{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,10]],"date-time":"2026-06-10T15:20:59Z","timestamp":1781104859320,"version":"3.54.1"},"reference-count":19,"publisher":"IGI Global Scientific Publishing","issue":"3","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2012,7,1]]},"abstract":"<p>One socio-economic and environmental challenge facing the leaders of tomorrow is how Green Information Technology can be applied effectively by organisations to contribute to the global green revolution. The author teaches 1500 undergraduate students yearly about Green Information Technology to influence awareness positively in terms of efficient ways that computer resources can be used. In order to facilitate this process, the author supplemented the theory component with a practical assignment leveraging a number of interactive learning tools, including: social networking, on-line collaboration, and 3-D programming. These tools can be classified as one of the components of social computing. Social computing is seen as the convergence of information technology with social behaviour, and the resulting interactions. The tools used include: Alice\u00a9, Facebook\u00a9, and pbWiki\u00a9. The students were tasked with creating an animation using Alice\u00a9 teaching people about Green Information Technology. Upon completion of the assignment, a questionnaire was distributed in order to ascertain what their view of Green Information Technology was. This paper details the nature of the Green Information Technology teaching techniques that were employed and details the findings of the questionnaire. The paper merges theory and practical aspects of teaching Green IT and provides educators and researchers with insight in terms of interactive teaching tools that can be employed.<\/p>","DOI":"10.4018\/jide.2012070106","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,12,11]],"date-time":"2012-12-11T11:35:18Z","timestamp":1355225718000},"page":"60-71","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Teaching Green Information Technology Inside and Outside the Classroom"],"prefix":"10.4018","volume":"3","author":[{"given":"Sumarie","family":"Roodt","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Cape Town, South Africa"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carina","family":"de Villiers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Pretoria, South Africa"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2432","reference":[{"key":"jide.2012070106-0","unstructured":"Brown, D., Dillard, J., & Marshall, R. S. (2006). Triple bottom line: A business metaphor for a social construct. Portland, OR: Portland State University. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.recercat.net\/bitstream\/2072\/2223\/1\/UABDT06-2.pdf"},{"key":"jide.2012070106-1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/(SICI)1097-4571(199205)43:4<284::AID-ASI3>3.0.CO;2-0"},{"issue":"111","key":"jide.2012070106-2","first-page":"443","article-title":"Cognitive control of multistep routines: Information processing and conscious intentions.","volume":"15","author":"R. A.Carlson","year":"2000","journal-title":"Control of Cognitive Processes: Attention and Performance"},{"key":"jide.2012070106-3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Conway, M., Pausch, R., Gaussweiler, R., & Burnette, T. (1994). Alice: A rapid prototyping system for building virtual environments. In Proceedings of the Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 295-296).","DOI":"10.1145\/259963.260503"},{"key":"jide.2012070106-4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1147\/sj.384.0652"},{"key":"jide.2012070106-5","unstructured":"Duffy, P. (2008). Engaging the YouTube Google-eyed generation: Strategies for using Web 2.0 in teaching and learning. The Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 6(2), 119-130."},{"key":"jide.2012070106-6","unstructured":"Ellison, N. B. (2007, December 5-7). Facebook use on campus: A social capital perspective on social network sites. Paper presented at the Educause Center for Applied Research Symposium, Boca Raton, FL."},{"key":"jide.2012070106-7","unstructured":"Franklin, T. (2007). Web 2.0 for content for learning and teaching in higher education. Retrieved from http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/technology\/6639417.stm"},{"key":"jide.2012070106-8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.dss.2007.02.004"},{"key":"jide.2012070106-9","unstructured":"Godwin-Jones, R. (2007). Digital video update: YouTube, flash, high-definition. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.allbusiness.com\/technology\/4051526-1.html"},{"key":"jide.2012070106-10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/THFE2.1960.4503259"},{"key":"jide.2012070106-11","unstructured":"Licklider, J. C. R., & Taylor, R. W. (1968). The computer as a communication device. Science and Technology, 20-41."},{"key":"jide.2012070106-12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jpubeco.2007.09.001"},{"key":"jide.2012070106-13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/03634520601009710"},{"key":"jide.2012070106-14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/MITP.2008.10"},{"key":"jide.2012070106-15","unstructured":"Oblinger, D. G., & Oblinger, J. L. (2005). Educating the net generation. EDUCAUSE. Retrieved August 29, 2009, from http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/educatingthenetgen\/"},{"key":"jide.2012070106-16","unstructured":"Reardon, M. (2009). Energy-aware Internet routing coming soon GreenTech. Retrieved from http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-11128_3-10312408-54.html"},{"key":"jide.2012070106-17","unstructured":"Roodt, S., Joubert, P., De Villiers, C., & Oelofse, N. (2009, July 5-6). Collaborative learning in the Web 2.0 environment: An undergraduate case study. In Proceedings of the First International EDULEARN Conference, Barcelona, Spain."},{"key":"jide.2012070106-18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1109\/MIS.2007.41"}],"container-title":["International Journal of Innovation in the Digital Economy"],"original-title":[],"language":"ng","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.igi-global.com\/viewtitle.aspx?TitleId=67565","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,1]],"date-time":"2022-06-01T15:52:27Z","timestamp":1654098747000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/services.igi-global.com\/resolvedoi\/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018\/jide.2012070106"}},"subtitle":["An Undergraduate Case-Study in the South African Context"],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2012,7,1]]},"references-count":19,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2012,7]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4018\/jide.2012070106","relation":{},"ISSN":["1947-8305","1947-8313"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1947-8305","type":"print"},{"value":"1947-8313","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2012,7,1]]}}}