scholarly journals Employers’ Identification of Skills Needed by Technical and Vocational Education Graduates for Industrial Work Effectiveness

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. R. E. Okoye ◽  
S. M. Nkanu
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Ict Skills ◽  
Industrial Work ◽  
Work Effectiveness ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Research Questions

Unemployment has been an issue yet unresolved in the minds of every citizen. However, the hope is that the Nigerian government should resolve it, but this plight still looms and stirs on the face of all. This however is the plight in sight and therefore this study investigated employers’ identification of skills needed by technical and vocational education (TVE) graduates for industrial work effectiveness. The study determined (a) Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills needed by TVE graduates as identified by employers with 0-10 years of work experience, (b) Problem-Solving skills needed by TVE graduates as identified by employers with 0-10 years of work experience, (c) Technical Skills needed by TVE graduates as identified by employers with 0-10 years of work experience. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted the descriptive survey design, with a population of 260 managers. Data collected were analyzed using arithmetic mean and standard deviation for research questions and z-test to test the hypothesis. The study revealed that, problem solving skills, technical skills and information and communication technology (ICT) skills are highly needed by TVE graduates for improved industrial work effectiveness. Findings of the study revealed that in terms of information and communication technology skills and problem solving skills, there was no significant difference in the mean ratings of employers. The study also revealed that employers of 0-10years of operation differed significantly in their mean ratings on technical skills needed by TVE graduates for industrial work effectiveness. Based on the findings, the researchers recommends that every effort should be made to ensure that machinery to enhance the acquisition of employability skills by TVE scholars be put in place during their days in school. There should be re-training scheme arranged by Nigerian government for TVE graduates after school.

scholarly journals Thai information and communication technology student teacher complex problem-solving skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 2209-2222
Author(s):  
Natchanun Sermsri ◽  
Aukkapong Sukkamart ◽  
Thiyaporn Kantathanawat
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Complex Problem Solving ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Information And Communication

From the study’s qualitative analysis, 5 latent variables and 21 observed variables concerning complex problem-solving (CPS) skills were identified and subsequently used in a questionnaire on a sample of 214 Thai education professionals teaching information and communication technology (ICT)-related student teachers in one of 31 Thai Rajabhat (teaching) Universities. Goodness-of-fit and descriptive statistical analysis (mean and standard deviation) were analysed by using IBM® Statistical Package for the Social Sciences® for Windows version 21, while the second-order confirmatory factor analysis used LISREL 9.10. The results revealed that the educators perceived information literacy (1.00), analytical thinking (0.96), self-control (0.93), knowledge application (0.90) and planning ability (0.85) as the most important for the student teachers’ CPS skills. Moreover, the results revealed that each teacher’s opinion on CPS skill indicators was at a ‘high agreement’ level. Therefore, it suggested that the results can be used by Thailand’s Ministry of Education and other ICT-related education agencies in developing CPS skill programmes for Thai student teachers.     Keywords: CPS, ICT, Information literacy, preservice teachers, Thailand

scholarly journals Lecturers Perception of Information and Communication Technology Skills Acquisition and Graduates Employability in Cross Rivers State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nwosu, Patience Okwudiri ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Ict Skills ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Technology Skill ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Research Questions

The advancement in technology and its dynamic influence on work processes puts high demand on ICT skills, thereby necessitating the need of students undertaking training in their respective fields of specializations to be more versatile in current labour market needs so as to be qualified to work in the ICT inclined labour market. The study examined Information and Communication technology skill acquisition and graduates’ employability in Cross River State, Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study. Survey research design was adopted. The population of the study comprised of all the 475 lecturers in the Faculty of Education, University of Calabar. The simple random sampling technique was used to sample 47% resulting to 223 respondents. The instrument for data collection was a modified four point likert scale titled; information and communication technology skill acquisition and graduates employability questionnaire (ICTSAGEQ). The reliability estimate obtained using Cronbach alpha reliability was 0.85. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation to answer research questions. Findings revealed that information and communication technology skill acquisition has significant influence on graduates’ employability. The study further found that the challenges of ICT skills acquisition bothers around inadequate funding, inadequacy of ICT compliant manpower, poor power supply, lack of infrastructure among others. The study therefore concluded that ICT skill acquisition significantly influence graduates’ employability in Cross River State, to this end, it was recommended that Students should be encouraged and sponsored to acquire relevant ICT skills before graduation to enable them fit into the modern world of work or possibly set up their personal ICT services for self –reliance and creating jobs for others thereby reducing unemployment and by extension youth restiveness.

