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The aim of the study was to explore various issues related to the introduction and use of ICT in primary schools in eastern and central Croatia from the viewpoint of informatics teachers. A total of 232 respondents participated in the survey. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were applied in data analysis. The results indicate that the equipment in computer classrooms is only partially satisfactory. LCD projectors and multimedia computers are mostly used in teaching informatics. The research also revealed that teachers are aware of the importance of ICT implementation in classrooms. However, they are less satisfied with the professional development opportunities. Their responses also suggest that they are ready to participate in the curriculum development process, undertake continuing education, and focus on pupils and their learning. In addition, the analysis showed that teachers, regardless of their background characteristics, share similar views. So far, the issues discussed in this paper have only been superficially examined. The present study expands previous research by providing insight into the practice and attitudes of informatics teachers in Croatian primary schools.

The aim of the paper is to explore the perceived importance and barriers to ICT integration in the management of sport organisations, as well as the extent of its use. The research was conducted on a sample of Croatian sport managers. The results indicate that they find ICT essential for efficient sport management practices. The study also showed that managers believe that ICT is used sufficiently in the management of their organisations, which should be taken with caution. The results partially support the hypothesis that there are serious barriers to the integration of ICT into sport management. Of all the barriers analysed, only the lack of funds for equipment purchases and software acquisition was identified as a significant obstacle. The findings of this study fill a gap in the existing literature and contribute to a better understanding of the process of ICT adoption and implementation in sport management.

Glavni cilj ovoga rada bio je istražiti upravljanje tehnološkim promjenama u tijelima državne uprave Republike Hrvatske. Studija je temeljena na stavovima zaposlenika državnih institucija. Zbog uske povezanosti tehnoloških promjena i e-uprave, u radu je ispitano i njihovo zadovoljstvo e-servisima. Prema rezultatima, ispitanici su bili tek djelomično zadovoljni tehnološkim promjenama u njihovim organizacijama i e-servisima državne uprave. Stavovi zaposlenika s obzirom na dob, spol, stupanj obrazovanja i položaj u instituciji bili su prilično slični. Analiza je nadalje pokazala da su zaposlenici državnih institucija uglavnom nezadovoljni upravljanjem tehnološkim promjenama. U nastavku je primijenjena k-sredina klaster analiza kako bi se izvršila klasifikacija ispitanika u dvije skupine prema njihovoj razini zadovoljstva. No između karakteristika zaposlenika i pripadnosti klasteru nije utvrđena značajna ovisnost. Budući da je upravljanje tehnološkim promjenama u državnoj upravi nedovoljno istraženo, ova studija pruža korisne informacije znanstvenicima, kreatorima politika i praktičarima.

Information and communication technologies have become a fundamental component of modern society and a powerful driving force for growth and prosperity. New and emerging technologies enable government to more effectively and efficiently provide their services to citizens and businesses. Today, e-government is synonymous with fast, reliable, open, and flexible public administration. In the context of e-government adoption research, the purpose of this paper is to explore how Croatian government employees use information and communication technologies at the workplace. The study was conducted on a sample of employees from central government bodies. Both descriptive and inferential statistical methods were employed in the analysis. The results show that Croatian government employees most often use the available technology for word processing, browsing business materials, communication, and information. The study also found that there are significant differences in computer and Internet use, particularly with respect to level of education and position in organization., Informacijske i komunikacijske tehnologije su postale temeljna komponenta suvremenog društva i snažan pokretač rasta i prosperiteta. Nove i nastajuće tehnologije omogućavaju vladi da pruža svoje usluge građanima i poslovnom sektoru efektivnije i efikasnije. Danas je e-vlada sinonim za brzu, pouzdanu, otvorenu i fleksibilnu državnu upravu. U kontekstu istraživanja prihvaćanja e-vlade, svrha ovog rada je ispitati kako hrvatski vladini zaposlenici koriste informacijske i komunikacijske tehnologije na radnom mjestu. Istraživanje je provedeno na uzorku zaposlenika iz središnjih tijela državne uprave. U analizi su primijenjene metode deskriptivne i inferencijalne statistike. Rezultati pokazuju da hrvatski vladini zaposlenici najčešće koriste raspoloživu tehnologiju za obradu teksta, pregledavanje poslovnih materijala, komuniciranje i informiranje. Studija je također otkrila da postoje značajne razlike u korištenju računala i Interneta, osobito s obzirom na stupanj obrazovanja i položaj u organizaciji.

