الاتصال والتواصل في منظومة مجتمع المعرفة: دراسة لآفاق التواصل المعرفي في جامعات الجزيرة وأم درمان الإسلامية والسودان للعلوم والتكنولوجيا
Year: 2010
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study examines knowledge communication and the transformations it has undergone amid the communication and information revolution, as manifested in the model of the "knowledge society". It starts from the problem of the rapid spread of this model and the haste with which Arab and Muslim societies adopt its applications without adequately examining its epistemological roots, its communicative structure, or its suitability to their contexts. At the theoretical level, the study analyses the idea of the knowledge society, traces its philosophical origins and principal theorists, evaluates the models proposed for analysing its communicative structure, and develops a grounded concept of "knowledge communication". At the applied level, it investigates the state of knowledge communication in Sudanese universities by analysing their use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the related knowledge and attitudes of faculty members and university administrations. The theoretical part adopts an epistemological approach and the descriptive-analytical method. The applied part uses a mixed-methods design combining a questionnaire, administered in print and online to a stratified sample of 94 faculty members at the University of Gezira, Omdurman Islamic University and Sudan University of Science and Technology, with interviews of six experts and decision-makers. Data were analysed using frequencies and percentages in SPSS. The findings show that the three universities have a reasonable level of technical readiness and that 83% of respondents own more than one computer; yet 60% acquired their technical knowledge outside the university, and office use of computers outweighs instructional use. Respondents expressed strongly positive attitudes: 87.2% considered the use of ICTs in university education very important, and 76.6% strongly agreed that knowledge-communication technologies contribute to the qualitative development of university education. The findings also reveal that the knowledge-society concept is absent from the universities' founding documents and strategic plans, that no centre is dedicated to it, that university websites are weak, that hardware receives more attention than software and human capacity, and that the universities' knowledge production is poorly aligned with society's knowledge needs. The study recommends that the Ministry of Higher Education set standards for universities' e-readiness and monitor their implementation; that knowledge-sector projects be integrated into national development plans; that technological illiteracy among university staff be eliminated; that university websites be developed; that media and communication curricula be updated; and that a specialised institution for knowledge-society studies and applications be established. Keywords: knowledge communication; knowledge society; information and communication technologies; university education; Sudanese universities; communication theory. تبحث الأطروحة واقع التواصل المعرفي في ثلاث جامعات سودانية هي جامعة الجزيرة وجامعة أم درمان الإسلامية وجامعة السودان للعلوم والتكنولوجيا، وأنماط استخدام أعضاء هيئة التدريس لتقنيات الاتصال والمعلومات. شمل مجتمع الدراسة 2624 أستاذًا جامعيًا، واختيرت منه عينة قصدية ممثلة. وتنطلق الدراسة من مفهوم مجتمع المعرفة لتقويم موقع الجامعة السودانية منه، وتقترح رؤية للتواصل الإنساني تتجاوز البعد التقني إلى البعد القيمي والمعرفي.
Author: Alawad, mohammed Babiker
Institution: University of Gezira
Language: Arabic
Subfield: General Social Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7219071034