Information and Communication Technologies in Networks of Non-Profit Organizations

Nonprofit Sector ◽

Research Process ◽

Human Action ◽

Non Profit ◽

Website Analysis ◽

Different Parts

This thesis explores the recursive interaction among technology, human action and institutional properties in three networks of nonprofit organizations. The aims of the research are two-fold: to make a theoretical contibution to literature on organizations and technology by applying concepts of institutionalism and the structurational model of technology to a unique organizational form; and, to make a practical contribution to the nonprofit sector by improving knowledge of how networks of nonprofit organizations interact with information and communication technologies. The research process involved 13 interviews, 44 qualitative surveys and copious document and website analysis. The findings indicate that technology is not institutionalized uniformly within the network structures but instead comes to assume different roles within different parts of the networks. This leads to an extension of the structurational model of technology and also highlights the importance of flexible technologies that can be adapted to the variable circumstances of a single network structure.

Enhancing the roles of information and communication technologies in doctoral research processes

International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education ◽

10.1186/s41239-020-00212-3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sarah J. Stein ◽

Kwong Nui Sim

Keyword(s):

Thematic Analysis ◽

Research Process ◽

Formal Learning ◽

Doctoral Study ◽

Ict Skills ◽

Doctoral Research ◽

The People ◽

Abstract While information and communication technologies (ICT) are prominent in educational practices at most levels of formal learning, there is relatively little known about the skills and understandings that underlie their effective and efficient use in research higher degree settings. This project aimed to identify doctoral supervisors’ and students’ perceptions of their roles in using ICT. Data were gathered through participative drawing and individual discussion sessions. Participants included 11 students and two supervisors from two New Zealand universities. Focus of the thematic analysis was on the views expressed by students about their ideas, practices and beliefs, in relation to their drawings. The major finding was that individuals hold assumptions and expectations about ICT and their use; they make judgements and take action based on those expectations and assumptions. Knowing about ICT and knowing about research processes separately form only part of the work of doctoral study. Just as supervision cannot be considered independently of the research project and the student involved, ICT skills and the use of ICT cannot be considered in the absence of the people and the project. What is more important in terms of facilitating the doctoral research process is students getting their “flow” right. This indicates a need to provide explicit support to enable students to embed ICT within their own research processes.

How nonprofits use Facebook to craft infrastructure

First Monday ◽

10.5210/fm.v26i3.10265 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Libby Hemphill ◽

A.J. Million ◽

Ingrid Erickson

Keyword(s):

Civic Engagement ◽

Uses And Gratifications ◽

Technology Choice ◽

Non Profit ◽

Ict Use ◽

Moral Economies ◽

Task Technology Fit

We present findings from interviews with 23 individuals affiliated with non-profit organizations (NPOs) to understand how they deploy information and communication technologies (ICTs) in their civic engagement efforts. Existing research about NPO ICT use is often critical, but we did not find evidence that NPOs fail to use tools effectively. Rather, we detail how NPOs assemble various ICTs to create infrastructures that align with their values. Overall, we find that existing theories about technology choice (e.g., task-technology fit, uses and gratifications) do not explain the assemblages NPOs describe. We argue that the infrastructures they fashion can be explained through the lens of moral economies rather than utility. Together, the rhetorics of infrastructure and moral economies capture the motivations and constraints our participants expressed and challenge how prevailing theories of ICT use describe the non-profit landscape.

Mitigating Ethno-Cultural Differences

Indigenous Studies ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-0423-9.ch017 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 312-324

Author(s):

Hasnain Falak ◽

Tariq Zaman

Keyword(s):

Community Engagement ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Cultural Differences ◽

Learning Process ◽

Research Process ◽

Cultural Norms ◽

Community engagement is necessary for the success and sustainability of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) projects. To ensure active participation of community, researchers need to understand and adhere to the local cultural norms and adapt in the lifestyle of people. These cultural norms are mainly unwritten and implicit in nature. Hence the researchers spend maximum time of their field visits in observing and developing understanding of the community's life. In our long-term partnership with the indigenous Penan community of Long Lamai in Malaysian Borneo, we co-developed written guidelines for researchers and visitors. The researchers demonstrated their interest in aligning research process to the community's cultural values, however norm internalisation and development of associated behaviour is still a challenging. The written guidelines are yet only one of the attempts to the practices of community researchers' engagement and we are refining our methodology to enhance the researchers' learning process.

Systematic review of research investigating psychotherapy and information and communication technologies

Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy ◽

10.1590/2237-6089-2014-0055 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 118-125 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sílvia Cristina Marceliano Hallberg ◽

Carolina Saraiva de Macedo Lisboa ◽

Déborah Brandão de Souza ◽

Ariela Mester ◽

Andréia Zambon Braga ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Scientific Literature ◽

