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Digitally Distanced Learning: A Study of International Distance Learners' (Non)Use of Technology
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Selwyn, Neil – Distance Education, 2011
This article considers the uses and non-uses of digital technology by international distance learners. It draws upon data from in-depth interviews with 60 learners from around the world following distance education degree courses provided by a large UK federal university. The article focuses firstly on learners' descriptions of technology's role…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Student Attitudes, International Education
The Effect of Using a Home Computer on Students' Educational Use of IT.
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Selwyn, Neil – Computers & Education, 1998
Analysis of questionnaires/focus-group-interviews with students 16-19 years old to examine the nature and extent of students' domestic use of computers and the relationship with their use of information technology (IT) in schools/colleges. Suggest students with home computers have more positive attitudes toward computers but make little use of…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
What's in the Box? Exploring Learners' Rejection of Educational Computing.
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Selwyn, Neil – Educational Research and Evaluation (An International Journal on Theory and Practice), 1998
The factors influencing students' decisions not to use computers during their education are explored, using focus-group interviews with 96 secondary and college students in the United Kingdom. Three main constructs underlying students' rejection of educational computing are defined, and how educational computing can be reconstructed is discussed.…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Anxiety, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education