Information Technology and Managing Quality Education

by Tatnall, Arthur; Kereteletswe, Omponye Coach; Visscher, Adrie

• ISBN13: 9783642197147
• ISBN10: 3642197140
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-03-31
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 9th IFIP WG 3.7 Conference on Information Technology in Educational Management, ITEM 2010, held in Kasane, Botswana, in July 2010. The 22 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected. The papers cover a wide range of topics addressing the utilization of ICT at different levels of education from primary education to higher education, such as identifying and satisfying learning needs, strategical management, school management information systems, open source software, and the relationship between ICT and organizational performance.

Table of Contents

Managing Quality Education - Identifying the Learning Needs of the Individual, Then Satisfying Them	p. 1
Value Chain of Technology in Higher Education Institutions: From IT Resources to Technological Performance	p. 11
Using Information Technology to Promote Thinking	p. 20
Age, Gender and Culture as Correlates of Use of Knowledge Management Systems in Makerere University	p. 30
Managing the Online Student Experience: An Ecological Model	p. 43
Using Open Source Software for Improving Dialog in Computer Science Education - Case Mozambique University	p. 52
A Baseline for a School Management Information System	p. 62
Implementation of the Technological Plan for Education in Portugal, a School Perspective	p. 75
In Search of a Conceptual Framework for the Capacities of University ITEM	p. 86
Bridging the Knowledge Gap for African Researchers through Open Access Publishing: The Case of African Higher Education Research Online (AHERO)	p. 95
Moving towards 2020: A Tentative Approach to ITEM	p. 104
Innovation or Renovation? The Management of Strategic and Adoption Decisions within a University	p. 113
The 'Educational Lot' for Young People Who Are NEET: Quality Management and Roles of Management Information Systems	p. 121
Emerging Issues in the Utilization of Synchronous ICT in the Delivery of Distance Education at Public Universities in Uganda	p. 130
eLearning Attitudes in Botswana's Private Sector	p. 139
Using Information Technology in Education to Manage a Professional Learning Community (PLC)	p. 149
Does personality Type affect Teachers' Information Systems Utilization in Pedagogy? The Makerere University Lecturers' Experience	p. 156
Optimization Technique for Implementation of Blended Learning in Constrained Low Bandwidth Environment	p. 166
The GES Connect Digitally Programme: Shaping Parental Engagement through Technology	p. 174
A Comparative Study of Access to Web-Enabled Services in Botswana and the UK: Issues, Obstacles and Solutions	p. 186
Justification of ICT Expenditure: Input and Outputs	p. 195
Online Learning Features and Factors in Getting the Blend Right	p. 199
Author Index	p. 205
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