Date of Award

Summer 2000

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Sociology & Criminal Justice

Program/Concentration

Applied Sociology

Committee Director

Carole Seyfrit

Committee Member

Xiushi Yang

Committee Member

Judi Caron-Sheppard

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.S62 G73

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to uncover and analyze the attitudes, perceptions, and possible concerns of the faculty at Old Dominion University toward the use of new computer technologies in education. Level of experience with the use of new technologies is also examined. This project utilizes a sample of 207 full-time faculty members employed at Old Dominion University during the Spring 2000 semester.

Faculty members between the ages of 24 and 34 had significantly more experience with the use of new computer technologies than did those faculty members who were 50 or more years of age. Faculty members who received their highest degree between the years of 1990-2000 had significantly more experience with the use of new computer technologies than did those who received their highest degree between the years of 1960-1969 and 1970-1979. No significant differences in attitudes toward the use of new computer technologies were discovered between faculty members when controlling for age, the college they work in, year they received their highest level degree, and gender.

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DOI

10.25777/cvee-rb06

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