Information Communication Technology Research Articles

Learning Outcomes and Training Satisfaction: A Case Study of Blended Customization in Professional Training

AbstractIn the case of training programs for workplace settings, design customization can help trainers to better address trainees’ needs and, at the same time, it can help them build a sense of competence and autonomy. This is particularly difficult when trainees are skeptical because of former failing training experiences. The case study presented here, is about a training program featuring customization design from the pre-training phase throughout the training process, aimed precisely at trainees with previous negative experiences. Eighteen participants (M: 10; F: 8; age average: 55,7) were involved in training senior professionals in the information communication technology (ICT) field, all of them with a history of failed training attempts and a long period of workplace inactivity. In preparation for the training, the trainers gathered information about trainees’ attitude towards training, training preferences, and baseline skills, which determined the training design. During training, feedback and intermediate learning results were considered for fine tuning. Results attested the change of attitude towards training, perceived enhancement of self-awareness, feelings of being part of a community, and successful learning outcomes.

Impact of Information Communication Technology Tools on Teaching and Learning of Secondary School Learners

The implementation of Information Communication Technology (ICT) has streamlined the result[1]oriented delivery of teaching and learning that has also facilitated the creation of engaging and interactive learning and enhanced the assessment. Although students currently benefit from enhanced access to diverse learning resources, peer collaboration, and self-directed learning due to technological advancements. The study is an attempt to analyze of impacts of ICT on academic and pedagogical effects on the learners of secondary school of Karachi. School learners' curiosity, ideas, and concept development matter for their future educational journey, and schools are unable to develop their competencies in the era of ICT which is a concern of all stakeholders. A survey has been used for the data collection from eight schools from all districts of Karachi. The sample has been collected randomly from the n-8 schools with N=1200 students from class 6th to 10thlevel. SPSS has been used for data analysis. The results reveal that ICT tools have not been used in teaching and learning management. Due to financial constraints, the utilization of ICT devices in classroom management is delayed or ignored. Nonetheless, inadequate electrical supply and poor internet connectivity in most of the areas significantly hinder the use of ICT devices in classrooms, compounded by the need for additional training for teachers from non-technical backgrounds. It is recommended that ICT tools should be used extensively for better learning outcomes at the school level.

Financial Technology (Fintech) as a Driver for Poverty Reduction in Nigeria

ABSTRACT: The human race has been confronting the issue of poverty which is threatening its continued existence for a long time. Poor access to finance can lead to poverty this breeds health issues, lack of access to social and recreational facilities, social delinquencies, reduced living standard, malnutrition and economic difficulties. The goal of defeating poverty in its various ramification remains a cardinal concern for policy formulators in the Nigerian state and international bodies such as the World Bank and United Nations. Following the thriving emergence of financial technology (fintech) in Nigeria, there exist a dearth in academic researches to examine how fintech can be a driver in the reduction of poverty. This study examined the impact of financial technology on poverty reduction in Nigeria. Data on poverty rate, financial technology, mortality rate, literacy rate and gross domestic products were obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in Nigeria and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin for the period of 1991 – 2021. This study employed the multiple linear regression estimation technique to analyse collected data as it examines a cross-section of major key independent variables across a time series data, on the premise of a common effect model. Data analysed indicates a negative and significant nexus between poverty rate and financial technology innovation. The result also suggest that literacy rate and poverty rate have a negative and insignificant relationship. The poverty rate was also found to be positively and insignificantly related to mortality rate and gross domestic products respectively. The study findings have several significant policy implications. Firstly, infrastructures that support internet and mobile telephony should be expanded by providing incentives for investment since technology is the backbone of the operations of fintech. Secondly, education on fintech, information communication technology and finance should be increased to fill the gap among citizens who are not technological inclined especially in the rural areas to increase the use of fintech. Lastly, there should be further regulatory interventions through reforms to remove the barriers to credit.

