Empirical evaluation of basic Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills of final year students of Federal College of Education (Technical), Omoku

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Onyedimekwu Okechi ◽  
Oruan K. Memoye
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
Basic Information ◽  
Ict Skills ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Tools

This research work titled “Empirical Evaluation of Basic Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Skills of Final Year Students of Federal College of Education (Technical), Omoku” used UNESCO ICT-Competency Framework for Teachers version 3, 2018 as a conceptual framework to assess basic ICT skills and competency level of students. It employed evaluative survey design using questionnaire as the instrument of data collection, designed and administered to all the 51 Part-Time final year students. Analysis of the research result using SPSS Version 20 shows that 4 (7%) of the students lack basic ICT skills, 13 (25%) of them are average in the use of ICT tools and 14 (27%) of them have above average ICT skills. A mean of 3.7 shows that 74% of the students agree that their ICT Instructors possesses the requisite professional skills and competencies to teach. Since 25% of the students can averagely use ICT tools, the researcher recommends that the Government should implement the Monitory and Evaluation of its huge investment in ICT in Education by making sure ICT Facilities are used for teaching and learning in schools.

scholarly journals Kompetencije učitelja biologije za izradu računalnih sadržaja i uporabu informacijsko-komunikacijskih tehnologija

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Mila Bulić ◽  
Daniela Novoselić
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Biology Teachers ◽  
Ict Skills ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Power Point

Nowadays biology teachers should be professional, ICT and information competent, and they must be able to create diverse teaching scenarios and apply modern technology, enabling students to acquire the knowledge and develop the competences needed for life in the 21st century. With the aim of determining the degree of implementation of information and communication technology in the educational process, a research was conducted on a sample of 65 biology teachers from the Split-Dalmatia County. The results show that biology teachers insufficiently apply ICT tools, and on the work they most commonly use Power Point presentations and their permutations. Length of teachers working experience and the types of schools in which they work are not factors frequently use of ICT tools in the educational process. The results can be the encouragement to transform the initial education of future biology teachers and guidelines for the necessary additional professional training of teachers practitioners and strengthening their ICT skills.

scholarly journals Is it possible to share tacit knowledge using information and communication technology tools?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Delio Ignacio Castaneda ◽  
Paul Toulson
Keyword(s):  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Workers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
The Uk

Purpose This study aims to determine whether it is possible to use information and communication technology (ICT) tools to share tacit knowledge. Few studies have considered this subject, and they have reported both the ineffectiveness and effectiveness of ICT tools for sharing tacit knowledge. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the participants comprised 217 knowledge workers from New Zealand and researchers who attended a knowledge management conference in the UK. In all, 59% of the sample was men and 41% women. The research model compared the scores of knowledge workers in two categories of ICT, those that allow dialogue and those that do not, in relation to knowledge sharing in organizations. The instrument used a Likert scale with five levels of response. Findings It was found that not all ICT technologies let tacit knowledge to be shared, but those ICT that facilitate dialogue, for example, text messaging and video conferences. Emails did not facilitate the exchange of tacit knowledge. Research limitations/implications It is suggested to replicate the study with different countries to evaluate the role of culture in the communication of tacit knowledge. Practical implications An implication for practitioners based on this study is that email should not be the preferred mode for transferring knowledge between an organization and their workers. This mode is adequate for the exchange of explicit knowledge, but it has a limited capacity for transferring tacit knowledge. Thus, organizations may increase the use of audio and video tools to transfer electronically tacit knowledge. Interaction or socialization may facilitate the understanding and internalization of tacit knowledge by workers. Originality/value This study contributed to understand the reason for contradictory results from previous research. ICT tools are effective to share tacit knowledge when they facilitate dialogue. Results also support practitioners about how to obtain more effective exchange of tacit knowledge in organizations.

scholarly journals ICT LITERACY OF LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN SELECTED LAGOS STATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS, NIGERIA

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oludare Adebanji Shorunke ◽  
Solomn O. Makinde ◽  
Omawumi O. Makinde
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Ict Literacy ◽  
Ict Skills ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
Information And Communication

This study contributes to the limited research available on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) literacy of language teachers in Nigeria. The advent of ICT brought new opportunities that require a skill set to operate better and faster, even in the education sector.  The case for teachers’ ICT literacy is cogent in the information age to update them on their areas of specialization. The use of ICT requires some skills to enhance the access and retrieval of the required information without undue stress. The level of ICT skills a teacher possesses may affect the extent to which the teacher puts ICT to use. This study revealed that majority of the respondents made use of ICT resources. The study revealed that aggregately a large proportion of the teachers are ICT literate. This study made recommendations to improve ICT skills training and access to ICT resources.

