicates the need for policy development and implementation at school level and denotes a new construct to policy appropriation. I theorise that teachers’ beliefs, attitudes, professionalism and will to improve teaching and learning through the use of ICT are integral and necessary conditions for effective policy implementation.
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
Science, Mathematics and Technology Education
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Oyediran-, Tidings Stella Olubukunmi. "Access to information by high school learners in selected schools in the Fort Beaufort Education District, Eastern Cape Province." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/5304.

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The level of access to educational information is pertinent to the attainment of quality education by learners. Librarians play a key role in facilitating access to such information. Access to educational information equips the possessor with the power of knowledge to assert their rights under any right regime, and a right to education cannot be fully exercised without corresponding access to educational information. Set in the Fort Beaufort Education District of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, this study evaluates the level of access to educational information as an enabler of quality education. Research revealed that despite the acclaimed educational improvement in South Africa, the quality of education in many black constituencies and provinces remains low. Therefore, the objectives of this study include inter alia an investigation of the educational information needs of high school learners in the Fort Beaufort Education District, the educational information available and accessible to them, how the learners access information, the services and technologies accessible to the learners, challenges confronting their access and means of improving learners’ access to educational information in the district and by extension in South Africa.
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Amedzo, Ephraim Kofi. "The integration of information and communication technology into rural schools of South Africa : a case study of schools in Malamulele /." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019/329.

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Duffy, Juliet (Juliet Maria). "Information management using Web 2.0 technology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50100.

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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references.
Web 2.0, the ultimate platform for tacit based knowledge work has finally arrived. User driven, collaborative platform based tools including wikis, web mash-ups, discussion boards, linkage based search engines, and tagging have the potential to vastly change how information is managed and how knowledge work is captured. This thesis investigates how the new paradigms and tools of Web 2.0 can be applied to the Pharmaceutical Industry and assist with information management at The Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research (NIBR). Applying Web 2.0 tools to NIBR's chemical compounds, targets, assays, people, and projects in a well thought out framework has the potential to yield tremendous productivity improvements in the drug discovery process. Effectively harnessing the collective intelligence of thousands of scientists within Novartis's worldwide research network will enable a paradigm shift. A large, extremely knowledgeable user community can more effectively annotate metadata, hyperlink to important content, establish tags, and collectively author content. Such activities will not only improve the search ability of information but also allow important scientific connections to emerge linking biology to chemistry and furthering Novartis's understanding of disease.
by Juliet Duffy.
S.M.
M.B.A.
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Hitt, Lorin M. (Lorin Moultrie). "Economic analysis of information technology and organization." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10711.

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Saunders, Adam. "Essays on information technology and intangible capital." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68967.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2011.
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This thesis consists of three essays related to information technology and intangible capital. The first essay, "Valuing IT-Related Intangible Capital," examines the value of intangible assets in the firm. Using a panel of 130 firms from 2003-2006, we find that intangible assets are correlated with significantly higher market values beyond their cost-based measures. Moreover, we estimate that there is a 30-55% premium in market value for the firms with the highest organizational IT capabilities as compared to those with the lowest organizational IT capabilities. The second essay, "Has Information Technology Leveled the Competitive Playing Field?" analyzes the relationship between IT and ordinary (non-IT) capital and the competitive dynamics within U.S. industries. Using a panel of industry data from 1998-2005, when an industry becomes more IT intensive, there is more entry and expansion of firms (including entry of new small firms and expansion of large firms from the same and other industries). Yet there is also more turnover of small firms in the industry as well as concentration of the industry into large firms. In contrast, as an industry becomes more ordinary capital-intensive, there is less entry of small firms and fewer establishment openings by large firms; a lower rate of turnover by small firms; and fragmentation of the industry into small firms. In the third essay, "The Value and Durability of Patents in High-Tech Firms" (co-authored with Erik Brynjolfsson and Lorin Hitt), we use data on publicly traded high-tech companies from 1984-2002 to examine the relationship between the firms' market value and their patent-based intangible assets. We find that high-tech firms with patents that are cited by a wide variety of other patents in different patent classes are worth significantly more than firms with patents that are cited by a narrow range of patents. Patent generality is especially valuable in periods of change, when firms are no longer at the leading edge of innovation in a particular year. In these periods, we find that the value of diverse patents across technology categories is positive but not significant and that generality is comparatively more valuable than diversity.
by Adam Saunders.
Ph.D.
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Kan, Wing-lok, and 簡永樂. "School-based information technology strategy: its policy formation and implementation : a case study of twosecondary schools in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31960959.

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Wong, Mei Ling Emily. "Insights into the social ecology of information and communication technology (ICT) implementation in schools a quantitative approach /." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2006. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3251841.

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Shockley, Marylou L. "Understanding the use of the Internet by teachers : a comparative study of teachers' experiences in California, England and Singapore." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.288969.

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Powell, Andrea R. "Organizational conditions associated with high level use of information technology in classrooms and in schools." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0009/MQ32951.pdf.

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Sekulic, Mary. "Information technology and Alberta public schools, a semiotic analysis of educational policy in the 1990s." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0001/MQ59765.pdf.

