Choosing the optimal information technology profession

Удосконалення системи підготовки наукових кадрів з інформаційно-комунікаційних технологій в освіті спирається на досвід розвитку досліджень у цій науковій галузі, що, своєю чергою, потребує уваги до історії. В історико-педагогічних працях ретельно проаналізовано розвиток наукових досліджень з теорії та методики інформатики (13.00.02) та сучасної спеціальності 13.00.10 – Інформаційно-комунікаційні технології в освіті. Дослідження інформаційно-комунікаційних технологій в освіті кінця ХХ і початку ХХІ століть з точки зору теорії педагогіки, дидактики, теорії та методики професійної освіти висвітлені недостатньо. Метою даної роботи є аналіз підготовки кадрів вищої кваліфікації з інформаційно-комунікаційних технологій як складової наукових досліджень у 90-х роках ХХ сторіччя в межах наукової спеціальності 13.00.01 – Теорія і історія педагогіки. За результатом перегляду каталогів та електронних ресурсів Національної бібліотеки України імені В. І. Вернадського (nbuv.gov.ua) та фондів наукової бібліотеки ХНПУ імені Г. С. Сковороди виявлено 22 дисертації, які були захищені в 90-х роках ХХ сторіччя за спеціальністю 13.00.01 і за змістом пов’язані з використанням інформаційно-комунікаційних технологій в освіті. У цих наукових працях здійснено науковий аналіз та презентовано практичні напрацювання в напрямах створення та використання комп’ютерно орієнтованих засобів навчання, психолого-педагогічного аналізу методів навчання за допомогою інформаційно-комунікаційних технологій, розвитку змісту й розробки методичних систем навчання інформатичних дисциплін та інформаційно-комунікаційних технологій у різних галузях освіти, проблем застосування інформаційно-комунікаційних технологій для вимірювання рівня навчальних досягнень; поставлено питання стосовно розробки експертних систем для оптимізації педагогічного проєктування та запропоновано модель застосування інформаційно-комунікаційних технологій в управлінні освітою на рівні району. Аналіз авторефератів дисертацій дав змогу визначити наукові центри в Україні, у яких були виконані відповідні дослідження, та установи,у яких відбулись захисти дисертацій, і визначити провідних фахівців, які виявились найбільш активними в підготовці кадрів вищої кваліфікації з теорії педагогіки (13.00.01) в напрямку застосування інформаційно-комунікаційних технологій в освіті в 90-х роках ХХ сторіччя.

As a historical study of professions would reveal, there is a strong relationship between any profession and the university complex.This is especially true with the rapid growth of the information technology (IT) profession and the academic programs in computing offered by colleges and universities.The dynamic growth of the IT profession provides an ongoing undertaking for IT educators who are responsible for preparing both entry-level and experienced IT professionals for the workforce.This paper reports survey results of IT professionals' perceptions of what are the needed IT competencies for both entry level and established IT professionals.Specific IT competencies are derived through questionnaire responses.The tabulated results identify those competencies considered either critical, useable, or of no importance to the curricular offerings in IT related programs in higher education.

Especially in view of the increasing skill shortage, the retention of information technology (IT) workers in organizations remains one of the three most important IT management issues for practitioners [11]. Organizations are confronted with two relevant behavioral outcomes on behalf of IT workers in this context: turnover and turnaway. While turnover means that IT workers leave their employer and start working for another employer while staying in the IT profession, turnaway reflects the abandonment of the IT profession [9]. Previous research emerging from the CPR community examines a variety of factors that lead to IT workers' turnover and turnaway, e.g. perceived job alternatives [10, 12], job satisfaction, organizational commitment [13], or personality attributes [5]. These can be classified into three categories on a superior level: individual, job-related, and organization-related factors [10]. Do these factors no longer fit with the IT workers' expectations, the intention to turn over or turn away is developed. The influence of the existing or absent fit on workers' individual outcomes, such as turnover or turnaway, is grounded in person-environment fit theory [6, 8]. In the work-related context, this environment fit consists of five dimensions: --person-vocation fit (the worker's fit with the profession s/he chose),--person-job fit (the worker's fit with the job s/he is currently working in),--person-organization fit (the worker's fit with the organization, where s/he is currently employed),--person-group fit (the worker's fit with the work group or team s/he is working with), and--person-person fit (the worker's fit with her/his supervisor).The person-environment fit theory has already taken up in information systems research examining the development of single fit dimensions out of work-related factors [14, 15].In our research, we focus on the entirety of fit dimensions as included in the person-environment fit theory as well as on their influence of IT workers' turnover and turnaway intention. The analysis will be performed along different demographic characteristics, which have been evidently shown to play a role in previous studies on turnover and turnaway: age [7], gender [9], work experience, and job type [5] (see Figure 1).

