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Information Technology and Managing Quality Education

9th IFIP WG 3.7 Conference on Information Technology in Educational Management, ITEM 2010, Kasane, Botswana, July 26-30, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

  • Arthur Tatnall
  • Omponye Coach Kereteletswe
  • Adrie Visscher
Conference proceedings ITEM 2010

Part of the IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology book series (IFIPAICT, volume 348)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
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  2. Managing Quality Education – Identifying the Learning Needs of the Individual, Then Satisfying Them
    Don Passey
    Pages 1-10
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  3. Value Chain of Technology in Higher Education Institutions: From IT Resources to Technological Performance
    Jacques Bulchand-Gidumal, Santiago Melián-González, Javier Osorio-Acosta
    Pages 11-19
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  4. Using Information Technology to Promote Thinking
    Maree A. Skillen
    Pages 20-29
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  5. Age, Gender and Culture as Correlates of Use of Knowledge Management Systems in Makerere University
    F. E. K. Bakkabulindi, B. Sekabembe
    Pages 30-42
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  6. Managing the Online Student Experience: An Ecological Model
    Bill Davey, Arthur Tatnall
    Pages 43-51
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  7. Using Open Source Software for Improving Dialog in Computer Science Education – Case Mozambique University
    Nicholas B. Mavengere, Mikko J. Ruohonen
    Pages 52-61
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  8. A Baseline for a School Management Information System
    Alan Strickley
    Pages 62-74
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  9. Implementation of the Technological Plan for Education in Portugal, a School Perspective
    António Castro, Leonel Santos
    Pages 75-85
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  10. In Search of a Conceptual Framework for the Capacities of University ITEM
    Ronald Bisaso
    Pages 86-94
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  11. Bridging the Knowledge Gap for African Researchers through Open Access Publishing: The Case of African Higher Education Research Online (AHERO)
    Beatrice Sekabembe, Jude Ssempebwa
    Pages 95-103
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  12. Moving towards 2020: A Tentative Approach to ITEM
    Javier Osorio, Jacques Bulchand
    Pages 104-112
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  13. Innovation or Renovation? The Management of Strategic and Adoption Decisions within a University
    Arthur Tatnall, Karen Manning
    Pages 113-120
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  14. The ‘Educational Lot’ for Young People Who Are NEET: Quality Management and Roles of Management Information Systems
    Don Passey
    Pages 121-129
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  15. Emerging Issues in the Utilization of Synchronous ICT in the Delivery of Distance Education at Public Universities in Uganda
    Rita Nankanja, Ronald Bisaso
    Pages 130-138
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  16. eLearning Attitudes in Botswana’s Private Sector
    Paul T. Nleya
    Pages 139-148
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  17. Using Information Technology in Education to Manage a Professional Learning Community (PLC)
    Maree A. Skillen
    Pages 149-155
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  18. Does Personality Type Affect Teachers’ Information Systems Utilization in Pedagogy? The Makerere University Lecturers’ Experience
    David Kabugo
    Pages 156-165
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  19. Optimization Technique for Implementation of Blended Learning in Constrained Low Bandwidth Environment
    Nazir Ahmad Suhail, Jude Lubega
    Pages 166-173
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  20. The GES Connect Digitally Programme: Shaping Parental Engagement through Technology
    Alan Strickley, Tim Spiers
    Pages 174-185
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  21. A Comparative Study of Access to Web-Enabled Services in Botswana and the UK: Issues, Obstacles and Solutions
    Moses Mmileng Moreri, Maubrey Russ Pitso, Alan Strickley
    Pages 186-194
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  22. Justification of ICT Expenditure: Input and Outputs
    Jacques Bulchand, Omponye Kereteletswe, Antonio Castro, Maipelo Molebatsi, Marcos Maedza
    Pages 195-198
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  23. Online Learning Features and Factors in Getting the Blend Right
    Paul T. Nleya, Sethunya P. Kgaodi, Letlhogonolo Moaneng, Godfrey S. Kalanke, Javier Osorio, Nicholas B. Mavengere et al.
    Pages 199-203
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  24. Back Matter
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About these proceedings

Introduction

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.

Keywords

Web-based learning Web-enabled learning services blended learning decision management distance learning e-learning education technology higher education research knowledge management systems online education pedagogy school management information systems

Editors and affiliations

  • Arthur Tatnall
    • 1
  • Omponye Coach Kereteletswe
    • 2
  • Adrie Visscher
    • 3
  1. 1.Victoria Graduate School of BusinessVictoria UniversityMelbourneAustralia
  2. 2.Public Service Reforms UnitOffice of the PresidentGaboroneBotswana
  3. 3.University of TwenteEnschedeThe Netherlands

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19715-4
  • Copyright Information IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2011
  • Publisher Name Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
  • eBook Packages Computer Science
  • Print ISBN 978-3-642-19714-7
  • Online ISBN 978-3-642-19715-4
  • Series Print ISSN 1868-4238
  • Series Online ISSN 1861-2288
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