Syftet var att undersöka vilka hinder och möjligheter förskollärare upplever i arbetet med IKT som ett stöd för barns utveckling och lärande. Vi utgick från Vygotskijs sociokulturella perspektiv med tyngdpunkt på samspel och redskap. Åtta utbildade förskollärare har deltagit i semistrukturerade intervjuer. Resultatet visar att det finns många möjligheter att stödja barns utveckling och lärande med IKT i förskolan, t.ex. använder förskollärare IKT för att stärka barns samspel, självförtroende, språk och matematik. Resultatet visar också att de flesta förskollärare i studien anser att användandet av IKT på förskolan behöver begränsas. En slutsats är att förskollärare behöver kompetensutbildning inom IKT för att främja barnens lärande och utveckling på bästa sätt.

This review of the literature is third in a series of investigations into educational technology curriculum integration for the Tucson, Arizona office of the International Rescue Committee (IRC). It is a broad investigation into the theory, methods and delivery of supportive instructional materials to refugees via mobile learning. It examines current international program methods that will aid in design of U.S. mLearning programs to support the IRC’s mandated goal of promoting self-sufficiency for resettled refugees.

This study investigated the significant differences and correlations on college students¡¦ reading motivation and their internet literacy. A total of 950 college students were stratified randomly selected from 17 Taiwanese colleges. All participants completed ¡§Reading motivation¡¨ and ¡§Internet literacy¡¨ scales. In addition, 5 target students with highest scores on internet literacy were recruited for standardized test and follow-up interview. Independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, and canonical correlation assessed the similarities and differences between groups. The initial findings were as follows: 1.College students¡¦ reading motivation and internet literacy appear to have moderate performance. 2.Female college students¡¦ mean score on ¡§reading motivation¡¨ was significantly higher than their male counterparts. 3.High academic achievement college students¡¦ mean score on ¡§internet literacy¡¨ was significantly higher than low academic college students. 4.College students who major in engineering, manufacturing domain¡¦s mean score on ¡§internet literacy¡¨, dimensions of ¡§information accessing¡¨, ¡§information sharing¡¨ were significantly higher than social sciences, business management domain¡¦s college students. And college students who major in liberal arts domain¡¦s mean score on dimensions of ¡§information creating¡¨ were significantly higher than agronomy major¡¦s college students. 5.College students with higher reading frequency¡¦s mean score on ¡§reading motivation¡¨ and ¡§internet literacy¡¨ were significantly higher than low reading frequency college students. 6.College students with higher book-borrowing frequency¡¦s mean score on ¡§reading motivation¡¨, dimensions of ¡§information creating¡¨ were significantly higher than low book-borrowing frequency college students. 7.College students consume more time on reading¡¦s mean score on ¡§reading motivation¡¨, dimensions of ¡§information creating¡¨ were significantly higher than these consuming less time on reading¡¦s participants. 8. College students with longer internet seniority¡¦s mean score on ¡§internet literacy¡¨, dimensions of ¡§information accessing¡¨, ¡§information evaluating¡¨ and ¡§information integrating¡¨ were significantly higher than less internet seniority¡¦s college students. 9.College students with higher educational expectation had significantly higher mean scores on ¡§reading motivation¡¨ and ¡§internet literacy¡¨ than these low educational expectation participants. 10.Canonical correlations between college students¡¦ ¡§reading motivation¡¨ and ¡§internet literacy¡¨ were found in this study.

Magister Commercii (Information Management) - MCom(IM) / The high rate of youth unemployment is a global phenomenon and a worrying factor. This contradicted the opportunity presented by the ICT sector, which requires e-skills, particularly e-literacy/or digital literacy skills in the entire sectors of the economy, not only ICT. Ala-Mutka (2011) defines e-literacy skills as the "basic technical use of computers and the internet". ICT skills are viewed as essential in the modern day world in order to improve individual’s chances of securing and keeping employment. Various initiatives to improve youth employability in South Africa, particularly those that are studying TVET colleges or those have already graduated. Various approaches have been adopted such envisaged by the White Paper for Post-School Education and Training of 2013 i.e. preparation for workplace, self-employment through close cooperation of TVET colleges and industry (DHET, 2013). Employers assume that graduates are familiar with computer and Internet usage. Thus, the study set the following objectives: • To understand the theoretical and contextual background of promoting employability; • To explore existing employability frameworks that might be relevant for promoting employability; • To identify and categorize the factors that are relevant for promoting employability obtained from pertinent literature; • To validate these factors by interviewing key TVET stakeholders and ICT experts; • To propose an employability framework customized for the South African context; and • To explain the use of these factors within the proposed employability framework. The objectives were realised by reviewing pertinent literature, which led to the development of an employability conceptual research framework for South Africa. A conceptual research framework that consists of five factors from the e-skills national curriculum competency framework: (i) e-skills for service delivery; (ii) e-skills for new jobs; (iii) e-skills for existing jobs; (iv) self-employment; and (v) ICT practitioner skills. In-terms of e-skills levels i.e. ICT user skills, e-business skills and ICT practitioner skills. The first three sets of e-skills are associated with ICT user skill, e-skills for self-employment are associated with e-business skills and then ICT practitioner skills. This conceptual research framework was subsequently empirically verified using an interpretive approach by interviewing key TVET stakeholders and an ICT expert. The empirical findings affirmed the validity of the above-mentioned employability factors but also uncovered two additional factors: (iv) practical experience and infrastructure. These factors were subsequently incorporated into the final employability framework for South Africa. The main contribution of this study is the fact that it brings a new employability framework for TVET colleges for the South African context, with the hope that it can be applicable in similar environments in the developing context. There are some limitations in the present study due to a small research sample that was caused by the unavailability of employed graduates. However, it is believed that this limitation did not deem the results and the academic and practical contribution of the study invalid.