The development of information and communication technologies has a strong impact on the entire education. As a result, online learning occupies an increasingly important place in the teaching process at higher education institutions. The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes of Croatian university students toward online learning and to identify the most important predictors of its acceptance. The survey was conducted via an online questionnaire and the analysis was based on decision trees, one of the most popular data mining methods. According to the results, most students have a positive attitude toward online learning, and the level of ICT knowledge and skills stands out as the most significant predictor of acceptance. For students who rated their ICT knowledge and skills as very good, the next best predictor is the enrolment status, whereas for those with poorer competencies, it is gender., Razvoj informacijskih i komunikacijskih tehnologija snažno se odražava na cjelokupno obrazovanje. Kao rezultat toga, online učenje zauzima sve važnije mjesto i u nastavnom procesu na visokoškolskim ustanovama. Cilj je ovog rada utvrditi kakav je stav hrvatskih sveučilišnih studenata o online učenju i identificirati najvažnije prediktore njegovog prihvaćanja. Istraživanje je provedeno putem online upitnika, a analiza se temeljila na stablima odlučivanja, jednoj od najpopularnijih metoda rudarenja podataka. Prema rezultatima, većina studenata ima pozitivan stav o online učenju, a razina ICT znanja i vještina izdvaja se kao najznačajniji prediktor prihvaćanja. Za studente koji su svoja ICT znanja i vještine ocijenili s vrlo dobrim sljedeći najbolji prediktor je status, a za one sa slabijim kompetencijama to je spol.

Reforma hrvatskog visokog obrazovanja bila je inicirana nužnošću podizanja njegove kvalitete i konkurentnosti, stavljanja sveučilišta, veleučilišta i visokih škola u funkciju bržeg ekonomskog i društvenog razvoja, te integracije cjelokupnog sustava u međunarodni obrazovni prostor. Intencija ovog rada bila je utvrditi kakvi su, u kontekstu poduzetih reformi, stavovi veleučilišnih studenata informatike o sustavu visokog obrazovanja, upisanom studiju i uvjetima studiranja. Istraživanjem se nastojala stvoriti informacijska podloga koja je neophodna za objektivnu ocjenu i prosudbu promjena koje su nastupile kao rezultat implementacije bolonjskog procesa. U radu su također ispitane razlike u percepciji između studenata informatike i njihovih kolega upisanih na ostale studije. Dobiveni rezultati pokazuju da veleučilišni studenti ne percipiraju sustav visokog obrazovanja, upisani studij i uvjete studiranja u dovoljnoj mjeri pozitivno, što ukazuje na potrebu njihovog daljnjeg preoblikovanja. Posebno je upozoravajući nalaz da su ocjene studenata upisanih na studije iz područja informatike uglavnom niže od ocjena ostalih studenata. Važnost ove studije proizlazi iz činjenice da su mišljenja hrvatskih veleučilišnih studenata o analiziranim pitanjima bila do sada zanemarena., The reform of the Croatian higher education was initiated by the need to increase its quality and competitiveness, to harness universities, polytechnics and colleges for the purpose of economic and social development, as well as to integrate the system as a whole into the international education space. Considering the reforms undertaken so far, the paper aims to establish the attitudes of polytechnic students in informatics on higher education system, the chosen course of study and study conditions. The research attempted to create an information base that is required for an objective assessment and evaluation of the changes brought about by the Bologna process implementation. Furthermore, the paper surveyed the differences in perceptions between students in informatics and their peers enrolled in other courses of study. The obtained results show that polytechnic students’ perception of the higher education system, the chosen course of study and study conditions is not sufficiently positive, which indicates they need to be revised and upgraded. It was especially alarming to find that the assessments of students enrolled in informatics programmes were generally lower than those of other students. The relevance of this study lies in the fact that opinions of the Croatian polytechnic students on the analyzed issues have so far been disregarded.

Predmet istraživanja ovog rada je online učenje. Kao tehnološka podrška online učenja, u uvodu je definiran pojam informacijskih i komunikacijskih tehnologija. Nakon toga objašnjeni su pojmovi e-učenja, učenja na daljinu i online učenja, kao i odnos među njima. Na kraju rada prezentirani su rezultati ankete. Njezin je cilj bio ispitati koliko su se studenti Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku susretali s pojedinim oblicima online učenja., The subject of this paper is online learning. The concept of information and communication technologies, as the technological support to online learning, is defined in the introduction. It is followed by the explanation of the concepts of e-learning, distance learning and online learning, as well as the explanation of the relationships that exist between them. At the end of the paper, the results of the survey were presented. Its aim was to examine to what extent the students of the University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek used various forms of online learning.

Information and communication technologies have a pivotal role in modern society. The pace of technology breakthroughs is increasing, yet younger generations find it easy to accept and integrate those changes into all aspects of life. The aim of this research was to establish to what extent Croatian polytechnic students use the Internet as a learning support. The survey encompassed 818 students, and the data were processed by methods of descriptive and inferential statistics. The results indicate that there are differences between particular groups as regards the frequency of Internet usage for an academic purpose. The research also tried to establish how well prepared Croatian polytechnic students are for participation in knowledge management activities.

E-learning is becoming increasingly important in higher education. Information was gathered on students’ usage of e-learning activities in Scotland and in Croatia. An exploratory factor analysis reveals four underlying factors which may be used to classify the different types of e-learning activities, and logistic regression modelling was used to identify which student characteristics were associated with each of the different classifications of e-learning. These findings provide an insight into the different usages of e-learning activities, each of which should be considered individually in terms of design and management of e-learning systems, and in the provision of training for staff and students.

