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The Three-E Strategy for Overcoming Resistance to Technological Change (EDUCAUSE Quarte... - 0 views
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According to a 2007 Pew/Internet study,1 49 percent of Americans only occasionally use information and communication technology. Of the remaining 51 percent, only 8 percent are what Pew calls omnivores, “deep users of the participatory Web and mobile applications.”
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Shaping user behavior is a “soft” problem that has more to do with psychological and social barriers to technology adoption. Academia has its own cultural mores, which often conflict with experimenting with new ways of doing things. Gardner Campbell put it nicely last year when he wrote, “For an academic to risk ‘failure’ is often synonymous with ‘looking stupid in front of someone’.”2 The safe option for most users is to avoid trying something as risky as new technology.
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The first instinct is thus to graft technology onto preexisting modes of behavior.
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First, a technology must be evident to the user as potentially useful in making his or her life easier (or more enjoyable). Second, a technology must be easy to use to avoid rousing feelings of inadequacy. Third, the technology must become essential to the user in going about his or her business. This "Three-E Strategy," if applied properly, has been at the core of every successful technology adoption throughout history.
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Education Groups 'Extremely Concerned' over EETT Cut in Obama Budget -- THE Journal - 2 views
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cut all funding to the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT)
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proposed 2011 budget
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infusing technology across the range of its proposed programs and school reform initiatives
The Myth of the Digital Native - Articles - Educational Technology - ICT in E... - 5 views
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The Myth of the Digital Native
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We run a robotics exhibit here in the city. Therefore we really need professional setup in our computers. There are times wherein we experience some computer problem and we really need professional...
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