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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"ICT policies"”.
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Influence of external actors on national information and communications technology policy formulation in developing countries: case of Malawi
… Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policy is important towards attainment of socio-economic development of a country. Like other public policies, the formulation and implementation of national ICT policy is a government’s responsibility. In developing countries, the formulation …
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Effective policymaking for developing ICT industries : lessons from three African governments' approach to information and communications technology
… information and communication technology (ICT) policies on the performance of the ICT industry in a given country. Many developing country governments are in the process of focusing more on developing their ICT industries as a mechanism to improve economic development levels in their …
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An investigation of ICT policy implementation in an EFL teacher education program in Vietnam
… Information and Communications Technology (ICT) into education in Vietnam, teachers are now expected to make routine use of ICT in their teaching. The Vietnamese government has promulgated ambitious policies aimed at engaging in an increasingly globalised world and promoting the country’s …
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A scopic review of gender gaps in STEM studies in Bangladesh and Pakistan
… cultural, and institutional constraints restricting the involvement of women such as the restrictive social norms, access to education, and unavailability of role models of females. Through a comparative analysis approach, the research uses the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), Bourdieu …
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Power relations among stakeholders in the implementation of national ICT policy: case of Malawi
… Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policies with the aim of supporting their socio-economic development agendas. For the majority of these countries, this exercise has been fraught with numerous challenges such as lack of resources; limited support for legal and regulatory …
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Teacher educators’ and pre-service teachers’ preparedness to use ICT: a Western Australian perspective
… of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT), a wide variety of devices, software and apps are available that could be used in education. As a result, universities and schools are adopting different policies and strategies for integrating these new technologies. As teachers are a key …
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Towards the development of a grounded framework of context as tool for linking rural community development needs to ICT policy and implementation in the Dr J.S. Moroka Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
ICT policies instituted over a number of years by the South African Government have clearly failed to establish Information Communication for Development (ICT4D) initiatives amongst rural communities in South Africa. The author of this thesis argues that, for rural South African communities to reap …
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Decolonizing Nunavut's Art Market
… information and communication technologies (ICT) strengthens Inuit engagement in rewriting the past, controlling the dissemination of stories and traditional knowledge, and creating a unified vision of their future. Inuit leaders and representative organizations have been calling for …
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Developing a strategic approach to ICT implementation in Saudi secondary schools
… in information and communication technology (ICT), in the last few decades, encouraged many developed and developing countries to invest in the ICT sector in education. The internet, computers, interactive whiteboards and an assortment of other technological tools have now turned out to be …
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A comparative study on the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in cataloguing and classification of library materials at University of Namibia (UNAM) and Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST)
… use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) facilities in cataloguing and classifying bibliographic materials in academic libraries in Namibia. A multiple case study design was applied to analyse of the two academic libraries at the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) and …
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A retrospective comparative analysis of the maternal and child health MDGs in Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda: Beyond 2015
… community health workers, innovative use of ICT in health like rapid short message service (sms), drones among others. In contrasting the governance of the health sectors in Rwanda and Uganda, one of the striking differences is that in Rwanda, there are strong linkages between the local and …
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The influence of organisational ambidexterity on transformational government in Zimbabwe : Towards a municipal information quality model
… Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Transformational Government (T-Gov), many governments in developing countries have formulated National ICT policies that seek to deploy ICTs to all sectors of their economies. This move requires a push for the creation of an enabling …
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Diffusion of information and communication technologies in communication of Agricultural information among agricultural researchers and extension workers in Kenya
… of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the communication of agricultural information among agricultural researchers and extension workers in Kenya. In particular. the study focused on the public agricultural sector and covered the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) and …
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Harmonisation of Data Protection Regimes in the Southern African Development Community: Considering the influence of the SADC Model Law on Data Protection and the European Union on data protection laws in SADC
… importance to the Internet Telecommunications (ICT) sector in the various states of SADC but also its importance in providing protection to individuals in a region where internet penetration is increasing at a rapid pace. SADC introduced the SADC Model Law with the assistance of the Support for …
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Teacher Self-Efficacy Perceptions for Technology Integration and Social Media Use as Instructional Tools: Future Implications for Pedagogy In Trinidad and Tobago
… the implementation of national and ministerial ICT policies seem imperative. The exploration of teacher’s personal belief about their ability to effectively infuse technology and social media with their traditional teaching practices, may provide much needed insight about the role that teacher …
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Resistance to the implementation of learning management systems by lecturers in higher education in a developing country context
… use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) has been ascribed as a transformative drive across the world, especially to improve the human capacity development of individuals in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs). However, developing countries are still struggling to harness the …
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The use of information and communication technologies for the support of knowledge management in selected academic libraries in Nigeria and South Africa
… Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play a crucial role for knowledge management in the academic libraries. Unfortunately, the knowledge of the role of ICT in KM in university libraries is limited generally, and in Nigeria and South Africa in particular. The purpose of the …