IT In Higher Education Research Articles

Pandemic as Catalyst for National Digital Transformation of Higher Education - A Swedish Case Study

The covid-19 emergency presented daunting challenges for all in higher education, in particular teachers and students who were forced to quickly pivot from the familiar setting of the campus to purely online education in a matter of days. Despite the enormity of this challenge the transition was negotiated successfully in terms of online teaching though issues such as social interaction, student isolation and digital divides remained largely unaddressed. In Sweden, the pandemic response has been a wake-up call to address the lack of national coordination of online and blended education as well as the need for more coordinated approaches to professional pedagogical development. This paper outlines the response of several national networks and stakeholder organisations, notably the Network for IT in Higher Education (ITHU), though the forming of a mutual support group on Facebook to coordinating workshops and sharing resources. A survey of ITHU members revealed a number of key focus areas for national coordination as well as the development of a culture of sharing between teaching staff and educational technicians that did not exist before the pandemic.

Planning Strategy and The Use of Information Technology in Higher Education: A Review Study in Kurdistan Region Government

An apparently interminable scope of techniques and methodologies has developed to misuse the capability of innovation. The issue has not been a shortage of research. Actually a great many examinations identified with computer and learning has been distributed amid the recent decades. The issue has been one of comprehending the tremendous, and developing, group of accessible research. There is developing enthusiasm for utilizing the ability of new innovation in a productive and successful approach to meet the instructional and research needs of faculty and students. The utilization of data innovation is one of numerous means to accomplishing magnificence. However the recharged enthusiasm for promoting brilliance in advanced education through Information Technology has carried with it a more prominent accentuation on the requirement for high-bore administration in this limit. Capability, combination of learning, joint effort with industry, collaboration among grounds at different levels, helpful procurement endeavors, what's more, transferability of gaining starting with one organization then onto the next are immeasurably imperative components in the administration way to deal with IT in higher Education. In addition to an extensive literature review, this examination contemplate utilized a trial also, quantitative, self-planned and controlled overview instrument to decide the mentalities and qualified respondents, containing IT leaders, IT staff, also, executives in higher instructive at open and private colleges in Kurdistan Region Government.

IT Governance Self Assessment in Higher Education Based on COBIT Case Study: University of Mercu Buana

As the IT operation in the other Enterprise, the implementation of IT in Higher Education has to be directed and aligned with organizational strategy and program. The strategic alignment is one of five IT Governance focus areas. This paper presents the results, discussions and recommendations of IT Governance in Higher Education self assessment which is performed by COBIT 4.1 framework. The assessment is performed to IT Governance implementation in Mercu Buana University as a case study. The study result shows that the implementation of IT Governance in the university is still in the first stage of its development. Based on these results and some evidences collected, the study proposes some improvements such: it is needed to provide IT master plan, data and process custodian settlements must be performed, and the setup of such organizational structure which has capabilities enough to coordinate and deal with process / data owner and key user to drive University's IT Governance. 

Learning technology in Scottish higher education - a survey of the views of senior managers, academic staff and 'experts'

Central concerns within the field of learning technology in higher education have been the promotion of institutional change and staff awareness and development. This focus on the need to bring about a 'culture shift' and the importance of 'change agents' is reflected in the Dearing Report (DfEE, 1997) and in Funding Council initiatives such as TLTP and TLTSN (Davies, 1995). It is common for many of us who work in this area to feel that although we see clearly the task ahead, we have little at our disposal by way of evidence about how far we have come. Much of the evidence which does exist, and which has been incorporated into lectures and reports, is anecdotal, local and small scale, although there have been some larger studies, notably the Information Technology Assisted Teaching and Learning project (ITATL, 1997), and a 1999 study of C&IT materials funded by the Funding Councils (HEFCE, 1999a), and in the United States the national survey of desktop computing and IT in higher education (Green, 1989-99). These showed a rapidly increasing use of learning technology in higher education, and some of the limitations and restrictions which staff feel, such as technical support. However, there had been no indepth study of the subject and institution-specific influences on academic staff use of, and attitudes to, learning technology.DOI:10.1080/0968776000080202

The diffusion of IT in higher education: publishing productivity of academic life scientists

This study investigates how the diffusion of Internet access and other advancements in IT across a broad group of institutions of higher education has affected the publishing productivity of life scientists. Several IT indicators are considered: (1) the adoption of BITNET; (2) the registration of domain names (DNS); (3) the availability of the electronic journal database, JSTOR (http://www.jstor.org/), and (4) the availability of electronic library resources. Data on life scientists are from the 1983, 1995, 2001 and 2003 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR). Educational institutions are classified into tiers depending upon research intensity. Three hypotheses are tested: (1) IT enhances the careers of faculty; (2) IT improves the careers of faculty at lower-tiered relative to higher-tiered institutions; and (3) IT increases women's publication rates relative to those of men. The results provide some support for the first two hypotheses but no support for the third hypothesis.

The Diffusion of it in Higher Education: Publishing Productivity of Academic Life Scientists

This study investigates widening access to the Internet and other advancements in IT across institutions of higher education and how these advances have affected the publishing productivity of academic life scientists. What distinguishes this study is that institutional IT access is measured across a wide range of institutions and multiple IT indicators are considered: 1) the adoption of BITNET; 2) the registration of domain names (DNS); 3) the availability of the electronic journal database, JSTOR; and 4) the availability of electronic library resources. Data on life scientists are drawn from the 1983, 1995, 2001, and 2003 Survey of Doctorate Recipients. Universities and colleges are classified into several tiers, depending upon research intensity. Three hypotheses are tested: 1) IT enhances the careers of faculty, independent of tier; 2) IT improves the careers of faculty at lower-tiered relative to higher-tiered institutions; and 3) within tier, the IT revolution increases women's publication rates relative to their male counterparts. The study finds that the diffusion of IT in higher education follows the standard S-curve, with highertiered institutions innovating more quickly. Results regarding the impact of IT on the publishing productivity of life scientists provide some support for the first two hypotheses but no support for the third hypothesis.

E‐learning at Sultan Qaboos University: status and future Ali Sharaf Al Musawi and Ahmed Yousif Abdelraheem

Describes issues emerging from research conducted on e-learning in higher education in Oman. E-learning at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU); Positive points regarding e-learning instruction; Research on information technology in teaching at SQU.

Reviews of Capacity Building Using IT in Higher Education

Reviews of Capacity Building Using IT in Higher Education

IT in higher education: why is it so hard and why there is still hope after all?

IT in higher education: why is it so hard and why there is still hope after all?

Equality and CAL in Higher Education

Abstract Information technology is being heralded both as a liberating force and as the answer to the increasing demands of higher education. To date, however, there has not been an analysis of the equitable implications for higher education. Indeed, many institutions are unaware of the direct application of their own equal opportunity policies to the expanding role of IT in higher education. The authors suggest that by linking equal opportunity policies to the implementation of computer‐assisted learning, higher education will be better placed to provide a higher quality of learning to a more diverse range of students.

Human resources in developing countries

A key futures issue is the ability of developing countries to meet the increasing demand for qualified people with the skills necessary to use the emerging and increasingly sophisticated new technologies. Following a review of IT in higher education, data are presented on human resources in the developing countries, and the role of international programmes in reinforcing such resources is examined.