Meyer, IFord, MerrylMarais, Mario ADlamini, Sifiso B2017-08-232017-08-232017-06Meyer, I., Ford, M., Marais, M.A. et al. 2017. Systemic levers for change towards sustainable institutionalisation of ICT in schools. IST-Africa 2017 Conference Proceedings, Windhoek, Namibia, 31 May 2017 - 2 June 2017978-1-905824-56-4https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317638872_Systemic_Levers_for_Change_Towards_Sustainable_Institutionalisation_of_ICT_in_Schoolshttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/9500Copyright: 2017 The AuthorsMany ICT4E projects fail once the implementation team withdraws. Although there are multiple reasons for this, the problem often lies with integration of the project into the day-today institutional arrangements of the education system. This puts pressure on the school environment, since schools are unable to sustain the change introduced without support from their formal support systems. Although the ICT for Rural Education Development (ICT4RED) initiative was successful in integrating technology into rural schools, this success did not translate into the district and provincial levels of the educational system, since the challenges experienced in these systems were underestimated. On completion of the initiative, a task was undertaken to retrospectively assess the factors that are critical to the integration of provincial ICT4E initiatives across provincial structures, and across different hierarchical levels of the education system. The key systemic levers for change, as well as critical issues for integration at each level, were identified. These could form the basis for the development of an integrated strategy for the introduction of changes that an e-Education system at structural, process, operational, managerial and policy levels.enICT4EImplementationSustainabilityInstitutionalisatione-EducationConference PresentationMeyer, I., Ford, M., Marais, M. A., & Dlamini, S. B. (2017). Systemic levers for change towards sustainable institutionalisation of ICT in schools. IIMC (International Information Management Corporation). http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9500Meyer, I, Merryl Ford, Mario A Marais, and Sifiso B Dlamini. "Systemic levers for change towards sustainable institutionalisation of ICT in schools." (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9500Meyer I, Ford M, Marais MA, Dlamini SB, Systemic levers for change towards sustainable institutionalisation of ICT in schools; IIMC (International Information Management Corporation); 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9500 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Meyer, I AU - Ford, Merryl AU - Marais, Mario A AU - Dlamini, Sifiso B AB - Many ICT4E projects fail once the implementation team withdraws. Although there are multiple reasons for this, the problem often lies with integration of the project into the day-today institutional arrangements of the education system. This puts pressure on the school environment, since schools are unable to sustain the change introduced without support from their formal support systems. Although the ICT for Rural Education Development (ICT4RED) initiative was successful in integrating technology into rural schools, this success did not translate into the district and provincial levels of the educational system, since the challenges experienced in these systems were underestimated. On completion of the initiative, a task was undertaken to retrospectively assess the factors that are critical to the integration of provincial ICT4E initiatives across provincial structures, and across different hierarchical levels of the education system. The key systemic levers for change, as well as critical issues for integration at each level, were identified. These could form the basis for the development of an integrated strategy for the introduction of changes that an e-Education system at structural, process, operational, managerial and policy levels. DA - 2017-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - ICT4E KW - Implementation KW - Sustainability KW - Institutionalisation KW - e-Education LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 978-1-905824-56-4 T1 - Systemic levers for change towards sustainable institutionalisation of ICT in schools TI - Systemic levers for change towards sustainable institutionalisation of ICT in schools UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9500 ER -