This study seeks to explore what factors influence students’ ICT use and web technology competence. The objectives of this study are the following: (a) To what extent do certain elements of Rogers’ (2003) Diffusion of Innovations Theory (DOI) explain students’ ICT use, (b) To what extent do personality characteristics derived from the Big Five approach explain students’ ICT use, and (c) To what...

Today the political rhetoric of the European Union is focused on the transformation from service/industrial to Information Society – the concept emphasizing the role of national and global information infrastructures in the economic development of the state (Castells, 1996). Guided by the vision as laid out in European Commission’s programme “eEurope,” European societies and economies are accel...

this study investigates the why of information technology in the field of education according to the ontological inquiry. the methodology applied involves hermeneutic phenomenology. this study concerns the ontological changes that it brings about in experiencing the universe and, following that, the field of education including changing the role of body in the process of education, fading the t...

There are many academics, governments and managers that laud the evolution and advancement opportunities in information systems and communications technology (ICT). Their interest in ICT has predominately focused attention on development, and the ICT enabled organizational and social practices, of teams, groups and communities. While there is merit in advancing development and use of ICT, judgm...

Information and communication technology (ICT), characterized by continual innovation and rapid technological change, is having a tremendous impact on society. Research and development in ICT are being conducted throughout the technology sector, and fundamental research is being carried out in many university departments of electronics, computer science, and engineering. This paper deals with f...

The 21st century continues to witness the transformation of organizational systems globally through the deployment of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The health care sector is no exception to the inter-organizational dynamics driven by ICT innovations, such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, nomadic information systems and nano-technology. This study explores intersect...

This article examines the teaching of English as a Second Language (ESL) to medical personnel (nurses and doctors) in a hospital in Northern Thailand. The study shows that using technological devices like listening and comprehension CDs, tape recorders and the Internet to teach informational texts can help ESL learners overcome some of their learning difficulties. Evidence from the study sugges...

The present age is about information technology. In order to build technical human power, the higher secondary education board of Bangladesh has launched a new course named Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as compulsory subject for intermediate college students in the traditional way. Statistic has shown that there are many lacking in the traditional system to teach ICT course. La...