Investigating cyberinfrastructure strategy, higher education policy and digital transformation in public South African universities

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorToko, Thato
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-05T14:49:54Z
dc.date.available2021-08-05T14:49:54Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the field ICT Policy and Regulation, 2020en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn1996 the principle of the National System of Innovation (NSI) was introduced as a vehicle to eradicate South Africa’s socio-economic challenges. In support, the government introduced a research and development strategy and a ten-year innovation plan, collectively addressing funding and priority research projects. The policy framework acknowledged the importance of elevating higher education through improved, development of human resources, knowledge creation, and collaboration on research and innovation. The research investigated the impact of investment and policies in cyberinfrastructure on digital transformation at public universities, concerning teaching and learning, and research practices. The study adopted a qualitative single case-study methodology to understand the underlying concepts of the subject. Data was collected through in-depth interviews with senior managers specialising in higher education, science and technology, telecommunications, and through documentary analysis. The findings of the research indicate that the historic investment and policies consideration in cyber infrastructure has a positive impact on teaching and learning, and research at public universities. The effect varies according to the following, amongst other things: 1) financial standing of the public university; 2) geographic location of the public university; 3) historical background of the public university, and; 4) density of commercial ICT infrastructure. The investment enabled public universities to access cyberinfrastructure and effectively collaborated with other research institutions. Investment in competency programmes empowered increased usage of cyberinfrastructure thereby growing research outputs, improved research quality, introduced technology transfer, human development, expanded the scope of research at public universities, enabled public universities to collaborate and host sections of international projectsen_ZA
dc.description.librarianCK2021en_ZA
dc.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/31461
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.titleInvestigating cyberinfrastructure strategy, higher education policy and digital transformation in public South African universitiesen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
2 Research report abstract_Investigating cyberinfrastructure strategy_October 2019.pdf
Size:
174.46 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
1 Research report_Thato Toko_Investigating cyberinfrastructure strategy, higher education policy and digital transformati_1.pdf
Size:
3.57 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
ETD Collection