Impact of Infrastructure Barriers on Electronic Government Implementation

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mosleh Zeebaree ◽  
Saman Sattar ◽  
Goran Yousif Ismael ◽  
Abdulkhaleq Nader Qader ◽  
Musbah Aqel
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
Spare Time ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Societal Problems

Electronic government (e-government) in its simplest form can mean utilizing information and communication technology (ICT) tools to give services to citizens. With the enormous benefits that e-government gives to government and societies, it still faces obstacles and challenges. Therefore, there are always a number of critical success and risk factors associated with e- Government implementation. In this modern life, data is a huge item that should be ace so as to enhance the competitive power of an association. Various uses of Information and Communication (ICT) in some domestic governments made it become apparent. Nonetheless, indeed, ICT didn’t have a worthy impact on the productivity of government sector. A lot of governments all throughout the globe are presenting e-government as inclusion to their process on the most proficient method to spare time and costs, enhance assistance and raise productivity and adequacy of public sector. Along these lines, the distinguishing proof of e-government has been the highest need for all administration offices. Nonetheless, the appropriation of e-government is confronting a great deal of boundaries and difficulties, for example, technological, institutional, national and societal problems that should be repair and think cautiously by any pondering government's appropriation. This paper further states the methodical analysis to recognize the infrastructural barriers that affects the execution of e-government services. It would also create a record of potential tactics that would made e-government services execution successful.  

Early Mapping of “Electronic Hive Minds” on the Web and Internet

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Social Consciousness ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Mapping Techniques ◽  
The Web

An “electronic hive mind” (EHM) is conceptualized as a type of temporally limited social consciousness (held by people, cyborgs, and robots) around shared interests, enabled by social media and information and communication technology (ICT). EHMs may be understood partially through combined prior research in the areas of social psychology and social media. Other research work is novel and requires the application of a range of methods and technologies to identify EHMs from publicly available social media residual data in various digital modalities. To this end, some initial mapping techniques to understand EHMs will be shown in this chapter.

Innovative ICT Applications in Transport and Logistics

2013 ◽  
pp. 2150-2163
Author(s):  
Mark Goh ◽  
Kym Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Logistics Service ◽  
Logistics Service Provider ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Tools

This chapter examines the applications of innovative information and communication technology (ICT) applications in transport and logistics in Asia. Specifically, the authors examine two case studies of how a Logistics Service Provider (LSP), and a public sector agency based in Asia who acts as a regulator of ports and maritime services and facilities have effectively used ICT tools and applications to their advantage and how this has shaped the innovation landscape of the supply chain in Asia.

Improving the Educational Effectiveness of MOOCs by Using Web-Based Information and Communication Technology

2016 ◽  
pp. 186-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhavik Pathak
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Educational Effectiveness ◽  
Educational Models ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Online Retailers ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Tools

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have proved their cost effectiveness in extending the reach of the traditional classroom education to thousands of learners across the globe. However, many questions have been raised regarding the educational effectiveness of these MOOC models. In particular, the lack of personalization, social interactions, and credibility have been cited as some of the most important factors that create uncertainties regarding the viability of the MOOC based educational models. In the last couple of decades, Web-based businesses including online retailers, electronic marketplaces and online portals have successfully integrated information and communication technology (ICT) led initiatives and evolved to become viable business models. The focus of this chapter is to analyze the challenges of the current MOOC based educational models and suggest how they can adopt ICT tools to transform into MOOC 2.0 - the next generation of MOOCs.

scholarly journals Experimentar con TIC en la formación inicial de profesores

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (3 Noviembr) ◽  
pp. 255-274
Author(s):  
Natália Lopes ◽  
Anabela Gomes
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Teaching Learning

En una sociedad en la que las tecnologías poseen cada vez mayor relevancia, son varios los argumentos que justifican su integración en la escuela. Efectivamente, el uso de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación surge como una gran y valiosa posibilidad de cambio, ofreciendo al proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje un nuevo soporte. Parece evidente que su uso constituye un hecho inevitable al que ningún docente debería permanecer indiferente. Esta es la finalidad del artículo, al preocuparse por la importancia de utilizar las TIC en el contexto de prácticum. Para ello, se presenta un relato de diez seminarios de practicum realizados en la Universidad de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Portugal), con futuros/as profesores/as de diferentes áreas de enseñanza básica y su potencial formativo. En este contexto, se recurre al uso de diferentes tecnologías para presentar herramientas susceptibles de ser usadas en las aulas,mostrar su utilidad en la futura práctica pedagógica y dejar indicadores para que los futuros docentes pudiesen elaborar materiales pedagógicos digitales capaces de responder a sus intenciones didácticas y, también, a los ambientes de aprendizaje que crean conforme a sus características y estilos de aprendizaje. Se concluye con una reflexión sobre la pertinencia de estos seminarios y la utilidad de las TIC en el contexto del prácticum. In a society in which technologies have increasing relevance, there are several arguments for their inclusion in school. Indeed, the use of Information and Communication Technology emerges as a great and valuable possibility of change, a new support of teaching-learning processes. It seems clear that its use constitutes an unavoidable fact to which no teacher should remain indifferent. This is the purpose of this article which focuses on the importance of ICT in the context of practicum placements. To this extent, we describe 10 seminars about practicum placements in the Trás-os-Montes y Alto Douro University (Portugal), with future teachers of elementary education. During these seminars some ICT tools were presented so that students could check how they could use those tools in their lessons, show their usefulness in their future teaching and leave advice on how future teachers might elaborate digital pedagogical materials which respond to their educational intentions and to different learning environments according to learning characteristics and styles. It concludes by highlighting the relevance of these seminars and the usefulness of ICT in the context of practicum placements.

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