Category of electronic parliament: interpretive questions of the concept

Understanding the role and appointment of parliament in a democratic state, its development and practice of functioning in Ukraine, the expediency of updating existing scientific generalizations of the doctrine of parliamentarism is one of the most relevant areas of research for modern constitutionalism. The importance of the outlined problems is emphasized primarily in the context of the formation of the concept of e-parliamentarism, updating the theoretical foundations of Ukrainian parliamentarism in general, modernization of constitutionalism. It is emphasized that in modern realities, under conditions of martial law, Ukrainian constitutionalism, its components, together with parliamentarism, with their constants unchanged, acquire certain modifications due to such factors. Thus, the attention of researchers on the theoretical and legal analysis of the conceptual idea of introducing e-parliament as one of the main elements of e-democracy in Ukraine, directions of its transformation into a real mechanism of practical activity of the Ukrainian parliament (provision, development, legal principles) is updated. Modern approaches to the interpretation of e-parliament in international practice and domestic scientific literature are considered. Attention is drawn to the fact that, despite the rather widespread use of the term in special literature, constitutional and legal science does not contain its generally accepted concept as a legal category. As a rule, the authors, highlighting the problems of e-parliamentarism identified by them, do not resort to disclosing the concept of e-parliament at the level of definition, mostly limited to a list of main features or a meaningful characteristic. There is also no unified approach to understanding the essence and content of the e-parliament. Based on the generalization of scientific positions, the research direction of the named category is determined. It has been determined that the most productive in this context is the scientific approach to understanding the concept of e-parliament as a modern form of activity of the classical parliament, and not as a separate kind of traditional democratic representative body, a body of state legislative power. An attempt was made to define and identify the signs of this phenomenon. It is about a broad and narrow approach to understanding the studied phenomenon. It has been established that behind its formal external properties are information and communication, digital technologies for carrying out parliamentary activities, parliamentary automated systems: informatization of the legislative process, electronic document management, others, software and hardware complexes, parliamentary web resources, etc. Key words: e-democracy, digital, information communication technologies, constitutionalism, parliamentarism, e-parliamentarism, e-parliament.

Major Factors Contributing to the Failure of Digitalization in the Public Sector Organizations: An Analysis of the Federal Government of Pakistan

Pakistan is a developing country with rather traditional and outdated models of governance that does not effectively correspond to the postmodern practices of electronic and digitalized governance. A majority of initiatives aimed towards incorporation of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the public sector are not satisfactorily implemented and do not bear positive impacts for improving public service. The purpose of this paper to analyze and understand the factors the contribute to the failure in implementation of the initiatives and projects aimed to incorporate ICT and digitalization in the public sector of Pakistan. The paper scrutinizes this state of affairs through interviews and survey questionnaires targeted towards high ranking officials of the public sector and associated government departments and authorities. This paper is of quantitative nature and has been facilitated through interviews, surveys and questionnaires. The findings demonstrate that despite considerable continued efforts, prevailing predicaments of inflexible red tape, paucity of financial resources, incompetence of public sector staff and unstable political scenario are factors that hinder the progress of digitalization. This is a major gap identified in this paper. Furthermore, the paper also suggests and recommends practical solutions to cope with these problems, including political solutions and recommendations for financial problems.

THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MONITORING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION

The theoretical and methodological foundations of monitoring the quality of education reveal the management of the educational process, the system for implementing the monitoring of education quality in the general secondary education system, and the object of monitoring education quality. It also highlights the opportunities provided by monitoring the quality of education in managing school activities, the communication of the results of education quality monitoring to the pedagogical staff, and the effective implementation of advanced pedagogical and information-communication technologies in the educational process.

Integration of distributed PV into smart grids: A comprehensive analysis for Germany

Integration of distributed PV into smart grids: A comprehensive analysis for Germany

ICT Effect on India's Healthcare Management Services Development

In today's healthcare services, information and communication technology is no longer only employed to automate procedures. Rather, Information Communication Technology is being utilized as a significant system for offering kinds of help to individuals. The execution of ICT in the clinical benefits region enjoys accomplished different benefits, such as enhanced revenue, effectiveness, efficacy, faster service, customer satisfaction, ease for customers, flexibility in operation, continuously operations, capacity money saved, and expense benefits. ICT has been used in the healthcare industry in many creative ways that have improved communication between physicians, patients, and other stakeholders. This can be accomplished by enlisting the aid of social entrepreneurs to help create a wealth opportunity. The researcher's goal in this study is to evaluate how widely ICT is being used in India's various health fields. It is additionally considered critical to identify and evaluate the technology in the medical services area to recommend appropriate proactive, protecting, and advancing methodologies that would improve the authenticity and viability of medical services offices in India

