The Relation Between Locus of Control and Computer Literacy

Kay, Robin

doi:10.1080/08886504.1990.10781935

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“…This is supported by Kay (1990) who found that computer literacy courses or training improved the perceived control of telecentre users by enhancing their socio-economic well-being (e.g. improved communication with peers, awareness of current national and/or international issues, etc.).…”

Section: Discussion Of Findingsmentioning

confidence: 87%

The Influence of Telecentre Components on the Psychological Empowerment of Underserved Community Members in the Western Cape, South Africa

Osman

Tanner

2017

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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ICTs and ICT4Ds are powerful socio-economic enablers within developing countries and provide members of "underserved" communities within these countries with tools for selfempowerment and circumvention of inequalities. Telecentres provide public access to ICTs to meet the educational, social, psychological and economic needs of a community. However, few studies have focused on the influence that telecentres have on the psychological empowerment of members of "underserved" communities in which they are situated. This study addresses this gap by investigating the perceived influence of telecentre components on the psychological empowerment of "underserved" community members in Cape Town, South Africa. This study is interpretive and has been executed through the use of a qualitative case study. Deductive in nature, the research was guided by a conceptual model depicting constructs (intrapersonal factors, interactional factors and behavioural factors) related to the psychological empowerment of telecentre users. The research findings confirm that the various components of telecentres such as services, computer training and entrepreneurial support can positively influence and contribute to the perceived psychological empowerment of "underserved" community members. The findings could improve our understanding of the relevance of various components of telecentres towards leveraging psychological empowerment. In practice, emphasis could be placed on the implementation and elaboration of the most significant components of telecentres within "underserved" communities.

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Section: Discussion Of Findingsmentioning

confidence: 87%

The Influence of Telecentre Components on the Psychological Empowerment of Underserved Community Members in the Western Cape, South Africa

Osman

Tanner

2017

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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“…Griswold (1983) found that LOC explained the largest proportion of variation in computer awareness among college-level education and business majors. Kay (1990) found that general computer literacy (as well as individual literacy sub-scales including application software, awareness and programming) was found to be highly correlated with LOC (r"0.79,p(0.001). It is possible that individuals who possess a higher degree of computer literacy may perceive themselves as having more control over computers than those individuals who are novices by virtue of their domain knowledge or understanding.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…While admittedly, LOC is a relatively new variable in the computing domain (Kay, 1990) it has, nonetheless, been found to be associated with a number of computer-related issues. Griswold (1983) found that LOC explained the largest proportion of variation in computer awareness among college-level education and business majors.…”

Section: Locus Of Controļmentioning

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A theoretical model of differential social attributions toward computing technology: when the metaphor becomes the model

Marakas¹,

Johnson²,

Palmer³

2000

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

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“…Therefore, teachers and teacher candidates are expected to possess adequate knowledge and skills in computer literacy (Akkoyunlu & Kurbanoğlu, 2003). Computer literacy is divided into four components (Kay, 1990), which are basic computer skills, computer awareness (Anderson & Klassen, 1981, Battista & Steele, 1984, Johnson, Anderson, Hansen & Klassen, 1980, software use (Ganske and Hamamoto, 1984;Hasset, 1984;Levin, 1983;Meierhenry, 1982;Pickert & Hunter, 1983) and programming skills (Cheng, Plake, & Stevens, 1985;Gabriel, 1985aGabriel, , 1985bHaigh, 1985;Luehrmann, 1981). Today, since technology supported teaching is one of the indispensable part of education, the teachers of the future should have more computer literacy skills than programming (Kılınç & Salman, 2006).…”

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An Analysis of Mathematics Education Students’ Skills in the Process of Programming and Their Practices of Integrating It into Their Teaching

Gökçe¹,

Yenmez²,

Ozpinar³

2017

IES

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Recent developments in technology have changed the learner's profile and the learning outcomes. Today, with the emergence of higher-order thinking skills and computer literacy skills, teaching through traditional methods is likely to fail to achieve the learning outcomes. That is why; teachers and teacher candidates are expected to have computer literacy skills. Programming is the main focus of this study since it is an important part of computer literacy. The study aims to analyze mathematics education students' skills in the process of programming and their practices of integrating it into their teaching. The participants of the study are 42 third grade students of an Elementary Mathematics Education Program of a state university in Turkey. Within the study in which theory and practice was carried out simultaneously, the participants were taught the basics of programming and the algorithms with C programming language. The teacher candidates put the theoretical knowledge into practice using the visual programming application by MIT App Inventor at the computer laboratory. In addition, they used the MIT App Inventor visual programming environment to develop programs they will use in teaching mathematics in groups. Given the component of teaching of programming during this process, it is considered that the process of teaching in question will be effective in planning the teaching process of future studies. The reason is that not only it analyses the development of the variables used in this study but also because it takes into consideration the opinions of teacher candidates.

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The Relation Between Locus of Control and Computer Literacy

Cited by 40 publications

References 10 publications

The Influence of Telecentre Components on the Psychological Empowerment of Underserved Community Members in the Western Cape, South Africa

The Influence of Telecentre Components on the Psychological Empowerment of Underserved Community Members in the Western Cape, South Africa

A theoretical model of differential social attributions toward computing technology: when the metaphor becomes the model

An Analysis of Mathematics Education Students’ Skills in the Process of Programming and Their Practices of Integrating It into Their Teaching

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