Information Technology needs Assessment of the Support Services Personnel of the University of the Immaculate Conception: Basis for a Development of a Training Plan Design

As technology continues its leap, people have also been in a fast pace trying to maximize technology’s might. Hence, literacy on the computer and information technology’s utilization is essential. In an educational institution like the University of the Immaculate Conception (UIC), Davao City, Support Services Personnel (SSP) needs to be adept with the advancing technologies. The use of technology enables the SSP to deliver the best service possible. This research was conducted to assess the knowledge and skills level of the personnel with respect to the familiarity and usage of common office applications like Microsoft’s Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Email servicing and the Internet. Data gathering was done using a questionnaire based on the concepts of the three MicroSoft Office applications and by conducting a diagnostic testing comprised of both written and practical tests. There were 79 respondents as determined using Slovin formula. Forty-one respondents considered themselves only fairly familiar on the usage of computer and computer applications. SSPs had difficulty using MS Excel and only a few knew how to maximize Email services. As an offshoot of this research, a training plan was designed. This plan will help the University in providing its employees the necessary trainings for productivity software to achieve quality service delivery.<div> </div><div><strong>Keywords: </strong>Information Technology, needs assessment, Support Service Personnel, Slovin formula, University of the Immaculate Conception, Davao City, Philippines</div><div> </div>

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Teaching Digital Competence and Scholarly Communication

Advances in Library and Information Science - Cases on Research Support Services in Academic Libraries ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-4546-1.ch007 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 142-165

Author(s):

Ángel M. Delgado-Vázquez

Keyword(s):

Digital Media ◽

Support Services ◽

Scholarly Communication ◽

Research Process ◽

Digital Competence ◽

Reference Services ◽

Resource Center ◽

Training Plan ◽

Intensive Use ◽

The University

The objective of the Research Support Services of the Universidad Pablo de Olavide Learning and Research Resource Center is to contribute to the improvement of the research processes as well as to maximize the results obtained and their evaluation. To this end, it offers bibliographic information and reference services, advice on the processes of publication, and evaluation, both individual and collective; standardization and digital academic identity; and, of course, training in all these areas within the context of the intensive use of digital media. For some years now, the LRRC's training of researchers has focused on the use of digital media as a part of the research process and has also integrated into the research staff training plan of the university that manages the corresponding service with which the LRRC collaborates very actively.

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Employment Status and Academic Competencies among the Information Technology Graduates: A Tracer Study

JPAIR Institutional Research ◽

10.7719/irj.v6i1.366 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Marijoy Yaun ◽

Clyde Harold Paronda

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Educational Institution ◽

It Industry ◽

Job Requirements ◽

Bachelor Of Science ◽

Descriptive Research ◽

Employment Conditions ◽

Academic Competencies ◽

The University ◽

First Job

Information technology graduates of colleges and universities have increased rapidly while continuously facing stiff employment competition. The study traced the employability of the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) graduates of a university. It also described the profile of the BSIT graduates; assessed graduates’ employment conditions; and determined the academic competencies utilized by the BSIT graduates in their current jobs. Using descriptive research design, the study employed standardized tool from Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and a sample of 87 BSIT graduates as respondents. The findings revealed that majority of the respondents were dominantly male, single, and from the Visayas region. Majority of them were regular or permanent in their current job and were locally employed and worked as an IT professionals in their present occupation. The graduates found their first job through advertisement. They utilized advanced information technology competencies in their jobs. Hence, their work matched to their tertiary degrees. The study provided information that the BSIT graduates of the University of Cebu – Banilad Campus are highly employable. After months of linkages for possible employers and career mapping of graduates, the school will be able to increase graduates assistance on job placements. After two hours of seminar on career mapping, the college will be able to assess the skills of the graduates to suggest possible areas of work to engage. The colleges will also be able to establish linkages with possible employers. The conduct of an IT industry forum can be of vital help for the educational institution to be updated with the changing job requirements and standards

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Information Technology And E- Iearning

Iraqi Administrative Sciences Journal ◽

10.33013/iqasj.v2n3y2018.pp1-17 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 1-17

Author(s):

Anhar Khair alddin Mohammed ◽

Suheir Abd Dawad

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Labor Market ◽

Information And Communication Technology ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Educational Institution ◽

