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ICT Evaluation in the Irish Higher Education Sector

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Oleh : Marian Carcary , University of Limerick, Ireland
Dibuat : 2012-06-22, dengan 1 file

Keyword : ICT investment management, ICT evaluation, ex-post evaluation, MIS, ICT in tertiary education
Subjek : ICT Evaluation in the Irish Higher Education Sector
Sumber pengambilan dokumen : Internet

The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) evaluation literature now spans several


decades. Nonetheless, evidence continues to suggest that there remains a lack of formal ICT evaluation


practices within organisations. Several challenges exist, not least the social and political contexts within which


evaluation takes place and limitations in existing evaluation techniques. However, while ICT evaluation exercises


have spanned many fields of study, an in-depth review of the ICT evaluation literature revealed that there is a


paucity of ICT evaluation studies within the Higher Education sector. The 14 Irish Institutes of Technology (IoTs)


have recently undergone an extensive transformation of their ICT systems. A national project launched by the


Department of Education and Science and the Council of Directors of the IoTs performed a nationwide


implementation of a suite of integrated Information Systems for library, human resources, finance and student


management functions in order to standardise the ICT systems of the IoT sector. Yet, at the time of research, no


formal evaluation of this project had been completed. This paper advances the body of ICT evaluation knowledge


in the tertiary education sector through evaluating the impact of the Student MIS implementation within the IoTs.


The research study was interpretive in nature; case studies based on multiple evidence sources were conducted


in five IoTs. Analysis of the evidence led to the distillation of 15 findings on the Student MIS implementation


which were centred on five key project areas – system selection, system development in the Irish IoTs, system


commissioning, ex-post performance at system start-up and at the time of research. The 15 findings uncovered


either support existing research in the ICT evaluation field or further advance the body of ICT evaluation


theoretical knowledge. This paper makes a number of valuable contributions. It enhances understanding of ICT


evaluation in tertiary education. It discusses the difficulties involved in operationalising a standard ICT system in


multiple diverse organisations and provides lessons with respect to managing the difficulties experienced in


large-scale government projects.

Deskripsi Alternatif :

The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) evaluation literature now spans several


decades. Nonetheless, evidence continues to suggest that there remains a lack of formal ICT evaluation


practices within organisations. Several challenges exist, not least the social and political contexts within which


evaluation takes place and limitations in existing evaluation techniques. However, while ICT evaluation exercises


have spanned many fields of study, an in-depth review of the ICT evaluation literature revealed that there is a


paucity of ICT evaluation studies within the Higher Education sector. The 14 Irish Institutes of Technology (IoTs)


have recently undergone an extensive transformation of their ICT systems. A national project launched by the


Department of Education and Science and the Council of Directors of the IoTs performed a nationwide


implementation of a suite of integrated Information Systems for library, human resources, finance and student


management functions in order to standardise the ICT systems of the IoT sector. Yet, at the time of research, no


formal evaluation of this project had been completed. This paper advances the body of ICT evaluation knowledge


in the tertiary education sector through evaluating the impact of the Student MIS implementation within the IoTs.


The research study was interpretive in nature; case studies based on multiple evidence sources were conducted


in five IoTs. Analysis of the evidence led to the distillation of 15 findings on the Student MIS implementation


which were centred on five key project areas – system selection, system development in the Irish IoTs, system


commissioning, ex-post performance at system start-up and at the time of research. The 15 findings uncovered


either support existing research in the ICT evaluation field or further advance the body of ICT evaluation


theoretical knowledge. This paper makes a number of valuable contributions. It enhances understanding of ICT


evaluation in tertiary education. It discusses the difficulties involved in operationalising a standard ICT system in


multiple diverse organisations and provides lessons with respect to managing the difficulties experienced in


large-scale government projects.

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