The purpose of this study is to investigate if growth in ICT investments affects output growth differently across four income groups. Our panel data analysis is based on a sample of 101 countries in the period 1995-2015, where we conduct an augmented Cobb-Douglas production function with GDP growth as dependent variable. We divide the regression sample into high-, upper middle-, lower middle- and low-income countries to account for income disparities across countries. The outcomes are measured by estimating both ordinary least square and a fixed effects model. The impact of capital investments is measured by using two variables; growth of ICT capital services and non-ICT capital services. In addition, we control for exports and the growth in labor quality. Our major findings show that there are only significant contributions to growth in the top-three richest countries, with exception for the middle-income countries when controlling for fixed effects.

The thesis focused on instruments of ICT, their using in educational environment of primary schools and their influence on educational process. In theoretical part, the readers get to know the concept of information literacy, opinions and ICT attitudes in education field over the years. The implementation and using of ICT in Education may have been causes by many reasons and this thesis tries to describe their advantages and disadvantages. The other chapters in this part describe some other methods of education and modern didactic instruments and their own historical development. The end of the theoretical part belongs to possible development in future of modern technologies in whole educational process. The second part presents some selected research studies from different EU countries schools. The research examines the implementation of ICT in educational process and impact of modern technologies on education in general and - basically studying. This chapter deals with the outcomes of the studies and emphasize significant findings and recommandations. The empirical part begins with description of author's own research, its realization, goals, methodics and hypothesis. In main part, author analyzes using of modern technologies and their influence on educational process based on interviews and questionnairies. In the final part, author evaluates the hypothesis and summarize all findings and achievements. Goal of the thesis is to spread information and new point of view on issue which is dealing with whole process of implementation and using of modern technologies in educational process and analysis present influence of ICT on education in selected primary schools.

The aim of this thesis is to analyze and compare hotel systems Hores and Protel. The first part highlights the application of the information and communication technologies in general in tourism. The second part focuses on hotel systems used both worldwide and in the Czech Republic. Subsequently, it concentrates in detail on Hores and Protel systems. In the last part, the beforehand chosen parameters are analyzed and evaluated. In addition, the results of carried out questionnaire are presented and assessed. Furthermore, a SWOT analysis evidences the negatives and positives of both systems. In the end, the thesis states the overall evaluation of the systems and presents proposed changes.

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been used in several sectors and industries and have generated positive results especially in respect of increasing productivity and collaboration. While the discipline of social informatics has studied the use of ICT in agriculture and in tourism as separate fields, little work has been done to look at ICT use in agritourism – the intersection of agriculture and tourism. Even less (or no) work has been done on ICT use in agritourism in small island developing states, the Caribbean, or Jamaica. This thesis presents the first look at the variables to be considered in applying ICT to agritourism in the Jamaican context. A holistic view of the Jamaican agritourism sub-sector, in the form of the newly crafted Jamaican Agritourism Innovation System (JATIS) model, is presented showing the interactions among the various actors (sectors) required for successful ICT implementation. The JATIS model is an extension of previous Agriculture Innovation Systems (AIS) models and is specifically applied to the Jamaican context. However, as opposed to previous models, the JATIS highlights the critical role of purveyors, or middlemen, operating in Jamaican agritourism. The model formulates a mechanism, different from the current Jamaican agritourism structure, to include all industry players in the supply/demand interaction. The inclusion of all players is done through a series of farm and purveyor groups, enabled and facilitated by ICT. In addition, the model highlights the improved quality of information exchange among the players as a result of the modified interaction proposed. It might be possible to apply the model to other Small Island Developing States, particularly those in the Anglophone Caribbean, where the socio-cultural variables and economies are similar to Jamaica’s. However, further research will have to be conducted to verify, fine-tune, or customize the model for external application.