The Internet ◽

Information And Communication ◽

E Learning ◽

Trained Manpower ◽

The University

The information revolution has changed many aspects of our lives, They also included these changes in education. As the labor market needs now a day to new skills and qualifications led to impose of new trends and updated terms of reference in order to meet the need in the economy, Therefore, it is necessary to reconsider the curricula and teaching methods to keep up with the requirements of the new offering and use of modern technologies, Such as e-learning, which relies on the use of computers and its software using a closed network or shared networks or the Internet. There have been recent extensive changes in the area of education, The labor market started through its needs for new skills and qualifications to impose trends and innovative specialties to meet the needs of the new economy, So the curriculum is the other subjected a revision to cope with modern requirements and available technologies, Such as e-learning, which relies on the Internet as well as the application of information and communication technologies in e-learning. The current study raised questions research that: Can you assign electronic curriculum technology on the application of information and communication technology? And how can be merge the electronic curriculum with one of the applications of information technology and communications? In order to answer these research questions relied on the case study approach by the researchers trying to design electronic curriculum to the Department of Management Information Systems in the College of Business and Economics at the University of Mosul After take the theoretical framework for the study about the concepts information and communication technology and e-learning and its importance and components, Researchers initiated steps to design electronic curriculum. The study found set of conclusions was in the forefront, The adoption of e-learning project requires attention of electronic curriculum technology, And implemented by any educational institution requires them to provide a strong infrastructure and appropriate for this type of education, represented in prepare trained manpower as well as the providing of physical supplies, the appropriate software and provide communication lines that helps to communicate and transfer information between all the relevant authorities. As well as develop of specialized training programs for students, teachers and administrators and sensitize them towards the use of e-learning to make the most of this technology. One of the important recommendations made by the study is the need to keep up with modern developments in the adoption of applications of information and communication technology in order to support e-learning and its technologies in the university.

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SISTEM INFORMASI KEGIATAN PROGRAM STUDI TEKNIK INFORMTAIKA UNIVERSITAS MATARAM

Jurnal Teknologi Informasi, Komputer, dan Aplikasinya (JTIKA ) ◽

10.29303/jtika.v2i1.73 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Anggi Fitriani ◽

Ariyan Zubaidi ◽

Andy Hidayat Jatmika

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Information System ◽

Educational Institution ◽

Black Box ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Study Program ◽

Engineering Study ◽

Black Box Testing ◽

The University

As an educational institution, each university competes to build an information system to provide the best service for all university citizens. Communication between lecturers, and between students is one of the focuses of the attention of managers of educational institutions. In this writing, the application of information technology is carried out to make a publication of activity reports for lecturers or students who are in the informatics engineering study program. Features in this system can facilitate students or academics in exploring information that is useful for their studies, such as providing information about publication of reports on seminars, guest lectures, workshops, and lecturers' services that have been carried out both within the faculty and the university itself or outside the university, where information on this activity can provide inspiration for lecturers and students themselves. conclusion: With the black box testing that has been done can show that all functions run correctly as desired.

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Diagnostics of professional competence of IT students based on digital footprint data

Informatics and Education ◽

10.32517/0234-0453-2020-35-4-4-11 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 4-11

Author(s):

I. G. Zakharova ◽

Yu. V. Boganyuk ◽

M. S. Vorobyova ◽

E. A. Pavlova

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Educational Program ◽

Professional Competence ◽

Objective Data ◽

Text Data ◽

Data Set ◽

Job Requirements ◽

Digital Footprint ◽

Graduate Employment ◽

The University

The article goal is to demonstrate the possibilities of the approach to diagnosing the level of IT graduates’ professional competence, based on the analysis of the student’s digital footprint and the content of the corresponding educational program. We describe methods for extracting student professional level indicators from digital footprint text data — courses’ descriptions and graduation qualification works. We show methods of comparing these indicators with the formalized requirements of employers, reflected in the texts of vacancies in the field of information technology. The proposed approach was applied at the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Tyumen. We performed diagnostics using a data set that included texts of courses’ descriptions for IT areas of undergraduate studies, 542 graduation qualification works in these areas, 879 descriptions of job requirements and information on graduate employment. The presented approach allows us to evaluate the relevance of the educational program as a whole and the level of professional competence of each student based on objective data. The results were used to update the content of some major courses and to include new elective courses in the curriculum.

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Students’ Attitudes Towards Starting a Business, on the Example of Students at the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów (Poland)

e-Finanse ◽

10.2478/fiqf-2018-0030 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 90-103

Author(s):

Karolina Palimąka ◽

Jacek Rodzinka

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Young People ◽

Family Member ◽

Economic Activity ◽

Age Groups ◽

The Cross ◽

Students Attitudes ◽

The University ◽

Starting A Business

AbstractEntrepreneurship understood as a manifestation of economic activity is an issue widely discussed in literature, especially in the field of economics. Today, a large part of society is involved in establishing and running a business, hence the shaping of entrepreneurial behaviors gains importance among all age groups, especially young people. The main objective of the conducted research was to examine the interest in starting their own business by students and to verify whether the direction of their studies or role in the group affects the students’ willingness to start a business and whether a family member runs a business influences this interest and moreover, whether capital and the idea are the two main criteria conditioning the decision.. The conclusions were based on a study, i.e. (mainly) the cross-analysis of data collected as part of a survey conducted among students of the University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszów.