Corporate Attributes and Financial Reporting Quality of Listed Information Communication Technology Firms in Nigeria

The demand for high quality financial information is increasing. It has become imperative in a developing economy such as Nigeria, especially in the information communication technology (ICT) sector due to globalisation and expansion of businesses beyond the national borders. Accordingly, companies are obliged to satisfy the information needs of both local and foreign investors by providing them with relevant and comparable financial reports. The main objective of this study was to examine the effect of corporate attributes on financial reporting quality of ICT firms listed on the floor of Nigeria Exchange Group from 2013-2022. The independent variable of the study being corporate attributes was proxied by firm size, firm age, firm profitability, auditor type and assets tangibility while the dependent variable being financial reporting quality was measured using the IASB Conceptual Framework qualitative characteristic model. The research design adopted in this study was ex post facto, secondary data was used and the population of study was 11 listed ICT firms in Nigeria. The hypotheses of the study was tested using pool ordinary least square technique and the statistical package employed was E-views version 10. From the outcome of the analysis, it was found out that firm size has a significant but negative effect on the financial reporting quality; firm age has an insignificant negative effect on the financial reporting quality; firm profitability has a negative and insignificant effect on the financial reporting quality; auditor type has significant positive effect on financial reporting quality; firm asset tangibility has a significant but negative effect on the financial reporting quality of ICT firms in Nigeria. Thus, it was concluded that corporate attributes enhance financial reporting quality of firms in Nigeria. Based on the foregoing, it was recommended among others that the management of ICT firms should carefully select reputable and experienced audit firms to enhance the credibility and reliability of their financial statements. More also, ICT firms should reduce the amount of tangible non-current assets in their assets base as they have negative influence on financial reporting quality.

Employers feedback on the job performances of the Bachelor of Arts in English Language graduates

The study examined the employers feedback on the job performances of the Bachelor of Arts in English Language (BAEL) graduates of Kalinga State University. Employer's feedback is vital in honing future nation-builders as it provides input in evaluating a curricular program to determine whether it is congruent with the demands of the industries. It used an explanatory sequential research design, explicitly employing a quantitative-quality approach. Significantly, it revealed that the employers of the graduates are very satisfied with their job performances in the areas of competence, commitment, collaboration, and credibility. The employers identified the graduates’ strengths in terms of job traits such as flexibility, initiative, creativity, dependability, leadership potential, and intellect. However, the employers also identified their weaknesses as a lack of self-confidence and a lack of time management. The study further revealed that most employers require new recruits to have job skills such as communications skills, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills, cooperative skills, leadership skills, and research skills. Therefore, the study concludes that the BAEL graduates perform in their jobs with very much satisfaction from their employers. It significantly implies an effective curricular program, producing BAEL graduates with the required competence, commitment, collaborative skills, and credibility to perform in their chosen jobs.

Information Technology Governance Analysis to Reduce Information Security Risks Using Cobit 2019: A Case Study of Manufacturing Companies

PT Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk is a company engaged in the manufacturing industry that utilizes digital transformation to improve efficiency, optimize facilities and assist organizations in making business decisions quickly. However, there are new challenges in implementing digital transformation, namely increasing dependence on information technology (IT) and triggering high potential threats to information security. Therefore, good information technology governance is needed in managing information security. The research method is based on the Control Objectives for Information Technologies (COBIT) framework version 2019 as the best guide in managing information technology governance. The research was conducted in several stages, including data collection through observation of policy documents and interviews with employees of the BEICT (Business Enables & Information Communication Technology) Department who are responsible for managing services and maintaining the company's digital assets. Evaluation of the maturity level was carried out on 8 priority objectives consisting of EDM03, EDM05, APO12, APO13, APO14, BAI09, DSS05, and MEA04 based on design factor assessment. The results of the analysis of selected domain activities, the IT governance maturity level was at 2.56 (managed level). Indicates that the organization has managed and implemented information security activities, but some activities do not yet have written policies or procedures. With recommendations in the form of proposed improvements to the aspects of people, processes and technology, it is hoped that it can increase the level of maturity of IT governance in reducing information security risks and supporting digital transformation programs.

