scholarly journals Capability approach on pedagogical use of ICT in schools

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes Chigona ◽  
Wallace Chigona
Keyword(s):  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Capability Approach ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Conceptual Base ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The Impact

The use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) for enhancing pedagogical activities has enormous potential to raise s tandards and increase educators ’ and learners ’ capabilities. However, research and anecdotal evidence in South Africa show that there is a low adoption rate of ICT among educators in schools and, in cases where the technology has been adopted, the impact has not been optimal. This qualitative study analyses the factors which prevent educators from using ICTs in their pedagogy. The perspectives of limited access and/or use of ICT as deprivation of capabilities provide a conceptual base for this paper. Sen’s Capability Approach has been used as a conceptual lens to examine the educators’ situation regarding integration of the technology in their pedagogy. Face-to-face interviews, with fourteen educators and two Khanya personnel, were used to gather data for the study. The findings show that personal, social and environmental factors are hindering the educators from realising their potential capabilities from the ICTs available in their schools. For effective use of the technology in the classrooms, the educators need to be equipped with Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge.

scholarly journals Validating the technology-assisted supplemental work scale (TASW)

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 475-481
Author(s):  
Kajal Kotecha ◽  
Wilfred Isioma Ukpere ◽  
Madelyn Geldenhuys
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
The Impact

The traditional advantage of using Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to enhance work flexibility also has a drawback of enabling academics to continue working even after regular working hours. This phenomenon has been referred to as technology-assisted supplemental work (TASW). Although TASW enhances academics’ work productively, they also have a negative impact on their family-life. The impact TASW has on academics and on higher education institutions can be understood by measuring the phenomenon properly by using a reliable and valid scale. The aim of this study is too validate a newly developed TASW scale by Fenner and Renn (2010). This study adopted a quantitative research approach and used an online survey to gather data. The sample included academic from a higher education in South Africa (n = 216). The results indicate that the TASW is a valid and reliable measure of technology among the sample of South African academics.

Working Anywhere and Working Anyhow?

2017 ◽  
pp. 90-112
Author(s):  
Alessandro Wärzner ◽  
Martina Hartner-Tiefenthaler ◽  
Sabine Theresia Koeszegi
Keyword(s):  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Communication Performance ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Impact

Working from anywhere relies heavily on information communication technologies (ICT). Scholars are increasingly utilizing a tension-based research lens to investigate organisational paradoxes which are rooted in opposite tendencies that might negate one another. Thus, computer-mediated communication can be both demanding and resourceful. The aim of this chapter is to present an analytical framework integrating three distinct but interrelated perspectives (task, medium and individual) to account for individuals' perceptions of job demands and job resources associated with the usage of ICT when working from anywhere. This chapter draws on insights from theories of media choice and communication performance, the self-determination theory and the job demands-resources model to better understand the impact of communication in the remote setting.

Academics’ ICT Capabilities in a New Educational Paradigm in Developing Countries

2013 ◽  
pp. 18-32
Author(s):  
Agnes Chigona ◽  
Rabelani Dagada
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Educational Paradigm ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
New Education

Tertiary institutions in the developing countries are investing a lot in equipping their institutions with Information Communication Technologies (ICT) for teaching and learning. However, there is still a low adoption rate in the use of the new technologies among many academics in these countries. This chapter aims at analysing the factors that impact on the academics’ effective use of ICTs for teaching and learning in the new education paradigm. Sen’s Capability Approach was used as a conceptual lens to examine the academics’ phenomena. Data was collected through in-depth interviews. The analysis of the findings has shown that individual, social, and environmental factors are preventing some academics from realising their potential capabilities from using the new technologies. It is recommended, therefore, that institutions in the developing countries should look into, and deal with accordingly, the conversion factors that are impacting on the academics’ capabilities when utilising the new technologies.

