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Marielle Schuurman; Barbara Groot; Tineke Abma – Educational Action Research, 2025
Globally, many complex issues, like the ageing population and health inequalities, require attention. People are experimenting to combat these issues in their local contexts through bigger or smaller networks; however, much of the knowledge about these initiatives remains localised and elitist and omits the voices and perspectives of citizens.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Networks, Local Issues, Age Differences
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Mikroyannidis, Alexander; Gómez-Goiri, Aitor; Smith, Andrew; Domingue, John – Interactive Learning Environments, 2020
The main challenges commonly associated with acquiring practical network engineering skills are the requirements for access to specialised and up-to-date network equipment, as well as the high costs associated with obtaining and maintaining this equipment. The PT Anywhere initiative addresses these challenges by offering a mobile environment for…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Networks, Data Analysis, Engineering
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Wang, Lan-Ting; Lee, Kun-Chou – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2014
The vision plays an important role in educational technologies because it can produce and communicate quite important functions in teaching and learning. In this paper, learners' preference for the visual complexity on small screens of mobile computers is studied by neural networks. The visual complexity in this study is divided into five…
Descriptors: Preferences, Educational Technology, Visual Acuity, Visual Literacy
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Berman, Ronald; Hassell, Deliesha – Journal of Educators Online, 2014
The Doctoral Community Network (DC) is a learner driven, scholarly community designed to help online doctoral learners successfully complete their dissertation and program of study. While digital natives grew up in an environment immersed in technology, digital immigrants adapted to this environment through their ability to learn and adjust to…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Electronic Learning, Higher Education
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Hendrix, Dean – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2007
To assess their knowledge, use, and attitudes regarding peer-to-peer (P2P) applications, this study surveyed academic librarians (n = 162) via a mail-in survey. Correlations between the sample characteristics (age, gender, year of MLS, type of library job) and P2P knowledge, use, and attitudes were also explored. Overall, academic librarians…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Information Technology, Library Services, Ethics
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Harris, Judith B.; Grandgenett, Neal – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1996
Describes a study of 189 elementary and secondary school educators with accounts on Tenet (Texas Education Network) whose logins and online time for one year were correlated with nine variables: writing apprehension, oral communication apprehension, computer anxiety, age, teaching experience, telecomputing experience, gender, professional…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Computer Anxiety, Computer Networks, Correlation
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Ruth, Stephen R.; Gouet, Raul – Internet Research, 1993
Discussion of characteristics of users of computer-mediated communication systems and scientific networks focuses on a study of the scientific community in Chile. Topics addressed include users and nonusers; productivity; educational level; academic specialty; age; gender; international connectivity; public policy issues; and future research…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries
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Parry, Linda E.; Wharton, Robert R. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1995
Describes a study that compared faculty use of computer networks in the fields of science and engineering and business, and examined the extent to which individual and professional factors affected use. Gender, age, frequency of use, types of use, and general feelings of expertise in using the networks are discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Age Differences, Business Administration Education, College Faculty
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Lee, Lina – Language Learning & Technology, 2004
In this paper, I discuss a network-based collaborative project that focused on the learning conditions non-native speakers (NNSs) of Spanish perceived to be necessary to satisfactoraly communicate with native speakers (NSs). Data from online discussions, end-of-semester surveys, and final oral interviews are presented and discussed. The results of…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Age Differences, Interaction, Native Speakers