Workforce readiness: A study of university students' fluency with information technology

Computers and Education

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 228-233

  Kaminski, Karen ^a   Switzer, Jamie ^a   Gloeckner, Gene ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Media in education; Pedagogical issues; Post secondary education

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX APPLICATIONS; DIGITAL AUDIO; DIGITAL VIDEOS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION; RANDOM SAMPLE; SKILL LEVELS; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

ANIMATION; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESKTOP PUBLISHING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; SURVEYS; WORD PROCESSING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 67349260116     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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