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Jennings, Nancy Ann. "Across the digital divide : children, families, and schools in the information society /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3004295.

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Agiorgitis, Georgios. "ICTs use in the public Greek Primary Schools: the teachers' experiences." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för informatik (IK), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-68717.

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Education is a sector that has the potential to become a critical area of action for the full exploitation of ICT. Educational systems of developed and developing countries have an ever-increasing tendency to apply ICT to education, in an attempt to prepare their students for the future's society. This thesis attempted to explore what kind of ICT is used in the Greek Primary Schools and develop an understanding on the relationship between the ICT and the teachers. The philosophical background is post-phenomenology and the methods chosen for collecting data for this research are policy document analysis and interviews. The empirical findings show that various ICT are being used in the classrooms of the Greek Primary Schools,  others widely and others occasionally. The research compares the legal framework revolving around ICT in Primary Schools in Greece, with the teachers' own experiences and shows that the guidelines suggested by the Greek Ministry of Education cannot be followed easily, due to economical and pedagogical reasons. It also investigates the ICT's effects on the teachers and the students through the teachers' own words and perceptions. The effects are mostly positive, there are mentioned however, some negative ones to take into consideration. Finally, the research presents a number of sectors where the participant teachers suggested there is room for improvement. By comparing the legal framework with the situation in the Primary Schools, this research adds a new perspective to the previous literature. The findings show that the current situation can be improved and the teachers' statements may trigger further research.
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Kim, Heekyung Hellen. "Three essays in the economics of information technology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82293.

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The first chapter is to investigate the impact of a free on-line repository of research articles on the diffusion of their ideas measured by the citation counts. The key questions that this chapter answers are as following: 1) does a free on-line repository of research articles increase the diffusion of their scholarly ideas measured by their citations?; 2) who benefits from the free access? By using a dataset from the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), an open repository of research articles, and employing a natural experiment that allows the effect of free access separate from other confounding factors, this study identifies the causal effect of free access on the citation counts as well as shows a heterogeneous effect of free access on both supply and demand side. The second chapter is to study the correlation between CEO pay and information technology. The hypothesis is that IT increases "effective size" of the firm that a top manager controls and thus her marginal productivity. In turn, in an efficient market, the firms with a higher degree of information technology will reward their CEOs with a higher compensation. The third chapter is to examine whether firms that emphasize decision making based on data and business analytics ("data driven decision making" or DDD) show higher performance. Using detailed survey data on the business practices and information technology investments of 179 large publicly traded firms, this study finds that firms that adopt DDD have output and productivity that is 5-6% higher than what would be expected given their other investments and information technology usage. Furthermore, the relationship between DDD and performance also appears in other performance measures such as asset utilization, return on equity and market value. Using instrumental variables methods, this study finds evidence that the effect of DDD on the productivity do not appear to be due to reverse causality. These results provide some of the first large scale data on the direct connection between data-driven decision making and firm performance.
by Heekyung Hellen Kim.
Ph.D.
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Berke, Katherine M. (Katherine Marie). "Evaluating investments in information technology : theory versus practice." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10880.

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Brandt, Ingrid Gisélle. "Models of internet connectivity for secondary schools in the Grahamstown circuit /." Link to this resource, 2006. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/778/.

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Clarke, Lyndwill. "The information and communication technology infrastuctures in public schools in the Western Cape : a case study." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_3043_1298880204.

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This mini-thesis attempts to explain the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure in public schools in the Western Cape. The mini-thesis uses the case study as research design to explore aspects such as the motivation for using ICT, funding models, infrastructure models, ICT curriculum integration and teacher development. In order to gather data on the above, interviews and observations are used as research tools. The study begins with the exploration of the history of ICT infrastructure in South African schools and subsequently an international perspective is added through the literature review. Officials and teachers of the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) were interviewed to obtain their perspectives and a school was visited to observe procured ICT infrastructure. The results revealed that the WCED is using the Khanya project to deliver an ICT infrastructure to schools and to provide facilitation in the integration of ICT into the curriculum. It further showed that due to the rapid change in technology, Khanya had to adapt the hardware configuration on a regular basis and that this put considerable strain on and already small budget for ICT. The challenge that emerged is the lack of adequate ICT training for teachers. This could potentially hamper the integration of ICT and if not addressed, could serious hamper the WCED in its quest to deliver a technology based curriculum. The study concludes with conclusions drawn for the data as well as recommendations for effective ICT integration.

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Oved, Aaron. "The use of information technology in educational management (ITEM) and different effects on Israeli secondary schools." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/7823.

