Information and communication technology (ICT) which includes radio, television and newer digital technology such as computers and the internet, are potentially powerful tools for extending educational opportunities, formal and nonformal, to one and all. It provides opportunities to deploy innovative teaching methodologies and interesting material that creates an interest in students. This stud...

This article reports on the literature associated with practising teachers’ uptake of information and communications technology (ICT). Studies reveal a number of factors which influence teachers’ decisions to use ICT in the classroom: access to resources, quality of software and hardware, ease of use, incentives to change, support and collegiality in their school, school and national polices, c...

In regions with developing or transitioning economies, information and communication technology (ICT) skills are expected to provide potential employees a signiacant edge in securing comparatively high-paying jobs. However, ICT skills are not binary (i.e., there are ranges and levels of ICT skills), nor are the effects of ICT skills common across all contexts. To plan international development ...

in the wake of rapid growth in information technology, modern organizations seeking to increase the access and exchange data with minimal costs. byod is an emergent policy under which employees are allowed to use their personal devices such as smart phones, tablets and laptops to perform tasks. in this study, a model to prioritize the factors influencing the organizational adoption of byod is p...

The major role of information and communication technology (ICT) in the new economy is well documented: countries worldwide are pouring resources into their ICT infrastructure despite the widely acknowledged ‘‘productivity paradox’’. Evaluating the contribution of ICT investments has become an elusive but important goal of IS researchers and economists. But this area of research is fraught with...

extended abstract 1. introduction in recent years, the demand for applying strategies related to ict for rural development in developing countries has provided a lot of capabilities and facilities for creating an evolution. achieving abundant opportunities for a large part of the population of rural regions to pass digital gaps and access information resources as well as providing services by i...

Organizational use of information and communications technologies (ICT) is increasingly resulting in negative cognitions in individuals, such as information overload and interruptions. recent literature has encapsulated these cognitions in 304 TarafDar, Tu, aND ragu-NaThaN the concept of technostress, which is stress caused by an inability to cope with the demands of organizational computer usa...

In the past few decades, there has been a lineal relationship between technology and developmentthe belief that availability of technology would produce development. This is evident in the advancements in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), together with their rapid application in all spheres of mankind’s life that have led many to call our society ‘the information society’. It ha...