Behavioral Therapy ◽

The United States ◽

Boolean Operator ◽

The Subject ◽

Different Parts ◽

Mental And Behavioral Disorders

Introduction:Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are devices, services and knowledge that reproduce, process and distribute information. Psychotherapy has been influenced by these technologies, and there is a tendency for their role to expand.Objective: To describe the current panorama of the scientific literature on psychotherapy and ICTs.Method: This is a systematic and descriptive review. Searches were run on the electronic databases Biblioteca Virtual em Saude (BVS), PsycINFO, Scopus, PePSIC, ScienceDirect and Index Psi, using the Boolean operator AND and the descriptors psychotherapy, computers, Internet, cell phones and social networks.Results: A considerable volume of empirical research was found, published recently in many different parts of the world, especially in the United States. There is very little Brazilian research on the subject. The majority of the studies identified assess the efficacy or describe the development of techniques and psychotherapies, via ICTs, for prevention, diagnosis or treatment of mental and behavioral disorders. The psychopathology most investigated in this area is depression and it was not possible to draw conclusions on a possible trend for research into the subject to increase. The technology most investigated was the Internet and cognitive-behavioral therapy was the most common theoretical approach in these studies.Conclusions:Systematic reviews of published studies can detect gaps in the research agenda within a specific field of knowledge.

How Do Social Media, Mobility, Analytics and Cloud Computing Impact Nonprofit Organizations? A Pluralistic Study of Information and Communication Technologies in Indian Context

Information Technology for Development ◽

10.1080/02681102.2014.992002 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 400-421 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Aparna Raman

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Cloud Computing ◽

Nonprofit Organizations ◽

Indian Context ◽

Grammars of “Onlife” Identities: Educational Re-significations

Studies in Philosophy and Education ◽

10.1007/s11217-021-09811-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Alberto Sánchez-Rojo ◽

Ángel García del Dujo ◽

José Manuel Muñoz-Rodríguez ◽

Arsenio Dacosta

Keyword(s):

Theoretical Perspective ◽

Human Action ◽

The Self ◽

Current Development ◽

Educational Implications ◽

Current Context ◽

Educational Perspective

AbstractIdentity has been widely understood in Western societies as a specular construction that operates simultaneously both from within and from outside oneself. However, this process is fiercely changing in a world in which almost every human action is mediated by information and communication technologies. This paper, from a theoretical perspective, aims to discover the main educational implications of this change. For that purpose, we first consider the traditional meaning and process of forming the self in Western culture. Afterwards, we identify and describe the mechanisms for the construction of the self in our current context, highlighting the fact that technologies, in themselves and regardless of the use we make of them, hide implications. Taking this into account, we show to what extent the current development of the self presents shades, conflicts and tangible risks from an educational perspective. We finally conclude that it is essential to promote an education on technology that goes beyond the use regulation in which, up to now, it has been solely focused on.

Las TIC en el diseño de las políticas educativas. El caso de México

Education Policy Analysis Archives ◽

10.14507/epaa.29.4408 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

pp. 32

Author(s):

María Cristina López de la Madrid ◽

Katiuzka Flores Guerrero ◽

Cecilia Tejeda Mercado

Keyword(s):

Basic Education ◽

Research Process ◽

Ict In Education ◽

National Education ◽

Documentary Analysis ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Education In Mexico

The introduction and use of information and communication technologies have been a recurrent topic of debate, as these technologies have become attached to the lives of more than half of the world's population. However, the use of technology in the education sector does not occur automatically, one of the references to guide the processes of its introduction have been the policies dictated by the governments, where actions, strategies, objectives, and goals are reflected, this allows us to identify a way forward by defining a more tangible and in some cases, prospective route. Based on the above, the objective of this work was to determine which have been the main guidelines that have marked the course of ICT in education in Mexico, and their reflection in specific actions. For this purpose, a qualitative research process was carried out with a systematic review on the internet and a documentary analysis, with the review of national education programs, and various documents on the main ICT programs of the last 30 years. Recurring axes were identified in each period, as well as lags and lack of continuity from one program to another. The importance that educational policies have had to direct the course of the use of ICT in basic education in Mexico is recognized, but also the gaps and shortcomings that have arisen in each six-year period.

Design Solutions for User-Centric Information Systems - Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology ◽

Mitigating Ethno-Cultural Differences

10.4018/978-1-5225-1944-7.ch009 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 162-174 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hasnain Falak ◽

Tariq Zaman

Keyword(s):

Community Engagement ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Cultural Differences ◽

Learning Process ◽

Research Process ◽

Cultural Norms ◽

Community engagement is necessary for the success and sustainability of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) projects. To ensure active participation of community, researchers need to understand and adhere to the local cultural norms and adapt in the lifestyle of people. These cultural norms are mainly unwritten and implicit in nature. Hence the researchers spend maximum time of their field visits in observing and developing understanding of the community's life. In our long-term partnership with the indigenous Penan community of Long Lamai in Malaysian Borneo, we co-developed written guidelines for researchers and visitors. The researchers demonstrated their interest in aligning research process to the community's cultural values, however norm internalisation and development of associated behaviour is still a challenging. The written guidelines are yet only one of the attempts to the practices of community researchers' engagement and we are refining our methodology to enhance the researchers' learning process.

When Nonprofit Organizations Meet Information and Communication Technologies: How Organizational Culture Influences the Use of Traditional, Digital, and Sharing Media

VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations ◽

10.1007/s11266-021-00335-9 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jennifer Ihm ◽

Eun-mee Kim

Keyword(s):

Organizational Culture ◽

Nonprofit Organizations ◽