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Peer reviewedAudirac, Ivonne; Beaulieu, Lionel J. – Rural Sociology, 1986
Proposes new model for study of microcomputer technology in agriculture in which diffusion/adoption of innovations is conceptualized as a structural process affected by "access conditions" resulting from research and development, intrinsic technology characteristics, and distributional characteristics. Examines thesis that potential adopters…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Agricultural Trends, Change, Diffusion (Communication)
Peer reviewedTucker, Susan A.; Dempsey, John V. – Evaluation Review, 1991
Challenges of collecting and using photographic evidence and photo-interviewing to evaluate technology infusion programs in higher education are discussed. A five-phase study for using photo-interviewing is presented, using evaluation of a hypermedia workshop attended by 1 instructor, 1 graduate assistant, 26 graduate students, and 1 art…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Rogers, Everett M.; And Others – 1982
This document reports results from an exploratory investigation into the adoption and use of microcomputers in the home, which involved interviews with 77 home computer owners, 19 individuals who were in the process of computer adoption, and a small sample of home computer manufacturers and retailers. The first two chapters provide information on…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Decision Making, Diffusion (Communication), Information Networks
Download full textCAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1989
Nine papers from the 1988 CAUSE conference's Track II, Managing Technologies Integration, are presented. They include: "Computing in the '90s--Will We Be Ready for the Applications Needed?" (Stephen Patrick); "Glasnost, The Era of 'Openness'" (Bernard W. Gleason); "Academic and Administrative Computing: Are They Really…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Information Technology
McCredie, John W., Ed. – 1983
Ten case studies that describe the planning process and strategies employed by colleges who use computing and communication systems are presented, based on a 1981-1982 study conducted by EDUCOM. An introduction by John W. McCredie summarizes several current and future effects of the rapid spread and integration of computing and communication…
Descriptors: Budgets, Case Studies, College Planning, Computer Assisted Instruction
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1989
Presented are the proceedings of a national conference of the Professional Association for Computing and Information Technology, formerly known as the College and University Systems Exchange (CAUSE). Papers are organized according to the conference's eight concurrent tracks in the areas of policy and planning, managing technologies integration,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Change Strategies, Computer Software
