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The other side of digital divide & influence on individual practices. /
Shah, Uzair.
Proceedings of the International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2014, Web Based Communities and Social Media 2014, e-Commerce 2014, Information Systems Post-Implementation and Change Management 2014 and e-Health 2014 - Part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2014. ed. / Claire Gauzente; Mario Macedo; Pedro Isaias; Miguel Baptista Nunes; Piet Kommers; Guo Chao Peng. IADIS, 2014. p. 29-36 (Proceedings of the International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2014, Web Based Communities and Social Media 2014, e-Commerce 2014, Information Systems Post-Implementation and Change Management 2014 and e-Health 2014 - Part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2014).
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Harvard
Shah, U 2014,
The other side of digital divide & influence on individual practices. in C Gauzente, M Macedo, P Isaias, MB Nunes, P Kommers & GC Peng (eds),
Proceedings of the International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2014, Web Based Communities and Social Media 2014, e-Commerce 2014, Information Systems Post-Implementation and Change Management 2014 and e-Health 2014 - Part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2014. Proceedings of the International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2014, Web Based Communities and Social Media 2014, e-Commerce 2014, Information Systems Post-Implementation and Change Management 2014 and e-Health 2014 - Part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2014, IADIS, pp. 29-36, International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2014, Web Based Communities and Social Media 2014, e-Commerce 2014, Information Systems Post-Implementation and Change Management 2014 and e-Health 2014, Lisbon, Portugal,
17/07/14.
APA
Shah, U. (2014).
The other side of digital divide & influence on individual practices. In C. Gauzente, M. Macedo, P. Isaias, M. B. Nunes, P. Kommers, & G. C. Peng (Eds.),
Proceedings of the International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2014, Web Based Communities and Social Media 2014, e-Commerce 2014, Information Systems Post-Implementation and Change Management 2014 and e-Health 2014 - Part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2014 (pp. 29-36). (Proceedings of the International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2014, Web Based Communities and Social Media 2014, e-Commerce 2014, Information Systems Post-Implementation and Change Management 2014 and e-Health 2014 - Part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2014). IADIS.
Vancouver
Shah U.
The other side of digital divide & influence on individual practices. In Gauzente C, Macedo M, Isaias P, Nunes MB, Kommers P, Peng GC, editors, Proceedings of the International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2014, Web Based Communities and Social Media 2014, e-Commerce 2014, Information Systems Post-Implementation and Change Management 2014 and e-Health 2014 - Part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2014. IADIS. 2014. p. 29-36. (Proceedings of the International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2014, Web Based Communities and Social Media 2014, e-Commerce 2014, Information Systems Post-Implementation and Change Management 2014 and e-Health 2014 - Part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2014).
Author
Shah, Uzair. /
The other side of digital divide & influence on individual practices. Proceedings of the International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2014, Web Based Communities and Social Media 2014, e-Commerce 2014, Information Systems Post-Implementation and Change Management 2014 and e-Health 2014 - Part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2014. editor / Claire Gauzente ; Mario Macedo ; Pedro Isaias ; Miguel Baptista Nunes ; Piet Kommers ; Guo Chao Peng. IADIS, 2014. pp. 29-36 (Proceedings of the International Conferences on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2014, Web Based Communities and Social Media 2014, e-Commerce 2014, Information Systems Post-Implementation and Change Management 2014 and e-Health 2014 - Part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, MCCSIS 2014).
Bibtex
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title = "The other side of digital divide & influence on individual practices",
abstract = "With ubiquitous use of ICT, there are debates whether the research field of Information Systems (IS) is in a crisis. There are increasing number of researchers now arguing for IS research to focus more on ethical agenda and question if we are making this world better with use of ICT. Considering this, the paper explores the nature of relationships between ICT and individuals located on the other side of the digital divide. It is based on a study exploring the use of ICT by teachers based in a developing regional South-Asian Pakistani public university. In this paper, teachers' different ways of interacting with ICT, along with influences of contextual limitations on their daily mundane academic practices are discussed. These contextual socio-economic and technology limitations are affecting damaged teaching experiences and refractive academic practices. The paper elucidates some of the emotional and psychological effects on these individuals due to an uneasy and complex interrelationship of context and action when located on the other side of digital divide. This paper argues that while channelling efforts to establish sound ICT infrastructure is important, engaging and supporting teachers in using ICT to further enrich their professional academics practices could prove beneficial arguably in dealing with issues relating digital gap in a relatively meaningful and sustainable manner.",
keywords = "Damaged teaching, Digital divide, ICT, Pakistan, Refractive practices, University",
author = "Uzair Shah",
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