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ERIC Number: EJ690933
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 21
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 40
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1539-1523
Digital Unity and Digital Divide: Surveying Alumni to Study Effects of a Campus Laptop Initiative
Finn, Seth; Inman, John G.
Journal of Research on Technology in Education, v36 n3 p297-317 Spr 2004
This research study assessed the effects of an information technology initiative on undergraduates at a Western Pennsylvania college. A random sample of alumni from the classes of 1997, 1998, and 2000 were surveyed to gauge their attitudes about a technology program instituted in 1994, which provided laptop computers to all incoming freshman. The results indicated that not only was there a positive change in attitudes after the program was initiated, but digital divides based on sex and field of study were diminished during the students' time on campus. Interestingly, parts of the divide reappear after graduation, by field of study.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Pennsylvania