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Understanding Teacher Professional Learning through Cyber Research
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Bates, Meg S.; Phalen, Lena; Moran, Cheryl – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2018
Online professional learning websites provide a unique window into how teachers make self-directed choices about their own professional development. This study extends previous research on how teachers use online resource repositories to examine how teachers make choices about resource use on a professional learning website. The website, the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Online Courses, Web Based Instruction, Educational Technology
Students' Acceptance of File Sharing Systems as a Tool for Sharing Course Materials: The Case of Google Drive
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Sadik, Alaa – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
Students' perceptions about both ease of use and usefulness are fundamental factors in determining their acceptance and successful use of technology in higher education. File sharing systems are one of these technologies and can be used to manage and deliver course materials and coordinate virtual teams. The aim of this study is to explore how…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Shared Resources and Services, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Access to and Utilization of ICT as Predictors of Students' Performance and Sustainable Development in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions
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Onuka, A. O. U.; Ajayi, Kassim O.; Lawani, Abisola O. – African Higher Education Review, 2014
Information Communication Technology (ICT) covers a wide range in our world today. This paper examined how students access and utilize information communication technology (ICT) for the betterment of their learning outcomes in Mathematics. This is because Mathematics is considered to be indispensable to humankind. The study adopted a survey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Information, Predictor Variables, Technology Uses in Education
Experiences of Asian Indian Families with Special Education and Disability-Related Services in America
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Walz, Amber – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The American disability service system is predicated on underlying assumptions and beliefs which are dominant in the majority culture. Consequently, minority families, such as families from India, living in America sometimes experience dissonance with respect to the services provided to their family due to their varying cultural values. As such,…
Descriptors: Indians, Disabilities, Minority Groups, Cultural Relevance
Motivational Strategies and Utilisation of Internet Resources as Determinants of Research Productivity of Lecturers in Universities of Agriculture in Nigeria
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Ajegbomogun, Fredrick Olatunji; Popoola, Sunday Olarenwaju – Education for Information, 2013
This study examined motivational strategies and utilisation of Internet resources as determinants of research productivity of lecturers in universities of agriculture in Nigeria. One thousand, one hundred and thirty two (1,132) copies of the questionnaire were administered on the lecturers in universities of agriculture in Nigeria. Eight hundred…
Descriptors: Internet, Productivity, Agricultural Colleges, Agricultural Education
Environmental Scanning by CEOs in Two Canadian Industries.
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Auster, Ethel; Choo, Chun Wei – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1993
A study investigating variables in Canadian Chief Executive Officers' use of information sources to scan external business environments is reported. Findings show that frequency of source use correlates to perceived uncertainty and that source quality is more important than source accessibility--a finding that contradicts past user studies. (28…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administrators, Business, Correlation