Causes of Business Success or Failure of Start-Ups Company-A Case of Kathmandu Valley

This study examines the causes of business success or failure of start-ups in Kathmandu Valley. Business success is the dependent variable. The independent variables are suitable environment, self-motivation, family background, ICT, product and services, strategy, resource and finance. The primary source of data is used to assess the opinions of the respondents regarding the causes of success or failure of start-ups in Kathmandu Valley. The study is based on primary data with 122 respondents. To achieve the purpose of the study, structured questionnaire is prepared. The correlation coefficients and regression models are estimated to test the significance and importance of factors associated with causes of business success or failure of start-ups companies in Kathmandu Valley. The result shows that suitable environment has a positive impact on business success. It indicates that suitable environment for starts up leads to business success for Nepalese start-ups companies. Likewise, self-motivation has a positive impact on business success. It indicates that higher self-motivation leads to business success. Similarly, family background has a positive impact on business success. It implies that strong family background of the business person leads to business success. Similarly, ICT has a positive impact on business success. It indicates that use of information communication technology in the organization leads towards business success. Similarly, product and services has a positive impact on business success. It indicates better the quality of product and services business offering, higher would be the chances of business success. In addition, strategy has a positive impact on business success. It indicates that the most effective strategy leads towards business success. Likewise, resource and finance has a positive impact on business success. It indicates that maintaining a good balance between resources and finance leads towards business success.

Operational Technology resilience in the 2023 draft delegated act on cybersecurity for the power sector—An EU policy process analysis

Operational Technology resilience in the 2023 draft delegated act on cybersecurity for the power sector—An EU policy process analysis

Construction of integrated network order system of main distribution network based on power grid operation control platform

This study presents a major advance in grid management: the development and deployment of an integrated network command system for the main distribution network. The system integrates cutting-edge information technology, including modules such as command issuance, intelligent routing, security assurance and in-depth data analysis, opening a new era of refined and intelligent power grid management. The research focuses on the application of core technologies such as information communication technology, distributed control system, artificial intelligence and big data analysis, and strengthens the system operation foundation. The chapter on system architecture details the innovative integration of DDQN algorithm and attention mechanism, and carefully constructs intelligent scheduling engine and status monitoring and early warning system, which significantly improves real-time response, decision optimization and active security defense capabilities. Simulation experiments and actual case analysis verify the effectiveness of the system, specifically, the response time is reduced by 75.7%(from 2.1 s to 0.51 s in the traditional system), the data processing speed is still maintained at a high level under high load (100,000 data processing rate is 300/s), and the system stability is as high as 99.97%. The new system also achieved a high degree of automation, reducing annual operation and maintenance costs by 20%, and increasing user satisfaction to 90%, an increase of 28.6% over the previous period. These improvements not only optimize power quality and grid efficiency, but also further confirm that the fault response time is reduced by 30% and the user outage time is reduced by 25%. Therefore, this study not only highlights the innovation of the proposed system, but also demonstrates its significant contribution to accelerating the modernization of power grid management and ensuring safe operation with empirical data.

Information and Communications Technology, Water and Sanitation Infrastructures and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

This study investigated the effect of information and communication technology and water sanitation infrastructures on economic growth and development in sub-Saharan Africa using panel data involving fifteen (15) sub-Saharan Africa nations. Secondary data were obtained from the statistical bulletins of the various countries and World Bank Indicators from 2000-2022. Data obtained were analyzed via descriptive, diagnostic and inferential statistics. The fixed and random effects regression results revealed that information communication technology and water and sanitation infrastructures jointly influence the level of economic growth and development in sub-Saharan Africa. Given the findings, it is recommended that there is the need for governments in sub-Saharan Africa to increase their contributions and supports to ICT infrastructure by way of improving the current state of ICT in sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore, governments of sub-Saharan African countries should strive towards improving the water and sanitation infrastructure by periodically updating their public health conditions related to clean drinking water and treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage. Keywords: Information Communication Technology Infrastructure, Water and Sanitation Infrastructure, Economic Growth, Critical Infrastructure, Sub-Saharan Africa