The dissertation is focused on Information a communications technology (ICT) development's analysis and its economic coincidence. The aim of dissertation is the ICT progress general rules' formulation, gathering from historical data analysis, future progress prediction and consequent economic and social coincidence research. The analytical section assesses the state of technological development and compared its dynamics in various related fields (microelectronics and ICT) metrics of technical parameters (computing power) or economic data (ICT revenue). They are mainly analyzed historical data from the U.S. market over the past 53 years (which are available in an appropriate structure and detail) as well as other 8 states (representatives of the EU: Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium; representatives of Asia: Japan, China, India; representatives of Latin America: Brazil and Argentina) for past 13 years. The main part is devoted to analyzing the time dependence of the ratio of revenues from ICT and GDP in the examined country, which best reflects the influences of the surrounding progress and defines the individual progress stages. It monitored the dynamics of ICT sales, depending on its form (or investment services) and the influence of global and local economy. The output of work is the confirmation of theories: - A smoother development of ICT in their delivery of services in the form of investment compared to sales, - Primary dependence of ICT development on global changes and secondary dependence on changes in local economies. ICT development cycle was formulated in the frame of confirmed theories, it was certified its compliance with J.Schumpeter's theory of innovation cycles according and it was designed by its mathematical model. This work allowed to justify the development of ICT trends and contributed to the prediction of its further progress.

This thesis deals with the information behaviour of employees of large companies. Its first objective is to provide the necessary theoretical basis for solving this problem, explaining concepts such as information, communication, information behaviour and information needs. The second objective is to subsequently capture the typical information behaviour of individuals in the organisation and of their surroundings using questionnaire survey. The result of this research is confirming or disproving the expressed hypotheses and recommendation for corrective actions if any typical problems in the field of information behaviour were identified. The research is aimed at all employees of large companies operating in information-intensive industries.

The master's thesis deals with the importance of information and communication technologies (ICT) for destination marketing. At first define the current status of ICT in tourism and subsequently constitutes e-marketing tools and are initially listed tools which can destination motivate potential visitors, and then presents the information sources during their stay. This master's thesis aims to analyze e-marketing tourist area Kladske pomezi and using questionnaire to find out importance ICT for tourists. Primarily, what technologies are used while traveling and for what purposes. Afterwards, to find out what information to tourism participants in the terrain most lacking, how they evaluate a website Kladske pomezi and what information is most lacking at the websites of destinations. Subsequently derive conclusions and determine recommendations for destination management and marketing Kladske pomezi.

Information and communication technology has for long been integrated into learning and teachers utilize all forms of digital technology for communication as well as to simplify learning. To adapt, teachers need to personally or through informal learning process, learn about new technologies and how to utilize them to improve learning. To personally educate themselves, the teachers need to dedicate time and resources to identify ICT competence areas where is needed and sort for resources to solve it. This thesis investigates the process of self-directed learning with a group of teachers in a planned competence development program within a local municipality’s educational department, on the use of digital technology to integrate into classrooms. With action research that integrates instructional learning from the organizations perspective and inquiry learning from teacher’s perspective, self-directed learning process was tested as a simple and structured process for self/collaborative learning, for participants. The result was a series of events that summarized why teachers could not follow the learning process, with a conclusion that in order for teachers to be self-directed in learning new ICT, the organizational need to allocate time not only for instructional learning, but also for inquiry learning.

