Technology Diffusion in the "Soft Disciplines": Using Social Technology to Support Information Technology.

Willis, Jerry

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Publication Date: 1992

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Technology Diffusion in the "Soft Disciplines": Using Social Technology to Support Information Technology.

Willis, Jerry

Computers in the Schools, v9 n1 p81-105 1992

Discusses reasons for the slower acceptance of educational technology in the humanities. Highlights include teacher training; support staff skills; software development; lack of equity in funding for hardware and software; technology diffusion; and a description of the Concerns-Based Adoption Model, a comprehensive model of change in education. (35 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Computer Software Development, Courseware, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Humanities, Intellectual Disciplines, Models, Teacher Education

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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