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Ntombenhle Sylvia Mlangeni; Sadi Seyama-Mokhaneli – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2024
The work landscape is evolving with the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), potentially rendering current jobs obsolete and necessitating new skills or retraining of existing occupations for future employment. This revolution is disrupting nearly every sector, including education, highlighting the need for education to address issues…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Foreign Countries, Coding, Robotics
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DeSantis, Joshua D. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2013
Identifying means of assisting teachers in integrating technology during their instruction is becoming more important as the rate new technologies enter the classroom accelerates. The primary means of helping in-service teachers employ new technologies in their classrooms is frequently professional development. Unfortunately, professional…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Self Efficacy
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Ross, John A. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1996
Examines how students with weak computer-mediated communication (CMC) skills fare in CMC courses that require high levels of peer interaction. Subjects were 11 male and 4 female inservice teachers. Findings indicate that students' CMC skills had only a modest impact on their participation in the course; students with less developed skills…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Group Dynamics, Inservice Teacher Education
Hughes, Bob; Coyne, Peggy; Waddell, Sandy – 1997
Unless children and parents have training and access to computers and the power they offer, computers create a barrier for them as they navigate a society that depends on computers for information and occupational advancement. This paper describes a program developed by North Shore Head Start in Beverly, Massachusetts and CAST (Center for Applied…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Adult Education, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication
Vonderwell, Selma; Zachariah, Sajit – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2005
This study explored what factors influenced learner participation in two sections of a graduate online course at a Midwestern university. Findings indicated that online learner participation and patterns of participation are influenced by the following factors: technology and interface characteristics, content area experience, student roles and…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Online Courses, Graduate Study, Influences
Ayersman, David J.; And Others – 1996
This paper describes the creation of a computer competency requirement at Mary Washington College (Virginia). The goal of the The goal of the requirement is to ensure that students acquire meaningful skills with technology, and that faculty increase their technological proficiency. The plan was developed based on a review of literature on other…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Computer Graphics, Computer Literacy
Richardson, Laura A. – 1999
The problem addressed in this practicum was that most teachers at the author's middle school were not fully using the school's network resources in their day-to-day classroom activities, in spite of district technology initiatives. The goal of the practicum was to empower a cadre of representative mentor teachers to fully utilize the school…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Class Activities, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2002
Research funded by the Flexible Learning Advisory Group during 2000-2002 on issues related to online learning and delivery in vocational education and training in Australia was consolidated. Key findings included the following: (1) most students who experienced online learning did so in a conventional class, using face-to-face and other strategies…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education