E-learning and learning in ICT integrated learning environments will be a most important part of future learning scenarios, especially in the fields of ‘Media Education’ and ‘ICT in Education’. ICT integrated learning scenarios often only address the cognitive level of learning and teaching processes. But to learn successfully about problems of the digital divide, cyber risks, data privacy and ...

Leather industry is a traditional industry. Kolhapuri is a traditional chappal manufactured through a manual process. This is a case study of the manner in which the design process, manufacturing process and marketing was reengineered using ICT interventions. Use of ICT helped this industry to reposition itself. The main reason for the early adoption and rapid diffusion of the new technology ha...

This article focuses on the multilevel context of power negotiations in understanding the relationship between large-scale information and communication technology (ICT) innovation and organizational change. The authors'analytical approach draws on the concept of networks of power to examine the changing interrelationships between institutional arrangements, people, ICTs, and work practices and...

This paper explores a case of teacher professional development in Botswana, where a blended learning solution was attempted. The analysis of the implementation environment reveals deficiencies in policy, schools (workplaces), and training providers. The paper concludes with three recommendations: 1) Schools should support on-going teacher learning in the workplace and should manage ICT resource...

Teachers play a pivotal role in implementing educational innovations and realising curriculum change. Consequently, their perceptions of innovations and curricula content are of crucial importance. In this study, teachers’ perceptions of the new ICT curriculum in Flanders are examined. This curriculum reflects Flemish society’s underlying vision of the role of technology and ICT in teaching and...

The proliferations of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and an increase in the number of external students and of the digital youth have put considerable pressure upon university staff to adopt ICT in their pedagogy. However, these challenges that include ICT technical skills and pedagogy require staff to continuously engage in Professional Development (PD), which might require re...

The implementation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) project constitutes a major change for any organization, the actual implementation appears to be very heavily biased toward the technological aspects while paying little attention to managing the changes in process, structure and culture. Besides, we wonder what kind of measures should be taken along with the shifts induced by...

Information and Communication Technology has a significant footprint in global resource consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and waste, particularly considering the high growth rates. Yet, intelligent use of ICT can support other domains in mitigation (e.g. in reducing GHG emissions and resource consumption), monitoring of resources and environmental impacts and adaptation to unavoidable...

The Eastern cultural tradition, together with other social factors, has shaped a group-based, teacher-dominated, and centrally organized pedagogical culture. Drawing upon this cultural perspective, this article reviews the development of information and communication technologies (ICT) in Eastern schools, including ICT planning and management, hardware infrastructures, software resources and se...

This paper discusses knowledge sharing in ICT outsourcing relationships. The ICT outsourcing literature focuses primarily on large organizations’ and with an underlying assumption that ICT outsourcing takes place when a large organization outsources an internal IT-department, IT-system or IT-function. In recent years there has been a change in this, and today ICT outsourcing has a broader meani...