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This study investigated the utilisation of Internet services and their impact on teaching and research output in two purposively selected private universities in South-Western Nigeria. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used for data collection. Questionnaires were administered to 214 academic staff, selected through simple random sampling technique. In-depth interviews complemente…

The preface begins by providing a background to this special edition. It then summarises each of the six featured articles. The papers display a wide range of participation cultures and institutional settings of engagement. They elaborate on the performance of deliberative dialogues, methodological aspects of engagement, and their relation to (political) decisionmaking contexts. The contributio…

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The actors of the building industry have access to a range of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), and are constantly presented with new software and new communications platforms. Through case studies, and inspired by sociotechnical approaches to the study of emerging technologies, this article focuses on innovative uses of virtual worlds in architecture. We interviewed architects…

Attracted by the prospective opportunities offered by the Internet for market and communication diversification, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) adopt information and communication technologies (ICT), hoping to better their performances. This study assessed the adoption of e-commerce by SMEs in Botswana. It aimed at finding out the factors that led to e-commerce adoption, the kinds of e-co…

For older adults in rural regions of Australia the issues of distance, accessibility and social connectivity associated with rural living add another dimension to the physical and social challenges associated with ageing. New technologies offer the potential of increasing connectedness for older rural people. This paper examines the comfort levels with, and attitudes to, technology from a surv…

In this article we explore how online daters use technology to assess and manage the real and perceived risks associated with online dating. Online in depth interviews were conducted with 29 participants. The interview transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. All participants believed that online dating was risky in some manner. To manage these risks participants used technology in v…

This article explores the role that Web 2.0 technologies can play in enhancing language learning development in a blended world. It will argue that technologies are not enough on their own to make a difference, but that teachers bring a particular understanding of language and the needs of their learners to the creation of suitable activities. It will show that the use of technologies is also c…

This paper looked at two Information and Communications Technology (ICT) contexts that initially appeared very different. It presents results of a survey administered in Cambodia (n = 130) and Japan (n = 328) which show that, excepting a few tasks, students in both countries were far from ‘native-like’ in terms of digital literacy (Prensky 2001). Students from both countries responded simil…