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 PROBLEM
Green computing or green information technology (IT) concentrates
on the processes of developing eco-friendly IT products, electronic
components, and IT-enabled services (Ahmaro, et al., 2015; Baidya, et al.,
2015; Bekaroo & Pattinson, 2013).

Whilst the importance of green IT in an organization influences an active

cost-reduction benefits and higher profit (Bekaroo & Pattinson, 2013).
Thus, adopting green IT in an organization motivates eco-sustainability and
cost-effectiveness through various green IT practices (Bhat & Patil, 2014;
Caldiera, et al., 2012), although its implementation provides various
challenges to the organization.

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 PROBLEM
The problems posed in the implementation of green IT in an organization
open to different practices that help alleviate hazards it brings to the
environment. Also, these methods also help in improving the firm’s
operational cost efficiency and stability. These methods are not limited
only to reducing the use of carbon-emitting devices, but also encompass
other approaches which help in reducing hazardous carbon-emission.

Several endeavors of adopting green IT took place in business

organizations, ranging from IT manufacturing to end-user IT utilization.
However, very limited efforts on green IT adoption focused on universities,
such on the level of awareness of the university students in
Mauritius about green computing (Goyal, Arya, & Nagpal, 2014); readiness
of green IT implementation in Malaysia which developed a green university
framework (Gu, Lago, & Potenza, 2012).

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 PROBLEM
However, there is no existing literature citing green IT adoption in the
universities of the Philippines, including the practices, implementation, and
green IT stewardship.

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 THESIS
This study sought the extent of green IT implementation in a university for
environmental sustainability and operational cost reduction. Furthermore,
this study seeks to contribute to strengthening the green IT stewardship
and implementation in the university to bridge the gap between energy
usage and IT in the Philippines.

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 PROOF/SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Conduct a survey using a questionnaire developed from past studies to
gather information on the university’s green IT practices of the university’s
personnel , based on their work assignments, as to:
Green IT implementation
Eco-friendly/Eco-effectiveness motives
Green IT operational practices

Conduct reliability testing of the questionnaire

Analyze the gathered responses to determine the extent of green IT

implementation, eco-friendly/eco-effectiveness motives, and green IT
operational practices

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 PROBLEM
The teacher is the most important learning resource that a learner can
depend on. However, the inability of the teacher to perform well in the
class compromises the quality of learning of the students. Thus, the
conduct of teaching performance evaluation obtained valuable information
on how the teacher performs his job inside and outside the four walls of
the classroom (Badur & Mardikyan, 2011; Montoneri, 2013). An essential
evaluator of teaching performance is the student who has the most contact
hours with the teacher in the entire semester (Badur & Mardikyan, 2011;
Kornell & Hausman, 2016). Yet, using multisource feedback instrument in
assessing the teaching performance sufficiently provides multiple
components of assessing performance from various sources like peers,
clients, department heads, and the self-evaluation (Overeem, et al., 2012).

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 PROBLEM
Typically, the schools conduct the teaching performance evaluation before
the semester ends, giving the evaluators enough time to gather evidences
of the teacher’s performance in facilitating his classes.

This semestral evaluation entails also a semestral analysis of the results of

the evaluation in order to conduct a post-evaluation conference per
teacher, for him to know the results of his evaluation and as an aid to the
administrator’s decision making related to teaching and teaching
enhancements. The conduct of the evaluation signifies voluminous results
of the teacher’s teaching performance, even for a retention period of three
to five years.

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 PROBLEM
Practically, the conduct of teacher’s teaching performance focuses on
individual teachers wherein evaluation results and reports are addressed to
them for teaching improvement, deloading of teaching units or sometimes,
dismissal from teaching.

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 THESIS
Considering the volume of evaluation results per teacher, these results
require full utilization to holistically determine the quality and performance
of the teachers as a whole.

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 PROOF/SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
With the collection of teaching performance evaluation results obtained
from multisource feedback instruments for all the tertiary teachers of a
university, the selection process selected the representative data,
considering their availability and necessity, and integrating them into one
data set

Carefully check the values in each data representation for completeness

of the data from the multiple sources of evaluation thus, identifying missing
values

Consolidated the evaluation statements to come up with specific

indicators

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 PROOF/SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Mine the data set to determine the outstanding teaching quality

Evaluate and interpret the patterns to validate the objectives identified in

the previous step

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 Write a concept paper by rationalizing the need for a study on
a certain topic following the format given below

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