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INSTAGRAM SEBAGAI SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING DALAM MEMBANGUN BRAND AWARENESS FAKULTAS EKONOMI DAN BISNIS ISLAM

ISTITHMAR: Jurnal Pengembangan Ekonomi Islam ◽

10.30762/itr.v3i2.2052 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Oktaria Ardika Putri

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Social Media ◽

Qualitative Analysis ◽

Educational Institution ◽

Social Media Marketing ◽

Brand Awareness ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Business People ◽

Marketing Tool

Instagram is a social media application that is currently very popular in the community, especially among artist, politicians, and business people. Companies or advanced business must quicly adapt to the advancement of information technology in the form of social media as a marketing tool. Instagram social media also necessary to developing educational institutions. One of the educational institution that ae currently developing is the newly established Faculty of Economics and Business Islam (FEBI) at the Kediri State Islamic Institute (IAIN Kediri). This writing aims to examine the importance of Instagram as social media marketing to building FEBI IAIN Kediri Brand Awareness. Instagram social media is considered more effectives to embrace students and the community, so it is expected to facilitate marketing and communication between FEBI IAIN Kediri with the students or other agencies. The method of this reasearch is a qualitative analysis which reference libraries are used as a basis. Keywods: Instagam, social media, Faculty of Economics and Business Islam, IAIN Kediri

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UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES: COMMERCIALIZATION AND RESPONSES TO NEW CHALLENGES

EKONOMIKA I UPRAVLENIE: PROBLEMY, RESHENIYA ◽

10.36871/ek.up.p.r.2020.10.01.019 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (10) ◽

pp. 155-162

Author(s):

Z. F. MAMEDOV ◽

◽

Kh. BAYRAMOVA ◽

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Educational Institution ◽

Educational Environment ◽

Global Market ◽

Educational Process ◽

Social Progress ◽

State University ◽

The University ◽

Education Science

Education like others spheres of life of modern society is in the state of dynamic changes. New formats of universities as well as their missions and roles in the social and economic development are actively discussed by professional environment. A number of external and internal factors that determine the depth and scale of transformation have effects on the development of the system of higher education. The system of higher education is under the influence of the system and institutional dynamics, which dictate the need for changes. The activity of universities as centers of education, science and culture is one of the most important bases of social progress. This role becomes especially important in XXI century, which is based on new knowledge and principles of technological development. First of all a university takes new features in the current conditions of globalization. The fundamental task that needs to be solved in order to achieve the goals of a modern University is the change of meanings, goals and content of education by active participation in the internationalization processes of the system of higher education and by introducing reforms in educational process. Of course new economic conditions (global market and information technologies) require modifications. It was stated that the commercialization of University innovations in Azerbaijan is a relatively new direction, since the country is just adopts the path of an innovative economy. In this regard the transformation of a scientific idea to a product or a service faces a number of difficulties. It was investigated the problem of commercialization of the results of scientific activities of higher educational institutions in Azerbaijan. For the first time Azerbaijan State University of Economics has implemented its rebranding in the educational system of the country in order to strengthen the market position of the educational institution and realization of innovative marketing strategies. The University’s strategic goals were defined under the UNEC brand, and the brand development was successfully continued with the support of the scientific and expert community. An integrative educational environment is created in Azerbaijan State University of Economics and such environment ensures the unity of the “education – science – innovation – commercialization – production system”. It is important to note that UNEC strategy also provides for clustering of economical education and so that it provides for increasing the integration pace of the University into the world scientific and educational space. The article presents the innovative infrastructure of Azerbaijan State University of Economics connected with its integration into the global scientific and educational environment. The paper studies the matters of the international cooperation issues of the University with universities of such countries as USA, EU, Russia, Turkey, which expands the academic potential of the University and increases its competitiveness. The article substantiates the conclusion that the globalization of higher education increases the importance of commercialization of higher education institutions in the field of education and science. The article reveals the successful experience of UNEC University in the creation and implementation of joint educational programs, expanding academic mobility, attracting foreign applicants, conducting joint researches and international scientific events in partnership with universities in the EU, Russia and Turkey.

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