From the Publisher: How will information technology (IT) education evolve in the new millennium? The IT sector is expected to continue to face a severe shortage of workers. Eager to help fill the IT labor shortage, a growing number of programs have targeted re-training workers from other fields. As more and more organizations accept IT training as a strategic investment and not a cost center, the adoption of E-learning will accelerate. This informative book addresses crucial issues dealing with the most recent innovations and issues found within the field. Among some of the topics are: use of e-mail in the classroom, crossing disciplinary boundaries, faculty development, adapting to diverse student learning styles, IT teaching under budget cut constraints, keeping core courses up to date, faculty and student morale. Al Saber is professor of management information systems and computer information systems at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. In addition, Dr. Saber is the vice president for information technology and dean of the College of Business and Information Technology. Sherry Saber is assistant professor of computer information systems at Friends University at Wichita, Kansas. She is a member of the Information Resources Management Association (IRMA), Midwest Business Administration Association (MBAA), and Decision Sciences Institute (DSI). Mohammad Dadashzadeh holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, a master’s degree in computer science, both from MIT, an MBA, and a Ph.D. in computer and information science from the University of Massachusetts. He currently teaches at Wichita State University, where he serves as the W. Frank Barton Endowed Chair in MIS. They all live inWitchita, Kansas.

Malaysia is a resource rich country and a major socio‐economic force in the Asia‐Pacific region. Historically, the economy of Malaysia was based on agriculture and natural resources. In its efforts to transform Malaysia to a developed and industrialized country, the government started to focus on industry and high technology in the 1980s. A key area of focus was Information Technology (IT). The government chose to adopt several policies with respect to the supply and demand sides of IT instead of a national IT plan1. The policies addressed IT infrastructure, education and training, research and development, use of IT in the public sector, and fiscal incentives. These IT policies and the broad economic and industrial policies implemented during this period had a positive influence on demand for IT products and services, number of IT professionals, number of telephones per 100 population, and IT production and use. This experience has laid a firm foundation for formulating more definitive national ...

Introduction Goal of the Research Numerous researchers have indicated that a particular piece of misinformation, the perception of Information Technology (IT) professionals as being geeks and loners, may be one of many explanations for the under-representation of women in Information Technology. In particular, Jepson and Perl (2002) identified a nerdy image of IT people as one of six reasons that girls do not choose IT careers. Hazzan and Levy (2006) identified a geeky and loner image as one of three factors discouraging women from IT careers, positing that women are more likely to be interested in careers involving more interaction with people. Margolis and Fisher (2002) suggested that women are more likely to be affected by the geek stereotype than men are, and thus, when women do not experience an intense obsession with computers, they are more likely to contemplate whether they really belong in the IT field. Eglash (2002) described the geek identity as not only a gender but also a race concern that acts as a gatekeeper and paradox in the participation of science and technology as it potentially hinders diversity. The purpose of this research was to determine if girls in the United States, ages sixteen through eighteen, at the age when they are making university and career choices, do indeed view IT professionals in this negative way. Significance of the Issue The geek/loner issue is important for multiple reasons. The predicted growth of IT jobs in the United States (Hecker, 2005), the shortage of IT professionals (McGee, 2005), and the under-representation of women in the IT field have raised serious concern regarding the US technology workforce in the 21st century (Camp, 1997; Grant, Knight, & Steinbach, 2006; Holzer, 2006; Lazowska, 2002; Sanders, 2005). According to the employment outlook for 2004-2014 by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (Hecker, 2005), and mathematical science occupations are projected to increase 30.7 percent, an additional 967,000 jobs. Of the 30 fastest-growing occupations during this time, six are in computer-related disciplines: network systems and communications analysts, application software engineers, systems software engineers, network and systems administrators, database administrators, and systems analysts. A 2005 study by the Society for Information Management (cited in McGee, 2005) lists critical shortages in IT project management and business domain experts for 2005-2008. McGee (2005) cites two reasons for the shortage of IT professionals. A 10 percent decline from 10 or 15 years ago in the number of students majoring in technology-related degrees has been estimated. Some universities report upwards of a 50 percent decrease in enrollment in these degrees. As baby-boomer professionals begin retiring, an expertise shortage will exacerbate the situation. There has been an 18.5 percent decline in the percentage of women in the IT workforce since 1996 (Information Technology Association of America, 2005). Women composed 32.4 percent of the total IT workforce in 2004. A third of these women are in administrative occupations such as data entry keyer and computer operator. If these administrative occupations are removed from the calculations, women IT professionals and managers fall to 24.9 percent, virtually the same percentage as in 2002. Over the past two decades, the number of young women in the US pursuing careers in Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) has significantly decreased. The National Center of Educational Statistics (2005) reported that in 1984, 32,439 undergraduate students received bachelor's degrees in CIS. Men represented 20,416 of the total (63 percent), while women were 12,023 (37 percent). However, in 2004, 59,488 students received their bachelor's degrees in CIS of which 44,585 (75 percent) were men and 14,903 (25 percent) were women. Thus, the percentage of CIS majors who are female has dropped from 37 percent in 1984 to just 25 percent in 2004. …