scholarly journals Convergent Evidence for the Validity of a Performance-Based ICT Skills Test

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Engelhardt ◽  
Johannes Naumann ◽  
Frank Goldhammer ◽  
Andreas Frey ◽  
S. Franziska C. Wenzel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Predictor Variables ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Ict Skills ◽  
Construct Definition ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Item Characteristics ◽  
Task Success

Abstract. The goal of this study was to investigate sources of evidence of convergent validity supporting the construct interpretation of scores on a simulation-based information and communication technology (ICT) skills test. The construct definition understands ICT skills as reliant on ICT-specific knowledge as well as comprehension and problem-solving skills. On the basis of this, a validity argument comprising three claims was formulated and tested. (1) In line with the classical nomothetic span approach, all three predictor variables explained task success positively across all ICT skills items. As ICT tasks can vary in the extent to which they require construct-related knowledge and skills and in the way related items are designed and implemented, the effects of construct-related predictor variables were expected to vary across items. (2) A task-based analysis approach revealed that the item-level effects of the three predictor variables were in line with the targeted construct interpretation for most items. (3) Finally, item characteristics could significantly explain the random effect of problem-solving skills, but not comprehension skills. Taken together, the obtained results generally support the validity of the construct interpretation.

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.

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 Integrated Communication - A Phenomenon in A Nascent State

10.28945/2402 ◽  
2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andzela Armoniene
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
New Age ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Integrated Communication

A lot of research questions are surrounding the implementation of the concept of integrated communication and possible solution may be a process of evolutionary developed integration as well as a new understanding of strategic planning directed by an outside-in view. The movement toward outside-in development seems to be one of the greatest transformations and the mostly difficult to overcome obstacle. This process has started together with the boom of information and communication technology and has still been in a nascent state, which is related to tremendous energy condensation and the greatest potency in a new age. However, difficulties of measurement are not helpful for building an original wholeness of theoretical and methodological premises of integrated communication. Thus, the article is aimed to introduce some initial findings about the cultivation of the "tulip rose” (Rosengren, 1989, 28) in this research field of reinvented and redesigned communication.

scholarly journals ANALISA DAN PROBLEM SOLVING KEAMANAN ROUTER MIKROTIK RB750RA DAN RB750GR3 DENGAN METODE PENETRATION TESTING (STUDI KASUS: WARNET AULIA.NET, TANJUNG HARAPAN LAMPUNG TIMUR)

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-124
Author(s):  
Arif Hidayat ◽  
Ismail Puji Saputra
Keyword(s):  
Operating System ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Network Security ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Penetration Testing ◽  
Testing Method ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Alternative Solutions

Information and communication technology is something that is difficult to separate from human life in the present era. One example of information and communication technology is a network of proxy routers. This study uses the penetration testing method, which aims to analyze the security system of the proxy router that has been applied to Warnet Aulia.net. In analyzing network security, the Mikrotik Router is done by the method of penetration testing where the form of attacks on the network is simulated. In this study Python and Winboxpoc.py were successfully run on the Windows 10 operating system. The results of this study indicate that the network security owned by the Aulia.net cafe network still has many gaps to exploit. As for the results of some attacks, it shows serious things in terms of exploitation, such as the output of getting a proxy router password and username. Therefore, this study also provides a solution on how to prevent the mikrotik router from being exploited. Problem solving is explained using several alternative solutions, so that practitioners or network technicians are expected to be able to utilize knowledge related to the results of this study in order to secure the router.

scholarly journals Undergraduate business education students’ perception on information and communication technology use in teaching and learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 359
Author(s):  
Patrick Uzo Osadebe ◽  
Joyce Frances Osadebe
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The University

The study was carried out to assess the undergraduate Business Education Students’ Perception on the use of Information and communication technology (ICT) in teaching and learning in the University. Thus, to achieve the purpose, two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. A sample of 100 students was randomly drawn using balloting and proportionate stratified random sampling techniques. A questionnaire of 4-point scale was used to collect data. It has face validity determined through expert judgement, and construct validity verified through factor analysis. The reliability of the instrument was obtained through Cronbach Alpha. A reliability coefficient of 0.82 was obtained as a measure of internal consistency. The data collected were analyzed with mean and Z-test. Mean was used to answer the research questions while Z-test was used to test the hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that there was high perception of students to use ICT in teaching and learning in the university. There was no significant difference between male and female students as well as 300 level and 400 level students on the use of ICT in teaching and learning. Therefore, it was recommended that ICT should be used in teaching and learning Business Education in the University.

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