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The computer education literature documents computer anxiety as a problem common to classroom teachers without prior computer training. This study was an investigation of the effectiveness of workshops designed to reduce such anxiety. The treatment comprised of instruction based upon principles derived from the literature was administered to 80 teachers in a Treatment group and 57 teachers in a Quasi-control group. Pre-test measurements included a Computer Background Information survey, Part II of the Minnesota Computer Literacy and Awareness Assessment and the Trait section of the Spielberger State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). Post-test measures were the State section of the State Trait Anxiety Inventory, Part I of the Minnesota Computer Literacy and Awareness Assessment and a LOGO quiz. Statistical treatment of the data included T-test comparisons between Treatment and Quasi-control groups on tests of computer Knowledge; Chi-square test of independence between groups on descriptive characteristics and a one-way analysis of variance testing the relationship between test anxiety and achievement. Findings confirm an inverse relationship between computer knowledge and computer anxiety. The workshop treatment derived from the literature on in-service training and computer anxiety was an effective vehicle for increasing teacher knowledge and reducing computer anxiety. Study results show that teachers exposed to the treatment workshops reported an increase in positive attitudes toward computer use. Comparisons of pre- and post-workshop State anxiety measurements yielded evidence of significant computer anxiety reduction. / Ed. D.

Orientador: Jorge Megid Neto / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T09:12:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rink_Juliana_M.pdf: 2369419 bytes, checksum: 188fe09b0c5b8cae8ad54242de151d07 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: O presente trabalho caracteriza-se como uma pesquisa do tipo Estado da Arte e tem por objetivo descrever e analisar as características e tendências da produção científica apresentada sob a forma de artigos nos quatro Encontros de Pesquisa em Educação Ambiental (EPEA), realizados nos anos de 2001, 2003, 2005 e 2007. Os 303 trabalhos completos foram estudados a partir dos seguintes descritores: autor do artigo; instituição de origem; nível educacional; área de conhecimento e foco temático do estudo. Os resultados apresentam dados sobre a base institucional da produção, revelando forte desequilíbrio inter-regional da mesma, que se encontra deslocada para o eixo Sudeste-Sul do país; além de claro predomínio de autorias vinculadas às instituições promotoras dos Encontros - Unesp, USP e UFSCar. Revelam também: (a) o forte interesse com questões voltadas para o ensino escolar Formal, prevalecendo os trabalhos que abrangem os vários níveis escolares de maneira genérica (22%), ou aqueles voltados para a Educação Superior (16%) ou Anos Finais do Ensino Fundamental (13%); (b) a falta de investigações ligadas à Educação Infantil e aos Anos Iniciais do Ensino Fundamental; (c) que grande parcela da produção não privilegia uma área de conhecimento específica relativa à Educação Ambiental (45%), embora haja quantidade significativa de estudos ligados à Ecologia (11%); (d) o predomínio de investigações que mapeiam ou abordam as Características e Concepções de Indivíduos (33%) sobre algum aspecto da Educação Ambiental, seguido por um conjunto de trabalhos com foco temático em Fundamentos Teóricos e Curriculares em/para Educação Ambiental (29%); além de parcela significativa de artigos voltados para Conteúdos e Métodos em Educação Ambiental (10%). O trabalho ainda aponta elementos importantes para reflexão sobre a pesquisa em Educação Ambiental e sobre a constituição dos EPEAs enquanto promotores da divulgação das pesquisas na área, sinalizando para a necessidade de se ampliar e estimular a difusão da produção acadêmica brasileira em Educação Ambiental. / Abstract: This work is characterized as State of the Art research and aims to describe and analyze the characteristics and trends of scientific production presented in four encounters Research in Environmental Education (EPEA), conducted from 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007. The 303 complete papers were studied from the following descriptors: author of the article, the home institution, educational level, knowledge, and the thematic focus of the study. The results provide data on the institutional basis of production, showing strong inter-regional imbalance of the same, which is moved to the South-south, in addition to the predominance of authorship related to the institutions promoting the encounters - UNESP, USP and UFSCar. They also reveal: (a) strong interest in issues facing the school formal, whichever works covering the various grade levels in a generic way (22%) or those pursuing higher education (16%) or the Final Years Elementary school (13%) (b) the lack of investigations on the Early Childhood Education and Early Years of Elementary Education, (c) that a large portion of production does not favor a specific area of expertise on environmental education (45%) although there are significant number of studies related to ecology (11%) (d) the predominance of research that maps or address the characteristics and conceptions of individuals (33%) on some aspect of Environmental Education, followed by a series of works focused theme in Theoretical Foundations and Curriculum in / for environmental education (29%), besides a significant portion of articles focused on Contents and Methods in Environmental Education (10%). The work also shows important elements for reflection on research in environmental education and the formation of EPEAs while promoting the dissemination of research in the area, indicating the need to expand and encourage the dissemination of the Brazilian academic production in Environmental Education. / Mestrado / Ensino, Avaliação e Formação de Professores / Mestre em Educação

The second international m-Libraries conference schedule & guidebook features the conference program; pre-conference workshops; and, local/UBC tours, events and attractions. A listing of the various conference committees and sponsors including the names of the organizing committee chair members, the graphic artist, the conference staff, and the consultant are shown on pages 27 and 28.

Attached is the list of 15 session abstracts and proposals from the second international m-Libraries Conference, held and sponsored on 23 & 24 June 2009, by the University of British Columbia in conjunction with Athabasca University, The Open University and Thompson Rivers University.

INTRODUCTION While the concept is widely defined and interpreted, all Web 2.0 tools have certain characteristics in common; they are collaborative in nature, interactive, and dynamic. The Science and Engineering librarians at the University of British Columbia are collaborating with their liaison departments to record science and engineering podcasts, host them and share them with a wider audience. OBJECTIVES In this session, we discuss the use of podcasting as an outreach tool that connects a large academic science and engineering library with its users and raises users’ awareness of additional library services. Functionality, usability and practical applications of podcasting tools are reviewed. OUTCOMES At the end of this session, we will have demonstrated: 1) Overall usability of podcasting academic science and engineering content; tips and tricks when creating and tailoring podcasts to your community needs; 2) Use of podcasting as an outreach and community engagement tool in academic libraries and as a supplement for the traditional academic information resources. DISCUSSION The strength of podcasting, to allow content to be created by the users for the users, makes it an appealing addition to the academic librarians’ toolbox. Podcasting is a service that many of our users might not expect from their library, which makes it a unique and attractive offering. It requires few resources, and the end result might exceed librarians’ expectations. We found podcasting to be a robust outreach tool and a service that raises the profile of the library and as such creates an opportunity for users to find additional library resources. Nevertheless, it is necessary for academic librarians to critically evaluate the continuous innovations of Web 2.0 technologies on an ongoing basis so that they are best prepared to put them into the appropriate context amongst other relevant and important information.

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