Assessing ICT Competencies among Postgraduate Students Based on the 21st Century ICT Competency Model

Ahmad, Mazalah; Karim, Aidah Abdul; Din, Rosseni; Albakri, Intan Safinas Mohd Ariff

doi:10.5539/ass.v9n16p32

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“…Self-made cars, drones, virtual help delivery, software translations, training by robots will replace people who are now doing these jobs: scanners are gradually replacing cashiers in supermarkets (Sousa, Rocha, 2019). Therefore, digital skills play an important role in the 21 st century, the skills of working and adapting to new technologies in order to be able to work productively and enrich the knowledge of workers with technology capabilities (Ahmad et al, 2013). Digital competences covered information management, cooperation, communication, sharing, knowledge, ethics and responsibility, evaluation and problem solving, technical operations.…”

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The authors employ a Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) framework to study economic growth determinants of the 276 European regions during 2006-2015 period. This framework allows one to address, as much as possible to date, the model uncertainty problem. Application of BMA provides a possibility to run simultaneously numerous models to test each determinant in all possible variations. By controlling for top 500 higher education institutions over the world, the authors find statistical evidence that not only quantity of educational institutions does matter, but also the quality of each. In fact, it is one of the significant determinants of economic growth. Also, the model proves that higher education level, higher share of ICT patents, higher prime age population share, as well as higher manufacturing share are positively associated with subsequent economic growth; whereas, capital city regions tend to develop faster. The regions that tend to have a higher share of people with primary-only education have forecasted slower growth, as well as CO 2 emissions and rapid population growth tend to have a negative correlation with economic growth. The findings suggest that a high share of information and communication technologies patents and a high share of industry in gross value added (GVA) will positively affect economic development. The authors also found a positive spillover effect from the neighbouring regions. Finally, the findings confirm a conditional convergence process among European regions -regions with higher initial income tend to develop slower if other factors remain unchanged. AbstractTechnopreneurship has become a lever to propel creativity and innovation in businesses today. This study investigates the impact of technopreneurship on business performance among agro-businesses in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. The study examined empirical evidences on the impact of technopreneurship on business performance. The survey method was adopted. The quantitative research design was employed. Yamane formula was used to determine the sample size. A sample of 126 respondents was selected through random sampling method from of a population of 183 agro-businesses within the study areas and 74% response rate was recorded. Primary method of data collection was used. A well-structured questionnaire was administered and responses were analysed using linear regression on SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) version 20. The survey demonstrates that technological innovation has significant effect on firm competitiveness (P = 0.000 < 0.05; R 2 = 0.183) and also technological opportunities significantly influence on firm operational efficiency (P = 0.000 < 0.05; R 2 = 0.445). Based on the results of findings, the study recommends that businesses need to develop or exploit indigenous technology; new products or processes based innovations; seek new technology ideas and significant technological changes which are key to competitiveness. AbstractIn the National Development Plan of Latvia 2014-2020 it is written that socie...

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“…Selfmade cars, drones, virtual help delivery, software translations, training by robots will replace people who are now doing these jobs: scanners are gradually replacing cashiers in supermarkets (Sousa, Rocha, 2019). Therefore, digital skills play an important role in the 21 st century, the skills of working and adapting to new technologies in order to be able to work productively and enrich the knowledge of workers with technology capabilities (Ahmad et al, 2013). Digital competences covered information management, cooperation, communication, sharing, knowledge, ethics and responsibility, evaluation and problem solving, technical operations.…”

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The Importance of Improving the Competence of Employees in the 21st Century

Lakstigala¹,

Bāliņa²

2019

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In the era of globalisation and the development of information technologies, increased attention is being paid to the development of workers' competences. The aim of competence is a set of attitudes and behaviour which strengthens the relationship between the institutions and employees, focusing mainly on pro fes sional, motivated, flexible and honest employees of the public administration. It is important to work and strengthen personal and professional competences. This means that there is a need to regularly assess the competencies of public administration employees in order to improve them and understand which competencies will be required today. In order to improve the quality, efficiency, development of creative thinking, knowledge and adaptation to developments and requirements of the 21 st century, there is a regular need to improve personal and professional competences. As well, it must be prepared that new jobs will be created in the future, where new skills and knowledge will be needed. It is therefore important to focus on the development of new skills throughout life in the learning process, which will produce good results for career development in order to become a competitive and competent employee. The aim of the study is to find out what employees' competencies will be most demanding in the future. The methods used by the study are document analysis and methods of quantitative data analysis. The results of the study are used in practice in improving and assessing the development and necessity of the competence of public administration employees.

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“…In this definition, the word ICT distinguishes ICTrelated capacities from a broader set of capacities, such as generic skills (Ahmad, Karim, Din, & Albakri, 2013) or 21st century literacies (Keane et al, 2016). The word transferable points out that ICT literacy is a universal or generic tool, which could be applied for a variety of purposes in academic study or the workplace (Wilson et al, 2015).…”

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Assessing the dimensionality and educational impacts of integrated ICT literacy in the higher education context

Tadesse

Gillies

2018

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The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to introduce a conceptual model for assessing undergraduate students' integrated information and communication technology (ICT) literacy capacity that involves 12 items generated from the modified version of the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE) questionnaire (Coates, 2010); second, to illustrate the construct validity and internal consistency of the model as implemented in a sample of undergraduate students (n = 536) enrolled in two colleges within a large Ethiopian university; and third, to further demonstrate the criterion validity of the model by examining predictive validity of the identified ICT literacy factors on student learning outcomes. A multi-method approach is used, which comprises correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis and structural equation modelling (SEM) techniques. The main finding is the support found for the 4-factor model consisting of ICT use, cognitive process, reading task and writing task. Results of the multi-method approach provide specific guidelines to higher education (HE) institutions using this approach to evaluate ICT literacy capacity and the resultant learning outcomes among their undergraduate students. The paper provides a conceptual model and supporting tools that can be used by other HE institutions to assist in the evaluation of students' ICT literacy capacities.

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Assessing ICT Competencies among Postgraduate Students Based on the 21st Century ICT Competency Model

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