This study aimed to provide a general picture of ICT education in primary schools. Through this aim, students&rsquo / perceived ICT competencies, their attitudes towards the ICT course, the characteristics of the teaching-learning process in the ICT course, the deficiencies of the IT classrooms and the effectiveness of the ICT Student Workbook were analyzed. This study was designed as a cross-sectional survey study. In order to collect the data, a self-reported questionnaire consisted of 63 items was developed by the researcher. The sample consisted of 442 Grade 8 students in 11 primary schools located in the metropolitan area of Izmit. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized to analyze the data. Multivariate Analysis of Variances with Pillai&rsquo / s Trace test was employed to investigate whether the significant differences among dependent variables across independent variables existed. Results of the study indicated that primary school students generally perceived themselves competent in ICT tasks and they had favorable attitudes towards the ICT course. Significant differences were found in students&rsquo / perceived ICT competencies and attitudes with respect to gender, educational background of parents, computer ownership and availability of home assistance related to the ICT course. This study also revealed several obstacles which prevent taking full benefits of IT classrooms, and problems with the implementation of the new ICT program.

The diploma thesis is focused on mapping and analysis of the possibilities of using cloud computing from the point of view of a pedagogical worker at a level of higher secondary education by using a suitable method of evaluation and comparison of cloud technologies. A part of the work is devoted to ICT competences of teachers and possibilities of their further development in the field of cloud computing, withal focusing on models and programs of ICT competencies development, more precisely digital competences of national and international significance. In the practical part of the thesis, a research is carried out among pedagogical staff at secondary schools in the Czech Republic which is focused on the use of cloud computing with emphasis on competence, activities and work of pedagogical worker. The results of the research are summarized as recommendations for further practice.

<p>Disertacija se bavi problematikom unapređenja informatičkih kompetencija studenata. Osnovna funkcija sistema je personalizacija nastavnih sadržaja prema trenutnom nivou znanja studenta. Na osnovu toga dizajniran je model inteligentnog tutorskog sistema koji se sastoji od osnovnih funkcionalnih dijelova: modela Tutor, modela Student i mehanizma za zaključivanje. U sistemu su razvijeni moduli za procjenu znanja studenta, isporuku nastavnih sadržaja, unapređenja kompetencija i automatsku sintezu IF...THEN pravila. Procjena znanja vr&scaron;i se pomoću Mamdani fazi inferentnog metoda. Mehanizam za isporuku nastavnih sadržaja radi na principu Alfa algoritma. Automatska sinteza IF...THEN pravila bazirana je na Teoriji grubih skupova. Unapređenje kompetencija vr&scaron;i se pomijeranjem u desno parametara funkcije pripadnosti koja predstavlja studentove kompetencije. Eksperimentalno testiranje rada sistema izvr&scaron;eno je na Java programskom jeziku.</p> / <p>The present dissertation deals with the issue of upgrading the students&rsquo; ICT competencies. The fundamental function of the system is aimed at personalization of educational contents in accordance with the student&rsquo;s current level of knowledge. On the basis of this, a model of the intelligent tutoring system that consists of basic functional components &ndash; the Tutor model, the Student model and a deduction mechanism &ndash; has been designed. Within this system the modules for assessing students&rsquo; knowledge, delivery of educational contents, competence upgrading and automatic synthesis of IF ... THEN rules have been developed. The knowledge assessment is carried out by means of a Mamdani&rsquo;s fuzzy inference method. The mechanism for educational content delivery operates on the principle of an Alpha algorithm. The automatic synthesis of IF ... THEN rules is based on a rough set theory. The upgrading of the competencies is performed by moving to the right the parameters of a membership function which represents the student&#39;s competence. Experimental testing of the system was carried out using the Java programming language.</p>

The purpose of this study was to investigate the current status of schools of teacher education (STE) in Turkey in terms of how they prepare future teachers to use information and communication technologies (ICT) in their professions, and the current situation of K-12 schools in terms of how teachers employ ICT in their professions. The primary focus was to develop a deeper understanding of ICT perceptions, competencies, classroom use, related courses effectiveness, main barriers, and possible enablers to integrating ICT. This study may contribute to the existing literature by revealing and establishing baseline data on the current status of ICT integration into schools of teacher education and K-12 in Turkey. The results of this study can be used by policy makers, Ministry of National Education, Higher Education Council, universities, and K-12 schools to reexamine the current status of ICT and revise related policies, strategies, and courses. A mixed method approach was used by utilizing questionnaires from 51 deans, 111 faculty members, 1330 prospective teachers, and 1429 K-12 teachers / and interviews with 6 faculty members, 6 prospective teachers, and 6 K-12 teachers. It could be interpreted from the results that most of the participants expressed positive perceptions about the integration of ICT into teacher education and K-12 schools. Generally, faculty members perceived themselves as competent overall, while prospective and K-12 teachers did not. Faculty members and prospective teachers perceived ICT related courses beneficial and effective in ICT integration into education. On the other hand, K-12 teachers showed a degree of overall unsure (neutral) perception towards their ICT related courses and considered themselves well prepared for professional life. There were strong agreements between the participants as to the main barriers and possible enablers.

This research is an attempt to obtain insight in the influence of ICT and the information society on the labour environment of the officers of the Netherlands Defence Organization and to determine the competence of those officers in a number of information, communication and technological areas associated with the changed ways of working in the information society as they are discussed in the literature. What was found is that a substantial number of officers are not fully prepared to participate in the new ways of working required in the information society. The implications of those findings for a digital learning environment for the Netherlands Defence Academy are discussed and a general model for information, communication and technological competencies for managers in the information society is proposed based on the results of the case study. / Thesis (PhD (Computer-Integrated Education))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Curriculum Studies / unrestricted