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Tamba, Georgiana Ioana; Iancu, Ioana – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2023
Digital communication is a great facilitator of human connection, positively contributing to life satisfaction and prosocial behavior. However, the existing findings also insist on the drawbacks of the digital communication, as low levels of wellbeing satisfaction, or happiness. Thus, aiming to reconciliate the two sets of assumptions and relying…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Usability, Value Judgment
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Matyokurehwa, Kanos; Rudhumbu, Norman; Mlambo, Chiedza P. – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2020
The study sought to examine the intention to use smartphones technology as learning tools (mobile-learning) in universities in Botswana, with particular reference to a selected university. Preliminary investigations have shown that despite the high density of mobile phones in Botswana, very few of these devices seem to be used for learning…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Undergraduate Students, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Touati, Achraf; Baek, Youngkyun – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2018
This study investigated students' perceptions of competence and enjoyment of a mobile game within the context of mobile game-based learning. The proposed model showed that perceived competence and game attitude were the main predictors of enjoyment, while no direct relationship was found between perceived competence and gaming achievement. The…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Competence, Self Concept, Educational Games
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Sarrab, Mohamed; Al Shibli, Ibtisam; Badursha, Nabeela – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2016
Mobile learning (M-learning) provides a new learning channel in which learners can access content and just in time information as required irrespective of the time and location. Even though M-learning is fast evolving in many regions of the world, research addressing the driving factors of M-learning adoption is in short supply. This article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Adoption (Ideas), Higher Education
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Ifenthaler, Dirk; Schweinbenz, Volker – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2016
In recent years digital technologies, such as tablet personal computers (TPCs), have become an integral part of a school's infrastructure and are seen as a promising way to facilitate students' learning processes. This study empirically tested a theoretical model derived from the technology acceptance model containing key constructs developed in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Computer Attitudes
Rice, Patricia Brisotti – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As the basis of a society undergoes a fundamental change, such as progression from the industrial age to the knowledge/information age, the massive change affects every aspect of life. Change causes stress in individuals that often manifest itself as anxiety. Using an economic model of the endogenous growth, which includes technology as input,…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Computer Attitudes, Anxiety, Knowledge Economy
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Clark, Megan L. E.; Austin, David W.; Craike, Melinda J. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2015
This study explored the attitudes of parents and professionals who work with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) toward the utilization of iPads and use of iPad applications by children with ASD. A survey of parents (n = 90) and professionals (n = 31) assessed information and communication technology (ICT) anxiety and self-efficacy,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Parents, Parent Attitudes
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Tsai, Bor-Yuan; Yen, Jung-Nan – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2014
E-books and e-Reading Devices (E-RDs) markets have been enlarged due to the rapid progress of digital technologies. What are the possible factors to increase readers' willingness to use electronic devices? To improve the predictive value of the original TAM model, this study incorporates three additional constructs to form e-Reading Device…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Books, Electronic Publishing, Handheld Devices
Pavlekovic, Margita, Ed.; Kolar-Begovic, Zdenka, Ed.; Kolar-Super, Ruzica, Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
The universities and faculties which educate teachers of mathematics for teaching pupils/students of any age group from pre-school age to higher education carefully monitor and compare valuable results of this research, detect the areas in which the mathematical achievements of pupils should be improved at the national level and propose the ways…
Descriptors: Operations Research, Geometric Concepts, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction