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Investigation of the Relationship between Nomophobia and Social Studies Teachers' Social Network Use
Fatih Pala – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2023
The smartphones we use in every aspect of our lives can be accessed anywhere without the limitation of physical space. This situation has led to excessive use of smartphones. Individuals, when unable to access their smartphones, experience anxiety and distress, revealing their nomophobic tendencies. Additionally, the availability of internet…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Anxiety, Computer Use
Arthur-Nyarko, Emmanuel; Kariuki, Moses Githua – International Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
eLearning is a learning process which aims at creating an interactive learning environment through the use of computers and the Internet. This paper sought to investigate distance learner's access to resource for eLearning and its influence on preferred eLearning delivery mode. The study employed an analytical survey to collect and analyze data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Distance Education
Arthur-Nyarko, Emmanuel; Agyei, Douglas Darko; Armah, Justice Kofi – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
This study sought to explore distance education students' readiness to use digital learning materials from a College of Distance Education programme which was in the process of transforming the face to face approach of delivery to a more digitized one in Ghana. Using a descriptive survey design, 400 distance learning students were randomly sampled…
Descriptors: College Students, Distance Education, Learning Readiness, Educational Technology
Alshehri, Abdulhalim Ali – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The paper investigates the internet utilizing in online homework accomplishing at Saudi High Schools. The study covered three Saudi cities, namely; Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam. The paper concerned about the teachers, parents and students perceptions toward using internet in education path with concentration on online home works, and its effect in…
Descriptors: Homework, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Student Attitudes
Yan, Zheng – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2009
The Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA; 2000) requires an Internet filtering and public awareness strategy to protect children under 17 from harmful visual Internet depictions. This study compared high school students who went online with the CIPA restriction and college students who went online without the restriction in order to…
Descriptors: College Students, High Schools, Safety, Internet
Mann, Bryan A.; Smith, William C.; Baker, David P. – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2016
Research about innovation adoption underplays the role of educational attainment in the individual consumption of technology; consequently, past research underestimates the importance education plays independent of wealth in diffusion, particularly as absolute levels of formal education rise worldwide. Using data from the Programme for…
Descriptors: Internet, Adoption (Ideas), Educational Attainment, Adults
Shagiakhmetova, Minzilya N.; Bystritskaya, Elena V.; Demir, Servet; Stepanov, Roman A.; Grishnova, Elena E.; Kryukova, Nina I. – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2022
Due to a lack of preparation, teachers were not emotionally or cognitively prepared to use new approaches. Teachers discovered that while teaching online, elementary school teachers face various challenges. Summarizing and categorizing the difficulties encountered by primary school teachers in compulsory distance education will add to the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Conditions, COVID-19, Pandemics
Stowe, Kristin; Warren, Matthew – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2021
Much research on access to the higher education system overlooks the importance of a base factor: place. An 'education desert' is defined as an area in which residents are separated from the higher education system by geography and structural factors. This study employs a granular approach to locate education deserts within the state of North…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Geographic Isolation, Geographic Location, Rural Population
Ahmed, Abdul-Rahim; Ahmed, Mohammed; Iddrisu, Issah; Abdul-Rahaman, Nurudeen; Amadu, Latif – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2018
Ghanaian education industry, especially at the tertiary level has witnessed progressive growth over the years. As a result of this, technology is required to sustain this progress since technology has become a powerful tool for women to further their education without experiencing any role conflict. However, of great concern are the challenges…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Womens Education, College Students
Zahra, Fatima; Gul, Akhtar; Iqbal, Anum; Ghafoor, Tanbila; Ambreen, Ayesha – Asian Journal of Contemporary Education, 2020
The purpose of this study is to investigate the significant impact of COVID-19 on rural areas students, in case of Pakistan. It is also a check on the moderating role of Higher education commission policy and access of internet services in providing the education facilities to the rural areas. This study adapted in depth analysis techniques and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Rural Areas, Rural Schools
Yilmaz Ince, Ebru; Kabul, Ahmet; Diler, Ibrahim – International Journal of Technology in Education and Science, 2020
Distance education is an education model where individuals are free from learning resources and have no time constraints. During the pandemic period, Isparta University of Applied Sciences continued its 2019-2020 Academic Year Spring semester with distance education with asynchronous lecture notes and synchronous live courses. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Higher Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Anderson, Lorin W. – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2021
Distance education has been practised for generations, although its purpose and form have changed. Correspondence courses, in which students receive instruction via mail and respond with assignments or questions to the instructor, date back to the mid-1800s, if not earlier. As technology changed, so did the nature of distance education. Radio,…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Improvement
Okebukola, Peter A.; Suwadu, Bugoma; Oladejo, Adekunle; Nyandwi, Ramadhani; Ademola, Ibukun; Okorie, Henry; Awaah, Fred – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
This paper provides glimpses of transactions in chemistry classrooms in five African countries (Burundi, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, and Senegal) during the COVID-19 lockdown. Members of the secondary school community in the countries including teachers, students, and school managers were unprepared for the unprecedent demand in shift from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
Cinar, Murat; Ekici, Murat; Demir, Omer – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2021
In the pandemic period we are currently in, online education has replaced face-to-face learning activities on a global scale. Institutions that pursue online education programs commonly assume that online learners are ready for this mode of learning. However, online education programs attract attention due to their remarkably high drop-out rates.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Online Courses, Educational Technology
Almazova, Irina G.; Kondakova, Irina V.; Mezinov, Vladimir N.; Nekhoroshikh, Natalya A.; Chislova, Svetlana N. – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2021
Distance education at the present stage of development of the world educational practice has acquired a global character. The range of educational services has significantly expanded; the number of educational organizations and institutions involved in this form of education has increased; a huge number of students use the Internet, gadgets and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Electronic Learning, Video Technology, Technology Integration