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Frances Amato – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Interest in one-to-one (1:1) device programs, where schools provide each student with their own computing device, has increased across the United States. The problem this study addressed was whether primary teachers' perceived usefulness, ease of use, organizational support, and technical support of a 1:1 device program is related to their…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Adoption (Ideas), Educational Technology
Areen Ahmed Alnemrat – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study seeks to understand the current level of e-learning and to investigate the challenges to the successful implementation of e-learning in Jordanian higher education from the perspectives of faculty members at selected Jordanian universities. Analyses of emailed survey data from 157 faculty members showed that the level of faculty…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Technology Uses in Education
Campbell, Jennifer E. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The percentage of students enrolled in online courses is higher for community college students than it is for students attending four-year colleges and universities (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2017a). The trend is concerning as community college students who as a whole, are at risk for success are enrolling in courses that have…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Online Courses, Learner Engagement
Corey, Lesley – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of the case study was to explore how one rural elementary school implemented a one to one (1:1) iPad initiative with a focus on leadership. The distributed leadership model provides the framework for this research. The idea that the transformation of schools falls on one leader is impractical and unattainable (Elmore, 2004; Gronn &…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Elementary Schools, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications
Ogden, Marissa A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Education in the United States is failing the students. American education is failing largely because education is often taught with ineffective teaching methods as well as many of today's teachers not finding technology important or necessary in the classroom curricula. The purpose of this qualitative, exploratory multiple case study is to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Technology Uses in Education, Case Studies
Cary Ann Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Two-thirds of higher education institutions are either currently involved in the process of or will soon begin to review their learning management system strategy (Green, 2012). Transitioning from one LMS to another is an endeavor that utilizes the entire institution and requires a great deal of strategic planning and cooperation. The literature…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Employment, Employees, Learning Management Systems
Thomas, Mark W. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The problem of this study was that while one-to-one initiatives in the K-12 environment are growing, the technical support personnel that work in these environments are experiencing problems supporting these initiatives. The purposes of this study were to: (a) identify common problems of providing technical support in a one-to-one laptop program,…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Laptop Computers, Elementary Secondary Education, Barriers
West, Christopher E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Research objectives: This dissertation examines the state of development of each of the eight core electronic health record (EHR) functionalities as described by the IOM and describes how the current state of these functionalities limit quality improvement efforts in ambulatory care settings. There is a great deal of literature describing both the…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Medical Evaluation, Records (Forms), Community Health Services
Fletcher, Darla Michelle Keel – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Approximately half of students at the community college level leave the institution before degree completion. Community college students are more likely than four-year students to be first-generation students, attend school part-time, be less prepared academically, work full-time, have family responsibilities, and have entered college later in…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Program Effectiveness, Intervention, First Generation College Students
Agnew, David W. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Public school principals must meet many challenges and make decisions concerning financial obligations while providing the best learning environment for students. A major challenge to principals is implementing technological components successfully while providing teachers the 21st century instructional skills needed to enhance students'…
Descriptors: Technical Support, Public Schools, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
Behravesh, Bardia – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The United States continues to lag behind other countries in its adoption of health information technology. A failure to increase adoption will jeopardize the nation's ability to reduce medical errors, address the rapid growth of healthcare costs, and enact effective healthcare reform. Health information technology (HIT) implementation success…
Descriptors: Physicians, Hospitals, Nurses, Information Technology
Peterson, Kristy – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The capability of organizations to operate on the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework is reliant on ITIL process measurements. Appropriate ITIL process measurements help ensure desired outcomes, enable corrective actions to take place prior to process failure, and direct process activities towards continuous improvement.…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Correlation, Measurement Objectives, Measurement Techniques