Education is a key factor in ensuring economic growth, especially for countries with growing economies. Today, students have become more technologically savvy as teaching and learning uses more advance technology day in, day out. Due to virtualize resources through the Internet, as well as dynamic scalability, cloud computing has continued to be adopted by more organizations. Despite the looming financial crisis, there has been increasing pressure for educational institutions to deliver better services using minimal resources. Leaning institutions, both public and private can utilize the potential advantage of cloud computing to ensure high quality service regardless of the minimal resources available. Cloud computing is taking a center stage in academia because of its various benefits. Various learning institutions use different cloud-based applications provided by the service providers to ensure that their students and other users can perform both academic as well as business-related tasks. Thus, this research will seek to establish the benefits associated with the use of cloud computing in learning institutions. The solutions provided by the cloud technology ensure that the research and development, as well as the teaching is more sustainable and efficient, thus positively influencing the quality of learning and teaching within educational institutions. This has led to various learning institutions adopting cloud technology as a solution to various technological challenges they face on a daily routine.
New mobile platforms, connected seamlessly to the Internet via wireless access have become increasingly more powerful and have found usage in a diverse set of application areas, including the education sector. The educational institutions are becoming more open to embracing new learning platforms, which in turn has sparked the interest in developing new assessment frameworks. This paper has used the framework of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) to design a model for M-learning within educational institutions. The framework has been validated with studies cases from higher education institut…
The aim of this paper is to study m-learning literature in order to propose and develop a privacy-preserving framework which can be used to foster sustainable deployment of mobile learning within open and distance education in Kenya. Location-based privacy in mobile learning is essential to retain users trust, key to influencing usage intention. Any risk on privacy can negatively affect users perceptions of a systems reliability and trustworthiness. While extant studies have proposed frameworks for mobile technologies adoption into learning, few have integrated privacy aspects and their influe…
When learning technologies are introduced in educational environments, it is assumed that the educational environment is culture neutral i.e, all educational environments have the same challenges, problems and cultural norms. However, it can be observed that cultural factors can influence the successful implementation and use of learning technologies. In this study the aims were to explore contextual challenges to implementing different educational technologies and to explore the effects of culture. The results of this survey suggest that Hofstede's cultural measures of uncertainty avoidance, …
Rethinking AI Literacy Education in Higher Education: Bridging Risk Perception and Responsible Adoption
School of Professional Studies, Clark University（克拉克大学专业研究学院）；Cardiff School of Technologies, Cardiff Metropolitan University（卡迪夫 Metropolitan 大学技术学院）；Harvard Medical School（哈佛医学院）
Using today's Internet network capacities, this technology has extended various benefits in healthcare sectors. For instance, existing studies already indicated that information technology applications with IoT-based innovations may revolutionize the healthcare industry and subsequently help to improve the real-time reporting of patients' health data. It should be noted that the adoption of IoT and its relevant interventions in the health sector has not been as fast as the uptake been observed in other industries. To tackle this issue, we develop a qualitative phenomenological approach for inv…
A Mixed Methods Systematic Analysis of Issues and Factors Influencing Organizational Cloud Computing Adoption and Usage in the Public Sector: Initial Findings
The adoption of ICT in classrooms is very important in order to improve education quality, promote effective management of knowledge, and improve delivery of knowledge in higher education. Some of the Libyan universities have already started using E-learning in classrooms, but many challenges are still hindering that adoption. This paper endeavors to find the obstacles that may face the adoption of E-learning in Libya and sketches out the possible solutions. Further, it highlights the potentials for the adoption of E-learning in the higher education system in Libya using both qualitative and q…
Adopting a good health information system (HIS) is essential for providing high-quality healthcare. With rapid advances in technology in the healthcare industry in recent years, healthcare providers seek effective options to deal with numerous diseases and a growing number of patients, adopting advanced HIS such as for clinical decision support. While the clinical decision support systems (CDSS) can help medical personnel make better decisions, they may bring negative results due to a lack of understanding of the elements that influence GP's adoption of CDSS. This paper focuses on discovering …