The roles of information technology (IT) professionals have expanded from technical staff into service providers. However, IT professionals are usually better trained in dealing with computers instead of how to interact with human being. The attitude and behavior of IT professionals’ service orientation, that is the ability of service employees to help their customers, affects the service quality of information system as well as IT projects. This study is to identify the personal and environmental factors affecting service orientation in IT service provision. Results showed that IT professional’s work locus of control, which is the personal factor, and organizational service climate, which is the environment factor significantly affect IT professionals’ service orientation attitudes and behaviors. Theoretical and practical implications of this study are to be discussed in the conference.

Since entering the new era, with the rapid development of information technology and the acceleration of the process of global economic integration, many aspects of my country’s social life and economic fields are undergoing profound historical changes. The integration of information technology and physical education is becoming a hot topic in my country’s current information technology education and even the entire education informatization process. The purpose of this article is to study the integration of information technology and physical education process. This article uses modern information technology to integrate with physical education. The teaching effect produced by it is significantly better than the traditional teaching model. It can more effectively solve the difficulties in the textbook, and can help students establish movement representations and understand movements faster. Essentials to stimulate students’ interest in learning. This research systematically elaborates the connotation and significance of information technology and the impact of information technology on middle school physical education, and scientifically explores the physical education curriculum, analyzes the basis and conditions of the integration of physical education and information technology education, and studies the information technology and middle school through teaching experiments. The mode and effect of physical education integration. This article takes the university’s physical education major curriculum integration as the research object, and conducts research and analysis through literature method, questionnaire survey method and mathematical statistics method to define the level of information technology and physical education major curriculum integration. Investigation and research show that more than 30% of physical education humanities teachers can often find a suitable resource bank and obtain relevant teaching materials, but the lack of targeted physical education software largely affects teachers’ access to resources.

The purpose of the present study was to determine the communication skills of preservice information technology (IT) teachers attending Computer Education and Instructional Technologies (CEIT) at Anadolu University and to examine their levels of communication skills with respect to various variables. In the study, the singular and correlational survey models were applied. The research sample included a total of 183 preservice IT teachers in the 2009-2010 academic year. As the data collection tool, a demographic information form and the communication skills inventory developed by Ersanli and Balci (1998). The findings obtained in the study revealed that the preservice IT teachers’ levels of cognitive, emotional and behavioral communication skills did not change with respect to their gender or their parents’ educational background. On the other hand, it was found out that the freshman students had higher levels of emotional communication skills than the senior students did

During the last decade, Egypt has experienced a revolution in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) that has had a corresponding impact on the field of healthcare. Since 1993, the Information Technology Institute (ITI) has been leading the development of the Information Technology (IT) professional training and education in Egypt to produce top quality IT professionals who are considered now the backbone of the IT revolution in Egypt. For the past five years, ITI has been adopting the objective of building high caliber health professionals who can effectively serve the ever-growing information society. Academic links have been established with internationally renowned universities, e.g., Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in US, University of Leipzig in Germany, in addition those with the Egyptian Fellowship Board in order to enrich ITI Medical Informatics Education and Research. The ITI Biomedical and Health Informatics (BMHI) education and training programs target fresh graduates as well as life-long learners. Therefore, the program's learning objectives are framed within the context of the four specialization tracks: Healthcare Management (HCM), Biomedical Informatics Research (BMIR), Bioinformatics Professional (BIP), and Healthcare Professional (HCP). The ITI BMHI research projects tackle a wide-range of current challenges in this field, such as knowledge management in healthcare, providing tele-consultation services for diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases for underserved regions in Egypt, and exploring the cultural and educational aspects of Nanoinformatics. Since 2006, ITI has been positively contributing to develop the discipline of BMHI in Egypt in order to support improved healthcare services.

