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Chisango, Grasia; Marongwe, Newlin; Mtsi, Nomxolisi; Matyedi, Thembisile E. – Africa Education Review, 2020
There is an increasing global call to adopt information and communication technologies (ICTs) in teaching and learning. ICTs have become so essential that the South African government has introduced the e-education policy. ICTs are powerful enabling tools that play a significant role in the teaching and learning process. This article reports on a…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Technology Integration, Rural Schools, Secondary School Teachers
Weaver, D'Andre J. – Digital Promise, 2022
Digital knowledge and skills are needed to fully participate in the society and economy of the United States. The historic $65 billion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act represents a significant federal investment in advancing digital equity and inclusion, and an opportunity to make lasting change in communities across the country. This report…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Digital Literacy, Equal Education, Educational Opportunities
Gabriele, Lorella; Bertacchini, Francesca; Tavernise, Assunta; Vaca-Cárdenas, Leticia; Pantano, Pietro; Bilotta, Eleonora – Informatics in Education, 2019
In the last years, a growing trend in different educational contexts focused on Computational Thinking (CT) skills acquisition for both in-service teachers and students. But very low attention has been paid to pre-service teachers' education in regards to CT skills. To solve this issue, an empirical experimentation has been carried out with 141…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lesson Plans, Computation, Thinking Skills
Chinyamurindi, Willie T.; Dlaza, Zikhona – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2018
The concept of digital and information communication technology (ICT) literacy is receiving renewed empirical attention. This focus is attributed to the changing nature of society and the move towards the ideals of the knowledge-based economy. Further, universities in South Africa and internationally are encouraging the fusion of technology in how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Computer Literacy, Faculty Development
Isaias, Pedro, Ed.; Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed. – Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age, 2020
This volume provides a comprehensive and contemporary depiction of the swift evolution of learning technologies and the innovations that derive from their deployment in school education. It comprises cases studies, research focused on emergent technologies and experiments with existing tools in a wide range of scenarios. The studies included in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Innovation, Computer Uses in Education, STEM Education
Chi, Tai-Yin – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This research presents an experimental study to determine to what extent computer skill learners can benefit from generating self-explanation with the aid of different computer-based visualization technologies. Self-explanation was stimulated with dynamic visualization (Screencast), static visualization (Screenshot), or verbal instructions only,…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Skill Development, Retention (Psychology), Computer Uses in Education
Eynon, Rebecca; Geniets, Anne – Learning, Media and Technology, 2016
Digital skills are an important aspect of ensuring that all young people are digitally included. Yet, there tends to be an assumption in popular discourse that young people can simply learn these skills by themselves. While experience of technologies forms an important part of the learning process, other resources (i.e., access to technology and…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Information Literacy, Internet, Influence of Technology
Zilka, Gila Cohen – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2016
Researchers and policy makers have been exploring ways to reduce the digital divide. Parameters commonly used to examine the digital divide worldwide, as well as in this study, are: (a) the digital divide in the accessibility and mobility of the ICT infrastructure and of the content infrastructure (e.g., sites used in school); and (b) the digital…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Computers, Information Technology
Fitzsimons, Sabrina – Ethnography and Education, 2013
This article provides an account of my experience of immersion as a third-level teacher into the three-dimensional multi-user virtual world Second Life for research purposes. An ethnographic methodology was employed. Three stages in this journey are identified: separation, transition and transformation. In presenting this journey of immersion, it…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Computer Simulation, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Research
Forzani, Elena; Leu, Donald J. – Educational Forum, 2012
All students must start learning new literacies skills early if they are to gain the skills they will need as adults. Integrating these skills into classroom instruction at a young age is especially important for economically disadvantaged students. Moreover, the interactive nature of the Internet and other digital tools may hold special learning…
Descriptors: Internet, Young Children, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
DelliCarpini, Margo – Language Learning & Technology, 2012
This paper reports on an action research study that investigated factors influencing TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages) teacher candidates' (TCs) selection and use of technology in the English as a second language (ESL) classroom and the influence of explicit training in context in the use of computer technology for second…
Descriptors: Action Research, Computers, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
Sackes, Mesut; Trundle, Kathy Cabe; Bell, Randy L. – Computers & Education, 2011
This investigation explores young children's computer skills development from kindergarten to third grade using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten (ECLS-K) dataset. The sample size of the study was 8642 children. Latent growth curve modeling analysis was used as an analytical tool to examine the development of children's computer…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Young Children, Computers, Kindergarten
Fulgham, Susan M.; Shaughnessy, Michael F. – Educational Technology, 2013
Stavros Demetriadis is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) in Greece. He also earned his Bachelor's degree in Physics and a Master Diploma in Electronic Physics from AUTh. He became interested in information and communications technologies when he was a high school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Profiles, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
Blignaut, A. Seugnet; Els, Christo J. – Internet and Higher Education, 2010
Many postgraduate students cannot cope with the demands of higher education. In South Africa one in every six students never graduates. Poor preparation for higher education includes students' meager computer and information literacy skills. While computer literacy refers to understanding the use of computers, McMillan (1996) promotes the term…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Skills, Graduate Students, Test Construction
Roman, Tamara; Kelsey, Kathleen; Lin, Hong – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2010
Rapid growth of online education and the perceived difference between online and face-to-face instruction has necessitated training and support for instructors transitioning to online delivery. The research reported here resulted from an evaluation of a six-week fully online training program, "Preparing Online Instructors" "(POI)", to determine…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Online Courses, Teaching Skills, Skill Development