Basic computer literacy training to increase comfort levels with computers and improve behaviors of technological integration

• Main Author: Biggs, Brandi L.
• Other Authors: Gibson, Kay L.
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Electronic dissertations; Computer literacy > Case studies; Adult education; Latin Americans > Education
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10057/275

This study researched the effect of a basic computer course on the comfort level with computers and Internet on 17 Spanish-speaking, non-computer literate adults. It also identified any increase of the participants’ integration of computers and Internet into employment related activities. Five male and twelve female Hispanic adults completed a four-day basic computer literacy training course. Data collected through pre and post content exams; pre, post, and follow-up comfort and use surveys, and attendance records at the training center showed positive results. The short-term training course was effective in reducing participants’ fears about using a computer. The training course also proved effective in stimulating the participants to utilize computers and Internet for personal and/or professional benefit. === Thesis (M.Ed.)--Wichita State University, College of Education, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction. === "May 2006." === Includes bibliographic references (leaves 40-43).