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Information Technology (IT) created a revolution in data collection and analysis at first in business and industry and later in schools throughout the world and in Israel. This work analyzes the implications of using IT in 11 Israeli schools and the external authorities that supervise them. The data was collected using: 1. A questionnaire distributed to a population of principals, subject coordinators, teachers and external authority staff (N=252); 2. A case study on semi-structured interviews in four schools and local councils (18 interviews). Supervision, the electronic dialogue, independence and autonomy, the involvement and intrusion of outside factors and teachers' class management were the areas examined. The findings show that teachers are not full partners in Information Technology in educational Management (ITEM) but only participate in collecting data. ITEM creates transparency for the work done in schools, especially its products, and leads to two seemingly contradictory tendencies: the increase of both supervision and independence-which grow together and even complement each other. The division according to roles influences the respondents’ attitudes with principals and external authorities tending to agree more than teachers about ITEM's influence over increased teacher supervision, the creation of a new communication an increase in school independence and more teacher cooperation in analyzing examinations and tracking achievement. In parallel, authorities have penetrated deeper into class management using statistical analysis of exam results and achievements. Males and females relate differently to ITEM with males tending more to agree with the attitudes of principals and external authorities and females being more hesitant and agreeing less. Most participants agree that ITEM (MANBAS) contributes to an improvement in the collection and analysis of data on pupil achievement, improves pedagogical decision making and significantly helps to improve the coordination of different school departments while acting as a readily available up-to-date tool. Some of the expectations the literature had about ITEM have not yet been realized in Israeli schools.
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Al-Showaye, Mohammed. "Use of computer-based information technology and the internet in Saudi Arabian intermediate and secondary schools." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.488264.

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The present study reports a questionnaire-and interview-based survey into computer and Internet technologies and their use in intermediate and secondary schools for boys in Saudi Arabia. Teacher and student questionnaires were developed to collect data from respondents on their assessment of computer and Internet facilities in their schools and the extent of the usage they made of them. Additionally, data were sought on teacher and student computer and Internet skills, how they had acquired these and on whether they had access to a computer and the Internet at home. Both instruments also included a series of statements designed to assess teacher and student attitudes towards computer and their use in school. Questionnaire data were gathered from a sample of 143 teachers and 686 students, drawn from 29 public and private sector intermediate and secondary schools in the Al-Qasseem region of Saudi Arabia. Supplementary data were gathered from interview samples of 10 teachers and 18 students drawn from questionnaire respondents in the same schools. The study found that even in secondary schools, where computer studies are part of the formal curriculum and practical computer work is part of the syllabus, teacher and student respondents reported there being insufficient computers available in computer suites given student numbers. Few if any schools had Internet connections other than those provided by the local directorate-general to facilitate communications between the directorate and school administration staff. Over three-quarters of the teacher and student respondents reported being able to use a computer keyboard and having basic word processing skills. Only a few teachers, for the most part, computer studies specialists, had received any academic training in computers. Most teacher and student respondents with computing skills had either acquired these with the help of a colleague/friend or from a family member; others were self-taught. Over 7 in every 10 teachers and students had access to a computer at home. In intermediate schools, few teachers and students had access to a computer suite. These were those in 'combined' intermediate and secondary schools, and those in a few private sector schools that had partnerships with private companies, who provided them with a computer suite, in return for being allowed to provide computer courses to students (for payment of a fee). Analysis of teacher and student responses to a series of statements on attitudes towards the use of computers in schools showed both teachers and students largely welcomed the computer age and were keen to learn more about computers and to develop their computer skills.
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Rhodes, Valerie Joy. "IT in primary schools : the rhetoric and the reality, supporting teachers in the process of implementation." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.313655.

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Loh, Lawrence. "The economics and organization of information technology governance : sourcing strategies for corporate information infrastructure." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/12545.

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Cook, Casey J. "EXPLORING THE USE OF INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS OF NORTHWEST OHIO." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1143487641.

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Ueno, Yoshinobu 1965. "Information technology as competitive advantage in supply chain management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9981.

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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 1998.
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by Yoshinobu Ueno.
S.M.M.O.T.
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Chow, Hiu-Keung. "Implementing information technology in education in Hong Kong primary schools : an evaluative case study in policy analysis." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/7883.

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This is an evaluative case study in policy formulation and implementation in Hong Kong. The main aim of the research was to investigate the impact of the Information Technology in Education (ITEd) Strategy (EMB, 1998a; EMB, 2004a) on practice in primary schools in Hong Kong and the factors which influenced the implementation of the strategy. The four-stage Policy Development Model developed by Bell and Stevenson (2006) was used as the conceptual framework for the research together with a pedagogical framework devised by Hirumi (2002). The study focussed on the use of Information Technology (IT) to support a paradigm shift in learning from a largely textbook based teacher centred approach to a more interactive and learner centred approach. The researcher used both a questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews to seek the perception of Principals in Hong Kong primary schools. The research concluded that there was tension between the formulation of the ITEd Strategy and its implementation in schools. Despite the principals’ support for the visions of the strategy, the potential of IT to transform learning was not fully realised. This was because of the failure of the Hong Kong Government to anticipate the extent of the challenge and to provide sufficient guidance and support to overcome barriers to change which arose during the implementation phase. These barriers involved value systems, psychological and practical factors and they affected both principals’ and teachers’ attitude to change. The findings imply further action that might be taken by the Hong Kong Government to provide appropriate support for the development of IT in Hong Kong primary schools.
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Lai, Pui-yin Polly. "Using virtual classroom system in learning information technology subject /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25474595.

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