ICT4D 3.0? Part 1—The components of an emerging “digital‐for‐development” paradigm

Heeks, Richard

doi:10.1002/isd2.12124

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“…An earlier study by Tornatzky and Klien (1982) found a significant relationship between technology capability and an individual's TUB. Davide et al (2018) and Heeks (2020) found that if students feel that the technology helps them to perform their tasks better (perceived usefulness), they tend to develop positive TUB towards the technology. This is also confirmed in a study by Teeroovengadum et al (2017) which found that if a technology's use or functions are consistent with existing classroom practices, the university students will tend to develop positive TUB towards it.…”

Section: Job-fit and Continued Technology Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Using the personal computer utilisation model to predict students' technology user behaviour in universities in Botswana

Rudhumbu

Gombiro

Matyokurehwa

et al. 2021

IJLT

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Technological advances have reduced learning and teaching limits based on time and distance making education more accessible to students. Accordingly this study sought to establish whether the personal computer utilisation model (PCUM) could be used to predict and explain factors that influence the technology user behaviour of university students in Botswana.The PCUM is a model designed not only to predict PC utilisation but also to predict technology acceptance. A quantitative approach that employed a self-constructed structured questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 940 students from three public universities. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used for data validation of scale items. Results of the study showed that five out of the six dimensions of the PCUM significantly influenced the 226 N. Rudhumbu et al. technology user behaviour of university students showing that overall, the PCUM could be used to predict and explain the technology user behaviour of university students. These results have implications on both practice and policy with regards to the integration of technology in universities.

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Using the personal computer utilisation model to predict students' technology user behaviour in universities in Botswana

Rudhumbu

Gombiro

Matyokurehwa

et al. 2021

IJLT

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“…It subsequently came to mean innovating for productivity growth. A similar discourse has emerged in contemporary developing countries using digital technologies to accelerate formalization in order to achieve higher productivity and greater social and economic inclusion (Aker, 2011;Heeks, 2019;ITU, 2016;Singh, 2019). An important component of this strategy is to make the tax net fully inclusive, for instance by making value-added taxes digitally managed to increase compliance.…”

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Digitizing Taxation and Premature Formalization in Developing Countries

Roy¹,

Khan²

2021

Development and Change

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The digitization of taxation systems can assist inclusion. However, it can also inadvertently lead to adverse outcomes for the poor in developing countries where many firms in the informal sector have low capabilities. Moreover, larger formal sector firms are often politically networked and in a position to engage in extractive informal transactions that digitization alone cannot restrict. Thus, while digitization creates tools for the enforcement of formal regulations, formalization can be unequal. This contribution focuses on digitized taxation as an application of a more general problem with digitization as a tool for formalization, referring to evidence from the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India. Using the analysis of political settlements, the authors distinguish between types of rule violations in developing economies. Networked higher-capability firms engage in 'informal' transactions when they violate rules to extract rents. This is different from the informality of unregistered micro and small enterprises in the informal sector who often violate rules they cannot adhere to, and make informal payments to enforcers to continue operating. When digital technologies are used in these contexts, adverse outcomes for welfare and inclusion can follow from 'premature formalization'. A more cautious and inclusive path to formalization is necessary to protect vulnerable groups.The authors would like to thank Srikanth Lakshmanan, Coordinator, CashlessConsumer Collective for his valuable insights on the GST in India, as well as Kate Meagher and several anonymous referees for many useful comments on an earlier draft.

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“…Research in Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) has focused on diminishing the digital divide between high-income and low-and middle-income economies by exploring how information systems and technology can be utilized for the benefit of underprivileged communities (Ayanso et al, 2014). While progress is being made (Heeks, 2020;Walsham, 2017), there is an argument that ICT4D research also 'fails the poor' (Harris, 2015). While innovative e-learning solutions are emerging in remote and rural areas in developing countries, the sustainability of sometimes-disruptive innovations creates challenges for governments and policy makers (Badar, Mason, & Khan, 2018).…”

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“…Also, 79% of research adopted a quantitative method, 14% adopted a qualitative method, and only 7% adopted a mixed research method. Reflecting on the broad evolution of ICT4D discourse and the shifts in priorities articulated by UNESCO, some researchers (Heeks, 2020) also suggest the emergence of a new paradigm that repositions the term digital in development contexts.…”

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Towards Digital Multigrade One-room Schoolhouses for Underprivileged Communities in Rural Pakistan

Badar¹,

Mason²

2020

Preprint

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Context matters in the design and development of educational opportunities. Despite extensive global efforts to make education accessible for all, one out of every five children are outof-school. The situation demands re-thinking of learning strategies, particularly in underprivileged contexts. Continued advancements in learning technologies may offer novel solutions. The one-room schoolhouse is a centuries-old proven educational system, which has yielded promising results for rural areas. Using a multigrade teaching method, the one-room schoolhouse provides a resilient model for educating children where school administration faces typical issues of remote and rural areas such as lack of quality teachers, fewer children in each level, low socio-economic status of parents, lack of rooms in a school building, etc. This paper reports a case study of an integrated approach to teaching out-of-school children in rural Pakistan using education technology in a one-room schoolhouse environment using a multigrade teaching method. The paper (1) synthesizes the knowledge of practice and research on one-room schoolhouses, multigrade teaching, and education technology developments; (2) reports the on-ground practices of multigrade one-room schoolhouses in a real-life scenario in rural Pakistan and integrating digital capabilities into these schoolhouses; and (3) proposes the ways to implement and scale this method to educate out-of-school children in other underprivileged communities. Cite as Badar, F., Mason, J. (2020) Towards Digital Multigrade One-room Schoolhouses for Underprivileged Communities in Rural Pakistan. Computer-Based Learning in Context, 2(1), 21-39. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4057844

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ICT4D 3.0? Part 1—The components of an emerging “digital‐for‐development” paradigm

Cited by 50 publications

References 57 publications

Using the personal computer utilisation model to predict students' technology user behaviour in universities in Botswana

Using the personal computer utilisation model to predict students' technology user behaviour in universities in Botswana

Digitizing Taxation and Premature Formalization in Developing Countries

Towards Digital Multigrade One-room Schoolhouses for Underprivileged Communities in Rural Pakistan

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