Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) experts and individuals with ADHD have made many recommendations concerning mobile apps that could potentially help college students succeed. But do students know about these recommended apps? Do they find them useful? How do students use mobile apps for completing schoolwork? To answer these…

Assistive technology (AT) has been shown to be a promising method for supporting individuals with intellectual disability (ID) attain a higher degree of independence both at home and in the work place. The purpose of this alternating-treatment single-case research design study was to compare the effectiveness of three methods (i.e., Notes App,…

This paper presents an evaluation of mobile learning practice for the clinical practicum in nursing education. Nursing students need to practise nursing skills and follow specific clinical procedures in wards. In this study, they were provided with a mobile device for learning purposes, with mobile apps preinstalled for watching nursing videos and…

Explores the implications of the silicon-chip microprocessor and of telecommunications advances for future learning both inside and outside organized educational programs. (Author/RW)

This proceedings report includes 37 papers presented at the 1993 presented on the following topics: information technology in college recruiting; introductory networks in the classroom; Total Quality Management in higher education and a computing services organization; a High Tech Student Workstation; network communication for students and…

Presents an overview of computer use in education and other realms. Concludes that the true computer revolution in education may not be the use of computer assisted instruction but rather the combining of computers with other electronic devices for the advent of widespread decentralized education. (Author/DC)

This guide is designed to assist vocational educators in training individuals at the secondary, postsecondary, and adult levels to use microcomputers in small business management. An overview of the use of microcomputers in the small business setting is provided in the introduction. Included in the next section is a multi-page matrix dealing with…

Communications technology must advance to meet the need for improved information processing by the year 2000. Four major technologies are involved: computers and data processing, telecommunications and telephones, reprographics, and word processing. Each of the technologies shows growth in sales, applications, and usage. Facts and projections…

The joint hearings which are documented in these proceedings were held to enhance the awareness of the Congress, the executive branch, and the private and public sectors of both the potential educational benefits of new information and telecommunications technologies, and the possible social and economic impacts resulting from the widespread use…

This guide outlines an information systems curriculum that has been developed for postsecondary institutions in Texas. The curriculum, which is intended to help students acquire the competencies necessary to function in automated offices in business and industry, includes the following core courses: computer business applications I and II,…

Major technological changes are occurring primarily in three fields: telecommunications, computer applications, and advanced manufacturing technology. High technology is having a great impact on every aspect of the labor market. Most new jobs will not be in the high technology field, however, and the newly created occupations will not require a…

This publication contains 17 subjects appropriate for use in a competency list for the occupation of telecommunications specialist, 1 of 12 occupations within the business/computer technologies cluster. Each unit consists of a number of competencies; a list of competency builders is provided for each competency. Titles of the 17 units are as…

This information processing curriculum was developed to provide business education instructors in Illinois with a useful guide for relating important new technological advances to the vocational classroom. The competency-based learning activity guides are written to be used with computer hardware and software available at the secondary and…

This guide, which was developed by students enrolled in a graduate-level course in improving instruction in basic business subjects, consists of instructional units in the following seven basic business skills areas: job skills/workplace basics, accounting, desktop publishing, keyboarding/computer literacy, microcomputer applications, notetaking,…

In order to help postsecondary technical colleges to keep abreast of changing technology, a study was conducted (1) to investigate the current and future status of three high technology areas in terms of their impacts on occupations, labor demand, and training requirements; and (2) to provide guidelines to help colleges change their programs to…