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Senior Technology Exploration, Learning, and Acceptance (STELA) Model: From Exploration to Use -- A Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Trial
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Tsai, Hsin-Yi Sandy; Rikard, R. V.; Cotten, Shelia R.; Shillair, Ruth – Educational Gerontology, 2019
The purpose of this study is to examine the process from technology exploration to acceptance for older adults. A senior technology exploration, learning, and acceptance (STELA) model is proposed to examine the technology exploration and learning process. Adopting a new technology can pose challenges with increasing age. In order to help older…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Computer Use, Training, Learning Processes
No A 4 U: The Relationship between Multitasking and Academic Performance
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Junco, Reynol; Cotten, Shelia R. – Computers & Education, 2012
The proliferation and ease of access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as Facebook, text messaging, and instant messaging has resulted in ICT users being presented with more real-time streaming data than ever before. Unfortunately, this has also resulted in individuals increasingly engaging in multitasking as an information…
Descriptors: College Students, Grade Point Average, Access to Information, Regression (Statistics)
Perceived Academic Effects of Instant Messaging Use
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Junco, Reynol; Cotten, Shelia R. – Computers & Education, 2011
College students use information and communication technologies at much higher levels and in different ways than prior generations. They are also more likely to multitask while using information and communication technologies. However, few studies have examined the impacts of multitasking on educational outcomes among students. This study fills a…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Time Management, Internet, Computer Use