A new model for assessing the impact of ICT and digital knowledge on students’ thoughts and beliefs

Rajabion, Lila; Wakil, Karzan; Badfar, Arshad; Naeini, Shahrzad Mojtabavi; Zareie, Batool

doi:10.1108/jedt-01-2019-0008

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“…With the rise of ICT, numerous studies examine their effect on students’ learning performance and outcomes, attitudes, beliefs, behavioural change and competences (Eid and Al-Jabri, 2016; Rajabion et al , 2019), especially in the context of EfS (Altomonte et al , 2016; Bacelar-Nicolau and Caeiro, 2019; Pérez Salgado et al , 2012). While some studies considere-learning being ineffective overall (Garcia-Cabot et al , 2015; Joshi et al , 2013), others state that e-learning environments do not fully replace face-to-face settings (Dwivedi et al , 2019; Gusc and van Veen-Dirks, 2017).…”

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Towards effective e-learning on sustainability: a case study-course on participatory processes in environmental politics

Perbandt

Heinelt

Nicolau

et al. 2021

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Purpose Distance universities are of great importance for establishing sustainability literacy, as they operate as multipliers for thousands of students. However, despite several advantages of e-learning environments compared to traditional class-teaching, there are still challenges regarding suitable e-learning tools and didactical models. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of several e-learning tools on students’ knowledge and skills growth and to compare two learning paths, synchronous vs asynchronous, exploring how each affects the level of students’ knowledge achievement and skills acquisition. Design/methodology/approach The empirical analysis is based on an online course “Participatory processes in environmental politics”. International MSc and PhD students who enrolled in the course were from FernUniversität in Hagen (Germany) and Aberta University (Portugal). The course was designed as the flipped classroom, applying different e-learning tools and activities, some synchronous and others asynchronous. A pre- and post-evaluation questionnaire was applied to evaluate students’ knowledge and skills. Descriptive statistical analyses were carried out on this data. Findings Results showed that in the synchronous group, knowledge about theoretical approaches to citizen participation and sustainable environmental governance improved to a greater extent, whereas the asynchronous group showed greater improvement in nearly all skills related to intercultural communication and e-learning. Also, in the synchronous path, students enhanced their knowledge on “research application” to a greater extent. Originality/value Evaluating the effectiveness of different e-learning tools on students’ sustainability knowledge and information and communication technologies skills is a fundamental issue. The study discusses these issues, contributing to enhancing the use of adequate and grounded e-learning models on sustainable development in higher education.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Towards effective e-learning on sustainability: a case study-course on participatory processes in environmental politics

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Nicolau

et al. 2021

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“…All this can contribute to the formation of students' independence and their creative abilities, the qualities required for a modern specialist who has been trained at the university (Gorbunov et al 2016). In particular, the key role of ICT in the educational process is shown by Rajabion et al (2019).…”

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Negative Aspects of the Use of Infocommunication Technologies by Undergraduate Students of Engineering Academic Programs in a Regional Russian University

Андреев¹,

Горбунов²,

Evdokimova³

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A test containing 12 questions and a questionnaire comprising 15 pairs of statements have been developed. 171 undergraduate students have been tested and surveyed. A statistical processing of the results has been carried out, and charts illustrating the survey results have been built. When analyzing the data, summarizing the results and formulating conclusions, a systematic approach was applied. There are six types of Internet activities that are most characteristic of the student body in question. With the help of the questionnaire based on a pair-wise comparison method, the relative time spent by the respondents on these activities was determined. The students were proved to spend approximately as much time on their studies as they do on each of the following three activities: communication with friends, hobbies and aimless surfing the network. The students are less interested in playing games or watching news. One cannot deny the benefits of using ICT for pursuing hobbies, but it is obvious the amount of time wasted on browsing the network should be reduced. Besides, it is significant to replace virtual communication with friends by their face-to-face interaction at least partially. The language of social networks is far from observing literary norms. It ignores rules of punctuation and spelling. Taken out from virtual space into real life, this youth's slang affects their behavior, way of thinking, which is, in fact, destructive for their personalities. Students' overuse of ICT is a major social problem resulting in the decline in the quality of their education. In our opinion, for engineering students the reasons for this problem lies in their insufficient level of general culture, lack of self-discipline and strong willpower, underestimated need for knowledge, and lack of a meaningful, profession-oriented goal of education.

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“…Knowledge is the most powerful tool that can last for centuries (Rajabion et al, 2012). Generating and applying knowledge has been thought as the main capability of a business to produce a maintainable competitive benefit (Nonaka and Toyama, 2003;Rajabion et al, 2019). Also, according to (Drucker, 1995) and (Demarest, 1997), knowledge is the key to effective competition.…”

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The effect of knowledge management, e-learning systems and organizational learning on organizational intelligence

Soltani

Zareie

Rajabiun

et al. 2019

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Purpose Nowadays, organizations are facing fast markets’ changing, competition strategies, technological innovations and accessibility of information. In such highly dynamic situations, many factors must be coordinated to realize effective decision-making. In addition, the definition of organizational intelligence is as follows: intellectual ability to answer organizational issues and focus on the unification of human and mechanical abilities for solving problems. This paper aims to investigate important factors (organizational learning, knowledge management and e-learning systems) that influence organizational intelligence. Design/methodology/approach Data have been collected from 290 personnel of tax administration of East Azarbaijan, Iran. For measuring the model’s elements, a questionnaire has been proposed. Surveys have been reviewed by experts with significant experiences in the organizational intelligence field. For statistical analysis of questionnaires, the statistical package social sciences 25 and SMART-partial least squares 0.3 have been used. Findings Findings from the study verify the validity of the design for an organizational intelligence assessment. The outcomes indicate that e-learning systems positively affected organizational intelligence. In addition, they show that the influence of knowledge management and organizational learning on organizational intelligence is important. Originality/value Organizational intelligence’s multidimensional nature makes it a very useful and essential management tool. Therefore, it provides beneficial results for the organizations’ managers to study the important factors affecting it.

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A new model for assessing the impact of ICT and digital knowledge on students’ thoughts and beliefs

Cited by 15 publications

References 80 publications

Towards effective e-learning on sustainability: a case study-course on participatory processes in environmental politics

Towards effective e-learning on sustainability: a case study-course on participatory processes in environmental politics

Negative Aspects of the Use of Infocommunication Technologies by Undergraduate Students of Engineering Academic Programs in a Regional Russian University

The effect of knowledge management, e-learning systems and organizational learning on organizational intelligence

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