From Communities to Mobile Communities of Values

2011 ◽  
pp. 336-341
Author(s):  
Patricia McManus ◽  
Craig Standing
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Geographic Differences ◽  
The Impact

The discussion around the impact of information communication technologies in human social interaction has been the centre of many studies and discussions. From 1960 until 1990, researchers, academics, business writers, and futurist novelists have tried to anticipate the impact of these technologies in society, in particular, in cities and urban centres (Graham, 2004). The views during these three decades, although different in many aspects, share in common a deterministic view of the impact of ICT on cities and urban centres. They all see ICT influence as a dooming factor to the existence of cities. These authors have often seen ICT as a leading factor in the disappearance of urban centres and/or cities (Graham; Marvin, 1997; Negroponte, 1995). According to Graham, these views tend to portray ICT impact without taking into consideration the fact that old technologies are not always replaced by newer ones; they can also superimpose and combine into to something else. These views also have generally assumed that the impact of ICT would be the same in all places and have not accounted for geographic differences that could affect the use of information communication technologies.

scholarly journals Cacophony or Empowerment? Analysing the Impact of New Information Communication Technologies and New Social Media in Southeast Asia

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason P. Abbott
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
Human Rights Abuses ◽  
New Information ◽  
The Impact

The capabilities, tools and websites we associate with new information communication technologies and social media are now ubiquitous. Moreover tools that were designed to facilitate innocuous conversation and social interaction have had unforeseen political impacts. Nowhere was this more visible than during the 2011 uprisings across the Arab World. From Tunis to Cairo, and Tripoli to Damascus protest movements against authoritarian rule openly utilized social networking and file sharing tools to publicize and organize demonstrations and to catalogue human rights abuses. The Arab Spring, or Jasmine Revolution, was an event that was both witnessed and played out in real time online. This article explores the impacts and effects of these technologies on regimes in East Asia, in particular exploring the extent to which they proffer new capabilities upon activists and reformers in the region's semi-democratic and authoritarian regimes. Drawing on data on Internet and smartphone use, as well as case studies that explore the role of these technologies on the 2008 and 2011 general elections in Malaysia and Singapore respectively, this article suggests that the Internet and social networking platforms do present unique opportunities for activists, citizens and social movements.

scholarly journals THE MODEL OF THE «HISTORY OF PEDAGOGICS» COURSE LEARNING PROCESS WITH USING THE MULTIMEDIA ENCYCLOPAEDIA

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liubov Ye. Petukhova
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Education ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Preparation ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
History Of ◽  
Effective Organization ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Pedagogical Environment

The article is devoted to researching the question of the effective use of information communication technologies in the process of professional preparation of future teachers of primary and preschool education. The outgoing positions of effective organization of educational process and elements of model of construction the «History of pedagogics» course on the basis of using the information communication pedagogical environment are presented.

scholarly journals Impact of Information Communication Technologies pedagogy for Retention

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (IV) ◽  
pp. 264-270
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sibtain Khan ◽  
Liaquat Hussain Shah ◽  
Shafqat Rasool
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Retention Test ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Instructional Methodology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Experimental Group

The present study investigated the impact of ICT pedagogy for the retention of the students. This was an experimental investigation in two schools. The 120 participants were exposed to the experimental and controlled investigation in such a way that each group has 60 students. The experimental group was given the treatment of ICT pedagogy while the lecture pedagogy was in the control group. The testing was done for academic achievement after one month and after two months for retention, through a retention test. The result depicted the highest achievement in the favor of experimental group taught with ICT instructional methodology.

scholarly journals MEDICAL AND PREVENTIVE BASICS OF THE SAFE LIFE OF CHILDREN IN THE HYPER-INFORMATION SOCIETY

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladislav R. Kuchma ◽  
L. M. Sukhareva ◽  
P. I. Khramtsov
Keyword(s):  
Health And Safety ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
The Government ◽  
Concept Of Information ◽  
The Impact

The article presents research data on the impact of the use of information-communication technologies on the organism of children, including in conditions of the educational process. There were revealed peculiarities of cognitive functions in children, the perception of information from the computer screens and e-readers, and paper. There were established potential risks for the development and health of children due to the use of informational and communication technologies. There was proposed the system of hygiene of the health and safety of children in modern hyper-informational society. The main task of its implementation is to achieve the objectives of the Government of the Concept of information security of children.

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