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Successful Electronic Distance Collaboration: The Importance of Social Negotiation.
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Black, Phil – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1995
Describes an electronic distance collaboration ("collaborative effort done over distance, using computer networks such as the Internet") via electronic mail between students at three universities. Topics include how success in electronic distance collaboration should be defined, what factors are related to success, and the importance of social…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Mail, Higher Education
Course Structure Effects on Students' Computer Anxiety, Confidence and Attitudes.
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Bohlin, Roy M.; Hunt, Nancy P. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1995
Describes a study that investigated the effects of course structure variables, including course length and course frequency, on the computer anxiety, confidence, and attitudes of pre- and inservice teachers. Results show students in courses that met over a longer period of time had significantly greater changes in computer anxiety, confidence, and…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Course Organization
Individual Characteristics Influencing Teachers' Class Use of Computers.
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van Braak, Johan – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2001
Describes a study of Belgian secondary school teachers that investigated the relationship between computer use in the classroom and influencing factors on an individual level. Considers age, gender, teaching a technology-related subject, computer attitudes, and innovativeness; and uses stepwise logistic regression to analyze the strongest…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Computers and Teachers: Factors Influencing Computer Use in the Classroom.
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Marcinkiewicz, Henryk R. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1994
Reports on a study examining how well several personal variables predict elementary school teachers' use of computers for teaching. Variables examined included innovativeness, teacher locus of control, perceived relevance of computers, and self-competence in using computers. Data on age, gender, and years of computer experience were also…
Descriptors: Competence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy
Internet Use by Teachers: Conditions of Professional Use and Teacher-Directed Student Use. Teaching, Learning, and Computing: 1998 National Survey. Report #1.
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Becker, Henry Jay – 1999
This report provides data from a survey of a nationally representative sample of more than 2,000 public- and private-school teachers of 4th through 12th grade regarding Internet use by teachers and students. Information is provided about: (1) teachers' access to the Internet; (2) frequency of different Internet uses, including teachers' uses and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Correlation
Toward Understanding Student Differences in a Computer Skills Course.
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Houle, Philip A. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1996
Describes a study that examined various characteristics of undergraduate students enrolled in a computer skills course. Variables considered include gender, college major, high school computer courses, other prior computer experience, computer self-efficacy, computer attitude, computer anxiety, and cognitive style. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes