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Vasquez, Sarah T. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Unlike most online professional development opportunities, synchronous technology affords immediate communications for discussion and feedback while interacting with participants simultaneously through text, audio, video, and screen sharing. The purpose of this study is to find answers to meet the practical need to inform, design, and implement…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Synchronous Communication, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Kolmos, John A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Older adults face many challenges in the workplace, one being the advancement of technologies both in hardware and software development. The purpose of the study was to understand the learned experiences of older adults integrating advanced technologies into their critical decision-making work experience because of training. Literature claimed a…
Descriptors: Air Transportation, Older Adults, Decision Making, Age Differences
Byrd, Nijia – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In an urban Georgia school district, teacher satisfaction surveys revealed that technology-based professional development was not equipping teachers with the skills or support needed to implement technology into their teaching practices. The purpose of this mixed-methods case study was to explore teachers' experiences and perceptions of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teacher Surveys
Adams, Karri Campbell – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this study was to contribute to a limited body of research on the impact of the role of the school-level instructional technology facilitator on teacher technology efficacy. This mixed-methods study involved the administration of a survey instrument designed to measure teacher technology efficacy, the Computer Technology Integration…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Technological Literacy, Teacher Competencies
Walton, Marquetta – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The effectiveness of U.S. cyber-capabilities can have a serious effect on the cyber-security stance of the US and significantly impact how well U.S. critical infrastructures are protected. The problem is that the state of the U.S. cyber-security could be negatively impacted by the dependency that the US displays in its use of defensive…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Computer Security, Information Security, Qualitative Research
Anglin, Marie Simone – ProQuest LLC, 2017
There is a growing population of English language learners (ELLs) in elementary schools across the United States, and a current academic achievement gap between ELLs and non-ELLs. Researchers have found that integration of Web 2.0 tools has benefitted ELLs in language learning settings, outside of the general classroom. The research problem…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, General Education, Teaching Experience, Qualitative Research
Burgos, Rosalina – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The rapid growth of e-learning technologies in higher education challenges university faculty to make their teaching relevant in these new contexts. As e-learning technologies are widely available, faculty members integrated them to their teaching repertoire. Several researchers discussed the impact of e-learning technologies on teaching and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, College Faculty
Benton, Brandie Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2012
At present, handheld devices and tablet computers are infiltrating public schools across the nation, the most popular model being the Apple iPad. Schools and teachers are attempting to integrate the devices and are using a variety of methods and models for implementation. The purpose of this study was to examine the implementation of the iPad as…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Technology Integration
Kulavuz-Onal, Derya – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The emergence of online learning environments and advances in web-based technologies enable teachers to interact and exchange ideas and experiences in online communities. However, these rapid technological advances also cause such online communities to disband quickly, before they have the opportunity to evolve into a community of practice, in…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Educational Technology, Web Based Instruction, Technological Advancement
Vee, Annette – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation looks at computer programming through the lens of literacy studies, building from the concept of code as a written text with expressive and rhetorical power. I focus on the intersecting technological and social factors of computer code writing as a literacy--a practice I call "proceduracy". Like literacy, proceduracy is a human…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computers, Programming, Foreign Countries