The rapid development of the ICT compels us to train both teachers and students in new skills that allow adapting to the new learning situations; tending to become more and more complex. By carrying a survey among 240 Algerian university teachers, we tried to describe the importance given to ICT in education; while emphasizing their impact on the techno-pedagogical skills of the higher educatio...

The information and communication technologies (ICTs) present in the Brazilian education system determine the development of technology literacy among teachers and students, which can be measured by ICT performance. The Technology Performance Scale (EDETEC) is a self-reporting psychometric instrument to verify what the students’ conceptions are about ICT and their performance in using technolog...

The article presents research results relating to the attitudes of students’ towards a wider use of ICT in the education process (e-learning/blended learning). The analyses were conducted against the backdrop of the students’ subjective assessment of their general computer aptitude as well as their access to and use of ICT. Results prove that students’ opinions on the wider use of ICT in the le...

The major purpose of this paper was to investigate the information seeking behaviour of undergraduate law students of a developing country. Specifically, the paper made efforts to globally review related literature on legal information, library information and its relevance to lawyers and law students, Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the legal profession, information services t...

The purpose of this paper is to review the process of ICT adoption in Ugandan schools for facilitation of teaching and learning in the last decade. This review is done in order to examine how beneficial e-skills have enhanced teaching and learning in Ugandan schools, and to identify the outstanding challenges the schools have had in e-skills adoption. When ICT started gaining popularity in Ugan...

This article is based on the findings of a survey of employers having Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) engineering and ICT students undergoing industrial training at their organisations. The study seeks to explore the employers’ perceptions of the employability skills that technical students need to possess, as well as assessing the employers’ level of satisfaction with the students’ ...

Creating a sufficient, sustained supply of tertiary level ICT skills at graduate level to stimulate growth in the developing South African economy is an important concern for all stakeholders involved in the South African ICT labour market. This article furthers the discourse on the much discussed ICT graduate shortage in South Africa by presenting a neoclassical labour market analysis of the d...

This paper reflects on the skills required by university graduates to participate successfully in today’s global economy. The development of these skills in students throughout Australian universities has been guided by Core Graduate Attributes (CGA) policies. While information literacy skills have been recognised in most policies, more advanced information technology and communication (ICT) sk...