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Showing 1 to 20 of 76 for “"Information and communication technologies (ICTs)"”.
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The impact of adoption and usage of Information and Communication Technologies(ICTs)in selected manufacturing and business firms in Zambia
… aimed at investigating the impact of adoption of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) on selected manufacturing and business firms in Zambia.This study was exploratory in nature, hence, a cross sectional approach was undertaken in the first half of 2015 to measure firms’ responses …
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The impact of adoption and usage of Information and Communication Technologies(ICTs)in selected manufacturing and business firms in Zambia
… aimed at investigating the impact of adoption of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) on selected manufacturing and business firms in Zambia.This study was exploratory in nature, hence, a cross sectional approach was undertaken in the first half of 2015 to measure firms’ responses …
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Integration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the teaching and learning of geography in selected schools of Petauke district of eastern province.
… to establish how effective the integration of ICTs in the teaching and learning of Geography was being done in selected schools of Petauke district. The aim of this study was to establish how best ICTs could be integrated in the teaching and learning of geography by teachers and learners in …
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Integration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the teaching and learning of geography in selected schools of Petauke district of eastern province.
… to establish how effective the integration of ICTs in the teaching and learning of Geography was being done in selected schools of Petauke district. The aim of this study was to establish how best ICTs could be integrated in the teaching and learning of geography by teachers and learners in …
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Grade 6 Mathematics Teachers Perceptions Of Pedagogical Variation With Information And Communication Technologies (Icts) In No-Fee Paying Schools: A Cultural Historical Activity Theory (Chat) Analysis
… in SA pass the final school leaving examination and only 5% of learners manage to pass Mathematics with more than 50%, according to The Economist (2014). In a bid to solve this problem the government proposes the use of ICTs (such as computer hardware and software, tablets, and smartphones) …
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The Farming Community in Crisis: The Information Needs of Cumbrian Farmers During the UK 2001 Foot and Mouth Outbreak and Role of Information and Communication Technologies (Icts)
The UK 2001 foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak constituted the biggest crisis ever to affect the UK farming system; it was one of the worst epidemics of its kind in the world. Farmers and rural communities were disrupted and traumatized as FMD spread rapidly through the whole of the country. The …
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Excavating the meaning of information and communication technology use amongst South African university students : a critical discourse analysis
This thesis examines what Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) mean to South African university students and how these meanings form the basis of technological identities. It explores the relationships between these meanings and identities and the possibilities and opportunities that …
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Technological change & the changing nature of grassroots development organizations : the case of the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA)
… by their hybrid identity as part social movement and part NGO. In the last decade, they have received renewed attention from the international development community due to their unique governance structure that, unlike their traditional NGO peers, empowered people living in poverty to organize and …
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Communication challenges facing internationalisation of higher education at University of Zululand
Globalisation is not a new subject since people and various organisations have been sharing information as well as buying from and selling products from each across national and international borders. In addition the expansion in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has changed the …
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EXIT FROM THE MYOPIC IMPASSE: SOCIAL MOVEMENT STRATEGY IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET
Our study traces and critically evaluates some of the major epistemological assumptions found in recent literature on the Global Justice Movement (GJM). Specifically, it problematizes the largely acritical discourse regarding the emancipatory potential of new Information and Communication …
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Can You Hear Me Now: A Cross-National Analysis of Media, New ICTs, Press Freedoms and Sociopolitical Instability, Conflict, and Democracy.
… instability, major intrastate conflicts, democracy levels, and media and new information and communication technologies (ICTs) penetration rates and press freedoms. I conducted similar analyses regarding all non-democracies, looking at various types of political instability and …
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Intimacies and distances: mobility, belonging and the use of information and communication technologies by young Cameroonians in Cape Town
Advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are making it increasingly easy to build and maintain social links across distance, by effecting a compression of space and time, and allowing friends and family members to remain in ever-closer contact, even though they may live …
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A Habermasian-based critical discourse analysis of the ICT strategies of the Centre for e-Innovation, Provincial Government of the Western Cape
… much political discourse concerning the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in supporting the achievement of development goals. Given the increasing prevalence and importance of ICTs in society, the Centre for e-Innovation (Cel), Provincial Government of the Western Cape, …
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How does blended learning motivate adult literacy learners?
… skills. Chapter one introduces the thesis and gives some background to why this topic was chosen. Chapter two presents a review of the literature looking at the debate around critical theory, key adult education theorists, such as Habermas, Freire, and Mezirow as well as publications …
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The effects of uncompensated-telework on work withdrawal and personal initiative via energy: the moderating role of fairness
… regarding the relationship between the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for work-related tasks during non-work time and the outcomes for employees and organizations. In this study, I use self-determination theory to examine the interactive effects of uncompensated work …
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The Global 'Political Voice Deficit Matrix': What Role for International Law?
… the contemporary challenges that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) pose to the democratic principle of ‘political voice’, and the role that international law could and should assume to address these challenges. The first two chapters undertake a rigorous analysis of …
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An evaluation of the attitudes of public library staff to the use of information and communication technologies
… Town Administration library Service in 2005 to information and communication technologies (ICTs). This inquiry was appropriate because free Internet access was in the process of being rolledout to public libraries in the Western Cape, and library management was considering investing in a new …
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Substitution or revolution? : an empirical analysis of the relationship between ICT and protests
Have cell phones and the Internet created a revolution in the way that protests are organized? Or are they merely a substitution for previous methods of communication? The literature on the topic is divided between the cyberphiles, who argue that information and communication technologies (ICTs) …
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A Theory of ICT User Types: Exploring Domestication and Meaning of ICTS through Comparative Case Studies
… (U.S. Census Bureau, 2008). At the same time, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are increasingly being used in work, leisure, and government. Despite these two trends towards an aging population and greater ICT use, very little is known about if and how older adults are using …
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