Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M. of Bus. by Research) - Swinburne University of Technology, 2001. / "A thesis submitted of the requirement for the award of the degree Masters of Business by Research, Swinburne University of Technology, 2001. Typescript. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-177).

Thesis (M.Ed. Mgt.)--Unitec New Zealand, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-93).

Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-153). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

This study investigates the current status of integration and implementation of ICT practice in Jordanian kindergartens, stakeholders' understanding of policy recommendations for ICT integration, obstructions to the implementation of ICT practices in ECE, and the types of ICT practices used in ECE and their effects on children's development.

M. Tech. Business Information Systems / Information technology (IT) rapidity, and the pervasive implementation of new technologies in the education system, has tremendously improved the way teaching and learning is conducted. Institutions are being reshaped by the rapid provision of education services anytime, anywhere regardless of the constraint of space and geographical boundaries. This has enhanced collaboration among educators as well as their learners by sharing and disseminating of knowledge. However, this sharing of knowledge is still limited as educators have not fully exploited IT to share knowledge. The major objective of this study was to develop a framework for utilizing IT to enhance knowledge sharing for mathematics and science teachers.

Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Information Technology in the Faculty of Informatics and Design at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology / It is well recognised that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can enhance the quality of teaching and learning in tertiary education. Similarly, research has uncovered a range of factors that impede the successful adoption of digital technology for educational purposes. It remains unclear, furthermore, how educators in institutions of higher learning negotiate and frame their experiences with technology, and how this implicates the teaching and learning process. In this thesis, I will examine this problem, with particular focus on educators from Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions in the Western Cape of South Africa. In addressing the research problem, I use symbolic interactionism as analytic framework to unpack and reconstruct the meaningful engagement with technology. Understanding the multiple symbolic meanings that arise from interactions with technology can illuminate the diverse and nuanced perspectives that underpin the use of ICT in teaching and learning. A symbolic interactionist lens can shed further light on the matter of adoption, and allow this research study to make a practical contribution to the introduction of ICT tools in TVETs. To elicit and interpret the multiple meanings that TVET educators associate with ICT, I will employ photo-elicitation methodology, observation and fieldnotes, and self-reflection. Photo-elicitation involves participants taking photographs along the line of inquiry (e.g. the benefit of using technology to teach), after which they undergo a reflexive interview in which they reflect on the meanings of the photographs they have taken. I will couple direct participant observation (documented in field notes) with symbolic interactionism and photo-elicitation to contribute to the production of meaningful data. Finaly, I will apply guidelines of self-reflection by compiling a reflective journal. Self-reflection will allow me to reflect on my own thoughts about the social phenomenon under study and will enable me to understand how my own behaviour may affect the inquiry. The meanings that emerged from the data were grouped into interactionist themes through which the engagement with technology is framed and understood. Educators are generally appreciative of the support and creative capacities that ICT provides to teaching and learning. They are however frustrated with their own inability to fully understand technology and the lack of support from government and institutional decision makers. Despite educators’ struggles with ICT, they are determined to overcome challenges. These themes can be useful in the repositioning of technology for education in TVETs, and can support implementers and policymakers in more effective application.

Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Technology Degree in Information Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2015. / One of the fundamental characteristics of technology is its ever-changing nature with the continuous release of new models and products almost on a daily basis. It is interesting to note that these new technologies seem to appeal more to the youth than to the old. This might explain why the content of some Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), such as films, TV, and games, are sometimes released with well-defined age ratings, in order to provide guidance to parents and guardians on the suitability of such content for their children. What is surprising is that there are age restrictions for the content presented by ICT devices, but devices themselves do not have any defined age restriction. For example, movies which can be played on computers, have a well-defined age restriction; but computers themselves do not have any defined age restriction. This non-definition of age ratings for ICT devices is certainly a general concern, but it is also a major concern for the education domain which needs to determine the minimum age from which learners should be allowed to use ICTs at school. This problem of the non-definition of age ratings for ICT devices serves as a motivation for this study, whose aim is to determine the factors affecting educators’ perceptions on the age from which learners should be allowed to use ICTs at school. The research objectives unfolding from this aim are: i) To select appropriate theories and models on the factors affecting educators’ perceptions on the age from which learners should be allowed to use ICTs at school; ii) To design a conceptual model of the factors affecting educators’ perceptions on the age from which learners should be allowed to use ICTs at school; iii To empirically test the above conceptual model of the factors affecting educators’perceptions on the age from which learners should be allowed to use ICTs at school; and iv) To make recommendations on the design of eLearning initiatives in schools based on the results of the current study. These four objectives were achieved as follows through the content analysis of existing literature and a survey of 70 primary and secondary school educators from the Camperdown magisterial district in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa: i) Specific personality and child development theories were selected as the theoretical foundation of this study; ii) The conceptual model proposed in this study gave rise to the following hypotheses: The demographics of an educator affect the full functionality, the health, and the self-actualisation of his or her personality as well as his or her perceptions on the age from which learners should be allowed to start using ICTs at school. The full functionality, the health, and the self-actualisation of the personality of an educator all affect his or her perceptions on the age from which learners should be allowed to start using ICTs at school; iii) The empirical testing of the above hypothesized model yielded the following results: the grade or class taught by an educator is the only demographic factor that affects the full functionality, the health, and the self-actualisation of his or her personality; the subject specialisation of an educator is the only demographic variable that affects his or her perceptions on the age from which learners should be allowed to start using ICTs at school; the full functionality, the health, and the self-actualisation of the personality of an educator all affect his or her perceptions on the age from which learners should be allowed to start using ICTs at school; and iv) One of the recommendation of this study is that eLearning pilot projects be designed in ways that clearly consider differences between educators from various subject specialisations. This study identified the need for more research on the effect of personality on the perceptions of educators on the age from which learners should be allowed to start using ICTs, not only at school as it is the case for this study, but also at home. The main contribution of this research is to have found that educators’ personality has an effect on their perceptions on the age from which learners should be allowed to start using ICTs at school, compared to the literature reviewed by this study which seems to be silent on the relationship between the personality of educators and the determination of the age when learners should be allowed to start using ICTs at school.

