Student and faculty inter-generational digital divide: Fact or fiction?

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1393-1403

  Salajan, Florin D ^a   Schönwetter, Dieter J ^b   Cleghorn, Blaine M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital immigrant; Digital native; Inter generational differences; Self efficacy; Technology acceptance; Technology attitudes

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DIVIDE; DIGITAL NATIVES; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; DIGITAL-LEARNING; FACULTY MEMBERS; HARDWARE DEVICES; INTER-GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES; LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; MP-3 PLAYERS; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; SELF EFFICACY; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO; USER PERCEPTIONS;

CURRICULA; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; TEACHING; WEB BROWSERS;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77955552178     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.06.017     Document Type: Article

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