scholarly journals Evolution of the framework for 21st century competencies

2013 ◽  
pp. 10-24
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
21St Century ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Competencies

This article presents the successive changes and evolution of the frameworks for 21st century competencies, since the appearance of the first conceptual models during the final years of the last century, and also it is a review of the competencies that are needed in the 21st century with a special focus on the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) competencies. The included frameworks have been elaborated by diverse institutions such as international organizations, private consortia and also governments as a guideline for educational policies in elementary and secondary schools. Later, the frameworks are compared and analyzed according to a classification of the competencies into general categories, in order to visualize some trends and obtain some insights about the direction they are heading. Finally, it provides some suggestions for the conception of future frameworks.

scholarly journals Evolution of the framework for 21st century competencies

2013 ◽  
pp. 10-24 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
21St Century ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Competencies

This article presents the successive changes and evolution of the frameworks for 21st century competencies, since the appearance of the first conceptual models during the final years of the last century, and also it is a review of the competencies that are needed in the 21st century with a special focus on the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) competencies. The included frameworks have been elaborated by diverse institutions such as international organizations, private consortia and also governments as a guideline for educational policies in elementary and secondary schools. Later, the frameworks are compared and analyzed according to a classification of the competencies into general categories, in order to visualize some trends and obtain some insights about the direction they are heading. Finally, it provides some suggestions for the conception of future frameworks.

Quo Vadis? School Principals' Educational Leadership in the Technological Era of the 21st Century

Educatia 21 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana Daniel Horowitz ◽  
◽  
Nicolae Paun ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Peripheral Region ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Quo Vadis

This article focuses on a case study of primary schools in the northern peripheral region in Israel. Its aim is acquiring insights into the influence of principals as educational leaders of meaningful use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in teaching and learning. The data source in this study is qualitative based on personal interviews with 6 school principals and 9 teachers. The conclusion arising from these interviews was that school principals’ areas of responsibility are anchored in leading teaching, educational and learning processes, molding schools’ future image – vision and managing change, leading, and professionally developing staff, while concentrating on in individuals, managing links between schools and communities. School leaders do not need to be IT experts, but it is important they have the vision to adopt change reform in the technological era of the 21st century. Principals are role models for teachers when they provide them with support and training to encourage them to employ ICT in planning their lessons. which is likely to improve their teaching and students’ learning.

Interactive Generation Brazil Research

2014 ◽  
pp. 284-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brasilina Passarelli ◽  
Alan César Belo Angeluci
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
Information And Communication

The contemporary hybridism has led new generations to a connected-based society in which relations among individuals are even more mediated by the arising Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Some aspects of these mediations need to be deeply understood since new and different usages, habits, and practices with media are being observed among those born since the nineties – the digital natives. Aiming to investigate this context, a study was carried out to better understand how children and teenagers interact with four screens: computers, TV, games, and mobile phones. From a quantitative methodological approach, data was collected using a survey applied in Brazilian schools. A theoretical framework on digital literacy concepts was used as base for two-layer of data analysis on these four media, and the results were organized in five topics that show the main outcomes. They can be the basis of further educational policies grounded in real diagnosis.

Challenges and Prospects of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Teaching Technical Education towards Globalisation

2014 ◽  
pp. 237-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oladiran Stephen Olabiyi
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
And Training

The relevance of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the field of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) cannot be overemphasised in the knowledge-based and globalised society. The world of works is in as continuous a state of change as ICT itself, thus posing more challenges to the workers in the 21st century and the institutions responsible for their preparation. Therefore, this chapter discusses the challenges and prospects of ICT in teaching TVE towards globalisation. The chapter points out clearly the meaning, philosophy, and objectives of TVET, concept and types of ICT, the need for effective utilisation of ICTs and its role in TVET, the challenges and solutions to the effective utilisation of ICTs in TVET, and the prospect of using ICT in teaching TVET. The chapter concludes by suggesting solutions for proper planning, management, and effective utilisation of ICTs resources in TVET.

Market of Resources as an Environment for Agile/Virtual Enterprise Dynamic Integration and for Business Alignment

2011 ◽  
pp. 169-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Manuela Cunha ◽  
Goran D. Putnik ◽  
A. Gunasekaran
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Distributed Resources ◽  
Operation And Maintenance ◽  
Business Alignment ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Dynamic Integration ◽  
Globally Distributed

We are assisting to a shift from traditional “self-centred closed-enterprises” to “global open-enterprises,” corresponding to the recent Agile/Virtual Enterprise (A/V E) model. This new organisational model, where market information concerns information about resources to integrate an A/V E, although reinforced by the ability to use more globally distributed resources and by lower transaction costs provided by information and communication technologies, claims for a wider support environment, able to assure better quality and better response at lower time. This corresponds to the concept of Market of Resources, proposed by the authors as an environment for A/V E dynamic integration and for business alignment. The chapter describes the main functionalities of the Market of Resources, with a special focus on the specification of its creation, operation and maintenance.

The Use of Electronic Banking and New Technologies in Cash Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 3914-3920
Author(s):  
Leire San Jose Ruiz de Aguirre
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Cash Management ◽  
Unit Costs ◽  
New Information ◽  
Information And Communication

The use of new information and communication technologies (ICT) as a business tool has increased rapidly for the past 10 years (Bonsón, Coffin, & Watson, 2000; Claessens, Glaessner, & Klingebiel, 2000; Vasarhelyi & Greenstein, 2003). More specifically, financial software, e-banking, and the Internet, as core aspects of the various technologies used, have become driving forces behind the expansion of firms and the development of cash management. New technologies are considered as one of the most attractive ways for businesses to increase revenue and achieve economies of scale that can reduce unit costs (Ballantine & Stray, 1998; Barajas & Villanueva, 2001; Daniel, 1999; Daniel & Storey, 1997; Deyoung, 2001; Downes & Muy, 1998; Faulder, 2001; Jayawardhena & Foley, 2000). There are different studies about the use of ICT in the management of the enterprise that explain the obtaining of enterprise performance. Brynjolfsson and Hitt (2000) and Nájera (2005) have done a review of these works and a classification of these types of researches. Unfortunately, there are not specific works or empirical researches about the use of e-banking in cash management; consequently, this work is focused in this. The rest of the chapter is structured as follows. The theoretical foundation on which the study is based is explained in Section 2. Section 3 presents the data and the analysis procedure used to conduct the empirical study. The main results of the investigation are shown in Section 4, and Section 5 presents conclusions. The chapter ends with a list of bibliographical references.

THE FREEDOM-FIGHTERS: HOW INCUMBENT CORPORATIONS ARE ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL USER-INNOVATION

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 543-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIKTOR BRAUN ◽  
CORNELIUS HERSTATT
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
End Users ◽  
The Internet ◽  
User Innovation ◽  
Critical Component ◽  
Mass Collaboration ◽  
Freedom Fighters ◽  
Information And Communication

Novel information and communication technologies, foremost the Internet, have revolutionised the innovation landscape. Mass-collaboration involving end-users is now, a critical component of many types of software improvement and has the potential to make users as the main innovation source of the 21st century. The vision of democratising innovation is not, however, in everybody's interest. Many incumbent corporations are actively engaging in efforts to prevent users from modifying and improving their products. In this paper, we investigate the barriers that incumbents impose upon potentially innovative users and ask under which conditions such behaviours are likely to be sustainable.

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