U ovom su radu prezentirani rezultati istraživanja čiji je osnovni cilj bio ispitati korištenje informacijskih i komunikacijskih tehnologija u osnovnoškolskoj populaciji Republike Hrvatske, s posebnim osvrtom na situaciju u Vukovarsko-srijemskoj županiji. S tom je intencijom u uvodnom dijelu rada prvo teoretski sagledana tematika upotrebe informacijskih i komunikacijskih tehnologija u osnovnoškolskom obrazovnom sustavu Republike Hrvatske. Empirijski dio rada sadrži rezultate istraživanja koje je provedeno na uzorku od 262 učenika tri osnovne škole s područja navedene županije., This paper presents the results of a research whose primary objective was to examine the use of information and communication technologies among elementary school population in the Republic of Croatia, with special reference to the situation in the County of Vukovar-Srijem. With that intention, in the introductory part, the usage of information and communication technologies in Croatian elementary school system is theoretically analyzed. The empirical part of this paper contains the results of the research based on a sample of 262 pupils in three elementary schools from the mentioned county.

U ovom su radu dani rezultati istraživanja čiji je cilj bio utvrditi s kojom svrhom i koliko učestalo hrvatski veleučilišni studenti koriste informacijske i komunikacijske tehnologije (ICT) u procesu učenja i obrazovanja. Istraživanje je provedeno na uzorku od 818 studenata upisanih na šest veleučilišta. U okviru analize podataka izračunati su pokazatelji deskriptivne statistike. S namjerom određivanja načina korištenja ICT, prema kojima se definirane skupine studenata najviše razlikuju, provedena je diskriminativna analiza. Rezultati istraživanja pokazali su da pojedine skupine studenata, a poglavito oni upisani na tehničke studije, intenzivnije koriste ICT. Istraživanje je također pokazalo da su neki aspekti upotrebe ICT među hrvatskim veleučilišnim studentima zanemareni. Značaj ovog rada proizlazi iz činjenice da u njemu analizirana pitanja, iako ključna za ocjenu postojećeg stanja i formuliranje strategije razvoja hrvatskog visokog obrazovanja, još uvijek nisu na odgovarajući način istražena. Stoga se dani rezultati mogu shvatiti kao podrška upravljanju razvojem tog sustava, ali također i kao temelj za buduće analize., The paper presents the results of the research aimed at establishing the purpose and frequency of using information and communication technologies (ICT) among Croatian polytechnic students in learning and education processes. The research was conducted on a sample of 818 students enrolled in six polytechnics. Within data analysis the descriptive statistics indicators were calculated. Discriminant analysis was conducted to determine the ways of ICT usage according to which the defined student groups differ the most. Research results indicate that certain student groups, especially those enrolled in technical studies, use ICT more intensively. Furthermore, the research revealed that some aspects of ICT usage among Croatian polytechnic students have been neglected. The significance of this paper arises from the fact that the issues analyzed therein, although crucial for current situation assessment and for formulating the Croatian higher education development strategy, have not been adequately investigated. The results presented here can therefore be viewed as management support to the development of this system, but also as a basis for future analyses.

E-learning exhibits a growing presence at Croatian universities. Its implementation in the higher education system is part of the effort to improve the process of higher education and to make a significant step forward in turning the Republic of Croatia into information and knowledge society. In these efforts, one of the biggest problems is the unequal level of success in introducing e-learning, which is directly reflected in its acceptance level among student population. Whereas certain higher education institutions, primarily those providing information and computer science programs, are already applying this modern learning and teaching concept to a high degree, the others have yet to start implementing its basic forms. Within the Croatian higher education system no adequate research has been carried out regarding student perception of e-learning, i.e. it has not been investigated to what extent it is accepted among the students. Without a comprehensive analysis of this aspect, it is impossible to take full advantage of all its potentials and properly formulate development strategies for the future. This paper seeks to fill this gap, at least to a certain degree. Adequate methods of descriptive and inferential statistics have been used in the analysis., E-learning sve je zastupljeniji na hrvatskim sveučilištima. Njegovom implementacijom u sustavu visokog obrazovanja nastoji se unaprijediti proces studiranja te u tom segmentu napraviti značajniji iskorak Republike Hrvatske prema informacijskom društvu i društvu znanja. Pri tome jedan od najvećih problema predstavlja neujednačenost u dosezima uvođenja e-learninga, što se neposredno odražava na stupanj njegovog prihvaćanja među studentskom populacijom. Naime, dok pojedini fakulteti, poglavito oni koji izvode studije iz područja informacijskih i računalnih znanosti, već u velikoj mjeri primjenjuju taj suvremeni koncept učenja i poučavanja, na drugima tek započinju zaživljavati neke njegove osnovne forme. U sustavu hrvatskog visokog obrazovanja još uvijek nije na adekvatan način istraženo kako studenti percipiraju e-learning, odnosno koliko je on među njima akceptiran. Bez obuhvatne analize tog aspekta nije moguće u potpunosti iskoristiti sve njegove potencijale i pravilno oblikovati buduće razvojne strategije. Ovim radom nastojalo se barem u određenoj mjeri popuniti tu prazninu. U analizi su korištene odgovarajuće metode deskriptivne i inferencijalne statistike.