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Thando Loliwe – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2024
Aim/Purpose: This study examined the experiences of international students writing a typed e-assessment at the on-campus computer lab on the ExamOnline system. Background: After a computer-based typed summative examination was introduced for one of the MSc degree's modules in a UK university, it was critical to ascertain its inclusivity. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Paper and Pencil Tests, Testing Accommodations
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Anabela Abreu Malpique; Debora Valcan; Deborah Pino-Pasternak; Susan Ledger; Margaret Merga – Australian Educational Researcher, 2024
In many classrooms across the globe, students are expected to comprehend and produce handwritten and computer-generated texts as soon as they start school. As we progress towards digitalisation in education, it has become necessary to understand the effects of writing modality on students' literacy performance and development. The current…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Writing Achievement, Reading Achievement, Handwriting
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Olney, Andrew M.; Bakhtiari, Dariush; Greenberg, Daphne; Graesser, Art – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2017
Adaptive learning technologies hold great promise for improving the reading skills of adults with low literacy, but adults with low literacy skills typically have low computer literacy skills. In order to determine whether adults with low literacy skills would be able to use an intelligent tutoring system for reading comprehension, we adapted a 44…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Reading Comprehension, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Correlation
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Ampratwum, Joseph; Offei, Yaw Nyadu; Ntoaduro, Afua – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The study aimed at exploring barriers to the use of computer assistive technology among students with visual impairment at Akropong School for the Blind. A case study design was adopted and the purposive sampling technique used to select 35 participants for the study. The researchers gathered qualitative data using an in-depth interview guide to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Uses in Education, Assistive Technology, Special Schools
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Mativo, John M.; Hill, Roger B.; Godfrey, Paul W. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2013
The focus of this study was to examine four characteristics for successful and unsuccessful students enrolled in basic mathematics courses at a technical college. The characteristics, considered to be in part effects of human factors in engineering and design, examined the preferred learning styles, computer information systems competency,…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Technical Institutes, Human Factors Engineering
Walker, Tim; Donohue, Chip – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2008
For the typical early childhood administrator, there will never be enough hours in a day to finish the work that needs to be done. This includes numerous hours spent on a computer tracking enrollment, managing the budget, researching curriculum ideas online, and many other administrative tasks. Improving an administrator's computer efficiency can…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Computer Literacy, Administrator Effectiveness