Library education in Pakistan started in 1915. The first library school at a university level in Asia was set up in the area that is now Pakistan. In spite of a long history, library education in the country does not fulfill the needs of the new information era. This paper gives an account of efforts made to impart education and training of information technology (IT) at six library schools in Pakistan. It presents a brief history of library education in the country, and describes the rationale of IT education for Pakistani librarians. It provides recommendations for improvement in IT training, discussing factors involved in LIS education, such as curriculum, faculty, teaching methods, hardware and software facilities, continuing education, and documentation. Finally, it suggests how IT education can be started with low budgets in Pakistani library schools

The ethical integrity and accountability of Information Technology (IT) professionals is important given our reliance on various forms of IT. We examined the applicability of Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of Cognitive Moral Development (CMD) in non-Western contexts by investigating the ethical values of IT professionals in Asia’s two largest economies. Analysis of survey data from Japan (n=289) and China (n=290) indicates support for the basic six-stage model of CMD. The concept of abiding by universal laws and rules (termed stage 4 reasoning by Kohlberg) was widely accepted by IT professionals in both Japan and China, despite the Confucian cultural emphasis on personal relationships with particularistic obligations. However, differences between Japanese and Chinese IT professionals were found while, in direct contrast with the stage-wise theory of CMD, the respondents from Japan and especially China exhibited significant volatility, reasoning at different stages simultaneously. The implications of these findings for research and practice are discussed.

The article examines the development trends of information and communication technologies in education as the basis for the formation of an information society. The stages of development of information technologies from manual information to network technology are described. The purpose of the article is to analyze the current trends of the use of information technologies in educational institutions. General scientific methods were used during the research, in particular: analysis and synthesis, comparison, analysis of time series, graphical method, etc. The meaning of information and communication technologies is revealed, as well as the regulatory and legal framework for their development and implementation in the educational process in Ukraine is indicated. Comparison of government forms of statistical reporting is carried out in terms of the use of modern information technologies, namely, the expansion of the ZNZ-1 form with the following indicators: about the technology and speed of the Internet, the availability of Wi-Fi technology, the availability of modern printing devices (including 3D printers by type), educational software used in the educational process and are on the balance sheet of the institution, etc. The current state of the provision of general secondary education institutions with an Internet connection was investigated (less than 100 institutions do not have such a connection, which is less than 1% of the total number). The level of provision of schools' connection to a high-quality Internet network (with a data transfer rate of more than 30+ Mbit/s), as well as the number of students per one stationary or laptop computer by regions, are described.

Modern organizations are increasingly dependent on information technology (IT) enabled business systems. Development of IT systems requires a competent IT professional (ITP) staff. However, organizations are hampered by a severe shortage of qualified ITPs. Furthermore, the looming graying of the workforce will aggravate the shortage unless organizations learn to retain and enhance the skills of ongoing staff. Research from related disciplines indicate that over time technical workers participate less in professional development, but still little is known about the relationships between personal demographics and participation in professional development.The major premise of this study is that since most professional development programs are voluntary, ITPs must first be motivated to participate before participation will occur. In addition, research suggests that motivation of ITPs may be related to personal demographics and, therefore, should be considered when designing and implementing professional development programs. Based upon this premise, the major objective of this study is to examine the relationships between selected personal demographics and the motivation of ITPs to participate in professional development.Survey data collected from a sample of 186 ITPs were analyzed to identify relationships between selected personal demographics (age, education level, gender) and motivation to participate in professional development activities. Findings suggest ITPs generally perceive desirable work outcomes to be positively influenced by level of professional ability. Correspondingly, they are highly motivated to participate in professional development activities. Although participation rates do vary, there is neither discernible decline in professional development motivation nor decline in perceptions of reward probabilities and this potentially negatively impacts their professional development motivation and participation rates.

Background: Cervical radiculopathy, commonly called a “pinched nerve,” occurs when a nerve in the neck is irritated or compressed where it branches away from the spinal cord concerning particular neurologic and musculoskeletal conditions in the neck and upper limbs. Fifty-nine percent of work-related musculoskeletal disorders are reported annually by information technology (IT) professionals, among which 30% are neck pain-related disorders. Thus, this study aims to know the prevalence of cervical radiculopathy among IT professionals with neck pain. Aims: The aim of this study was to find out the prevalence of cervical radiculopathy among IT professionals with neck pain. Objectives: The objective of this study was to establish the relationship between cervical radiculopathy and neck pain and to find out the percentage of disability by using the Neck Disability Index (NDI). Materials and Methods: The prevalence study was carried out with a sample size (n = 92) involving IT professionals in Bangalore. The NDI questionnaire (NDI) related to daily life activities was used. To identify cervical radiculopathy, specialized testing was performed. Results: Out of 92 samples, 46 tested positive for cervical radiculopathy, showing a prevalence of 50%. Cervical radiculopathy was more prevalent among males than females. There was a difference (P < 0.05) in neck disability according to a special test. Conclusion: This study provides evidence for the prevalence of cervical radiculopathy among IT professionals with neck pain with a positive correlation with gender and working hours per day.