BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: THE EFFECTS OF HOME COMPUTER OWNERSHIP AND SCHOOL IT ENVIRONMENT ON SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 641-650

  Teo, Hock Hai ^a   Wan, Wen ^a   Chan, Hock Chuan ^a   Lim, Cheek Yong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

computer self efficacy; Digital divide; PC ownership; PLS; school IT environment; self directed learning behavior; survey

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; E-LEARNING; INFORMATION USE; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

COMPUTER SELF-EFFICACY; DIGITAL DIVIDE; IT ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING BEHAVIOR; PERSONAL COMPUTER OWNERSHIP; PLS; SCHOOL IT ENVIRONMENT; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING BEHAVIOR; TECHNOLOGY-BASED LEARNING;

PERSONAL COMPUTERS;

EID: 73649104687     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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