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Osakwe, Jude Odiakaosa; Nomusa, Dlodlo; Jere, Nobert – Online Submission, 2017
Although the National ICT Policy for Education in Namibia was adopted in 2005, immediately followed by the National ICT Policy Implementation Plan in 2006, no known studies have been undertaken so far to evaluate its implementation. This has made it difficult to ascertain the ICT/mobile learning readiness of teachers and learners. This study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Handheld Devices
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Musungwini, Samuel; Mugoniwa, Beauty; Furusa, Samuel Simbarashe; Rebanowako, Taurai George – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2016
Cloud computing is a novel model of computing that may bring extensive benefits to users, institutions, businesses and academics, while at the same time also giving rise to new risks and challenges. This study looked at the benefits of using Google docs by researchers and academics and analysing the factors affecting the adoption and use of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Storage, Information Management, Users (Information)
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Scott, Karen M.; Nerminathan, Arany; Alexander, Shirley; Phelps, Megan; Harrison, Amanda – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
This study was conducted with medical students, physicians, patients and carers in a paediatric and an adult hospital to determine use of mobile devices for learning, and beliefs and attitudes about others' use. Awareness of ethical, patient privacy and data security concerns was explored. The research was conducted using a mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Medical Education, Medical Students
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Carpenter, Dick M., II; Robertson, Jenifer Walsh; Johnson, Michele E.; Blum, Scott – Journal of School Public Relations, 2014
This study measured the salience of, sentiment of, and topics about schools in social media. Based on a mixed-methods approach, results indicated that school districts do not appear to be discussed often or widely, but the small numbers of people who communicate about districts do so repeatedly, positively, and in concentration. Larger and…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Internet, Educational Research, Information Sources
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Yeni, Sabiha; Ozdener, Nesrin – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
The purpose of the study is to investigate how pre-service teachers benefit from learning objects repositories while preparing course content. Qualitative and quantitative data collection methods were used in a mixed methods approach. This study was carried out with 74 teachers from the Faculty of Education. In the first phase of the study,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Archives, Technology Uses in Education
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Xu, Beijie; Recker, Mimi – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
Teachers and students increasingly enjoy unprecedented access to abundant web resources and digital libraries to enhance and enrich their classroom experiences. However, due to the distributed nature of such systems, conventional educational research methods, such as surveys and observations, provide only limited snapshots. In addition,…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Instructional Design, Mixed Methods Research, Use Studies