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Vaala, Sarah; Ly, Anna; Levine, Michael H. – Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, 2015
In previous research the "Joan Ganz Cooney Center" and "New America" have characterized the children's educational app market as a "Digital Wild West" (Guernsey, Levine, Chiong & Severns, 2012; Shuler, 2011). The marketplace is chock full of choices but lacks essential information to aid parents' and educators'…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Technology, Literacy Education, Marketing
Spectrum, 1983
A table shows 10 factors school districts consider important for introduction of computer technology, revealing differences in opinion between large and small districts. The most important factors are technical training of staff and availability of software packages. (TE)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
Weglarz, Shirley – 2000
Johnson County Community College (JCCC) conducted a survey in response to faculty comments regarding entering students' lack of rudimentary computer skills. Faculty were spending time in non-computer related classes teaching students basic computer skills. The aim of the survey was to determine what the basic computer competencies for entering…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Computer Literacy
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Center for Learning Technologies. – 1986
This report provided information to the State Board of Regents on the acquisition and use of learning technologies in New York State elementary and secondary schools in 1985-86. The data reported in this study represent two separate collection efforts. First, information on the types and quantities of learning technologies acquired was collected…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Economic Factors, Educational Technology
Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA. – 1982
The first nationwide survey of public school districts' uses of computers, this study summarizes the responses of 1,484 districts out of a national sample of 3,497 school systems. Presented in 25 tables, the data are classified by district enrollment size and expenditure per pupil. The variables covered, besides computer uses, include type of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
Greene, Bernard; Meek, Anne – 1998
A national survey of distance education courses offered by higher education institutions identified the incidence of distance education courses delivered to remote (off-campus) locations through audio, video, or computer technologies. The study found that a third of institutions offered distance education courses, another quarter planned to offer…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Communications, Computer Oriented Programs, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Mann, Dale; Shakeshaft, Charol – 1997
This study was commissioned by participating school districts served by the Mohawk Regional Information Center (New York) to document the differences that computer-related technology has made for the region's students, teachers, and schools. Elementary and secondary school teachers (n=4,041), students (n=1,722), and administrators (n=225) in 159…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Computers, Administrators, Case Studies