Information and Communication Technologies: Competencies in the 21st-Century Workforce

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication

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.

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.

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.

scholarly journals The Virtual Communication in the Education System

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (17) ◽  
pp. 117-123
Author(s):  
Ingrid Potisková
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Education System ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
New Method ◽  
Competitive Environment ◽  
Virtual Communication ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Business Simulations ◽  
A Company

Abstract The education in the 21st century should be carried out by new method based on information and communication technologies, which in some cases even completely replace the currently practiced methods of teaching. The business simulations are a suitable means for acquiring the skills to establish a company and its further activities in strong competitive environment.

Teens and Information and Communication Technologies

2011 ◽  
pp. 3721-3727
Author(s):  
Leanne Bowler
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Continuous Change ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Information And Communication

The focus of this article is on how young people, ages 12–19, in the early 21st century use information and communications technologies. The wide and diverse nature of the landscape, composed of multiple platforms and applications in continuous change, necessitates a broad approach. Information technologies are now bundled with communications capabilities and vice versa, making a focus on one and not the other virtually impossible. Furthermore, one of the difficulties in studying ICT use among children and teenagers is that statistics and studies are still limited, even within digitally privileged countries. Ironically, while research in this area has focused on the educational use of ICT, young people overwhelmingly use it for personal reasons. This article, therefore, looks at ICT through a wide angle and offers a snapshot of the role of ICT in the lives of young people in the early days of the 21st century, suggesting in broad terms where the emerging issues and trends may lie.

Adoption of ICT in Primary Healthcare in the 21st Century

2019 ◽  
pp. 238-255
Author(s):  
Quazi Omar Faruq ◽  
Arthur Tatnall
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Information And Communication

This chapter looks at the use of ICT by medical general practitioners in the Australian eHealth and the Virtual Doctor Program. It discusses introduction, adoption, and use of information and communication technologies in primary healthcare and investigates reasons for adoption, or non-adoption, of these technologies. For a new technology to be put into use, a decision must be made to adopt it, or at least some aspects of it, and this chapter makes use of innovation translation informed by actor-network theory to explain this.

Participation in ICT-Enabled Meetings

2012 ◽  
pp. 192-214
Author(s):  
Katherine M. Chudoba ◽  
Mary Beth Watson-Manheim ◽  
Kevin Crowston ◽  
Chei Sian Lee
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Work Practices ◽  
Common Occurrence ◽  
Information And Communication

Meetings are a common occurrence in contemporary organizations. The authors’ exploratory study at Intel, an innovative global technology company, suggests that meetings are evolving beyond their familiar definition as the pervasive use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) changes work practices associated with meetings. Drawing on data gathered from interviews prompted by entries in the employees’ electronic calendar system, the authors examine the multiple ways in which meetings build and reflect work in the organization and derive propositions to guide future research. Specifically, the authors identify four aspects of meetings that reflect work in the 21st century: meetings are integral to work in team-centered organizations, tension between group and personal objectives, discontinuities, and ICT support for fragmented work environment.

Electronic Commerce in Egypt

2011 ◽  
pp. 210-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherif Kamel
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Business Development ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The World ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Information And Communication

The information and communication technologies have had remarkable impacts worldwide on the emergence of a number of trends and applications affecting business, the industry and the economy. One of the vastly growing waves in today’s changing environment is electronic commerce. It is directly affecting the way people communicate, interact and do business. Electronic commerce currently represents 2% of the global business transactions but promises to dominate the business environment in the 21st century. The successful presence of electronic commerce through the Internet has helped create low cost and more efficient channels for product and service sales through a more dynamic and interactive venue of opportunities where the world becomes the market place. This chapter reflects on the ways business will be developed and formulated in the 21st century. As the world is converging into a global village where supply and demand interacts across nations and continents, electronic commerce represents an opportunity for many countries around the world. Egypt, one of the rapidly growing economies among the developing world has thoroughly invested in transforming its society to deal with the information-based global market economy of the coming century. Respectively, one of the associated technologies in business development and trading has been electronic commerce. With the introduction of the Internet since 1993 in Egypt, today there are around 250,000 Internet subscribers served by 50 Internet service providers and representing the starting point for a potential electronic commerce community. As the Internet grows in magnitude and capacity, electronic commerce will flourish and will have direct implications on the socioeconomic and business development process in Egypt. This chapter demonstrates Egypt’s vision with regard to electronic commerce and its possible utilization in its developmental and planning processes. Moreover, the chapter will demonstrate the roles of the government, the public and the private sector facing the challenges and opportunities enabled by electronic commerce, and how Egypt places the new enabled information and communication technologies as tools that can help in the nation’s development process.

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