Professional development with information and communications technologies: looking beyond the technology

Framing Professional Development in Information and Communications Technologies: University Perspectives

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...

Explaining the Status of Enterprise Innovation and Professional Development based on the Adoption of Information Technology

Introduction: In the present era, information is the main factor; base of economical and social development of countries plays an important role in the field of human activities, innovation and development. This study has been done with the purpose to investigate the relationship between IT adoption with organizational innovation and professional development of Urmia employees. Method: Th...

Information and Communications Technologies for Economic Development

Information Communications Technology for Development

This Essentials is a practical introduction to the complex area of Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICTD). The use of Information Communications Technologies in development programming is not new. However, in 2000 they assumed a new prominence, when the United Nations and G8 group of industrialized countries flagged ICTD as a global development priority. Since then, ...

Investigating the Factors Affecting Energy Intensity in Iran with an Emphasis on the Information and Communications Technology Index

The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze factors affecting the energy intensity in provinces of Iran with emphasis on information and communications technology (ICT) index, during the period from 2010-2015. Weighted Average Least Square (WALS) method and information criteria have been applied to select the model; so that, based on WALS method, six variables among various effectiv...