A Conceptual Model for Psychological Empowerment of Telecentre Users

Aji, Zahurin Mat; Yusof, Shafiz Affendi Mohd; Osman, Wan Rozaini Sheik; Yusop, Nor Iadah

doi:10.5539/cis.v3n3p71

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“…As mentioned in the introduction, the most common form of informal adult education in ICT4D relates to the use of telecentres. Training in telecentres is found to be beneficial in improving individuals' chances of getting employment, improving business practices, and so on (see, eg, Mat Aji et al, ; Alao et al, ). However, such training is pre‐determined and often limited to computer training.…”

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“…Increasing the number of economic opportunities is important for the sustainability of ICT4D projects (Thapa, Sein, & Saebø, 2012). In ICT4D, a common approach for enabling economic opportunities is the use of informal education in, for example, telecentres, which can provide an underserved population with access to ICT and community-based training (Mat Aji, Affendi, Affendi, Sheik Osman, & Yusop, 2010). For example, women who attended computer training in telecentres were able to apply for jobs in their own or neighbouring communities and may use the telecentres to improve their businesses (Alao, Lwoga, & Chigona, 2017).…”

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Understanding the role of ICT and study circles in enabling economic opportunities: Lessons learned from an educational project in Kenya

Hatakka

Thapa

Sæbø

2019

Information Systems Journal

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In this paper, we explore how the combination of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and selforganised study circles improves rural communities' ability to enhance their economic opportunities. We present the case study of an adult study-circle project in the Kwale County of Kenya with the objective of providing rural communities with viable and sustainable livelihoods. Study circles can be seen as a democratic and emancipatory method for learning, where community groups regularly meet for participatory discussions to educate themselves on a variety of topics of their own interest. The main goal of the studycircle members was to increase economic opportunities using ICT and, more specifically, to start micro-businesses, improve production efficacy and methods, and obtain employment. Using the capability approach and affordances as theoretical lenses, our analysis of the explorative case study shows that the outcomes of the study circle were dependent on various conversion factors and facilitating conditions, such as resources, skills, socio-cultural norms, and infrastructure. The main contributions from our work are represented by the five practical lessons learned from the study-circle members' goals (starting micro-businesses, product efficiency, and obtaining employment) from the self-organised training approach (study circles) and from our theoretical approach (combining the capability approach and affordances).

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Understanding the role of ICT and study circles in enabling economic opportunities: Lessons learned from an educational project in Kenya

Hatakka

Thapa

Sæbø

2019

Information Systems Journal

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“…Reciprocal community empowerment encourages the community to participate in the programs and shows the outcome of community participation [48]. As in a study by [49], there are three important dimensions of changes in Empowerment through CIC: social awareness, individual impact, and skills development. The process of community Ownership towards technology also determines digital gaps between communities and differences within the community who 'have' and 'does not have' access to technology [50].…”

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Assessing Rural Community Empowerment through Community Internet Centre: Using Asset Mapping and Surveys Method

Halim

Noor

2023

JOIV : Int. J. Inform. Visualization

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This paper assesses community empowerment through Community Internet Centre. Community empowerment is a process of the outcome made by the community to take action and change or improve the community's quality of life. Hence, adopting Information and Communication Technology would bridge the digital divide in rural areas. The digital divide affected rural community development through numerous barriers that widened the gap between urban and rural communities, consequently generating an imbalance in community development. The community internet center can bridge the digital divide among urban and rural communities. Asset mapping and surveys have been measured to assess rural community empowerment dimensions through distributed questionnaires to eight Community Internet Centres in rural areas of Kelantan. The findings indicate that the Internet Centre is a medium to encourage community empowerment. The Internet Centre bridges the digital divide among communities by providing Information and Communications Technology community building in rural areas. Hence, the center drives community empowerment and improves the quality of life in rural communities. Thus, Community Internet Centre prepared an appropriate platform for empowering the rural community. This is evidence based on the outcome of findings which resulted in three domains of community empowerment: (1) community participation, (2) ownership, and (3) information services. Nevertheless, community participation determined the outcomes of the roles played by the center to empower a community. Further study needs to be conducted in other groups of samples and gaining other perspectives from managerial of the internet center to get different views of the internet center program.

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“…In this study, the performance impact is proxied as the empowerment impact of farmers. The Empowerment of farmers is reflected in the ease of access to information ([9], [7], [10], [3], [11]), increased knowledge & psychology ( [19], [12], [2], [14], [13]), economic & social impacts ( [20], [3], [21], [19], [12], [22]). Meanwhile, task-technology fit is influenced by the farmer characteristics and facilitating conditions.…”

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“…However, several studies describe that digital technology is used to encourage farmer empowerment. Empowerment is observed by increasing access to information ( [9], [7]; [10], [3], [11]), increasing decision-making abilities ( [2], [12], [13], [14]), supply chain efficiency [11], rural business development ( [15], [16]). Therefore, the use of digital technology by farmers in Indonesia is an important thing to be observed.…”

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The Impact of Online Community on Farmer Empowerment: A Technology-to-Performance Chain Approach

Susanto

Agus

Mulyo

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ICoSTEC

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This research provides empirical evidence for the benefit of social media in the online farmer community. It uses the case study analysis in exploring the ICT usage in Empowerment of Laying Hens Farmer in East and Central Java implementing the multi-feed and additive supplement. The research develops The Technology-to- Performance Chain (TPC) approach and farmer empowerment model. This research use farmer empowerment as the performance impact of the online community. Meanwhile, it also predicts some factors that affect the performance impact. Those are farmer characteristics, task-technology fit, and facilitating conditions. The empowerment impacts are influenced significantly by task-technology fit with a path coefficient of 0,704. It means that utilization of social media as the online media of community will encourage empowerment if the information and knowledge sharing activities inside are related to the task or farmer's livelihood. The farmer's characteristics and the facilitating condition affect the performance insignificantly. However, the facilitating condition determines the task- technology fit with the path value 0,868. It means to endorse the ICT becoming fit with the task/livelihood of the farmer need the facilitating condition as the underlying factors. These factors are the internet accessibility of farmers, the innovation of the multi-nutrient and additive supplement product from socio-entrepreneurs, and the assistance/consultancy from the extension agent.

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A Conceptual Model for Psychological Empowerment of Telecentre Users

Cited by 16 publications

References 28 publications

Understanding the role of ICT and study circles in enabling economic opportunities: Lessons learned from an educational project in Kenya

Understanding the role of ICT and study circles in enabling economic opportunities: Lessons learned from an educational project in Kenya

Assessing Rural Community Empowerment through Community Internet Centre: Using Asset Mapping and Surveys Method

The Impact of Online Community on Farmer Empowerment: A Technology-to-Performance Chain Approach

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