Orientador: Maria Beatriz Machado Bonacelli / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociências / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T03:11:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Canhos_DoraAnnLange_D.pdf: 4584795 bytes, checksum: 0096e2a4a1b77389778670564e53faae (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: A tese apresenta como tema a influência das tecnologias da informação e comunicação (TICs) na circulação do conhecimento científico e o seu efeito na elaboração de políticas públicas em biodiversidade. O avanço das TICs está afetando a forma com que o conhecimento é produzido e como os resultados são difundidos. As TICs tornaram possível o envolvimento de mais atores na gênese do conhecimento, atores de diferentes disciplinas, especialidades, instituições, localidades, países, culturas e realidades sociais. O paradigma tradicional de compartilhamento de dados e resultados científicos por meio apenas de publicações em livros e revistas especializadas não é mais suficiente para atender à demanda contemporânea que necessita não só da disponibilidade dos dados, mas dos processos, análises e métodos e, quando possível, em tempo real, proporcionando uma maior transparência e reprodutibilidade dos resultados. Também não basta a disponibilidade dos dados on-line; estes precisam estar organizados de forma padronizada em formatos úteis e utilizáveis, acessíveis, tanto por interfaces humanas, como também via serviços web. Além da tecnologia e da necessidade científica de compartilhar dados, métodos e análises em diferentes escalas e disciplinas, existe uma necessidade de acesso e uso dos dados e aplicativos para processos de tomada de decisão, também em diferentes escalas, do local ao global. Isso é particularmente verdadeiro quando o tema é meio ambiente e desenvolvimento sustentável. A tese argumenta que a política para dados sobre biodiversidade deve promover o seu acesso livre e aberto. Destaca a importância de políticas de longo prazo voltadas ao desenvolvimento e manutenção contínua de infraestruturas de dados para armazenar, organizar, preservar, recuperar e disseminar on-line, de forma livre e aberta, em formato útil e utilizável, dados e informações sobre biodiversidade, geradas com recursos públicos. Indica a necessidade das agências e do poder público se capacitarem para se apropriarem desses dados e informações disponibilizadas nessas e-infraestruturas. Na tese são analisadas três infraestruturas de dados sobre biodiversidade: a rede global GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility); a rede mexicana Conabio (Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, Mexico) e a rede brasileira speciesLink. Para cada rede é apresentada uma breve análise dos pontos fortes e fracos, buscando elementos para avaliar a adequação das políticas de fomento para o desenvolvimento e manutenção desses sistemas. São também apresentados três exemplos de uso da infraestrutura brasileira, a rede speciesLink: (i) para o monitoramento e acompanhamento de programas e projetos e para avaliação e valorização dos serviços científicos prestados por curadores e taxonomistas; (ii) para a identificação de lacunas de dados e conhecimento sobre a ocorrência de espécies da flora e fungos do Brasil; e (iii) para a definição de estratégias de apoio à informatização dos acervos de coleções biológicas do país. A tese procura mostrar a oportunidade, viabilidade e importância de usar e-infraestruturas em biodiversidade, não só para ampliar o acesso e a usabilidade dos dados para o desenvolvimento científico, mas para a elaboração e avaliação de políticas públicas, inclusive para melhorar a qualidade, confiabilidade e completude dos dados e informações / Abstract: The theme of this thesis is the influence of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the circulation of scientific knowledge and its effect on the formulation of public policies on biodiversity. Advances in ICTs are affecting the way in which knowledge is produced and how results are disseminated. ICTs have enabled the involvement of more actors in the genesis of knowledge, actors from different disciplines, specialties, institutions, localities, countries, and from different social and cultural backgrounds. Thus, the traditional paradigm of sharing scientific data and results through books and journals is not sufficient to attend contemporary demands that require not only the availability of data, but also processes, analysis, and methods and, when possible, in real time, providing increased transparency and reproducibility of results. But just making data available on-line is not sufficient. It must be organized following accepted standards, in useful and usable formats, and accessible, both through human interfaces and as web services. In addition to the technology and the need to share scientific data, methods and analysis in different scales and disciplines, there is the need to use a data infrastructure with tools for decision making, also in different scales, from local to global. This is particularly true when the theme is environment and sustainable development. The thesis argues that policy for biodiversity data must promote its free and open access. It also stresses the importance of long term policies for ongoing maintenance and development of electronic biodiversity data infrastructures, responsible for storing, organizing, preserving, recuperating, and for on-line free and open dissemination of information and data, generated with public funding. The thesis also indicates the need for public agents and authorities to make efficient and effective use of the data and information provided by such e-infrastructures. The thesis analyses three biodiversity data infrastructures: the global network GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility); the Mexican network Conabio (Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, Mexico); and the Brazilian network speciesLink. A brief analysis is presented for each network, evaluating strengths and weaknesses, seeking elements to assess the adequacy of policies to promote the development and maintenance of these systems. Three examples of possible uses of the Brazilian network speciesLink are also presented: (i) for monitoring programs and projects and for the evaluation and acknowledgement of scientific services provided by curators and taxonomists; (ii) to identify data and knowledge gaps on the occurrence of species of flora and fungi of Brazil; and, (iii) to define strategies to support the computerization of biological collections in the country. The thesis aims at showing the opportunity, feasibility and importance of using e-infrastructures in biodiversity, not only to increase access and usability of data for scientific development, but for the development and evaluation of public policies, including those to improve the quality, reliability, and completeness of data and information / Doutorado / Politica Cientifica e Tecnologica / Doutora em Política Científica e Tecnológica

