Download This PaperInformation Technology Utilization in Environmentally Friendly Higher Education
Built Environment, Science and Technology International Conference (BEST ICON 2018)
6 Pages Posted: 5 May 2020 Last revised: 2 Nov 2020
Date Written: March 25, 2020
Abstract
The awareness of an environmentally friendly learning process has been of concern lately. IT offers some applications that are able to provide better green education environments in higher education sectors. This research involves top social information technology applications, DropBox and WordPress. DropBox is the most popular cloud storage in the world. Meanwhile, WordPress is a top content management system at the moment. This research examines the utilization of those two applications in student assignments and presentations. The study observed 150 sophomore students in computer science faculty. The results show that the use of DropBox and WordPress in higher education learning activities is able to significantly reduce paper and ink usage. The combination of those two applications creates a very handy and comfortable environment for students in higher education. This strategy reduces the consumption of papers and inks and is accepted well by most of the students.
Keywords: DropBox, Higher Education, Information Technology, WordPress
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