Esse trabalho analisa as concepções teóricas e metodológicas que se fazem presentes nas práticas de capacitação/formação de professores em Informática da Educação na região metropolitana de Porto Alegre, a partir do trabalho de formação/capacitação e pesquisa dos: coordenadores, docentes formadores, docentes formados e docentes multiplicadores do Laboratório de Estudos Cognitivos do Instituto de Psicologia da UFRGS e da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), ambas da região metropolitana de Porto Alegre. Também são analisados os sub-centros e colégios referendados por essas experiências de formação/capacitação na área ou de práticas de uso do computador na escola. Nesse sentido, buscamos conhecer, num primeiro momento, as ações desenvolvidas, na década de noventa, pelos coordenadores, docentes orientadores, docentes orientados, egressos e a equipe técnica de Informática da Educação, em especial do GIE/F ACIN da PUC e do LEC/PSICO da UFRGS, para levar à comunidade educativa seus cursos de formação/capacitação de professores em Informática da Educação. Também buscamos conhecer as categorias teóricas e práticas que orientaram, na década de noventa, e ainda orientam os cursos de formação/capacitação de professores em Informática da Educação dos referidos grupos, bem como de seus docentes formadores, formados e multiplicadores Já, nas recomendações finais buscamos interpretar ou reinterpretar os dados recolhidos nos diferentes estratos de nossa pesquisa para elaborar um conjunto de sugestões ou recomendações que, por um lado, visem manter, aperfeiçoar e redimensionar os atuais processos de formação e de capacitação de professores em Informática da Educação . E, por outro lado, procuramos propor novos processos de formação e de capacitação inicial e continuada de professores em Informática da Educação. Fazemos essa proposta de formação e/ou capacitação por entendermos que, em um mundo dominado pela informação e comunicação, a Filosofia da Linguagem, entre outras, possui um inestimável potencial teórico-metodológico para dar conta dos desafios que essa sociedade e esse mundo nos propõem .Desse modo, conscientes da realidade específica que envolve as concepções teóricopráticas dos sujeitos envolvidos nessa pesquisa, bem como dos antecedentes legais, históricos e vivenciais da região, do país e do mundo, na área da formação/capacitação de professores em Informática da Educação, explicitamos o ponto de vista teórico e metodológico dos sujeitos envolvidos no processo de formação e capacitação na área. Por outro lado, procuramos explicitar as contradições que emergrram nos e dos cursos de formação/capacitação inicial e continuada de professores em Informática da Educação desenvolvidos pelas deferentes agências formadoras. / This work analyses the theoretical and methodological conceptions that seem to characterize Education Information Technology teachers' training in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre. In order to study this topic it was considered the training and research practices that are developed by coordinators, teachers, students and educational multipliers of the Laboratory of Cognitive Studies of the Psychology Institute of UFRGS and of Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). The both universities are situated in the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre. We also analyze centers or Schools countersigned by those training experiences o r use o f the compu ter in the School. In that sense, in a first moment we looked in order to know the actions which were developed by coordinators, guiding teachers, guided teachers, exits and the technical team of GIE/F ACIN (PUCRS) and LEC/PSICO (UFRGS) during the nineties in order to stread the courses of Education Information Technology training. We also intended to better know the theoretical and practical conceptions that have characterized the courses of Education Information Technology training at GIE/FACIN (PUCRS) and LEC/PSICO (UFRGS) since the nineties. Besides that, we payed attention to teachers, students and multipliers conceptions and practices Conscious of the specific reality that involves the actors' theoretical and practical conceptions, as well as of the legal, historical and lively antecedents of the area, country and of the world related to Education Information Technology training, we try to clarify the actors' theoretical and methodological point of view involved in the process of training in the area. On the other hand, we sought to clarify the contradictions that emerge in the courses of Education Information Technology training that are organized by many institutions. In the final recommendations we try to interpret the data picked up in the different moments of our research in order to elaborate some suggestions or recommendations that have two particular aims. On one side, we intend to minimize the distance between theory and practice. Nowadays this abyss or rupture permeates the teachers' Education Information Technology training and the educational practices aided by the modem technological resources ofthe information and communication. On the other hand, we try to point some Habermas' categories that could serve as subsidy to those groups in the organization and development of courses directed to teachers initial and continuous training in Education Information Technology in a society which has been constantly influenced by the information and communication. We made this consideration for we understand that Language PhjJosophy can represent a very important theoretical and methodological tool in order to better understand the challenges that are proposed by a society and a world which are greatly influenced by the information and communication global effects.