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As a way of extending perspectives of writing and learning, this thesis explores everyday literacy activities and their role in function in shaping people's activities. Taking up an autoethnographic approach to studying the mundane literacies of everyday life, this thesis offers a fine-grained analysis of the processes and practices involved in two specific literate activities I have engaged in over the two years: creating a mixtape for a friend and streaming my participation in online video games. As key findings, the analysis of these everyday literate activities suggests that the interactions between people and social contexts figure prominently in the production and use of everyday texts, that everyday life is profoundly mediated by digital literacies, and that everyday literacies are often central to people's academic and professional lives. Ultimately, these analyses point toward the need for further inquiry into digital literacies, and to the potential pedagogical benefits of encouraging students to examine the mundane literacies at play in their everyday lives.

Ett samhälle som blir allt mer digitalt har gjort att vi har fått helt andra möjligheter att kommunicera och ett nytt sätt för oss människor att skapa mening i tillvaron. Majoritetenav de texter som unga idag möter är digitala och de kommunicerar dagligen via digitala medier. Det är viktigt att skolan bemöter denna generations sätt att kommunicera. Syftet med kunskapsöversikten är att synliggöra hur forskning belyser digitala verktyg i skrivundervisningen. Syftet preciseras med hjälp av att lägga fokus på att analysera fördelar och nackdelar som kommer med användandet av digitala verktyg i skrivprocessen. Kunskapsöversikten är baserad på 10 vetenskapliga-nationella och internationella artiklar. Majoriteten av studierna är gjorda på elever i åk 4–6. Artiklarna bearbetades genom en tematisk analys som resulterade i 4 olika teman. Resultatet visar att det finns både fördelaroch nackdelar med användandet av digitala verktyg i skrivprocessen. Ett ökat socialt samspel med andra, ett smidigare sätt att redigera och bearbeta texter samt en ökad motivation att skapa texter är några exempel på fördelar som forskningen lyfter. De nackdelar som beskrivs handlar främst om hur finmotoriken påverkas av att inte skriva med penna men också om hur karaktären på den färdiga texten påverkas av den digitala skrivprocessen.

This qualitative case study investigates L2-teachers’ perceptions and integration of digital literacy. Two qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted, one group interview with two participants, and one interview with a single participant. The aim of the interviews was to find out about teachers’ pedagogical choices regarding digital literacy, practicality on digital issues, and the perception of the curriculum with digitality as an aspect and consideration. To answer these formulations three themes were adopted, these were pedagogy, practicality and curriculum. There was an indication that teachers were divided between different ideologies which affected them in their classroom regarding technology use. These ideological issues consequently affected factors such as beliefs, explicitness, responsibility of work, creativity and criticality, which were factors dividing the teachers apart concerning their view of digital literacy.

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In this dissertation, I report findings of a case study I conducted in Giles County, Virginia, my hometown, to better understand the way land impacts rural digital literacy sponsorship. With the help of 13 participants, I studied the ways land impacted their access to digital infrastructures and internet access and presented the following questions: how does land impeded access and support access to broadband infrastructure in Giles County? How does land impact what digital literacies residents in Giles County pursue, and how do they navigate the county's "dead zones" I begin the study by diving into the status of internet in Giles County, and I review the failed attempt made by legislators to provide "universal broadband" to the entire state of Virginia. Next, I review the literature on Deep Mapping Analysis and Literacy Networks to provide context as to how I am using land as a framework for studying rural digital literacy sponsorship. Then, the first analysis chapter uses Deep Mapping Analysis to discuss maps reflecting the status of internet access within the county, and then discusses how these maps help support the experiences of participants in the first round of interviews. The second findings chapter focuses on the Literacy Networks created by participants Veronica, Libby, Makayla, and Heather and explores how their networks show the connections between land and infrastructures as rural digital literacy sponsors and what that teaches us about rural access in general. Finally, I conclude with three implications from these analysis chapters that encourage scholars, community scholars, and legislators alike to pay more attention to the role land plays in internet access and rural digital literacy sponsorship. Most importantly, this work calls for legislators to consider what their part is in helping their rural constituents receive the internet access they need to survive without implicating those who cannot afford it or harming the land where they live. / Doctor of Philosophy / In this dissertation, I report findings of a case study I conducted in Giles County, Virginia, my hometown, to better understand how land sponsors rural digital literacies. With the help of 13 participants, I studied the ways land impacted their access to digital infrastructures and internet access via the following questions: How does land hinder or support access to broadband infrastructure in Giles County? How does land impact how residents interact with technology while living in Giles County? And, how do they navigate the county's "dead zones?" I first describe the status of internet in Giles County by reviewing the failed attempts made by legislators to provide "universal broadband" to the entire state of Virginia. Next, I review the literature on literacy sponsorship and rural literacies to provide context as to how I am using land as a framework for studying rural digital literacy sponsorship. The first analysis chapter uses maps to discuss the status of internet access within the county, and then I explain how these maps provide supporting information for the experiences of participants in the first round of interviews. The second findings chapter uses drawings from my participants that depict their rural digital literacy sponsorship in a network form, which was followed by a second interview to discuss the connections between land, infrastructure and rural digital literacy illustrated in their drawing. Finally, I conclude with three implications from these analysis chapters that encourage scholars, community scholars, and legislators alike to pay more attention to the role land plays in internet access and rural digital literacy sponsorship. Most importantly, this work calls for legislators to consider what their part is in helping their rural constituents receive the internet access they need without implicating those who cannot afford it or harming the land where they live.