Multi-Level Barriers to Generative AI Adoption Across Disciplines and Professional Roles in Higher Education
Warwick Manufacturing Group, The University of Warwick（沃里克大学制造集团）；Department of Politics and International Studies, The University of Warwick（沃里克大学政治与国际研究系）；Department of Psychology, The University of Warwick（沃里克大学心理学系）；Birmingham Business School, The University of Birmingham（伯明翰大学商学院）
This paper examines the dynamics of policy implementation and how policy contradicts reality on the ground when it comes to practice. The paper finds that despite having well-laid out policy; the actual practice is contrary. Taking data storage policy within the Ministry of Health in Malawi as a case study, the paper highlights that the contextual realities of where Ministry of Health (MoH) data is stored depends on a number of Technology-Organizational-Environmental (TOE) factors. In the wake of cloud computing; some of these factors act as causative factors for data to be stored in the cloud…
Open Source Software (OSS) has been widely used in the educational environment largely due to its reduced cost of ownership. While OSS has evolved over the years, challenges exist in its implementation and wide adoption. Foremost among these detriments is the lack of available skills across industries. Since future users of this technology will settle in an organizational ecosystem where proprietary and OSS technologies coexist, it is vital to understand their learning environment where they initially acquire their technology skills. The University implements courses that champion the use of o…
The telecommunications sector in Iraq is one of the most dynamic and active industries. This sector has prime importance only next to oil & gas, as revealed by recent reports. This industry has grown in leaps and bounds with the rising demand for mobile services. Mobile services were inaccessible prior to 2003. As of 2016, there are 29 million mobile telephone subscribers, with only 2.3 million fixed-line users. With the easy availability of telephone services, the telecommunication sector has reported a rapid boom. Subsequent to the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime on April 9, 2003, mobile com…
In the past few years, the use of new technologies and digital, educational material has been increasing. Owing to the situation brought about in Spain by the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic, schools have closed and families were asked to confine at home since March 2020. During this period there has been a need of resources to be made available to the families and teachers so that they would be able to continue their teaching practice. Consequently, this study analyzes the importance of online methodologies and usage tendency of an educational resource example: The Smile and Learn platform. Th…
Different sectors have sought to take advantage of opportunities to invest in big data analytics and Natural language processing, in order to improve their productivity and competitiveness. Current challenges facing the higher education sector include a rapidly changing and evolving environment, which necessitates the development of new ways of thinking. Interest has therefore increased in analytics as part of the solution to many issues in higher education, including the rate of student attrition and learner support. This study provides a comprehensive discussion of big data, learning analyti…
According to the latest World Economic Forum report, about 70% of the African population depends on agriculture for their livelihood. This makes agriculture a critical sector within the African continent. Nonetheless, agricultural productivity is low and food insecurity is still a challenge. This has in recent years led to several initiatives in using ICT (Information Communication Technology) to improve agriculture productivity. This study aims to explore ICT innovations in the agriculture sector of Africa. To achieve this, we conducted a SLR (Systematic Literature Review) of the literature p…
The education system is getting diversified, challenged, and blended for the overwhelming advancement of disruptive technology. The core purpose of this chapter is to visualize the probable solutions of the modern education system using blockchain technology. The entire chapter has been discussed on the basis of present solution and projection of future inventions to smoothen the education system. The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) is changing our experiences in terms of education and other lifestyle. Delivering lectures, interacting between learners and educations, evaluating learning out…
In this research, the evolution of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in supply chains has been mapped from the inception of the technology until June 2020, utilising primarily public data sources. Two hundred seventy-one blockchain projects operating in the supply chain have been analysed on parameters such as their inception dates, types of blockchain, stages reached, sectors applied to and type of organisation that founded the project. We confirm generally understood trends in the blockchain market with the creation of projects following the general hype and funding levels in the industry.…
Troy University（特洛伊大学）；Clayton State University（克莱顿州立大学）；Modal Technology