Orientadores: Rúbia Barcelos Amaral, Samuel Rocha de Oliveira / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-24T08:53:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Stivam_ElenPriscila_M.pdf: 2054215 bytes, checksum: e6d20b9bbaa3aac9aa234af2e64c2e2f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo investigar a integração entre TIC (Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação) distintas no que tange ao ensino de Função do 1º grau. Algumas TIC entre vídeos, softwares, livros didáticos e Caderno do Aluno (originado a partir da Proposta Curricular do Estado de São Paulo) foram selecionadas com o propósito de compreender os aspectos que cada uma traz como diferencial quando entendidas como recurso didático, e assim analisar possibilidades de se integrarem, de modo a permitir que o aluno construa seu próprio conhecimento, com mediação constante do educador. Apoiada na abordagem qualitativa de pesquisa, os potenciais educativos das TIC foram analisados a partir de estudos que avaliaram estes recursos. Posteriormente, foi realizada uma discussão envolvendo as possibilidades de integração entre elas, com base nas ações da Espiral da Aprendizagem, apresentadas através do Construcionismo, que busca contribuir com a autonomia do aluno, a partir de suas reflexões. Concluo que é possível a realização de integrações entre as TIC, envoltas por seus potenciais didáticos, porém é necessário que o professor se aproprie destes recursos, adequando seu uso para diferentes situações, considerando as necessidades e os tipos de atividades propostas. Estas integrações podem contribuir para que o aluno interprete as minúcias do conteúdo de Função do 1º grau, através de diferentes perspectivas. Assim é possível desenvolver Micromundos, compostos pela integração de diferentes tecnologias, envolvidos por aspectos construcionistas, trazendo contribuições para o ensino de Função do 1º grau. / Abstract: This research studies the integration of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) regarding the teaching first degree functions. Some ICT among videos, software, textbooks and the Caderno do Aluno (Student's Notebook - originated from the Curriculum Proposal of the State of São Paulo) were selected with the purpose of understanding the aspects that differentiate each one of them when regarded as a teaching resource, and thus analyze possibilities to integrate them in order to allow students build their own knowledge with the constant mediation of the educator. Supported by the qualitative approach of the research, the educational potential of ICT was analyzed from studies evaluating these resources.This was followed by a discussion involving the integration possibilities between them, which was based on the actions of the Spiral Learning, presented by the Constructionism, which aims to contribute to student's autonomy from his reflections. I conclude that it is possible to perform integrations between ICTs, surrounded by their didactic potential, but it is necessary that the teachers get a total control of these resources, adapting their use for different situations, considering the needs and the types of activities proposed. These integrations can help the student grasp the minimum details of the subject of first degree functions through different perspectives. So it is possible to develop Microworlds, composed by the integration of different technologies, related by constructiveness, bringing contributions to the teaching of first degree functions / Mestrado / Mestra em Multiunidades em Ensino de Ciências e Matemática