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Nogry, S.; Varly, P. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2018
Information and communication technology (ICT) use among children in low-income countries remains understudied. The purpose of this study is to describe laptop usage among children in the context of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project 4 years after the laptops were first introduced in a community in Madagascar. The study was conducted using a…
Descriptors: Laptop Computers, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Low Income Groups
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Reneland-Forsman, Linda – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2018
This study investigates older persons engagement with digital interfaces as one important way to social inclusion. Digital exclusion and social exclusion are intrinsically intertwined, which put older persons at risk for exclusion. To construct meaningful educational practices for inclusion, more insight is needed to understand consequences of low…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Inclusion, Computer Literacy, Access to Computers
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Couper, Mick P.; Berglund, Patricia; Kirgis, Nicole; Buageila, Sarrah – Field Methods, 2016
We evaluate the use of text-to-speech (TTS) technology for audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI). We use a quasi-experimental design, comparing the use of recorded human voice in the 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth with the use of TTS in the first year of the 2011-2013 survey, where the essential survey conditions are…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Interviews, Quasiexperimental Design, Comparative Analysis
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Jenaro, Cristina; Flores, Noelia; Cruz, Maribel; Pérez, Ma Carmen; Vega, Vanessa; Torres, Víctor A. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2018
Background: The risks and opportunities associated with the use of technologies are of growing research interest. Patterns of technology usage illuminate these opportunities and risks. However, no studies have assessed the usage patterns (frequency, duration, and intensity) and related factors in young people with intellectual disabilities.…
Descriptors: Internet, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Young Adults
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Lewis Ellison, Tisha – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2017
This case study examines one African American adolescent male's digital choices and experiences during the creation of a digital story about Minecraft. This study introduces digital participatory choice cultures as a framework to consider how he might recognize and use existing meaning-making and composition strategies to bridge what young people…
Descriptors: Story Telling, African American Students, Adolescents, Case Studies
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Frejd, Peter; Bergsten, Christer – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2016
Educational research literature on mathematical modelling is extensive. However, not much attention has been paid to empirical investigations of its scholarly knowledge from the perspective of didactic transposition processes. This paper reports from an interview study of mathematical modelling activities involving nine professional model…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Mathematics Activities, Interviews, Professional Personnel
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Shaughnessy, Michael F. – Gifted Education International, 2019
This conversation with Joe Renzulli begins by exploring the length of time Renzulli has been involved with gifted education; when his first paper was published; the general tone of gifted education in the U.S. when Renzulli began his career; and the origin of Renzulli's "three-ring conxeptualization." Additionally, Renzulli is asked to…
Descriptors: Gifted, Educational History, Teaching Methods, Intelligence Tests
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Chen, Yi-Jeng – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
The processes and patterns of strategies used by children when drawing on the computer with friends and acquaintances were investigated in a case study. The participants were five-and-six-year-old children and the study took place in their home settings. The data collection methods consisted of interviews, observations, audio recordings, video…
Descriptors: Computer Use, Freehand Drawing, Young Children, Interviews
Lindsay, Megan – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Young women ages 18-29 are the highest users of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the United States. As a group, they curate and create more online content than any other adult user group (Duggan, 2014). Throughout the research literature, scholars claim that the high rate of technology use among young people is related to their…
Descriptors: Females, Information Technology, Computer Use, Identification (Psychology)
Hiniker, Alexis – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Designers of interactive technologies have long prioritized user engagement, and today's popular end-user products are irresistibly engaging. Modern technology offers enormous value and convenience, but it has also led to widespread feelings of dissatisfaction, and users report wishing they had a different relationship with the technologies they…
Descriptors: Mass Media Use, Family (Sociological Unit), Parents, Children
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Yu, Zhonggen – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2018
This article describes how information and communication technologies (ICT) are growing important in English teaching and learning. Based on the model of digital divide, this article focuses on the third level digital divide. Through interview and large-scale survey by using a questionnaire designed based on a digital divide model, this article…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Questionnaires
Gomez, Stefani E. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The influx of information communication technologies (ICTs) into the modern family household can create tension between teens' right to access and autonomy and parents' right to mediate their ICT activities that needs to be accommodated within the everyday routines of the family. As a part of their everyday lives teens' must negotiate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Family Environment, Hispanic Americans
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Vaughn, Jennie; Harrell, Allen; Dayton, Amy E. – Community Literacy Journal, 2015
This qualitative study looks at how rural women in the American South have obtained access to digital technologies for reading and writing. Using the "life history" approach (Brandt; Hawisher and Selfe), we interviewed five women. We look at the challenges caused by the Digital Divide, at economies of access, including the financial…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Rural Areas, Females, Interviews
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Tayo, Omolara; Thompson, Randall; Thompson, Elizabeth – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
We recruited 20 community members in Ido Local Government Area, Oyo state and Yewa Local Government Area, Ogun state in Nigeria to explore experiences and perceptions of Internet access and computer use. Face-to-face interviews were conducted using open-ended questions to collect qualitative data regarding accessibility of information and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Computer Use
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Palaiologou, Ioanna – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
This project aimed to investigate the types of digital technologies children under the age of five are using at home and assess the possible implications for early years pedagogy. The research, carried out between 2010 and 2012, was based in four European countries: England, Greece, Malta and Luxemburg. A mixed methods approach was employed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Young Children, Access to Computers
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