The Use of Digital Technologies across the Adult Life Span in Distance Education

Autor/inn/en	Jelfs, Anne; Richardson, John T. E.
Titel	The Use of Digital Technologies across the Adult Life Span in Distance Education
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Technology, 44 (2013) 2, S.338-351 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1013
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8535.2012.01308.x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Student Surveys; Questionnaires; College Students; Adult Students; Student Attitudes; Positive Attitudes; Computer Attitudes; Open Universities; Access to Computers; Learning Strategies; Handheld Devices; Internet; Telecommunications; Computer Use; Adults; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schülerbefragung; Fragebogen; Collegestudent; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Schülerverhalten; Offene Universität; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Telekommunikationstechnik; Großbritannien
Abstract	In June 2010, a survey was carried out to explore access to digital technology, attitudes to digital technology and approaches to studying across the adult life span in students taking courses with the UK Open University. In total, 7000 people were surveyed, of whom more than 4000 responded. Nearly all these students had access to a computer and the Internet, but younger students were more likely than older students to have access to other technologies, to spend longer time using those technologies and to have more positive attitudes to digital technology. However, there was no evidence for any discontinuity around the age of 30, as would be predicted by the "Net Generation" and "Digital Natives" hypotheses. Older students were more likely than younger students to adopt deep and strategic approaches to studying and less likely to adopt a surface approach to studying. In addition, regardless of their ages, students who had more positive attitudes to technology were more likely to adopt deep and strategic approaches to studying and were less likely to adopt a surface approach to studying. (Contains 9 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10