Project-based civics education: A case study of a university research center

PurposeTo showcase the importance of digital citizenship in the current era. This article compares the nine features of digital citizen provided by Ribble and Bailey (2007) with a case study conducted in a multicultural setting and identifies the tensions between ethics, religion and cultural norms in that environment.Design/methodology/approachA case study approach has been used in this research. Why case study? Because it is unique and provides in-depth, unique and invaluable findings. Case studies researchers have contributed to the development of case study research from diverse disciplines. Historical examples of case studies go back as far as the nineteenth century with the biography of Charles Darwin (Stewart, 2014). The dominance of positivism in science in the late 1940 and 1950s in social science sidelined qualitative approaches such as case studies. Although case study research was often criticized for its inability to support generalizations, and thus, provided limited validity and value as a research design (Merriam, 2009; Stewart, 2014), case study research provides intensive analysis of an issue. A Case study is intrinsic, instrumental and collective (Stake, 1995, 2006). Case study research encourages the detailed enquiry of a unit of analysis within its context.FindingsFindings show that current society needs to be educated on the nine aspects of digital citizenship. In the current era, changes are so rapid that every now and then, there must be collaboration and cooperation between different agencies to ensure that the tension between religiosity, cultural norms and ethics would be able to find some common ground. With more knowledge and wisdom on human rights, sustainability education and project-based learning in Civics Education, teachers, students, parents and community should often meet to decide on controversial issues and find ways to ensure that each one in society has the knowledge, skills and values for digital citizenship to grow and flourish.Originality/valueThe article is original in nature and has much social impact.

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Researcher Unbound and National University of Singapore (NUS) Libraries' Evolving Role in Supporting University Research

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

10.4018/978-1-7998-4546-1.ch010 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 216-246

Author(s):

Fang Chiong (Patrick) Pu ◽

Su Yian Kho ◽

Ke Khoon Low ◽

Amy Chou

Keyword(s):

Information Literacy ◽

Knowledge Exchange ◽

Literacy Skills ◽

University Research ◽

Digital Information ◽

Continual Improvement ◽

National University ◽

Information Literacy Skills ◽

The University

As a discipline-neutral entity, knowledge exchange, and nexus of the university, the National University of Singapore (NUS) Libraries is the ideal conduit for bringing together faculties and departments to facilitate cross-disciplinary education and research. This case study gives a detailed walkthrough on the creation and design of the Research Skills Framework (RSF), which forms the backbone for all information literacy programmes (ILPs), specifically the flagship Researcher Unbound (RU) programme and RU Symposium, and shares challenges faced and future improvement plans. The exploration, design, and continual improvement of the programme ensured that NUS Libraries provides relevant and timely research support and enhances the digital information literacy skills of the NUS community. This programme continues to be a work in progress drawn from participants' feedback, attendance, experience, and insights from seven semestral runs and cumulative total of 172 workshop sessions.

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I-Fit

Information Technology Governance and Service Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-008-0.ch012 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 221-238

Author(s):

Alea Fairchild ◽

Martin Smits ◽

Piet Ribbers ◽

Erik van Geel ◽

Geert Snijder

Keyword(s):

Business Performance ◽

Information Quality ◽

Strategic Alignment ◽

It Governance ◽

University Research ◽

Research Center ◽

Causal Relationships ◽

Business Manager ◽

It Services ◽

Joint Activity

This document summarizes the initial findings of the I-Fit research project that started in August 2006 as a joint activity of a regional ICT consultancy and a university research center. The main goal of the project is to help the consultants to improve alignment between business and IT in the client organizations. The I-Fit project takes the perspective of the business manager: how a business manager can influence and increase the value of the IT services that he receives. Based on the literature on strategic alignment and Information quality, we develop the I-Fit model. The model assumes causal relationships between IT governance, Strategic Alignment, Information Quality, and Business Performance in an organization.

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