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Internet Listservs: A Follow-Up to Faculty Development at Two-Year Colleges
Linda Alexander; Ron Newsom
Community College Review Vol. 25, No. 4 (1998) pp. 61–74
Analyzes the use of a listserv after a teleconference as part of a faculty development activity. Indicates that 62% of participants in the listserv actively contributed to discussions, 82% reported that using the listserv enhanced the teleconference,...
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An Online Course in Multicultural Materials for LIS Graduate Students at the University of South Florida
Linda B. Alexander
Education Libraries Vol. 31, No. 1 (2008) pp. 32–37
The author discusses the content included in an online course on "Multicultural Materials for Young Adults and Children." This graduate course (LIS 5937) for Library and information Science students at the University of South Florida, is a very...
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Library skills instruction: A comparison of students in a Web-based course versus a traditional instruction course
Linda Baldwin Alexander
Library@skills@instruction: A comparison of students in a Web@-based course versus a traditional instruction course (2000) pp. 1–197
This study compares two modes of delivery of a one hour credit “Use of the Library” course during Fall, 1998 at Western Kentucky University. Quantitative survey and test score data were collected on students enrolled in a traditional library...
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Research Findings of a Library Skills Instruction Web Course
Linda B. Alexander; Robert C. Smith
portal: Libraries and the Academy Vol. 1, No. 3 (2001) pp. 309–28
Describes a quasi-experimental study at Western Kentucky University that compared a traditional required, for-credit class in library skills with a Web-based course. Discusses skills level, satisfaction, and demographics, and includes a copy of the...
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Children's Internet Use: Findings from the HomeNetToo Project
Linda Jackson; Frank Biocca; Alexander von Eye; Gretchen Barbatsis; Yong Zhao; Hiram Fitzgerald
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 4763–4769
HomeNetToo is a longitudinal field study to examine the antecedents and consequences of Internet use by low-income families in the United States. Participants included 140 children, mostly African American, whose Internet use was automatically...
Topics: Internet, Children, Computers, Computer Sciences, Social Sciences
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Does Home Internet Use Influence the Academic Performance of Low-Income Children?
Linda A. Jackson; Alexander von Eye; Frank A. Biocca; Gretchen Barbatsis; Yong Zhao; Hiram E. Fitzgerald
Developmental Psychology Vol. 42, No. 3 (May 2006) pp. 429–435
HomeNetToo is a longitudinal field study designed to examine the antecedents and consequences of home Internet use in low-income families http://www.HomeNetToo.org). The study was done between December 2000 and June 2002. Among the consequences ...
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Introducing Robotics into the Secondary Science Classrooms
Howard Kimmel; Ronald Rockland; John Carpinelli; Linda Hirsch; Levelle Burr-Alexander
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2008 (Mar 03, 2008) pp. 4189–4194
The Medibotics project was developed to use robotics as a teaching tool to increase student motivation to utilize IT applications to learn scientific and mathematical concepts, and to link them to physics, mathematics, technology, problem solving,...
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How Low-Income Children Use the Internet at Home
Linda Jackson; Alexander von Eye; Frank Biocca; Gretchen Barbatsis; Yong Zhao; Hiram Fitzgerald
Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 16, No. 3 (July 2005) pp. 259–271
"** Invited as a paper from ED-MEDIA 2004 **" HomeNetToo is a longitudinal field study designed to examine home Internet use by low-income families in the United States. Participants were 140 children, mostly African American, whose Internet use was ...
Topics: technology, Technology integration, on-line, Integration, Internet, Digital Divide, Inclusive Education
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Advancing the "E" in K-12 STEM Education
Ronald Rockland; Diane S. Bloom; John Carpinelli; Levelle Burr-Alexander; Linda S. Hirsch; Howard Kimmel
Journal of Technology Studies Vol. 36, No. 1 (2010) pp. 53–64
Technological fields, like engineering, are in desperate need of more qualified workers, yet not enough students are pursuing studies in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) that would prepare them for technical careers....
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Perceptions of Parent Behavior and Children’s Information Technology Use
Linda A Jackson; Edward A Witt; Hiram E Fitzgerald; Alexander von Eye; Yong Zhao
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2011 (Jun 27, 2011) pp. 3864–3869
Abstract: This research examined whether children’s perceptions of their parents’ behavior are related to their computer use, Internet use, videogame playing and cell phone use. The sample consisted of 515 children in Michigan, USA, who were about...
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Evaluating the Effects of a Video Prompt in a System of Least Prompts Procedure
Katie A. Smith; Kevin M. Ayres; Linda C. Mechling; Jennifer L. Alexander; Theologia K. Mataras; Sally B. Shepley
Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals Vol. 38, No. 1 (May 2015) pp. 39–49
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a system of least prompts procedure with a video prompt serving as the model in teaching office tasks to three high school students with moderate intellectual disability. A multiple probe...
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HomeNetToo; Motivational, affective and cognitive factors and Internet use: A model to explain the racial digital divide and the Internet paradox
Linda A. Jackson; Frank A. Biocca; Alexander von Eye; Hiram E. Fitzgerald; Gretchen Barbatsis; Yong Zhao; Darol Ware
WebNet World Conference on the WWW and Internet 2000 (2000) pp. 736–737
The HomeNetToo project is designed to address two fundamental questions: What causes people to use the Internet? What effect does Internet use have on people? A model of Internet use is proposed that addresses these questions by considering ...
Topics: Digital Divide, Race, Internet, Cognition