....................................................................................................... XVIII DECLARATION OF AUTHENTICITY .................................................................... XX ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................... XXI 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................

Information and communication technology (ICT) has become, within a very short time, one of the basic building blocks of modern society. Many countries now understanding the importance of ICT and mastering the basic skills and concepts of it as part of the core of education. Organizations, experts and practitioners in the education sector increasingly recognizing the importance of ICT in suppor...

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development on country’s scientific ranking as measured by H-index. Moreover, this study applies ICT development sub-indices including ICT Use, ICT Access and ICT skill to find the distinct effect of these sub-indices on country’s H-index. To this purpose, required data for the panel of 14 Middle Ea...

it is now evident in the literature that the information and communication technology (ict) has a positive and significant impact on the productivity and economic growth. most studies in this area, however, are limited to the developed countries. given different regulations and economic conditions, and also an increasing trend in allocating resources to ict in developing countries, it is import...

recently many researches have studied technological innovation capabilities (tics) and their impacts on firm’s competitive performance in the field of manufacturing industries. this paper pursued yam et al. (2004) framework to study the relevance of tics and firm's competitive performance in a mainly-service-based industry in iran (ict). empirical data were collected through a questionnaire...

Researchers and practitioners recognise the crucial links between ICT Access and ICT Ability in promoting ICT Use. This paper is the third in a series exploring this link, and concentrates specifically on approaches to ICT Ability. This paper considers literature and research relating to ICT PD from a variety of sources and countries. Building on a model proposed at the ITEM2002 conference, the...

Emerging information and communication technology (ICT) introduces opportunities for improving communication to enhance effectiveness of many construction processes at each project phase as well as creating new business opportunities. Thus, perceived ICT benefits have motivated numerous construction organisations to adopt and invest in this technology. However, many construction organisations h...

Executive Summary This deliverable is produced within Work Package 3 of the ENTELIS project (WP3-State of Art Analysis on innovation in ICT and ICT-AT education and learning). It contains a State of the Art study regarding ICT and ICT-AT learning and education, in its broadest sense, for persons with disabilities of all ages. Data of different nature were collected from different sources and us...

This study investigates the factors influencing integration of ICT in teacher education in Vietnam, an emerging developing country, at the beginning of integration of ICT. Exploratory multiple regression analysis addresses the importance of different factors at the teacher level and the importance of the teacher education institute for the integration of ICT in teaching practice. The use of ICT...

This chapter provides an overview of energy demand issues in the field of ICT with a focus on the history of measuring, modelling and regulating ICT electricity consumption and the resulting methodological challenges. While the energy efficiency of ICT hardware has been dramatically improving and will continue to improve for some decades, the overall energy used for ICT is still increasing. The...