Development of framework on Green Information and Communication Technology (GICT) awareness in Malaysia’s education sector

ICT has been accepted as the major tool in developing knowledgeable societies and noted to be the technological mechanism that could provide ways to think and design education system and processes. The ubiquity of ICT leads to increased energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission with considerabl...

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Main Author:	Muttamah, Sathivelu
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng
Published:	2023
Subjects:	T58.5-58.64 Information technology GE Environmental Sciences
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spelling	my-uum-etd.108302023-12-17T03:01:32Z Development of framework on Green Information and Communication Technology (GICT) awareness in Malaysia’s education sector 2023 Muttamah, Sathivelu Md. Zan, Zainal Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government T58.5-58.64 Information technology GE Environmental Sciences ICT has been accepted as the major tool in developing knowledgeable societies and noted to be the technological mechanism that could provide ways to think and design education system and processes. The ubiquity of ICT leads to increased energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission with considerable negative impacts on the environment. This ubiquity also leads to an increase volume of e-waste. Since the education world is well noted to have a substantial amount of ICT users, its imminent to for all users to be aware of GICT and its importance. Awareness on Green ICT (GICT) describes the cultivation of knowledge about managing ICT infrastructures in order to minimise the effects on humans and the environment. Studies show that there is no official legislation that enforces GICT practices in Malaysia and most Malaysians are not aware of how to dispose their obsolete ICT devices. This research was designed to determine the level of GICT awareness among teachers in Malaysia, to identify the issues related to GICT practices among teachers in Malaysia and to construct a framework to improve awareness on GICT practices among teachers in Malaysia’s education sector. The approach used in this study is a quantitative method whereby a number of 1260 emails were sent to schools, both primary and secondary from each state to get respondents for the online questionnaire but only 1008 teachers responded due to the closure of schools because of the covid-19 pandemic. From the findings, it can be concluded that the awareness of GICT practices among the teachers who responded in this survey is moderate (54.95%). Findings using the Pearson Coefficient for independent variable, X, in this study (knowledge on ICT usage) and dependent variable, Y, (awareness of GICT practices) shows a relationship with high connection. Conclusively these outcomes have proven all the hypothesis constructed in this study to be true and the model fit using multiple standard linear regression and awareness has 69.27% of chance being influenced by knowledge. Framework was constructed while issues in implementing GICT practices were discussed and suggestions were given in hope that further action can be taken by the responsible parties in advocating and upholding the green practices in ICT. 2023 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/10830/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/10830/1/permission%20to%20deposit-grant%20the%20permission-s902905.pdf text eng staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/10830/2/s902905_01.pdf text eng public other doctoral Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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topic	T58.5-58.64 Information technology GE Environmental Sciences
spellingShingle	T58.5-58.64 Information technology GE Environmental Sciences Muttamah, Sathivelu Development of framework on Green Information and Communication Technology (GICT) awareness in Malaysia’s education sector
description	ICT has been accepted as the major tool in developing knowledgeable societies and noted to be the technological mechanism that could provide ways to think and design education system and processes. The ubiquity of ICT leads to increased energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission with considerable negative impacts on the environment. This ubiquity also leads to an increase volume of e-waste. Since the education world is well noted to have a substantial amount of ICT users, its imminent to for all users to be aware of GICT and its importance. Awareness on Green ICT (GICT) describes the cultivation of knowledge about managing ICT infrastructures in order to minimise the effects on humans and the environment. Studies show that there is no official legislation that enforces GICT practices in Malaysia and most Malaysians are not aware of how to dispose their obsolete ICT devices. This research was designed to determine the level of GICT awareness among teachers in Malaysia, to identify the issues related to GICT practices among teachers in Malaysia and to construct a framework to improve awareness on GICT practices among teachers in Malaysia’s education sector. The approach used in this study is a quantitative method whereby a number of 1260 emails were sent to schools, both primary and secondary from each state to get respondents for the online questionnaire but only 1008 teachers responded due to the closure of schools because of the covid-19 pandemic. From the findings, it can be concluded that the awareness of GICT practices among the teachers who responded in this survey is moderate (54.95%). Findings using the Pearson Coefficient for independent variable, X, in this study (knowledge on ICT usage) and dependent variable, Y, (awareness of GICT practices) shows a relationship with high connection. Conclusively these outcomes have proven all the hypothesis constructed in this study to be true and the model fit using multiple standard linear regression and awareness has 69.27% of chance being influenced by knowledge. Framework was constructed while issues in implementing GICT practices were discussed and suggestions were given in hope that further action can be taken by the responsible parties in advocating and upholding the green practices in ICT.
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title	Development of framework on Green Information and Communication Technology (GICT) awareness in Malaysia’s education sector
title_short	Development of framework on Green Information and Communication Technology (GICT) awareness in Malaysia’s education sector
title_full	Development of framework on Green Information and Communication Technology (GICT) awareness in Malaysia’s education sector
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Development of framework on Green Information and Communication Technology (GICT) awareness in Malaysia’s education sector

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