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2nd Survey of Schools: ICT in Education. Objective 1: Benchmark Progress in ICT in Schools. Final Report
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European Commission, 2019
This survey follows the Digital Education Action Plan Communication's call to provide more evidence regarding digitisation in education. By surveying head teachers, teachers, students and parents from EU28, Norway, Iceland and Turkey, this survey provides detailed information related to access, use and attitudes towards the use of technology in…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Access to Computers, Internet, Computer Literacy
Are Boys and Girls Still Digitally Differentiated? The Case of Catalonian Teenagers
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Cussó-Calabuig, Roser; Carrera Farran, Xavier; Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2017
Aim/Purpose: This article presents a study of ICT use and attitudes related to the computer use of girls and boys from Catalonia in order to detect which gender differences may explain the low presence of women in the ICT field and to design a proposal of actions in schools to help reduce these differences. Background: Since the number of women in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Attitudes, Gender Differences, Gender Bias
Student Computer Attitudes, Experience and Perceptions about the Use of Two Software Applications in Building Engineering
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Chiner, Esther; Garcia-Vera, Victoria E. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine students' computer attitudes and experience, as well as students' perceptions about the use of two specific software applications (Google Drive Spreadsheets and Arquimedes) in the Building Engineering context. The relationships among these variables were also examined. Ninety-two students took part in this…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Experience, Computer Software
Do UOC Students Fit in the Net Generation Profile? An Approach to their Habits in ICT Use
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Romero, Marc; Guitert, Montse; Sangra, Albert; Bullen, Mark – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
Some authors have stated that university students born after 1982 have been profoundly influenced by digital technologies, showing different characteristics when compared to previous generations. However, it is worth asking if that is a current observable phenomenon. Are those students born after the 80s really more familiar with ICT tools than…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Technology Uses in Education, Profiles, Computer Use
Selective Attention in Web Forms: An Exploratory Case Study with Older People
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Sayago, Sergio; Guijarro, Jose-Maria; Blat, Josep – Behaviour & Information Technology, 2012
This article reports on an exploratory study aimed to identify which ways of marking required and optional fields help older people fill in web forms correctly. Drawing on a pilot study and selective attention research in ageing, modified versions of widely used forms were created, in which standard asterisks were replaced with one of three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attention Control, Attention, Design Requirements
Creating Computer Literate Teachers in a Foreign International School Via Individualized Instruction.
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Elwell, John – 1997
This practicum paper describes a program implemented at an international school in Spain. The program's objectives were to create positive attitudes concerning technology, increase the participants' computer knowledge and usage, and decrease the amount of time the school's computer coordinator spent solving computer related problems. The target…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education