A Holistic Approach for Managing School ICT Competence Profiles towards Supporting School ICT Uptake

Globally, large-scale national initiatives are being implemented towards promoting the level and quality of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) use in school education. However, despite these efforts, the current level of ICT uptake from schools remains low. A wide range of factors have been identified as barriers, including lack of teachers’ ICT Competences and lack of ICT infrastructure. Typically, these barriers are tackled separately without taking into consideration the ecosystemic nature of schools as organizations. This paper introduces a holistic approach on School ICT Competence based on combining both individual teachers’ ICT Competences and schools’ eMaturity. Furthermore, it presents the design of a web-based School ICT Competence Management System which aims to capture and monitor schools’ overall level of ICT uptake and facilitate effective management of resources and strategic planning towards improvement, by jointly processing these data. A Holistic Approach for Managing School ICT Competence Profiles towards Supporting School ICT Uptake