Qualitative differences in computer experience, computer anxiety, and students' use of computers: A path model

Todman, John; Monaghan, Elizabeth

doi:10.1016/0747-5632(94)90045-0

Cited by 76 publications

(41 citation statements)

References 12 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Therefore, it could be possible that men with more experience since the release of the mobile phone would feel less anxious around mobile phones than others [15]. This is supported by Brosnan [6], Torkzadeh and Koufteros [16], Todman and Monaghan [17], who all suggested that first interaction with technology would be crucial.…”

Section: No2 Jun 2011mentioning

confidence: 75%

See 1 more Smart Citation

A Study on Technophobia and Mobile Device Design

ha¹,

Page²,

Thorsteinsson³

2011

International Journal of Contents

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Section: No2 Jun 2011mentioning

confidence: 75%

“…However, one should not assume that the elderly are more technophobic than the young. Todman et al [17] stated that earlier learning and experience tended to influence less anxiety and readiness to use technology. But this is argued by Marcoulides [18] , stating this as a misconception.…”

Section: Which Members Within Society Are Most Likely To Be Technophomentioning

confidence: 99%

A Study on Technophobia and Mobile Device Design

ha¹,

Page²,

Thorsteinsson³

2011

International Journal of Contents

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Anxiety about editing wikis may manifest in users due to their markup based interface, social core and lack of confidence in interacting with such a system. Research into the quality of students' first experience with computers has identified that poor first experiences have a significant effect on the development of anxiety about computers (Todman and Drysdale, 2004;Todman and Monaghan, 1994;Weil et al, 1990). Taking the research mentioned, first time users introduced to interfaces which deliver a negative user experience may be more at risk of developing negative emotions towards that interface.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 94%

Exploring the wiki user experience: The effects of training spaces on novice user usability and anxiety towards wiki editing

Cowan

Jack

2011

Interacting with Computers

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

a b s t r a c tWith the advent of Web 2.0, the number of IT systems used in university courses is growing. Yet research consistently shows that a significant proportion of students are anxious about computer use. The quality of first experience with computers has been consistently mentioned as a significant contributor to anxiety onset. However the effect of users' first experience on system related anxiety has not to the authors' knowledge been researched using controlled experiments. Indeed little experiment based research has been conducted on the wiki user experience, specifically users' evaluations and emotional reactions towards editing. This research uses usability engineering principles to engineer four different wiki experiences for novice wiki users and measures the effect each has on usability, anxiety during editing and on anxiety about future wiki editing. Each experience varied in the type of training spaces available before completing six live wiki editing tasks. We found that anxiety experienced by users was not related to computer anxiety but was wiki specific. Users in the in-built tutorial conditions also rated the usability of the editing interface higher than users in the non-tutorial conditions. The tutorial conditions also led to a significant reduction in wiki anxiety during interaction but did not significantly affect future editing anxiety. The findings suggest that the use of an in-built tutorial reduces emotional and technological barriers to wiki editing and that controlled experiments can help in discovering how aspects of the system experience can be designed to affect usability and anxiety towards editing wikis.

show abstract

“…In general, tools do not carry just this kind of information, but they are often associated with uses and believes mostly determined by practice, including difficulties and problems arising when interacting with them, allowable or denied opportunities, and skills required for a correct usage. These variables can have a substantial influence on the ability in finding out the correct way of using the tool under consideration (Colley et al 1994;McInerney et al 1994;Todman and Monaghan 1994;Conger et al 1995;Goss 1996;Ayersman 1996;Al-Jabri and Al-Khaldi 1997;Bradley and Russell 1997;Mahar et al 1997;Todman 2000;McIlroy et al 2001).…”

mentioning

confidence: 98%

Opinions on computers, and efficacy of a computer-based learning: A pilot study

Penna

Stara

2009

Educ Inf Technol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

It is commonly believed that positive opinions of students and teachers on the possibilities entailed by computer use would increase the efficacy of computer-based educational processes. In turn, this amounts to postulate a relationship between measures of such opinions and well-defined patterns of interaction with computer-based educational tools. In this regard, this paper reports on an investigation performed in a primary school, designed to test whether expectations and opinions on computers, both of students and teachers, detected through suitable questionnaires, might be related to the effectiveness of computer use within a particular educational context. Our findings, contrarily to what expected, do not appear to support the hypothesis that a positive opinion on computers can lead per se to higher learning efficacy in a computer-based educational environment, as compared with a traditional educational setting

show abstract

Qualitative differences in computer experience, computer anxiety, and students' use of computers: A path model

Cited by 76 publications

References 12 publications

A Study on Technophobia and Mobile Device Design

A Study on Technophobia and Mobile Device Design

Exploring the wiki user experience: The effects of training spaces on novice user usability and anxiety towards wiki editing

Opinions on computers, and efficacy of a computer-based learning: A pilot study

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About