There are some intriguing aspects of the “ICT as enabler or driver” issue.
These relate to the experience and perception of a device, strategy, process… as an enabler or as a driver.
In simplistic terms we can experience and/or perceive ICT as an enabler or as a driver depending on how well it fits with whose agenda.
An enabler assists us in achieving what we want to achieve whereas a driver tends to make us achieve what others want us achieve.
Added to this are the two dimensions involved in the use of ICT in an operational sense, viz,
･ ICT in terms of what is achieved (outputs, outcomes), and/or,
･ ICT in terms of how something is achieved (strategies, processes…)
Enabler or Driver?
University of Tasmania
Children, on-line learning and authentic teaching skills in primary education
http://www.educ.utas.edu.au/users/ilwebb/Research/enabler_driver.htm
This leads to a large range of possibilities that may change (over time) according to the
all of which are impacted by contextual factors like individual competence & commitment (a la Blanchard) and knowledge, skills, systems & culture and so on.
Hugely interesting and challenging, especially for a novice researcher.
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ICT は enabler か driver かなどと言っていられるのは、学者かコンサルタントだけ。組織のなかで働く人たちは、そんなことは言っていられない。
ICT は enabler であり driver でもあり、目的でもあり手段でもあり、それを職業にした人にはすべてなのだ。