Building project management tools and techniques capacity to drive Information and Communications Technology projects in the Department of Social Development, South Africa

The study investigates the importance of project management tools and techniques (PMTTs) in the success of information communication technology (ICT) projects in the Department of Social Development (DSD) in South Africa. It identifies the challenges of using PMTTs in ICT projects and suggests ways to effectively incorporate PMTTs in ICT project success. The non-probability purposive sampling method was used to identify 16 officials and stakeholders in ICT project management, whose responses to were thematically analysed. The study found that the most-used PMTTs for delivering ICT projects were the Agile project management methodology, collaboration tools like email systems and the Microsoft Teams platform, work breakdown structures, project dashboards, the Waterfall model, the Scrum framework, and cost-benefit analysis. Using PMTTs in project execution has many benefits, including increased project success probability, enhanced project predictability, boosted stakeholder confidence, heightened efficiency, improved communication, and the formalisation of the project methodology. The study identified a range of implementation challenges, including a lack of enforcement or inadequate implementation of the tools, a dearth of general expertise in the usage of specialised tools, misalignment of departmental and ICT strategies, lack of stakeholder participation, non-adherence to project governance, lack of continued training, inconsistencies with reporting, resource incapacitation, poor planning, and changes in scope by business users. To bolster PMTTs’ capacity to drive ICT projects in the DSD, the study recommends enforcing the use of all PMTTs, recruiting and retaining talent, involving all stakeholders, providing advanced training to all users (including management and not just ICT officials), and strengthening ICT governance.

Information Communication Technology's Influence on Exchange Rate

Investigated in this study is the influence of information communication technology (ICT) on the exchange rate in Zambia from 2010 to 2021. The research methods employed involve using descriptive, exploratory, and experimental designs. The results are reported focusing on ICT acquisition, usage, and production in relation to the performance of the exchange rate: imports of ICTs from the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) represented the uptake while the performance of the exchange rate from the Bank of Zambia represented actual volatilities. It was further discovered that the ICTs influence movements in financial transactions by increasing the quantum of transactions. The impact on the movements of currencies advertently affects the exchange rate causing volatility. The role of ICTs in the amalgamation of markets, trade linkages, and openness, is key. Conclusively, ICTs influence the exchange rate: inherent in productive means and permeate consumptive aspects of ICTs and financial transactions. The main limitation arose from data collection on ICT software and services due to lack of a consolidated data capturing information system.

Information communication technologies education in elementary school: a systematic literature review

Information communication technologies education in elementary school: a systematic literature review

Project leadership competencies influencing success in Information Communication Technology projects

Project leadership competencies influencing success in Information Communication Technology projects

ICT and Agricultural Development in South Africa: An Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag Approach

The use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) forms a significant component of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). This study examined the impact of ICT on agricultural development in South Africa utilizing time series data from 1995 to 2022. Agricultural development was measured through agricultural output and agriculture total factor productivity as dependent variables. Traditional factors of production (land, labor, and capital) together with ICT variables (mobile cellphone subscriptions, Internet usage, and fixed telephone subscriptions) were used. Additional variables such as inflation, human development, access to energy and climate change were used. Data analysis was performed using the ARDL approach. The findings revealed that mobile phone subscriptions and Internet usage positively affect agricultural output and ATFP in the short and long run despite having a negative effect through the second lag in the short run. Fixed telephone subscriptions negatively affect ATFP in the long run while affecting output negatively in the short run through the first lag. Land, human development index, access to energy, and capital generally exhibited an increasing effect on both agricultural output and ATFP both in the short and long run through the various models estimated. Climate change and inflation were generally found to affect both agricultural output and ATFP negatively in the short and long run. The study concluded that ICT plays a significant role in promoting agricultural output and total factor productivity growth. Recommendations included that the South African government should promote the digitalization of the agriculture sector through the provision of ICT infrastructure that can be utilized by both smallholder farmers and large-scale agricultural producers.