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Vanek, Jenifer B. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This research explores the difficulties faced by many migrant, refugee, and immigrant adults confronted with technological ubiquity in economically developed countries. Preparing migrant adult learners for the digital world by building digital literacy skills can help to maintain home language proficiency, support English language learning, and…
Descriptors: Migrants, Adult Learning, Computer Literacy, Media Literacy
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Lin, Cecilia I. C.; Tang, Wen-hui; Kuo, Feng-Yang – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2012
The group of middle-aged and elderly women represents the lowest usage rate of information and communication technology (ICT) in Taiwan. This article reports how a social intervention program, the Taiwan Women Up (TWU) program, has helped such group to successfully learn ICT skills with the support of members of nonprofit organizations. The study…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Intervention, Females, Research Methodology
Thomas, Michael, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
This timely collection of theoretical and applied studies examines the pedagogical potential and realities of digital technologies in a wide range of disciplinary contexts across the educational spectrum. By mixing content-based chapters with a theoretical perspective with case studies detailing actual teaching approaches utilizing digital…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Distance Education, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries
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McElhoe, Dennis L.; Kamberelis, George; Peters, Jerry L. – Qualitative Report, 2006
This study was undertaken to determine whether an evaluation model employing multiple methods of data collection and analysis might yield more useful information for improving lifelong learning courses than existing models. Major findings included: (1) learning satisfaction appears to be dependent on the instructional environment adults may be…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Lifelong Learning, Noncredit Courses, Evaluation Methods