To gain a sense of the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), this research analyzes what has been done in the past, presently in the last decade and what is predicted for the next several decades. The paper will highlight the biggest changes in AI and give examples of how these technologies are applied in several key industry sectors along with influencers that can affect adoption speed. Lastly, the research examines the driving triggers such as cost, speed, accuracy, diversity/inclusion and interdisciplinary research/collaboration that propel AI into an essential transformative technol…
Responsible AI Adoption in the Public Sector: A Data-Centric Taxonomy of AI Adoption Challenges
University of Tartu（塔尔图大学）；University of Hradec Kralove（赫拉德茨-克拉洛韦大学）；UAEM（墨西哥州自治大学）；University of Twente（特文特大学）；TU Delft（代尔夫特理工大学）；University of Warsaw（华沙大学）；Fortinet（飞塔公司）
COVID-19 has disrupted normal life and has enforced a substantial change in the policies, priorities and activities of individuals, organisations and governments. These changes are proving to be a catalyst for technology and innovation. In this paper, we discuss the pandemic's potential impact on the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) in various broad sectors namely healthcare, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, transportation and industrial IoT. Our perspective and forecast of this impact on IoT adoption is based on a thorough research literature review, a careful examination o…
The small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector represents one of the fundamental pillars in the trade field. It contributes significantly to raising the economies of countries by providing significant numbers of job opportunities, which are beneficial to directly supporting national economies. One of the most important obstacles facing this sector in the information technology era is the lack of online trading channels with consumers, which require more financial support than the their capabilities. Therefore, e-Malls might be one of the best low-cost solutions to overcome this obstacle. A…
The implementors of learning technologies within education environments often follow strategies that assume the educational environment within which they are being introduced is culturally neutral. A comprehensive literature review including 150 papers on educational technology challenges was undertaken. The purpose of this review is explore different contextual challenges to the adoption of educational technology in the higher education sector. The cultural factors that define the key stakeholders (e.g., teachers, lectures, students and support staff) are often ignored when the implementation…
The use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can advance the Agricultural Business sector, particularly in a country seeking opportunities to explore the sector. There is evidence that ICT has made significant contributions to agribusiness because it allows enterprises to manage their operations, and it has major impacts on the business. However, the critical factors that motivate the adoption of new innovative technology by agribusiness enterprises are underexplored. The literature has indicated ICT adoption among small-scale agribusiness enterprises in Somalia is not fully under…
The Main Barrier to AI Adoption in the Public Sector Is Lack of Training: How a Structured Method Accompanied Productivity Gains in Two Brazilian Government Cases
Government of the Federal District（联邦区政府的）；Federal District School of Government（联邦区政府学院）
The lack of data regarding Information and Communications Technology sector alumni data is a known problem in several countries including Egypt. It is not clear what entry and senior jobs are occupied by alumni and which countries attract them. This affects the planning, design and execution of both the ICT sector and the Education sector. In this research, a joint team is formulated from the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center TIEC and the Ministry of Higher Education. This team is undertaking extensive analysis of the structure, distribution and development of the ICT skills an…
Beyond Tool Adoption: A Practical Five-Stage Developmental Continuum for AI Literacy in Higher Education
Dept of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences（海洋、地球与大气科学系）；AI Hub for Science（科学人工智能中心）；Center of Geospatial Analytics（地理空间分析中心）；Data Science and AI Academy（数据科学与人工智能学院）；Department of Mathematics（数学系）；North Carolina State University（北卡罗来纳州立大学）
Mobile learning (m-Learning) is considered to be one of the fastest growing learning platforms. The immense interest in m-Learning is attributed to the incredible rate of growth of mobile technology and its proliferation into every aspect of modern life. Despite this, m-Learning has not experienced a similar adoption rate in the education sector, chiefly higher education. Researchers have attempted to explain this anomaly by conducting several studies in the area. However, mostly the research in m-Learning is examined from the perspective of the students and educators. In this research, it is …
The awareness of an environmentally friendly learning process has been of concern lately. IT offers some applications that are able to provide better green education environment in higher education sectors. This research involves top social information technology applications, DropBox and WordPress. DropBox is the most popular cloud storage in the world. Meanwhile, WordPress is top content management systems at the moment. This research employs the utilization of those two applications in students assignments and presentation medium. The study observed 150 sophomore students in computer scienc…
