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Action Research on Computer Literacy Needs

This document discusses introducing computer-based learning at Valley Adult Learning Center to address disparities in computer literacy and access. Many students at VALC have overcome hardships and seek education to access higher-paying jobs, where computer skills are now essential. While computer use and training at VALC currently falls short, introducing new technology faces challenges like expense, expertise, and perceptions of need. The document investigates relationships between teachers/students, teachers/technology, curriculum/technology, and students/technology to understand concerns important for integrating computer-based learning and sustaining technological advancement.

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Action Research on Computer Literacy Needs

This document discusses introducing computer-based learning at Valley Adult Learning Center to address disparities in computer literacy and access. Many students at VALC have overcome hardships and seek education to access higher-paying jobs, where computer skills are now essential. While computer use and training at VALC currently falls short, introducing new technology faces challenges like expense, expertise, and perceptions of need. The document investigates relationships between teachers/students, teachers/technology, curriculum/technology, and students/technology to understand concerns important for integrating computer-based learning and sustaining technological advancement.

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Kay Miller & Michele Bennett Computer-based Learning in an Adult Education Environment IT 6720 Competency #2: Needs Assessment

Competency #8: Action Inquiry Summary and Reflection Computer-based Learning in an Adult Education Environment seeks to address the disparity in computer literacy and access in a small educational community, under the pseudonym Valley Adult Learning Center (VALC). Students at VALC are adults from diverse backgrounds seeking a high school diploma. Many students have overcome tremendous hardship before arriving at VALC, and are eager to rise above those hardships with an education that will give them access to higher-paying jobs. In the current job market, as we have argued in this paper, computer literacy is essential for obtaining and keeping jobs that require a high school diploma. At the time that this paper was written, computer use and training for students at VALC fell short of the level those students will need in order to compete successfully for desirable jobs. Introducing new technology to a learning environment is challenging for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to expense, the expertise and technological savvy of key personnel, and community members' perceptions of the need for new technology. This paper investigates these challenges by examining four main relationships: the relationship between teachers and students, the relationship between teachers and technology, the relationship between curriculum and technology, and the relationship between students and technology. An understanding of these relationships is essential to the purpose of this research because integration of computer-based learning requires communication of individual and collective concerns. Understanding the relationships among community members will help them decide how they will manage to sustain technological advancement once it has been introduced, and how technology will fit into the existing community structure.

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