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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"computer access"”.
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Computer Access, Teacher Skills And Motivation To Take Online Professional Development In The Riyadh School District
… in this study to determine teachers' access to computers, computer skill level and motivation to enroll in online courses pertaining to professional development. Participants, who were chosen according to a stratified sampling technique, completed a survey which provided the data for …
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The Digital Divide: A Study of the Intra-Ethnic Divide within the African American Population in Johnson City, Tennessee.
<p>This study examined how much access African American adults 25 years and older, living in Johnson City, Tennessee had to computers, and the factors that most influenced such access. Data was collected from 271 persons living in the area. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS software to …
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A study of adult patron library use and satisfaction with the Federal Street branch of the Camden City Free Public Library
… their library for a number of reasons however, computer access stood out as a main service used by patrons. Overall patrons appeared to be very satisfied with the services provided by the Federal Street Branch of the Free Public Library. Patrons were highly satisfied with Library Services and …
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An investigation into the role of professional learning on the online teaching identities of higher education lecturers
… addition, the pace of internet technologies and computer access has given rise to a far greater number of fully online courses offered by campus-based universities as well those, such as The Open University, which have traditionally offered a blend of online and face-to-face learning. But …
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A Survey of Factors Which Influence Teachers' Use of Computer-based Technology
Current literature is plentiful on computer-based technology's influence on students. There are only a few studies which have looked at the influence that computer-based technology has on teachers. This is a study of factors which influence teachers' use of computer-based technology. It is based on …
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Delivering Computer-Based Training Within State Prisons
… college or lack the knowledge base to teach computer networking. By utilizing Docker containers to provide secure and isolated computer-based training, currently incarcerated individuals can increase their education beyond teacher-led classroom instruction. Providing computer access in prison …
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Impact Of Netbook Computers On One District's Social Studies Curriculum
… curriculum delivery through one-to-one netbook computer access by students. It also focused on student perception of engagement, productivity, and learning of social studies curriculum through the utilization of a netbook computer in place of a traditional textbook in a social studies classroom. …
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Physiologically-mediated Interaction between Children with Profound Disabilities and Their Environment
… and evaluating the effects of a custom-tailored computer access technology; 2) illustrate how the physiological signals of profoundly disabled children are influenced by their social environment by studying the effect of Therapeutic Clowns on children in a long-term rehabilitation setting; and 3) …
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Comparisons of Attitudes Toward Computer Use and Computer Technology Based on Gender and Race/Ethnicity Among Eighth Graders
… is to determine whether or not having a laptop computer for individual use 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week lessens differences between how eighth grade girls and eighth grade boys in 10 middle schools in HenricoCounty, Virginia perceive computer use and computer technology. Having a laptop …
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Using mobile phones to support learning : a case of UCT first year female science students in the Academic Development Programme
… in other studies, have had very little access to or had never used computers prior to university. With increased computerisation in higher education institutions, digital strangers face problems integrating into computer based learning. In contrast to computer access, mobile phone …
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Introducing computer supported co-operative learning to the curriculum of Islamic studies and Arabic language in Arabic Language Institute for non-Arabic speakers : teachers' perceptions, students' responses and administrators' views
… study explores the feasibility of introducing computer assisted cooperative learning at the Language Institute of Umm Al-Qura University, in terms of teacher attitudes to computers and their experience with/attitudes towards co-operative learning; administrative support for such innovation; and …
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Augmenting User Interfaces with Haptic Feedback
Computer assistive technologies have developed considerably over the past decades. Advances in computer software and hardware have provided motion-impaired operators with much greater access to computer interfaces. For people with motion impairments, the main di�culty in the communication process …
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The Role of Computer and Internet Access in Business Students' Acceptance of E-Learning Technology
… the disparity or gap between those who have access to computers and the Internet and those who do not (Hoffman and Novak, 1998; NTIA, 1999b; Carey, Chisholm and Irwin, 2002; Vail, 2003 Zeliff, 2004; Glenn, 2005). The Technology Acceptance Model developed by Davis, Bagozzi, and Warshaw (1989) …
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Measuring stages of teacher concern about instructional technology : a descriptive study of select Indiana elementary teachers' attitudes and beliefs
… differences in concern when stand-alone computers limited their access to instructional technology.8. Indiana elementary teachers expressed no significant differences in concern when computer access to the Internet was readily available.9. Indiana elementary teachers expressed significant …
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Impact of Technology on Rural Appalachian Health Care Providers: Assessment of Technological Infrastructure, Behaviors, and Attitudes.
… Appalachian health care providers by enhancing access to medical information and facilitating contact with colleagues. However, there is a gap in the knowledge of current computer and Internet access in Appalachia, and in the technology-related behaviors and attitudes of health care …
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An empirically developed system for the selection of input devices for users with physical disabilities
The selection of an input method to allow computer access by persons with disabilities is currently done by trained personnel; however, the selection process is unsystematic, subjective, and plagued with problems. This research has attempted to develop a systematic method, based on objective …
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Community building, multiculturalism and the suburban public library
… ever increasing diversity of people who need to access information in order to thrive in their new community. However, access to these information services pose challenges to users who lack competency in language, computer and general literacy, while the increasing diversity in the local …