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Guggemos, Josef; Seufert, Sabine; Sonderegger, Stefan – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
This study investigates the acceptance of social robots by higher education students in the social sciences. Pepper, a humanoid social robot from SoftBank Robotics, provided a sample of its capabilities during a first semester, large-scale, university course, "Introduction to academic writing."From this course, 462 freshmen participated…
Descriptors: Robotics, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education, Social Sciences
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Terras, M. M.; Ramsay, J.; Boyle, E. A. – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2015
The unprecedented opportunities for production and collaborative working supported by Web 2.0 technology offer immense potential for active knowledge creation. Research to date has mostly explored the demographic factors that influence production but we argue here that a more detailed understanding of the psychological determinants of online…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Psychology, Influence of Technology, Interaction
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Peters, Thomas A. – New Library World, 2002
Discusses librarians' use of electronic resource (e-resource) statistics. Topics include the historical context of computerized monitoring of human-computer interaction; where e-resource usage statistics originate; organizational efforts to gain value from e-resource usage statistics; practical aspects, including funding decisions, measuring…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Interaction, Library Funding, Library Statistics
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers